Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

B2B marketers have long since understood the benefits of social media—yet many still struggle to leverage its full potential as a demand generation tool. In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). Don’t believe us?

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Directive Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

In fact, 86% of software buyers use peer review sites when buying software. Bottom-of-funnel advertising should focus on gaining a share of the search engine results pages (SERPs) for high-intent keywords. Bottom-of-funnel advertising should focus on gaining a share of the search engine results pages (SERPs) for high-intent keywords.

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

B2B marketing is a lot of what-have-you-done-for-me-lately and a never-ending game of follow the leader. People actually click on B2B ads on Facebook ? While we’re all playing from the same B2B marketing playbooks, your interpretation of them will (and should) vary from your peers. Some marketers see ROI on TikTok ?

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Modern B2B

JUNE 27, 2019

These days the traditional services offered by an agency aren’t enough. As clients build out their capability with internal agency functions, they’re looking to external partners that are more than just service providers. More and more, clients are bringing services in-house – certainly the bigger clients we deal with.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By Sheena McKinney , Business Operations & Marketing Assistant at Heinz Marketing Most marketers are familiar with the best-selling, industry changing The Challenger Sale and The Challenger Customer. Known as having the “biggest crystal ball in B2B sales,”. It’s exciting, terrifying and scary all at the same time.

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Peer-to-peer Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Sales 124

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

My most recent blog posts have proposed a new approach for B2B go-to-market teams — a Converged Growth organizational model. This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases.

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MKT1

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Back in August, I tweeted one of my deepest, darkest marketing secrets, I hadn’t yet developed definitive definitions of growth marketing and demand generation. Newsletter summary Growth marketing is an umbrella term, while demand gen is a sub-function of growth marketing. 8 months later, and I’m ready.

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Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2023

For over 22 years , TopRank Marketing has had the honor of helping a diverse selection of the world’s top B2B marketers and major global brands elevate beyond merely being competitive, to truly standing out from the crowd with creative and award-winning successes.

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Pam Didner

JANUARY 5, 2020

I hope this list of the best B2B marketing conferences helps you identify those that fit your business and career needs. One of the primary reasons people attend conferences is to meet like-minded people and industry peers. One of the primary reasons people attend conferences is to meet like-minded people and industry peers.

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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.

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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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TrustRadius Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Demand generation, or demand gen, and account-based marketing (ABM) have traditionally been thought of as two distinct strategies for B2B growth. Demand gen and ABM share a common goal of driving sales through a focused blend of inbound and outbound efforts. Demand gen vs. ABM.

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Launch Marketing

MAY 8, 2018

As B2B demand generation and buyer behavior continue to evolve, engaging your buyers requires various strategies, tactics and tools. Recently, LiveOak Venture Partners hosted a network & learn panel discussion with some of Austin’s B2B tech and marketing leaders (including Launch Marketing CEO, Christa Tuttle).

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) tenures have often shrunk to 2 years while B2B marketing has morphed away from a function responsible for events, creatives, and messaging that pushes product or service messages to drive awareness with prospects and customers. The CMO should partner closely with key functional peers.

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Directive Agency

JULY 23, 2020

For many business-to-business (B2B) software organizations, paid advertising is essential to generating leads and driving revenue. Through paid channels, marketers are able to segment and target audiences more precisely, leading to higher conversion rates and ultimately, more sales. What is B2B advertising?

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SalesIntel

JUNE 29, 2021

With this article, we want B2B businesses to learn how to streamline the sales process. Implementing sales processes can streamline any task, whether simple or complex. This can make sales reps more effective, reliable, and precise both in their roles and in their customer interactions. Prospecting.

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B2BMarketing.net

MARCH 15, 2024

2023 was the year that B2B marketers realised the potential of AI, but it didn’t take long until the mere mention of the word led to rolling eyes and a collective sense of ‘here we go again’. Instead, they were watching in the background, waiting for a peer to step up and show the way forward. Get your processes sort out first.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 5, 2016

Historically in B2B demand generation, more has been better too. This is a very important concept to understand in marketing, especially for demand generation. This is a very important concept to understand in marketing, especially for demand generation. More leads? 20,000 Names Is Not Winning.

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Directive Agency

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Is There a Kink in My Funnel? Those are all useful tactics, but we can’t forget how our inputs correlate with our clients’ marketing funnel. If we are just focusing on the inputs that seem natural to us, we may be neglecting an essential stage within the funnel ultimately making our demand generation efforts futile.

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MKT1

AUGUST 7, 2023

The process of buying software is typically a complicated mess with roadblocks around every corner—and I think it might be getting worse. When I run through a bad demo request process (which is nearly every time I go through one), I find myself saying “Just take my money [startup] and stop wasting my time!”

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 22, 2024

One strategy has proven to be a game-changer – lead generation. This blog explores the significant benefits of lead generation, highlighting its importance and role in modern business. Understanding the significance of lead generation in B2B Lead generation is the backbone of any successful marketing strategy.

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Pam Didner

MAY 14, 2020

Reasons to make marketing strategy adjustments during the Pandemic By talking to various customers, peers, and past colleagues, I found that everyone was struggling initially (me included) to make adjustments based on the rapid changes. Does my marketing strategy need to be revised for the changing economy? Therefore, the answer is YES.

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MKT1

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ten Speed Agency - Content & SEO Ten Speed is a content optimization agency for early and growth-stage SaaS companies like Bitly, Workvivo, and Visible. We recommend them over other content & SEO agencies because they understand the value of repurposing existing content.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2021, many top marketing agencies and tech companies are still hosting digital marketing conferences. Some are virtual, while others are still planning (and we are all hoping for in-person B2B digital marketing events later in 2021. Here’s our annual list of must-attend digital marketing conferences for B2B and B2C businesses.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2015

So many great research reports coming out of last year that provide us with a chance to reflect on our B2B marketing strategies and compare it to our peers. One new set of insights published by DemandGen Report and Marketo is the 2015 Demand Gen Report Benchmark Study. Top-of-the-funnel heavy, that is. Being Top-Heavy.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 13, 2015

In October of 2014, ANNUITAS published a Benchmark Study regarding B2B Enterprise Demand Generation. One of the key takeaways was that “Marketing departments are struggling to succeed with their Demand Generation.” Understand Your Buyer and Think Strategically About Demand Generation Programs.

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Directive Agency

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Is There a Kink in My Funnel? Those are all useful tactics, but we can’t forget how our inputs correlate with our clients’ marketing funnel. If we are just focusing on the inputs that seem natural to us, we may be neglecting an essential stage within the funnel ultimately making our demand generation efforts futile.

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Lead Generation Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 40

Outgrow

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

20 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies for the Growth Hacking Funnel. Sit tight as we uncover this term for you and offer some growth hacking strategies for each stage of the growth hacking funnel that has the potential to skyrocket your sales! Growth Hacking Funnel. The 2000s saw the budding internet culture.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Business marketers can find plenty of books on broad strategies and plenty of other books on specific tactics. But a framework for connecting tactics to strategic goals has been missing. Adam Needles’ new book Balancing the Demand Equation (available here from Amazon ) closes the gap. The discussion then switches to tactics.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Like a number of our clients, they are moving towards a stronger sales-led oriented culture, recognizing the benefit of higher growth rates across all parts of the organization. There are a number of factors that should tip off sales and go-to-market leaders to rethink their organizational approach.

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Pam Didner

JANUARY 1, 2021

I hope this list of the best B2B marketing conferences helps you identify those that fit your business and career needs. One of the primary reasons people attend conferences is to meet like-minded people and industry peers. One of the primary reasons people attend conferences is to meet like-minded people and industry peers.

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Madison Logic

JULY 25, 2023

The industry-leading ML Insights unifies datasets from multiple sources to score accounts on purchase propensity, empowering enterprise B2B marketers to prioritize key accounts, drive higher account engagement, and accelerate conversion across the sales cycle.

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Madison Logic

JULY 25, 2023

The industry-leading ML Insights unifies datasets from multiple sources to score accounts on purchase propensity, empowering enterprise B2B marketers to prioritize key accounts, drive higher account engagement, and accelerate conversion across the sales cycle.

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markempa

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Tweet As the holiday season quickly approaches an end, and marketers prepare to make 2014 their best year yet, we pulled together the top blog posts on the B2B Lead Roundtable Blog to share the most popular topics, chosen by marketers just like you. In 2012, the top focus for B2B marketers was understanding and leveraging social media.

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Content4Demand

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Join more than 2,000 of your B2B marketing peers at our favorite event of the year, the B2B Marketing Exchange. This year, they’ve gone digital with six tracks and more than 50 sessions , plus peer-to-peer roundtables and B2B mentorship sessions. Ramp Up ROI With Interactivity. ET on Monday, February 22.

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We all know how fast demand generation evolves, and we need to evolve with it. To give you some inspiration – or maybe just to back up what you’ve already decided to do – we’ve assembled ten proven tactics for demand generation success in 2019. Think Beyond Personas (B2B customers are B2C customers, too).

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