Biznology

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I’ve long observed that B2B marketers focus too much on lead generation, and not enough on current customer expansion and retention, which is, after all, where the bulk of profits lie. For years, B2B marketers have focused on demand generation, or top-of-the-funnel activities. Others include it as part of the demand gen.

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The Point

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Demand Generation Report just published their 2018 Outlook Guide: The State of Marketing Automation. I was honored to be invited to contribute my thoughts as part of the report, reproduced (with permission) below. There are fewer hard and fast rules that apply to all audiences.

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Launch Marketing

MAY 8, 2018

As B2B demand generation and buyer behavior continue to evolve, engaging your buyers requires various strategies, tactics and tools. Today’s B2B buyers are extremely savvy when it comes to researching products/services and evaluating what other customers are saying about a company’s solution.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

We know Demandbase, a titan lead generation company acquired Engagio. ABM is about quality leads and engaging active buyers. ABM is about quality leads and engaging active buyers. The obsolete methods of Lead generation are transforming. Now you cannot solve demand generation problems with quantity leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

Author: Dayna Rothman Lead generation describes the marketing process of stimulating and capturing interest in a product or service for the purpose of developing sales pipeline. Lead generation helps your company increase brand awareness, build relationships, generate qualified leads, and ultimately close deals.

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markempa

AUGUST 30, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Software Advice’s recently released 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark report revealed that the vast majority of B2B marketers (79 percent) use at least 11 different marketing software applications. Plans for 2015 Demand Generation Spending, by Channel. Chief Marketer’s Annual B2B Lead Generation Survey.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Forrester – Forrester Research, Inc – An independent research company that provides pragmatic advice to global leaders in business and technology. Arketi – Arketi Group – A high-tech business-to-business (B2B) public relations and digital marketing agency. One of @ b2bmagazine ’s top B2B agencies.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Additional data from Forrester revealed that high-performing B2B companies grow their sales enablement budget 2 times faster than low-performing organizations. Bad lead quality. Another byproduct of sales and marketing misalignment is bad lead quality. Not enough leads. Predictive Demand Generation.

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SnapApp

JULY 10, 2018

Demand generation is a rapidly evolving field — just a few years ago brands were still largely focusing on traditional outbound marketing strategies. Terms like inbound marketing and demand generation seemed more like buzzwords than actual marketing strategies. Forrester B2B Marketing Forum. Hey, that’s us!)

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NetLine

AUGUST 2, 2023

B2B demand generation marketers face a growing list of challenges, from navigating complex buyer journeys to breaking through the noise of a crowded marketplace. High-quality, validated, opt-in leads are essential to driving sales and revenue growth, but generating them is no easy task. 3… 2… 1… Blast off!

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SnapApp

JULY 10, 2018

Running an effective demand generation campaign means you need to stay current with changes in the industry. Terms like inbound marketing and demand generation seemed more like buzzwords than actual marketing strategies. Forrester B2B Marketing Forum. Hey, that’s us!)

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Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Sewell is president of Spear Marketing Group , a full-service agency with offices in Silicon Valley and Seattle that specializes in demand generation, lead management, and ROI-based marketing. How to Choose Your Carrot: Effective Lead Generation Offers for High-Technology Marketers (White Paper).

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Exo B2B

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Several “stars” and influencers of B2B marketing were there, such as Laura Ramos from Forrester, Brian Solis , Lee Odden , Rebecca Lieb , Pam Didner , James Taylor , Paul Peterman from Facebook and many others. Obviously, Forrester is very interested in the subject: Of course, Lee Odden was on site and lectured on Millennials.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

One of the goals of marketing is to generate leads. What is the next logical step once you have managed to get high quality leads? Yes, getting those leads into the sale pipeline. Salespeople need leads—right now. How do marketers overcome this roadblock? So marketing tries to feed the pipe.

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6sense

JULY 17, 2017

Back in early 2012, I signed on as vice president of global customer success and services at Okta , a leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. At that time, only a few B2B companies subscribed to this kind of service in the cloud (hint: early adopters). Just one year later…. Early signs, early adopters.

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Kapost

APRIL 17, 2017

Now, before we jump back to bottom lines and justifying the time and cost of social management, remember social media is best for building brand awareness first and MAY result in lead generation in the long-term. Then see where it leads. As with anything in life, having a clear intention is essential.

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Digital B2B Marketing

APRIL 2, 2013

It is called a complex sale for a reason, but B2B marketers keep trying to fit it into a simplistic measurement framework: where did we get that lead? As a results, B2B acquisition marketing often devolves into one of two places: Just getting a lead (really just some contact details, but I digress) into the marketing and sales machine.

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Velocity Partners

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The barriers to entry are growing higher and higher – especially in a world where Forrester analysts expect the content marketing function to be “largely swallowed up into multi-disciplinary teams.”. Get it right and your demand, lead and ABM campaigns will hit their targets. We’re adapting. And it’s good. Is that bad?

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Valasys

MARCH 30, 2020

ABM maturity and B2B sales revenue are intertwined, with ABM contributing to shorter sales cycles, optimized customer experiences and pulsation of other account-specific strategies for fueling and driving the demand generation engine. According to research by Forrester , ABM maturity and B2B Sales Revenue are Intertwined.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 7, 2022

Differentiating yourself by becoming more authentically “human” A manager’s perspective on autonomy and agency in the business. What is the lesson here for lead generation efforts for content strategies? Because you know, Challenger talks about this, Forrester talked about this. Andy: Right.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 21, 2019

For years they were the foundation for professional services growth. Yet, working for the research-based branding and marketing firm for professional services, I can tell you that we and our clients are seeing a decline in referral usage. Professional service search methods. B2B Demand Generation Versus Lead Generation.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Read these interesting blog posts on B2B marketing ROI: Kevin Joyce's Untangling B2B Marketing Campaigns ROI , Jon Miller's Improving B2B Marketing ROI: Thought Leadership With Merry Elrick , Tom Scearce's Three metrics that are more useful than Cost per Lead. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Get Customers.

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We asked our panel of B2B marketing experts "How can B2B marketers measure return on investment (leads generated, market awareness etc) for the money/effort spent on creating and marketing content? Within a 3-month period of execution for the program, the combination enabled the company to reactivate dormant leads and add $4.5M

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B2B Marketing Directions

APRIL 3, 2016

As a B2B marketer, imagine how much more effective your marketing efforts would be if you had the following insights: What if you could identify businesses that are likely to have a strong interest in your company's products or services before you market to those businesses?

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Ambal's Amusings

JULY 22, 2010

Leading Lights: Marketing and PR Strategist David Meerman Scott – video interview. "Simple Content Creates Quality Leads!" Maria Pergolino is Director of Marketing at Marketo , leading their efforts in adoption of social media channels for brand awareness and demand generation. Maria Pergolino.

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Televerde

APRIL 28, 2020

Tell us about your role and the team you lead? My role is head of Marketing and Marketing Services with oversight of Sales Engineering. My team and I are the stewards of our brand, demand and lead generation, and content marketing. In this role, this takes on a whole new meaning. It’s a big role to say the least.

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LEADership

OCTOBER 21, 2014

In a recent survey of 500 B2B and B2C decision makers in the US and UK, Forrester found that only 11% qualified as “modern marketers”. Use these ‘discoveries’ to refine, adjust and optimize your demand generation strategy. EXPERIENCE: You have to feel it for yourself. Image credit: Shutterstock.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.)

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Ambal's Amusings

MARCH 18, 2010

50 newsletter signups (potential leads). They were generated from 2,174 Playbook downloads that resulted from dozens of blog post references, hundreds of Tweets, a press mention and the strong traffic pull, credibility and reputation for content value that Junta42 has established over the last few years. 3 consulting inquiries.

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Valasys

AUGUST 12, 2019

ABM targets people holding specific job designations at specific companies, who they believe will be the best to reach out for a particular product or service. A successful ABM strategy, at the end of the day, has to be focused on generating more leads. Targeted campaigns are run to convert VIP prospects.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Two of my recently published Forrester reports take a deeper look at marketing mix effectiveness and program spending trends. 2) Email, search marketing, and inside sales worked best for awareness and demand generation. Tim Harmon will likely publish on this data.) " in the marketing mix. What does work?

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Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Directive Agency

JANUARY 9, 2019

Are you struggling with obtaining marketing-qualified leads? Stuck wondering how you can improve the quality of the leads your campaigns are bringing in? LinkedIn is not a lead generation platform, but a demand generation platform. All we need to do is re-think how we view LinkedIn.

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Leadspace

JUNE 21, 2017

Hype leading to inflated expectations is by no means unique to AI. The fictional/Hollywood discourse around AI notwithstanding, imaginative entrepreneurs like Elon Musk constantly blur the lines between fact and fiction, leading the latter to spill into the realm of serious discourse over the applicability of AI technologies to businesses.

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Directive Agency

JANUARY 9, 2019

Are you struggling with obtaining marketing-qualified leads? Stuck wondering how you can improve the quality of the leads your campaigns are bringing in? LinkedIn is not a lead generation platform, but a demand generation platform. All we need to do is re-think how we view LinkedIn.

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