ANNUITAS

JANUARY 28, 2014

Once again 2014 will be a year that Content Marketing is front and center for a majority of B2B marketing departments. While the buzz about content marketing continues, it still seems to be quite a challenge for most marketers. Add all of these together and you have a “qualified lead.”

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ViewPoint

MARCH 1, 2012

Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute.

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 30, 2021

Tracking B2B lead generation metrics is important for B2B marketing – of course. There’s a pillar concept in marketing that proves the value of clarity: Confused people don’t take action. But it applies to B2B marketers’ decision-making, too. So clarity about marketing metrics matters. But so is clarity.

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Televerde

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Similarly, your demand generation strategy has a shelf life. If don’t want to make your prospects sick with day-old demand gen, you need to revamp your strategy and work to ensure freshness. What will it take to generate demand in 2020? Lead-qualification definitions. What a hot lead is.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Stages of Lead Qualification.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

New marketing technologies like Uberflip make it increasingly easy to track content consumption beyond just clicks and downloads. But what if the insight gained from these technologies is unwelcome news, namely that people are downloading, but not actually consuming, marketing content? It doesn’t.

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Binary Demand

MAY 4, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]B2B lead generation is tricky but not impossible today! Marketers use PPC ads, social media, email marketing, and other methods to deliver many leads to their sales team. However, the actual task begins when you have to turn those leads into paying customers.

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SnapApp

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Despite the rapid growth of digital marketing in the B2B space, events still provide marketers with a tried and true method to bring quality leads into the sales funnel. Unlike other marketing efforts, B2B events bring together prospects that are more likely to fit your ideal target audience right from the get-go.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 19, 2022

It means that relying on a salesperson to guide a lead through all stages of the lifecycle is no longer effective. If you haven’t already, start by understanding the personas you target and the buying stages that each persona will move through. This is how you contact leads at the right point in their journey.

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LeanData

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Marketing, in both the B2B and B2C spaces, can be incredibly expensive. Regardless of a company’s stage of growth, it takes resources to raise brand awareness and develop brand interest, and you have to be accountable for results to ensure budgets are invested wisely. How can I ensure leads are followed up with?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Inbox Insight

MAY 24, 2024

Here are some key questions to ask potential partners: Services offered: Inquire about the range of services available and whether custom packages are offered to suit specific needs Industry focus: Understand if their lead generation strategies and use of intent data are tailored to specific industries.

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DealSignal

MAY 30, 2023

During a recent conversation about migrating from traditional inbound marketing to an ABM campaign strategy, a colleague noted that the optimal method was a hard cutover, but that this would put a serious hole in his pipeline. He reasoned that this would entail a complete shift in targeting, team capabilities, tools, programs, and more.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 27, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]In the ever-evolving business landscape, generating high-quality leads is fundamental to any successful B2B venture. However, identifying and nurturing leads can be complex and time-consuming. This is where effective B2B lead generation solutions come into play.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

SaaS marketing is fierce. Companies in this vertical routinely spend 30-50% of their revenue on Sales and Marketing, making them capable of a quality and a quantity of marketing campaigns most other industries never see. SaaS marketers also tend to be intensely data-driven. Focus on lead quality.

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DiscoverOrg

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate. Location data (Marketing loves).

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 2, 2023

Business-to-business (B2B) marketing campaigns come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and it can be difficult to decide which style is best suited to your marketing goals. In this blog post, we’ll be exploring the three most popular B2B marketing campaigns: account-based marketing (ABM), B2B lead gen and demand generation (Demand Gen).

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 13, 2013

As I noted in a post last year , there is a universe of specialized marketing automation systems for companies that sell through channel partners. Here are two more vendors with related offerings: NitroMojo focuses primarily on lead distribution and tracking. Marketers pay $1 per name for prospects.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. I hope you can make it.

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The Point

MAY 19, 2020

It wasn’t that long ago, when marketing automation first burst on the scene, that the height of lead nurture sophistication was the simple, automated sending of multiple, sequential emails. Today, advances in marketing technology make such “automation” seem laughably basic. How does your current lead nurturing.

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Rev

MAY 3, 2023

The problem, frankly, is not building up contact lists—the problem is maximizing the pipeline to identify the best prospects and engage them effectively. Developing a high-quality, high-efficiency pipeline starts with improving the fitness of your prospects—and your aim in targeting them. More quality targets.

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Conversica

JULY 20, 2022

AI in Marketing: The New Frontier. The article features Conversica CMO, Carl Landers, along with other Marketing leaders in the technology industry, on their perspectives on how marketing AI will positively impact the way Marketers work. However, it is most certainly on Marketers’ radar.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 9, 2015

A big challenge we often see in enterprise B2B demand generation programs is the tendency to rely on lead volume as a benchmark for success. The purpose of a demand generation program is to drive revenue, not leads, and the only way to truly measure success is revenue in the form of contribution to pipeline and sales.

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As a demand generation marketer focused on quality leads, creating a solid lead generation strategy should be at the top of your “to-do” list. However, there’s a chance that your lead generation plan needs to pivot or evolve over time with your targeted buyer persona.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 9, 2024

Lead generation outsourcing is an effective and strategic approach for companies looking to entrust their lead generation activities to external professionals or agencies. Once the leads are identified and engaged, the outsourcing company provides a curated list of high-quality prospects.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 17, 2015

You’ve vetted the vendors, selected your features, sized your database and scheduled your implementation; you are now ready to deploy your marketing automation platform, right? Without the correct staffing your marketing automation investment might as well be a car that sits in the garage, collecting dust.In The Marketing User.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 20, 2015

Simply having a demand generation program is no longer enough to drive sustainable revenue, as evidenced by the less than three percent of marketing departments that indicate their demand generation efforts are actually effective ( ANNUITAS 2014 B2B Enterprise Demand Generation Survey ).You

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As a demand generation marketer focused on quality leads, creating a solid lead generation strategy should be at the top of your “to-do” list. However, there’s a chance that your lead generation plan needs to pivot or evolve over time with your targeted buyer persona.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 26, 2015

I was recently leading a Demand Generation workshop where one of the attendees asked “what approach they should take to develop a vertical or industry aligned marketing strategy.” Vertical Marketing is Truly Focused on the 10%. Making this happen is difficult, which is why it so rarely happens. Buying Committees.

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Televerde

MARCH 13, 2023

Explore what account penetration is and some actionable strategies you can start using today. Key Takeaways Calculating your account penetration rate can give you an idea of how effective your sales and marketing strategies are. Use cross-selling to increase your sales and improve your account penetration.

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 7, 2016

Every B2B marketer walks a lead qualification tightrope, and to fall to either side imperils the reputation and success of their entire department. On one side lies the Void of Over-Qualification, where marketing sets interest thresholds too high and leads never qualify. How does a marketer stay balanced?

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Valasys

MARCH 30, 2021

MADRID, 29th of March 2021, BNZSA, a leading European B2B IT Marketing Agency, has expanded its operations to the North American market, following a significant increase in client demand. The client list of BNZSA is more than 100 including many of the world’s leading IT vendors. ” About BNZSA.

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Valasys

JULY 22, 2020

Sales pipeline management is one of the most important responsibilities of B2B teams that marketers should learn to help the salespeople effectively and efficiently move the sales forward. The aim of the marketers should be to build operational agility to optimize their marketing and customer experience deliverances.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Buyer intent data is becoming an increasingly effective and powerful analytical tool for B2B marketing leaders. This allows for hyper-targeted sales and marketing strategies that can significantly improve a company’s sales revenues. . On average, our clients experience a 300% increase in their marketing ROI.

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DealSignal

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s easy to shrug off this scenario as “the way it’s always been,” but misalignment between sales and marketing teams can create detrimental results and cost B2B companies 10% or more of their revenue per year. So how do you shift from working in disconnected silos to working as a collaborative, revenue-generating sales and marketing team?

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The Point

MARCH 22, 2019

Lead scoring – as a fundamental part of a company’s lead management strategy – has officially fallen out of fashion. Two reasons I can think of: One is that lead scoring is routinely set up as part of an initial implementation of a marketing automation platform. So, is lead scoring a dying art?

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