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Underpin Your ABM Strategy With Account-based Advertising

DemandBase

In the 1990’s brands started with direct buys on specific sites – the first banner ad was bought by AT&T on HotWired.com in October 1994. This quickly grew into broader buys on sites that catered to obvious themes and contexts. B2B advertising is no different. First, let’s consider the evolution of digital media spend.

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ClickInsights: What ROI metric should B2B marketers use in this digital marketing era?

Ambal's Amusings

Tune and refine the buying process. You’ll see shorter buying cycle times. Because a complex sale inherently has a longer buying cycle, marketing must not only focus on generating sales opportunities, but on the progression of prospects across those buying stages. Ardath Albee. Measure momentum.

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Search Engine Marketing Benchmarks: Latest Research from Marketing Sherpa

WebMarketCentral

"By embracing conversion metrics other than the immediate sale of a product, PPC search marketing is able to maintain the accountability and results-driven approach that makes it so effective, yet avoid the strategic identity crisis that online banner advertising is still going through." New to the list of PPC providers this year is Facebook.

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54 Content Marketing Stats to Guide Your 2018 Strategy

SnapApp

The top three paid advertising methods used by B2B marketers are SEM (66%); print or other offline promotion (57%), and traditional online banner ads (55%) - Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs. . . Two thirds of marketers use PPC ads to get eyes on their landing pages and blogs. . . 64% of B2B marketers outsource writing.