Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2021

So you’re a B2B marketer. Checklists, product demos, webinars, e-books, and whitepapers are some of the most popular types of B2B lead magnets. B2B marketers and sales teams must collaborate to implement a lead magnet follow-up plan. What’s the Real Deal with B2B Lead Magnets? Sound right? Accessible.

Sales Qualified Leads 358

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 358

The Point

JULY 1, 2019

For the last decade or more, it’s been an accepted principle – almost a key tenet – of B2B demand generation that business buyers don’t want to talk to a sales rep until the last possible moment. It’s why, for example, we marketers have assumed control for more and more of the lead funnel. For example: * Lead Scoring.

B2B Sales 124

B2B Sales Demand Generation Agencies Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 124

The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. Here are the five most common “fails” we see in B2B search campaigns: Not Bidding on the Correct Keywords.

Cost per Acquisition 235

Cost per Acquisition Paid Search Agency Campaigns Cost Per Click 235

Top Rank Marketing

JUNE 3, 2024

The current renaissance of creative B2B content is a blessing and a curse for B2B marketers. On the bad side, B2B buyers won’t settle for less than imaginative and engrossing content. There’s no skating by with an old-school white paper or a generic ebook.

B2B 95

B2B Content Paid Search Agency Creativity 95

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

B2B marketers are expected to wear many hats. For B2B marketers, staying on top of the latest digital marketing strategies is not just a job requirement, but a matter of corporate survival. Here are eight B2B marketing strategies that can make a big difference today. With B2B marketing, it’s all about value.

Marketing Budget 291

Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Sales Management Work Management 291

Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Is your B2B strategy performing the way you expect it to? Break Away From Boring Being a B2B enterprise doesn’t mean your content or attitude has to be ho-hum. Regularly evaluate and adapt your B2B strategy for desired results. LinkedIn is the most effective platform for B2B leads. Attribution helps you narrow your focus.

Social Media 122

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Attribution 122

Marketing Craftmanship

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Most B2B company websites, across all industries, contain some combination of self-produced “owned media” content, including blog posts, case studies, white papers, podcasts, archived webinars, and event calendars. There are 3 reasons why most B2B companies do not pursue earned media: They fear the lack of editorial control.

Public Relations 130

Public Relations Paid Search Agency Companies Media 130

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Require an email address or contact information for big pieces of content, like ebooks and white papers. Before we get into the types of exclusive B2B content you can create, let’s cover the two main reasons to do so: lead generation and email marketing. Gathering Leads for Sales. Ebooks & White Papers.

Sales Qualified Leads 152

Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring 152

Biznology

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

People ask me all the time what they should be reading to keep up on B2B marketing. B2B Marketing.net. He built an organization that explains the theory and practice—showing that its first examples were in business markets. White papers, ebooks and articles from Christopher Ryan , who really knows his stuff.

Resources 171

Resources Research B to B Advertising Agencies 171

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.

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2023

To generate measurable ROI, make sure you are driving paid-click visitors to a clear and relevant call to action, such as downloading an ebook, white paper, or report; registering for a webinar; or subscribing to your email newsletter or blog posts. Here’s a great example. Sites like Inc.,

Paid Content 243

Paid Content Aggregage Marketing Websites Paid Search Agency 243

FunnelEnvy

MARCH 18, 2024

Studies prove that B2B prospects now prefer a digital buying journey over sales calls. Understanding your target audience is more important than ever for lead generation and improving the ROI of marketing and sales. Understanding their journey is where B2B customer insights come in. What are B2B Buyer Personas?

Buyer Personas 57

Buyer Personas Marketing AI Ideal Customer Profiles Webinar Metrics 57

Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

You hire talented sales and marketing professionals and set them up with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools. However, if that data isn’t clean, your marketing and sales efforts take a hit. Examples of poor data include: Missing contact fields Inaccuracies due to outdated information (e.g., Let’s take a closer look.

Data Hygiene 251

Data Hygiene Buyer Personas Churn Rate B2B 251

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

What’s the perpetual challenge in every sales funnel? You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a perfect world, sales and marketing would be tightly aligned , working toward the same goals and achieving the best possible results. But marketers and sales teams know this isn’t always easy. From this challenge, sales enablement was born. As a result, B2B companies are investing heavily in sales enablement tools.

Sales Cycle 228

Sales Cycle Practices Marketing Automation Services Buyer Personas 228

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.

Marketing Automation Services 205

Marketing Automation Services Lead Generation Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 205

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

2020 was a tough year for B2B marketers – and everyone else. A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. But there were some bright spots.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Marketing Budget 236

Launch Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

But, it is first important to establish your B2B buyer personas before looking ahead to marketing activities. Here’s how to integrate buyer personas into your messaging, content and sales efforts for better results. Download our free B2B Buyer Personas eBook filled with everything you need to know to craft and utilize buyer personas.

Buyer Personas 117

Buyer Personas B2B Marketing B2B Paid Search Agency 117

Outreach

APRIL 20, 2020

Our advice (detailed by Brooke Simmons here ) is for sales reps to acknowledge the situation and become a trusted advisor that collaborates with the buyer - and doesn’t pitch. Right now, it’s hard to know what your buyers’ priorities are, or how they have shifted in the last few weeks, but there are tools that offer sales teams a window.

Intent 102

Intent B2B Sales Activities Bombora 102

Sana Commerce

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The perfect marriage of B2B e-commerce and EDI What is EDI? While that might not seem significant, it means that clients placing the other 25% of orders are limited to old, traditional methods such as phone, fax or email, and accessing information through sales representatives. For your sales staff, this means a lot of extra work.

Cross-Selling 98

Cross-Selling B2B Paid Search Agency B2B Sales 98

Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

White papers are powerful sources of lead generation. We asked our panel of white paper experts "What are the top 2 components of a white paper that is most effective to generate leads?" He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. " Read on to get their insights.

Paper 100

Paper Lead Generation Enterprise Management Generation 100

Martech

MARCH 12, 2024

For the last two decades, B2B marketers have tried to figure out how to use social media to reach buyers. For example, if you are in the business of selling expertise, like professional services, here’s a freebie: the answer is yes. Social must be considered in producing any marketing asset — video, white paper, case study or event.

Social Media 78

Social Media Media B2B Advertising Agencies 78

BOP Design

APRIL 19, 2021

Deciding what type of content to include in your B2B marketing emails depends on what type of email you are sending. There are three main categories of B2B emails, these include: Informative Emails. Informative B2B Emails. Read more: B2B email marketing and lead nurturing – planning tips. Newsletters.

Email Marketing 130

Email Marketing B2B Marketing Planning B2B 130

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

It perfectly aligns with B2B buyers’ behavior patterns. . For example, buyers today are much more likely to research potential solutions to a business problem online than rely on a sales person to guide them. . Examples of Premium Content. In this section we review six examples. Research/Survey Reports .

Paid Content 146

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 146

The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. 72% of B2B Buyers quote timely response to inquiries as a key factor in vendor selection via @spearmktg. Click To Tweet.

Paid Search Agency 241

Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

SnapApp

JULY 28, 2015

Say you’ve created an amazing white paper that’s jam-packed with important information for your audience. Maybe it’s time to make your white paper interactive. At a basic level, an interactive white paper is a dialogue , whereas static long-form content is a monologue. What Is an Interactive White Paper?

Paper 48

Paper Interactive Marketing B2B Marketing Peer-to-peer 48

Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. Studies reveal significant changes to how B2B buyers select suppliers. Peer Influence and its Effects on the B2B Buying Process.

Peer-to-peer 283

Peer-to-peer Buy Sales Cycle B2B Sales 283

Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Whether your goal is to acquire leads, boost sales, or increase conversions, content is vital to moving people through the buyer’s journey. The type and the timing of content delivery matters, especially when marketers leverage it to move a prospect through the sales process. This builds a loyal following of buyers.

Top of Funnel 77

Top of Funnel Trends B2B Thought Leadership Buyer Personas 77

Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

This is no small task, especially when B2B buyers, barraged by untimely automated messages, random cold calls and lackluster outreach from both sales and marketing, are opting out of vendor conversations. B2B marketing expert Tony Zambito calls this the “ Great Buyer Resignation.” A reality check. We know the facts.

Marketing Automation Services 101

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing Attribution 101

Only B2B

JANUARY 27, 2022

But how much do you know about B2B lead generation and its potential to redefine the term entirely? It’s fine if you don’t understand everything right now, but by the conclusion of this post, you’ll be well on your way to producing B2B leads like a pro. Your blog entries are the most typical example.

Lead Generation 117

Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 117

Martech

JANUARY 26, 2023

For example, data in a Google Analytics dashboard might show that a paid advertisement resulted in 15K clicks to a landing page. For example, an insight from the above data point might show that there were 15K clicks to the landing page after copy changes were made to the ad. It reflects an occurrence. billion over the next 10 years.

Paid Content 138

Paid Content Enterprise Management Work Management B2B Marketing 138

Webbiquity

AUGUST 22, 2017

But’s it’s also vital for businesses like Microsoft and IBM that drive a significant amount of revenue from B2B customers. Brand building for B2B businesses is a little different from that for B2C companies. B2B prospects do a significant amount of research before they decide upon a solution. Today, it is worth $1.2

Ad Building 273

Ad Building Brand Identity Branding Enterprise Management 273

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you know your white paper audience? Are those concerns being addressed in your white papers? We asked white paper experts " How should a white paper that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different from a white paper that is addressed to a Business Decision Maker?

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 100

BOP Design

JANUARY 13, 2021

For businesses seeking to increase leads and boost sales, building a professional B2B website is important – but it’s not enough. In this blog, we discuss essential website features that will maximize conversion rates on a B2B website. Read more: What high converting B2B websites have in common. Clear CTA.

Marketing Websites 119

Marketing Websites B2B Top of Funnel Case Studies 119

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. And this problem drives a deeper wedge between marketing and sales. The Bottom Line: When marketing gathers up new names from contact forms and dumps them over to sales, no one wins.

Lead Ranking 262

Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads 262

Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sure, it’s always been there to some extent, but that pressure has recently increased, according to B2B marketers. We’ve shared our favorite five lead nurturing examples and strategies. For example, we did a complete audit of our nurture sequences last year and found the open rate was around 25%. Hardly seems fair, right?

Lead Nurturing 190

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 190

SmartBug Media

MAY 12, 2021

However, a B2B website UX comes with its own set of best practices distinct from a B2C website. For example, B2C websites usually are aimed at just one buyer per visitor; B2B customers often involve a variety of people in different roles working together to make a decision to buy your product. Best B2B Website UX Strategies.

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Examples B2B Mobile Marketing Click Rate 64