Contently

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For example, B2B content marketing may require more touch points throughout the buying journey, in part because the sales process can take months (or even years), and multiple leaders are usually involved in the decision. And before they do, they need to trust your brand as a thought leader in the market.

Storytelling 190

Storytelling Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Conversion 190

ANNUITAS

APRIL 19, 2022

Buyers are choosing to engage in new ways as they continue to increasingly prefer to do their own research prior to ever getting on the phone with a salesperson. But while customers have had massive changes in their engagement channel preferences, traditional marketing hasn’t kept up. Begin by conducting first party research.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Advertising Channels Peer-to-peer Elasticity 130

Televerde

MAY 13, 2024

A standout top-of-the-funnel marketing strategy is a must for brands that want to catch the attention of their target prospects and win them over their competitors. But in crowded markets, how can you be sure your marketing content and outreach is visible?

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Automation Services 52

Martech

APRIL 25, 2024

So, how can marketers reach this broad and profitable segment? This article explores actionable insights and best practices for marketers aiming to captivate the booming boomers. The digital ecosystem is replete with scams targeting vulnerable users, which is eroding trust among the upper age tiers. Outspend on Temu.

Television marketing 115

Television marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Peer-to-peer 115

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Business owners and marketers have had to quickly and repeatedly adapt their strategies , redefine how they do branding , and adjust their infrastructure in these unprecedented times. Among the aspects proving to be particularly challenging is content marketing. Content drought and lower ROI in the world of B2B marketing post-COVID.

Top of Funnel 260

Top of Funnel ROI Marketing Automation Services Work Management 260

Marketri

MAY 15, 2024

There’s plenty already written about how the digital transformation has greatly altered the way B2B companies market products and services, especially for professional services firms that long relied on traditional marketing vehicles. But the digital wave isn’t the only force that’s changing your buyer’s journey.

Peer-to-peer 62

Peer-to-peer B2B Digital Transformation Lead Ranking 62

Stevens & Tate

MARCH 31, 2024

Step right into our March 2024 of “What’s Trending,” your gateway to the latest in marketing trends and insights. Stay informed and ahead of the game with our collection of marketing trends and reports for the 2024 year. These changes mean marketers and SEO experts need to rethink how they do things online.

Trends 59

Trends Allocation Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 59

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2021

Over the last year, the pandemic forced many organizations to shift from in-person to all-virtual marketing events. Communication, flexibility, and personalization are three pillars of great virtual marketing events. What’s a Virtual Marketing Event? Virtual marketing events are constantly evolving.

Planning 278

Planning Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels B2B Thought Leadership 278

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 17, 2023

In fact, 65% of digital marketers say that link building is the most difficult part of SEO. Consistent internal linking is an essential content marketing technique that promotes more traffic, a stronger link profile and enhanced SEO. Research shows that as the number of navigation links increase, site traffic tends to decrease.

Link Building 213

Link Building SEO Ad Building Lead Scoring 213

SmartBrief - Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Since the first electronic mail (email) was sent in 1971, marketers have been looking for ways to optimize the channel to reach prospects and customers more effectively and efficiently. In this three-part series, we outline best practices for building, marketing and measuring an effective email newsletter. That is a 40x ROI.

Top of Funnel 122

Top of Funnel Newsletter Planning Peer-to-peer 122

Choozle

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Paid search advertising is a highly effective lower-funnel channel that reaches potential customers when they are close to conversion. Research by Google and Microsoft Advertising – the two largest paid search platforms – found that paid search ads can also raise brand awareness by as much as 80%. Think about it…. the awareness stage).

Top of Funnel 80

Top of Funnel Paid Content Paid Search Agency Funnel Advertising 80

Content Standard

APRIL 16, 2024

With advertising costs continuing to rise, marketers are leaning again into SEO as a more sustainable and cost-effective solution to overshadow the competition, grow brand awareness, and feed the digital funnel. In fact, 90 percent of enterprise marketers reported SEO as a key focus in 2023 and beyond, according to BrightEdge.

Marketing AI 99

Marketing AI SEO Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 99

Webbiquity

AUGUST 26, 2021

The two most common objectives for digital marketing campaigns (and B2B marketing in general) are brand awareness and lead generation. Headline : Present your unique selling point or value proposition in a short sentence. Guest post by Grace Murphy. driving conversions. Customized Messaging. Client Testimonials.

Landing Pages 267

Landing Pages Paid Content Tips Paid Search Agency 267

Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

For years, marketers have engaged audiences with account-based marketing strategies to better align sales and marketing practices and, in turn, provide more relevant, personalized content and messaging. From a marketing perspective, we had to go entirely digital to be able to reach our audience.

Account Based Marketing 108

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel ABM Buy 108

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. While the two terms are somewhat synonymous, demand generation strategies span the entire funnel. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 225

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

Onalytica B2B

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Of course, nothing beats being in the room in and amongst the atmosphere, but Onalytica are all about educating and helping the industry to not just do influencer marketing, but to do it well. She kicked off her presentation with a personal story about her and her husband spontaneously buying a boat. Have a clear direction.

Planning 266

Planning Tips Top of Funnel Work Management 266

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. But he didn’t just present these ideas in a blog post.

Top of Funnel 147

Top of Funnel Demand Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 147

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

B2B marketers are expected to wear many hats. They need to manage their marketing budgets prudently and make sure every dollar is spent wisely. For B2B marketers, staying on top of the latest digital marketing strategies is not just a job requirement, but a matter of corporate survival. Guest post by Sumeet Anand.

Marketing Budget 291

Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Sales Management Work Management 291

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. The Sales Funnel.

Top of Funnel 228

Top of Funnel Word of Mouth Lead Ranking Digital Marketing Funnels 228

seo.co

MAY 15, 2023

The Longtail in SEO is Dead The longtail has always been the SEOs secret weapon: Use keyword research to find low-competition, low-volume keywords where you can quickly and easily dominate competitors for niche-related queries. In addition, those top-of-the-funnel informational queries can more easily be answered by AI than ever before.

Long Tail Marketing 104

Long Tail Marketing Marketing AI Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 104

Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2020

If you are wondering what all this has to do with effective digital marketing , the answer is: quite a bit! All in all, outbound marketing is not what it once was. Video marketing is valuable throughout the sales funnel. Obnoxious, in-your-face ads have lost effectiveness to less-invasive approaches.

Sales Qualified Leads 310

Sales Qualified Leads Video Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 310

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From customer service to new client contracts, everything is going digital—even selling. But in a market that’s been heavily reliant on in-person interactions to drive new business, making connections and nurturing clients can be hard in a virtual selling world. Do the Research 3.3 Top of the Funnel 4.2 Webcam Videos 2.2

Enterprise Management 139

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Sales Management 139

Vidyard

JANUARY 8, 2021

This virtual bootcamp focuses on how to blend video-based technology, digital tools and virtual communication channels into your existing sales process to engage remote buyers and access more opportunities within the virtual selling environment. In the Funnel Sales Coaching: Virtual Sales Training. Get the Kit.

Training 141

Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 141

Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Basically, intent data allows marketing and sales teams to focus on the accounts that are in the market for a product or solution,” said Dan Tabaran, CMO of account-based advertising company N.Rich, in his recent MarTech presentation. 3 ways marketing and sales teams can generate buyer interest.

Top of Funnel 114

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Generation 114

Hinge Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For the second year in a row, the Hinge Research Institute’s annual High Growth Study showed that uncertainty is professional services firms’ overriding concern. 824 firms across six professional services industry groups participated in this year’s research. Questions like these are what we designed this study to answer.

Studies 80

Studies Top of Funnel Marketing Budget Peer-to-peer 80

Martech

MARCH 2, 2022

Well, it’s here – and not only is it the future of selling in saas, but sales teams are using it today to engage with prospects in the earliest stages of the dark funnel. The dark funnel explained: Did you know 75% of buyers are already halfway through their buying journey before they even speak to a salesperson? The reality?

Top of Funnel 112

Top of Funnel Activities Intent Signal Advertising Channels 112

Brightedge

APRIL 7, 2020

As organizations work to remain relevant for their target customers throughout this pandemic, maintaining a strong digital presence through SEO and content marketing will be one of the most important steps they take. Suggestions for thriving with SEO and digital marketing. Create targeted content to attract new users.

Paid Content 126

Paid Content Top of Funnel SEO Digital Marketing Funnels 126

Martech

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Dig deeper: Marketers are reimagining their event strategies Why repurposing event content isn’t widespread In the era of doing more with less, extending the life of event session content seems like an easy win. So why aren’t more companies repurposing event sessions into new formats and assets for different parts of the lifecycle funnel?

Lead Scoring 122

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Budget Programs 122

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

High quality premium content is arguably one of the most important elements of a successful content marketing strategy. For example, buyers today are much more likely to research potential solutions to a business problem online than rely on a sales person to guide them. . Premium content is commonly used in content marketing campaigns.

Paid Content 146

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 146

Martech

MAY 4, 2022

“It’s provocative [for us] to position ABM as entirely different from the status quo of demand gen,” said Jodi Cerretani, senior director of demand generation at RollWorks, in her presentation at The MarTech Conference. Engaging buying committees through coordinated marketing and sales programs.

Account Based Marketing 105

Account Based Marketing ABM Webinar Metrics Effectiveness 105

Madison Logic

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Through personalization, marketers can implement multi-stakeholder messaging, a tactic that’s vital in engaging larger buying committees and influencing conversions. Why Personalization Matters More Than Ever Buyers today spend more time conducting independent solution research than ever before.

Personalization 52

Personalization B2B Top of Funnel Multi-Channel 52

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A sales funnel, stretching from early-stage brand discovery to final purchase, represents the customer journey. Most companies use the funnel to track prospects as they move through sales stages, adjusting strategies and marketing methods in response to their behaviors. Why is the sales funnel important? Sign up now.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Digital Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking 98

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Table of Contents An Overview of Behavioral Intent Data Leveraging Behavioral Data for Marketing Make Your Website’s Experience More Personalized for Anonymous Users Send Customized Emails to Leads. The Relationship Between Intent Data and Account-Based Marketing Conclusion.

Intent Data 117

Intent Data Intent Marketing AI Lead Ranking 117

Martech

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Auseh Britt, vp of growth marketing at account-based marketing platform Terminus, recently hosted a webinar that discussed her organization’s 2021 State of Modern Marketing Report. The study polled over 1000 go-to-Market (GTM) teams — groups tasked with identifying the best ways to reach specific marketing. “It

Account Based Marketing 118

Account Based Marketing Webinar Metrics ABM Ideal Customer Profiles 118

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.

Paid Content 79

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 79

Unbounce

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

After you research your pay-per-click ad campaign’s keywords , your job’s far from over. Plenty of folks who browse ads are still deciding how they feel about different brands on the market. That means less money spent from your marketing budget and more money in your pockets. Customize based on funnel phase.

Cost per Acquisition 144

Cost per Acquisition Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget Ads 144

DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

B2B buyer behavior has shifted dramatically to independent, online research. Due to the volume of content and online resources in nearly every industry, most people on your buying committees can perform their own research on their own time and are likely to make a decision before ever talking to your sales team.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52