Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2016

When it comes to demand generation, even the most seasoned B2B marketers have fallen into this trap and sabotaged their success without knowing it. Hopefully, I can help you avoid this disaster by shining a light on the most common pitfalls that demand generation marketers may run into. Pre-Existing Biases.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

The middle of the demand generation funnel receives way less attention than it deserves. 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.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Growth Marketing movement (aka growth hacking ) – now nearly ten years old – has had a significant and positive impact on the efficacy of demand marketing. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Author: Mary Kate Francis If you’re a B2B marketer, you’re probably familiar with demand generation in one way or another. Maybe you’ve been working in demand generation for several years or you collaborate with the team on cross-channels campaigns. What is this funnel I speak of?

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Valasys

MARCH 14, 2019

According to the Marketing Data and Analytics Survey 2018 conducted by Gartner, 81% of marketers expect that the majority of their decisions will be data-driven by 2020. These behavioral insights in Marketo enable marketers to gain a powerful way to accelerate and scale personalized and account-based marketing (ABM) strategies.

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Biznology

JULY 26, 2017

Account-based marketing is a hot concept in B2B these days, but how does it really work on the ground? Enli is the market leader and always looking for ways to maintain their lead. It’s changed entirely the way we work in marketing. In ABM, the lines between sales and marketing blur. We run campaigns.”

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Jason Miller, Marketing Director at CreativeX takes the hot seat on slaying mediocrity. Watch the recording: Want to hear more from renowned marketing leaders? Jason is currently serving as the Marketing Director at CreativeX , an AI-powered technology company that helps organizations measure the impact of creative decisions.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

Thanks to tools like Marketo, it’s possible to integrate with Sending Platforms and orchestrate online-to-offline campaigns, where an offline experience is triggered by marketing automation. . The ability to orchestrate offline touchpoints enables marketers to be strategic with how they execute these integrated campaigns.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2010

Summary: Marketo continues to follow its own path. I finally caught up with Marketo for a briefing on their Enterprise Edition (announced in March) and Revenue Cycle Analytics (announced in May). Since both are somewhat old news, and Marketo describes them in detail on its Web site, I’ll just make a few comments.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. We were doing it all back then, with very little playbook guidance: Lead magnets.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

You may ask, why should anyone care what I have to say about demand generation? Well, at Marketo , we’ve built a world-class demand generation machine that has helped us in just 10 months to sign up over 130 customers in more than eight countries, including companies such as Thomson Reuters, Reed Business, and CollabNet.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2012

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. It’s easier said than done which is why firms like mine exist, to implement proper lead generation tactics that build revenue. Books are listed by funnel category. Content Marketing.

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PureB2B

JULY 6, 2022

A common challenge in the B2B demand generation world centers around the balance of automation and reporting software. Both of which are tools used in conjunction with your marketing campaigns, meaning your day is mostly full of software management instead of strategic planning. Why Marketing Automation? Acquiring Data.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. The main result of the conversations so far has been to clarify the items related to lead routing. Usability requirements are roughly similar for all marketers. 12 11 simple 8 10 10 10 12 8.5

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Account based marketing has always been a darling to many businesses. We know Demandbase, a titan lead generation company acquired Engagio. These acquisitions have shaken the B2B market. ABM is about quality leads and engaging active buyers. The obsolete methods of Lead generation are transforming.

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Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 18, 2018

Moni Oloyede – Marketing Technology & Marketing Operations Specialist. Key Topics: Martech, Marketing Operations. Bio: Moni is a Marketing Operations specialist with 10 years of Marketing Technology experience. I’m very passionate about marketing operations. No, leads are pushed down the funnel.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Account-based marketing (ABM) is neither a product nor a point solution. Done correctly, this culture shift leads to better sales and marketing partnership , and eventually the ability to maximize revenue potential together with sales. It requires them to trust marketing and really work together across the aisle.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sungard AS runs a highly successful demand generation program, an integrated mix of both online and offline campaigns, to generate a consistent flow of leads to the company’s sales force. Design, build and launch a “Welcome” email program designed to improve follow-up and response to new leads.

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

Reading Time: 13 minutes Winning strategies for account-based marketing (ABM) are essential for any director of marketing or CMO at a large B2B SaaS organization. Next, you’ll learn how to develop a target account list that aligns with your objectives. Segment Your Target Account List D.

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The Point

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I may not be a market analyst, but from what I see working with our agency’s B2B clients , it seems to me that, in the language of technology adoption lifecycles, Account-Based Marketing (ABM) stands at that pivotal junction – what Geoffrey Moore calls the “chasm” – between early adopters and early majority.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Paul Albright boasts a 30-year track record of success in Silicon Valley, including executive roles at companies such as Marketo, SuccessFactors, NetApp, and Informatica. I sat down with Paul recently to talk about his new company and where Captora fits into the ever-expanding landscape of marketing technology.

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Rollworks

MAY 8, 2019

When people think about account-based marketing (ABM) and lead-generation, they usually place them on opposite sides of the spectrum. A lot of marketing executives we speak to share their reservations about ditching their reliable lead-generation campaigns for a new and shiny ABM program.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

40+ Demand Generation Blogs You Should Follow Now! Demand generation is one of the arching umbrellas of strategies consists of numerous ideas and strategies to generate demand for your business. It can be a bit tricky if you are new in the market. Marketing Insider Group. Spear Marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 9, 2010

Back in January 2009, Marketo came out with a webinar entitled, The Secret Sauce to Demand Generation: How Marketo Nurtures, Scores and Accelerates Leads through the Revenue Cycle. It discusses how Marketo leverages its own Sales 2.0 tools and techniques to achieve success.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 27, 2014

Author: Maggie Jones What happens when a rock star marketer, an excitable mascot, and Marketo employees with phenomenal dance moves get together? Lead generation, of course! In today’s complex, multi-channel world, how do you fill your database with qualified leads? Gonna be part of the marketing nation.

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Lattice

OCTOBER 9, 2015

We’ve returned to planet Lattice after spending a wonderful time at Space Camp, Vidyard’s annual video marketing conference. We had a blast sharing how the video marketing strategy we follow at Lattice, networking with other marketers, getting inspired by Col. Post-Funnel. Here are a few samples: TOFU.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 10, 2011

by Carol Fox Demand generation is a core component of an evolved lead generation program. The distinction between traditional lead generation and evolved lead generation is that with the latter, leads are qualified before they go to sales. Track trends over time.

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Directive Agency

MARCH 6, 2017

Lack of Targeting. If you are expecting that you will have to hire a new account executive or add more phone lines because you launched a Facebook ad campaign you will be sorely disappointed. What does your target customer request or define their needs as when they contact you? Lack of Targeting. Industries. Retargeting.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In this installment, I’ll dive into each of the Need-to-Have Tools/Channels I listed in part I. Need-to-Have Tools (and their Channels): CRM and Marketing Automation. The CRM is the hub of all lead, contact, account, and opportunity records.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Account-based marketing is used by most B2B companies, and it’s easy to see why: it promises to bring marketing and sales closer together, target accounts as one revenue team, and drive bottom-line results. Poor data quality leads to targeting the wrong accounts at the wrong times and in the wrong way.

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Leadspace

MARCH 22, 2023

As marketers, we aim to confidently and repeatedly deliver effective campaigns to the best opportunities within our target market – at the lowest possible cost. Applies scoring that indicates a company and/or person’s likelihood to be a good target buyer. and the higher the score the more engaged the buyer.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 5, 2011

Today B2B marketers have to take a leadership role in lead generation – it’s not good enough to provide names on a list, you’ve got to create a conversation and hopefully, a relationship for success. In other words, you’ve got to generate and manage demand. Demand marketers focus on the entire revenue cycle.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 12, 2019

Lead generation is an essential element of demand generation but if you think the work stops there, here’s some bad news…. 79% of marketing leads don’t convert ( HubSpot). But before you hang up your coat, here’s a collection of lead nurturing best practices worth exploring. Reading time: 4 minutes.

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Unbound B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Quick Summary: Account-based marketing is a strategic sales and marketing technique that engages and converts highly-targeted audiences. ABM is all about focusing your marketing efforts on high-value accounts that have the maximum potential of converting into sales. Now, that’s a compelling number, right?

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

I’ve just published the latest edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), with updated entries on all your favorites and several new entries to boot. Yes, there’s continued growth in various aspects of social media marketing and in mobile-friendly content creation. mid-market leadership may be up for grabs.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

Imagine a world where sales and marketing can actually work together and, in fact, help one another instead of stepping on each others’ toes. A world where roles are clearly defined and prospects enjoy a smooth traversal through the funnel. How many times have you heard sales reps complain about a lack of quality leads?

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that, according to a study by HubSpot , 61% of B2B marketers rank lead generation as their number one challenge? With businesses constantly searching for new customers, it’s no wonder that B2B lead generation has become a top priority for marketers.

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