ViewPoint

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In fact, B2B sales teams have deployed versions of this go-to-market approach for years using target account-based selling to focus on specific companies they believe match their companies’ product or service value proposition. So why is ABM the new must-have for B2B marketers? You can’t just “align marketing and sales.”

Account Based Marketing 120

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Automation Services 120

Mereo

APRIL 23, 2020

For every business — from two-person startups to cross-continental Fortune 50 organizations — there are interdependent operational disciplines at play in selling that feed the overall revenue performance engine: demand progression , solution marketing , solution management , sales operations and sales enablement.

Work Management 53

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chiefmartech

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A few weeks ago, I read The Enterprise Almanac , a B2B enterprise report, produced by the VC firm Work-Bench, kind of in the vein of Mary Meeker’s iconic yearly Internet Trends deck. Lock-in sucks. The irony is that this applies to martech companies themselves too. CaliberMind launched the Unmartech Manifesto.

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SalesIntel

OCTOBER 8, 2022

A lot of our clients had a bad experience with a publicly-traded B2B data provider. However, once a customer gives you their money, they need to be assured that you will offer quick and satisfactory customer service and deliver on the commitments made during the sales process. 33% of customers are most frustrated by having to wait on hold.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 23, 2018

And all I hear is we don’t have the budget, we’re not that kind of company, what we sell is different, or this would never work.”. If our peers tell us it’s clever but not something that would work in our industry, we cross it off our list of potential projects. Are we locked in a status-quo stalemate? More innovation!

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Peer-to-peer Cross-Selling Lock-In Paid Search Agency 133

Golden Spiral

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Selling out products in a matter of minutes was once very, very far from the norm. Selling out products in a matter of minutes was once very, very far from the norm. Convene a cross-functional team with members from product, marketing, sales, customer service, and executive teams. Don’t develop your timeline in a vacuum.

Product 90

Product Webinar Metrics Cross-Selling Planning 90

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2013

Raab Associates officially released the new edition of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) yesterday. I suspect Pardot, Eloqua and Marketo will increasingly focus on selling to enterprises, and in Marketo’s case on expanding footprint within existing clients. See www.raabguide.com/vest for details. Thanks, guys.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management Acquisitions 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Although it’s on a larger scale, the same paradigm applies to the B2B world, too, where an organization can switch out cloud-based applications with minimal long-term commitment. Without some form of adoption marketing, attempting to sell a customer anything else–be it another product or the renewal of a service–is a fruitless pursuit.

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Engagio

JUNE 12, 2017

It requires B2B organizations to evolve their process and activity — and change is never easy. But, in a B2B context, you’re more effective when you’re able to prioritize and score accounts. If 50 leads come from a marketing department, and you sell to IT engineers, how do you score those leads? Why is this better?

Account Based Marketing 86

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Aberdeen

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

And, as Lock explores in the webinar, leading companies are embracing the calls for analytics with greater ease-of-use. In Lock’s webinar, he explored the correlation between mature data governance and user satisfaction. Aspirational analytics, however, are often ahead of the technical realities at most organizations.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 18, 2016

Author: Heidi Bullock Okay, so maybe account-based marketing (ABM) isn’t quite as viral as Pokémon Go, but I would say that ABM is a close second in the B2B marketing world! In demand generation, it ultimately boils down to two key strategies: Traditional B2B marketing is often done through broad-reaching campaigns.

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Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 48

Seismic

MARCH 21, 2019

Barbara Giam a nco – Founder and CEO, Social Centered Selling. At Seismic, three words that capture us pretty well are innovator , enabler and leader. That’s why this Women’s History Month, we’re recognizing the women we admire for innovating, enabling and leading the business world toward a better tomorrow.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 63

Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2023

While things may feel unsettled, the good news is that there are clear priorities for B2B marketers to focus on in 2023. While each one delivers business value, B2B marketers are increasingly being asked to prioritize bottom-of-the-funnel growth. Both teams are involved across the funnel, so it’s critical that they work in lockstep.

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Efficiency Top of Funnel Budget Programs CMO 130

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The goal for most B2B marketers is simple: generate leads that sales can potentially convert into customers. Fortunately for B2B marketers, the remedy to this problem doesn’t require racking your brain to find the next lead generation channel that somehow eluded you – and it’s much closer than you think. What is customer retention?

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Churn Rate Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Customer Satisfaction 118

Sana Commerce

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

For B2B manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors, IT departments represent a significant opportunity which, if leveraged correctly, can act as impactful revenue drivers for your organization. They cover how IT can have direct impact on conversions based on how they utilize their B2B e-commerce web store. Press play!

Work Management 52

Work Management Tools Marketing Management Cross-Selling 52

DealSignal

OCTOBER 26, 2020

There’s no shortage of B2B data providers to choose from, but the quality of those vendors varies widely. The ideal vendor will have comprehensive coverage that crosses industries and geographies. Data fuels demand generation and outbound sales efforts. If it’s top-notch, you’re set up for success.

Marketing Automation Services 64

Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Ethics 64

Unbounce

APRIL 23, 2019

Look for Unique Cross-Promotion Opportunities. Rather than lock up their content entirely behind a lead gen form, they actually embedded forms into each video so they showed up as you watch. Jump to a Creative Lead Gen Example. Create an Interactive Tool. Embed Your Lead Gen Forms in Videos. Interview a Third-Party Expert.

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Lead Gen Creativity Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 145

Unbounce

MARCH 8, 2023

Rather than lock everything behind a form, they embedded forms into each video—and it’s a great example of creative lead generation. Marketers could use it to research and prioritize new keywords in just a few minutes. Here’s how the tool works. You start out by entering a keyword or website URL that you’re interested in analyzing.

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Lead Gen Creativity Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 52

Engagio

APRIL 9, 2018

At Engagio, we’ve always believed that ABM is the single most important opportunity facing B2B organization today. B2B Marketing leaders – you have an opportunity to play a powerful, game-changing role in your organization. You are the drivers of the ABM ship. Your role is strategic and collaborative.

Account Based Marketing 70

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles ABM Lead Ranking 70

Directive Agency

JULY 26, 2017

Your B2B marketing plan should mimic how customer shop. The problem is that it’s not happening in your B2B marketing plan. Why Your B2B Marketing Plan Needs to Focus on Funnel Segmentation (Not Discipline). Before you can sell anything, you have to build the public’s recognition of who you are and what you basically do.

Planning 40

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Single Grain

APRIL 22, 2021

As an industry that has no borders, affiliate marketing has benefited from the growth of cross-border shopping. You’ve achieved financial independence and you’re ready to retire early. In a nutshell, that’s what a stereotypical “make money online” charlatan would tell you. And we monitor their sales data as closely as possible.

Enterprise Management 98

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Content 98

Sharpspring

APRIL 30, 2020

Omnichannel customer experience is a marketing and selling model designed for the digital age. But does it work for B2B? While most commonly used for B2C retail products, omnichannel experience can also be extremely useful for B2B brands. Omnichannel vs. Multichannel. Imagine a store in your area.

Paid Content 66

Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles Ad Building Marketing Automation Services 66

Hubspot

JUNE 12, 2017

Many B2B marketers have seen B2C content at least once and asked, "Why do they get to have all the fun?" But the moments like the one we described above are the ones that remind us: B2C companies haven't locked down all of the truly interesting marketing angles. 9 Exceptional B2B Content Marketing Examples. What It Does Well.

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KEO Marketing

JANUARY 27, 2015

As we start to settle into 2015, we are excited and optimistic about the outlook for business to business (B2B) marketers this year. Cross-device tracking and syncing will play an important role in providing a seamless experience as the user changes location or switches devices. Mobile/Local Growth Continues to Dominate.

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Paid Content Inbound Marketing B2B Marketing Work Management 48

Metadata

APRIL 22, 2021

B2B Category Creators Episode 8 Complete Transcript Gil Allouche: Hello everyone. Happy Friday. My name is Gil Allouche. I’m the founder and CEO of Metadata.io. This is another episode of category creators. We have James from Lytics and Mickey from Gainsight. And then before that, I’ll kind of fess up here, I was a lawyer.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management B2B Marketo Work Management 52

Metadata

APRIL 8, 2021

B2B Category Creators Episode 8 Complete Transcript Gil Allouche: Hello everyone. Happy Friday. My name is Gil Allouche. I’m the founder and CEO of Metadata.io. This is another episode of category creators. We have James from Lytics and Mickey from Gainsight. And then before that, I’ll kind of fess up here, I was a lawyer.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management B2B Marketo Work Management 52

Metadata

APRIL 8, 2021

B2B Category Creators Episode 8 Complete Transcript Gil Allouche: Hello everyone. Happy Friday. My name is Gil Allouche. I’m the founder and CEO of Metadata.io. This is another episode of category creators. We have James from Lytics and Mickey from Gainsight. And then before that, I’ll kind of fess up here, I was a lawyer.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management B2B Marketo Work Management 52

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

B2B solution providers are realizing they need to do a better, more consistent and comprehensive job of communicating and quantifying value to ever more frugal prospects. Could this be why the #1 revenue growth challenge for B2B solution providers remains “the inability to effectively articulate unique value” for the fifth year in a row?

Lead Scoring 40

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Work Management Marketing Management 40

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

So, you keep your biggest wins, worst failures, and deepest insights under lock and key, safe from the prying eyes of your competitors. In a world where options are seemingly endless and products are increasingly becoming copied or commoditized, what you stand for is just as important as what you sell. We shared everything.

Enterprise Management 95

Enterprise Management Hubspot Lead Ranking Sales Management 95

Heinz Marketing

MAY 7, 2018

It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Mike will touch on: Current focus: Cross channel orchestration is a focus for us (usermind, lytics). By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. This episode: Marketing Operations Exposed!

Top of Funnel 42

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Lead Ranking 42

Heinz Marketing

JULY 16, 2018

It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. These buying expectations are carrying over to B2B purchases as well. Each week, we are featuring some of the best and brightest minds in B2B sales marketing. So what can YOU do about this?

Top of Funnel 41

Top of Funnel Conference B2B Sales Copywriting 41

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. You will always find at SalesPipelineRadio.com , we, every week, are featuring some of the best and brightest minds in B2B sales and marketing. By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing.

Top of Funnel 60

Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Budget Programs CMO 60

Moz

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Your business may be e-commerce (like the Dollar Shave Club), or offer digital services (like Credit Karma), or sell via print catalogue or other remote methodology. In today’s column, I’ll help you identify your model along with the best opportunities available to you for being discovered by the maximum number of local customers.

Lead Ranking 71

Lead Ranking SEO Landing Pages Business 71

Convince & Convert

MARCH 15, 2012

This is Episode 7 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Cindy Kim , the Director of Marketing and Social Media for JDA Software. Jay : Hey everybody, it’s Jay Baer and Eric Boggs live, a live episode of. the Social Pros Podcast from soggy South by Southwest in Austin. Eric : Yeah.

Enterprise Management 118

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Software 118

Unbounce

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In the headline, they let their B2B prospects know that they’ve successfully completed the “first step.” If you’re like me, you say “please” and “thank you” automatically. You’ve been saying these magic words since you were a kid. Because you were strongly motivated. “What do we say ?”

Lead Ranking 144

Lead Ranking Conversion Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads 144

Single Grain

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The thing is, selling isn’t that easy. A basic marketing funnel includes TOFU, MOFU and BOFU stages: Also called a content marketing funnel, its three stages can be labeled as: Discovery – when a lead first discovers your brand or the product you’re selling. Imagine if every new visitor to your website bought a product. Social Media.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Marketing Funnels Paid Content 112

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Steal These TikTok For B2B Tips 1.1 Getting Started: TikTok For B2B Businesses 1.2 Balancing Trends And Batching TikToks For B2B 1.3 Steal These TikTok For B2B Tips 1.1 Getting Started: TikTok For B2B Businesses 1.2 Balancing Trends And Batching TikToks For B2B 1.3 Ride The TikTok for B2B Wave 1.

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Video Marketing Sales Management Product Enterprise Management 65