B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 7, 2024

Like many marketers, I used the final few weeks of 2023 to reflect on what happened during the year and plan for 2024. Because of the disruptive events of the past few years, I spent a good bit of time thinking about how this blog needs to change and what the focus of my content here should be in 2024.

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Martech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Marketers will continue to engage with audiences on social media through advertising and organic social campaigns. Here are some ways that marketers will leverage social media in 2024. He added: “Ad fatigue remains a persistent issue for marketers on social. How will these opportunities shake out in the upcoming year?

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B2BMarketing.net

MARCH 12, 2024

The fundamentals of good marketing arguably never change. In response to this, we see marketing itself continue to evolve, with certain “trends” coming in or out of favor. With that in mind, we produce the annual B2B Marketing Trend Tracker survey. This report is designed to see what marketers are focusing on.

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Martech

JANUARY 29, 2024

These AI technologies and their relatives have found their way into the deepest corners of our online lives — so much so that “the algorithm” has become a common phrase even among non-technical folks to refer to the invisible hand of the more or less sophisticated models that feed our collective experience. and “What is authenticity?”

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illumin

JANUARY 16, 2024

Understanding Meta advertising trends is essential for marketers. Meta is growing and shifting alongside its user base – evolving to fit market needs. In 2024, Meta, and Facebook in particular, are continuing to shift away from written posts and pictures and towards short-form videos. per user, per hour by 2025.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Who are some of the top B2B influencer marketing experts to learn from and follow as we head into 2024? Let’s jump right in and take a look at 25 top B2B influencer marketing professionals to follow and learn from in the year ahead.

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NetLine

APRIL 11, 2024

Introducing NetLine’s 2024 State of B2B Content Consumption and Demand Report For years, NetLine has taken the line that we let the data speak for itself. The 2024 report dives deep into the behaviors of B2B professionals, backed by an unprecedented analysis of the consumption of more than 45,000 individual content assets from the past year.

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DAGMAR Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From the artificial intelligence boom to an array of Google Core Updates and even a not-so-swift transition from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4, 2023 has been a rollercoaster for digital marketing. An array of AI-powered tools became available at our disposal. AI image generators gave birth to the AI art boom.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

One certainty for marketers over the last dozen years is that Scott Brinker’s martech landscape map would grow. With investments bringing generative AI into every marketing area imaginable, it seems certain that next year’s map will continue on the same growth trajectory. And it’s getting worse.

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Bannersnack

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

14 minutes read When ChatGPT took the world by storm in 2022, most writers already (kind of) knew about AI copywriting tools. So much so that, not even one year later, making sense of the AI copywriting software market seems almost impossible. There’s a new AI tool popping up every other day.

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The Lead Agency

APRIL 14, 2024

Tired of trend lists that don’t apply to the unique challenges of B2B marketing? B2B marketing can be complicated; buyer journeys are messy. You’re researching, comparing, and have just now landed on the relevant, tangible information that will actually help you get better B2B marketing results.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Magda Ehlers on Pexels It’s an interesting mix, covering metrics and analytics; martech tools; AI (of course—wasn’t this pretty much the year of ChatGPT?); Drumroll please… #10: How to Integrate ChatGPT With Your CRM Software The buzz around ChatGPT has grown rapidly since its release in November 2022.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2023

[Report] 43 percent of software as a service (SaaS) leaders have said that they use competitive analysis for pricing research, with 34 percent turning to feedback from existing customers, while 14 percent utilize previous market research, according to newly-published B2B survey data.

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Litmus

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Litmus Team divided and conquered a fair amount of conferences this year ( including our own ) and did a round-up of our favorite takeaways and how to incorporate them into your 2024 email marketing strategy. AI is extraordinary, but how do we use it for email? A hot topic in 2022, and an even hotter topic in 2023. (We

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sagefrog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As another year passes since our last insightful dive into the trends shaping B2B marketing, we’re thrilled to present the 2024 B2B Marketing Mix Report. This year, we’ve identified key takeaways and aim to provide you with actionable tips to propel your marketing strategy to new heights in 2024.

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FMG Suite

MARCH 15, 2024

March 15, 2024 – FMG, an industry-leading SaaS company specializing in marketing software and services for financial advisors and insurance agents, announced that it has been named “Best Overall FinTech Software” in the eighth annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards. SAN DIEGO, CALIF.,

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Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Understanding the benefits of intent data and diving deeper into customer behavior at each step of their journey helps you optimize your marketing strategies. This article explains the intent data and why it is crucial to include it to hit your sales goal in 2024. But how do you figure out what your consumers want or need?

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chiefmartech

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

According to the 2024 SaaS Management Index Report just released by Zylo, a leading SaaS management platform that manages over 30 million SaaS licenses for companies of all sizes, the average SaaS portfolio shrank from 291 apps to 269, just a hair under 8%. For mid-market companies with 501-2,500 employees, it’s 245 apps.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

MarketingCharts Influencer Pay Equity Guide The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), PR Council, and 4As have published a new guide to influencer marketing which has focused on achieving greater pay equity, with report data showing a pay gap of some 29 percent for black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) influencers.

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Brightedge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Over the past year, it’s become apparent Generative AI has the potential to transform entire industries. On the other side, AI is allowing marketers to become more productive and increase the quality of their outputs. The year 2022 was pivotal for SEO due to significant updates and changes.

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Digilant

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the US, 80% of people play video games, resulting in a video game market size of $97.67 billion (2022). In 2022, gaming ad revenue only grew 7% , compared to 32% across CTV and 16% across social media. After all, they are a great introduction to video game marketing to engage with gaming audiences.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Everyone wants generative AI applications and their groundbreaking capabilities, such as creating content, summarizing text, answering questions, translating documents, and even reasoning on their own to complete tasks. Large language models (LLMs) are a type of AI that can generate human-like responses by processing natural-language inputs.

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The Forward Observer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Douglas Burdett, host of The Marketing Book Podcast. It’s easy – click here for simple instructions The post The Marketing Book Podcast: “The Negativity Fast” by Anthony Iannarino appeared first on Sales-Driven Marketing Strategy & Coaching | SALES ARTILLERY.

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Spiralytics

APRIL 23, 2023

Marketing has always been about reaching your target audience at the right time and place. This is where digital marketing comes into play. Like traditional marketing, digital marketing constantly evolves and creates new opportunities for businesses to grow and improve. Top Digital Marketing Trends in 2023 1.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

What are the latest LinkedIn features and how can B2B marketers best utilize them for success in the push towards 2024 and throughout the coming year? percent of that accounted for by LinkedIn and Meta alone, according to recent Insider Intelligence data, as we covered recently in our Friday Elevate B2B Marketing News Weekly Roundup.

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Martech

APRIL 19, 2024

Marketers who are judged by the number of leads they generate will push for quantity. But big-ticket purchases in B2C and B2B will help marketers see ROI with a small number of wins, which pushes some marketers toward quality. Marketers interested in tapping into social have a familiar decision to make regarding tactics.

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Litmus

JANUARY 29, 2024

With artificial intelligence (AI) becoming increasingly prevalent, there’s a growing demand for more human-centric marketing. Keep reading to learn about the importance of personalized emails along with tactics you can apply to your own email marketing program. Last updated January 29, 2024.

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Metadata

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to Suzanne Kagan , VP of Marketing at Anyword , this level of performance improvement is actually possible if you pair artificial intelligence (AI) with predictive analytics. But Metadata, AI-generated copy sucks” Most of the time, yes. AI doesn’t know how to generate demand. Prefer video?

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Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 18, 2023

percent figure from the same period in 2022, while 2024 has been forecast as the year when B2B events will experience a full recover, according to newly-published report data. B2B Exhibitions Move Forward in “Dramatic Improvement” B2B events have continued on their steady return to pre-pandemic frequency, with a scant 0.3

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 2, 2024

With AI infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives in 2023, sales leaders saw huge industry transformations — automation, data analysis, and enhanced productivity for starters. Many AI adopters saw conversion rates and sales productivity improve by 10-30%. Here’s what sales leaders should keep an eye on. Start with the basics.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The first few weeks of a new year are the perfect opportunity to reflect on our wins—and I’m thrilled to announce one of our biggest yet: Sprout Social has been named the #1 Best Software Product by G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards. And then there is Salesforce, which has saved 12,000 hours of work since implementing Sprout in 2022.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype and is now seamlessly integrated into many aspects of business operations. HubSpot conducted research on the “State of AI,” with over 1,350+ specialists reporting on how AI affects their business. But how does refusing AI impact business results?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 2, 2024

With AI infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives in 2023, sales leaders saw huge industry transformations — automation, data analysis, and enhanced productivity for starters. Many AI adopters saw conversion rates and sales productivity improve by 10-30%. Here’s what sales leaders should keep an eye on. Start with the basics.

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Martech

JANUARY 23, 2024

Global B2C marketing organizations spent 18% of their marketing budget on martech last year. Two-thirds (66%) of marketing decision-makers say they plan to increase their technology spend, according to Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2023. In 2022, annual growth peaked at 16.7%, according to Forrester. Why we care.

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RebelMouse

AUGUST 3, 2023

This data is often used by businesses, marketers, advertisers, and other organizations to supplement their own data, enabling them to gain insights into broader audience segments, target specific demographics, and improve ad targeting. Leveraging OpenAI and Google Vertex AI, we have become expert AI integrators.

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