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The Ideal Trade Show Checklist & Timeline

Navigate the Channel

It’s been a while since trade shows were the must-meet-and-see-events for B2B industries, but recently trade show event space and calendars are filling. Marketing departments and agencies are working to develop trade show themes and slogans, many of them highlighting being back together and pressing the restart button.

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How to Use Marketing Budget KPIs for Decision-Making

SmartBug Media

The most skilled marketers aren't just the ones who can identify the best channels for growing customers; they are also the ones who can identify the best channels to avoid. Key KPIs to Track in Your Marketing Budget. Cumulative spend: The total budget expended across all marketing channels. Marketing efficiency.

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12+ Tips for Trade Show Success

The Effective Marketer

Make Your Trade Shows Count. The old fashioned trade show may not be the hottest topic coming through your inbox these days but odds are that you may still be doing quite a few events and have trade shows as part of your marketing budget. Hold a pre-show meeting. Blog about the show.

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Industrial Marketing Strategy Must Be Documented for the Best Results

Tiecas

( Source ) Unfortunately, only 32% of manufacturing marketers have a documented content marketing strategy, even though one in four manufacturing marketers reported that their organization spends 25% to 49% of their total marketing budget on industrial content marketing. Source ) Why is that?

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Shift Happens! Making Adjustments to Your Marketing Budget

Marketing 261

Like most professionals, startup marketers are still adjusting their marketing budget to the effects of COVID-19. As a result, marketing teams that once relied on trade shows for effective lead generation are scrambling to find alternatives that garner the same success. Advertising. Direct Mail.

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Six Ways to Connect with Hard-to-Reach Business Buyers

Webbiquity

Social media is the top digital marketing channel for vendors, but organic social media reach continues to decline , LinkedIn’s strategy for groups remains muddled , and many business buyers aren’t even on Twitter. co-exhibiting at trade shows and conferences. Banner ads? The key is to make it creative.

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3 Ways to Ensure You Get the Marketing Budget You Need in 2018

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

It’s planning season, marketers. Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. How much are you spending on trade shows?