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3 marketing motions successful B2B software companies do differently than peers

Sword and the Script | B2B

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” And it’s easy to poke holes in most attribution models. It’s fine to get help when you need it but strive to build those skills internally and cross-train, so you’re not stuck when an employee leaves.

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Long sales cycles, the #1 enemy of SEO attribution

Kevin Indig

Attribution models are the most common way to quantify the returns on marketing investments, but not every company can use them successfully. Long sales cycles (+90 days) are the biggest enemy of attribution models, often to the detriment of channels like SEO that play an important role in early touches.

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The Best Podcast Conversations of 2023 That Marketing Shouldn’t Miss

Engagio

With a thoughtful approach, she highlights the power of alignment, focus, and prioritization across teams to enable organizations to adapt quickly to changes. “Smart CMOs work across different parts of the organization and make those connections, and really focus the organization on targeting customer needs.

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Caring for the customer – What I Like About What We Do

LeadsRX

I joined LeadsRx in August 2020 charged with leading and improving upon the processes and services our dedicated Customer Care Team was already providing to customers looking to optimize their ad spend and improve their marketing campaigns. I realize a lot of marketers struggle with analytics in general, and attribution specifically.

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How to do lead management that improves conversion

markempa

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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Orchestrators: the second key persona for modern marketing operations leaders

Martech

However, as organizations scale they are more likely to have dedicated project management teams to handle coordination across the specialist teams within marketing. Marketers reported that we were finally working within an integrated, multi-system environment, according to a CDP Institute member survey analyzed here.

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Three hidden relationships marketing leaders need to drive business value

Litmus

When a marketing leader is asked to do something outrageous—like show how they deliver business value to their organizations—hearts race, stomachs flutter, and questions fly. What do you mean by business value—we generate leads, conversions, and sales? How can we show business value when our data and analytics are siloed?