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Optimize Your PPC Marketing Strategy for B2B Success

Launch Marketing

Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing is an advertising model where advertisers pay a fee each time a user clicks one of their ads. It is one of the most effective methods for B2B businesses to amplify their brand’s reach and drive lead generation. Where is your audience most active when researching your products/services?

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The Flaw in Calculating Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing Cost Per Lead?

Smashmouth Marketing

It also determines that the price of an inbound generated lead is 3x less than the price of an outbound generated lead, $84 versus $220. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. I do, however, challenge the value of that inbound lead versus the value of the outbound lead, and that was not discussed.

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What Lead Filters Should I Request For My PPL Campaign?

The Point

Guess what: if the publisher is unable to charge for some percentage of the leads he/she generates from your content, you will end up paying for them anyway, in the form of a higher Cost Per Lead (CPL). And therein is the first rule of lead filters: the more filters you ask for, the higher your CPL.

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Q4 Marketing Budget: 4 Key Areas to Consider

The Point

Make SEM work harder. There are few B2B companies who don’t invest some consistent percentage of their quarterly marketing budget in paid search advertising (SEM). There are fewer still who do SEM well. Take a hard look at your average cost per lead or cost per conversion.

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The Flaw in Calculating Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing Cost Per Lead?

Smashmouth Marketing

It also determines that the price of an inbound generated lead is 3x less than the price of an outbound generated lead, $84 versus $220. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. I do, however, challenge the value of that inbound lead versus the value of the outbound lead, and that was not discussed.

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Failing at Paid Search? Maybe You’re Just Measuring It Wrong.

The Point

For example, you may wish to measure the performance of “branded terms” – the name of your company, product names, names of competitors – based on impressions, or even ad position, whereas more generic terms will be measured on Cost Per Lead or Cost Per Qualified Lead. For a free copy, click here.

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Key B2B Demand Generation Strategies for 2015

The Point

In our business, demand generation and content marketing are nearly synonymous. It’s almost a cliché to say so at this stage, but without quality content, it’s virtually impossible to generate maximum return from both “top of the funnel” lead generation, lead nurturing , or customer marketing.