Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2021

Are you using empathy in your marketing ? Because marketing isn’t something you do to people; it’s something you do with people. The problem with modern sales and marketing. I see with marketing (and sales) this: we get clinical and treat our customers as objects to convert rather than people who need help.

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Paid Search Agency B2B Sales Marketing & Strategy CMO 161

Biznology

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

54% of consumers find a website through natural search (source: Forrester ). One way is to ask for a proposal. Fortunately, there are ingredients that distinguish great SEO proposals. What makes a great SEO proposal? Keyword Research is a foundation to an SEO proposal. How do you know?

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Cost Per Click SEO Marketing Proposals Lead Scoring 80

Exo B2B

APRIL 11, 2019

We’re returning to a familiar theme just as Spring arrives: our top 30 marketing influencers for 2019. With great enthusiasm, we’ve scouted blogs on B2C and B2B marketing sites. One of them, Lee Odden , the undisputed marketing expert, did a great job of talking about the subject with a post that must absolutely be read.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She is a founding member of the Savvy B2B Marketing blog , and contributes regularly to the Content Marketing Institute blog.

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Buyer Personas Forrester Lead Ranking Peer-to-peer 120

Exo B2B

MARCH 8, 2018

We start March with our Top 30 marketing influencers of 2018. So, with much enthusiasm, we skimmed through blogs, B2C and B2B marketing sites. One of them, Lee Odden : marketing star, did a great job covering the topic with a blog that is an absolute must-read. These influencers are all over the place.

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Advertising Agencies B2B Thought Leadership Blogger Marketing & Strategy 105

Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

After all, content marketing results in three times as many leads as other types of marketing (but costs 62 percent less). So it’s clearly beneficial to you to get (or stay) on board the content train, but it should also be rewarding to your buyers. (highlight to tweet). Your new focal point should be on delivering value.

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PR Marketing & Strategy Practices Business 140

ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2013

If Si Robertson , one of the the “Duck Commanders” on A&E’s hit show “Duck Dynasty” , were to assess today’s B2B Marketer on how well they know their buyer, I can imagine he’s sum it up by saying, “Hey! Yet, according to Forrester , only 14% of marketers align compelling content with buyers’ journeys.

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Buyer Personas Buying Cycle Forrester Buyer's Journey 100

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 3, 2014

But, chances are, if you were a direct-response marketer, you probably shut your office door and shed a tear for the funnel. Because the funnel was like the mullet of marketing: you knew exactly what you were getting. Now, as good funnel marketers, we knew what to do with leakage – just pour more into the top of the funnel.

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Buy Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising Ad Building 161

The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

We think there is a more systemic issue in the predictions: a major "sea change" in technology spending and purchase decision-making – one that could put a significant chill in your organizations‘ sales and marketing strategy. Frugalnomics in Effect So what are the real reasons behind the continued slow growth?

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Gartner Forecasting Planning Marketing Proposals 40

Brandpoint

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I was essentially now head of marketing and sales for a B2B sales organization and my marketing tech stack consisted of a tele phone. The industry has greatly advanced since then, but for many organizations, sales and marketing practices are not evolving and keeping pace. Read more: How Does Content Marketing Drive Sales?].

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Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies 54

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Moreover, a major "sea change" has occurred in technology spending and purchase decision-making - with significant implications for your organizations sales and marketing strategy. More importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge.

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Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

If you’ve taken a marketing course over the past few decades you were likely schooled on the 4-Ps: Product, Place, Promotion and Price. Developed in the early 60s by the marketer E. As a result, according to research a few years back from Forrester, the 4-Ps of marketing are outdated and in need of a major rethink.

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Relevance Forrester Elasticity Peer-to-peer 40

Markempa

AUGUST 12, 2021

Are you using empathy in your marketing? Because marketing isn’t something you do to people; it’s something you do with people. The problem with modern sales and marketing. I see with marketing (and sales) this: we get clinical and treat our customers as objects to convert rather than people who need help.

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Paid Search Agency B2B Sales Account Based Marketing CMO 130

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 19, 2015

Excited to be launching a new book: The Frugalnomics Survival Guide - How to Use Your Unique Value to Market Better, Stand Out and Sell More. Based on our popular blog articles, the book provides a definitive view of value marketing and selling. Keep your eye out for the launch site and pre-order opportunity from Amazon.

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Marketing Proposals Forrester Press Amazon 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. So how well does your current content marketing help answer these key decision making questions for your buyers in a compelling and quantified way?

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. YoY increase from 2015. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant?

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Gartner Spending Effectiveness Marketing Proposals 40

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

I like to think of marketing and sales as the leads in a buddy cop movie. And marketing is the hot-headed rookie with a chip on their shoulder looking to prove to everyone that they have what it takes to become the department's first-ever bow-legged sergeant or something. Your marketing department only cares about MQLs.

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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Planning MQL 78

Kapost

APRIL 19, 2017

The Marketo Marketing Nation Summit is headed back to the city by the bay next week after a short detour in Las Vegas last year. As a data-driven marketer, I ask myself how I am going to maximize my ROI. Do I want a general overview of what’s new and happening in the marketing world? These three strategies deliver every time. #1:

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Marketo Account Based Marketing B2B Thought Leadership ABM 48

SmarkLabs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

There’s a lot of debate about whether sales enablement is the responsibility of the sales team or the marketing team. Marketing provides sales with the resources they need to make sales, like videos, blogs, and other types of content marketing. Sales enablement doesn’t just consist of marketing assisting sales, though.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Hubspot Marketing Proposals 49

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, stiffer competition, and even more headwinds to meeting your ambitious revenue growth goals. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. YoY decline from 2014 levels.

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Gartner Spending Effectiveness Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. So how well does your current content marketing help answer these key decision making questions for your buyers in a compelling and quantified way?

Gartner 40

Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

IT Spending on the Rise, But Executives Remain Economic-Focused A recent IT spending survey from Forrester confirms that 2010 remained a tough year for IT. As could be expected, Forrester indicates that the majority of 2010 IT spending went to support existing operations – essentially “keeping the lights on&#.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 17, 2011

The good news is that many marketers and sales enablement groups have realized the change in buyers over the past decade. This presents a substantial challenge for sales and marketing to prove that “doing nothing” has a cost, and that the proposed return on investment is worth the change risk.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Forrester Marketing Proposals 40

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.” Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. The trick is to learn how to use all its power.

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B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. Even with a continued recovery and more financial optimism, the shift to frugality is fundamental and permanent. But up-front purchase price isn’t everything.

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Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

By not engaging early, sales is left responding to proposal requests versus helping to set strategy and recommend solutions – a sure recipe for smaller deal size and less competitive advantage. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

For marketers, the news is good overall. According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. In the current environment, marketers are still being asked to do-more-with-less, driving a significant change in strategies, campaigns and go-to-market channels.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

nDash

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

There are plenty of opportunities for content marketers to thrive in the cybersecurity industry. Don’t fall into the trap of a fear-based content strategy. None of this should come as much of a surprise as global cybersecurity spending continues to increase exponentially, with analysts predicting a $133 billion market by 2022.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

The hard benefits are also called direct benefits as they are typically directly tied to the impact of implementing the proposed solution – a first order, cause and effect. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 2, 2017

Our understanding the B2B buyer’s journey, from market realization to vendor selection, becomes critical in developing a successful online marketing program. But how does the B2B online marketer go about uncovering their buyer’s journey? B2B Buyer Journey and Content Marketing. B2B Buyer Journey Basics.

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Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Marketing Automation Services B2B 120

Sword and the Script | B2B

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. 12% say competing go-to-market strategy or goals (KPIs).

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PR Trust Marketing Stats B2B Marketing 78

Content4Demand

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Here is our countdown of the top-trending pieces and posts generating buzz and airplay this October in content marketing. Give it a quick read, and then you can get back to the content creation treadmill. Long Form Content: I’m Not Dead Yet! We hope we’ve helped inspire you on your path to improving B2B marketing content.

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