Vision Edge Marketing

MAY 19, 2020

Welcome to What’s Your Edge – a series of VisionEdge Marketing podcasts dedicated to helping you use data, analytics, process, and measurement to create an edge for you and your customers. In today’s episode we’re exploring upstream and downstream marketing. And without a doubt downstream requires solid skills. Define Your Strategy.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

What does a good content marketing strategy look like? Why is content marketing king? Whether you are new to the riveting world of content or are a self-ascribed expert (i.e. content addict), there is always more to learn. You may have noticed that we’re talking about more than a marketing tactic.

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Hubspot

APRIL 1, 2024

Want more content like this? Ask any salesperson if they get enough inbound leads. It’s kind of a running joke that no seller will ever get enough leads. Every seller wants a strong, steady stream of quality inbound leads. It means sales and go-to-market motions are going to have to evolve.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. No matter where the lead was sourced.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 11, 2019

Thanks to the advent of AI technology, smarter machines are leading to smarter conversations. This data primarily consists of content and context. While content contains the information exchanged, context anticipates the user’s needs and also takes into account the ambiguity and interruption while engaging a customer.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. Do your research You need to be aware of the market conditions to allocate the right marketing budget.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Inbound marketing campaigns. What components should you include in your inbound marketing campaign? Before we dive into the anatomy of an inbound marketing campaign, it’s important to understand the answers to two questions: “ What is inbound marketing? What Is Inbound Marketing?

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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. Amid an overly-optimistic marketplace outlook for AI, growth leaders — across marketing, sales and customer success — are increasingly turning to AI and/or AI-enhanced technology tools.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 11, 2022

Paid media’s reputation as an effective channel to generate quality leads has ebbed and flowed over time and per industry. However, like inbound marketing, paid media certainly has a place in your overall marketing strategy. Establishing Foundations for a Multi-Channel Marketing Strategy. Inbound Marketing Media.

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Schubert B2B

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Nevertheless, a game-changing strategy exists that can invigorate your efforts, shifting your attention from basic lead generation to the sophisticated art of demand generation. B2B demand generation is a marketing approach with the goal of boosting interest and awareness in your offering. So, what precisely is B2B demand generation?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. No matter where the lead was sourced.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 195

The Point

JUNE 24, 2022

The TrustRadius report focuses primarily on how technology vendors should adapt their selling process to these new buying habits, but it’s also worth considering some of the key findings and their implication for the demand marketer. Key Finding 1: Buyers have all but replaced vendor-provided content.

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ultimately, as with most things in marketing, the “right” dashboard is the one that helps you reach your goals. Day-to-Day Tactical KPI Dashboard The CMO’s daily dashboard will likely fall into this category because it focuses on more specific, short-term goals and data that connects to those goals. The first is website traffic.

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Stevens & Tate

JULY 16, 2021

Despite some claims that email is dead, it is still a highly effective way for marketers to connect with consumers. It is an integral part of inbound marketing as well as attraction marketing , and is a great way to send nurture leads throughout the buying process. Segmentation. Personalize. Buyer’s Journey.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency. Create Visual Content.

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Square 2 Marketing

JUNE 13, 2023

When you look at the most successful B2B marketing campaigns over the past few years as measured by leads generated and revenue growth, there is a very noticeable trend. None of them focused on generating sales-qualified leads.

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MKT1

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you don’t adopt AI as a marketer, you won’t be efficient or effective enough to compete—we’ve all heard this many, many times at this point. Kathleen and I are marketers and investors. Improve marketing operations and processes : Use AI to streamline your team and free up time to work on meatier projects.

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The Video in Business Awards celebrate marketers, sales pros, and businesses who embrace video in new ways to generate better results. Each year, the awards program celebrates businesses and individuals who have used video to generate more leads, close new revenue, and transform how they communicate. Video Marketing Awards.

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

What does inbound marketing have to do with your company’s share of wallet? The proven strategies of inbound marketing align with the only thing that will actually increase your company’s wallet share: knowing your customer. Try some inbound orange marketing strategies. Understand the inbound cycle.

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BOP Design

MARCH 22, 2021

However, even once we do return to in-person meetups, the importance of digital marketing and online communications won’t disappear. With distributed workforces becoming more of the norm, it’s essential to create content that can be accessed remotely. are critical to everyday business. Creating Thought Leadership (aka Blogging).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

One of the many benefits of conversational marketing is its ability to accelerate your sales cycle. After all, it is built for and used by both your marketing and sales teams to drive pipeline and generate revenue. Elsewhere, we’ve classified the prospects that visit your site into six high-level categories.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 22, 2022

The speaker lineup is top notch, and if you’re like me, you are counting down the days before you can consume all this content. We hear you, and that’s why we’ve picked our top five sessions per day (in person and virtual) based on the buzz we’re hearing in the market and what our clients’ and executive team’s priorities are.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 18, 2019

Conversations about inbound marketing for manufacturers invariably leads to several questions and/or concerns. I do spend quite a bit of time educating my prospects and clients about inbound marketing. I’ve published several articles on inbound and industrial content marketing in the past.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in.

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Oktopost

JUNE 1, 2023

Any marketer has heard plenty about the high ROI that can be extracted from the social channels – in B2C or B2B – but there are still countless companies out there that are having to forgo that ROI. Jump to Section What is marketing automation? Social media marketing What is a Lead Scoring System? Here’s how.

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Contently

JANUARY 24, 2020

Across the globe, many marketers are sabotaging their 2020 content marketing programs already. It’s nearly impossible to prove content marketing ROI if you don’t outline clear goals at the beginning of the year. This doesn’t mean your content should be full of product plugs. Far from it.

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Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Inbox Insight are excited to announce nominations for two categories in The Drum B2B Awards: Best Digital Campaign Best Use of Data/Insights. The top prospect’s lead score was over 300, covering 46 separate touchpoints with the content. Further, over 30% of users engaged with 2 or more pieces of content on the IFP hub.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 27, 2020

Inbox Insight are proud to have been chosen as a finalist in the Content Marketing Awards 2020! Category: Content Marketing ROI/Measurement Program. This helped to shape an immersive content strategy, focused around the types of content the audience were already engaging with on Insights for Professionals.

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 19, 2021

If you’re an inbound marketer in the B2B space, you understand how much time and energy goes into planning and executing your marketing campaigns. of my favorite inbound marketing resources that any B2B marketer can benefit from subscribing to in 2021 and beyond. We Asked 10 Marketing Experts.

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SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Creating marketing personas is an important part of marketing strategy in any industry. In this blog post, we’ll discuss what marketing personas are, why they’re important, and how you can create them. What Are Marketing Personas? Marketing personas are semi-fictional representations of a company’s ideal customer.

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DealSignal

MAY 8, 2023

It’s the same with marketing play. Table of Contents [Open] [Close] It’s go time. Around this time, there are basically four weeks left for marketers to make an impact, given average B2B sales cycles. If you played just about any sport growing up, you know how important it is to make a big push at the end to win the game.

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Martech

MAY 10, 2022

Tonkin needed more reviews in more places, but he also wanted to streamline Planful’s marketing strategy to focus on in-market buyers — the people who had done their research and were close to making a purchase. Tonkin knew the buying dynamic of his customers, mainly mid-market organizations, tended to be very research intensive.

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Leadspace

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Categories included data integration, data sources and types, identity resolution, activation and alerts, decisioning, reporting, application integrations, product vision and market approach. With the Leadspace B2B Buyer Platform, sales and marketing professionals can save time, reduce costs and improve deal conversion.

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Only B2B

AUGUST 31, 2023

In the world of marketing and sales, it’s really important to find potential customers in a smart way. This means sifting through lots of leads and focusing on the ones that are most likely to become valuable customers. A super important tool for doing this is called Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) criteria.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 12, 2020

Whether your sales process relies on inbound leads or targeted outreach, whether you’re a big company or small, whether your sale is complex or simple; inbound sales is relevant. That’s because inbound sales transforms selling to match today’s empowered buyer -- so sales reps can sell the way people buy.

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Martech

MARCH 10, 2022

Because of this it’s essential to have an Account-based marketing (ABM) strategy. This focuses on targeting top potential customers and uses both marketing and sales initiatives to capture the prospect’s interest and nurture them through the buying journey. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on. beforehand.

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