Directive Agency

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

While the majority of marketers are expecting increases to their marketing budget this year, 14% are bracing for a cut. This is up from only 3% who expected cuts a few years ago and is the second highest reported percentage in the last five years for B2B marketers. Marketing is still a vital component of growth, after all.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Your prospects and customers are researching and buying online, so why aren’t you focusing on marketing to them via digital channels? Often, these layoffs start from traditional cost centres like IT, Human Resources and Marketing. When the marketing department gets downsized, it can be difficult for marketers like us to accept.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Planning Urgency Marketing 28

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The same might be said for for the transition from product-market fit to the growth stage of a SaaS company. This is a daunting challenge, but in today's post we're going to look at the four core tenets of a marketing plan (goal setting, tactics, resources and evaluation) that can help you achieve these goals. Marketing budget.

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Hubspot

MAY 14, 2018

There’s been a ton of research about lead nurturing and its ability to affect a funnel. We know that, on average, we see more qualified leads, shorter sales cycles, and larger purchase amounts made by nurtured leads when compared with non-nurtured leads. Nurturing Based on Goals.

Marketing & Strategy 77

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 16, 2017

With another year upon us, B2B marketers are still struggling to reach the right buyers. No marketer wants to send 100 leads to her sales team to close a single deal; it would be incredibly more effective to send 10 qualified leads to close the same deal. The problem is, most leads in our marketing databases are cold.

Top of Funnel 157

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Hubspot

MARCH 9, 2017

However, with rapid growth comes the potential of market saturation. In order to stand out, SaaS vendors need to be smart about their marketing strategies. In fact, the inability to market products was cited as a cause for 14 percent of startup failures in a recent survey. 2) Leads by Lifecycle Stage.

Lead Ranking 73

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Rollworks

JUNE 3, 2018

Account-based marketing (ABM) is the latest strategy to improve your marketing ROI. According to ITSMA, 85% of marketers surveyed said that they believe account-based marketing outperforms other marketing efforts. Account-based marketing is a highly-targeted approach. Let’s help you fix that.

Account Based Marketing 40

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Inbox Insight

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

B2B content marketing is hard work, and it’s getting harder all the time… Marketers are blogging up to 800% more than 5 years ago, but getting 190% fewer shares. This is according to a study by the American Marketing Association. What do you want content to do, in the context of wider marketing and sales efforts?

Paid Content 63

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Content Marketing 63

SnapApp

MARCH 2, 2018

As a marketer, you need to know one thing: Are your campaigns actually driving revenue? . If you can’t answer that, you'll struggle to make the right campaign optimizations and push leads further down the funnel. . The modern marketer's technology stack removes the need for analytics guesswork. Source ). .

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Valasys

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The key to planning the perfect B2B marketing strategy and understanding current and future trends is knowing what happens in the B2B marketing industry. B2B Marketing. A formal marketing plan is in place in 45% B2B companies (Statistica). A formal marketing plan is in place in 45% B2B companies (Statistica).

Statistics 49

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And as the content marketing landscape continues to rapidly evolve, it makes sense to look to research to identify trends and patterns that can help guide your strategy. That’s why we’ve gathered 54 content marketing stats all in one place – so you can start thinking about how this data will inform your plans for 2018. . Top. . .

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Valasys

AUGUST 9, 2019

At a time when the inbound marketing & content marketing strategies were intermingling, to assist the marketers in their bottom-line objective of optimizing the website conversions; other digital realms also started aiding to the standard practices of SEO.

Paid Content 40

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LeadSquared

APRIL 14, 2016

In our last webinar, we discussed all things content marketing with Scripbox. It was a Q&A session with Anjali Gupta , the Chief Marketing Officer of Scripbox, the 2nd most influential Financial Services brand on LinkedIn ! Here’s the Q&A from the session: Most Inventive Marketing, Media, and Digital Campaign.

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Hubspot

JULY 10, 2018

Instead, building the best lead generation strategy for your business is more about understanding tried-and-tested channels, and finding the most effective combination of tactics for your unique goals. A disciplined B2B marketer should understand the different dynamics, budgets, and expectations typical of each lead generation channel.

Paid Content 98

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 14, 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, it's time to look forward and see what B2B marketing trends will shape the road into 2017. While account based marketing, interactive content , personalization, native advertising, and automation are just some of the hot trends that look set to continue into the new year, there are some new kids on the block.

Paid Content 62

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 22, 2016

And, 70% of B2B marketers plan to create more content in 2017 compared to 2016. To help make it less overwhelming, our team scoured the web to identify the top content marketing blogs (by category) you should be reading in 2017. Demand Gen / Lead Gen. Email Marketing. Account Based Marketing.

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