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Shifts in B2B Buyer Behavior Support New Priorities for Demand Gen Content

The Point

FINDING : 77% of respondents said they conduct a detailed ROI analysis before making a final decision – an 11% increase from 2016. FINDING : 72% of respondents said that the timeliness of a vendor’s response to inquiries was a significant factor in selecting a winning solution. But that’s exactly the kind of information buyers want.

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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

ViewPoint

While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. One opportunity we turned over to a client took 42 touchpoints across 3 months to nurture to sales-qualified status.

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199 Digital Marketing Stats to Drive Your Marketing Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

Approximately 85% of buyers trust testimonials created by other consumers as much as they trust recommendations from personal contacts, which is up from 84% in 2016. People use YouTube primarily for solutions, entertainment, and learning new things. Lead Generation & Nurturing Stats. (Optinmonster). Optinmonster).

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4 Revenue Sources Most ROI Calculators Miss (Part 1 of 2)

ViewPoint

The real potential of lead nurturing is ignored. Test your estimates for 2016 by going back to the end of 2015 and compare actual retained revenue with your estimates. ITSMA’s data says that for high consideration technology solutions, this is a myth. Furthermore, necessary outbound investments are underestimated.

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Building a Marketing Technology Stack for Your Demand Generation Efforts

NuSpark Consulting

The field of marketing technology is over-populated and getting more so, with a 2016 infographic from Smart Insights showing more than 3,500 tools to choose from. Marketing automation or lead nurturing. ” Building the Right Marketing Technology Stack. Customer relationship management (CRM). Advertising platforms.

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Key B2B Demand Generation Strategies for 2015

The Point

Recently I sat down with Amanda Nelson, Director of Marketing at RingLead , a leading provider of cloud-based data solutions that make it easy to analyze, remove, merge and prevent duplicates in Salesforce. AN) What could future B2B marketing strategies look like for 2016 and beyond? One is predictive analytics.

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6 Reasons Your Content Marketing Isn’t Really Working

Sales Engine

Just because B2B companies are investing heavily in content marketing doesn’t mean that they’re successful at generating the leads they need for business growth. In fact, the Content Marketing Institute’s 2016 Benchmarks Report estimates that only 30% of the companies surveyed consider their content marketing efforts to be effective.