ANNUITAS

MAY 24, 2016

In what has become perhaps the most over-promised and most under-delivered demand generation trend in recent years, everyone is throwing around the phrase ‘predictive analytics’ as one of their top B2B sales and marketing priorities, and yet there is no strong evidence anyone is really doing it. What data is predictive?

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 21, 2023

As the use cases for chat expands to non-lead generation and to more nurture-based, being able to notify a wider swath of individuals that a pertinent chat is happening is a smart addition. New advancements include improved sales routing, to get prospects inside an automated or assisted chat routed to the proper sales rep faster.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The stats, guides and tips to effective lead nurturing abound in the B2B marketplace and yet with all of this information, still only a fraction of B2B companies are using or effective in the use of lead nurturing according to MarketingSherpa. This is why fewer than 4% of marketing generated leads are ever converted into sales.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2014

Take a look at an excerpt from a Leadspace Radio via Sales Lead Management Association with Carlos Hidalgo , CEO and founder of ANNUITAS. How can we STOP DOING lead nurturing campaigns? It’s not perpetual -which demand generation should be. We really shouldn’t be basing our lead scoring on the asset type.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 17, 2014

Delivering unqualified leads to sales. Sales screams at marketing for more leads. Marketing scrambles to deliver more leads, any leads. Sales responds with a resounding “these leads are horrible.” It’s not enough to deliver 1,000 leads a week to sales if 90% of them are no good. This is a classic pitfall.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 27, 2014

Do you know what a salesperson looks at first when they look at a batch of leads that has been delivered to them from marketing? When added together, these factors should add up to a minimum requirement for that lead to be passed over to sales. That’s the first thing they look at … the company a lead is coming from.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 24, 2016

It is no wonder that many marketing departments still struggle with demonstrating their value year after year. It is near impossible to demonstrate value when the approach to marketing changes continually – cause and effect. In fact, according to the B2B Enterprise Demand Generation Survey that we here at ANNUITAS conducted, 65.1%

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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

JANUARY 6, 2015

Marketers will again be challenged to keep pace with these advancements and will need to do more in order to connect with their buyers and show demonstrable ROI as a result of their Demand Generation and Content Marketing Strategies. This campaign approach leads to a very convoluted buying experience for the buyers. The best news?

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The best marketers understand that pipeline generation and revenue are more important than lead volume, but volume still plays a role regardless to how success is measured. Demand generation has long been focused on that lead volume number, with lead scoring acting as a governor to regulate the flow of leads to sales.

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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. I recently spoke with one marketing executive who told me they run multiple demand generation campaigns for 90 days.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Steve is a thought leader in the world of marketing automation and lead management and is also a prolific writer on topics related to demand generation and the current transitions within the marketing profession. To dig into this a bit further, it’s first worth exploring what we mean by a marketing qualified lead.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 23, 2014

There are some great studies out there focusing on content strategy (specifically) or buyer behavior, but nothing that really shines a light on how large companies run Demand Generation … with an emphasis on large. However, the reality in many organizations is that the approach to demand generation is often more tactical than strategic.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 15, 2015

We want to know conversion rates, cost per lead, revenue generated and a host of other stats. Handing off leads that go nowhere? There are many reasons why sales management should be all too happy to get involved with and become champions for your demand generation program. Modern B2B marketers like numbers.

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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 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Marketers care about performance perhaps a little more than other professionals because we need to know the success of our programs, amount of revenue driven, conversion metrics, lead scores so we can work hard to optimize everything. However, they struggle on a bigger scale than most.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A recent study by Ascend2 shows that 25% of respondents state that their cost per lead (CPL) is increasing. For years marketers have been keen to show cost per lead (or in the words of Jon Miller from Marketo – investment per lead) as a metric that has meaning. 14%) to get a lead that could drive a deal of $125,000.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Increased opportunity/lead cost efficiency. When utilized correctly, they have a huge impact on qualifying and converting leads, resulting in a lower opportunity cost. ? Between self-service information and quick calls between reps and prospects, inside sales helps you focus on the right leads without a long lead time. ?

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 27, 2015

The latest results from the ANNUITAS B2B Enterprise Demand Generation study (due out in September), 54.1% Each year, more and more spend is going to content, yet each year, only a small minority of B2B organizations say they are having success or can accurately measure the value of their content marketing or demand generation spend.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Whether it’s unfamiliar terminology, information overload or inconsistent rules of engagement, every enterprise marketer has been guilty at some point of creating more frustration than value. A solid lead management framework is key to shared understanding and accountability. Ham Porter: Hey, you want a s’more? The Sandlot.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 6, 2014

We definitely see similar trends in Demand Generation as it encompasses several of these digital skills (e.g. analytics, social, content marketing) as part of a strong Demand Generation Strategy. For example, on the Demand Generation Strategy team, say we are looking for people with a strong content development background.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 30, 2024

The tool uses generative AI-powered natural language prompts to design, build, and customize ecommerce sites and pages more quickly. But these tools have value for B2B use cases as well when you consider the importance of looking at sources of revenue lift that come from all phases of the customer lifecycle.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2020

Meeting targets for Qualified Leads, Opportunities and Revenue for the quarter and the year without the use of events, a key Engagement Channel for demand, will prove challenging. And for many B2B companies, they are struggling to do so without live interactions, especially events. Let buyers tell ‘you’ when they are ready to buy.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 9, 2015

A big challenge we often see in enterprise B2B demand generation programs is the tendency to rely on lead volume as a benchmark for success. The purpose of a demand generation program is to drive revenue, not leads, and the only way to truly measure success is revenue in the form of contribution to pipeline and sales.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

So how does this ineffective dating mentality map to methods too commonly used in demand generation? of companies polled in the 2016 ANNUITAS B2B Demand Generation Survey. of B2B marketers continue to send all leads directly to their Sales teams as soon as a form is filled out according to the 2016 ANNUITAS Survey.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

So how does this ineffective dating mentality map to methods too commonly used in demand generation? of companies polled in the 2016 ANNUITAS B2B Demand Generation Survey. of B2B marketers continue to send all leads directly to their Sales teams as soon as a form is filled out according to the 2016 ANNUITAS Survey.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

So how does this ineffective dating mentality map to methods too commonly used in demand generation? of companies polled in the 2016 ANNUITAS B2B Demand Generation Survey. of B2B marketers continue to send all leads directly to their Sales teams as soon as a form is filled out according to the 2016 ANNUITAS Survey.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 20, 2015

It occurred to me that even enterprise-level businesses struggle with this goal – how to drive continuous revenue and capitalize on customer lifetime value. In fact, according to the ANNUITAS Enterprise B2B Demand Generation study, only 33% of organizations include the buyer’s buying process as part of their personas.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 21, 2015

By taking a strategic approach in developing a Demand Generation Strategy vs. a tactical approach, marketers can make a bigger impact in their results. Take a look at both the value of a solid Lead Management Architecture and Lead Management Process: Lead Management Architecture- How Qualified is Qualified?

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In working with many clients and speaking with marketing decision makers, here are some of the most important areas I believe CMOs need to show stronger leadership in: Leading Change in Their Organizations. CMOs need to lead their teams and ensure they are appropriating the right amount of budget to skills development and education.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 30, 2015

We know that we need to embrace content marketing and the underlying strategy, but the focus at #MME15 and conferences in general is how do we do it better? It’s about maximizing value and optimizing results. Developing the strategy that supports demand generation is what marketers need today.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 1, 2014

Nothing really gets accomplished, and chances are, you won’t score many points, let alone win the game. Like a basketball coach, the power user ultimately can train, lead, evaluate, and is dedicated to optimizing the solution in every possible way. It could be that your scoring threshold is set too high.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 10, 2014

According to Sirius Decisions, 75 percent of those that own marketing automation state they are not getting the full value from it. A recent Forrester study showed that of 25 different tactics listed, B2B organizations are using on average 15 different tactics in their demand generation mix. So where is the disconnect?

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

There are a multitude of things that can destroy a Demand Generation Strategy, but the two biggest culprits are having a short-term vision and lacking alignment with sales. Imagine spending months getting your marketing automation platform integrated with your CRM system, new third-party content created, and lead scoring models built.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The potential use cases for artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), in go-to-market (GTM) are perhaps too numerous to count. For example, after implementing a Perpetual Growth Engine, ANNUITAS’ clients typically see a 4–10x improvement in end-to-end lead-to-revenue conversion.

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