Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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Conversica

OCTOBER 9, 2018

If your emails are sent to the right person at the wrong time, the chances of conversion are lower than if the same person receives a message at the right time in their buying process. If someone downloaded a specific white paper or viewed a video, reference that action in your messages to them. Always be testing.

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SnapApp

MAY 12, 2015

You may not be The Gray Lady, or even the viral media powerhouse of the day, but you can borrow their tactics to get unprecedented results in your B2B marketing. The modern B2B buyer does a huge amount of research during their purchase process. is perfect top-of-funnel content. Unconvinced? Stay with me.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Summary: So you want some hard numbers to prove the value of marketing automation? This paper contains step-by-step instructions for building a business case and even a link to a slide deck you can use as a template. higher sales quota achievement and 7% higher win rates • 100% increase in deal size 3. Here's a bunch.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 24, 2013

Traditional white papers are likely the staple of your content marketing portfolio, and for good reason. According to a recent IDG survey, 84% of buyers leveraged white papers as a key resource to help them make a purchase decision. Your current white papers just don’t have the same impact as they once had … but why?

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

You might be releasing top-of-funnel content to boost brand awareness, but you’re probably looking for increasingly measurable ways to tie your videos to ROI. Asking viewers to enter their email address before gaining access to a video allows you to create a new lead as soon as a prospect expresses interest.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of the biggest challenges b2b marketers face is what to do with all of those “names&# that come into your system that aren’t really “leads&# yet; contacts collected from white paper downloads, webinar registrations, trade shows and other activities. They apply technology to a difficult process.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals. This one caught me by surprise.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included “B2B marketing,” the focus of their tweets including the hashtag # B2BMarketing , as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword. Earlier this month, I released the 20 B2B Marketing Blogs you need to read.

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The Point

JANUARY 13, 2015

Improving email campaign measurement won’t generate more leads or better leads, in and of itself, but it will help accomplish both those goals by providing the data necessary to identify what’s truly working. Leads/Response Rate. Leads are at least a measure of genuine interest. However, not all leads are created equal.

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Vidyard

JUNE 4, 2013

This comes in at a whopping 50% premium above the previous day’s close and comes on the heels of Marketo’s IPO as well as the surprising acquisition of Eloqua by Oracle announced earlier this year. have become a key part of this process for innovative organizations. How does Video fit into all of this?

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The ROI Guy

MAY 14, 2012

I am often asked what key workflow or functionality you can enable if you integrate Alinean tools with Marketing Automation (MAP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions. As you may also be aware, Alinean Value Selling & Marketing Tools do support robust integration with sales and marketing automation solutions and processes.

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 16, 2013

At Dreamforce this year we met up with Scott Logan, Marketing Campaign Manager at inContact, and we were thrilled to hear about how they’re using video to make the buying process easier for customers, and closing a significant number of deals based on a clients’ initial interaction with video content.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She has produced hundreds of white papers, case studies and eBooks for a range of organizations, including some of the world's leading technology companies.

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thePoint

MAY 25, 2018

With your inventory scores in hand (see Pre-requisite Work), we are ready to locate those gaps in knowledge, skills, or time and start considering what will be a priority in either hiring (as budget allows) or outsourcing in order to accomplish your now-progressing marketing mission. Where did you score the highest? Pre-requisite Work.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 11, 2009

To generate demand for your products, it’s not enough to nurture the existing leads in your database. You also need a steady stream of fresh leads coming in. There are many ways to find these new leads: inbound marketing, search advertising, tradeshows, lead programs, etc.

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Vidyard

JULY 7, 2016

So I actually started my career as an inside sales rep at a startup in the early 90s when Windows 3.1 We don’t have to worry about having the Heinz Marketing sales kickoff and sales training events every year, and a big strategy planning initiative that puts everyone in a standstill and neutral for a quarter.”.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 17, 2019

The lines are blurring between traditional ad spots and other traditional marketing materials (white papers, direct mailers, etc); and all the formats we only define as content marketing (“native content” articles, branded docu-shorts, brand blogs). The most traditional are still sticking with white papers and branded coffee table books.

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. Mapping Content to the Buying Process - Slidecast. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Sales Lead Expert’s Learning Center.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Late in 2015 we started a podcast called Sales Pipeline Radio , which runs live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. How do we build what we need to manage our business?

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ViewPoint

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. That is, continuing to add features: social features, lead generation features and analytics. Christopher is an award-winning business writer and editor based in New York City. What can I do?

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ViewPoint

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. That is, continuing to add features: social features, lead generation features and analytics. Today's PowerViews guest is Christopher Hosford. He is East Coast Bureau Chief for BtoB Magazine. What can I do?

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DealSignal

MAY 31, 2023

Here’s how to manage sales pipeline full when you aren’t getting the support you need from marketing. If you’re not focused on the right leads, you’re losing valuable time. Your outreach needs to be efficient, so everyone on the sales team should only be focused on the prospects with the most potential to actually convert.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Marketing automation of this type has been a reality for a few years, but has been contained in software like Marketo and Eloqua that is most appropriate for mid-sized and larger companies. Small business doesn’t have the scale to paper over flabby communication campaigns with budget and frequency. Under the Hood of Infusionsoft.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

One of the biggest challenges b2b marketers face is what to do with all of those "names" that come into your system that aren't really "leads" yet; contacts collected from white paper downloads, webinar registrations, trade shows and other activities. How do you separate hot leads from long-term leads from tire-kickers?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Lead Generation. Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. White Papers. Business-to-business marketers are underutilizing social media and its potential, according to new data from Eloqua , a marketing automation company. Advertising/Sales. B2B: Business Media. City & Regionals. CMS Insights. Consumer Media.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2017

While your average tweeters usually take inventory of the basics, such as share counts and likes, very few are equipped to unravel deeper and more meaningful data that can be attributed to leads and sales. This tactic is called social media attribution. The main objective was leads for the sales team.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2016

So specifically, if you want to streamline your content creation and your content management and your content merchandising, Uberflip can definitely help with that. It’s a platform for B2B marketers, primarily B2B marketers, to create, manage, optimize, and merchandize their content. So what does it really do?

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 28, 2019

If you were scoring 3 percent in school, you’d be considered a flunky. Despite these disappointing success rates, marketers continue to do the same thing: drive people to a landing page and request the consumer’s contact information in exchange for something (a guide, white paper, case study, webinar, etc). Don’t get me wrong.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 26, 2018

I’ll bet one of your top concerns is how to prove its value to the company. Meet the panel: Dusty DiMercurio leads Autodesk’s content marketing and social media team and serves as publisher and editorial director for Redshift , the company’s digital publication about the future of design and making things. Well, guess what?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2012

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. ” It’s always, “Contact a sales rep.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2012

This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. ” It’s always, “Contact a sales rep.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

It’s time for another episode transcription of Sales Pipeline Radio , from our live show airing every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Dave, thanks so much for joining us on Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 20, 2009

I haven’t looked closely at any of these but they all seem to promise the core demand generation capabilities of email, landing pages, automated nurturing, lead scoring, and sales system integration. Well, I wouldn’t ask the question if I weren’t leading up to something. This brings us back to features.

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s safe to say that most marketers can identify with the challenges of delivering an aggressive quota of new marketing qualified leads (MQLs) each month. This type of stagnant lead environment is the reason every marketing team needs an outstanding lead nurturing program.

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