Martech

JANUARY 21, 2022

Ideally, you’d want to follow a structured, test-based approach for how you bring new technology into the enterprise, and you’d expect participating vendors to follow your lead in the vetting process — out of respect, if nothing else. Based on empirical testing, you are on the verge of selecting a platform not sold by one of the big vendors.

Enterprise Management 96

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 96

Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

A recent study by the Demand Gen Report conducted for the video platform Vidyard drives this point home. No one wants to go through a long waltz with a vendor only to find out you are out of their price range. Why do vendors do this? What content helps B2B vendors win deals? It’s a huge screening factor.

Marketing Management 75

Marketing Management Vendors Studies Top of Funnel 75

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A key component to success is demand marketing programs that repeatably contribute real, measurable pipeline lift. But far too many demand marketing programs are stuck a tactical, activity-based status quo. Here are 11 things that growth leaders need to know in order to shift to a Strategic Demand Marketing state.

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Demand Work Management Budget Programs Planning 130

InsightSquared

APRIL 12, 2018

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. Proving that a particular activity caused the buyer to make a decision to purchase is hard to do. Reporting is not a core competence.

Marketing Automation Services 159

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 159

Engagio

AUGUST 23, 2021

Most demand generation and account-based marketers tend not to think much about branding, which is unfortunate given that a consistent brand can increase revenue by up to 23 percent (Forbes). That’s why the best account-based marketers are thinking about brand generation, not just demand generation. Brands work on emotions.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation B2B Thought Leadership 149

Madison Logic

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Marketers have traditionally been forced to make hard tradeoffs between their brand and demand activities and decide how to shift budgets when new challenges arise. In most cases, brand-building efforts typically lose out to demand as marketers focus on short-term initiatives to fill the sales pipeline and generate revenue.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Advertising Agencies Demand Advertisements 52

Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2022

The value proposition of intent data vendors is typically that will combine their data (which is third-party data from your perspective) with your website analytics data (your first-party data) to identify companies that are actively looking to buy what it is you sell, and where they are in the buying process.

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Intent Data Marketing AI Intent Lead Ranking 324

Madison Logic

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

You can’t do this at the very end of the customer journey—you need to catch their attention and increase awareness before they begin the research process with a unified brand-to-demand strategy. And while many marketers recognize the benefits of strong brand-building efforts, demand generation still dominates.

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Demand Brand Identity Branding Work Management 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Is it time to add chatbots (or live chat) to your demand engine? It largely depends on your website’s performance, content activation strategy, the use cases for your revenue team, and the capacity to manage another system in your toolkit. Email and social media campaigns are proven ways to generate demand through content.

Sales Management 130

Sales Management Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

Rev

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The undeniable reality of demand marketing is that buying behaviors have changed, and the old tried-and-true playbook hasn’t aged gracefully. There was much less information out there, and buyers had to engage with vendors much sooner in the cycle to get that information.” So much info, so much noise. People follow people,” he says. “We

Demand 60

Demand Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management 60

Only B2B

JULY 5, 2023

In the ever-changing landscape of B2B marketing, demand generation plays a pivotal role in driving business growth and success. As we enter 2023, it is crucial to adapt to the evolving nature of B2B demand generation and discover effective strategies to generate demand and engage target audiences.

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Demand Generation Demand Sales Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 62

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 15, 2009

Last week’s post on Web traffic rankings of demand generation vendors generated a couple of private responses from vendors, pointing out that the Alexa statistics include traffic to operational subdomains for client landing pages and user log-in. Client subdomains would presumably not be captured in the Alexa statistics.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Demand Generation Marketing Management 120

Rev

JULY 26, 2023

Frozen, slashed, cut, trimmed, tightened—no matter which word you hear, this is what happens to demand gen budgets in the current economic environment. And this reality is forcing demand gen organizations to rethink the way they operate. Ultimately, we hear how this leads them to create stronger, more focused approaches to demand gen.

Demand 60

Demand Tactics Optimization Lead Ranking 60

Metadata

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The momentum and uptick in company growth can be attributed to sophisticated B2B marketers embracing growth-focused demand generation technologies, and autonomous marketing operations as a vehicle for scale. Demand marketers from companies like Zoom, Pendo, Thoughtspot, Okta, Workato, and Vonage have experienced as much as a 4.5X

Demand Generation 102

Demand Generation Marketing Analytics Tools Demand Paid Search Agency 102

Metadata

JULY 22, 2020

Both demand generation and account-based marketing (ABM) are as old as marketing itself: after all, somewhere around 90 percent of marketing is generating demand. However, while demand generation has been knitted into MarTech for years now, ABM software, as a category, is newer to the scene. Let’s explore.

Account Based Marketing 98

Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Agencies Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2020

Today’s virtual event platforms are adding features like virtual expo halls and exhibitor booths, 3D environments and avatars, social media integration, gamification, one-to-one video networking, content libraries, and detailed attendee activity analytics. Pricing: contact vendor. Pricing: contact vendor.

Enterprise Management 363

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Webinar Metrics 363

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2010

Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. Changes include a drag-and-drop design tool (similar to Microsoft Powerpoint); integration of opportunities and custom objects from Salesforce.com; better reporting on Web site visitors; and, real time sales alerts on Web activity.

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Manticore Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 28, 2014

I mentioned 6Sense briefly in a recent post about vendors who help companies find prospects on the Web. and key activities (Web site visits, topics researched) and scores at both company and individual levels. and key activities (Web site visits, topics researched) and scores at both company and individual levels.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Activities Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 120

Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

That piece of AI technology is revolutionizing the buyer journey today, and it may make you wonder: Is it time to add chatbots (or live chat) to your demand engine? Chatbots are the perfect tool to amp up your website while seamlessly fitting into your demand generation engine. Others may find them intrusive.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Sales Management Demand Top of Funnel 100

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Demand generation and lead generation are essential for any company. Demand and lead generation are the lifeblood of any growing company. I'm going to walk you through what both demand and lead generation are, examples of them in practice, and help you consider if you should be focusing on one over the other.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Generation Demand 62

ANNUITAS

MAY 5, 2020

It’s a big shift in the marketplace and has been made possible, in part, by the emergence of demand marketing technology and technologist. . Demand marketing technology isn’t new, nor is its impact on how companies can achieve growth. What are the key performance indicators that your demand marketing team uses?

Marketing Automation Services 130

Marketing Automation Services Demand Work Management Marketing Management 130

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This is the second year that ANNUITAS has conducted its Enterprise B2B Demand Generation Survey with the goal of gaining better insights into the approach that enterprise organizations take to demand generation. I recently spoke with one marketing executive who told me they run multiple demand generation campaigns for 90 days.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation 100

LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Marketing Management ReadyContacts Marketing Automation Services 100

The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. Photo by Niklas Ohlrogge on Unsplash. The post The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content appeared first on The Point.

Marketing Management 207

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

ANNUITAS

MARCH 1, 2016

One analytics vendor after another is selling you on their ability to analyze and make sense of “any” data. Demand generation leaders know it’s not true, though. So what is the key to better demand generation analytics? We must take a different approach — a structured approach — to demand generation analytics.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Elasticity Analytics 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2020

It highlights behavior-based activity such as lead sources, social media engagement, form fills, and time spent on a website. This engagement activity suggests interest or demand from an audience that they want to purchase a product or service. The vendor should be able (and willing) to provide specifics.

Enterprise Management 245

Enterprise Management Ad brokers Work Management Marketing Management 245

Inbox Insight

JANUARY 14, 2022

Inbox Insight, a technology focused leader in B2B Content Amplification and Demand Generation announces a MBO supported by Mobeus Equity Partners. The recent transaction was funded by Mobeus alongside vendor and management, with no third party debt funding. The MBO was completed on 29th December 2021.

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Advertising Agencies Work Management 52

Aberdeen

APRIL 1, 2019

Mass email blasts have gone from engaging to spammy, leaving marketers to rethink how email fits into broader demand gen strategies. With quality intent data at your disposal, there are 3 key ways you can improve your demand gen strategies. Prioritizing Activities with Intent Scores. Those days are long gone.

Intent Data 73

Intent Data Demand Generation Intent Demand 73

PureB2B

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Demand generation and lead generation are essential for any company. Demand and lead generation are the lifeblood of any growing company. I'm going to walk you through what both demand and lead generation are, examples of them in practice, and help you consider if you should be focusing on one over the other.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Generation Demand 62

SnapApp

JANUARY 15, 2019

In the same way, if you tried to build a B2B demand generation strategy based on faulty assumptions–or outright myths–you’d probably fail, too. Demand generation marketers, in particular, have a patchwork of myths to work through. The more pitfalls you can avoid as you plan a B2B demand strategy, the better.

Demand Generation Agencies 99

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 99

ANNUITAS

MAY 24, 2016

*This post first ran in Demand Gen Report , April 19, 2016. We’re all running at the shiny object but not really thinking through what it means to really build and leverage predictive analytics as a component of outcome-based demand generation. Everybody’s doing it, right? Are you doing it? Probably not. Why is this?

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Analytics Lead Ranking 100

Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2023

This information can be analyzed to identify account intent, or how likely prospects at a particular company are to engage with a particular vendor. Intent data can also show an increase in activity on certain topics that may indicate risk at a top account, such as topics related to severance pay options or layoffs. The best part?

Intent Data 130

Intent Data Intent Work Management Marketing Management 130

Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Tracking prospect activity on our website. Marketers became disillusioned as the higher-ups shifted the goal post quarter after quarter, demanding more efficiency, more leads and more volume across the board — even though marketing is not magic, and we were never able to manufacture demand out of thin air. Lead scoring.

Marketing AI 112

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing 112

Martech

JULY 14, 2022

The vendors respond. A great number of ABM vendors provide everything from all-in-one platforms to enable ABM strategies, to adjacent services like data enrichment, identity resolution, analytics, and interaction management/orchestration to B2B marketers ramping up their programs. Consolidation of ABM and demand gen.

Account Based Marketing 114

Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 114

Webbiquity

MAY 12, 2020

And a (small) majority are still actively buying. They want sensitivity to current conditions, but also straight talk from vendors about how they can help. Given those findings, here are three vital activities to focus your efforts on now. Conditions are changing quickly, and marketers need to keep up. Don’t Go Silent.

Research 345

Research B2B Marketing Terms and Conditions Planning 345

Martech

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As a vendor, many of us have seen our clients’ marketing budgets slashed in 2023. For established vendors, servicing debt is getting very expensive. Watch for that to also have an impact on vendor financial viability in 2024. Dig deeper: How to overcome marketing budget cuts and hiring freezes 4.

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Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs Vendors 108