The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Your guide to building a marketing budget template. Looking to create a new marketing budget template for your business? Although a marketing budget template can take some time and thought to build, it’s not as difficult as you may think it is. Here are some tips on how to build a marketing budget template for your business.

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BenchmarkONE

MARCH 12, 2020

Not to mention the constant need to refine your marketing strategies and adjust your advertising buys. Sometimes, even with the data presented from your advertising and marketing automation platforms, it’s a difficult question to answer. As a small business, budgets are always a concern. Google Attribution. Statcounter.

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Metadata

JANUARY 15, 2024

Aston Martin hasn’t advertised in years. Despite what most B2B marketers say, advertising—in the past, present, and future—is a long-term play. How do you market to people not quite ready to buy your product? Liz’s advice: Turn the funnel we all know and love on its side. “[The Executive #2: Wait. That’s how.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 1, 2022

Previous research detailed here found that: When live events first shut down in the spring of 2020, B2B marketers quickly shifted the majority of planned event budgets to online events and content development, followed distantly by search advertising and paid social media. Vendor content is attracting more visitors per account.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For account-based marketing when you work with a limited number of clients, you cannot efficiently reach all consumer contact points using manual email promotions you will need email marketing tools. 10 Best Email Marketing Tools for a Better Productivity. Looking for the right email marketing tool for your business?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

If only there were a way to organize your answers to all of these questions -- a place where you could enter in estimated costs for all of your line items, and then compare your projected marketing budget to what you actually end up spending. Our latest offer, 8 Free Budget Templates to Manage Your Marketing Spend , has got you covered.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2022

Building a strong brand creates awareness and credibility, making your company top of mind when your customers and prospects think about the types of products and services you offer. In fact, 54% of B2B companies have a brand program to measure their brand perceptions. What makes the products or services you offer special?

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Optinmonster

MAY 4, 2021

This will obviously depend on your niche, product, and services. And to share discounts with your audience, there’s simply no better tool than OptinMonster : OptinMonster is hands down the world’s best lead generation tool, and it’ll be your biggest asset for your upcoming Mother’s Day campaigns.

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Martech

JANUARY 30, 2024

got rid of all advertising and tracking cookies last July. You just don’t even necessarily realize how deeply entrenched an advertising cookie can be in the ecosystem and in all the tooling that you use,” she said. The software Sentry sells is based on an open-source program and is itself open-source.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Businesses were already shifting budgets toward digital marketing in the pre-pandemic world; COVID-19 has only accelerated this change. Nearly 50% of content produced by B2B marketers is focused at the top of the funnel, which begs the question: what about the middle or bottom of the sales funnel?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

While some invest a tremendous amount of money in traditional advertising channels, many use the power of content instead. Previously, these decisions may have been under the supervision of procurement and a department head that would use the product or service. As the customer continues down the funnel, the percentages decrease.

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Valasys

JUNE 4, 2020

The new Retargeting and Audience Network tools from LinkedIn will make it easier for marketers to extend the reach of their campaigns via ‘trusted’ third-party apps and sites. Businesses now will be able to reach people who have interacted with their videos previously and or with their Lead Gen Form ads.

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EveryoneSocial

AUGUST 24, 2020

If you currently work as a marketer or spent any time in the marketing department, you are well aware of the amount of B2B marketing tools currently available. And you can see the insane visual that from The MarTech 5000 below: Many of these marketing tools can be used in all different industries, but I’ll be focusing on B2B specifically.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 28, 2023

In fact, teams that don’t adopt automation and AI-powered software throughout their tech stack risk falling behind. But with the right tools and processes, automation also breaks down silos and makes your whole business a well-oiled, data-driven machine. Automation tools are popular in marketing departments.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

However, lead generation and lead qualification are often used interchangeably- they represent distinct yet interconnected stages within the marketing and sales funnel. But generating qualified leads isn’t – because the number of qualified leads is the most immediate result of your effective B2B lead generation strategy or tactics.

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 15, 2021

For some B2B companies, the 2021 marketing budget has increased due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For other marketing departments, the belt is tightened; the budget has to be tweaked, poked, and prodded to make it work with the available resources while simultaneously getting the job done. How are they doing this?

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Account-based marketing or ABM is a B2B marketing strategy that aligns sales and marketing efforts to deliver targeted advertising, as well as personalized content and messaging, to high-value accounts. What ABM tools do. A wide variety of ABM tools are available to automate and execute ABM strategies.

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illumin

MAY 9, 2024

Brand lifts are a simple tool for measuring how effective your brand and advertising efforts are. With ongoing integrations of AI in advertising and advanced marketing tools like journey advertising platforms, marketers and brands worldwide are constantly innovating and getting ahead of the game.

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Martech

MAY 10, 2024

Comedy and sports leading the way Podcasting’s slowed growth in 2023 was indicative of lower ad budgets overall as advertisers braced for economic headwinds, according to Matt Shapo, director, Media Center for IAB, in his keynote. Podcast Advertising Revenue Study: 2023 Revenue & 2024-2026 Growth Projects.” As the top U.S.

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Oktopost

APRIL 22, 2019

In 2015, the average B2B nurture funnel was 12 months long with the full marketing and sales funnel taking about 512 days from lead to sale on average! Considered purchase funnels are not quite there yet but moving in the direction of B2B funnels. Marketing Attribution Software to the Rescue. Reasonable pricing.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 4, 2019

Or for those working in the digital space, content marketing and advertising. For years, brands have found themselves torn between the familiarity of advertising’s straightforward promotional methods and the daring authenticity of content marketing’s brand storytelling initiatives. Image Attribution: Headway.

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Martech

MAY 25, 2022

Here’s everything marketers and advertisers need to know from yesterday’s Google Marketing Live 2022. Google is helping more advertisers try their most automated campaign type, Performance Max. Shorts are limited to one minute in length and advertisers may want to tighten up and hone in creative, given the timeframe.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

Even in mature businesses, it’s tempting to funnel a lot of budget into short-term, paid campaigns for quick wins. Paid is straightforward, it’s sexy (to non-marketing executives, at least), and it’s a simple sell internally when navigating the budgeting process because of the instantly measurable ROI.

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Hubspot

MAY 29, 2019

I'm a big fan of finding the latest and greatest digital marketing tools. While digital marketing tools will only help you execute a proper strategy (they won't do the work for you), the right technology stack can really help you zoom past the competition. Starting out, there are several tools available for free. Image Source.

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Optinmonster

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

If you’re using Shopify, you can use an app like Social Marketing All in One to ask customers to share a product as soon as they add it to the cart, and then reward them with a discount. To put this into action, think about what actions would both get users more comfortable with your product and help get the word out.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This software educates prospects using useful or personalized content. In other words, marketing automation refers to an umbrella phrase for every tool, outlet, or solution. The businesses that use this software detect a 77% rise in lead conversions. Revenue and Productivity. Time-Saving.

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Contently

MARCH 26, 2021

While traditional advertising—television, billboards, radio, sponsorships—could only be correlated with sales, display advertising promised marketers the dream of something that had long eluded them: precision. Display is an incredibly low-effort way to spend your marketing budget. I have a theory. The precision myth.

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QuanticMind

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Most advertisers consider paid search management software the solution to all their problems. With so many in the ecosystem, though, just how do you find the right tool with all the right features to help meet your business goals. What to Look for in Paid Search Management Software. You should also consider future growth.

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Tiecas

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Here are some of the biggest hurdles we encounter and how industrial marketing can assist us in achieving our goals: Limited Resources : One of the most significant challenges for small to mid-sized manufacturing companies is limited resources, including budget, manpower, and time.

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. We will go through: What is a typical marketing budget percentage?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. We will go through: What is a typical marketing budget percentage?

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Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

Understanding the Stages: MQLs, SALs, and SQLs Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) and Sales Accepted Leads (SALs) might sound similar , understanding the distinctions between these lead types is crucial to boosting up your marketing funnel. Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid. Must Read: How to Generate MQLs How Acme Inc.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Who uses or works with content marketing tools? What types of tools or software enable content marketing? Unlike paid advertising, content marketing primarily uses organic approaches to attract and engage customers. Most respondents said they planned to increase content budgets and hire more content talent in 2022.

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Sharpspring

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you and a friend text using Android to Apple products, you quickly find that the platforms don’t always play well together. Google also has business reasons to push for changes because of its advertising model. Do you feel that you have too many disjointed marketing tech tools?

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PureB2B

JULY 6, 2022

A common challenge in the B2B demand generation world centers around the balance of automation and reporting software. Both of which are tools used in conjunction with your marketing campaigns, meaning your day is mostly full of software management instead of strategic planning. Productivity. Why Marketing Automation?

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Contently

APRIL 20, 2023

As content marketers, it’s our job to engage our audience , build brand awareness , and drive interest in our company’s products and services. The analytics are crucial for providing insight into the value of your production. But to truly maximize content value, you need to have a way to measure your content’s impact.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To meet this rising demand, your marketing team needs to be agile, think out of the box and keep up with deadlines—all while operating within limited budgets and constrained team bandwidths. Seventy-eight percent feel AI has benefited them in creative areas like content ideation, and another 73% report a positive impact on productivity.

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