B2B Marketing Analytics

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Marketing Analytics and ROI are the 2 terms making a lot of noise across the marketing world to the point that they are almost beating “ ABM ” in the popularity. What do these terms actually mean for a marketer and why are they becoming a top priority for all marketing organizations?

Marketing Attribution 74

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Analytics ROI 74

ViewPoint

JULY 24, 2017

A competitor in the teleprospecting business recently published a list of B2B companies based on how easy or hard they were to work from a lead-generation standpoint. At the bottom of the list were what they called “uncloseables,” meaning these were companies that this competitor was not able to generated leads from. no email just vm.

Sales Qualified Leads 149

Sales Qualified Leads PointClear Lead Qualification High Quality Lead 149

ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2020

Business leaders and marketing and sales teams are struggling now, more than ever, to not only drive new demand, but to replace the loss of existing demand in the marketplace. Whether it’s trade shows, local events or more intimate sales dinners, in-person interactions are a much relied-upon component of every company’s demand marketing mix.

Top of Funnel 232

Top of Funnel Planning Demand Elasticity 232

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

Let us know when this scenario starts to sound uncomfortably familiar: You tell your boss you think spending money in a new marketing channel will produce a strong return. But after it’s up and running, your boss asks, “So, what did that marketing program get us?”. Digital marketing key performance indicators (KPIs).

Demand Generation 134

Demand Generation Multi-Touch Attribution Demand Relevance 134

LeadSquared

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Your marketing campaigns may have specific goals. However, the catch is – marketing efforts are successful when they target the customers on the platforms/ channels where they are most active. It helps you align your marketing strategies and manage activities across several channels to achieve maximum ROI from your campaigns.

Work Management 52

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs 52

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Every seasoned B2B marketer knows that launching a new campaign can be a venture into the unknown. But once your content is out there, you can start figuring how well it’s working towards accomplishing your marketing goals. Program metrics may be of the most interest to marketers. 6 B2B Marketing KPIs to Measure.

Lead Ranking 125

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Marketing Sales Qualified Leads 125

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Madison Logic

AUGUST 31, 2023

Gartner research suggests sales reps only have 5% of a buyer’s time during their B2B buying journey, so it’s up to marketers to arm buying groups with all the information needed to make an informed decision. Enter multi-channel account-based marketing (ABM). Are you ready to dive in?

Multi-Channel 52

Multi-Channel Account Based Marketing Advertising Channels ABM 52

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. If you’re a marketer at a manufacturer, distributor, or engineering company, you know this firsthand. My personal thoughts and experiences as an industrial marketer and consultant. But I’m not just another marketing consultant.

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

Martech

APRIL 11, 2022

28% of small business owners have no visibility into how their marketing agency uses their budgeted spending. Problem #1: Your clients lack insight into their most effective marketing campaigns and find it difficult to budget for the next year.

Paid Search Agency 83

Paid Search Agency Marketing Report Advertising Agencies Multi-Touch Attribution 83

Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Even so, they are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. But giving away pricey swag increases the cost per lead. Enterprise, mid-market, or startup/small business? Target them!

Trade Show 191

Trade Show Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation 191

LeanData

JULY 2, 2020

For far too long, businesses have struggled with marketing and approached the process the wrong way, using outdated reporting methods that produced unreliable information. But, thanks to our golden age of technology and transparency, we now have a solution for strategic business growth: marketing attribution. Metrics to Measure.

Marketing Attribution 52

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Lead Ranking Work Management 52

DiscoverOrg

MARCH 25, 2019

Why is location-based marketing important in the era of the remote workforce? But as B2B marketers and salespeople, it makes our job harder. Knowing the physical location of your prospect is key to your marketing and sales efforts. Knowing the physical location of your prospect is key to your marketing and sales efforts.

Outreach 136

Outreach Planning Multi-Channel Sales Qualified Leads 136

DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Why digital marketing is vital Demand generation and sales leaders are facing dramatic budget and staffing cuts, but their goals haven’t changed. Marketing and sales must generate awareness, pipeline, and revenue, and must prove their worth to the organization. That means maximizing the ROI of every dollar spent.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Advertising Channels ROI Paid Search Agency 52

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Think of it like the structure of a deal — the building blocks, like lead qualification and sales calls, that need to be stacked in a specific order so it’s possible to drive deals to close. If you start by doing customer research, you’ll be able to find and focus on the most promising prospects instead of chasing leads that go nowhere.

Sales Cycle 110

Sales Cycle Optimization Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Proposals 110

DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Why digital marketing is vital. Demand generation and sales leaders are facing dramatic budget and staffing cuts, but their goals haven’t changed. Marketing and sales must generate awareness, pipeline, and revenue, and must prove their worth to the organization. That means maximizing the ROI of every dollar spent.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Advertising Channels ROI B2B Marketing 52

B2B Marketing Analytics

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As marketing execution in 2020 gets into full swing, marketing analytics continues to be the top priority for organizations. To drive long term success, marketers now are adopting the mind-set of a CFO to establish marketing as a driver of value and revenue-driving function.

Marketing Attribution 66

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Analytics Allocation 66

Lead Forensics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Lead generation marketing is a vital process; identifying potential clients who fit your target audience and have an interest in purchasing your product through marketing channels is a strategy organizations everywhere take action on daily. Managing warm leads Leads don’t always convert first time.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Work Management 52

Martech

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Your revenue operations team can reliably get inbound leads into the hands of your sales representatives in roughly two minutes, executing every step of your lead management process along the way. Fast and reliable lead routing is extremely important for lead management.

Work Management 98

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management Lead Scoring 98

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

I love account-based marketing (ABM). Because of the bigger deal sizes and longer sales cycle, we have found that a focused, ABM approach leads to better performance of our marketing department. We spend a considerable amount of time aligning on what accounts we should be targeting with marketing and outbound efforts.

Account Based Marketing 96

Account Based Marketing ABM Lead Ranking Multi-Touch Attribution 96

Biznology

APRIL 28, 2014

about campaign budgeting. My question is: how do you set a budget for a multi-touch, multi-target B2B digital campaign like the one Michelle was describing? The short answer: spend as much as delivers your threshold level of ROI. Or until the campaign fatigues, and dips below the required ROI hurdle rate.

Budget Programs 80

Budget Programs Campaigns SMB Marketing Budget Creation 80

ViewPoint

JUNE 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the final of a multi-part blog series. Many challenges facing Sales and Marketing have been around since the beginning of time. Define a lead. Are these truly leads? A summary: 1. Not really.

Sales Qualified Leads 120

Sales Qualified Leads Planning Peer-to-peer Work Management 120

Outgrow

MARCH 30, 2021

And, every stage of the marketing funnel involves some kind of demand generation strategy to make this goal successful. 66% of B2B marketers said that improving their ability to measure and analyze their marketing impact was a top priority. Keeping a track of your most qualified leads is important. 1 Define KPIs.

Demand Generation Agencies 98

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Cost per Acquisition Demand 98

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

Let us know when this scenario starts to sound uncomfortably familiar: You tell your boss you think spending money in a new marketing channel will produce a strong return. But after it’s up and running, your boss asks, “So, what did that marketing program get us?”. Digital marketing key performance indicators (KPIs).

Demand Generation 48

Demand Generation Multi-Touch Attribution Demand Relevance 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 7, 2014

Author: Heidi Bullock Marketers at all kinds of companies – B2B and consumer-facing, old and new, big and small – are turning to content marketing as a top strategy, for driving thought leadership, establishing relationships with buyers, and fueling their inbound marketing. Decide HOW you will measure results.

ROI 48

ROI Content Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Multi-Channel 48

ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management. My PowerViews guest today is James Obermayer.

Lead Management 120

Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management Direct Marketing 120

Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Even so, they are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. But giving away pricey swag increases the cost per lead. Enterprise, mid-market, or startup/small business? Target them!

Trade Show 100

Trade Show Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation 100

The Lead Agency

AUGUST 20, 2020

B2B marketing has undergone a dramatic change in the last 5-10 years. Previously, the key focus of B2B marketing was networking with the objective of securing a face-to-face meeting with the relevant C-level executive in the target company. This was a clear differentiator that separated B2B from B2C marketing.

Marketing AI 83

Marketing AI Trends B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 83

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2012

by Jon Miller One question we hear all the time from customers is how to measure the ROI of social media. While I won’t talk here about the ROI of all social media, I do want to drill into the return on paid social media advertising. This gives us the dual benefit of nurturing the relationship with our fans and generating leads for us.

Paid Content 48

Paid Content Paid Social Agency Social Media ROI 48

Televerde

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Has your marketing funnel dried up? With rapid advances in technology forcing every organization into an uncertain future, many companies benefit from choosing to outsource their lead generation. The reasons for outsourcing lead generation are aplenty – and they may differ depending on your business or vertical.

Lead Generation 49

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 49

Valasys

APRIL 15, 2020

B2B lead nurturing is all about engaging with a targeted group of prospective customers by providing hyper-tailored solutions to their pain-points according to their specific stages in the buying cycles. Read more on How to Build Customer Loyalty with Content Marketing. If you get that part right, selling is easy.”.

Lead Nurturing 59

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 59

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Author: Anastasia Pavlova Whether you’re a small to medium-sized business or a larger enterprise organization, marketing automation is your company’s best bet for staying competitive in this digital age. 53% of the B2B organizations and 43% of B2C and combination B2B/B2C organizations have adopted marketing automation systems.–

Marketing Automation Services 134

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 134

markempa

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

This is the sixth in an eight-part series I’m calling the ‘Lead Generation Checklist. I wanted to provide a checklist that helps organizations optimize their lead generation process. We should be smart with our time and learn to recognize the signs that tell us when not to pursue a lead.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 28, 2015

Author: Glen Gow Too often marketers talk about activities instead of outcomes—for example, how many campaigns they ran, how many trade shows they participated in, how many new names they added to the lead database. These are metrics that reinforce the perception that marketing is a cost center, not a revenue driver.

Analytics 48

Analytics Sales Qualified Leads Allocation Multi-Channel 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 9, 2016

This also happens in the world of marketing. Terms fly in the meeting rooms–from BEO to ASP to ROI. From a field marketing perspective, some of these terms can get you into trouble if you don’t know what they mean. ROI: Return on Investment. That’s what ROI is– calculating the return on investment of your event.

Multi-Touch Attribution 48

Multi-Touch Attribution Budget Programs Marketo Thought Leadership 48

Optinmonster

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Are you looking for the best lead generation tools to grow your business? Lead generation is more than just getting people to visit your site. And just like any tough job, lead generation requires the right tools–even for professional marketers. What Is a Lead Generation Software/Tool? Why is this important?

Marketing Automation Services 128

Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Enterprise Management Work Management 128