Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you’re running a successful B2B company, your sales operations (sales ops) crew is likely the unsung hero of your sales process. Business leaders sometimes make the mistake of seeing sales operations (increasingly known as revenue operations) as a cost instead of a potential revenue driver.

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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Marketing of any kind is all about finding ways to stand out from the crowd.

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Varicent

DECEMBER 7, 2021

You probably know this already, but sales forecasting is all about predicting how much revenue your team or business will likely bring in over the next quarter or the next year. Understanding Sales Forecasting. Sales forecasting really matters. It also shows how effective a sales team is.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Running a business is expensive—especially a tech company that’s trying to provide the best services possible for clients. Despite growing demand for networking solutions, security software and IT services, these operations can still run into money problems, even when things are going well. Market Smarter.

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Martech

JULY 22, 2022

Understanding your current business processes, knowing how to measure success, and being able to identify where you are looking for improvements, are all critical pieces of the customer journey orchestration (CJO) tool decision-making process. More agile marketing and operations. The benefits of using CJO tools.

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InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Japanese term “Kaizen” stands for the continuous improvement of a process. Adopted by Japanese manufacturing companies after World War II as a way to reduce waste and create competitive advantage, kaizen evolved beyond the assembly line in manufacturing to all business processes and became the precursor to lean manufacturing.

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutes As a leading strategy for B2B SaaS marketing, account-based marketing (ABM) has become increasingly important in today’s rapidly changing landscape.

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accelerate agency

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Software as a Service (SaaS) market is a vibrant and growing sector. SaaS provides a monthly subscription model where you pay for software that’s hosted elsewhere. For the SaaS companies themselves, they gain the advantage of sales cycles that provide regular recurring revenue streams.

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accelerate agency

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Software as a Service (SaaS) market is a vibrant and growing sector. SaaS provides a monthly subscription model where you pay for software that’s hosted elsewhere. For the SaaS companies themselves, they gain the advantage of sales cycles that provide regular recurring revenue streams.

Planning 52

Planning Top of Funnel Practices Enterprise Management 52

accelerate agency

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Software as a Service (SaaS) market is a vibrant and growing sector. SaaS provides a monthly subscription model where you pay for software that’s hosted elsewhere. For the SaaS companies themselves, they gain the advantage of sales cycles that provide regular recurring revenue streams. Sales teams.

Planning 52

Planning Top of Funnel Practices Enterprise Management 52

SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Here are some statistics related to edtech marketing: According to GlobalData estimates , the EdTech industry will grow from US$183.4 Online education is the fastest-growing segment of the edtech market, with revenues expected to reach $350 billion by 2025 (Source: ResearchAndMarkets ). 4 Marketing Learnings From a Study.

Top of Funnel 98

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The Lead Agency

APRIL 14, 2024

Tired of trend lists that don’t apply to the unique challenges of B2B marketing? B2B marketing can be complicated; buyer journeys are messy. Multiple stakeholders and longer decision-making processes bring unique challenges, and the how-to tips everywhere online are mostly irrelevant in B2B industries.

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Martech

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Given that customers’ journeys to purchase and beyond are growing increasingly complex due to the ever-increasing number of devices, channels and options at their fingertips, businesses are seeking solutions like customer journey analytics tools to help them get a handle on what customers are experiencing. Do we have management buy-in?

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MKT1

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Marketing gets a bad rap. Many founders, sales leaders, product leaders, and even marketers themselves think B2B marketing teams are just a service organization to sales—marketing only exists to generate leads this quarter. A bit of a mouthful, but an accurate mouthful I hope.

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Madison Logic

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With billions confined to their homes for work, leisure, and everyday life, the pandemic accelerated e-commerce and forced businesses to adopt advanced digital solutions to enhance the customer and employee experience. The The global COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the business landscape. Read on to find out.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. It’s an approach to organizational design akin to taking the Pragmatic Marketing chart and just circling all of the functions. It is not surprising. One is on the CMO, the other is on the CEO.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.” Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. You’ll need a plan to address top budget concerns to provide clarity and control over every dollar spent.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2020

Could this be why I’m hearing about 50-80%+ sales and revenue drops? C-19 is stopping virtually everything in its tracks to create what Roger Sanford (Co-Founder of Stop the Sales Drop) coined as the “Great Pause.”. But now is the time to shift the business, marketing communications and approaches.

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Webinar Metrics Peer-to-peer Co-Registration Paid Search Agency 239

Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

Marketers play a large, proactive role in the buying-selling process to generate revenue across the entire buyer lifecycle – from generating a new customer, to contract renewal, to solution expansion and cross-sell/upsell. B2B marketing expert Tony Zambito calls this the “ Great Buyer Resignation.”

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing Attribution 101

accelerate agency

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Software as a service (SaaS) is a business model which is becoming ever more popular. You need a SaaS marketing strategy that works. One which can help you with what is often the tough job of selling your service to prospective customers. What follows are 12 elements of a successful SaaS marketing strategy.

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BOP Design

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What works? What is the latest in the world of B2B Marketing? We may not have all the answers, but we’ve done some research, called on some great sources, and compiled a list of B2B marketing stats for 2022 and beyond. B2B, or B-to-B, or BtoB Marketing: General Stats. SEO is very relevant for marketers. What’s hot?

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Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

When it comes to marketing insights, your CEO is primarily interested in one thing: attribution. In other words: which marketing efforts are driving the most revenue, and what is the return on investment of the marketing spend? So, which CRM marketing insights does your CEO want to see?

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 25, 2021

By Maria Geokezas , VP of Client Services at Heinz Marketing. We’ve moved from working in offices to working remotely and soon we’ll all move to some type of hybrid workspace. What the pandemic has taught us, is that being agile, thinking in hybrid marketing formats is the only approach marketers can be certain of.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? What should I know about Account-Based Marketing?

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Lead Ranking Demand Generation Agencies Account Based Marketing Paid Search Agency 149

ViewPoint

MAY 14, 2018

Momentum in sales and sports is a strange phenomenon. In this article we’re going to discuss momentum killers for salespeople and organizations. In this article we’re going to discuss momentum killers for salespeople and organizations. Sales momentum isn’t about sales skills. For instance: Leadership Changes.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 14, 2017

Last week I published a blog that provided five ways to avoid getting burned by outsourced B2B sales lead generation, qualification and nurturing. Sales/B2B Marketing execs feel intense need to do something, but are afraid to risk budget. The need for sales pressures the CMO to deliver leads fast.

Lead Generation 176

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Televerde

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If channel partners aren’t using market development funds (MDF) to boost lead generation and enhance sales pipeline, they’re missing out on an opportunity. A partner manufacturer or brand (the vendor partner) makes these funds available to help channel partners sell the vendor partner’s products or services.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 23, 2021

Think about all the time and work you invest each day to help your brand become a category leader. As you organize and implement your Go-to-Market plan, you must: Find a real market problem that your product or service will solve. Target your ideal buyers with a solution that strongly resonates with them.

Lead Ranking 156

Lead Ranking Planning Marketing Qualified Leads Cost per Lead 156

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Content Marketing ROI is probably the biggest question I get from marketers who are struggling to build their own business case internally. We spend our time getting informed and also looking to be entertained. The first challenge we have to overcome is the belief that marketing is just about creating ads. Utilization.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2018

As we were going through a refresh of our targeted personas, we noticed an increase in engagement with leadership roles that have revenue responsibility (sales leaders, business unit leaders, and even CEOs). Why is marketing’s story so different than sales? Lack of Trust in the CMO. Two Types of CMO.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A public health crisis, limping economy, divisive election, and heavy unemployment have all made the job market unpredictable. Want to work from home or have greater flexibility? Want to work for a startup? Want to work for an innovative company? Want to work for a diverse company?

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LeanData

MAY 17, 2017

Hard-working sales reps need time away from the job. In a perfect world, vacation time gets spaced out evenly on a sales team. So imagine the drop-off when reps aren’t just distracted, but out of the office. When reps aren’t in their seats and booking meetings, it creates a ripple effect downstream in the funnel.

Enterprise Management 63

Enterprise Management Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 63

Goodish Agency

AUGUST 5, 2021

Growth Marketing is without a doubt a buzzword in 2021. But what is growth marketing, what does it entail, and why is it making a big difference for many SaaS, eCommerce, and FinTech companies? What is Growth Marketing? Authenticity and engagement that lead to advocacy and organic growth are key. Goodish Agency.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It’s no surprise to see more and more marketers explore and invest in attribution modeling in 2019 and beyond. It’s imperative for marketers to understand their customers’ journey and the role that each touchpoint plays in an eventual purchase — and marketing attribution is the one tactic that helps them do so.

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Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Enter: Marketing attribution. We explain the basics of marketing attribution and explore several popular marketing attribution models.

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