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What Are Experts Prioritizing in 2018 B2B Marketing Budgets?

KoMarketing Associates

Instead of planning for 2018 when you’re already starting it in January, the most prepared B2B marketers already have priorities identified and plans for execution come January 1. We reached out to B2B marketers across different industries and asked them the following question: What are B2B marketers prioritizing in their 2018 budget?

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How AI Will Make Marketing More Personalized in 2018

Marketing Insider Group

Companies are already using artificial intelligence to make their websites, emails, social media posts, video and other content better tailored […]. The post How AI Will Make Marketing More Personalized in 2018 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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2018 Was a Great Year for Customer Data Platforms

Customer Experience Matrix

The CDP industry had a great 2018, growing by 60% and reaching $740 million revenue, according to the CDP Institute’s just-released Industry Update (click here to download ). Vendor funding increased $568 million in 2018 vs $492 million in 2017. Vendor funding increased $568 million in 2018 vs $492 million in 2017.

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42 Tweets from the 2018 Growth Acceleration Summit

Zoominfo

On June 18 th , 2018 ZoomInfo held the 3 rd annual Growth Acceleration Summit —a premier B2B sales and marketing conference that allows the best and brightest in the industry to network, learn, and enjoy the city of Boston. John Hall (@johnhall) June 18, 2018. Tiffani Bova (@Tiffani_Bova) June 18, 2018. Let’s take a look!

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Developing a Conversational Approach

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, CEO & Founder of VisumCx

With information at their fingertips, the chances are that potential customers have already met you, judged you and have a firm impression on your company and products. January 18, 2018 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT Therefore, it is necessary for B2B marketing teams to align to this purchase path and to the buying committees.

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10 Most Popular Marketing Articles of 2018

Zoominfo

Although the first month of 2019 is nearly over, we’re not quite done reflecting on 2018. For those of you who aren’t regular readers of the ZoomInfo Blog, we spent last week looking back on our most popular content of 2018. Top B2B Lead Generation Statistics for 2018. Read: Top B2B Lead Generation Statistics for 2018.

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Top Lead Generation Statistics for 2018

Zoominfo

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ).

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Not Too Late: Last-Minute Steps towards GDPR Compliance for B2B Marketers

Speaker: Howard J. Sewell, President, Spear Marketing Group, and Anne Angele, Senior Marketing Automation Specialist, Spear Marketing Group

Surveys show that most US-based B2B marketers are still woefully unprepared, even though the regulation affects not only any company actively doing business in Europe, but anyone even communicating with European contacts in his/her marketing database. Simple steps every company can take to protect what GDPR considers “personal data”.

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Your Recipe for Inbound Success

Speaker: Jen Spencer, VP Sales and Marketing, SmartBug Media

Jen will dive in deep how she did this at a fast-growing SaaS company that shows, among many other things, how you can use buyer personas and establish a cadence to ensure that your content is seen at the right stage of the buyer's journey. November 20, 2018 9:30 AM PST, 12:30 PM EST, 5:30 PM GMT

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Lead Gen and Engagement: Find your Marketing Sweet Spot

Speaker: Dawn Colossi, CMO, FocusVision

Now that recent studies have shown that 49% of companies achieve a higher ROI by focusing on engagement over acquisition, there’s a shift from lead counts, lead quality to engagement. December 11, 2018 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM BST Over time, we’ve become much better at measuring conversion rates and lead quality.

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Togetherness: Achieving Sales and Marketing Alignment

Speaker: Jeff Davis, Founder, jd2 Consulting Group

Studies show failure to align sales and marketing teams around the right processes and technologies costs B2B companies 10% or more of revenue per year. September 13th 2018, 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT. In today’s B2B business environment sales and marketing can no longer operate in silos.

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Staying Relevant in Sales as AI and Technology Continue to Take Over

Speaker: John Barrows, CEO, JBarrows Sales Training

As companies and reps continue to look for technical solutions to create efficiencies throughout the sales process the human element of sales is being lost. October 25th 2018, 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT. Technology and Artificial Intelligence are evolving faster than ever and disrupting every industry and role, specifically Sales.

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Rebooting your Strategic Content and Communications: A Formula for an Evolved Enterprise

Speaker: Mat Zucker, Partner, Prophet

But to succeed, company-driven content needs a more strategic approach that rebuilds a brand’s foundational and experiential elements. August 7 2018 9:30 AM PDT 12:30 PM ET 5:30 PM GMT Engage with signature content opportunities. Operationalize for the digital age.

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Using Connected Device Data to Improve Sales

Speaker: Charlie Isaacs, CTO for Customer Connection at Salesforce

There is an incredible opportunity for companies to take data from connected devices and use it to improve your sales pipeline, make your reps more effective, and even (with the help of AI) handle entire portions of the sales process for you! August 14th 2018, 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT.