The ABM Agency

MARCH 31, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore how revenue marketing can be achieved by targeting specific buyers with personalized content and messaging throughout their buying process. We’ll start by defining what an ideal customer profile looks like and how it can help sales teams identify target buyers more effectively.

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Oktopost

MARCH 2, 2020

The 2020 buyer journey is an online journey. In fact, the whole concept of “buyer journey” has become commonplace because of the complexity of online purchasing and research. Moreover, nearly half of B2B buyers used web searches in their process to seek information before making a purchase. .

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Brandpoint

MARCH 19, 2019

More businesses are focusing on content marketing as a crucial component to driving sales. Measuring your content marketing activities can help refine your program to improve its impact on your business including content’s ability to drive leads and sales. There are so many tools available to help improve the sales process.

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DemandBase

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

And that should change how we invest our time and resources. Though it’s tempting to say it’s “business as usual” because that sentiment can help to create a sense of stability.). Since at Demandbase, we’re most qualified to make suggestions for revenue teams about growth and engagement, that’s what we’ll do.

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Outreach

APRIL 22, 2021

Customer engagement and conversions go hand-in-hand, but building a loyal customer base doesn't happen overnight. With a strategic customer engagement plan, brands can leverage each interaction with a lead as an opportunity to meet their needs and expectations and, ultimately, increase customer conversion rates.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The sentiment here is clear: Task preparation is just as important as task execution. To achieve success in the B2B sales world, this is a rule you must live by. Consider this: only 13% of buyers feel like salespeople understand their needs ( source ). Why do so many buyers feel misunderstood? The short answer?

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Digilant

AUGUST 10, 2023

Here you’ll gain a foundational understanding of programmatic advertising and how you can leverage it to reach and engage your audiences. Simply put, programmatic advertising is the practice of using technology to automate the buying and selling of ad impressions on media. What Is Programmatic Advertising?

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Digilant

AUGUST 10, 2023

Here you’ll gain a foundational understanding of programmatic advertising and how you can leverage it to reach and engage your audiences. Simply put, programmatic advertising is the practice of using technology to automate the buying and selling of ad impressions on media. What Is Programmatic Advertising?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Businesses that blog attract more leads, build brand trust, and have an easier time nailing revenue goals. When you look at the value a company blog generates, not having one is one of the biggest mistakes a business can make in the digital age. Companies that practice blogging get 97% more links to their websites.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Technology has allowed marketers to scale their lead nurturing campaigns with readily available automation tools and easy-to-use CRM software. These are effective instruments for delivering the right message at the right time to qualified leads, making it easier to drive leads through your sales funnel. But, don’t overdo it.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In the past 20 or so years, new tools and technology have helped simplify some of these tasks … but this increase has also served to heighten customers’ expectations: Oh, our audience is expecting abandoned cart emails now? One technology improvement has made marketers’ lives abundantly easier, however — marketing automation.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Technology has allowed marketers to scale their lead nurturing campaigns with readily available automation tools and easy-to-use CRM software. These are effective instruments for delivering the right message at the right time to qualified leads, making it easier to drive leads through your sales funnel. But, don’t overdo it.

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Terminus

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It was announced today that Terminus has acquired Sigstr, the email signature marketing platform that turns the billions of 1:1 employee emails sent every year into powerful brand engagements. Successful transformation into an account-centric organization will require more than sales, customer success, and marketing alignment, though.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. Instead, why not focus your social media efforts on trying to locate and engage with the Mass Influencers within your customer base?

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Sana Commerce

APRIL 25, 2024

They need strategies for engaging both digital-native and traditional buyers in more effective ways, enhancing their shopping experience across all channels. It is important to develop a digital infrastructure that supports efficient, productive operations for internal teams and provides transparency and convenience for B2B buyers.

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Sana Commerce

APRIL 25, 2024

They need strategies for engaging both digital-native and traditional buyers in more effective ways, enhancing their shopping experience across all channels. It is important to develop a digital infrastructure that supports efficient, productive operations for internal teams and provides transparency and convenience for B2B buyers.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 23, 2011

In a recent Harvard Business Review article , one of the most respected names in technology marketing and strategies, Geoffrey Moore discussed how diagnostic and benchmarking sales techniques can be used, particularly during a downturn, to help engage executives, open up new opportunities and unfreeze previously stuck sales processes.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

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The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fractional CMO services should include strategy and planning, brand messaging and positioning, budgeting, tracking, reporting, and managing execution across all marketing resources (internal team, freelancers, agencies, and the marketing tech stack). These tasks should be prioritized based on urgency, impact, ease, and resources.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, staying ahead of the competition requires innovative approaches to sales. In this article, we will explore the concept of social selling, its evolution from traditional sales models, and the manifold benefits it brings to businesses. What is Social Selling?

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PathFactory

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As buyers’ appetites for information grew, marketers raced to churn out as much content as possible. That might have been fine 10 years ago, when buyers didn’t realize things could be different. One way is replacing a universal hard gate across your high value assets with engagement-based forms.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. A Hierarchy of Needs for IT Investment Management?

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Single Grain

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

So what’s a marketer or sales rep to do? HubSpot Sales. Either way, you can then figure out your product’s best and worst features, understand your customers’ needs, and personalize your sales pipeline for better lead nurturing. Use lead generation software — that’s what! OptinMonster. Constant Contact.

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EveryoneSocial

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

For a business, employee advocacy opens up opportunities to drive brand recognition, increase organic sharing and engagement, increase referral traffic, generate new leads, and source new potential hires, all through the trusted voice of their employees. Brands Engaged in Employee Advocacy. This all sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?

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Circle Studio

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts targeted at specific, named accounts. Bottom of the funnel – The final “selection” stage of the marketing/sales funnel, where prospects are vetting potential firms, requesting a proposal, interviewing and selecting best option. Learn More about A/B Testing.

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Vidyard

MARCH 23, 2021

We know it can be hard to justify spending resources on a new content type without the data, especially for data-driven businesses. Or if you’re a sales leader or rep looking for more intel or insight on how video can grab your prospect’s attention, accelerate deal cycles, and close more business—we’ve got you covered too. Contents 1.

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EveryoneSocial

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Employees are not only more approachable–as compared to a celebrity or a CEO–they are also one of the most trusted sources by your buyers. As outlined in Edelman’s Trust Barometer study , buyers trust your employees over your CEO, spokesperson, or marketing department to help them with their purchase decisions. Ok, take a deep breath.

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Convert

JULY 10, 2023

The biggest advantage of experimentation lies in the fact that it lets you understand how your prospective buyers perceive and interact with your business; how certain levers and the nuts and bolts of motivation impact them given the unique mix of your product, pricing, and differentiator. You were supposed to hit a $1.5M This is problematic.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 26, 2012

Oh well, whatever you call the discipline of maximizing a company’s online visibility in a world where search is much more than Google-Yahoo-Bing and where web presence is much more than a corporate website, here are 18 of the best blog posts and articles from the past year on how to do it well. by Search Engine Land.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2011

The survey responses indicated a decided lack confidence in newer tactics like social media, blogs and videos, and even some stall worth tactics such as white papers and case studies. Making content more relevant to buyers can have a substantial impact, improving effectiveness and driving a tangible ROI to the business.

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SnapApp

JUNE 2, 2017

Marketing teams adopting an interactive content strategy are seeing higher conversion rates , increased engagement, better quality leads , and a huge impact on ROI. . General Campaigns (microsites, customer marketing, resource gallery, miscellaneous ideas, etc.). . So what’s the catch? Why aren’t we all using interactive content?

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SnapApp

JULY 24, 2017

Whether you agree with Aziz or whether you think salads are delectable flavor bashes, the sentiment he expressed easily applies to B2B marketing: Most B2B content isn’t bringing it hard enough. . Salads aren’t bringing it hard enough.”. . . One of those pieces of content was this creative and dynamic assessment. . . Runzheimer. .

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Single Grain

MAY 19, 2023

Poor Engagement Metrics: Traditional methods of inbound marketing, such as long-form content and nurturing sequences, are not generating the same level of engagement as before. Shifting Consumer Behavior: Today’s consumers are more selective and discerning when it comes to the content they consume and the brands they engage with.

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Full Circle Insights

AUGUST 21, 2020

In the B2B space, some companies consolidated marketing and sales teams under the leadership of a chief revenue officer (CRO). While I’ve argued for years that marketing and sales should work together more closely, I believe it’s usually a mistake to put both groups under someone who has specialized primarily in sales or marketing.

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ClearVoice

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The holidays offer businesses a unique opportunity to engage and excite their customers. You wouldn’t wait until the day before a sale to send an email about it, and you can’t expect to rank in SEO with your content overnight. Just because something’s worked for years doesn’t mean it’s reflective of the sentiment today.

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Marketing Interactions

MAY 23, 2018

What I mean by this is that brilliant, engaging, and relevant content is audience-driven. If you can only apply resources to one persona effectively, then do that, and do it brilliantly. The payoff will be much higher than if you try to engage everyone and end up engaging no one. This means one audience at a time.

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