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Buying Signals: B2B Marketing Budgets without a Line Item for Trade Shows

Sword and the Script | B2B

The decline of B2B trade shows frees B2B marketing to experiment with more efficient channels; virtual events surface buying signals The pandemic is certainly changing marketing – but we might all do well to shift our thinking towards what might become quasi-permanent. Give our services a try.

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A/E/C Trade Show Marketing: 12 Ways to Maximize Your Firm’s ROI

Circle Studio

Industry trade shows and conferences are staples in the A/E/C marketing mix, and typically represent a large line item in a firm’s marketing budget. With all the time and resources that go into trade show participation, ensuring your firm maximizes the investment is essential.

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Content Marketing is the New Conference and Trade Show During Quarantine [UML]

Sword and the Script | B2B

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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How Outcome-Based Vs. Traditional Sub-Account Budgets Serve Everyone Better

Vision Edge Marketing

The use of sub-accounts is the most common approach to budgeting and is used to separate funds for different expenses. But this approach has a number of drawbacks, which is why we recommend outcome-based budgeting and planning. The best place to start is to understand the purpose of a budget. What’s the solution?

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Blog: Getting the Most Out of Trade Show Investments

Conversica

We are in the middle of conference season and Marketers are hard at work promoting events, building booths, crafting meeting spaces, selecting swag and giveaways, and polishing their messaging. Needless to say, trade shows and conferences require large investments of time, energy and resources from Event Marketers.

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How to Measure Trade Show ROI

Jifflenow

Trade shows are an important spend in any marketer’s budget. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research found the average company puts more than 30% of their total marketing budget into events and exhibits. This results in more than $24 billion in spending on trade shows each year in the U.S.

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What Is B2B Event Marketing and Why You Should Still Consider it in 2021

Oktopost

It’s been said that the best salespeople are those who are sharp as a tack when it comes to building relationships. B2B event marketing has been proven to be as good as gold for this goal. . Not just that, it’s also a time-tested and versatile strategy for reducing sales cycles and expediting pipeline generation.