Directive Agency

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Is There a Kink in My Funnel? Those are all useful tactics, but we can’t forget how our inputs correlate with our clients’ marketing funnel. Marketers have different ideas on what falls into what within each stage of the marketing funnel. They call your sales team. Realistically….

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DiscoverOrg

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales has others. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management Top of Funnel Work Management 205

Vidyard

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some of the brightest minds in B2B marketing have turned their attention to creating videos that inspire, thrill, educate, and yes, build pipeline and revenue. Notice how they apply video to every stage of the buyer’s journey to create awareness, generate leads, and educate customers. Create, host, manage, and share your videos.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 29, 2020

When it comes to lead generation, most marketers prefer to be doers , meaning that they enjoy coming up with ideas and then executing them. The reason that many marketers dread the reporting process of their lead generation strategies is that they oftentimes don’t even know where to begin.

Lead Generation 145

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel 145

Webbiquity

MAY 9, 2019

If you’re in B2B sales or marketing, you know how challenging it is to get the attention of today’s buyers. B2B marketers are struggling more than ever to get targeted prospects to engage; almost 60 percent say it’s a challenge for them to generate new leads, according to Chief Marketers’ 2019 B2B Marketing Outlook report.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

But to do that, you need leads. What techniques and approaches will help you generate a consistent stream of leads this year and beyond? In this blog, I’ll share five simple lead generation methods and the techniques that will help you generate new customers over time. So, how should you use video in your marketing?

Small Business Marketing 134

Small Business Marketing Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Scoring 134

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

What would you think if I said I had the secret to making sales? But, there’s no easy trick to successful sales. Forget trying to trick people through sneaky tactics. The secret to keeping your sales pipeline full comes down to simply understanding other people and genuinely meeting them on their own level.

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Top of Funnel Trust Marketing Digital Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 256

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 1, 2020

It’s an understatement to say things have changed for B2B marketers in recent weeks. Now more than ever, trust has to be established across the board to distinguish the broader B2B marketing message across digital channels. How do B2B marketers build trust in today’s digital marketing environment? .

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Webbiquity

MARCH 21, 2019

Just a few months into 2019, now is the perfect opportunity to talk to your team about the problems you faced last year, then work toward ideal solutions. If your team is like most B2B marketing groups, you’ve likely faced one or even all of the challenges below. Image credit: Scott Brinker, Chief Marketing Techologist.

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Martech

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Drew Neisser, the founder of B2B brand strategy boutique Renegade, discussed the findings from the company’s 2021 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Report in a recent webinar on MarTech. The survey brought together salespeople and marketers to understand how ABM could address some of their interdepartmental challenges.

Account Based Marketing 136

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Oktopost

JUNE 18, 2019

It’s 2019, and businesses now have many ways to gather, slice up, and analyze data. With all that available, there’s no excuse for running a business-to-business marketing campaign that can be accurately described as, “throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks”. For digital marketers, that’s even more important.

Marketing & Strategy 96

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Talking about the best marketing books for B2B marketers in 2019, the first question that comes to our minds is why, at all, we need them? In an experience-economy driven by knowledge, marketers need to understand what interests their audiences to optimize users’ experiences & drive more leads to conversions.

B2B Marketing 55

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Rev

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With the world of B2B marketing spinning at a constant rate of change, staying ahead of the competition is getting harder and harder. Connecting with other sales leaders in the industry is critical to surviving this fierce battle. So attending B2B sales conferences is a must for professionals hoping to make successful connections.

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Rev

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With the world of B2B marketing spinning at a constant rate of change, staying ahead of the competition is getting harder and harder. Connecting with other sales leaders in the industry is critical to surviving this fierce battle. So attending B2B sales conferences is a must for professionals hoping to make successful connections.

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And those new year preparations hold a special place in the hearts of marketers, as we all magically transform into futurists, ready to unleash our yearly “marketing trends to watch for” blog posts on the internet. Qualify Your Leads the Right Way. So, let’s get back to basics… Create Quality Content.

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Trends Top of Funnel Planning Lead Scoring 102

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

If you hear "ABC" and "Always be closing" pops into your mind, a sales career may be the perfect match for you. You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. What's a typical sales career path?

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ANNUITAS

MAY 28, 2020

A few weeks ago, my colleague Scott Parent wrote about the immediate impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having on marketing. In it, Scott offered four actionable ways to quickly and effectively shift your demand marketing plan to accommodate the changing business environment. But he didn’t just present these ideas in a blog post.

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Top of Funnel Demand Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 147

Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Basically, intent data allows marketing and sales teams to focus on the accounts that are in the market for a product or solution,” said Dan Tabaran, CMO of account-based advertising company N.Rich, in his recent MarTech presentation. 3 ways marketing and sales teams can generate buyer interest.

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Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Generation 108

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From customer service to new client contracts, everything is going digital—even selling. But in a market that’s been heavily reliant on in-person interactions to drive new business, making connections and nurturing clients can be hard in a virtual selling world. Where to Use Video in the Sales Cycle 4.1 Top of the Funnel 4.2

Enterprise Management 139

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Sales Management 139

Scoop.it

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Content marketing is no longer a new fad. It is a proven model to increase your brand’s visibility, develop thought leadership, and generate leads. In fact, 65% of brands who report being successful with content marketing have gone through the time and effort of documenting their content marketing strategy. Not so fast.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 15, 2019

Demand generation marketers, in particular, have a patchwork of myths to work through. And it’s an expensive, time-consuming process to figure out that the assumptions you’ve been working under aren’t true. It’s 2019 now, so we need to update our thinking, just like we update our tools. You can be honest–we won’t tell.

Demand Generation Agencies 99

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 99

Biznology

JUNE 3, 2020

I reached out to my longtime colleague and friend Roger McDonald , a seasoned sales and marketing executive and thoughtful observer of things B2B, to gather up his views on what’s going on and how we B2B marketers should be thinking. How do you see Covid-19 changing the nature of B2B sales and marketing going forward?

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 20, 2018

How will you reach new customers in 2019? To give you some inspiration – or maybe just to back up what you’ve already decided to do – we’ve assembled ten proven tactics for demand generation success in 2019. That’s because most marketers – 65 percent in fact – are not conducting much, if any, audience research.

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Webinar Metrics B2B 85

Content4Demand

JANUARY 7, 2021

Marketers are looking for ways to optimize their strategies and content so their company can always stay top-of-mind as buyers move through the funnel and make purchasing decisions. One tactic receiving attention in this quest is intent data. What Is Intent Data? Intent data can also come from returning customers.

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Intent Data Top of Funnel Intent Webinar Metrics 86

Engagio

MARCH 25, 2019

We’re finally reaching an era when Account Based Marketing has found its footing, and Sales and Marketing teams are more open to making the transition from traditional marketing methods to ABM. Social selling is so effective that 90% of top-performing salespeople are implementing social media into their sales strategy.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

By Joshua Baez , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. So much of what constitutes sales and marketing today is noise, and while noise may keep prospects busy sifting between what’s important and what’s not, it doesn’t do much to tip the marketing scales in your favor. Noise doesn’t stand out.

Webinar Metrics 61

Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Advertising Funnels 61

Outreach

OCTOBER 7, 2019

School was in session this September on The Sales Engagement Podcast - we had many experts take a sabbatical to come share their knowledge with our students listeners. Here are the most listened-to Sales Engagement Podcast episodes in September: The Top Sales Engagement Podcast Episodes in September 2019.

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illumin

OCTOBER 16, 2023

eMarketer predicts that retail’s “outsized role in digital ad spending will help offset the impact of a broader slowdown in growth in the US digital ad market.” Analysts predict that retail spending on digital ads will grow by 12.2% billion on digital ads this year, meaning the industry will make up 27.9%

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 2, 2021

Digital automation and target ID tactics, such as a progression toward advanced use of cookies and other similar technologies, have transformed the advertising industry. A major trend in recent years has been using programmatic advertising , which is automatic bidding and buying digital media ads to pursue a specific consumer target.

Advertisements 92

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Conversica

MARCH 12, 2019

Last year, we saw the proliferation of AI-assisted technologies in our everyday life, from self-driving cars, to healthcare, to digital voice assistants in our homes. Each of these Conversica AI leaders shared their forecasts for AI as it relates to B2B Marketing and Sales in 2019. By Rashmi Vittal, Conversica CMO.

Work Management 76

Work Management Conversion Top of Funnel Cross-Selling 76

Martech

APRIL 25, 2023

However, as martech evolves, marketing teams scramble to keep pace. The marketing operations talent shortage leaves businesses to wrangle the three-pronged problem of hiring, training and retaining skilled professionals. But how exactly can AI improve the marketing ops talent problem? And should we entertain that?

Marketing AI 88

Marketing AI Allocation Top of Funnel Planning 88

Oktopost

MARCH 2, 2020

If I asked you to think back on your last meaningful purchase, there’s a very high chance that online research was involved in your process. This is the main reason that brands and marketers spend huge sums of money on digital promotion. Now, as a B2B marketer , you might be quick to point out that, sure, a lot has changed.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Paid Search Agency Buyer Personas 137

6sense

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For 40 years, FARO has provided industry-leading technology solutions that enable customers to measure their world, and then use that data to make smarter decisions faster. FARO continues to be a pioneer in bridging the digital and physical worlds through data-driven accuracy, precision, and immediacy. The Challenge. The Solution.

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Sales Management Digital Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 62

Optinmonster

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In this article, I’ll outline the key growth hacking strategies and tactics to help you grow user numbers fast. Hack Your Email List Growth With Exit Intent Email marketing is one of the best ways to connect with your visitors, and encourage them to become subscribers and customers. Best of all, email marketing is affordable.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2020

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. This AND A LOT MORE.

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The Lead Agency

MAY 19, 2019

According to the Content Marketing Institute’s 2018 report, 91% of B2B marketers are using content marketing to reach their customers. While it’s great that so many B2B marketers are aware of how effective content marketing is for their overall strategy, it means that a vast amount of content is being generated.

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