KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 31, 2022

When B2B marketers think of a conversion, usually we’re thinking of the final purchase. You’ve moved prospects through the sales funnel and they’re finally ready to buy or maybe book a demo. . Ecommerce sites can view purchases in Reports > Life Cycle > Monetization > Ecommerce purchases. .

Marketing Analytics Tools 245

Marketing Analytics Tools Conversion B2B Marketing B2B 245

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 11, 2023

What you consider valuable content might be seen as worthless by your customers when they’re trying to make a purchase. This could include: Templates Webinars Videos eBooks White papers Image Source: Digital Marketers World But here’s the catch: your customers don’t necessarily need to pay with money. But is it really?

Ad Exchange 239

Ad Exchange High Quality Lead Landing Pages Content 239

Martech

JANUARY 11, 2022

Here are three ways marketers can better understand and leverage this valuable intent data to improve the customer buying cycle. Review your brand’s customer buying cycle. The buying (or purchase) cycle is a visualization that tracks customers as they move through the sales funnel to reach the purchasing stage.

Buying Cycle 109

Buying Cycle Intent Buy Intent Signal 109

Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

White papers are powerful sources of lead generation. We asked our panel of white paper experts "What are the top 2 components of a white paper that is most effective to generate leads?" He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. " Read on to get their insights.

Paper 100

Paper Lead Generation Enterprise Management Generation 100

Martech

AUGUST 22, 2023

B2B buying has changed dramatically in the last decade, and marketers need to change with it. Industrial buying behavior has changed dramatically with the rise of countless online platforms in recent decades. In going to market, the company has traditionally relied on distributors, including catalogs, to access the market opportunity.

Case Studies 77

Case Studies Case Study Studies Buy 77

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

Intent data transcends basic website visits, offering profound insights into a prospect’s purchase intent. It analyzes diverse online behaviors, including content downloads, registrations for white papers, visits to solution-related webpages, and even interactions with competitor content.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

B2B marketing targets buying groups within businesses. In B2B marketing, decisions are often made by a committee or group within the company that involves several stakeholders who have an impact on the buying decision. Purchasing Habits Customer purchasing habits differ significantly between B2B and B2C environments.

Work Management 217

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 217

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you know your white paper audience? Are those concerns being addressed in your white papers? We asked white paper experts " How should a white paper that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different from a white paper that is addressed to a Business Decision Maker?

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s just a few examples of the mistakes marketers make when defining inquiries as leads : Every person who signs up for your newsletter, downloads a white paper, or registers for your webcast is not a lead. It’s important to know if they have budget to buy something. If they have the ability to buy something.

Lead Ranking 277

Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads 277

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 30, 2017

In terms of content preferences, most buyers (78 percent) stated that they have turned to case studies to research B2B purchasing decisions in the past 12 months. Seventy-seven percent said the same about white papers, and 76 percent claimed that they have engaged with webinars for further insight.

Peer-to-peer 120

Peer-to-peer Buy B2B Marketing Process 120

Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

At this point, she might search for lower funnel keywords such as “How to buy a marketing automation solution” or “What to look for in a marketing automation demo.” SEO Funnel and Bottom-of-Funnel Keywords Certainly, keywords at all stages of the buying cycle are important — from top funnel keywords to lower funnel keywords.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Keywords Marketing Automation Services 130

Content4Demand

AUGUST 11, 2020

With the shift to more account-based marketing (ABM) and targeting buying groups rather than individual personas, it’s time to also turn some of our ideas about personas on their heads in our content marketing strategy. Beyond this, it recognizes the complexity of today’s B2B buying process, with buying committees made up of an average of 5.4

Buy 91

Buy Account Based Marketing B2B Thought Leadership ABM 91

Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Use customer data to segment your audience based on their buying history and current behavior. Then send targeted content to them based on the data, to encourage related purchases. A warm lead might receive relevant content such as a case study, a white paper, or other educational content. Design reengagement campaigns.

Lead Nurturing 191

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 191

NetLine

APRIL 14, 2022

Here are a few key highlights from this volume: Professionals registering for webinars are 29% more likely to make a purchase decision within 6 months. of all registrations), B2B Marketers promoted 20% more White Papers than eBooks. eBooks Were Requested 484% More Than White Papers. of all downloads.

Intent 97

Intent Webinar Metrics Peer-to-peer Intent Data 97

Madison Logic

JULY 20, 2023

B2B buying is a team effort that marketers cannot afford to overlook. According to Gartner, a typical buying committee for a complex B2B solution consists of six to ten decision-makers , each armed with their own set of four or five independently gathered pieces of information.

Buy 52

Buy Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Multi-Channel 52

The ROI Guy

MARCH 24, 2013

Traditional white papers are likely the staple of your content marketing portfolio, and for good reason. According to a recent IDG survey, 84% of buyers leveraged white papers as a key resource to help them make a purchase decision. Short attention span theater – The typical white paper is just too long.

Paper 40

Paper Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Automation Services Eloqua 40

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

How do you concisely convey the information you want to present in your white paper? How long should a white paper be to convey information and yet hold readers interest from start to end? We have invited White Paper Experts to shed light on the following question: "What is the ideal length of a white paper?"

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management Marketing Management Case Studies 100

Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

Usually, MQLs are the leads that have shown interest in various ways, like downloading content like ebooks, white paper, signing up for a company newsletter attending a webinar or online event. It means missing out on important buying signals, wasting money on generating leads, and ultimately losing out on potential sales.

Marketing Qualified Leads 71

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 71

MarketJoy

JULY 27, 2018

The maturation of the internet has changed the B2B buying cycle forever. This white paper will give you a road map for how to attract more customers and win more deals in a rapidly changing B2B landscape. Usually, you’ll have to get buy-in from every decision maker before a purchasing decision is made.

Purchase 64

Purchase Peer-to-peer B2B Buyer Personas 64

Binary Demand

MARCH 26, 2024

The reason is that businesses recognize a fundamental truth that purchasing decisions aren’t solely made by companies. By analyzing potential customers’ online behavior, businesses can pinpoint research interests, website visits, and buying signals, effectively identifying warm leads. This rapid growth, especially the 1,365.5%

Intent 52

Intent Intent Data Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics 52

The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. However, it’s critical to align search offers (and not just ad copy) with ad groups tailored to a particular buying stage.

Marketing Management 207

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To do this, you must create content that aligns with every stage of the buyer’s journey —from awareness to purchase. If your content does not provide the information they are looking for in their stage of the buying process, you may get overlooked for another company that has provided the content that aligns with their current needs.

Buy 59

Buy Process Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 59

The Point

JULY 17, 2017

This year’s report (download a copy here – registration required) is striking in the degree and pace of change reported, since only last year, in how B2B buyers describe their research and purchase processes. IMPACT : Use ABM strategies to deliver personalized, relevant content to specific buying roles within large accounts.

Paid Search Agency 241

Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Increasingly, B2B customers depend on self-guided research on digital channels to find out more about business products and services and reach buying decisions. B2B content marketing is different because buying decisions are made by teams, not individuals, so the buying journey is more complex, and usually longer, than for consumer purchases.

Marketing AI 128

Marketing AI B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Content Marketing 128

Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With the buying process not heavily digitized and with people working remotely on a range of devices, lines are blurring between B2C and B2B buying behaviors. “I think the other dynamic is that you’ve got a new generation of buyers who don’t buy like previous generations — on the B2C or B2B level — and they have budget. .

Account Based Marketing 71

Account Based Marketing Buy Process Marketing Automation Services 71

WriteSpark

APRIL 18, 2018

Yet it was interesting to see how quickly they reached consensus on which document had the most appeal, especially for motivating a purchase decision. Especially when buyers are comparing products on their short list, the sometimes maligned "feeds and speeds" data and other specifications can be critical input for a purchase decision. .

Case Study 120

Case Study Case Studies Paper Purchase 120

WriteSpark

APRIL 18, 2018

Yet it was interesting to see how quickly they reached consensus on which document had the most appeal, especially for motivating a purchase decision. Especially when buyers are comparing products on their short list, the sometimes maligned "feeds and speeds" data and other specifications can be critical input for a purchase decision. .

Case Study 120

Case Study Case Studies Paper Purchase 120

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

If you read marketing publications as much as I do, you’ve seen your fair share of blog posts, white papers, and videos that reference it. That same McKinsey study reported that in 2010, the percentage of online CPG purchases was already at six percent. Certainly, millennials will become a driving force in tomorrow’s workplace.

Marketing AI 559

Marketing AI Stats Planning Case Studies 559

Biznology

APRIL 14, 2017

If you look at your marketing and sales process you do a mixture of activities like run-advertising and marketing campaigns to build awareness, send out email marketing, create sales brochures, white papers, case studies, and constantly crank out blog posts and new website content.

Top of Funnel 139

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Video Marketing Lead Scoring 139

Trade Press Services Newsletter

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether it’s bylined articles, white papers, how-to guides or videos, new content is the best way to drive new leads and engage with your customers. In 2024, most, if not all, B2B buying journeys will start online. Go full steam ahead with content creation. Take the scenic route with your online presence.

Marketing AI 130

Marketing AI Course B2B Thought Leadership Planning 130

NetLine

APRIL 11, 2023

more likely to be correlated with a purchase decision <6 months. more likely to be downloaded in 2022 compared to White Papers—yet Marketers produced 30% more White Papers than eBooks. of them expect to make purchase decisions within the next 12 months—a YOY increase of 8.8%. eBooks represented 33.6%

Demand 52

Demand B2B Webinar Metrics Intent 52

The Point

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

However, if it’s a prerequisite for anything you ever do in demand gen, you’re doing your company and sales team a disservice by limiting engagement to only those prospects already in the more advanced stages of the buying journey. Effective demand generation. is a mix of hunting AND gathering. No, they won’t.

Intent Data 149

Intent Data Demand Generation Agencies Intent Paid Social Agency 149

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Rather, understand where each customer stands in the buying cycle and reach out to them with the right type of content. Things are more complicated when targeting high-value accounts with multiple decision-makers in the buying process. Spruce up your content with verifiable data to make your message more believable.

Account Based Marketing 95

Account Based Marketing ABM Tactics Top of Funnel 95

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Whether we realize it or not, we want to buy from people we can trust. Propel them further down the sales funnel with white papers and webinars. The Final Message: People Buy from People. The most important thing to remember from the original quote is that people want to buy from other people, not a business.

Business 227

Business B2B Thought Leadership Top of Funnel Conference 227

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

Advertisements in the free version encourage the purchase of the full-length or full-featured premium version. This Executive Summary is offered for free in our resource library, while the full industry-specific research reports are available for purchase. White Papers/Executive Guides . Training Courses.

Paid Content 144

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 144

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

People won’t buy what they don’t understand. An enterprise customer who needs to purchase a new piece of equipment or software, evaluating similar offerings, will (most often) go with the vendor who can prove they’re the best. Don’t waste your customer’s time or make it hard for them to complete a purchase.

Marketing Budget 287

Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Sales Management Work Management 287

Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Content serves as the primary vehicle for educating, engaging, and guiding potential customers at each stage of their journey to make a purchase. Examples include how-to articles, product reviews, white papers, books, e-books, and essential guides. Examples include email newsletters, webinars, and social media posts.

Top of Funnel 80

Top of Funnel Trends B2B Thought Leadership Buyer Personas 80