Sales Engine

MAY 17, 2016

Technological tools allow marketers to score leads and move them through the buying journey with the help of nurturing content. But you can’t fully automate the sales funnel , especially for complex, research-heavy purchases in the BtoB world. It seems that this once-complex process can be distilled to an algorithm.

Lead Ranking 136

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Top Rank Marketing

JULY 12, 2023

While some AI tools can certainly help B2B marketers better realize their creative efforts, the power of the human touch is undeniable, and it is serving as a growing differentiator between mediocre marketing efforts and those five-star creative efforts that sparkle and delight brand audiences. LinkedIn is a TopRank Marketing client.

B2B Marketing 52

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies B2B Paid Search Agency 52

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 24, 2009

Yesterday’s BtoB Leading Edge, Demand Generation in the Digital Age was a great way to make sure your organization’s demand generation programs are best-in-class.      Incentives can work really well.   But with so much on a marketer’s plate these days, not all 4300 could attend this half day event.

Demand Generation Agencies 48

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The article features tools that will aid sales people, entrepreneurs, and professionals with their personal lead generation efforts.

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Lead Generation Generation Cold Calling Leads 120

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

During upfront planning, it’s essential for marketers to use the right tools , analyze data, pull out meaningful insights and use that information to craft a strong strategy. This has changed the way we as marketers work. Curiosity fuels them and the possibility of failure doesn’t scare them. Effective communication skills. “The

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 21, 2012

Work your way backwards to the beginning and you will likely move through a contract presented by a sales person, a visit to a website or call from a sales rep, a tradeshow, a website and/or a social media interaction. These are all just tools to communicate with our buyers. They are the tools our buyers are using.

Social Media 100

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Sales Engine

JUNE 20, 2017

Technological tools allow marketers to score leads and move them through the buying journey with the help of nurturing content. But you can’t fully automate the sales funnel, especially for complex, research-heavy purchases in the BtoB world. It seems that this once-complex process can be distilled to an algorithm.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 120

Paul Gillin

AUGUST 4, 2011

In my work with B2B organizations, the question of how to use Facebook is invariably front and center. In a survey of marketers conducted by BtoB magazine last year , Facebook was ranked last in usefulness among the top five social networks, trailing blogs, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, in that order. Here’s how it works.

Facebook 50

Facebook B2B Marketing Rules Salesforce.com 50

markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Read Brians comments, and the article, by clicking here.

Telemarketing 120

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 15, 2012

In a March 2012 online survey of US marketing professionals, trade publication Chief Marketer found that the most popular tool in digital campaigns, according to 78% of the respondents was email marketing followed by Email newsletters (59%) and a close third was social media at 58%.

Social Media 60

Social Media Paid Search Agency Email Marketing Social Marketing 60

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

Top Rank Marketing

JULY 19, 2023

Where can B2B marketers find the latest and most relevant generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in 2023? Our own CEO Lee Odden recently delivered a keynote about AI’s impact on B2B marketing, presenting “ Human vs Machine: The Future of B2B Content Marketing ” during the BtoB Summit Paris 2023 conference.

Marketing AI 52

Marketing AI Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Budget Programs 52

markempa

AUGUST 23, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. " Ive written a number of times that educational content is an important tool for lead generation.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Paper Sales Qualified Leads Generation 120

markempa

APRIL 6, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. A new article in BtoB Magazine by Karen J. A new article in BtoB Magazine by Karen J. Ideas or tips of the day. Ideas or tips of the day.

Lead Generation 120

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

In the recent BtoB magazine article, " Tech Media Evolution a Bellwether ", the major technology publishers were examined to understand how quickly the shift to interactive marketing was occurring. The age of Internet fueled buying decisions means that traditional print publications just don't meet buyer or seller needs.

Interactive Marketing 40

Interactive Marketing Advertising Agencies BtoB Peer-to-peer 40

markempa

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Thanks to Carol Krol over at BtoB Magazine for pointing me to the report. Thanks to Carol Krol over at BtoB Magazine for pointing me to the report.

Telemarketing 120

Telemarketing Lead Generation Tactics Generation 120

Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 8, 2011

Building a thriving online community around your social media strategy takes a lot of hard work. A recent article by Paul Gillin ( @pgillin ) and published in BtoB Online , caught my attention because it talks about how engineers can have fun while doing serious business. And the results of all this hard work?

Communities 60

Communities Peer-to-peer BtoB Sales Qualified Leads 60

markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Using thought leader content as a lead generation tool Content is king in demonstrating your thought leadership and expertise.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Budget Programs Word of Mouth B2B Thought Leadership 120

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

Last week Sean Callahan from BtoB Magazine asked Is B2B Marketing Really Obsolete? He stated that business people no longer separate their home and work lives. And I also agree with Jennifer Dubow ( @jennifer_dubow ) that we need to take Social Media seriously as a marketing AND sales tool.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B BtoB 100

markempa

MAY 8, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Ive been using Typepad to power my blog since October of 2003 and I think its a super blogging tool. And, Im even getting a cool t-shirt to boot.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Features Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

PR 120

PR Rules Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

ViewPoint

JUNE 28, 2012

Rich earned his MBA from Harvard Business School, and he’s twice been named to BtoB Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential people. More frequently, both report to the same person and work on common process issues. 2012: Transformational Change, the New Buyer & Big Data. Rich on Twitter: @richvancil.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Planning Allocation CMO 120

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included “B2B marketing,” the focus of their tweets including the hashtag # B2BMarketing , as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword. We make ideas work. And I quickly found that no list is perfect.).

Twitter 100

Twitter Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing 100

markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. This type of list does not work well for an ongoing lead generation program. What data is included? Lists should include basic demographic data.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Generation Lead Ranking 120

markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Overall, social networking sites are proving to be great tools for job seekers and recruiting. And if not, should you start? Why or why not?

Social Networks 120

Social Networks Lead Generation Network Marketing B2B Marketing 120

Biznology

JULY 19, 2018

When I was working on my MBA years ago, I had in mind a career in strategic marketing, but with some sort of entrepreneurial slant. During my corporate career, I somehow found my way into a series of transformational challenges, like brand relaunches and new product work – which was really invigorating. Very cool stuff.

Automation 144

Automation B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Cost per Acquisition 144

markempa

MAY 13, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation ROI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 120

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

for BtoB, large revenue deals, from marketing through to sales); 2) Lack of Value: An inability for sales reps to engage their clients in a strongly desired dialogue by buyers to solve their greatest problems. In today's Internet fueled self service buying environment, traditional selling no longer works, as indicated by the metrics.

Top of Funnel 40

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer BtoB Buying Cycle 40

markempa

JUNE 27, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. During this podcast, I share my thoughts on how to use technology tools like podcasts, blogs and RSS for new business development and lead generation.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership Generation Work Management 120

markempa

AUGUST 11, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. And, as my recent post about MarketingSherpa’s research shows, blogs have become a great lead generation tool for marketers.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership Generation Leads 120

MLT Creative

JANUARY 20, 2012

Keyword research, meta-tagging and onsite SEO is exacting and exhausting, and even if the work is farmed out, the company still needs a sharp liaison. BtoB Magazine. Enterprise websites can have a thousand pages -- creating unique search-engine optimization challenges, writes Nick Stamoulis. Search Engine Optimization Journal.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing B2B B2B Thought Leadership BtoB 40

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Parametric part number search – in addition to the standard word search tool on your website, build a parametric search application. Valve sizing programs – these are great and easy to use tools for any manufacturer of valves for chemical, hydrocarbon and industrial process, power, water and wastewater industries.

Webinar Metrics 60

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If you dont have a analytics tool already, you should check it out. If you dont have a analytics tool already, you should check it out.

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Lead Generation Analytics Generation Google 120

markempa

AUGUST 16, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. David not only compares them to the older whitepapers, but also discusses their use as a valuable marketing and lead generation tool.

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