The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

A robust B2B digital marketing strategy can and WILL drive growth in revenue, reputation, and resilience for your business. Otherwise, you’ll get overwhelmed by ALL the options available for marketing online. Understand their needs, pain points, and decision-making processes.

Paid Content 97

Paid Content Sales Management B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy 97

Vidyard

JANUARY 8, 2021

Your next sales kickoff or training event is going virtual for 2021. And as with any year, you’ll likely focus on soft skills, the sales process and using new technologies. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine. Virtual Sales Training Resources. Sales Gravy: Virtual Selling Skills Bootcamp. Get the Kit.

Training 141

Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 141

SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Take a moment to imagine your ideal in-house marketing team. Here’s what I see: Marketing is consistently exceeding their SMART goals; return on marketing efforts and progress towards key performance indicators (KPIs) are simple to track; and sales and marketing work side by side as a well-oiled machine.

Top of Funnel 111

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles 111

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. It’s not intuitive, then, that these two functions often exist in silos, each having their own systems and processes.

Sales Management 75

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 75

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The sales funnel represents the theoretical customer’s journey to making a purchase.

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Top of Funnel Word of Mouth Lead Ranking Digital Marketing Funnels 130

Webbiquity

APRIL 23, 2024

In B2B marketing, with the constant pressure to “do more with less,” optimizing return on investment (ROI) is crucial, especially regarding brand awareness. Image credit: Pixabay on Pexels You’ve probably seen studies and statistics on the enormous ROI (return on investment) that email marketing for B2B delivers compared to other tactics.

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ROI Email Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 175

FunnelEnvy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There’s a lot for marketers today to consider when it comes to tactics for bringing in new business, but your sales pipeline is what ultimately defines the success of all your funnels, marketing campaigns, and other efforts to add new clients and revenue consistently. Click To Tweet.

Sales Management 114

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 114

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

Some have experienced a slow down in sales while others, unfortunately, had to close down. . Here are just some of the ways B2B sales will change as a result of this pandemic. Let them know that your website is live and operational and that they don’t need to visit your physical store to get their orders processed.

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B2B Sales Marketing AI Top of Funnel Work Management 351

Valasys

APRIL 19, 2023

I understand that generating high-quality SQLs is crucial to your job as a business owner or marketer. Still, with changing times and evolving market trends, knowing what sales-qualified leads tactics will work best can be challenging. These high-quality leads are known as sales-qualified leads (SQLs).

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Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking 52

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2021

Only then can you create truly personalized, seamless experiences to guide your leads through the sales funnel successfully. If you can master this skill, you’ll continually improve your digital marketing efforts and drive more brand loyalty online. What is Predictive Marketing Analytics?

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Lead Ranking Analytics Marketing AI Marketing Budget 349

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

FunnelEnvy

JUNE 13, 2022

The same idea can apply to your inbound marketing funnel. Like people, B2B marketing funnels are extremely complex, and each is slightly different. However, based on experience, there are common mistakes to avoid if you want your funnels to run as smoothly as possible. Not Knowing Your Numbers.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Buyer Personas Marketing Funnels 80

FunnelEnvy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Anyone working in marketing today is probably aware of the importance of creating content. Thanks to the growth of content marketing over the last decade or so companies in every field are rushing to produce content they believe will drive revenue and improve their brand awareness among their target audience.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels Work Management 73

Contently

JANUARY 11, 2023

As countless marketing messages flood email inboxes, McKinsey research suggests 71% of customers expect the messages they receive from brands to be personalized—and 76% are frustrated when they’re not. Marketers have been trying to master personalization since the dawn of the Internet. 3 trillion in value over the coming years.

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Personalization Top of Funnel Business Enterprise Management 217

Lake One

MAY 12, 2022

Welcome to the first two stages of the inbound marketing funnel – you’re not alone in this journey. Marketing gurus in this digital era use various strategies to capture their target audience’s attention. Discover more about the inbound marketing and the funnel experience below.

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Inbound Marketing Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Planning 83

SmartBug Media

MARCH 2, 2023

Welcome to our monthly blog series, where we dive into the latest updates from HubSpot! As an agency specializing in digital marketing, we understand the importance of staying on top of the latest tools and features to help our clients reach their marketing and sales goals.

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Hubspot Multi-Touch Attribution Enterprise Management Product 52

The Lead Agency

APRIL 28, 2020

The marketing funnel is a representation of the customer/buyer journey, from a sales/marketing perspective. Business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketers aim to capture the attention of two distinct audiences. So, how does the marketing funnel differ between B2B and B2C marketing ?

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels B2B Marketing B2B 90

Martech

JANUARY 29, 2024

Today, digital platforms and data enrichment strategies are the status quo, reshaping how we identify, engage and nurture potential customers we’d like to have. Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel — meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team.”

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Lead Ranking Lead Gen Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring 119

Seismic

MARCH 25, 2022

Sales reps are always looking for new ways to attract and engage new buyers. Maybe your organization is in the early stages of its social selling journey or looking to take things to the next level—we’d like to help you develop best practices to drive sales on LinkedIn and social media. Build trust at scale.

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Social Media Linkedin Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 98

KoMarketing Associates

JULY 2, 2019

Measuring ROI from paid marketing for B2B is a critical problem a lot of marketers are trying to tackle. B2B marketing is not transactional, and that’s easy to forget. In the past, tracking the ROI of a digital ad was similar to how billboards are still measured today–throw it up and hope for the best. Track Every Dollar.

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Tactics Lead Ranking ROAS Effectiveness 120

Martech

MAY 1, 2024

Rapidly advancing generative AI models promise to help scale marketing and sales functions by automating customer conversations. Are brands willing to trust digital assistants to take over the reigns for part of the customer journey? This means the engagements with the digital assistants advance customers in the journey. “We

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Marketing AI Conversion Top of Funnel Eloqua 98

Optinmonster

MAY 4, 2023

CRM plugins turn your WordPress website into a lead generation and client management system. CRM stands for customer relationship management software. WordPress is a content management system (CMS) and website platform that’s popular with business owners around the world. Do you need help picking a WordPress CRM plugin?

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CRM Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management 72

Biznology

JUNE 6, 2018

If you’re a small or medium size business selling to consumers, you probably want to both automate and personalize your marketing campaigns. The solution, of course, is marketing automation linked to your customer relationship management (CRM) software. Fortunately for SMB marketers, CRM is becoming main stream.

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Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management 167

Vidyard

JANUARY 8, 2021

Your next sales kickoff or training event is going virtual for 2021. And as with any year, you’ll likely focus on soft skills, the sales process and using new technologies. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine An all-in-one video selling resource to support your strategic planning, SKO, and ongoing enablement.

Training 74

Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 74

Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

59% of marketers attribute revenue growth to marketing-generated leads , so demand-generation tactics remain a non-negotiable among marketing teams. However, you need to freshen up your strategy to account for the needs and expectations of buyers in the current digital environment.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 62

SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 10, 2020

SaaS marketing is not for the faint of heart. Yes, I am talking about HubSpot. If you’ve read anything I’ve written about SaaS, I’m probably sounding like a broken record, but SaaS marketing is challenging. In fact, there isn’t another type of marketing that’s similar. Why HubSpot for SaaS? What Makes SaaS Unique?

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Lead Ranking Hubspot Top of Funnel Work Management 98

SmarkLabs

JUNE 13, 2022

Feeling bamboozled by marketing tactics, channels, and buzzwords? There’s a lot to navigate when searching for the best marketing practices for your emerging company. Knowing when and how to get a realistic and effective marketing strategy off the ground may even seem daunting. Start-Up Marketing Fundamentals.

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Paid Search Agency Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Management 97

SmarkLabs

JANUARY 4, 2023

Inbound marketing automation is a strategy that helps businesses attract and convert leads through the use of digital marketing techniques. Once a lead is generated, automation tools are used to nurture the lead and guide them through the sales funnel until they are ready to make a decision.

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Marketing Automation Services Inbound Marketing Marketing Automation Top of Funnel 52

Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you haven’t come across it yet, it’s an insightful framework that challenges the outdated strategies we B2B marketers have relied on to spur growth over the last decade. Something is shifting in the realm of B2B marketing It’s hard to put your finger on it just yet, but it’s there, quietly brewing beneath the surface.

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 78

TrustRadius Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

If you’ve been in marketing for a while, you know funnels inside and out. Funnels are the mechanisms that convert leads into customers. Over the past few years, the relevancy of the funnel has slowly died out, leaving room for a new, digitally-informed strategy to take its place. Your Old Pal: The Marketing Funnel.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Search Agency 97

TrustRadius Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

If you’ve been in marketing for a while, you know funnels inside and out. Funnels are the mechanisms that convert leads into customers. Over the past few years, the relevancy of the funnel has slowly died out, leaving room for a new, digitally-informed strategy to take its place. Your Old Pal: The Marketing Funnel.

Top of Funnel 97

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Search Agency 97

Vidyard

JANUARY 8, 2021

Your next sales kickoff or training event is going virtual for 2021. And as with any year, you’ll likely focus on soft skills, the sales process and using new technologies. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine An all-in-one video selling resource to support your strategic planning, SKO, and ongoing enablement.

Training 65

Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 65

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We are in Q4 and moving into 2021, so the stakes are high for sales; meaning it’s probably time to look for the next lever to optimize selling capabilities. COVID-19 has made it clear that sales strategies needed to evolve. However, many sales reps feel that expectations from leadership haven’t linked together with their new reality.

Social Media 90

Social Media Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 90

Excelsior Research

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

DIGITAL MARKETING. MARKET RESEARCH. QUANTITATIVE MARKET RESEARCH. QUALITATIVE DATA PROCESSING. DIGITAL MARKETING. MARKET RESEARCH. QUANTITATIVE MARKET RESEARCH. QUALITATIVE DATA PROCESSING. Your Path to Stronger Demand Generation Processes. OUR CULTURE. LEAD GENERATION.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paid Content Demand 52

Excelsior Research

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

DIGITAL MARKETING. MARKET RESEARCH. QUANTITATIVE MARKET RESEARCH. QUALITATIVE DATA PROCESSING. DIGITAL MARKETING. MARKET RESEARCH. QUANTITATIVE MARKET RESEARCH. QUALITATIVE DATA PROCESSING. Your Path to Stronger Demand Generation Processes. OUR CULTURE. LEAD GENERATION.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paid Content Demand 52

Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

With practical data such as tracking your social efforts against actual revenue-generating clicks, sign-ups and subscriptions, and giving you in-depth audience insights, Google Analytics provides contextualized social metrics to elevate your marketing strategy without overshooting your budget.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Social Media Top of Funnel Analytics 137

Lake One

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

One area of business we were especially interested in gaining some outside perspective on was sales. So, to help jumpstart your 2021 digital sales strategy, we invited some of the best and brightest in B2B sales strategies and technology for a discussion on breaking through to buyers when business environments are turned upside down.

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B2B Sales Top of Funnel Tools Marketing & Strategy 72