Contently

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Earlier this year, as we were planning our 2021 product roadmap, I interviewed dozens of CMOs about their approaches to measuring content marketing ROI. There’s first-touch attribution, last-touch attribution, and custom attribution. That content also unlocks one of your most important marketing channels: organic search.

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markempa

JULY 6, 2017

In this post, I’m going to focus on how to do lead management that increases sales conversion. Here’s why: First, B2B lead conversion to actual revenue conversion is low. According to Forrester, top performers convert 1.54% of leads to revenue. And average performers turn less than 0.75% of leads into closed deals.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2018

For more than 20 years we’ve talked about multi-touch, multi-media, multi-cycle processes that multiply results. At least one software company literally took PointClear’s playbook, which includes details about the multi, multi, multi approach, and turned it into a red-hot piece of software.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 21, 2023

Dynamic Chat gets More AI and Improved Routing Chat is obviously a top trend among marketers , especially as ChatGPT continues to both excite and worry a lot of marketing professionals. Measure now supports data from multi-CRM use cases, more customer data source support, and other buyer touchpoints. conversations to date.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2021

To create the best possible buyer’s journey for your target audience, you must first know them well and understand their behaviors and actions at different touch points. Only then can you create truly personalized, seamless experiences to guide your leads through the sales funnel successfully. What is Predictive Marketing Analytics?

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SendX

JUNE 21, 2021

LinkedIn and email marketing landing pages are two of the most popular platforms for organic lead generation. Although LinkedIn is considered more casual than a typical email marketing landing page, they’re both used for professional correspondence. LinkedIn represents a gold mine of opportunities for growth marketers.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Leveraging marketing data is key to continual optimization and driving growth. conversions) can be retrofitted into the top-of-funnel activities to help marketers: Decrease costs of acquisition or conversion. Understand marketing attribution. Data flows throughout the growth loop so the bottom-of-funnel data (i.e.,

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

Let us know when this scenario starts to sound uncomfortably familiar: You tell your boss you think spending money in a new marketing channel will produce a strong return. But after it’s up and running, your boss asks, “So, what did that marketing program get us?”. Digital marketing key performance indicators (KPIs).

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The Point

JANUARY 17, 2019

Some years ago, our firm conducted a lead management audit for a technology client who was struggling to convert raw, inbound inquiries into sales qualified leads. During the audit, it became quickly apparent that one of the major issues was at the very front end of the lead qualification process. Click To Tweet.

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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. ABM is a strategy, and a wholly different way of looking at how leads, opportunities and revenue are generated. So, by all means, give ABM a try.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Generation vs Lead Generation: What’s the Difference? Does demand generation sound similar to lead generation ? What is Demand Generation?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Multi-touch marketing attribution is an essential practice for any good marketing professional. It provides a complete picture of the customer journey, in addition to clarifying where the marketing spend is going and proving ROI for different channels and programs. About Ajay Sarpal. About Ajay Sarpal.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

But one constant has plagued social media since its birth: the challenge of tracking marketing impact and ROI. Thankfully, as platforms have evolved, so have the tools we use to analyze our social media marketing campaigns. Today’s analytics platforms can go a long way toward delivering stronger ROI and marketing attribution.

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Walker Sands

MAY 18, 2023

In fact, according to Integrate’s 2023 State of B2B Marketing survey , 22% of B2B marketers plan on cutting Demand Gen spend in 2023, while 25% plan on cutting ABM spend. Unlike most other forms of marketing that can take months to understand what works and what doesn’t, digital ads let you know what’s working pretty quickly.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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Full Circle Insights

APRIL 5, 2022

The latest Digital Source Tracker release allows B2B marketers to compare Microsoft Advertising (Bing Ads) and Google Ads costs, complementing current Full Circle funnel metrics and attribution reporting. As a result, digital marketers can create more accurate marketing attribution models. SAN MATEO, Calif., SAN MATEO, Calif.,

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LeanData

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Your speed to lead – aka, your lead response time – can make or break your go-to-market (GTM) success. Buyers are ready to go, and they’ll seek solutions elsewhere if your lead response time is too long. . What is speed to lead? How to improve speed to lead. B2B buying journeys have changed.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 31, 2023

Gartner research suggests sales reps only have 5% of a buyer’s time during their B2B buying journey, so it’s up to marketers to arm buying groups with all the information needed to make an informed decision. Enter multi-channel account-based marketing (ABM). Are you ready to dive in?

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2020

Business leaders and marketing and sales teams are struggling now, more than ever, to not only drive new demand, but to replace the loss of existing demand in the marketplace. Whether it’s trade shows, local events or more intimate sales dinners, in-person interactions are a much relied-upon component of every company’s demand marketing mix.

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Contently

JANUARY 11, 2023

Today’s consumers expect personalization at every touch point. As countless marketing messages flood email inboxes, McKinsey research suggests 71% of customers expect the messages they receive from brands to be personalized—and 76% are frustrated when they’re not. 3 trillion in value over the coming years.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 9, 2023

As Senior Marketing Media Manager, Janice Barbosa manages paid media, account-based marketing (ABM), and demand generation for T-Mobile for Business’s enterprise and public sector groups. The T-Mobile for Business marketing team can then share the account’s journey and engagement story with sales teams for stronger conversations.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. Through consistent processes, leaders derive quick insights on how its sales organization attacks their market.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Even so, they are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. But giving away pricey swag increases the cost per lead. Enterprise, mid-market, or startup/small business? Target them!

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Directive Agency

APRIL 14, 2022

Marketers today have a variety of channels with which they can engage their audience. Although the buyer’s journey is no longer linear, the marketers will still need to engage with their customers through multiple touchpoints before they make a purchase. . That’s where marketing attribution comes into play. .

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LeanData

JUNE 15, 2022

If you’ve spent more than three months in a marketing capacity, you’ve undoubtedly encountered the mysterious, and most often problematic, phenomenon of lead leakage. Those tapered sides represent lead leakage, where the number of leads shrink as they pass through the funnel’s various stages.

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LeanData

JULY 2, 2020

For far too long, businesses have struggled with marketing and approached the process the wrong way, using outdated reporting methods that produced unreliable information. But, thanks to our golden age of technology and transparency, we now have a solution for strategic business growth: marketing attribution. Metrics to Measure.

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Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. If you’re a marketer at a manufacturer, distributor, or engineering company, you know this firsthand. My personal thoughts and experiences as an industrial marketer and consultant. But I’m not just another marketing consultant.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most companies in the technology sector evolve in a very competitive environment, and leads generated by Marketing represent more than 50% of the opportunities signed by sales representatives. In these conditions, implementing a marketing automation platform is a no brainer. . How often do you publish new content ?

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DemandBase

AUGUST 21, 2020

What do the most successful B2B companies that sell into mid-market and enterprise accounts have in common? Is there a singular trait that unifies their go-to-market and determines their outsized success? At the heart of every successful B2B business is a truly unified Sales and Marketing engine that drives growth.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In this three-part series, the first article on marketing analytics looked at predictive targeting best practices, and the second article cited two sales lead generation programs to show how these processes actually drive improved results. Sales lead rates decline after the fifth contact cycle. It takes about 1.6

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Envy

AUGUST 18, 2020

The sales team isn't happy with the leads. It happens so often in B2B tech companies when sales marketing are not fully aligned on their goals, messaging and who precisely they’re targeting. When you cast a wide net for lead generation, the majority of the leads are not going to be relevant for a very long time.

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The Point

JUNE 7, 2017

Howard, I was intrigued by your position on pre-qualified leads in a recent blog post. Anyhow – I’m reaching out because I’d like to explore partnering with Spear Marketing. My company provides data science consulting to sales/marketing/demand gen organizations.

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DiscoverOrg

MARCH 25, 2019

Why is location-based marketing important in the era of the remote workforce? But as B2B marketers and salespeople, it makes our job harder. Knowing the physical location of your prospect is key to your marketing and sales efforts. Knowing the physical location of your prospect is key to your marketing and sales efforts.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Every seasoned B2B marketer knows that launching a new campaign can be a venture into the unknown. But once your content is out there, you can start figuring how well it’s working towards accomplishing your marketing goals. Program metrics may be of the most interest to marketers. 6 B2B Marketing KPIs to Measure.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Get a Demo Demand Generation vs Lead Generation: What’s the Difference? Does demand generation sound similar to lead generation?

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is the third in a series of four blogs about lead generation, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. In the last blog we talked about qualified rates. Qualified Rate includes leads, pipeline (specific action required by PointClear) and nurtures (qualified companies with no immediate pain/need or interest).

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