Martech

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

More and more enterprise marketers are using call analytics platforms to collect, analyze and act upon the growing volume of caller data now being captured from the billions of inbound calls to businesses. Are we optimizing inbound phone calls as a sales or lead-generating channel? Click here to download! Who will use the platform?

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Instead of planning for 2018 when you’re already starting it in January, the most prepared B2B marketers already have priorities identified and plans for execution come January 1. We reached out to B2B marketers across different industries and asked them the following question: What are B2B marketers prioritizing in their 2018 budget?

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NetLine

JUNE 22, 2023

The pain B2B demand gen marketing pros experience whenever sales fails to act on leads or dismiss them prematurely can be quite painful. Sales, conversely, pulls its collective hair out whenever marketing overpromises and underdelivers on quality buyer-level information. So why does this happen?

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JUNE 27, 2023

A survey by the sales consultancy The Bridge Group found SDRs in B2B average 104 outreach activities leading to 3.6 B2B marketing tends to be quick to critique messages they get from SDRs, but the fact is this team is an important link between sales and marketing. quality conversations” per day; prospects require on average 11.3

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We recently gathered 10 intent data experts and power users and collected their tips and insights in The Content + Data Connection: 10 Top Marketing Executives Explore the Rewards of Integrating Intent Data into Content Strategies. Intent can be used as an ingredient in the determination of a Marketing-Qualified Account (MQA).

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 12, 2016

But as important and as talked-about as CX is, there is a debate as to who should lead the charge—drive the CX bus, if you will. In my not-so-humble opinion, it should unequivocally be the CMO. ” For a CMO to lead the overall CX of a given brand, there are some principles they need to consider first.

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Biznology

AUGUST 11, 2016

Recent studies show 87% of B2B sales and marketing leaders are using LinkedIn and other social media platforms, but less than 1 in 5 can clearly prove and demonstrate social media ROI. Xerox CMO John Kennedy mentioned that they are using LinkedIn to share content with their followers.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

But in all of my years in B2B, whether as a marketer, an agency person, a consultant or a fractional CMO, people have considered email an important channel but have overlooked its true potential for fulfilling company goals. The perspective has been this: “We have this marketing automation platform. Complex automations.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As noted in the 2016 B2B Marketing Trends report , B2B marketing strategies and practices are in the midst of significant change, driven by new technologies and evolving buyer expectations for more “consumer-like” experiences. B2B marketing budgets are shifting to digital and social. The CMO Survey ).

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2020

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Tim Lozier, marketing director at ETQ, gives his insights into the future of content marketing, why webinars will become more critical, and how storytelling marketing has changed the software industry. The market of software technologies is one of the most rapidly changing industries nowadays, and we at ETQ recognize this.

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Martech

JULY 29, 2022

Digital marketers and online retailers must sort through this thicket, all the while being wary of the next unpredictable event. That can still leave vendors waiting for the goods to arrive while staring at empty shelves. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on. Which leads to the psychology of inventory.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A good read I discovered recently is a post by Lauren Carlson, What Do You Wish You Had Asked Your MA Vendor? , on the Marketing Automation Software Guide blog. Before continuing, I want to mention that PointClear is a strong advocate of marketing automation solutions.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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6sense

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Sometimes you lead. In the world of business-to-business (B2B) marketing and selling, we probably need some help knowing when to lead and when to follow.Our natural instinct as sellers is to lead. But sellers and marketers trying to lead in today’s B2B space aren’t serving us well anymore. What do you do?

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Engagio

APRIL 11, 2018

Today, over 90% of B2B organizations believe Account Based Marketing is a “must-have” tactic, according to SiriusDecisions. The Sales Intelligence market has grown enormously in both sophistication and coverage in recent years. Who’s In-market, Right Now? More importantly, it tells you they’re in the market now.

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Martech

MARCH 15, 2022

The following is a selection from the e-book “MarTech’s agile marketing for leaders.” To lead an agile marketing organization, you must take a value-based approach. The agile leadership values below will help you understand your role in an agile marketing organization. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on.

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Allocadia

APRIL 8, 2019

There‘s a little secret most marketers know, but don‘t talk about. According to The CMO Survey of marketers, only 35 percent of decisions are made based on marketing analytics. Just one in three marketing decisions is data-driven. Better budgeting and planning are critical to improving marketing performance.

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Leadspace

APRIL 5, 2017

B2B marketers all share the same basic goals: consistently generating pipeline and passing qualified leads to sales. That’s the primary function of any demand gen marketer — and as a recent industry study revealed , B2B marketers more generally define supporting sales as their primary focus.

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I started this provocative series not because I am looking to bash my competitors, but because I’m looking to start a real movement to help business, sales, and marketing leaders go beyond awareness and actually drive revenues. Josh Turner Focuses on Leads without Lead Validation and Lead Qualification.

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Conversica

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Foster City, CA — September 24, 2018 —Conversica, the leader in conversational AI for business, has been named a winner in the category of Best Application of AI for Sales and Marketing in the 2018 AIconics Awards , the world’s only independently-judged awards celebrating the drive, innovation and hard work in the international AI community.

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DealSignal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This has had a profound impact in terms of marketing strategy, and the way that companies gather, analyze, and use data has become a fundamental part of the process. So, how can high-quality data be used to generate leads and transform them into sales? Customer retention and acquisition are the main goals.

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Leadspace

JANUARY 17, 2017

B2B Marketing and Sales leaders are constantly looking for the next innovative method to give them a competitive edge – particularly in driving revenue for their business. Having created numerous products that leverage massive volumes of data in the marketing and sales space, I continue to hear many questions on this subject.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 24, 2011

We recently had the opportunity to connect with Jon Miller, Vice President of Marketing and Co-Founder of Marketo. Jon leads strategy and execution for all aspects of Marketo’s hyper-efficient demand center (powered by Marketo’s solution, of course). Also, until recently, solutions were expensive and hard to use.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along Talk to marketing mangers and sales managers about their biggest complaint and you will likely hear “They don’t follow up on leads!&#

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Aberdeen

JUNE 20, 2018

The positioning map below reflects our analysis (June, 2018) of the messaging found on websites of BI vendors. As you can plainly see, the bulk of vendors are clumped around the “Insights” axis. To illustrate, in 2014 seven vendors claimed “better decisions” as their position. Problems with Ries and Trout.

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Single Grain

JULY 6, 2021

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is a crucial position for every organization, but hiring a CMO is more challenging than any other C-level position. In this article, I will discuss what a CMO is, the different skills needed to become a great CMO, and how you can hire the perfect CMO for your organization.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing By Objectives Objective-Action-Budget In a recent article for the CMO Council’s Newsletter, Nicolas Watkis argues “ Marketers won’t succeed if they don’t have objectives ”.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. So marketing sends more.

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Act-On

MARCH 19, 2024

Rising ROI expectations, increased inflation, and decreased consumer spending all add up to a CMO role that is quickly evolving. Surveys show CMOs are concerned about demonstrating ROI, with another significant challenge being the generation of leads,” says Jeff Day, SVP of Marketing at Act-On Software. asks Kevin.

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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.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In the middle of 2017, SiriusDecisions unveiled their latest waterfall model: the Demand Unit Waterfall , which starts with Target Demand — defined as a target market containing potential “demand units”. Potential pitfalls to effective marketing planning. “If Marketing + Sales alignment is key (not just for ABM).

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LeadSquared

MAY 26, 2015

It’s a common misconception that marketing automation can only be used by enterprise companies. Like so many other types of business technology, an expanding market of users and an increase in the number of software vendors has driven the price of this software down and resulted in a more accessible standard for user experience.

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Ambal's Amusings

APRIL 29, 2010

How should marketers leverage content? Which content should be gated to genereate leads? We asked B2B Marketing experts: " How should B2B marketers balance the need for free content (helpful for prospects decision making) Vs. the need to have content that produces a steady flow of good leads (that can directed to sales team)?

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Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

15 years ago, just after Doug and I founded Velocity, we wrote a piece called the B2B Marketing Manifesto. But B2B marketing was actually on the cusp of becoming a key part of every company’s revenue engine, of becoming accountable to the rest of the business for the first time. How customers buy has outrun how most vendors sell.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 15, 2013

Executives continually point to the need for Sales and Marketing to align, with 90% of Senior Marketers indicating to Forrester that indeed alignment is a high or very high priority. However, the story is quite different when Marketing is asked about their own priorities. It’s not on Enablement.

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