Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

Among marketers, few topics spark as much debate as the comparison between demand generation and inbound marketing. Conversely, inbound marketing predominantly relies on passive techniques to draw in potential leads. Here are some metrics to consider: High-intent Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs).

Demand Generation Agencies 71

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 71

Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you haven’t come across it yet, it’s an insightful framework that challenges the outdated strategies we B2B marketers have relied on to spur growth over the last decade. Something is shifting in the realm of B2B marketing It’s hard to put your finger on it just yet, but it’s there, quietly brewing beneath the surface.

Paid Content 79

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 79

Envy

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

When you're working in B2B tech marketing agency, it can feel like you're drowning in a sea of TLAs (three-letter abbreviations) and technical B2B marketing terms. Marketing terms. Account Based Marketing ! Churn rate. Cost Per Click tells you how much it costs to get one person to click on your paid ad.

Marketing Analytics Tools 119

Marketing Analytics Tools Cost per Acquisition Paid Content Lead Ranking 119

B2B Marketing Analytics

JUNE 28, 2020

Been part of numerous B2B marketing analytics journeys across various organizations, I have been witnessing how data and analytics have become the core of modern B2B marketing execution. CEOs/finance/sales leaders are all in this exciting transition led by the forward-looking marketing leaders. SQOs to Deals.

Conversion Rate 52

Conversion Rate Lead Ranking SQO Marketing Qualified Leads 52

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in.

Lead Ranking 130

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Paid Content Top of Funnel 130

SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

That being the case, sales and marketing metrics have shifted from the norm to better support communities. We are going to dive into some specific senior care sales and marketing metrics that you should follow so you can track your occupancy rates. Understand your conversion rates to inform your strategy.

Paid Search Agency 104

Paid Search Agency Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 104

B2B Marketing Analytics

JUNE 28, 2020

Been part of numerous B2B marketing analytics journeys across various organizations, I have been witnessing how data and analytics have become the core of modern B2B marketing execution. CEOs/finance/sales leaders are all in this exciting transition led by the forward-looking marketing leaders. SQOs to Deals.

Conversion Rate 52

Conversion Rate Lead Ranking SQO Marketing Qualified Leads 52

MKT1

JUNE 5, 2023

“The marketing funnel is dead,” they say. I agree the marketing funnel isn’t exactly funnel shaped–it's sort of an hourglass. So, I still strongly recommend B2B marketing teams map their funnels. 20% off for paid newsletter subscribers. 20% off for paid newsletter subscribers.

Top of Funnel 64

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 64

Inbox Insight

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

But with mounting pressure to demonstrate impact through hitting MQL targets, it’s easy for B2B marketers to overlook quality and become fixated on the latter. According to our first party research conducted among our IFP audience, lead quality is the key focus for 40% of senior B2B marketers.

Lead Ranking 108

Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads 108

Metadata

APRIL 8, 2024

I used Metadata for the first time in 2021 when I worked at Armorblox (now a part of Cisco), and it instantly made me a better B2B marketer. Seriously: our lead-to-conversion rate increased by 15X and our cost per opportunity (CPO) went from $40k to $800. I was instantly hooked. With Metadata, our CPL dropped to about $50.

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead CPO B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies 52

Directive Agency

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Oftentimes as paid media marketers, it’s easy to stick to LinkedIn’s platform reports and conduct business just on the ad side. Although platform metrics can be a good indicator of ad performance, they don’t shine light on how successful the campaigns are at reaching deeper lead goals. Shared Goal Setting.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Linkedin Marketing Qualified Leads 52

Envy

JULY 31, 2017

The Challenges: Market Education and Lead Generation. Establishing presence as a serious contender in virtualized container cybersecurity required investment in brand awareness and market education in an industry that was still in its infancy. Our strategy included: Inbound Marketing to educate and build awareness.

Lead Ranking 85

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Case Study 85

Metadata

APRIL 21, 2021

This is the first post in our new content series, No Fluffs Given. We’re tired of the fluffy content in our LinkedIn feeds, with no real substance or actionable takeaways. So we’re teaming up with some of the best B2B marketers we know. That’s nearly unheard of in the marketing world – so don’t skip this step!

Cost per Lead 98

Cost per Lead CPL Linkedin Marketing Qualified Leads 98

Marketri

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Many people view marketing as a creative endeavor, but it’s really a mix of art and science. When you invest time and budget on marketing, you need to know it will pay off through a strong ROI. And therein lies the science of modern marketing. Which are most critical to measuring, monitoring, and optimizing your marketing?

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Churn Rate 62

Lake One

JULY 27, 2023

Most companies measure the success of their marketing efforts by how prospects move through the funnel. HubSpot’s Customer Journey Analytics at a glance Launched at HubSpot’s Inbound22 conference, Customer Journey Analytics is available to Marketing Hub Enterprise users. Want to go deeper?

Hubspot 80

Hubspot Paid Content Analytics Top of Funnel 80

Only B2B

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Are your leads ready for market? Or do you have a problem with conversion rates? The age-old conflict between sales and marketing appears to always come down to one thing: leads. Both your sales and marketing teams are in charge of capturing leads. Lead Scoring And MQLs. Learn More About Your Sales Cycle.

Lead Ranking 127

Lead Ranking Cost per Acquisition Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 127

The Point

JANUARY 19, 2021

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons. Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides and economic recovery kicks in, or are recent trends destined to become staple tactics in the months and years to come?

Demand Generation Agencies 147

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Lead Ranking 147

Heinz Marketing

MAY 8, 2020

By Stephanie Carrillo , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Most of my digital marketing career has been running campaigns for eCommerce companies. It took me some time to adjust to B2B marketing, where analytics have not always played a significant part in decision making for many of our clients.

Marketing Qualified Leads 94

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Advertising Benchmark Advertising Channels 94

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

I’m sure this was many of us marketers before the digital revolution, but now we have what seems like infinite data sources at our fingertips. As marketers, we often default to defining marketing’s top-of-funnel success with a metric that we could track with simple web tracking and marketing automation rules.

Cost per Acquisition 153

Cost per Acquisition Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 153

Directive Agency

JULY 23, 2020

For many business-to-business (B2B) software organizations, paid advertising is essential to generating leads and driving revenue. Through paid channels, marketers are able to segment and target audiences more precisely, leading to higher conversion rates and ultimately, more sales. What is B2B advertising?

Funnel Advertising 59

Funnel Advertising Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Advertisements 59

PureB2B

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At some point in your marketing campaign pathway, you’re going to come across additional budget that you need to use. In fact, more than 60% of demand generation marketers claim that they finish the quarter with unused budget. Paid MQL Campaign. Yes, it’s true, you can in fact pay for MQLs. It’s inevitable.

Marketing Qualified Leads 62

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Campaigns Planning 62

PureB2B

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At some point in your marketing campaign pathway, you’re going to come across additional budget that you need to use. In fact, more than 60% of demand generation marketers claim that they finish the quarter with unused budget. Paid MQL Campaign. Yes, it’s true, you can in fact pay for MQLs. It’s inevitable.

Marketing Qualified Leads 62

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Campaigns Planning 62

PureB2B

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At some point in your marketing campaign pathway, you’re going to come across additional budget that you need to use. In fact, more than 60% of demand generation marketers claim that they finish the quarter with unused budget. Paid MQL Campaign. Yes, it’s true, you can in fact pay for MQLs. It’s inevitable.

Marketing Qualified Leads 62

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Campaigns MQL 62

Leadspace

JUNE 28, 2021

For B2B marketers, seeing low conversion rates, high email bounce rates, and poor pipeline velocity can be extremely frustrating. Is it mistargeted content? While data management can be a complicated, time-consuming process, regular data cleansing is core to successful B2B sales and marketing. Average: 3.9%

Lead Ranking 118

Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 118

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

At Winning by Design, we help implement Sales as a Science by applying the scientific method to all areas of the customer journey which is, in many ways, the kaizen approach to GTM (go-to-market). Start simple and confirm MDR/SDR effectiveness and marketing targeting accuracy. Insight Identification: Three Ways to Kaizen Your GTM.

Marketing Analytics Tools 184

Marketing Analytics Tools Top of Funnel Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking 184

MKT1

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Marketing gets a bad rap. Many founders, sales leaders, product leaders, and even marketers themselves think B2B marketing teams are just a service organization to sales—marketing only exists to generate leads this quarter. And that’s partially because it’s incredibly misunderstood.

Sales Management 52

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Analytics Tools 52

Envy

AUGUST 22, 2019

Demand for cyber security solutions keeps growing, but the number of cyber security companies is continually increasing, creating a highly competitive market. When it comes to marketing, cyber security companies face an uphill climb to stand out. So we made it our mission to get marketers the answers to their burning questions.

Lead Ranking 84

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Advertising Benchmark Cost per Lead 84

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. But in between, marketing needs to nurture and qualify leads by encouraging them to engage with content until they’re sales-ready.

Top of Funnel 160

Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads 160

Golden Spiral

MARCH 28, 2019

You convinced leadership that inbound marketing was the way to go for your B2B company. You overcame your some of your lingering inbound marketing fears (and helped executives do the same). Few download your content and even fewer — if any — attend your webinars. The conversion rates on your PPC landing pages are disheartening.

Inbound Marketing 74

Inbound Marketing Paid Content Lead Ranking Work Management 74

PureB2B

APRIL 25, 2019

We like to keep a finger on the pulse of the B2B marketing funnels and sales pipelines world and thought we would share some recent and relevant insights with you. Staying on top of sales and marketing trends like these can help you gain a new perspective on your strategies and even help you initiate a campaign or channel pivot.

Stats 62

Stats Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies Marketing Qualified Leads 62

SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

Demonstrating the value of any marketing campaign is challenging. In fact, 43% of companies list it as the biggest marketing challenge: . . This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. .

Lead Ranking 107

Lead Ranking Paid Content Cost per Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 107

DealSignal

MAY 8, 2023

It’s the same with marketing play. Table of Contents [Open] [Close] It’s go time. We all have to hustle to maximize buyer interest and conversions in Q3 and Q4 to drive results so we can not only hit but exceed our quarterly and annual numbers. It’s no different when it comes to achieving a revenue goal.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 52

SmartBug Media

MAY 28, 2020

Through extensive persona development and by building out a Buyer’s Journey, marketers can start identifying high-priority leads and begin forecasting lead generation metrics for the upcoming year. Here are five lead generation benchmarks that every marketing team should track month over month: 1. Visit-to-Lead Conversion Rate (VTL).

Marketing Qualified Leads 117

Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Generation 117

SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

How can you ensure that your marketing strategy is helping your organization achieve the goal of continual growth? Maintain a Consistent Marketing Strategy. If you’re familiar with inbound marketing , you know that it is a marathon, not a sprint. A home-run marketing strategy doesn’t happen overnight. Content Marketing.

Lead Ranking 98

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Marketing & Strategy 98

SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

How can you ensure that your marketing strategy is helping your organization achieve the goal of continual growth? Maintain a Consistent Marketing Strategy. If you’re familiar with inbound marketing , you know that it is a marathon, not a sprint. A home-run marketing strategy doesn’t happen overnight. Content Marketing.

Lead Ranking 98

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Marketing & Strategy 98

Brandpoint

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Optimizing your landing pages — whether it’s your main homepage or specific product pages — is how you can draw people in through unbranded searches and eventually get them to contact you. However, a poorly optimized website can be one of the biggest liabilities in your marketing practice. Everything you do should be customer-first.

Lead Generation 118

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads 118

Directive Agency

JUNE 18, 2020

Key Points: We outlined 8+ different SaaS marketing metrics you must track. See the SaaS marketing template our team utilizes: the LTV:CAC method. The only way to measure growth from SaaS search marketing (and all other marketing) campaigns is revenue. SaaS marketing metrics that matter. Do your research !

Lead Ranking 59

Lead Ranking Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Qualified Leads 59