Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 28, 2014

It’s apparent that there’s a missing vital component in the quest to modernize marketing. Today’s marketing organizations are aggressively modernizing, automating and adding more digitally centered marketing tactics as they focus on their mandate to discover prospects and create new customers.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Advertising Agencies Cost per Acquisition Media 100

BenchmarkONE

MARCH 25, 2022

If you want to grow your business, a digital marketing team is essential for generating new leads, increasing brand awareness , boosting sales, and nurturing customer relationships. . Building an exceptional marketing team is about more than just hiring people to manage your ad campaigns. Marketing is a highly dynamic industry.

Paid Content 76

Paid Content Enterprise Management Work Management Budget Programs 76

Envy

MAY 8, 2018

Not sure whether to do your PPC in-house or to hire an agency to manage it for you? As the CMO of a B2B company, you know how important PPC ads are for lead generation and revenue growth. What you may not know is whether you should manage your PPC campaigns in-house or outsource the work to an agency.

PPC 90

PPC Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Best Practices 90

Sword and the Script | B2B

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This time around survey polled 341 senior marketers – 95% of which hold the title of vice president or higher – to produce the survey. About 34% of respondents identified themselves as employed by B2B product companies, while another 31% said B2B services, so overall about 60% of respondents are senior leaders in B2B marketing organizations.

CMO 65

CMO Advertising Benchmark Customer Surveys B2B Marketing 65

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Digital marketing budgets continue to rise, often at the expense of offline advertising spend. But digital marketers must continue to evolve practices as they strive to make their content an asset, rather than an annoyance, to prospective buyers. Consumers hate online ads. Native advertising may be the answer.

Stats 100

Stats Paid Content Banner Ads Marketing Budget 100

The ABM Agency

JANUARY 15, 2021

For some B2B companies, the 2021 marketing budget has increased due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While there’s some level of uncertainty, the general consensus is there’s extra money that can be used on marketing, albeit in different ways than previous years. What are you looking for your next marketing campaign to achieve?

Budget Programs 52

Budget Programs Paid Content Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget Creation 52

Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

When the PESO model —the confluence of paid, earned, shared, and owned media—was unveiled roughly five years ago, it solved marketers’ key question: “I have content, now what?” Or do all these changes in social media algorithms mean it’s best to get back to the drawing board?

Paid Content 64

Paid Content Lead Ranking Distribution Social Media 64

Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

Considering how ad-heavy our world is today, it is likely that you have. It is also very likely that an ad alone is not going to engage you enough to purchase the item or service. This is where content marketing comes into play. For the foreseeable future, content will remain as king. Through j effbullas.

Paid Content 112

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Content Marketing 112

Envy

JULY 31, 2017

The Challenges: Market Education and Lead Generation. Establishing presence as a serious contender in virtualized container cybersecurity required investment in brand awareness and market education in an industry that was still in its infancy. Our strategy included: Inbound Marketing to educate and build awareness.

Lead Ranking 85

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Case Study 85

KoMarketing Associates

JULY 20, 2017

It’s no secret that there are many myths and misconceptions when it comes to search engine optimization. The first whisper starts with a Google announcement and it’s then passed into the ears of search marketers across the industry until, finally, it reaches the last player of the game. This statement is false.

SEO 120

SEO CTR Domain Keywords 120

Content Standard

MARCH 6, 2019

When your brand is national, you have scope: You can create unavoidable, unforgettable campaigns which get seeded into every market in the land, creating a consistent and strong brand voice that’s instantly recognizable. And how can national brands create tailored content which doesn’t feel like generic, copy-paste messaging?

Paid Content 87

Paid Content Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Advertising Agencies 87

Terminus

MARCH 29, 2021

Are your SaaS competitors killing you in search marketing? Instead… Garrett Mehrguth , CEO at Directive (Performance Marketing for SaaS), discusses how to unlock the potential in search marketing for SaaS. A new, on-fire CMO rides into town. This Is Your Marketing Problem. Every dang time.

Lead Ranking 26

Lead Ranking PPC Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 26

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 23, 2014

I have personally run pay-per-click (PPC) programs for the companies I have worked for, and I have worked with agencies that specialize in PPC claiming to have proven track records in B2B. PPC is always challenging in B2B, and is clearly a different animal than the more transactional sale that PPC was clearly designed for.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency PPC Marketing Automation Services 100

QuanticMind

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Welcome to Chapter 1 in our upcoming eBook, Digital Future: Predictive Advertising, which will provide broad strategic insights, executive interviews and key research for CMOs, VPs and other marketing leaders seeking to gain a competitive edge through marketing technology. In other cases, you inherit them.

Advertisements 40

Advertisements Advertising Trends Marketing Budget 40

Directive Agency

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

I am the co-founder and CEO of Directive Consulting and today we’re going to be discussing the power of asking “why” in search marketing. We find that positioning and knowing why someone chooses your product and service is, at the end of the day, the most important thing about marketing. Let’s dive in.

Search Marketing 40

Search Marketing Paid Search Agency Paid Social Agency Video Marketing 40

QuanticMind

JULY 11, 2017

Why do 97% of marketing influencers believe the future of digital marketing will involve human marketers working with machine learning-powered automation? Thought leaders in PPC, social and mobile marketing explain in this in-depth survey. Where is digital headed? Selected responses to the survey are below.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Marketing AI Work Management Marketing Management 40

Valasys

JANUARY 13, 2020

Buyers like to have complete sovereignty in the methods they research about the potential solutions to their problems through specific products or services, engage with the pieces of content being delivered at various stages of their buying cycles & in ways they interact with the salespeople before they decide to close a business deal.

Account Based Marketing 59

Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy 59

SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

Demonstrating the value of any marketing campaign is challenging. In fact, 43% of companies list it as the biggest marketing challenge: . . This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. .

Lead Ranking 107

Lead Ranking Paid Content Cost per Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 107

Outgrow

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Welcome to the Marketer Of The Month blog! . We recently interviewed Shoham Eckhaus for our monthly podcast – ‘ Marketer of the Month ’! Building an effective marketing funnel for B2B. Relying solely on paid marketing campaigns. Predictive Marketing and the Future of AI. About our host: .

Work Management 52

Work Management Paid Search Agency Enterprise Management Demand Generation Agencies 52

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

If you're a CMO, you may have heard the term "native advertising" bandied about recently. While there are many varied definitions of the term, it can best be described as a form of advertising that consists of relevant, valuable content that's part of a media outlet's editorial offering. What Is Native Advertising?

Paid Content 28

Paid Content Inbound Marketing Advertisements Advertising 28

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.

CMO 52

CMO Paid Content Paid Search Agency Work Management 52

The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fractional CMO services should include strategy and planning, brand messaging and positioning, budgeting, tracking, reporting, and managing execution across all marketing resources (internal team, freelancers, agencies, and the marketing tech stack). These are the typical accountabilities for a Chief Marketing Officer.

CMO 52

CMO Paid Content Work Management Marketing Management 52

Hubspot

OCTOBER 31, 2012

When it comes to pay-per-click (PPC) ads , Google is the undisputed heavyweight champion. In Q2 2012, Google racked up a 42% year-over-year increase in paid clicks. But if you’re not Google -- so, pretty much all of us -- the odds of your PPC ad being seen and clicked on via a search just got 42% harder.

Paid Search Agency 28

Paid Search Agency Linkedin Ads B2B Marketing 28

Conductor

JUNE 6, 2019

Very few people outside of search marketing know about the untapped potential in the words and phrases that millions are typing into their search boxes every day. You might get excited by a spreadsheet filled with pivot tables and MSV data, but it will likely make your CMO’s eyes glaze over. SEOs are lucky.

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Paid Search Agency SEO Keywords 40

Directive Agency

JUNE 29, 2018

The reality is is that as Google keeps changing and search engines are evolving, the distance between what Google is focusing on and then what’s working for B2B marketers is growing wider every day and that gap keeps expanding. You’re starting to see pages within a search engine results page that only have a knowledge box.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Google Paid Social Agency Paid Search Agency 40

Valasys

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

While creating & running social media campaigns , marketers have all kinds of questions in mind, whether they are relevant, whether they will appeal to the buyer persona & whether they are worth the investments made. Marketers need to respect the researching habits of the customers & evolve with it.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Cost Per Thousand CTR CPM 40

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

Paid Content 124

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 124

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Strategy 100

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Planning Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Strategy 100

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Planning Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

So marketing sends more. So marketing tightens the quality standards and sends fewer but higher quality leads. My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Hubspot

JUNE 5, 2013

Not too long ago, HBR published a post outlining the challenge the ''Digital CMO,'' or what we call the ''Inbound CMO,'' faces. Like so many other revolutions, digital marketing has taken hold from the bottom up.". Some of today''s CMOs have catching up to do to keep pace with current marketing trends.

CMO 28

CMO Work Management Marketing Management Allocation 28

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”. Why is this important? This is a foundational activity.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

PR 160

PR Social Media Paid Content Media 160

LEADership

AUGUST 7, 2014

We simply cant help ourselveswe want a new BIG idea, we want to make a BIG difference, we want to target a BIG market and capture a BIG share. Large organizations governed by brand marketing policies (a.k.a. B2B companies are steadily moving share of budget from offline to online marketing and lead generation.

Lead Generation 40

Lead Generation Landing Pages Generation Budget Programs 40

Hubspot

JANUARY 14, 2013

Are you ready to build your dream team of inbound marketers? Hiring inbound marketers is a fairly new priority for businesses as they stray from traditional marketing to more inbound-driven, web-based tactics. Just recognizing that you need to invest in inbound marketing is step one. 1) Social Media Manager.

Paid Search Agency 28

Paid Search Agency Work Management Marketing Management Planning 28

Martech

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A steady upward trend in SEO spending indicates that marketers realize the role SEO plays in helping prospective customers find their offerings. But even if you know how critical SEO is to your marketing, deciding how much to spend on it is another question. Breaking down your marketing budget. Sample SEO budget breakdown.

Budget Programs 115

Budget Programs Spending Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget 115

Hubspot

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Social media continues to rain data onto the market. Even though 83% of marketers indicate social media is important for their business , according to Social Media Examiner , they continue to struggle to measure ROI and use social data to improve their strategies. 12 Ways to Leverage Social Media Intelligence.

Social Media 28

Social Media Top of Funnel Media Webinar Metrics 28