Animalz blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

It’s the belief that customers will find your great product without a distribution strategy. Content marketers fall for this same trap all the time. A distribution-first strategy starts with the “they will come” part. A distribution-first strategy starts with the “they will come” part.

Ideal Customer Profiles 82

Ideal Customer Profiles Distribution Advertising Channels ROI 82

Circle Studio

MAY 14, 2020

There are so many tactics available to marketers today it’s easy to lose sight of the most important thing — your marketing strategy. Are the tactics you’re choosing aligned with the goals you’ve set for your company? In other words, is your strategy stale? And, are those goals still appropriate.

Marketing Strategy 148

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Webinar Metrics Planning 148

accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Marketing of any kind is all about finding ways to stand out from the crowd.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Paid Content Work Management Paid Search Agency 52

Inbox Insight

APRIL 11, 2022

Achieving a seamless, unified B2B multi channel strategy requires a specialist skillset and understanding as well as effective cross channel integration and alignment to your overarching objectives. What first hand perspectives can our experts provide B2B marketers around multi channel strategy success?

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Multi-Channel Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Advertising Channels 98

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.” Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. Have a Formal Marketing Plan.

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Resource Management Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In uncertain economic times, Market Development Funds (MDF) can be a precious resource for channel partners (resellers, distributors, ISVs) looking for budget to fund sales and marketing activity. By some measures, that may add up to $15 billion of unspent marketing budget every year in the US alone.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies CMS Development Work Management 147

sagefrog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Many industries are marked by rapid technological advancements, changing regulations, and increased competition and standing out in a crowded market has never been more challenging—or critical. The key to thriving is a multifaceted marketing strategy that aligns with your brand’s core values and resonates with your target audience.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 52

Computer Market Research

MAY 2, 2017

Computer Market Research. Channel Co-op & Market Development Fund (MDF) Best Tactics. Bring Definitive Validation Into The Importance Of Joint-Marketing Incentives. Money spent in the channel has never been under such scrutiny as it is today. Best Strategies in Channel Co-op and MDF Development.

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Advertising Channels Tactics POS Marketing Management 68

Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

Novel formats, channels, and technologies like TikTok and ChatGPT are now driving forces behind buyer interest, opening up new ways for B2B brands to raise awareness about their products. 59% of marketers attribute revenue growth to marketing-generated leads , so demand-generation tactics remain a non-negotiable among marketing teams.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 62

SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Marketing is the backbone of any business—without marketing, there would be no sales and no revenue. Marketing is all about creating awareness for your brand, products, and services. It is about marketing your message in the right way, to the right audience, at the right time. What is marketing operations?

Work Management 105

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 105

Varicent

DECEMBER 7, 2021

You probably know this already, but sales forecasting is all about predicting how much revenue your team or business will likely bring in over the next quarter or the next year. Understanding Sales Forecasting. Sales forecasting really matters. It also shows how effective a sales team is.

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Forecasting Analytics Work Management Marketing Management 98

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

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Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 281

Strategic-IC

APRIL 6, 2022

We’re just good B2B Marketers and ABMers. Those statistics don’t show what is REALLY being shared privately through Slack channels or other online communities. This is the challenge of Dark Social and the Dark Funnel [more on which is which later]. What is the ‘Dark Funnel’? Impossible, right? We’re not Superman.

Top of Funnel 62

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Account Based Marketing Paid Search Agency 62

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. It’s an approach to organizational design akin to taking the Pragmatic Marketing chart and just circling all of the functions. It is not surprising. One is on the CMO, the other is on the CEO.

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CMO Positioning Marketing Analytics Tools Peer-to-peer 147

Martech

JULY 25, 2022

Without demonstrable proof that marketing initiatives are driving business results, marketers’ budgets are easy pickings for leaders seeking to improve profitability or just keep the business afloat during challenging times. And it’s not just marketing department jobs and media budgets that are at stake.

Marketing Attribution 102

Marketing Attribution Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 102

accelerate agency

OCTOBER 21, 2020

You need a SaaS marketing strategy that works. What follows are 12 elements of a successful SaaS marketing strategy. Either way, these SaaS marketing strategy gems can help you win over new customers. Here’s a quick look at what we’ll be covering: What is a SaaS marketing strategy?

Paid Content 81

Paid Content Marketing Budget Work Management Paid Search Agency 81

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Influencer marketing has become a really big deal in a relatively short time. According to Google Trends, average monthly searches related to influencer marketing have increased 6X since early 2016. As an industry, influencer marketing has grown by nearly a factor of 10 in that time, from $1.7 billion in 2016 to $16.4

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Work Management 267

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

Lead Ranking 207

Lead Ranking Paid Content Marketing Qualified Leads Cost per Acquisition 207

Biznology

AUGUST 2, 2021

The yawning gulf between sales and marketing is a fact of life in B2B companies. We grab onto new strategies like account based marketing (ABM) in the hope that this will be, at last, where the two functions will finally work together in harmony. Sales owns the P&L. We all know this. It starts at the top.

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B2B Sales Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Cost per Lead 197

The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutes As a leading strategy for B2B SaaS marketing, account-based marketing (ABM) has become increasingly important in today’s rapidly changing landscape.

Account Based Marketing 97

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management 97

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Content marketing can be a powerful way to build a foundation for your overall marketing strategy, create lead generation opportunities, and engage with your target audience. So it’s critical to take the time to create a strong content marketing strategy that can deliver relevant content to your audience.

Budget Programs 206

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation Statistics Allocation 206

illumin

MAY 9, 2024

With ongoing integrations of AI in advertising and advanced marketing tools like journey advertising platforms, marketers and brands worldwide are constantly innovating and getting ahead of the game. Brand lift is one of several indicators of how well your marketing campaign is doing and how it is viewed by your customers.

Advertisements 96

Advertisements Advertising Brand Identity Branding 96

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2018

As we were going through a refresh of our targeted personas, we noticed an increase in engagement with leadership roles that have revenue responsibility (sales leaders, business unit leaders, and even CEOs). Why is marketing’s story so different than sales? Lack of Trust in the CMO. Two Types of CMO.

CMO 197

CMO Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel 197

Heinz Marketing

MAY 25, 2021

By Maria Geokezas , VP of Client Services at Heinz Marketing. What the pandemic has taught us, is that being agile, thinking in hybrid marketing formats is the only approach marketers can be certain of. What does hybrid marketing mean? . Also described as omnichannel or multi-channel marketing.

Planning 130

Planning Work Management Multi-Channel Marketing Management 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The truth is, most sales reps haven’t received any formal training in this area. This means reps at your company could be missing out on interested leads, important sales conversations, and ultimately, revenue. 93% of sales executives have not received any formal training on social selling ( source ).

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Statistics Peer-to-peer Cold Calling Zoominfo 184

ClearVoice

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Marketing is Essential During a Recession. It’s tempting to cut back on your marketing budget, but data shows that is actually not a good idea. According to a new report from Analytic Partners , if you cut back on marketing spending during a recession, your competitors may swoop in and steal your business.

Planning 96

Planning Marketing Budget Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 96

B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 13, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up features the latest ABM benchmark study by ITSMA and the ABM Leadership Alliance, Winterberry Group's latest forecast of marketing and advertising spending, and a survey examining the future of marketing events by the CMO Council and Cvent.) linear TV, direct mail) and eleven online channels (e.g.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing ABM Spending Budget Management 52

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. You’ll need a plan to address top budget concerns to provide clarity and control over every dollar spent.

Marketing Budget 124

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Paid Content Budget Programs 124

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. The risk of a recession in the U.S. Let's take a closer look at those three.

Advertising Agencies 90

Advertising Agencies Terms and Conditions Planning Allocation 90

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?

Marketing Mix 100

Marketing Mix Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking Planning 100

Roketto

MAY 10, 2018

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) often find themselves struggling to figure out why their marketing efforts aren’t bringing in the ROI that they expect. Shockingly, it’s estimated that as few as 20% of manufacturers have taken the time to put together a comprehensive, and cohesive marketing strategy.

Marketing & Strategy 79

Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 79

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

Unfortunately, that’s not really an actionable business tactic. All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. But cutting back on marketing isn’t always what’s best for your business. Should You be Cutting Back on Marketing Spend? But this number lags behind pre-pandemic spending.

Marketing Budget Creation 130

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Planning Advertising Agencies 130

Madison Logic

JANUARY 5, 2023

2023 will pose challenges to B2B marketers as they navigate global economic uncertainty and a push to maximize their marketing spend and ROI on account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns. Customer marketing will be critical in 2023. “It 2023 will be a year of enhancing the customer experience .

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Marketing Budget ABM 52

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Cameron Katoozi , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Introduction Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools have evolved significantly since their inception. Initially, it was about managing customer interactions and data, a practice crucial for businesses to understand and serve their clients efficiently.

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CRM Marketing AI Marketing Management Customer Satisfaction 109

Goodish Agency

AUGUST 5, 2021

Growth Marketing is without a doubt a buzzword in 2021. But what is growth marketing, what does it entail, and why is it making a big difference for many SaaS, eCommerce, and FinTech companies? What is Growth Marketing? Growth Marketing vs. Growth Hacking. Growth Marketing & digital hyper-personalization.

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Growth Marketing Paid Search Agency Multi-Channel Work Management 116

Heinz Marketing

JULY 26, 2021

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Kris: Yeah.

Top of Funnel 107

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 107

Inbox Insight

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Understanding the key performance indicators (KPIs) or metrics associated with B2B demand generation can be a pivotal factor in the success of your marketing efforts. It encompasses a vast range of marketing activities to create awareness and build interest in your product or service. Why should B2B marketers focus on demand gen KPIs?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Cost per Acquisition Demand 52