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Let’s talk ABM: 7 steps to move from SMB Marketing to Enterprise ABM

Strategic-IC

Where SMB is about volume, quick decisions, and lower levels of buyer consideration, Enterprise marketing is much more about focusing on winning, growing, and retaining your most important accounts – which due to their size and complexity have naturally longer life cycles, higher levels of consideration, and larger buying teams.

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Who Are B2B Creators and Why Do They Matter?

Marketing Insider Group

The demand for B2B creators is growing because they create content engaging, informative content that meets the specific needs of businesses, changing the way businesses share information. Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) In the SMB sector, B2B creators are like gold. So, what’s driving this shift?

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Evolving through the phases of a mature demand gen engine

Rev

That’s the work of a demand gen team. We recently sat down with Joe Paone , Senior Director of Worldwide Marketing at Splunk, to talk about not only why a mature demand gen engine is critical to a modern marketing team, but how to understand the evolution of that program. So square one is all about lead generation.

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ActiveConversion Review - SMB Lead Management

LeadSloth

From Web Analytics to Demand Generation. Therefore I initially called them a ‘niche vendor’ However, the product has evolved into a fairly complete marketing automation suite for SMB companies. Based on the demo I attended, I feel that ActiveConversion is a good first B2B demand generation solution for smaller companies.

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Email Campaign or Essay Question? You Decide.

The Point

At least I’ll credit Integra for offering a buyer’s guide that purports to answer key questions facing SMBs who are evaluating cloud technology, but even the offer description falls flat. For one, it would have been much better presented in bulleted points that were scannable at a glance, not another long paragraph in an already stodgy email.

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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

According to SpiceWorks latest State of SMB IT report, there was a 9% increase in second half 2011 budget forecasts, the highest planned budget uptick over the past two years. Hiring demands are increasing at the same time, from a low of only 20% planning staff additions in the latter half of 2010, to 31% currently planning staff additions.

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Why we care about AI in marketing

Martech

AI presents one solution to the challenge of analyzing and interpreting data at a scale beyond the reach of human beings. AI platforms for SMBs. Mailchimp uses a tool called Smart Platform, bringing AI to the SMB market. Some solutions offer draft content for emails or specific social media platforms, such as Twitter.