Sales Engine

AUGUST 13, 2015

In this episode Paul went over modern marketing, lead generation, and how important storytelling is for the buyer's journey. Below are a few highlights from our conversation: TechnologyAdvice: What does a modern marketing program look like these days? That’s a big, big burden on marketing.

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Valasys

JANUARY 17, 2020

Learn more: How to Use Account-Based Marketing to Acquire High-Value Customers. To perform a better job of selling their products to the B2B customers, marketers must understand how to talk to them & help them at the individual stages of their buying cycles.

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markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Tweet The ultimate goal of B2B marketing and lead generation is to help the sales team sell. Marketers spend a lot of time and effort creating inbound leads but struggle getting those leads to convert into customers after they hand them off to sales. Engage in lots of testing beyond lead capture.

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

B2B marketing is all about the inbound practices to improve customer experiences (CX) & ultimately provide the customers with apt products or services resonating with their pain-points. Email marketing can do much more than just delivering messages to the inboxes & helping marketers improve their B2B outreach.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The well-researched articles in the blog can be B2B marketers’ ultimate guide to optimizing their content strategy including the blog posts, blog posts, and original pieces of research, case studies & much more. The blogs published are amongst the best B2B marketing blogs for entrepreneurs.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 7, 2013

Follow B2B Online Marketing at https://twitter.com/B2BOnlineMktg. Brian Carroll (@brianjcarroll) : “Executive Director MECLABS, founder InTouch, author, B2B, sales, marketing, lead generation, nurturing, management, Helping Ethiopian orphans @Foreverfamproj” Follow Brian at https://twitter.com/brianjcarroll.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? Let’s look at two case studies to see how industrial marketers are using email to reach and engage with industrial buyers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 16, 2019

When it comes to Facebook advertising, it works differently for B2B SaaS companies as compared to the B2B companies in general. B2B SaaS companies operate differently than other businesses – the product isn’t physical, the purchasing process usually isn’t self-service & the buying cycle is often prolonged beyond expectation.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Relevant marketing content – key to thought leadership Positioning your company as a thought leader is critical in complex technical sales that have long buying cycles with many decision makers involved. We are all used to seeing case studies and they are powerful marketing content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

You can buy the book from Amazon and visit his site at www.distributiontrap.com. I also found a fascinating video interview on Andrew’s blog that really drives home the point with a case study featuring Mr. Fred Whyte, President of STIHL Inc. The interview is split over four videos.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

As a result, most BtoB marketers tend to credit sales-ready leads to the last marketing touchpoint. This tendency often neglects the other marketing channels that played a role in early stages of the purchase funnel. That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

The bottom line is for your content to engage your prospects and customers at every stage of the buying cycle. Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril. Use case studies to demonstrate tangible results.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. The objective here is to drive people to your website, which should be the hub of your online marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

What do you do when the bulk of your marketing content, with the exception of case studies is product focused? Here are seven content marketing strategies that you can use to engage your prospects and move them forward in their buying cycle. Try polls and surveys to gather data.

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Valasys

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM) may be inexpensive, but it blossoms only once exemplary products or services are delivered by the brands to their customers. Visual storytelling, when combined with case studies, lays a strong foundation for Word of Mouth Marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 20, 2010

But for many companies, leads from these inbound methods don’t necessarily mean an increase in potential sales opportunities. Here are some tips to help you convert these inbound leads into customers. . Don’t expect a lead generated from inbound marketing to turn into a qualified prospect overnight.

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Valasys

MARCH 5, 2020

Also, creating evergreen content & seasonal analysis & case studies both will be important for marketers. Create thoughtful & in-depth content as well as the content articulated to each of the respective stages of the customers in their buying cycles.

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Hubspot

MAY 28, 2012

To make sure that application goes off without a hitch, let's discuss six tips for managing the lead generation and hand-off process so that both teams can meet their SLA goals. Tip # 1: Focus on Both Lead Quality and Quantity. Case study download = 10 points. 4) Look for Segmentation Opportunities.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 12, 2010

Marketers need to be a lead developer, not just a lead generator. Work with sales to develop a process of what should happen with leads and then provide them information about what leads are the best for them to spend time with. Next Scott talked about Lead Nurturing. Goals of Lead Nurturing: Opens.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

So given this power shift, B2B marketers must more than ever work to wrap their marketing programs around the B2B buyer — managing dynamic, anticipatory, buyer-driven campaigns and programs and being in the right channel with the right information in the right voice at the right stage of the buying cycle.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Direct mail examples: personal letters, dimensional mailers, books, post cards, newsletters, press releases, white papers, event invitations, research reports, case studies, success stories and third-party articles. Touch 2 — Industry relevant case study via email with follow-up call. What can you send via email?

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Inbox Insight

JULY 7, 2020

In a time where global health issues are impacting buying decisions, it’s more important than ever to get to know your audience – understanding how they think will help you run effective campaigns that convert. But the B2B technology buying cycle is long and complex, and is rarely straight-forward.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It also employed persona workshops to better understand the roles, pain-points, buying cycle relevance & content preferences of each individual involved in the decision-making process. After having registered, the partners gained access to case studies, white papers as well as an array of sales tools.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Ardath Albee's blog Marketing Interactions. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

So I commend Eloqua on their next generation of marketing software and their efforts dedicated to the process of making marketing more accountable. I would like to hear about your scoring approaches and what you have done to achieve a common definition of qualified leads with sales. This can be a bit noisy.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Blogging is a core component of inbound marketing as it can accomplish several initiatives simultaneously, such as website traffic growth, thought leadership, and lead generation. Business blogging retains all the attributes of “regular” blogging, but adds a tasty layer of marketing strategy on top. Lead Nurturing.

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Here’s what to look for: Can they fulfill your SaaS marketing strategy requirements? Most businesses will be looking for SEO, content marketing, lead generation, and CRO. Make a list, and find an agency who’ll put together a SaaS marketing strategy based on your needs. What are your short- and long-term goals?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Here’s what to look for: Can they fulfill your SaaS marketing strategy requirements? Most businesses will be looking for SEO, content marketing, lead generation, and CRO. Make a list, and find an agency who’ll put together a SaaS marketing strategy based on your needs. What are your short- and long-term goals?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Here’s what to look for: Can they fulfill your SaaS marketing strategy requirements? Most businesses will be looking for SEO, content marketing, lead generation, and CRO. Make a list, and find an agency who’ll put together a SaaS marketing strategy based on your needs. What are your short- and long-term goals?

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Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2016

Blogging is a core component of inbound marketing, as it can accomplish several initiatives simultaneously -- like website traffic growth, thought leadership, and lead generation. Business blogging retains all the attributes of "regular" blogging, but adds a tasty layer of marketing strategy on top. 50) Lead Nurturing.

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