The Point

MARCH 18, 2020

Most B2B marketers we talk to are continuing to plan, develop and execute campaigns and other initatives, for the time being at least. Inbound marketing increases the chances of reaching the companies who, despite everything, are actively looking for answers to business challenges. If nothing else, lead nurturing.

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Demand Demand Generation Agencies Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing 243

The Point

JUNE 30, 2021

When it comes to what is, and isn’t, Account-Based Marketing (ABM) , there are as many opinions out there as there are ABM experts. Well, it matters only because many B2B marketers who haven’t yet stepped foot in the ABM waters are under pressure, from management or sales or both, to do so. Is One-to-One Marketing the Only True ABM?

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Account Based Marketing ABM Planning Demand Generation Agencies 162

The Point

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

While there’s little debate about the value of a well-planned, well-executed Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy, where many B2B companies struggle – and where ABM initiatives tend to stall – is in that phase between planning and execution, where strategy and account planning meet tactics, plays and content.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Planning Lead Ranking 170

The Point

AUGUST 25, 2020

Not every Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy starts from the same place. Just us every journey starts with the first step, however, it’s generally a good idea in ABM planning to first conduct an honest assessment of where you are, what you need, and who does what. For others, it’s identifying a target account list.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Account Based Marketing ABM Lead Ranking 147

The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Budgeting season is here again, and demand marketers are not immune. Define the percentage of that revenue (or pipeline) for which marketing is responsible. The trend is towards the higher end of that range, as marketing assumes responsibility for more and more of the funnel. What do these budget numbers not include?

Budget Programs 162

Budget Programs Lead Ranking Demand Marketing Qualified Leads 162

The Point

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Given the business case on which most Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategies are founded – namely, that ABM increases opportunities and revenue from high-value accounts – the temptation for marketers is to measure the success of those programs on similar, high-value criteria: namely, opportunities, revenue, and average deal size.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 290

The Point

JANUARY 7, 2020

Q4 is over, and with it, the inevitable rush to execute and scale marketing programs designed to somehow, magically, help a company makes its Q4 and year-end numbers. Two, invest in programs like lead nurturing, Webinars, and conversational marketing (chat), designed to get existing prospects to take the next step and engage with sales.

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Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency 130

The Point

JUNE 20, 2018

In marketing circles, there’s little argument these days that a well-planned, well-executed Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy can pay real dividends. Similarly, can a company skip the complex process of strategic planning that ABM demands, jump right into account-based campaigns and still expect measurable results?

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Account Based Marketing ABM Multi-Channel CPL 168

The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

B2B marketing has seen a dramatic change in the last decade, driven by radical advances in marketing technology and the emergence of new channels. Content marketing is dead. * Content marketing is dead. * Change in marketing is an evolution, not a coup. Cold-calling is dead. The MQL is dead. . The MQL is dead.

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The Point

JUNE 30, 2017

In the headlong rush to Account-Based Marketing , many B2B companies are, quite naturally, looking to implement ABM in a manner that allows them to dip their toes in the proverbial water. It is a strategic initiative that involves (or should involve) both sales and marketing at all levels of the organization.

Account Based Marketing 235

Account Based Marketing ABM Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 235

The Point

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Results from Deloitte’s 2017 CMO Survey are out, providing insights into key trends, plans, and opinions from more than 2,800 top marketers. No surprises here, as digital marketing continues to grow at a healthy pace. The post Deloitte CMO Survey: Analytics Holding Marketers Back? Photo by Helloquence on Unsplash.

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CMO Customer Surveys Analytics Planning 218

The Point

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I may not be a market analyst, but from what I see working with our agency’s B2B clients , it seems to me that, in the language of technology adoption lifecycles, Account-Based Marketing (ABM) stands at that pivotal junction – what Geoffrey Moore calls the “chasm” – between early adopters and early majority. Why is that?

Account Based Marketing 157

Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management 157

The Point

JUNE 5, 2018

Earlier this year, Forrester Research conducted a detailed survey of more than 150 B2B marketing decision-makers with the intent of benchmarking the maturity of B2B marketing best practices, focused on revenue marketing and marketing automation. Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has also accelerated the trend.

Lead Ranking 194

Lead Ranking Forrester Lead Scoring Paid Search Agency 194

The Point

MAY 19, 2020

It wasn’t that long ago, when marketing automation first burst on the scene, that the height of lead nurture sophistication was the simple, automated sending of multiple, sequential emails. Today, advances in marketing technology make such “automation” seem laughably basic. How does your current lead nurturing.

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Lead Nurturing Class Budget Programs Lead Scoring 299

The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content Click To Tweet.

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Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

The Point

JANUARY 24, 2017

Even in this digital age, trade shows are still a core part of many B2B marketers’ 2017 demand generation plans. Generating maximum return from that investment, however, requires careful planning, and close attention to both pre-show and post-show communications strategy.

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The Point

JANUARY 19, 2021

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons. Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides and economic recovery kicks in, or are recent trends destined to become staple tactics in the months and years to come?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Lead Ranking 147

The Point

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is certainly the hot topic in B2B circles these days, but like other trends, ABM can encompass a whole range of activity – from something as simple as an email drip campaign to a more comprehensive, sustained, integrated program that incorporates multiple channels.

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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. How should companies adapt their demand generation playbook to better serve the needs of the self-serve buyer?

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Top of Funnel Cold Calling B2B Demand Generation 130

The Point

MARCH 8, 2018

Technology marketers love analyst reports. Sure, they’re expensive to license, but they’re instant fodder for all sorts of content marketing, they bring credibility and name recognition to a campaign, and – bonus – they say nice things about your product. However, in my experience, most tech companies don’t know how to market them.

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Marketing Report Planning Gartner Demand Generation Agencies 216

The Point

MAY 14, 2012

A new report from Forrester Consulting, commissioned by marketing automation provider Silverpop , offers little in the way of groundbreaking insights, but does provide plenty of data confirming what most already know: that many companies are failing to realize the true potential from their investments in marketing automation.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Report Automation 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A recent survey by content automation company TechValidate and B2B agency Spear Marketing Group provides useful insight into the content, tactics, and technologies proving most valuable for today’s B2B marketers. Video was named the content type that marketers project will be most essential in the coming year. •

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Over at the Modern Marketing Blog , Steve Earl offers his theory as to why enterprise marketers choose to switch to a different marketing platform. In the broader market, however, our agency’s experience tells a different story. In the broader market, however, our agency’s experience tells a different story.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 179

The Point

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In other words, would you only ever want marketing leads from prospects pre-determined to be actively researching your category, solution, use case, etc.? and this particular marketing exec was quick to reject the idea of anything that didn’t incorporate an element of intent data. My argument: no, you wouldn’t. . No, they won’t.

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Intent Data Demand Generation Agencies Intent Paid Social Agency 149

The Point

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Research firm Software Advice have released their 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Report , a handy reference for anyone planning 2015 marketing spend. Based on responses from more than 200 BtoB marketing professionals, it provides useful insight on the types of demand gen programs and content that are trending in the marketplace.

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Trade Show Demand Generation Agencies BtoB Lead Scoring 100

The Point

MAY 3, 2016

Salesforce has released their “ 2016 State of Marketing Report ”, a massive 70-page tome and the result of surveying nearly 4,000 marketing executives worldwide. The report covers a wide range of trends and topics, but focuses on the best practices most common amongst “high-performing” marketing teams.

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The Point

AUGUST 27, 2019

LinkedIn’s big advantage over its key competitor – and the reason it’s now cannibalizing so many marketing budgets previously reserved exclusively for paid search (SEM). – Unless your LinkedIn ad performance and ROI continues to hold steady, plan on introducing a new ad at least once a month. Stale Creative. Saying Too Much.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Almost 5 years ago, our agency conducted a survey to determine whether B2B companies were getting maximum value from their investment in marketing automation. You’d assume, therefore, that marketing automation maturity – the level of sophistication at which companies employ the technology – has improved.

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The Point

AUGUST 29, 2017

When designing sales plays as part of your Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy, it pays to start with a few key questions: 1. Caveats aside, hopefully this will provide a handy resource for planning your next sales play, and prompt you to incorporate a mix of different channels: 1. What is the primary objective? Email to prospect.

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Touchpoints Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles 228

The Point

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Research company TrustRadius just published their new edition of the “Buyer’s Guide to Marketing Automation Software,” and it’s a doozy. Let’s face it, most martech “guides” are written by, well, marketers, and are either sponsored by or authored by the technology vendors themselves, so the content needs to be read with a critical eye.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Planning 100

The Point

MARCH 27, 2013

Most marketing automation systems make it relatively easy to control email frequency and to establish priorities when multiple campaigns get scheduled in too small a window. From a planning perspective, going the day-of-the-week route certainly makes it easy to control your editorial calendar.

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Webinar Metrics Autoresponders Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Leads 100

The Point

MARCH 17, 2014

The copy is winding its way through the marketing group and is now on its fourth revision. Sometimes we get so used to our own “marketing-speak” that we think everyone talks that way. Don’t laugh – sometimes the best way to evaluate technology marketing is to show it to a layperson.)

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Campaigns Copywriting 100

The Point

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It’s that time of year again, and marketers’ thoughts turn to budgeting for the next 12 months. One of the most frequent questions we’re hearing from clients during this planning season pertains to the balance between pure lead generation on the one hand, and lead nurturing on the other. In short: no. Her response to a Google ad.).

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Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Budget Programs Demand 100

The Point

JULY 21, 2016

It’s well documented that, of the companies who invest in marketing automation, many fail to achieve maximum return from that investment, or even utilize marketing automation technology to its full capacity. In our agency’s work with marketing automation users , we’ve identified 10 of the most common mistakes to avoid: 1.

Marketing Automation Services 80

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 80

The Point

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Planning for a successful Account-Based Marketing (ABM) initiative requires much more than simply investing in new software and asking the sales team for a list of top target accounts. The post Infographic: An ABM Planning Checklist appeared first on The Point. And that’s just the beginning. And that’s just the beginning.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Planning Demand 44

The Point

APRIL 19, 2017

But it’s important to define, recognize, and plan for content that appeals to the right prospects depending on the type of campaign or your marketing objectives. In contrast, content that relies heavily on statistics or market data – an industry trends report, for example – will lose its appeal after only a few short months.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paper 214

The Point

MAY 30, 2013

In days long past, companies hired one marketing firm, usually an advertising agency, to coordinate a broad spectrum of marketing needs. One of the primary added values of working with a third-party agency is that they bring a fresh perspective to your ongoing marketing initiatives. marketing agencies marketing agency skype'

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