Contently

MAY 13, 2024

The company first announced the move in February 2020—only to postpone the implementation timeline every year since. According to Forrester, in 2023, more than half of global marketers thought the whole thing was a bluff. For marketers, this means a few things are about to change. You’ve got third-party cookies to thank.

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Hubspot

MAY 12, 2020

As marketers, we've become experts in our target audiences. 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. The answer to this question could be account-based marketing (or ABM).

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 13, 2023

The past few years have been very good for the e-commerce industry, and really any business that earns significant revenue from online sales. They plowed eye-watering sums into digital marketing channels despite often shaky evidence for digital ads’ effectiveness and, more recently, a broader decline in ad spending.

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2020

I hear this all the time from professional service providers. But that’s not a sustainable growth strategy in today’s marketplace…and the research backs that up. Technology and automation will reshape the skills needed in marketing departments. FREE Download] High Growth Study 2020: Executive Summary.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As I discussed earlier this year in my BLOG “ Executive Insights: World-Class Demand Generation and Corporate Social Responsibility Converge at Televerde ”, I was very fortunate to work with some tremendous partners during my nearly 19 year tenure with SAP Global Marketing.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 10, 2018

Every B2B marketer knows we are in a period of rapid change. Marketing technology (martech) is advancing quickly. But how can B2B marketers most effectively achieve those results? Sales prospects have high expectations as well. They need solutions but have limited bandwidth and attention. Image credit: KoMarketing.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Use marketing techniques like re-targeting and suggested content to keep them engaged.

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6sense

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But to the right sleuths, these tracks might be the next big sale. We refer to this world of anonymous buyer intent data as the Dark Funnel. We talk to B2B revenue teams a lot about how matching traditionally unidentified Dark Funnel clues to known accounts is the new key to chauffeuring buyers through the sales funnel.

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DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What does this mean for digital marketing spend in 2021-2022, and how should you plan to allocate your B2B marketing budget for the best ROI? Here, we explore insights and walk through three tips you should keep in mind when creating your B2B marketing budget. What does this mean for marketing teams?

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Valasys

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Marketing automation relates to the system whose purpose is performing marketing actions by avoiding physical effort. This software educates prospects using useful or personalized content. The importance of marketing automation is vast in the present marketing industry. Lead Management. Time-Saving.

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 26, 2020

An inbound marketing campaign costs 62% less per lead than traditional outbound marketing, with much better return on investment. Successful inbound marketing requires a solid understanding of multiple digital platforms and channels, and therefore, good planning, strategy, optimization and measurement are vital.

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The Marketing Blender

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Our Services. The 11 undeniable benefits of marketing automation for B2B sales and marketing teams. How automation can transform your B2B marketing effectiveness and results. These days, when most consultants and gurus talk about technology transforming marketing, automation is what they’re referring to.

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Martech

JUNE 14, 2023

There are a lot of stats out there about marketing and artificial intelligence. Here’s a collection of statistics about AI and marketing with the date of the survey included. Marketers’ attitudes towards AI 50% of marketers believe inadequate AI adoption is holding them back from achieving their goals.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

And although marketing budgets, as a share of revenue, rebounded last year to more than 9%, according to the 2022 Gartner CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , they are still lower than they were in 2020, forcing CMOs to achieve more with less. What is marketing mix modeling?

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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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Outgrow

MAY 20, 2020

9 Must-Have Conversion Rate Optimization Tools In 2020. Finally, that marketing strategy is working out and people are attracted to your content. After all, every step of the marketing funnel boils down to conversions and revenue. It’s exciting to see a spike in the number of your website visitors, isn’t it?

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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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LeanData

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Over the past several years now, marketers and other go-to-market (GTM) professionals have suggested account-based marketing (ABM) motions will be the way of the future, simply because it makes too much sense to discount. Push the old marketing sales funnel aside. First, a step back. Image: B2B News Network.

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Martech

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketers are using only one-third of their martech stack’s capability, according to Gartner’s 2023 Martech Report. That’s down from 42% last year and 58% in 2020. Utilization has been declining amid huge increases in spending on marketing technology: up 35% from $15.3 billion in 2020 to $23.6

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The Marketing Blender

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Our Services. Top 4 B2B Marketing Trends. The marketing trends every B2B company should follow. How can you tell if a trend is merely a flash in the pan or an actual shift in the market that indicates a long-lasting impact? Learn from these B2B marketing trends to maximize the effectiveness of your marketing investment.

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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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BOP Design

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are you considering a B2B content marketing strategy for next year? Are you looking to revamp your existing B2B content marketing program ? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, we’ve put together 10 statistics to help guide your strategy. Content is driving the buying process for your prospects.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 31, 2020

Let's look at how that impacted the industry and other big news, insights, studies, and updates in marketing and martech in this March 2020 monthly roundup. Last month , we asked if you were ready for March 2020; in hindsight, no one could possibly have prepared for what awaited us in March! Brands Offer Free Tools and Services.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

When you start, your target buyer does not know you exist and you need to work on generating awareness for your product/services. Demand generations are these set of strategies that help you spread awareness about your brand and drive demand for your product/service. More than 79% of the leads don’t convert into sales.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2021

Who is the one true king of marketing? In 2020, 70% of marketers were already actively investing in content marketing ( HubSpot ). 79% of B2B content marketers say their organization has a content marketing strategy ( Content Marketing Institute). But none of these even come close.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 20, 2020

In-person events such as trade shows and industry conferences have been a mainstay of B2B marketing for many years. 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.

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Valasys

JANUARY 23, 2020

Lead generation forms the bedrock of a highly successful B2B sales strategy. With the constant evolution in the digitized landscape & Internet of Things (IoT), the B2B sales process has changed. Read more on B2B Marketing in Martech Age. This starts with finding your niche market & the ideal prospects.

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ClickZ

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Chief Marketer released a “ 2019 Martech Outlook Survey ” this week which reveals some interesting insight into the industry. The survey includes responses from both B2B and B2C marketers. Key findings include: 54% of marketers think martech budgets will increase next year. Just 4% anticipate a decrease.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 4, 2019

Or for those working in the digital space, content marketing and advertising. 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. Tom and Jerry. Batman and the Joker.

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6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Most companies reduce spending in recessions, especially on marketing items that may be easier to cut (certainly relative to payroll). Right now, advertising agencies are struggling to stay afloat, and Google and Facebook are reporting substantially lower ad revenues as marketing spending dives with the business cycle (cyclical marketing).

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Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

CEOs need to work synergistically to help CMOs succeed in 2020. This is imperative, so marketing drives business growth and delivers a great customer experience. Expectations from CMOs have also changed as the entire landscape of marketing has changed dramatically, with data and technology playing a major role.

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 15, 2024

With 93% of marketers using video marketing in their overall marketing strategy, the share of video in the marketing pie has increased manifold over the past few years. These stats will help you know how video marketing influences customers. Common Video Marketing Statistics 1. Here we go!

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Content4Demand

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As part of my quest to find new ways to support our clients’ content marketing goals and strategies for 2020, I dove into the newly published B2B Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America from Content Marketing World (CMI) and spotted some notable takeaways.

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ClickZ

JUNE 3, 2020

21% of marketers pulled creatives to prevent looking insensitive. Top three marketing technologies that are winning attention are Content & Experience, Data, and Advertising. As 2020 continues to surprise the world, more surprises are something business heads aren’t looking forward to. Major reasons why marketers pulled ads.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It’s about time for 2020 planing. Marketing teams across the board are heads-down reviewing 2019 performance and coming up with strategy and budget for 2020. Apart from numerous other factors that influence a good marketing analytics strategy, data quality is one of the critical ones.

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Martech

AUGUST 19, 2022

Integration is essential when building and optimizing your marketing stack. It creates a more efficient and effective digital ecosystem data that allows marketers to gain real-time insights into campaign performance while providing a holistic view of customers and marketing efforts. Technical requirements for integration.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 27, 2020

Although most of us have been social distancing for less than a fortnight, businesses have started feeling the heat, with a drop in sales and revenue. Textio's CEO, Kieran Snyder , put together a survey in 72 hours of over 250 business executives on how they are leading in the time of COVID-19 and market decline. In it, 400 U.S.

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