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How Metadata Fundamentally Changed My Approach to B2B Marketing

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I used Metadata for the first time in 2021 when I worked at Armorblox (now a part of Cisco), and it instantly made me a better B2B marketer. Seriously: our lead-to-conversion rate increased by 15X and our cost per opportunity (CPO) went from $40k to $800. With Metadata, our CPL dropped to about $50.

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Is paid social advertising still worth it in 2023?

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Like almost every B2B company on the planet, I knew my success would hinge largely on paid social advertising. So, I did what any demand generation marketer would do in my situation: DIY’d some LinkedIn ads using the platform’s native tools. After a few months, my cost per lead (CPL) was $3k, and I was in a frenzy.

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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We’re Breaking Free: Why It’s Time for Demand Gen Marketers to Own Their Data

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That many people reading our 2023 B2B paid social benchmark report were surprised by the high cost per opportunity (CPO) of paid social advertising. Why don’t demand generation marketers know how much they pay for opportunities, especially in a down economy ? Are they too focused on leads alone and not pipeline?

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Measure This, Not That: Your Guide to the Demand Gen Metrics That Matter

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As a demand generation marketer , you’re under more pressure than ever to prove your paid campaigns are driving pipeline and revenue. Liam outlined these backburner metrics in his DEMAND session as follows: Cost metrics: Metrics that measure the cost per something —think cost per lead (CPL) and cost per acquisition.

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How to Reduce the Cost of a B2B Lead

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That’s a question that keeps almost every B2B marketer up at night. Rising costs of lead generation, increasing competition and a rapidly growing population of buyers that function almost like intense research organizations—these are the factors we are up against in the B2B world. From B2B marketers.