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10 Great Ideas for Your Next Subject Line Test
The Point
MARCH 20, 2018
Subject line testing is that one email best practice that all B2B marketers know is a good idea, and yet very few of us do it consistently.
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8 Key Takeaways from New Survey on B2B Content Preferences
The Point
APRIL 20, 2018
The team at Demand Gen Report just released their 2018 Content Preferences Survey Report (free download, registration required), yielding fresh insights – and a few surprises – on the types of content today’s B2B buyers prefer, and why.
I Need Hot Leads, and I Need Them Now
The Point
JANUARY 23, 2018
When you work primarily with high-tech clients , you learn to cope with a great deal of short-term thinking. Tech companies have short-term horizons for a number of reasons: * Many are private and depend on short term results to prove viability and therefore ensure their ongoing funding.
5 Basic Things Every B2B Marketer Needs to Do to Prepare for GDPR
The Point
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Following on the heels of CAN-SPAM (US) and CASL (Canada), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the latest in a series of government regulations that promises to have a major impact on the way B2B marketers conduct business.
The Sales Enablement Handbook
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In the sphere of sales, it helps to get your definitions down. You might have thought sales operations and sales enablement are the same thing - but there are important differences. Both have the objective of improving sales performance, and although there is some overlap, they do this in different ways.
The Dismal State of B2B Email Creative
The Point
MAY 21, 2018
I review B2B email campaigns regularly in this space, and though I’m not one to be sparing in my opinions, I do try to be conscious of the type and size of company responsible for the campaign, with the thought, I suppose, that some marketers just may not know better.
How to Market an Analyst Report
The Point
MARCH 8, 2018
Technology marketers love analyst reports. Sure, they’re expensive to license, but they’re instant fodder for all sorts of content marketing, they bring credibility and name recognition to a campaign, and – bonus – they say nice things about your product.
Tips for a Successful Competitive Campaign
The Point
MAY 16, 2018
It’s a perennial fixture in any marketer’s calendar that, every so often, the boss will decide that it’s time to drop the proverbial gloves and go after the competition.
ABM is a Strategy, Not a Campaign.
The Point
JUNE 30, 2017
In the headlong rush to Account-Based Marketing , many B2B companies are, quite naturally, looking to implement ABM in a manner that allows them to dip their toes in the proverbial water.
The Account-Based Marketing Playbook
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Account-Based Marketing is a strategy, not a solution.
Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices
The Point
JUNE 5, 2018
Earlier this year, Forrester Research conducted a detailed survey of more than 150 B2B marketing decision-makers with the intent of benchmarking the maturity of B2B marketing best practices, focused on revenue marketing and marketing automation. At face value, the results, due to be published in a report this June, paint a somewhat dim picture of the state of B2B marketing.
Deloitte CMO Survey: Analytics Holding Marketers Back?
The Point
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Results from Deloitte’s 2017 CMO Survey are out, providing insights into key trends, plans, and opinions from more than 2,800 top marketers. You can download an executive summary of the survey results here.
People Don’t Read Your White Papers. Who Cares?
The Point
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
New marketing technologies like Uberflip make it increasingly easy to track content consumption beyond just clicks and downloads.
Shifts in B2B Buyer Behavior Support New Priorities for Demand Gen Content
The Point
JULY 17, 2017
Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development.
7 Creative Demand Gen Tactics to Drive Trade Show Booth Traffic
The Point
JANUARY 24, 2017
Even in this digital age, trade shows are still a core part of many B2B marketers’ 2017 demand generation plans. Generating maximum return from that investment, however, requires careful planning, and close attention to both pre-show and post-show communications strategy.
How to Prepare Contact & Account for an Account-Based Marketing Strategy
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Among B2B communities, 2017 brought upon several new concepts, trends and technologies… But perhaps none captured more attention than the re-emergence of account-based marketing as a viable growth strategy.
22 Potential Touchpoints for Your Next ABM Sales Play
The Point
AUGUST 29, 2017
When designing sales plays as part of your Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy, it pays to start with a few key questions: 1. What is the primary objective? For example: secure an appointment, gain an introduction …).
Why Lead Nurturing Success Means Not Asking for the Sale
The Point
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
I was left a voicemail earlier this week by a sales rep that I talked to (briefly) about 6 months ago. His message today was, in summary: “Are you ready to engage with us yet?”. Now, not only was I not ready, I barely remember what his company does.
Infographic: Top 10 Types of Demand Generation Content
The Point
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Choosing the right content offer for a demand generation campaign isn’t simply about aligning that content with a particular buying persona. Some content types are best-suited for early stage offers, while others will only appeal to those buyers in the very latter stages of the buying cycle.
8 Questions to Help You Decide if Your Content is Good Enough
The Point
APRIL 19, 2017
The best demand generation campaigns start with content that your prospects want. Even the best data, and sparkling creative, can’t save you or your campaign if your content and offer isn’t up to scratch. Here are 8 simple questions to help you decide whether that content is good enough.
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
As you likely know, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect May 25. 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. The penalties for non-compliance with GDPR can be severe – in the millions of dollars. Fortunately, there are a few basic steps that B2B marketers can and should make that will get them closer to full compliance.
3 Problems You Need to Solve Before You Buy New Marketing Technology
The Point
OCTOBER 25, 2016
We marketers may be many things, but few of us can be described as patient. We want results, and we want them now. And so when martech companies come along promising instant answers to all our marketing challenges, we’re all ears. We all want the quick fix, right? Wish it were that easy.
5 Demand Generation Tips for Start-Ups
The Point
JANUARY 30, 2018
In a recent article on LinkedIn that I highly recommend for any tech entrepreneur, Jason Seeba and Ashu Garg spell out the key priorities, milestones, and pitfalls for early-stage companies seeking to acquire customers.
Report: 19 Experts on the State of Marketing Automation
The Point
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Demand Generation Report just published their 2018 Outlook Guide: The State of Marketing Automation.
The Demise of the White Paper is Greatly Exaggerated
The Point
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
If you can say anything about marketers, it’s that we love obituaries. Yes, we love to declare things dead. Inbound Marketing? The MQL? Lead Funnels?
GDPR & Demand Generation: What Your Team Needs To Know
Speaker: David Crane, Head of Content & Thought Leadership, Integrate
The coming month will test the boundaries of change management for marketing organizations (and their colleagues in sales, finance, IT and legal) as they ready their teams for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will go into effect May 2018. Much of what we’ve seen in B2B marketing publications, martech vendor blogs and from word-of-mouth borders on fear-mongering. Not to say this isn’t understandable – a lot of rather quick changes must be made to ensure GDPR compliance, and they can feel overwhelming. However, some of the wisest B2B marketing experts continue to reiterate one very important point: GDPR, while causing significant stress now, will lead to more efficient and effective marketing and sales down the road.
An Email is Not a Campaign: the Case for Integrated Marketing
The Point
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
The reality of life as a professional marketer is that there is rarely, ever, enough time, budget, resources or bandwidth to plan, design, build, launch and manage every campaign as we would if we could. I get that. We all make compromises.
Stop Asking Your Marketing Agency for Client References
The Point
AUGUST 25, 2017
First, a confession: I hate providing references. As one of the principals at a B2B marketing agency , I get asked for them frequently (though not always) by prospective new clients and, quite aside from the hassle of selecting (who have we not asked recently?),
Do ABM Marketers Underestimate the Value of Messaging?
The Point
MAY 9, 2017
Steve Patti is a former B2B CMO, agency CEO, and CxO advisor with 30 years of international experience helping brands grow revenues. Earlier this year, he launched The B2B Content Agency to provide clients with buyer research, message strategy and insight-lead sales narratives.
This Year, Tackle These 3 Demand Generation Priorities First
The Point
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
After more than two decades in the agency business, I’ve seen dozens of clients and hundreds of campaigns succeed and fail.
Top 20 B2B Marketing Charts of 2017
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Discover critical data and insights with MarketingCharts' most popular B2B marketing charts of 2017. This deck covers both the buyer’s and seller’s perspective across topics such as lead generation, vendor relationships, and content marketing.
Why this LinkedIn Ad Works: 2 Key Tips for Success
The Point
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
For many B2B Marketers, advertising on LinkedIn is becoming a demand generation staple. At our agency , we’re seeing great results across a broad swath of clients from LinkedIn Sponsored Updates in particular, at a cost per lead similar to, or sometimes better than, traditional search marketing.
Which Comes First: Lead Nurturing or Inside Sales?
The Point
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
For a long time, “ lead nurturing ” was thought of as something you did with the leads that sales didn’t want. The theory was: leads come in, the sales team gets the hot ones, and the rest go to lead nurturing. Today, of course, a comprehensive lead nurturing strategy is much more than that.
Email 101: Tell Me Something I Don’t Already Know
The Point
MARCH 22, 2017
To be successful in driving engagement from business buyers, it’s not enough that marketing content simply be relevant to the individual reader.
Video Tech Company Leverages SEM to Drive Enterprise Leads
The Point
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Started in 2008 as the world’s first open source video player, JW Player pioneered video on the Web and today has customers in 193 countries, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual bloggers. The company’s flagship product, JW Player, is live on more than 2 million sites with more than 1.3
2018 B2B Marketing Mix Report
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B2B marketers like you contributed their insights to Sagefrog’s annual B2B Marketing Mix Report, a valuable asset in planning your marketing strategy for the year ahead.
Recapturing Lost Leads: Going After Form Abandoners
The Point
DECEMBER 15, 2016
What to do if a prospect comes to your landing page, starts to fill out the form, but doesn’t complete the task? Form abandonment and cart abandonment campaigns are standard practice for B2C and ecommerce marketers, less so for those of us B2B types who deal in leads vs. transactions.
Winning B2B Email Campaign Keeps it Simple
The Point
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
In B2B email marketing , does short copy always win over long? Not necessarily. The answer depends on your audience, the complexity of your message, and how well the copy maintains the reader’s interest and drives action.
Driving B2B Engagement with Personalized Content
The Point
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Earlier this month I co-hosted a Webinar with Greg Kelly of Vidyard and Jason Oakley of Uberflip on “ Driving B2B Engagement with Personalized Content.”
Observations from the 2017 Marketo Summit
The Point
APRIL 26, 2017
This week was my eighth consecutive Marketo Summit, all of them as a sponsor/exhibitor. The event has transformed since 2009, when the customer party fit (literally) onto a suburban restaurant patio.
Empathy: Your Lead Generation Superpower
Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa
Today’s sales and marketing environment is a paradox. There has never been more marketing channels to reach potential customers. But, connecting and building trust with buyers has never been harder. That's why we need to go beyond rational-logic based marketing to understand how our customers feel. Empathy is not just a “soft” skill, it's an incredibly powerful tool to understand customer motivation and increase lead conversion.
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