markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

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Digital B2B Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The latest #B2Bchat discussion focused on the relationship (or lack thereof) between corporate websites and demand generation. Can corporate websites support demand generation and lead capture? Or do marketers need to build microsites to support demand generation effectively?

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 7, 2013

Research from Optify’s 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report supports these statements. While the report reveals that, in 2012, social media as a whole brought in a smaller fraction (5%) of traffic and leads to B2B websites, it shows great potential. Kipp Bodnar (@kippbodnar) : “Inbound Marketing @HubSpot.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 9, 2011

In its Focus Research Study Marketers' Benchmarks 2011 , Focus uncovers some interesting data around present and future best performing marketing tactics. Inbound Marketing on the Rise. With an investment by 32 percent of marketers, inbound marketing is far ahead of other marketing tactics like marketing automation.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

HubSpot's newly released 2012 State of Inbound Marketing Report reveals fascinating data around marketers' lead generation costs and how various lead sources compare to one another. The average cost per lead for outbound-dominated businesses was $346. Connect with HubSpot :

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The Point

DECEMBER 16, 2011

If you’re looking to integrate email into your lead generation mix in 2012, you would do well to consider list purchase as an increasingly viable option. Say you’re marketing a new product, and inbound marketing alone (content syndication, search, social media) won’t cut it. List Purchase.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2012

Recently I had a conversation with a fellow marketer who challenged the notion that inbound leads costs less. They pointed to the high cost per lead of some paid search (PPC) campaigns as evidence. So in this post, I will make my best attempt to show that inbound leads do indeed cost less.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 10, 2019

But today, content marketing and paid search can work together: Instead of creating ads leading to your homepage or contact page, pick out your best-performing content and create a paid search ad with it. We’re not talking about competitive intelligence research or your marketer’s curiosity—but for-real purchasing or buyer research.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Could David Bowie's 70s hit be a marketer's theme song, or what? On a related -- but arguably more serious -- note, according to the 2012 CMO Survey by the American Marketing Association and Duke University, Marketing appears to be one of the early rebounders in the initial economic recovery. Inbound Marketing Strategist.

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Hubspot

APRIL 30, 2013

So how should you, as a savvy inbound marketer , make sense of it all? So we’ve combed through some of the hottest new social media research -- including the new 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report -- to highlight some of the freshest stats that reveal the truth about the current state of social media marketing.

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Hubspot

MARCH 22, 2012

Calling all inbound marketers: it'll probably make your stomachs turn a bit, too. cents per mail piece sent and generated $153 million in revenue through December 2011. The direct mail program is estimated to raise $750 to $800 million of revenue in 2012. Yesterday, CNNMoney published an article reporting on a new U.S.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Well, it is, meaning it''s that time of year again to start planning for the year ahead and thinking about everything you want your marketing to achieve -- more leads, more website traffic, you name it. 3) Twitter introduced Lead Generation Cards. Trying to get more leads for your business?

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Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2012

Any savvy inbound marketer "gets" that once you've done all that hard work to get visitors to your website, the next big step is to convert them into leads for your business. Unfortunately, there seems to be a major disconnect between the importance of landing pages and their use by marketers. Landing pages , that's what!

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Hubspot

MAY 8, 2012

In the HubSpot blog's subscriber call-to-action, for example, we explain what the HubSpot blog covers -- "all of inbound marketing - SEO, blogging, social media, lead generation, email marketing, lead nurturing & management, and analytics" -- so visitors have a clear understanding of what they'll get from subscribing.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2012

By employing a team of full-time and part-time community managers, we’ve cut down on the number of sales people we need to employ because the inbound leads we’re producing are highly qualified. Additionally, our average visitor-to-lead conversion rate for our B2B clients is 8%. Email marketing. Lead nurturing.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Email is a powerful marketing channel, but it's also one that presents many questions and difficulties. In its 2012 Email Marketing Benchmark Report , MarketingSherpa surveyed 2,735 companies and asked them to rank the significance of 12 common email marketing challenges. Solution: Closed-Loop Marketing.

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Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Of course they differed in the precise categories used and their audiences, but they generally covered the major B2B marketing automation features: email, Web behavior tracking, landing pages, nurture campaigns, lead scoring, analytics, and social media marketing. Note that not everyone is a marketing automation user.

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Hubspot

JULY 3, 2012

The conference isn't at all suity, and is full of motivated, get-down-to-business marketers. Leading businesses, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, online advertising, and internet marketing will be at this event with over 200 speakers and 100.sessions. This event takes place October 15-18th, 2012 in Las Vegas.

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Hubspot

JULY 3, 2012

The conference isn't at all suity, and is full of motivated, get-down-to-business marketers. Leading businesses, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, online advertising, and internet marketing will be at this event with over 200 speakers and 100.sessions. This event takes place October 15-18th, 2012 in Las Vegas.

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 14, 2019

On top of posting regularly and promoting content on social, there are other strategies to increase your content’s discoverability, including posting on Medium, a publishing platform launched in 2012 by Twitter’s former CEO, Ev Williams.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2012

Social media and inbound marketing techniques have been a boon for marketers. Not only do leads generated through social and content marketing cost half as much as traditional outbound-generated leads (see below), they also close at higher rate (again, see below). Marketing Charts ).

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Hubspot

JULY 29, 2018

For marketers, ebooks commonly serve as lead generating content -- people must fill out a form to receive their ebook copy. Impressions - An impression refers to a way in which marketers and advertisers keep track of every time ad is "fetched" and counted. Ebook - An ebook is an electronic version of a book.

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Hubspot

JULY 16, 2012

Unless you're a marketer. Actually, the summer months are some of the hardest months for marketers. Leads and prospects are all on vacation, and you're stuck at your desk freaking out about hitting those monthly metrics. They're also super-shareable, helping you grow your reach and hit those lofty traffic and leads goals.

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