Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I worked with Deanna Ransom , Televerde’s Global Head of Marketing and Marketing Services and Chairperson of Diversity and Inclusion for many years in SAP North American Field Marketing. Q: Fred, why is marketing analytics so important as we move into planning our 2021 strategies.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s that time of year again: As 2019 comes to a close, marketing teams are gearing up to outline their 2020 strategy. For many, creating a new year’s strategy starts by looking back at the previous one. Which strategies worked and which didn’t? Start With the Right Strategy. Source: Ascend2.

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2019. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2019, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

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Hubspot

MAY 12, 2020

But unlike sales reps -- who talk to and learn from our biggest prospects each day -- we don't always know tiny, but crucial, details about the brands or people we most want to sell too. This might be why only 28% of salespeople say marketing is their best source of leads. 36 Account-Based Marketing Stats to Know in 2020.

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Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

I have worked in B2B marketing, sales and alliance management for 25 years. HOW DID YOU GET TO BECOME AN EXPERT IN B2B MARKETING. I feel like the more I learn and do, the more I need to learn and do to keep up with great ideas and practices in B2B marketing. I will never refer to myself as an expert.

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2021

Over the last tumultuous year, the Accounting and Financial Services industry has largely withstood impacts from the global pandemic, an election cycle, and waves of social change. The Hinge Research Institute’s newly released analysis of the Accounting and Financial Services segment of the 2021 High Growth Study reflects these trends.

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Webbiquity

MAY 2, 2019

Marketing budget allocations are being shifted from traditional, offline marketing strategies to more innovative, digital channels. And influencer marketing is one such strategy that’s become increasingly popular. Clearly, brands have realized the potential the influencer marketing holds.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 15, 2023

By Maria Geokezas , Chief Operating Officer at Heinz Marketing This is the year of efficiency—at least, according to Mark Zuckerberg. Meta hired over 40,000 people from 2019 to 2022 , often with only a vague idea of what the employee would be working on. Here at Heinz Marketing, ICPs are the start of everything we do.

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Content4Demand

MAY 21, 2020

Written by Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria & Michael Rodriguez Republished with permission from Demand Gen Report With in-person engagement on hold this spring and possibly into summer, B2B marketers continue to pivot their strategies to make up for lost leads, maintain relationships with clients and attract new business.

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Goodish Agency

MARCH 10, 2021

On February 25th, 2021 new hosted our very first Goodish Show on optimizing your digital marketing strategy in 2021 where we addressed the market adaptation to the word-wide pandemic in 2020, addressed pressing digital marketing topics of today, and provided some of our biggest tips for growing your brand in 2021.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 20, 2020

“Content is king” is a phrase that’s dominated the marketing world for years now, and for good reason. It helps connect with customers in their buying process and it helps drive demand. When it comes to demand marketing, what matters is how effective that content is at moving prospects through the funnel to closed-won.

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Martech

JUNE 14, 2023

Marketers’ attitudes towards AI 50% of marketers believe inadequate AI adoption is holding them back from achieving their goals. Mailchimp 2023) 88% of marketers believe their organization must increase its use of automation and AI to meet customer expectations and stay competitive ( Mailchimp 2023) 54.5% HubSpot 2023 ).

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Martech

JULY 30, 2021

Although inbound marketing remains critical to B2B lead generation, many marketers are increasing their use of account-based marketing (ABM) to take back some control of the process and speed up the buying cycle. This shift from a reactive to proactive marketing approach is working well for many B2B companies.

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B2B Marketing Directions

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Source: Analytic Partners Analytic Partners , a provider of marketing optimization solutions, recently published an ebook that offers marketers five recommendations for addressing the economic uncertainty that's likely to exist for much of 2023. Analytic Partners argues that this is the wrong strategy to follow.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 4, 2019

For years, brands have found themselves torn between the familiarity of advertising’s straightforward promotional methods and the daring authenticity of content marketing’s brand storytelling initiatives. But as 2019 rapidly approaches, a new sort of understanding has started to arise in marketing offices.

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our Services. How to calculate and allocate your marketing budget for the next fiscal year in 2020. Tips for planning next year’s marketing budget before the end of this quarter. In Q4, two different phenomena hit marketing departments—either belts get tightened or a “use it or lose it” mentality takes hold.

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DiscoverOrg

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Back when DiscoverOrg was founded in 2007, our goal was to provide sales and marketing professionals with accurate intelligence on IT decision-makers. Well, IT budgets were still pretty big back then, so that’s one simple reason. In August, we released datasets for the C-Suite and Sales department. Why so high?

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Altitude Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This post covers how to set a B2B marketing budget, including breakdowns of how much you’ll need to invest on executing your preferred strategies and vision. What percentage of revenue should I spend on marketing?” “How much do companies spend on marketing?” Step 1: What to Budget for Strategy.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 20, 2020

Various industry analysts have estimated that B2B companies typically spend from 12% to 24% of their total marketing budget hosting and/or participating in events. Recent research has shown that most B2B marketers view in-person events as a highly effective marketing tactic.

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Martech

AUGUST 3, 2021

The news below about Salesforce’s acquisition of a Robotic Process Automation provider had me thinking back to the days when people were talking about an RPA bubble bursting. Software robots, it was thought, could take over digital processes and execute them tirelessly and at speed. There’s room for ABM to grow as a strategy.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It’s no surprise to see more and more marketers explore and invest in attribution modeling in 2019 and beyond. It’s imperative for marketers to understand their customers’ journey and the role that each touchpoint plays in an eventual purchase — and marketing attribution is the one tactic that helps them do so.

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ClickZ

JUNE 3, 2020

In order to help you stay a step ahead, we bring to you a quick wrap up of key movements and trends from across the marketing industry. Marketers prepared to pivot strategy to fit the changing environment. The study also found that brand marketers are prepared to pivot strategy according to the changing environment.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Vanessa Carlton said it best: Your company is making its way downtown, faces pass, and you're "success" bound. Between blog writing, drafting ad copy, and setting up an email workflow, it's hard to make time for brand awareness and media management. or "What services does a PR agency provide?". Reputation management.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 31, 2020

How will marketing strategies evolve in these uncertain times and going forward? But, for now, social distancing and remote work are the only solutions that can help people stay safe. Learn More: 20 Expert WFH Tips for Marketers in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak. The clinical trials for candidate vaccines have begun.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The outlook for B2C content marketing looks bright if budgets are any indication. Fifty-seven percent of B2C marketers surveyed expect their 2019 content marketing budget to increase over 2018, and 29% of those expect it to increase by more than 9%. CMIContent 2019 #research Click To Tweet.

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Nuvi

MAY 9, 2019

. — TRANSFORM 2019 — May 9, 2019 — Reputation.com , provider of the first and only complete cloud-based enterprise reputation and customer experience management platform, today announced the addition of Google services to its suite of enterprise reputation management services.

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 15, 2021

For some B2B companies, the 2021 marketing budget has increased due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dollars usually spent on trade shows, in-person events, and travel expenses are up for grabs; the sales team is working virtually, spending less cash on entertaining potential clients. Digital Marketing Channels: 40%.

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GreenRope

JUNE 11, 2020

Check out this stat: Smart Insights in their survey of B2B marketers found that marketing automation has helped them improve user experience (according to 60% of respondents), lead quality (59%), lead quantity (57%), conversion rate (52%), and departmental alignment (21%). Image via Smart Insights. And the best part?

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ClickZ

MAY 9, 2020

marketing leaders thought their current marketing technology stack is average in terms of achieving their marketing goals. said their marketing budgets are staying the same, while 28.4% said their marketing budgets are increasing. respondents are keeping the same marketing budget .

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Rollworks

MAY 21, 2018

To help you discover what account-based marketing (ABM) can do for your company, we’ve gathered 17 ABM statistics that will show you why you need to integrate ABM into your 2018 and 2019 B2B marketing strategies. ABM outperforms your other marketing channels. Marketing and Sales Alignment.

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Rollworks

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To help you discover what account-based marketing (ABM) can do for your company, we’ve gathered 17 ABM statistics that will show you why you need to integrate ABM into your 2018 and 2019 B2B marketing strategies. ABM outperforms your other marketing channels. Marketing and Sales Alignment.

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Outbrain

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Here’s a quick TLDR; 4 Steps to Plan Your Marketing Budget. Align your marketing goals with your company’s strategic goals and vision for growth. Work within your annual budget but be agile on a weekly /monthly basis. Evaluate your budget vs results over time and adapt accordingly! Set your goals.

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ClickZ

JULY 23, 2020

From budget cuts to lay-offs, marketers are being pushed to take a long, hard look at their marketing stacks and increase performance. But, reassessing your stack’s value isn’t just about cost per lead, it’s about finding what solutions provide a stellar customer journey. The good news?

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 We’re here to show you how to get the best bang for your buck by cleaning up your Pay-Per-Click (PPC) strategy. The Role of PPC in Marketing Strategies. Sales will always be a top priority.

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Golden Spiral

JANUARY 22, 2021

Updated from December 12, 2019. With new variants of COVID-19, accelerated vaccine distribution, a new administration in Washington, and a surge of technological innovations that would've taken years, your biggest budget challenge will be flexibility. The following points provide a logical flow for marketing budget planning.

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DivvyHQ

MAY 19, 2019

Each year comes with new marketing goals and objectives to help you stand out from your competition. Among all the marketing trends batted around in 2019, SMS marketing is one of those go-to channels that can truly help you grow your business. 65 percent of marketers agree that SMS marketing is “very effective.”

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

A brand that is well known and well respected will enhance the effectiveness of demand generation programs and make it easier for sales reps to win deals. Equally important, targeted brand advertising improved funnel conversion rates (lead to MQL to SQL) by 25%.

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