Martech

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Marketing automation platforms often play a central role in marketing technology stacks, especially given the importance of email as a marketing channel. Does the vendor seem to understand our business and our marketing needs? See a report showing web traffic and/or specific leads from an email campaign.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors Marketing Automation 112

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 21, 2015

Author: Johnny Cheng Marketers are always striving to deliver “best practice” marketing—marketing based on tested, tried-and-true data. But, for many marketing activities, marketers simply don’t have a strong benchmark to reference. Introducing Marketo Institute. Your Boss: Is that good?

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Conversion Rate Marketo Conversion Top of Funnel 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

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. Namely, B2B advertising leader LinkedIn and the #1 B2B marketing attribution application, Bizible. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers.

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Linkedin Paid Search Agency Sales Management ROI 154

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 12, 2017

Many B2B marketers have a content marketing strategy, but new research sheds light on how B2B enterprise marketers, in particular, are finding success with this tactic. The majority of the most effective B2B enterprise marketers said that they also met daily or weekly to discuss their content marketing plan.

B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Planning Content Marketing B2B 120

Kabbage

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. That’s exactly why we share a list of the top marketing blogs each year.

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Advertising Agencies Demand Generation Agencies Account Based Marketing Paid Search Agency 226

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Remember, there were ROI and benchmarks set into your process. UAT and QA executed improperly can double the time and cost to launch and can lead to bug-riddled experiences that lose customers by the thousands. Make sure all of your benchmarks (KPIs) are set and reinforced with the team. Going Live. Measuring ROI.

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Marketing Websites Ad Building Business Work Management 134

Kabbage

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. That’s exactly why we share a list of the top marketing blogs each year.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Account Based Marketing 188

Tomorrow People

MARCH 13, 2018

You need to have an excellent digital content distribution strategy and your marketing agency has the experts who can help. A generation ago, digital was a rounding error in marketing budgets, with success measured in hundreds of pageviews rather than millions of customers. The hard results of pull-through and lead generation.

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Planning Marketing Budget Creation Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 232

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 9, 2017

So where does that put today’s marketer? That’s where lead nurturing comes in. Lead nurturing is the process of building effective relationships with potential customers throughout the buying journey. Lead nurturing is adaptive, segmented , based on activities (or inactivities), and is extremely personalized for each lead.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 12, 2019

Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new strategy, and you’ve most likely heard of it before. Account-based marketing spend is expected to increase by 41% in 2019, according to the 2019 Account Based Benchmark Report by Topo. Account-based marketing (ABM) is a strategy, not a technology. Increased marketing revenue.

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 2, 2016

A few weeks ago, we covered the “ 2016 State of B2B Digital Marketing ” report from Ascend2 and Marketo. Even though the most significant barrier to B2B digital marketing success relates to inadequate marketing budget, 84 percent of B2B marketers still believe their strategies are successful.

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Vidyard

MARCH 23, 2021

You’re peppering them into your marketing, sales, support, and elsewhere throughout your business. You’ve even integrated your video platform with your customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation platforms to track views on the lead and account level. Why Do Video Marketing Metrics Matter?

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Video Marketing ROI Analytics CTR 65

Unbounce

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A marketer’s job isn’t done once a visitor converts on a landing page. And what about the leads that don’t convert? As data-driven marketers, we’re keenly aware that most visitors won’t ever convert to a lead or sale. See Unbounce’s Conversion Benchmark Report for details.)

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Landing Pages Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Paid Search Agency 145

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In today’s digital technology landscape there are numerous platforms, tools and technologies at the disposal of every marketer—almost too many. Welcome to the seventh installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Marketing Automation Platforms.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Work Management 111

Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Marketing automation platforms are often at the center of the marketing organization, but with capabilities that go beyond your average email platform often come steeper prices and a sharper learning curve. Have we outgrown our current marketing system? What marketing automation capabilities are most critical to our business?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Author: Mary Kate Francis ABM might be a new addition to the marketing buzzwords dictionary, but the concept is nothing new. Account-based marketing (ABM) has existed as a marketing strategy for decades. So why has account-based marketing only recently gained widespread popularity and practice among B2B businesses?

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Account Based Marketing ABM Sales Qualified Leads SMB 131

Litmus

JULY 2, 2021

What this means for email marketers is we’ll have to adapt (again), but there are some things we can do now to prepare and adjust. Email Client Market Share provides a monthly readout of the top email clients and devices from millions of opens around the world. Three things are inevitable in life: death, taxes, and change.

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Privacy Protection Privacy Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management 87

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 7, 2019

Not all marketing activities are created equal. Some involve lots of marketing effort. But with so many opinions from across the business about what marketing activities are the best, it’s hard to keep focused. Here’s what marketing leaders find most challenging about marketing with impact: Attribution.

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The Point

APRIL 8, 2015

Spear Marketing Group has published an informative report detailing results of a survey designed to gauge the maturity of marketing automation deployments within the B2B community. In some notable areas, the average marketing automation user appears to be achieving real business value.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 12, 2019

Marketers have argued about the viability of email campaigns ever since email became widely adopted as a marketing channel. That’s why effective modern marketers can continue to connect the dots from their email campaigns to quantitative ROI. With that question answered, set goal KPIs and benchmark numbers to plot the course.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Author: David Svigel Buyer behavior has changed; contact with your prospects occurs later in the sales cycle, and your leads come armed with more information than ever before about your products and services. What does this mean for marketing? They’re potential sales leads, but may need a little nudge.

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Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Budget Programs 132

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 19, 2017

My recent switch from the enterprise consulting team to the education team at Marketo has given me greater exposure to customers who are either brand new to marketing automation or switching from another platform. Biting off more than you can chew can lead to frustration, confusion, and failure.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Management Marketo 106

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Because of this, employee advocacy is now an essential part of any comprehensive marketing strategy. Marketers are rapidly working to tap into this new marketing channel. With any marketing campaign, it’s really important to understand what you’re trying to accomplish. How can they share it?

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Budget Programs Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Thought Leadership 134

Cintell

APRIL 7, 2016

Our friends at NetProspex (a D&B company) have published the 2016 Marketing Data Benchmark Report, a tradition that lives on from when both Apparao and myself worked at the organization in the past. In our own study , we found that companies who exceed lead and revenue goals are 3.4X Source: NetProspex. Source: NetProspex.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 5, 2016

More leads? This is a very important concept to understand in marketing, especially for demand generation. If you bring in 20,000 names from a tradeshow or inbound marketing tactics, but the leads do not convert–so what? It’s important to remember that a name is not a lead. All leads are NOT the same.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Lead Ranking 91

Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Marketing can’t be automated.) Recent research shows that 63% of B2B companies that are growing faster than their competitors use marketing automation.

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Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 100

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 11, 2013

B2B marketers struggle with common challenges. At the forefront are lead generation, lead nurturing, and building a brand that distinguishes the organization from the competition. Research, guides, and marketing surveys help guide B2B marketers down the right path. MarketingProfs 2013 B2B Content Marketing Report.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 15, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. The shows fall into 33 categories covering a wide spectrum of marketing and sales topics. Phil Fernandez of Marketo. Dan Perry of Sales Benchmark Index.

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PointClear Marketo Internet Marketing Broadcasting 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 6, 2019

It seems that for decades, experts have been telling us to tear down the wall between sales and marketing. While the general concept of having a united messaging force makes a ton of sense, the precise method of how to align sales and marketing teams is underdeveloped. Marketers Should Stay Involved In The Process. “Okay!

Top of Funnel 134

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency Storytelling 134

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

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. Namely, B2B advertising leader LinkedIn and the #1 B2B marketing attribution application, Bizible. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers.

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Linkedin Paid Search Agency Sales Management ROI 80

Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 9, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In today’s digital technology landscape there are numerous platforms, tools and technologies at the disposal of every marketer—almost too many. Welcome to the eighth installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Without further ado….

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B2B Sales Enterprise Management Zoominfo Work Management 70

Vidyard

OCTOBER 11, 2018

When it comes to marketing and sales tactics “Good Enough” is no longer going to cut it. Fast Forward is our premier virtual event for video marketing , where over 2,000 marketing leaders and practitioners discover how the industry’s top players plan to use video to stand out in 2019.

Video Marketing 74

Video Marketing Planning B2B Thought Leadership Cross-Selling 74

Smarte

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you are a B2B company and you were to focus on only one channel for your company’s lead generation, it has to be LinkedIn. It allows you to build relationships, establish thought leadership, gain insights, generate leads , improve branding, and build communities. What is LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms? Sounds good, right?

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Lead Gen Linkedin Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Leads 52

Smarte

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you are a B2B company and you were to focus on only one channel for your company’s lead generation, it has to be LinkedIn. It allows you to build relationships, establish thought leadership, gain insights, generate leads , improve branding, and build communities. What is LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms? Sounds good, right?

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Lead Gen Linkedin Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Leads 52

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2018

You’ve invested in interactive content and marketing tools for your website, helping prospects and customers assess their needs, size and price the right solution, and understand the business value and differentiating cost advantages of recommended solutions.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Interactive Marketing 45

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In today’s digital technology landscape there are numerous platforms, tools and technologies at the disposal of every marketer—almost too many. Welcome to the eighth installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Without further ado…. Let me know!

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management B2B 111

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Towards the end of last year, I outlined how our focus in our own online marketing efforts has led to quadrupled website traffic, thousands of inbound links and mentions, and the ability to hit goals in lead acquisition and brand development. 10 Digital Trends to Inspire Your 2017 B2B Content Marketing Strategy.

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