Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. B2B buyers are changing; they seek out more informational and educational content to solve problems. Quick Takeaways.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

On building a sales organization as sophisticated as contemporary B2B buyers …. Every B2B trade publication, analyst, and even company (Hi!) Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. How Do You Improve Retention Rates for B2B Sales Teams?

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sagefrog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With a constant inundation of marketing messages, it’s no surprise that capturing your audience’s attention has never been more challenging—or critical. Businesses aren’t just competing for sales; they’re vying for trust, recognition, and loyalty in a crowded digital landscape. What Is B2B Demand Generation?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you think a B2B sales funnel is an abstract idea, brace yourself. It’s time to build a sales funnel that captures and converts your best buyers. Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. That’s where your streamlined, four-stage sales funnel comes in.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 31, 2020

Statistics say over 80% of leads will never convert into a sale. If a secret formula to convert leads existed, companies would never go bankrupt or struggle to meet sales goals. Quick takeaways: Today’s B2B buyers demand informative content that solves their pain points. B2B marketing, on the other hand, hasn’t kept up.

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markempa

JANUARY 25, 2018

To help you launch into a great year, I’ve compiled a list of the top ten most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Generation Blog in 2017. 10: How to Improve Lead Routing to Skyrocket Sales . Have you intentionally optimized your sales lead routing and assignment process? So how do you get sales enablement right?

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Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2022

For any B2B company, it takes planning and a solid strategy to establish a successful brand. In fact, 54% of B2B companies have a brand program to measure their brand perceptions. For B2B companies, it’s likely that many of your prospective customers find you by searching for your business online and on social media.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 8, 2022

There are lots of helpful articles sharing digital marketing tips online. This guide focuses instead on some newer, lesser known digital marketing techniques you may not have used before. Five little-used digital marketing techniques for your business. Publish original studies. Use quizzes.

Small Business Marketing 312

Small Business Marketing Tactics Business Peer-to-peer 312

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you’re like most companies, you realized in 2020 that annual marketing budget planning doesn’t work anymore. Unsurprisingly, 46% of B2Bs say they’re paying closer attention to their marketing’s direct impact on sales post-pandemic as well. Quick Takeaways: Annual marketing budget planning isn’t ideal anymore.

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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 Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of the content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. And influencing buyer decisionsis what marketing is all about! Quick Takeaways.

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Litmus

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Email marketing delivers a strong return on investment (ROI) , boasting an impressive 36:1 ROI compared to other marketing channels. That’s where the email marketing funnel comes in—a framework that supports subscribers through every stage of the customer journey, which doesn’t stop once you’ve earned their business.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Account-based marketing has been around for several years now. It’s widely acknowledged as being an effective strategy, and there have been dozens of studies documenting its success. 80% of marketers say ABM improves customer lifetime values, while 86% say it improves win rates. 14% are only now rolling out their ABM programs.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. And influencing buyer decisions is what marketing is all about ! It is a top tactic.

Top of Funnel 337

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 20, 2020

The lack of rightful accountability is often quite prevalent in marketing and sales. Since most B2B organizations use a wide range of digital strategies to generate leads and convert customers, it is hard to say which approaches are working better than others. You need to know how to make sense of this data.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Success in B2B marketing isnt just about delivering the right message. B2B buyers engage with brands across multiple platforms, making consistency and strategic coordination essential. Integrated marketing also eliminates redundancies and focuses resources on tactics that drive results.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Distributors have a unique position in the supply chain, managing and marketing to manufacturers and retailer partners at both ends. Content marketing for distributors is a way to engage these multiple audiences at once while growing your brand visibility. Content Marketing for Distributors: The A-Z Guide. Sounds awesome, right?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2021

If you’re in the initial stages of building a new business, you may feel overwhelmed and underprepared to manage your ever-growing marketing to-do list. We’re here today to help simplify what can be a complex process: building a successful content marketing program. Content marketing is an essential growth strategy for new businesses.

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markempa

JULY 6, 2017

In this post, I’m going to focus on how to do lead management that increases sales conversion. Here’s why: First, B2B lead conversion to actual revenue conversion is low. Source: Forrester US and Europe B2B Marketing Tactics and Benchmarks Online Survey. Are they sales-ready?). ULD, to sales).

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 25, 2021

As a marketer, creating and publishing the right content in the proper context is essential. Many marketers can waste precious time, energy, and resources producing the wrong content for the wrong audiences. Many marketers waste their time, energy, and resources producing the wrong types of content for the wrong audiences.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Business owners and marketers have had to quickly and repeatedly adapt their strategies , redefine how they do branding , and adjust their infrastructure in these unprecedented times. Among the aspects proving to be particularly challenging is content marketing. Content drought and lower ROI in the world of B2B marketing post-COVID.

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Marketri

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Marketing is changing at a pace we couldn’t have anticipated just a few years ago. As B2B companies and their agencies start developing strategic plans for 2025, they’ll need to factor in these nine key marketing predictions are changing the face of marketing. CRMs will do much more to support marketing.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Advertising Agencies 118

markempa

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Most of us are solving sales and marketing problems. According to Brent Adamson, Principal Executive Advisor, Gartner, “empathy” is the one word that matters most to sales [and marketing] success. I find both of those attributes of empathy to be potentially hugely powerful for anyone in sales or marketing.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 10, 2018

Every B2B marketer knows we are in a period of rapid change. Marketing technology (martech) is advancing quickly. But how can B2B marketers most effectively achieve those results? Sales prospects have high expectations as well. But which developments are real and imminent, and which are hype? HubSpot ).

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Webbiquity

APRIL 13, 2022

B2B buyers have relied heavily on search for years, but recent research shows that Gen Z and Millennial buyers are 2X more likely than older generations to discover a product by searching online. That makes SEO one of the top areas of investment for B2B marketing teams. Affiliate sales support independent publishing.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 28, 2023

A well-rounded content marketing strategy will rely on several different types of content to achieve its goals. Understanding how each different content format works, which audience segments it appeals to, and how it fits into your overall sales and marketing funnel is key to success. Guest post by Natasha Lane.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 21, 2019

There’s no denying it — sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. The two departments may see eye-to-eye and share unified goals, but it’s less common for sales to proactively help marketing perform better, or vice versa. Every hero needs a sidekick — and in sales, that sidekick is content marketing.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Weathering your first few years as a B2B startup can be difficult. Once you’ve reached a comfortable penetration point in your original market, it’s time to scale. B2B digital ad spending has increased steadily year after year , suggesting a thriving but crowded market. Target New Markets.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The past two decades have brought disruptive technological change and radically reshaped B2B marketing practices. Traditional B2B marketing strategies relied heavily on direct and outbound methods. Cold calls, trade shows, direct mail, and print ads were the primary forms of marketing. Market size analysis.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2020

It always seems to be at the forefront of every marketer’s mind and it is often the topic of discussion during sales meetings and goal-setting sessions. According to a study by LinkedIn , 68% of B2B marketers want to increase their lead quality and 55% want to see a growth in lead volume. Let’s explore them.

Lead Generation 279

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Learn data-driven strategies that support each stage of the sales funnel, along with key performance indicators (KPIs). Contents What is a Sales Funnel? What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? Marketing Funnel vs. Sales Funnel Resources.

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Lead Forensics

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This isn’t about throwing out a sales pitch to everyone who clicks a link. Understanding LinkedIn’s Role in Sales LinkedIn has come a long way from its early days as a recruitment hub. For sales teams, LinkedIn isn’t just a tool – it’s a treasure trove. And that’s the key – authenticity.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2018

A little bit of humor can go a long way– even in the marketing world. Today’s marketing professionals must juggle a number of high-priority tasks throughout the day, and often, they find themselves under a significant amount of stress. In these cases, a few lighthearted jokes can ease the tension of the day-to-day marketing job.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Driven by a host of emerging technologies and an influx of new insights, b2b buyer behavior continues to evolve at breakneck speeds. Understandably, B2B marketers are hard-pressed to recalibrate their lead generation strategies in this ever-shifting landscape. The Top B2B Lead Generation Strategies.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Engaging, mobile-friendly, and easy to consume, online video has become a mainstay for B2B marketers. According to recent research , 81% of businesses now use video as a marketing tool, and almost 77% say they are getting results with it. digital marketing directors) or vertical (e.g., healthcare providers)?

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Top of Funnel Video Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Digital Marketing Funnels 252

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

For quality leads — that are more effective in the long-term — inbound marketing undoubtedly provides better sources for lead generation than outbound. Inbound lead generation is a part of inbound marketing. A strong inbound lead generation funnel is reliant on a compelling, easy-to-understand experience on a company website (duh!).

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Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

B2B marketers are expected to wear many hats. They need to manage their marketing budgets prudently and make sure every dollar is spent wisely. For B2B marketers, staying on top of the latest digital marketing strategies is not just a job requirement, but a matter of corporate survival.

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