ANNUITAS

JANUARY 4, 2012

They stem from discussions I’ve had with marketers over the past year. Although there are five, I’m hoping that each B2B marketer should resolve to focus on at least one for 2012. If this is still the marketing and sales approach for your organization, you should resolve to stop it in 2012. They’re right.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Revamping our Demand Generation Survey to Gauge How Effectively Marketing Helps to Grow the Business. Back in 2012, the Fournaise Marketing Group published results from a study that showed that 80% of CEOs do not trust marketers , compared to a 90% approval rating on trusting the CFO or CIO. Stay tuned!

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Writing on the Web

JANUARY 19, 2012

2012 Content Marketing – how did we get here so fast? I hope you’re doing the same, so you’ll get an idea of what’s needed for your own business in 2012. Which posts generated the most comments? Most importantly, how did you do in 2011, and what are your plans for 2012? What about you?

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

I recently conducted a poll on LinkedIn asking respondents what they believe should be the #1 priority in 2012 for generating leads in B2B firms. The poll was promoted throughout LinkedIn Groups; a mix of b2b marketing and sales groups that I am a member of. I received 172 votes and the results were quite interesting.

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markempa

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Here’s an at-a-glance analysis that could provide a glimpse of the most pressing issues lead generation professionals have faced in 2012: Understanding and leveraging social media. This interest is also reflected in lead generation budgets. Understanding leads and their place in the sales and marketing funnels.

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Everything Technology Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2012

It is time again for our annual B2B Marketing "predictions". As every year, I asked the 25,000 marketing professionals in the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about their B2B marketing priorities for 2012. 2 – Content marketing Content marketing went mainstream in 2011.

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Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Marketing Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 10, 2012

There are some prognosticators that would have you believe that 2012 is going to be a bleak year for business. I believe 2012 offers tremendous opportunity, especially for businesses to grow and for marketers to continue to play an increasingly important role in the transformation of our world economy. The Bad News.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 22, 2013

In the summer of 2012, as I sat around with my colleagues in our conference room one afternoon, we were jolted by an “aha” moment. We realized that the coming of age of the newest generation, the iGen (or generation Z) is right now and that there would be another disruption similar, but different, from the one of the past decade.

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markempa

AUGUST 5, 2013

Tweet Content marketing is one of the most effective and widely used lead generation tactics, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. Developing a content marketing strategy remains a big undertaking. Event Recap: MarketingSherpa B2B Summit 2012. 30 – Oct.

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KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If you are a B2B marketer, you’re invited to participate. After the report comes out next month, we will post the results here so you can see how your demand-gen program compares to those of your marketing cohorts. Click here to start now: “ How Does Your Demand Generation Program Stack up? ”.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 31, 2012

I’ve just released the latest edition of my B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), which contains detailed analysis of all 22 B2B marketing automation systems. With 2012 half finished, I can now make a reasonably solid estimate for this year. The new report contains a rich trove of industry information.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Report Marketing Management 120

markempa

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Tweet We surveyed 1,915 marketers for the 2012 MarketingSherpa Lead Generation Benchmark Report , and asked them about their most widely used lead gen practices. Which of the following lead generation tactics does your organization currently use? Email Marketing. Here is what the data says…. Click to enlarge.

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SmartBug Media

JULY 17, 2020

Generating leads is one of the hardest but most important tasks in business—it attracts interest, builds relationships, and helps you increase your revenue. Using authoritative content can help you generate leads, and there are some great content strategies that you can use to boost your chances of getting the leads you want.

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Thought I’d give it a shot as well, running through a master list of “resolutions” as preparation for improving your inbound marketing and lead generation strategies for 2012 and beyond. Process: Set your lead generation campaign goals. Evaluate current media mix for lead generation. Cost-per-lead.

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Lead Generation Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Paid Search Agency 100

Valasys

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It enables businesses to track user behavior, measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and make data-driven decisions. From tracking website traffic and engagement to analyzing e-commerce transactions and customer journeys, Google Analytics remains an indispensable tool for marketers, website owners, and data analysts.

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Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 52

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s the dawn of a New Year and maybe you are looking for some marketing inspiration as you set your 2012 objectives and plan for the year ahead. I hope these infographics help to inspire your objectives and efforts as we kick off 2012! “ The Size of The Mobile Market “ - by iStrategy.

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Crimson Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2012

We recently ran across this Huffington Post article featuring a great compilation of stats from 2012 that are worth taking a look at, especially as you plan for your 2013 social media campaigns. Here is just a sampling: Websites using the +1 button generate 3.5x Corporate Marketing' 625,000 new users on Google+ every day.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. What do buyers really want from social media marketers?

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markempa

OCTOBER 12, 2011

You should be, too, if you’re eager to find out how you r peers are responding to today’s marketplace, and how this represents an unprecedented opportunity to drive the highest performance from your marketing efforts. However, Jen will reveal how these challenges merely point to abundant opportunity to improve overall marketing strategy.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 10, 2020

Marketing as a business discipline is ever-evolving. Arguably the only ‘constant’ in marketing today is constant change. This is particularly true for Demand Marketing, which today finds itself at a crossroads. What does Demand Marketing mean today? Managing go-to-market processes, technology systems and data.

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markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Tweet Warning: If you watch only the first few minutes of this webinar, you might get discouraged about the state of marketing today. However, if you watch the webinar through the end, you’re going to be excited about marketing’s potential for driving more revenue than ever before. 61 percent send leads directly to sales. •

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2011

by Maria Pergolino Search engine optimization (SEO) is a main focus now of many advertising and marketing campaigns for businesses. After all, most leads these days tend to be generated online. Online content marketing makes up most of the advertising budgets of some organizations.

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Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This article was co-authored with Ed Crain , President and CEO of Kingstar Media and 26-year veteran of the marketing and media industries. Over 30 years of working in the media business, I’ve seen a fair share of market slowdowns. They emerged stronger, capturing a larger market share, while their competitors lagged behind.

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NuSpark Consulting

MARCH 17, 2012

The infographic summarizes key data from a variety of research reports covering B2B and technology lead generation, media strategy, and content marketing trends, from initial solution research to lead nurturing. Chief Marketer’s 2012 Business-to-Business Lead Generation Survey: Your Best Prospects.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve been gearing up for the next edition of our VEST report on B2B marketing automation systems, which involves catching up with established vendors and chasing down some new ones. I’ll write about some others next week and then offer some general observations. Leadsberry is among the oldest of these systems, launched in July 2012.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

Always-on content marketing is the only way to build new relationships for a brand. As my good friend Carla Johnson points out, you need only look at the rebranding MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas properties underwent to see what magic content marketing can work. Always on marketing works.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2020

During an unpredictable and chaotic event like the Covid-19 outbreak, many adjustments need to be made in the world of marketing. Way back in 2012 and 2013, I interviewed some marketing influencers and leaders in the field to understand what they thought the Future of Marketing would look like. But enough about me!

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ViewPoint

JULY 10, 2012

Here are the results for Q1, 2001 through Q2, 2012: The numbers say the following to me: Leads trend in the direction of GDP. We expect lead rates to trend down over the next two quarters (Q3 and Q4 of 2012), but not below about 7% (a relatively healthy lead rate over the past four years). Lead rates trail the GDP by about a quarter.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), in 2012, only 3 percent of full-time independent workers reported having used an online marketplace to find work or customers in the prior 12 months. Their use grew steadily from 2012 to 2020, then jumped substantially in 2021, increasing from 27% in 2020. In 2021, 40% said they had.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

by Dayna Rothman The Lenskold Group and The Pedowitz Group recently released their 2012 Lead Generation Marketing Effectiveness Study. The study draws on 373 B2B marketers to discuss the practice of lead generation , marketing automation, ROI, and how they are all interrelated. So where do marketers stand?

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ViewPoint

JULY 19, 2012

Brian is also CEO of InTouch and author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. To illustrate, Brian notes that in his book published six years ago, he said 90% of marketers didn’t have agreement between marketing and sales on basic things such as the meaning of the word, “lead.”

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ViewPoint

APRIL 17, 2012

Marketing’s plate is full. Sales and marketing operate on different frequencies. I responded in saying it is a leadership issue and having sales control the lead generation task without hiring someone to do it (which just drives up sales expense) is not the answer.

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Martech

JANUARY 25, 2024

A serious, cautionary, non-marketing fact to keep in mind when you use AI: There are many things artificial intelligence shouldn’t be used for, most notably facial recognition. Case in point: In 2012, Rite-Aid began using a recognition system to identify people likely to shoplift or engage in other criminal behavior.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I recently asked fellow industry leaders to weigh in on the rising popularity of Account-Based Marketing among B2B companies. Is ABM the Holy Grail to lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 14, 2012

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in many marketing and sales departments is the importance of certain metrics. Other expressions contain useful advice that you don’t really get—because you don’t understand.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Tweet How can a marketer, in one fell swoop …. Despite ranking below 170 on the World Golf Rankings at the start of 2012, Piercy now holds the 41st spot at the end of the season. After winning the 2012 RBC Canadian Open, Piercy was eligible to participate in the Bridgestone Invitational. Engage with existing customers?

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Stevens & Tate

JANUARY 27, 2023

Experiential marketing is becoming a popular tactic among companies who realize that audiences connect with brands more successfully if they are able to participate or engage directly with the brand. A great example of experiential marketing is Samsung’s efforts at the 2012 Olympics to introduce consumers to their new Galaxy S3.

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