ANNUITAS

MARCH 1, 2016

Demand generation leaders know it’s not true, though. And most marketing and sales data is just that — garbage. So what is the key to better demand generation analytics? We must take a different approach — a structured approach — to demand generation analytics. Garbage in; garbage out.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 5, 2016

Marketers are often eager to get started on the road to Demand Process Transformation℠. Three common mistakes can wreak havoc on demand generation planning, no matter how ready you think you are to move forward. Indeed, any company moving toward transforming demand generation must take all of these elements into account.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This is the second year that ANNUITAS has conducted its Enterprise B2B Demand Generation Survey with the goal of gaining better insights into the approach that enterprise organizations take to demand generation. When you look at a marketing campaign, it has a starting point and an ending point.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 28, 2016

I had a conversation with a prospect today about their demand generation challenges. My prospective customer, who is an executive on the marketing side of the organization, wanted to know how he could get sales to appropriately respond to the leads that would be generated from a perpetual demand generation program.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2020

Both ask the same, fundamental question when analyzing demand marketing budgets: What real sales ‘lift’ am I getting from this spend? A Nielsen blog post notes : Marketers in every industry have one common goal: Prove that marketing efforts help drive more revenue… . Assessing the Impact of Demand Marketing.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 24, 2016

With #FlipMyFunnel , the San Francisco event only a few weeks behind us, it seems as if Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is now the “shiny new object” that has captivated the attention of B2B marketers. The Chief Marketing Technologist? This Does Not Mean the Death of Inbound Marketing.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

As we go into event season-it’s good to remember that building a Demand Generation Strategy isn’t easy. In reading many of the blogs and listening to some of the webinars and speeches that have been given about Demand Generation one would think that the path to Demand Generation is just a few simple steps away.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 23, 2014

There are a few B2B surveys and benchmarking studies that I refer to again and again … DemandGen Report’s Buyer Behavior Survey and Content Preferences Survey and the Content Marketing Institute’s Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends to name a few. ANNUITAS wants to change this.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 27, 2014

In reading many of the blogs and listening to some of the webinars and speeches that have been given about Demand Generation one would think that the path to Demand Generation is just a few simple step away. Is success on impacting pipeline and generating demand really just a few simple steps away?

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 17, 2014

It turns out there are some common pitfalls among marketers. A couple emails, a webinar and three white papers do not make a marketing strategy. Is your company trying to gain market share or drive incremental revenue? Content is obviously a key part of any marketing strategy. Delivering unqualified leads to sales.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 24, 2016

*This post first ran in Demand Gen Report , April 19, 2016. Everywhere we turn, study after study claims marketing and sales leaders have “already implemented or are planning to implement predictive analytics in the coming 12 months.” Everybody’s doing it, right? Are you doing it? Probably not. Why is this?

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ANNUITAS

MAY 28, 2020

A few weeks ago, my colleague Scott Parent wrote about the immediate impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having on marketing. In it, Scott offered four actionable ways to quickly and effectively shift your demand marketing plan to accommodate the changing business environment. Recommendation 2: Focus on Insight.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 7, 2016

When I explain that I’m a Demand Generation Strategy Consultant the confusion and lack of understanding is further magnified. What is Demand Generation? We do this using buyer research, technology, content, data and lead management best practices. or “consulting for whom?” I can see their gears turning.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Modern B2B marketers like numbers. We want to know conversion rates, cost per lead, revenue generated and a host of other stats. 76% of content marketers are forgetting sales enablement , according to a study by HubSpot. 76% of content marketers are forgetting sales enablement , according to a study by HubSpot.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 16, 2013

Often, I am asked for tips and tricks as it pertains to different areas of demand generation and most of the time, I am more than happy to oblige. Blog B2B Marketing Demand Generation Demand Process Transformation Lead Generation lead nurturing'

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 18, 2015

Marketing automation has forever changed the way B2B marketing is conceived and executed. In fact, the shiny new tactical capabilities that a marketing automation platform brings to the table can be so exciting that they often distract from deeper, more strategic planning that is essential for marketing automation to be effective.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I had the opportunity to spend last week at the Content Marketing World (#CMWorld) event in Cleveland. Content marketing is not new to everyone, in fact, most marketers today are currently using content marketing in their marketing strategy to help engage, nurture and convert their buyers.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 6, 2015

As we start 2015, the one thing that B2B marketers can be assured of is that our market and the approach our buyers take to purchase will continue to change and become all the more sophisticated. Generally it is another campaign that is focused on an asset or event and lacks continuity to the action the buyer took before.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

However, when it comes to Demand Generation Strategy there are a few rules that if not followed, will lead to poor results, wasted money and effort, and a frustrated marketer. Learn your market, your customers and your competition. Too many marketers think they already know everything about their market.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Three main cohorts are leading businesses right now – Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. But there is a huge generational divide in how these groups make decisions. So how can you implement a go-to-market strategy that supports all of these needs without isolating any portion of your prospects?

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 13, 2014

It is a no-brainer – as marketing automation and demand generation continue to mature, the need for well-rounded and experienced demand generation marketers also increases. Solid understanding and practical application of lead management principles. Email marketing experience.

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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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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

However, when it comes to Demand Generation Strategy there are a few rules that if not followed, will lead to poor results, wasted money and effort, and a frustrated marketer. Learn your market, your customers and your competition. Too many marketers think they already know everything about their market.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 6, 2014

You probably already know by the volume of recruiters contacting you on LinkedIn that there is a shortage of talented marketing professionals. It is expected this shortage will worsen as the demand increases for marketers spurred by global economic recovery. So is successfully on boarding and training your new hire.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 5, 2020

It’s no big surprise, marketing is expected to do more today than ever before. No longer is marketing only responsible for brand and events – it’s now responsible for generating leads and tying performance back to impact on revenue. The answer to this question will impact who you hire.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 21, 2020

How to know if your marketing and sales efforts are eroding your growth. How would you describe your current marketing and sales motion? Do you have a finely tuned, highly repeatable, highly predictable model for generating demand and closing business? Could you easily turn the dial for demand up or down?

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Frustrations with Demand Generation. Why is marketing’s story so different than sales? Why is marketing hitting their targets while revenue is not growing as expected? “ Why is marketing hitting their targets while revenue is not growing as expected? Lack of Trust in the CMO. Two Types of CMO.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 21, 2011

There is a lot of confusion about the role of marketing automation software as it relates to marketing processes. Rather, it provides a critical piece of your demand generation strategy and lead management process. View Part Two of the Whiteboard Session Now.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

And based on what I see today, most companies are not building a true Demand Strategy. Instead, they purchase some type of marketing technology, load up a list, blast a few emails and call it a strategy. So let’s be clear on what a Demand Strategy is not…. A Demand Strategy does not start with a marketing technology solution.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Demand generation and lead management are two terms that companies should be fairly familiar with, but it turns out there is quite a bit of confusion around the two.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 20, 2021

For most companies, the challenge of regularly delivering enough leads and opportunities to hit growth targets has historically meant building a strategy around producing high volume, low quality marketing and sales campaigns. Shifting to a strategic demand marketing state allows you to perpetually drive scalable, sustainable growth.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing Automation Platforms (MAPs) are perhaps the most misunderstood component of the Demand Technology Stack. Too often MAPs are associated with tactical email nurturing and simple lead qualification — tactical use cases that dominate immature platform deployments. ADOPTING ENTERPRISE DEMAND PROCESS.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Preliminary Findings from the ANNUITAS 2019 Demand Generation Performance Survey. Would You Change Your Marketing Team KPIs If You Could? Receive a copy of the ANNUITAS 2019 Demand Generation Performance Survey when it becomes available by clicking here. Why is marketing’s story so different than sales?

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

My most recent blog posts have proposed a new approach for B2B go-to-market teams — a Converged Growth organizational model. This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 8, 2012

According to a 2011 study by MarketingSherpa , 74% of B2B marketers stated that their biggest challenge was generating high quality leads. The next biggest challenge was a distant second: 49% cited “generating a high volume of leads”. However, lead generation is irrelevant in today’s b2b marketing climate.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 21, 2022

Spoiler alert: The ‘classic’ B2B go-to-market organization and approach is fundamentally broken and out-of-date; moreover, trying to course correct by working on ‘sales and marketing alignment’ is inadequate and unattainable. ” In my last piece, I also outlined a new strategy tack.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With experts in marketing and sales technology, strategy, data and analytics, web and engagement channels, content, and so much more, it’s no wonder we are able to do what we do so well. We blend the capabilities of a marketing consultancy, digital agency, analyst firm, and systems integrator in a way that no one else can.

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