sagefrog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As another year passes since our last insightful dive into the trends shaping B2B marketing, we’re thrilled to present the 2024 B2B Marketing Mix Report. This year, we’ve identified key takeaways and aim to provide you with actionable tips to propel your marketing strategy to new heights in 2024.

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Optinmonster

JANUARY 14, 2024

As we enter 2024, blogging is gaining newfound attention among marketers, highlighting its enduring relevance and effectiveness in digital strategies. 50% of bloggers now utilize AI tools to enhance their content creation process. Nearly a third of marketers (29%) actively incorporate content marketing into their strategies.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 24, 2021

That’s why an overwhelming 90% of all companies and other organizations use content in their marketing plans, including 91% of B2B marketers and 86% of B2C marketers. Here's a look at the top content marketing statistics and trends and how you can make the most of them. That’s an increase of 67% YoY.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 26, 2020

By Stephanie Carrillo , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. It is typical for companies to be given a marketing budget before setting sales goals for the year. Let us start by doing some necessary calculations to determine how many leads your marketing campaign must generate. Benchmarks.

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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Nevertheless, to stay one step ahead of the field, you’ll need a watertight SaaS marketing plan. Marketing of any kind is all about finding ways to stand out from the crowd. How is SaaS marketing different?

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2019. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2019, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

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Litmus

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Email’s role in the digital marketing mix. Where does email fit into the ever-changing digital marketing world? Smart marketers have noticed email isn’t slowing down any time soon, and they’re willing to put their money where the results are. Our research revealed that 49.5% HubSpot’s report is a great place to start.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 3, 2007

Let’s dig a bit deeper into the relationships I mentioned yesterday among systems for marketing performance measurement, marketing planning, and marketing simulation (e.g., marketing mix models, lifetime value models). But it turns out that even the high-level measures need to work from detailed plans.

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ClickZ

APRIL 10, 2020

Predictive analytics will be a key tool going forward. For years, marketers have struggled to quantify the exact ROI of their efforts, but that’s no more — modern marketers have to prioritize the bottom line above all else. So we’re really looking to disrupt the way marketers make decisions. But there’s hope yet.

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Vidyard

APRIL 12, 2016

The years change but the marketing plans pretty much stay the same, according to recent research from Forrester. Many companies have marketing mixes that are fairly set in stone. In-person events such as conferences have existed pretty much ever since the term marketing was invented. But has spending?

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

They talk about how the increase in the number of available marketing channels coupled with the resource constraints of most marketing organizations is the toughest challenge for marketers to overcome. So with all these new channels available, why does email marketing continue to be a top choice for marketers everywhere?

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Long-from content still works, but it’s great to add some shorter sentences to your content marketing mix. It has become possible through advanced segmentation features available with most email tools, and a lot of it comes through AI. Content marketing technologies that continue to grow.

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Sage Marketing

JULY 10, 2023

However, allocating the necessary funds to develop and execute an effective marketing strategy is often a challenging endeavor. With tightening budgets and increased pressure from management to demonstrate performance, finding the right balance becomes even more critical. When it comes to B2B startups, budget allocation is crucial.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

April 30, 2009 — Laura Ramos Email, Search, and Direct Mail Deliver Results Over Time I am very appreciative to Roy Young and Ann Handley at MarketingProfs for partnering with Forrester and me on the B2B marketing budget trends and effectiveness survey. This is our second joint endeavor on this topic. Posted in Uncategorized.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 24, 2019

A few percentage points increase in email click-through rates or an increase in website traffic is considered a big achievement across marketing organizations these days. Investments are being made in marketing tactics and mar-tech tools to understand these customer engagements and continue to accelerate them. All good stuff!

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2018. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2018, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

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Planning Marketing Proposals Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 68

Mass Analytics

AUGUST 23, 2022

Marketing Mix Modeling Is Your Means To Leverage Your Marketing Budget. This blog is the first of a series of articles that will introduce our readers to Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), a proven marketing and ROI measurement technique. The building blocks that constitute the MMM Process. ?. Conclusion.

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Hinge Marketing

MAY 28, 2014

There are still differences between PR and marketing. Most notably, marketing incorporates a wider umbrella under which programs drive new business leads, establish positioning and differentiators, and more comprehensively build a brand. That makes traditional PR even more important to have in your marketing mix.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Hard to execute effectively without blowing through your whole marketing budget. Paid search is an important part of our marketing mix and one that has driven…(fill in something quantifiable like sales, leads or contacts followed by the number of total impressions because that usually sounds like an impressive number).

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Assuming all of those activities are neatly in place, one of the most powerful ways to justify a marketing budget is through paid online lead generation and the ROI that follows. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this. And one day soon, you will be asked to justify your budget. Step 5: Optimize.

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Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2017

Social media marketing has become an important part of any brand’s digital marketing mix, helping brands of all sizes foster customer connections and engagement. As a result, I’ve enjoyed domestic and global roles in B2C and B2B, product management, loyalty programs, and acquisition marketing.”.

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ScanmarQED

APRIL 4, 2024

What are response curves and why you should care about them Response curves are one of the most important outputs that Marketing Mix Modeling gives us. They map the inputs of a system to its outputs and are vital to determining the optimal allocation of resources across various marketing activities.

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Hubspot

JULY 2, 2020

One of the first things you're taught in your Introduction to Marketing class is that marketing can be best explained using the marketing mix — also known as the four P's. Still, there's an undeniable benefit of marketing teams organizing their work into the marketing mix framework.

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Martech Advisor

AUGUST 28, 2019

Pete Hoelscher, Acting CEO of IEEE GlobalSpec, provides research-based insight as to how trends in the industry will impact B2B marketers in 2020 in a piece entitled, “Five Industrial Marketing Trends that Will Matter in 2020. Also Read: 4 Digital Transformation Best Practices for SMBs on a Budget.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Modern notions of the “single source of truth” concept originated in the information system design world. With reports generated in the de facto revenue reporting system, marketing leaders can demonstrate their department’s contribution to the value creation chain. Optimizing Marketing Outcomes Over Time.

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Lead Ranking Sales Management Marketing Attribution Full Circle Insights 89

Full Circle Insights

JULY 9, 2020

With no future current participation, we’re seeing a lot of restructuring and planning going on in B2B marketing organizations, where marketing teams are thinking about ways to allocate more of their budget to reinvestments in digital marketing. But what’s the best way to re-plan our B2B marketing budgets?

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

We’ve spent 750+ hours analyzing how our life science customers are using digital-first events as a powerful channel in their pharmaceutical marketing strategy. Read on to discover how to overcome the biggest pharma marketing challenges with events and how to create a successful pharma marketing plan.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

While some have predicted the consolidation of Twitter and Facebook or the demise of Foursquare, I am sticking to the practical topics most B2B Marketers I know are talking about: Marketing automation and automated lead nurturing will become a foundational B2B marketing activity as we are expected to accelerate deals through our funnels.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2010

they are tools, systems and programs…the means to an end, not the end. Right now the “hot thing” is social media, and as powerful as social media is, it still needs to be balanced and integrated into the overall marketing plan. Start with making sure the ROI of each program supports the business goals.

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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

And not just because budgets are tighter, though cost is a factor. Out of necessity, marketers got better at producing virtual events. . Virtual events will continue to be a force in 2021, so plan on brushing up on your virtual event production skills for more success in 2021. Marketers will focus on efficiency.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Marcus Sheridan, founder of The Sales Lion and someone who built a million-dollar business (during the economic crisis, no less), once said that "great content is the best sales tool in the world.". Lack of integration across marketing (58%). Lack of budget (43%) and buy-in (38%). Producing enough content (53%).

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Full Circle Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The economic downturn caused by COVID-19 prompted many companies to cut marketing budgets. B2B marketers have redirected budget dollars previously earmarked for in-person events to digital ads instead, driving a 22% increase in spending on digital channels. One Marketing Team’s Efficiency Success Story.

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Full Circle Insights

JULY 27, 2021

SAN MATEO, Calif —July 26, 2021 —Today, the Business Intelligence Group named the Digital Source Tracker from Full Circle Insights Product of the Year in the 2021 Sales and Marketing Technology Awards program, also known as The Sammys. Additional Resources. White Papers. Case Studies. Infographics.

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Full Circle Insights

JUNE 16, 2020

If so, you’ve got company: many businesses have shifted spend from in-person events like lunch-and-learn gatherings to digital marketing campaigns due to lingering public health concerns. Tight budgets are another factor: digital campaigns tend to be less expensive, and if done right, they can be great lead generators.

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Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 28, 2021

For example, a software vendor that focused on the travel and leisure industry might have to recalibrate the ICP and focus on clients in less hard-hit sectors. Adopt Agile Marketing Methods. That’s a valuable skill in any environment but especially when budgets are tight. Optimizing Marketing Outcomes Over Time.

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Full Circle Insights

MAY 20, 2022

In marketing, predictive analytics is about understanding the customer journey. Maybe, but you’ll need to establish comprehensive measurement tools first and get the best marketing dataset you can. Using these tools to analyze the customer journey, you can engage in remarketing. Optimizing Marketing Outcomes Over Time.

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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

So, to the larger point, is marketing really in decline as a function? The most recent Gartner CMO Spend Survey fueled even more speculation, reporting that marketing budgets declined to a record low of just 6.4% The report notes that after budgets were cut in 2020, CMOs expected them to bounce back in 2021. They didn’t.

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