Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 14, 2020

Amid the day to day progression of the coronavirus, companies are seeing one of their major lead generation programs dry up – event marketing. Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. These SDR/BDR teams need lead flow in order to do their jobs.

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The Point

MAY 23, 2017

There is a growing trend in the content syndication space, and among Cost Per Lead (CPL) programs in general, for media vendors to offer B2B clients the option of pre-qualified leads. For the average B2B marketer, I’m not so sure this is a wise move. Here’s why: First, some context.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Demand generation just isn’t a subset of marketing. It’s no wonder then that, according to a recent survey, only 73% of those marketers feel they are somewhat successful in implementing data-driven demand marketing strategies. We’ll walk you through our approach to creating a winning B2B demand generation strategy.

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Metadata

JULY 22, 2020

Both demand generation and account-based marketing (ABM) are as old as marketing itself: after all, somewhere around 90 percent of marketing is generating demand. However, while demand generation has been knitted into MarTech for years now, ABM software, as a category, is newer to the scene.

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Walker Sands

MAY 18, 2023

But when the pressure to drive leads and revenue is high — focus on what works. Unfortunately, we were seeing a really high CPC for our primary keyword target and as a result, a really high CPL. Utilize LinkedIn Lead Gen. Has it had enough time or even impressions to generate actionable data?

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 22, 2024

One strategy has proven to be a game-changer – lead generation. This blog explores the significant benefits of lead generation, highlighting its importance and role in modern business. Understanding the significance of lead generation in B2B Lead generation is the backbone of any successful marketing strategy.

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Metadata

AUGUST 16, 2021

Let’s be honest—finding your perfect B2B Facebook target audience kind of sucks. Working in the Facebook platform natively, you have very limited options for finding and targeting B2B buyers. Your buyers are definitely among them, and with a little creative targeting, you can find them. Okay, not just kind of.

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Rev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Don’t you wish B2B marketing had something as effective as Facebook to help us target our ideal customers? My expertise with the platform is predominantly because of my background as a B2C demand generation specialist. Facebook can then take that information and use it to help its advertisers target more efficiently.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

One of our main marketing KPIs is qualified leads. Katy Katz , Director of Account Strategy, Marketing Refresh. Our biggest consideration for marketing budgets in 2018 is identifying opportunities to reduce overall customer acquisition cost (CAC) for our clients – not just lead cost, but actual customer cost.

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Metadata

AUGUST 16, 2021

Let’s be honest—finding your perfect B2B Facebook target audience kind of sucks. Working in the Facebook platform natively, you have very limited options for finding and targeting B2B buyers. Your buyers are definitely among them, and with a little creative targeting, you can find them. Okay, not just kind of. Employee count.

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Metadata

JANUARY 25, 2023

In: demand-generation. For many years, a focus on lead generation has led to seller-centric strategies and “a shitstorm of gated content.” Kaylee is the VP of Revenue at Refine Labs, and former Director of Demand Generation at Chili Piper. What is demand generation? Out: gated content.

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The Point

JUNE 20, 2018

However, there are a few scenarios that may provide a viable option to dip your toe into something, if not quite ABM (“ABM Lite?”), as part of a pilot initiative to prove value and win budget for a broader, more strategic initiative: 1. Target account campaigns. Generating leads from key accounts.

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 18, 2016

While we were pleased with the lead generation effort, the sales resulting from those leads were disappointingly low. So was it a quality of leads issue or a sales/opportunity conversion issue? During the evaluation timeframe, we generated almost 6,000 leads, for a Suspect-to-MQL conversion rate of 27.3%.

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

And, of those not exceeding their revenue goals, a whopping 74% did not know the number of visitors, leads, MQLs, or sales opportunities they needed to hit their targets. . . This makes it impossible to determine which campaigns are filling the sales pipeline and having the biggest impact on the bottom line.

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The Point

AUGUST 9, 2012

A client asks: “I know I can filter our Pay-Per-Lead ( content syndication ) leads on geography and company size. Can I also limit leads to certain job titles?”. My response: To best answer the question, let’s discuss what lead filters are and how they work. What if I want to filter to specific regions or states?

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PureB2B

JANUARY 21, 2020

DANVERS, MA – January 21, 2020 – PureB2B , a pioneer in the B2B marketing industry, has announced its evolution from a lead generation company to a full-funnel demand generation solution provider. Designed to take leads from prospects to scheduled meetings in 15-20 business days.

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Metadata

APRIL 9, 2024

Demand generation. Sales engineering and enablement. We chose the latter option and built and tasked our Marketing Services team with leading our customers down this new path rich in revenue and pipeline. By asking questions like: What’s their current annual recurring revenue (ARR) and ARR target for the year?

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SWZD

JUNE 30, 2017

Some of your demand generation channels are pulling their weight, others not. Brian Carroll, marketing consultant and author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale , lays out a three part program for analyzing your channel mix, then selecting the combination that works best for your B2B demand generation program.

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Metadata

MAY 8, 2023

But it’s necessary mayhem; diversifying our channels is key to making sure our demand generation engine has what it takes to power us through 2023 so we can hit our revenue targets. Like Cost-per-Click, Leads, and Cost-per-Lead. I know you have, too. That can’t happen in 2023.

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Inbox Insight

JUNE 12, 2024

Struggling to gauge your lead generation success? These KPIs reveal the actual performance and potential return on investment of your lead generation efforts. KPIs are vital tools—not just mere figures—that steer your lead generation efforts towards success. You’re not alone.

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PureB2B

JANUARY 21, 2020

DANVERS, MA – January 21, 2020 – PureB2B , a pioneer in the B2B marketing industry, has announced its evolution from a lead generation company to a full-funnel demand generation solution provider. Designed to take leads from prospects to scheduled meetings in 15-20 business days.

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Metadata

APRIL 25, 2023

Metadata is such a lethal demand generation tool because it’s designed to help you be more efficient with your ad spend. I wonder what your boss might say when you tell them that Metadata boasts a 95% accuracy rate when targeting job titles. And how about that 75% Lead-to-MQL conversion rate after one year.

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Terminus

APRIL 22, 2019

Regardless of whether your organization is fully invested in an account-based marketing strategy or still primarily relying on a lead-based approach, you’re likely familiar with what Terminus Chief Evangelist Sangram Vagre calls “ABM 1.0.” Target: Use Account Identification to Launch a Deeper Conversation with Your Sales Team. “One

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2023

At ZoomInfo, our demand generation team engages hundreds of thousands of global customers and prospects every month using our MarketingOS platform. Before MarketingOS, if the team wanted to target a specific audience, they had to manually onboard and match audience lists with each display ad platform.

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Smarte

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

How to Reduce Cost Per Lead (CPL) Using B2B Data. Cost Per Lead (CPL) is the dollar amount you are paying to acquire each lead from your advertising campaigns. For instance, if you have spent $10000 on a campaign that generated 100 leads, your Cost Per Lead (CPL) is $100.

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Metadata

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Some marketers might prioritize lead volume, others might prioritize pipeline. Internally, we leverage it for all of those reasons, but specifically, we seek to generate demo requests that convert to booked meetings and eventually qualified pipeline. For example, in June 2023, our CPC pause setting for Facebook was $4.

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Metadata

JANUARY 8, 2024

Liam Barnes , Head of Demand Generation at Bionic, whipped out the 2023 version of this adage during his DEMAND session : “If you don’t measure them your campaigns, you’re screwed.” As a demand generation marketer , you’re under more pressure than ever to prove your paid campaigns are driving pipeline and revenue.

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NetLine

AUGUST 2, 2023

B2B demand generation marketers face a growing list of challenges, from navigating complex buyer journeys to breaking through the noise of a crowded marketplace. High-quality, validated, opt-in leads are essential to driving sales and revenue growth, but generating them is no easy task.

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Metadata

AUGUST 31, 2020

If you really want to leverage demand generation practices in your account-based marketing programs in 2020, you can’t stop at engagement. Why do we assume that it will all follow a waterfall that leads to a conversion? Traditional ABM doesn’t always turn into qualified hand-raisers or opportunities.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

At Green Leads, we offer targeted content syndication as part of a broader, systematic lead-generation effort based on the buyer journey. This opens the gates to pockets of your ICP and target buyer personas who might not otherwise find you. Green Leads provides this on a Cost-per-Lead (CPL) basis.

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Directive Agency

APRIL 22, 2022

On the other hand, the demand generation team has some pretty aggressive lead goals and time is running short, as always, to meet that goal before the quarter is out. The second, and less common way (at least for demand gen purposes) is to republish the same piece of content — an article, a video, an infographic, etc.

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Single Grain

APRIL 24, 2023

Case studies are one of the most important lead generation strategies. A good case study not only proves a marketing company’s success, but also zones in on the strategies used to identify leads, customer pain points, increase sales, convert leads, and accomplish other goals.

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The ABM Agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes As a director of marketing or CMO at an enterprise B2B SaaS organization, you may be wondering how to create and execute an effective account based marketing strategy. All these elements must work together in order to successfully deliver results from your account based marketing strategies.

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Metadata

JANUARY 3, 2024

Disclaimer: If your demand generation budget increased in 2023, stop reading; this article isn’t for you. It’s a tough spot to be in and likely pushing you to embrace what Johnathan Dane , Founder of KlientBoost and presenter at DEMAND 2023, calls “shortism.” If your budget did fall, keep reading.

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Metadata

JULY 13, 2021

Based on our work with these customers, we recommend that you give every experiment at least 2x the spend of your target cost-per-Lead. In a phrase: higher spend matched with experimentation means you can improve your messaging, your targeting, and your ad creative. You care more about lead quantity than quality.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Content syndication is a powerful tool that metamorphoses your content into a powerful lead generation tool. As the research methodologies of the prospects have evolved over the period, the pieces of content can be used to educate, engage with & qualify leads before they even visit your website for the first time.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2014

The folks at Madison Logic just released an updated infographic that breaks down the cost of a lead across various industries. I published their research from last year as well because I think this information is really helpful for brands to benchmark themselves in their demand generation efforts.

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