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Expand your Offer Strategy to Increase SEM Performance

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It’s puzzling, therefore, why so many SEM campaigns in the high tech space focus exclusively on late-stage offers, namely trials and demos. One reason is a general (short-sighted, in my view) opinion of SEM as merely a tool to find prospects who are ready to buy. Actually, I know why it is.

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The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content

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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. The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content Click To Tweet.

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How to Approach Demand Gen in Challenging Times

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Consider shifting net new investment to inbound strategies: SEM, paid social, content syndication. To help make up for the lead shortfall caused by cancelled shows, look to channels like content syndication to refill the funnel with guaranteed leads that meet specific demographic criteria. . *

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How to Calculate Demand Gen Budget: A Rough Guide

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SEM, Webinars, content syndication) so using MQLs allows for a more even playing field. People (in-house or outsourced, salaries or agency fees) * Content (Webinars, ebooks, video) * Technology & infrastructure. The calculator uses industry standard figures for conversion rates (Lead to MQL, Close Rate, etc.),

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Improving Demand Gen Performance with CRO

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That makes it an ideal discipline for “always on” channels like SEO, SEM , Display, or Paid Social. If adopted and executed consistently, it can also provide insights into audience behavior and preferences that can inform other marketing channels, campaigns, content, and strategies.

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Marketing Success & the Accident of Timing

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Creating content that appeals to those different stages (and not just active buyers). Running “always on” campaigns (social media, SEM, display) that make your company findable. A few suggestions: * Reaching and engaging with prospective customers at every stage of the buying journey.

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8 Common LinkedIn Advertising Mistakes

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LinkedIn’s big advantage over its key competitor – and the reason it’s now cannibalizing so many marketing budgets previously reserved exclusively for paid search (SEM). – Non-Content Offers. Note: you can extend the shelf life of a specific content offer by simply changing ad creative, especially with a new image.