Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. My personal thoughts and experiences as an industrial marketer and consultant.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Today, we’re sharing our list of the best sales podcasts on the web from some of the biggest sales personalities. So if you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Competition for eyeballs and clicks are at a premium, so your email marketing strategy needs to constantly evolve to keep up. However, many companies still use generic tactics that haven’t been relevant in years — leading to disinterested customers frantically searching for the unsubscribe button. Is email marketing easy?

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Selecting the right in-person event platform to manage your onsite events is critical to their success. Especially because 95% of marketers believe that in-person events help achieve business goals (American-based event technology company). What Is An In-Person Event Platform? And it’s not a trend worth missing.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 25, 2024

Social media is not just about creating a buzz; it can be a powerful tool for strategically influencing your customers at every stage of the sales funnel. While many businesses recognize the importance of maintaining a social media presence, the full potential of these platforms in driving B2B revenue often goes overlooked.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Sometimes not investing in the right tools can cost you a lot more in the end. The same is true in marketing. If you manage a marketing budget, you know how much money goes into two critical areas: paid media and marketing technology. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers.

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Linkedin Sales Management Paid Search Agency ROI 154

The Marketing Blender

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Our Services. The 11 undeniable benefits of marketing automation for B2B sales and marketing teams. How automation can transform your B2B marketing effectiveness and results. The 11 transformational benefits of marketing automation for B2B companies. See Our Work.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Customers are increasingly demanding more from B2B organizations. In fact, today’s customer is usually 57 percent of the way through their decision-making process before they directly connect with a company for the first time. Leaders who focus on better experiences –– and improved service –– over sales, reap the benefits.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Many organizations are turning to marketing automation to streamline, automate, and measure marketing tasks and workflows. 53% of B2B organizations are using marketing automation technology today, and 37% surveyed say they are planning to implement it, according to an eConsultancy report.

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Televerde

DECEMBER 1, 2020

People no longer open a phonebook when they need to research a new partner or vendor. Buyers who find your site through Google are spread across all stages of the sales funnel – and most are nowhere near converting into a customer. The right SEO strategy meets visitors where they’re at in the sales funnel.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Author: Anastasia Pavlova Whether you’re a small to medium-sized business or a larger enterprise organization, marketing automation is your company’s best bet for staying competitive in this digital age. 91% of successful users agree that marketing automation is “very important” to the success of their overall marketing.–

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Inbox Insight

MAY 31, 2024

In response to these challenges, B2B marketers are honing their strategies, using AI for enhanced personalization, focusing on producing high-quality content in line with Google’s latest guidelines, and optimizing omnichannel marketing approaches. What are the biggest B2B lead generation trends?

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

From the DemandGen Report report: Organizations have moved away from relying on event marketing, with only 19% indicating increased budget prioritization. Instead, marketers are shifting their budgets toward ABM (61%), content marketing (60%), sales enablement (48%), and personalization (43%). .

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Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation Statistics Allocation 206

ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. We came up with this list to help make sense of “the noise” being generated by software vendors and service providers in the space (yes, we are one of those providers).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Proving the impact of digital marketing . Acquiring buy-in from executive leadership and the C-suite . As marketers ourselves, we went to work to figure out how to overcome these obstacles. Typically, CMOs use ROI and pipeline metrics to quantify marketing performance for the CEO and CFO.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 28, 2012

In our last post , we introduced a list of 9 things marketers need from marketing automation vendors and consultants. We came up with this list to help make sense of “the noise” being generated by software vendors and service providers in the space (yes, we are one of those providers).

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 100

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. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

In the year that I’ve been with Marketo, I’ve gained some interesting insights into enterprise organizations’ challenges around sales and marketing alignment. Before joining this team, I established and grew marketing divisions for two separate organizations. Which factors go into qualifying a lead?

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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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ClickZ

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

With February widely regarded as awards season in the realm of pop culture, we thought we’d get on the act as well and recognize some of the leading personalities in the marketing technology sector. Katrina Lake, Werner Vogels, Max Wessel, Jay Richman, Melanie Deziel and Erin Rowles also honored in the list. Ann Lewnes (Adobe).

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Navigate the Channel

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

You’re trying to make a sale, but you can’t seem to connect with your clients on a deep enough level to close the deal. B2B lead nurturing is the process of building strong relationships with your current or potential customers. It’s a process much more in-depth than simply looking to generate new leads.

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B2B Digital Marketer

JUNE 6, 2024

They explore the challenges marketers face in justifying their budgets , the importance of strategic alignment, and practical ways to demonstrate marketing’s value to the C-Suite and board members. The importance of viewing marketing as a multi-faceted investment. Strategies for marketing attribution and proving ROI.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Sometimes not investing in the right tools can cost you a lot more in the end. The same is true in marketing. If you manage a marketing budget, you know how much money goes into two critical areas: paid media and marketing technology. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers.

Linkedin 80

Linkedin Sales Management Paid Search Agency ROI 80

Engagio

DECEMBER 28, 2020

But to succeed in B2B Sales and Marketing, we must keep up with the trends despite the unpredictability. Many organizations let opportunities slip through their fingers, only to be caught playing catch-up to the quick, the decisive, the bold. Folks are going to focus on optimizing existing tools and platforms.

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Circle Studio

JANUARY 10, 2020

As firms look to optimize their marketing efforts in 2020, it’s imperative that business-to-business (B2B) marketers are laser focused on doing what is most likely to drive growth and make an impact. Here are five to consider: Myth 1: B2C marketing has little relevance in B2B.

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Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Automation Services 79

Heinz Marketing

JULY 2, 2019

Today’s marketing success relies heavily on deep analytics—analytics that allow marketers to act smarter, faster, and with more thoughtfulness than ever before—to not only gain the attention of today’s savvy B2B buyer, but to engage, nurture, and enable that buyer through the end of their decision-making process.

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Only B2B

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of B2B marketing, one strategy has emerged as a powerful weapon in the arsenal of marketers: Account-Based Marketing (ABM). According to a study by the Alterra Group , 97% of marketers reported higher ROI with ABM than with any other marketing approach.

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BOP Design

AUGUST 14, 2018

Need to streamline your processes, schedule in advance, track data? There’s a tool for that. It can be a double-edged sword, but we live in a time when there are tools for everything marketing related. B2B marketers can literally use 10, 20, or 30+ tools on a daily basis to manage and execute their marketing strategy.

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Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Enterprise Management Work Management 85

Vidyard

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some of the brightest minds in B2B marketing have turned their attention to creating videos that inspire, thrill, educate, and yes, build pipeline and revenue. So without further adieu, here are some of the best examples of video marketing campaigns and programs from B2B in 2019! Or been on a dating show for… features?

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SWZD

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In this week’s blog article we discuss a truth that we at emedia have realized since the early years of demand generation: Those who prioritize Marketing-Sales alignment enjoy the greatest growth within their markets. Brian also guested on an episode of the Pedowitz Group’s regular Revenue Marketing Radio podcast.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

B2B marketers are in a pickle when it comes to data. Data insights are critical to boosting marketing and sales performance. The lack of confidence B2B organizations have in their data is hindering the ability to deploy key sales and marketing initiatives,” the D&B report concludes.

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Rev

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Before Revenue Operations ( RevOps ) became an emerging function in the B2B world, things could get… confusing. In this blog post, we’re going to give you an overview of 27 RevOps best practices that can help drive growth for B2B companies. Implement the use of a unified platform (e.g., Do you remember?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

Author: Ellen Gomes One of the questions we get asked a lot at Marketo is “what features are included in a marketing automation platform, and how can these features help my business?” Luckily, marketing automation offers a wide array of features to streamline marketing campaigns—from lead management to email marketing.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The digital era has changed the way we do business, and it’s important for marketers to keep up with the demands of their prospects by building a well-oiled lead generation machine. How to Generate Leads With Your Digital Marketing. Use Content Marketing to Establish Thought Leadership. Segment Email Marketing.

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Sales Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 94

Hinge Marketing

MARCH 11, 2021

Most marketers and business professionals think of research as a tool to make better business decisions. Suddenly you are in a position to measure the number of leads, meetings, sales opportunities, and dollars that were generated from campaigns leveraging all or part of the research content. Let that soak in for a minute.

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In a podcast with SalesTechStar, Jay Tuel shared tips and industry insights for salespeople across roles—from the Sales development rep to senior leadership—on how to be successful in a work-from-home environment as we navigate an economic downturn and COVID-19. People are kind of working when they can at their own hours.

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