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Modern Marketer Guide: How to Radically Dial In Your B2B Audience Targeting

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From there, marketers would apply their personas to the traditional lead generation model. They’d sit at the bottom of the funnel, using a proverbial lasso to pull prospects down the funnel—and they’d do it with one-size-fits-all ads that didn’t speak to anyone’s unique needs. Those are the people you need to reach.

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86% of Software Buyers Use Peer Review Sites to Make a Purchase. How Discoverable is Your Brand?

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In fact, 86% of software buyers use peer review sites when buying software. Bottom-of-funnel advertising should focus on gaining a share of the search engine results pages (SERPs) for high-intent keywords. Ensure the directory ranks high on a search for “best (your primary software category).”

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers? Our customers run the gamut from software to manufacturing to services—each with their own unique demand models.

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Metadata.io Awarded “Innovator of the Year” at LinkedIn® Marketing Partner Awards

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An early adopter of the ad format, Metadata’s marketing team leveraged conversation ads to engage prospects with messages that were customizable to both the person and their position within the funnel. Using this new tactic, Metadata increased platform demo requests 300% and reduced monthly cost by 20%.

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers? Our customers run the gamut from software to manufacturing to services—each with their own unique demand models.

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Should You Put Budget Behind Brand Awareness in a Down Economy? We Think So.

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Aston Martin hasn’t advertised in years. Despite what most B2B marketers say, advertising—in the past, present, and future—is a long-term play. The purchase journey for software is often long and infrequent, too, while also involving an entire buying committee. Executive #2: Wait. How’s that possible? That’s how.

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The Ultimate B2B Marketing Glossary

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Generally, the Chief Information Security Officer makes the decision about buying new tech or software to use, so if you're a B2B marketing agency, they are good people to get to know. Cost Per Acquisition is the amount you spend to acquire a new lead or make a sale. It's an alternative metric to CPA.