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Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel

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Precious few B2B marketers can show true ROI from organic social activity, and even less are using organic social media in a systematic way to either generate social leads or drive those leads through the demand generation funnel. Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel via @spearmktg.

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B2B Demand Generation Predictions for 2021

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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? These will become incorporated into lead and account scoring, perhaps as criteria for what can become an MQL.

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This Year, Tackle These 3 Demand Generation Priorities First

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Sometimes great people, a great product, or pure market demand can cover up all sorts of marketing sins, but more often the clients who succeed consistently at demand generation are those who have their act together. It’s one of the oldest demand generation clichés that list matters above all else.

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Why a Hybrid Demand Generation Model is More Important than Ever

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The current crisis reinforces why most B2B companies are best suited for a hybrid demand generation model that combines both ABM and more traditional, funnel-based tactics. I’ve written elsewhere in this space that one of the reasons ABM became so popular is because companies are just really bad at lead nurturing.).

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In Defense of Demand Generation in the Age of ABM

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Much has been made of the argument that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) gained traction so quickly in B2B marketing primarily because traditional, funnel-based demand generation has stopped working. I would also allow that many of those same companies could benefit greatly from integrating ABM into their overall demand gen mix.

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Is it Time to Add Chatbots to Your Demand Generation Engine?

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One, because I’m generally wary of any technology that promises to “revolutionize” B2B marketing, and two, because I struggled to envision the use case for chatbots beyond customer service and support. However, the more I learn about chatbots, the more I get excited about their potential for B2B marketing, and demand generation.

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I Need Hot Leads, and I Need Them Now

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Inevitably, this short-term outlook trickles down to a company’s demand generation strategy. Here’s why: * Many tech products are first of breed solutions and/or of a complexity that demands a more long-term, consultative selling process. This requires a constant re-loading of the sales funnel with new, expensive leads.