The Point

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. And yet, at most B2B companies, social media is still relegated to a role loosely defined as awareness, community-building, or even PR. However, that’s not necessarily true.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Scoring 203

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

SocialPilot

JANUARY 21, 2024

Social media has too many things to offer to brands and users. Your marketing strategy should be planned in such a way that it propels maximum people to complete their sales journey and be converted into your customers. Studies have shown that adding a CTA button increased conversion rates by a whopping 83%.

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Social Media Examples Media Urgency Marketing 117

Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Too often, companies focus SEO efforts on driving traffic with top-of-the-funnel content and keywords. While this approach can generate traffic, it often fails to convert them into leads and sales. In B2B, the opportunity is in optimizing for bottom-of-the-funnel queries and conversions. This is your go-to strategy.

Top of Funnel 110

Top of Funnel SEO B2B Paid Search Agency 110

Biznology

JULY 11, 2019

Effective sales funnels are the most engaging—and effective—ways to increase your business. Many businesses struggle with lead generation, qualifying leads and converting them to sales. About 73% of a business’s potential leads aren’t sales-ready. Allowing sales and marketing to work together effectively.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Digital Marketing Funnels Advertising Funnels 130

Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

FunnelEnvy

AUGUST 8, 2022

Successful personalization can have a significant positive impact on conversion rate and client satisfaction. Below are a few essential personalization strategies that can improve your funnel’s efficiency and make your audience feel like you genuinely understand their needs and concerns. Focus on Key Conversion Points.

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Conversion Rate Conversion Personalization Marketing & Strategy 76

ClearVoice

JANUARY 8, 2024

In business strategy, where the tides of change ebb and flow, a perennial debate echoes through boardrooms and marketing departments: content marketing vs traditional sales tactics. Here, we pull back the layers of the content marketing vs. traditional sales comparison so you can decide how to use each — or both simultaneously.

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Top of Funnel Analysis Tactics Content Marketing 64

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2019

B2B lead generation tools help marketers more effectively develop new prospective sales opportunities. Here’s why and how, as a marketer, you may want to integrate new lead generation tools and processes into your B2B lead generation strategy and campaigns. HubSpot helps in this realm with HubSpot sales.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Generation Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 205

Sharpspring

JULY 16, 2020

Creating an effective sales strategy requires you to know your customer journey inside and out. Using models like sales funnels and click funnels can help you build the path you want your customers to take on their way from prospect to buyer. What is a Click Funnel? Click funnels can be short or long.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Advertising Funnels Marketing Funnels 68

Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Business process automation is, hands down, one of the best technological innovations to come along in decades. These tasks take time away from the value we could potentially be adding in our business. But how do make the best use of it (or get started, if you’re still stuck in manual processes)? Guest post by Eduard Klein.

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Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Efficiency Marketing Automation 163

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. But why do these B2B sales strategies falter?

Sales Management 95

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 95

The Lead Agency

JUNE 7, 2023

Lead nurturing is a powerful B2B marketing strategy for companies to create meaningful connections and drive engagement with customers and prospects at every stage of the sales funnel. Almost 80% of marketing leads don’t actually convert into sales. What is lead nurturing?

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Sales Management Lead Nurturing Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 62

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. Some of them are free while others are paid – but all bring in enormous value to the sales process. Investing in a random sales tool is a waste of time, money and effort. What are Sales Tools?

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Marketing Automation Services B2B Sales Enterprise Management Work Management 97

Directive Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2019

It only takes three conversion rate optimization tips to advance your team’s sales. If you want to see these comprehensive articles, I’ve created them for various digital outlets here: Moz: How to Optimize Your Conversion Funnel, from ToFu to BoFu. Commerce Conversions. Social Proof is King.

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Conversion Rate Top of Funnel Conversion Optimization 79

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. With a holistic perception of buyer intent in your business, your marketing and sales teams can improve the lead-qualification process and enhance sales conversions.

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Buyer Intent Intent Work Management Marketing Management 353

Hubspot

MAY 25, 2020

To do this, you should calculate your conversion rate and analyze why visitors aren't converting on your site. Whatever the reason, I'm sure you're wondering how you can improve your conversion rate. Below, let's review how to increase your conversion rate for both your desktop website and mobile site.

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Conversion Rate Conversion Effectiveness Top of Funnel 101

ClickZ

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I also discuss what makes it great for top-of-the-funnel brand awareness. Let’s take a closer look at Meta’s performance at different funnel stages, and how it delivers a strong top-of-funnel relative ROAS. By focusing on the top of the funnel, brands can maximize their investment in Meta.

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Top of Funnel ROAS Digital Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 124

Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2023

This is where the strategic utilization of social media comes into play. While some businesses still put social media in the categories of brand awareness or community management exclusively, research claims that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make buying decisions.

Social Media 62

Social Media Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Peer-to-peer 62

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. What is Demand Generation?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

Martech

DECEMBER 15, 2023

HubSpot’s November releases include deal pipeline rules, improved funnel reporting, allowing prospects to add guests to meetings on the scheduling page and more. Note : Reports created in the legacy custom funnel report builder will be available until February 2024. You no longer need to refresh your browser to see updates.

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Top of Funnel Terms and Conditions Forecasting Paid Search Agency 108

Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

In the demand generation, marketers use a mix of active strategies (webinars, email marketing, paid ads) and passive strategies (content marketing, SEO, podcasting, social media marketing) to capture prospects’ interest in making a purchase. Contribution to pipeline and sales impact. But what truly sets them apart?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 71

Outgrow

MAY 20, 2020

9 Must-Have Conversion Rate Optimization Tools In 2020. But, as you dig deeper into your website metrics dashboard, the feelings may start to fade if you find that the number leads and conversions have remained stagnant. Ever thought of conversion rate optimization tools? Don’t believe us?

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Conversion Rate Budget Programs Optimization Conversion 105

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more control and visibility you have into your sales pipeline, the more revenue you’ll bring in. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management. How to Build a Sales Pipeline. Sales Pipeline Metrics.

Top of Funnel 101

Top of Funnel Forecasting Marketing Proposals Work Management 101

The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

Understanding B2B Digital Marketing Strategies Unlike B2C marketing, which focuses on reaching individual consumers who can often make an immediate decision, B2B marketing typically involves multiple decision makers, longer sales cycles, and higher price points. Understand their needs, pain points, and decision-making processes.

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Paid Content Sales Management B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy 97

Brandpoint

JULY 14, 2023

Social media has transformed the way businesses engage with their target audience, and manufacturing companies are no exception. However, for manufacturing companies, quantifying the return on investment (ROI) of social media efforts can be complex. What is Social Media ROI?

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Social Media ROI Multi-Touch Attribution Paid Search Agency 62

Anyword

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A company’s sales model, targets, and planning determine the number of customers you are able to attract and persuade into buying. A good sales funnel means an easy customer journey, making it more likely to make the purchase. Leave no holes in your funnel, and plug existing leaks never to miss a sale again!

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Top of Funnel Allocation Advertising Funnels Work Management 40

Martech

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Efficiently create and edit social media captions using the AI assistant for highlight commands (beta), now available in social media tools. To more easily create social media posts from blog content, the AI assistant (beta) can quickly summarize and suggest social post content for all channels.

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Top of Funnel Forecasting SMS Work Management 119

seo.co

MARCH 28, 2021

Typically, you have to let them gently slide down the funnel. And though a bottom-of-the-funnel (BOFL) lead is the most fun kind of lead, every BOFL starts as a TOFL, or top-of-the-funnel lead. By learning how to generate and manage these leads, you can accelerate your results. Quick Funnel Primer.

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Work Management 100

Metadata

AUGUST 23, 2022

Google that phrase, and you’ll see articles like “Why are LinkedIn ads so dang expensive?” A higher cost per click matters a lot less if you’re seeing good conversion rates all the way through to closed-won revenue. Our customers’ LinkedIn ad experiments prove that out. Note: This data includes Conversation ads.

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SalesGrape

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Understanding the Power of Social Media Lead Generation: Unleashing the Potential In today’s digital age, social media has become an integral part of our lives. With billions of active users across various platforms, it presents a massive opportunity for businesses to generate leads and drive conversions.

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Lead Generation Social Media Generation Media 52

Optinmonster

DECEMBER 5, 2022

You’ve probably heard of an email marketing funnel, but are you wondering how to build one and what all the fuss is about? Email marketing funnels are a super effective way to turn casual website visitors into loyal customers. It’s not magic, but with our ultimate guide, email funnels can be simple.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Email Marketing Conversion 74

Valasys

APRIL 19, 2023

Still, with changing times and evolving market trends, knowing what sales-qualified leads tactics will work best can be challenging. To stay ahead in 2023, you must know the best sales-qualified leads tactics to ensure that your SQLs are high quality and more likely to convert.

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Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking 52

Hubspot

MAY 5, 2021

Conversion funnels are a fundamental concept in sales. Personally, I like to visualize the funnel as that big scary slide you wanted to try as a kid. Customers take a similar journey through your company's conversion funnel when evaluating whether or not to buy from you. Customer Journey.

Top of Funnel 101

Top of Funnel Optimization Conversion Cost per Acquisition 101

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We have news for you–social media is no longer a useful tool restricted to marketers. Sales teams across the globe are now cashing in on its success with the advent of social selling. Social selling isn’t just another sales tactic gaining some momentum – it’s the future of B2B sales.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Management Top of Funnel High Quality Lead 84