Inbox Insight

AUGUST 16, 2021

This short article identifies key shifts in gear when it comes to segmenting and targeting B2B audiences. Interrogating customer databases and constructing carefully thought-out ideal customer profiles (ICP) have enabled B2B marketers to better understand and identify those ‘best fit accounts’ worth investing resources behind.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This is a bit perplexing, since those products are at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Marketo being relatively low cost / limited functionality / easier to learn, and Eloqua being higher cost / richer functionality / takes more training. So they offer not just demand generation but everything from contact management to e-commerce.

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PureB2B

MAY 10, 2022

Demand generation marketing is often measured by the amount of revenue you can influence over a set period of time, or as most marketers call it, lead generation. Too often, content syndication programs are plagued with poor performing leads due to the vendor not specifically addressing the challenge at hand.

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PureB2B

JULY 2, 2019

After countless conversations with demand generation marketers, it is apparent they are being held to the fire for “better leads” that convert higher and show more signs of being in marker. From there, let them execute their prospecting at scale and cost effectively book you meetings.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 1, 2016

One analytics vendor after another is selling you on their ability to analyze and make sense of “any” data. Demand generation leaders know it’s not true, though. So what is the key to better demand generation analytics? This means evolving your KPIs beyond clicks, page traffic and cost per contact.

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PureB2B

JULY 14, 2020

The secret sauce is in engaging those in your target persona who have a need/challenge/problem that your solution will solve for. Inbound lead generation challenges are on the rise: On average, inbound lead traffic to B2B technology companies’ websites has declined by more than 40% since 2010. Tough crowd).

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PureB2B

JULY 14, 2020

The secret sauce is in engaging those I your target persona who have a need/challenge/problem that your solution will solve for. Here’s why it should be the foundation of your 2H: Inbound lead generation challenges are on the rise: On average, inbound lead traffic to B2B technology companies’ websites has declined by more than 40% since 2010.

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PureB2B

JULY 14, 2020

The secret sauce is in engaging those I your target persona who have a need/challenge/problem that your solution will solve for. Here’s why it should be the foundation of your 2H: Inbound lead generation challenges are on the rise: On average, inbound lead traffic to B2B technology companies’ websites has declined by more than 40% since 2010.

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PureB2B

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Demand generation and lead generation are essential for any company. Demand and lead generation are the lifeblood of any growing company. I'm going to walk you through what both demand and lead generation are, examples of them in practice, and help you consider if you should be focusing on one over the other.

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Metadata

JULY 29, 2020

As we talked about in the last post , I’m proposing a new way to think about account-based marketing (ABM) and how it relates to Demand Generation for 2020. You Need Engagement AND Demand Marketers are still left with a problem. You need programs and technology focused on the demand generation side of your funnel.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

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PureB2B

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

So, it’s worth asking, do I need a content syndication vendor to do this for me? Will that vendor/ partner make my job easier, or can I do this on my own? This can create vendor fatigue over time. What other solutions does that content syndication vendor use to back up their processes? Research Recommendations.

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Metadata

JANUARY 27, 2022

Hiring the right person to lead your demand generation effort is tough. Very few can back up their experiences with an in-depth understanding of successful, modern demand gen. My top interview questions for demand generation managers. Try some (or all) of these out in your next round of interviews.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 25, 2013

Last October, KoMarketing Associates announced the launch of research consultancy Software Advice’s B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. In a poll of 155 primarily C-level marketing experts, social media received the largest percentage of votes for demand generation channels that marketers will spend more on in 2013.

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 28, 2009

I've been having a dandy time analyzing the results of my Demand Generation Implementation Survey. As of April 29, I've received 40 responses, of which I've discarded two as incomplete and two because they related to vendors I considered irrelevant ( Zoho and Ad Giants PitchRocket). the system itself 0.67

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Summary: Net-Results is simpler to use than comparable demand generation systems because it applies the same features to many tasks. But on reflection I realized that Net-Results offers a full set of demand generation functions. Let’s run through the standard demand generation process to see how this works in practice.

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PureB2B

JULY 2, 2019

After countless conversations with demand generation marketers, it is apparent they are being held to the fire for “better leads” that convert higher and show more signs of being in marker. From there, let them execute their prospecting at scale and cost effectively book you meetings.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 24, 2009

Summary: let's not forget that most companies are still not even doing simple demand generation. But then it was back to the bubble (so much more interesting than reality) with vendor meetings. The next step, which has barely begun, is for demand generation vendors to deliver solutions that support the new role.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. There might still be some others: two of the vendors haven't spoken with me, which could mean they agree with my ratings but, more likely, means they just haven't been paying attention.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 28, 2008

Now that I have that long post about analytical databases out of the way, I can get back to thinking about demand generation systems. But, as I think I wrote in a comment since then, I now believe the best approach is to define several applications and score the vendors in terms of their suitability for each.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 14, 2014

Some vendors only rank leads while others build multiple models for different purposes. • Whether the vendor sells prospect lists or only enhance names provided by the client. Whether the vendor provides lists of individuals as well as companies. . • Types of predictive models available. There are probably others.

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PureB2B

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

So, it’s worth asking, do I need a content syndication vendor to do this for me? Will that vendor/ partner make my job easier, or can I do this on my own? This can create vendor fatigue over time. What other solutions does that content syndication vendor use to back up their processes? Research Recommendations.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Each lead generation avenue should be employed with an end goal in mind. For example, if you’re planning an in-person event to target your audience 1:1, come prepared with compelling visual aids that draw them in. Keep in mind, a fantastic website will cost you a sizable chunk of money, but the ROI is immeasurable.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 7, 2010

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Last week, Eric Wittlake (@ wittlake ) wrote a great post called Lead Generation is Crippling Demand Generation where he argued that these two marketing activities were working against each other due to the different outcomes each is trying to achieve. We need to generate leads. We need to harness demand.

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Martech

JULY 28, 2021

There was little consolidation in the space, with independent start-ups outperforming the bigger vendors, and almost two dozen of them dominate the market today. Similarly, independent CDPs generally have a multi-year lead over the big vendors — Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce and SAP — all of which have been playing catch-up.

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

Intent data allows you to identify and target these specific folks, almost in real time. The type of intent signals a user is leaving and the strength of those signals can indicate a user’s interest in your product, which is invaluable for creating targeted marketing campaigns or delivering strong sales cadences.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 25, 2008

When I was researching last week’s piece on Market2Lead , one of the points that vendor stressed was their ability to create a full-scale marketing database with information from external sources to analyze campaign results. They even cited one demand generation vendor that had turned to them for help. (In

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 18, 2009

Since that’s critical to many demand generation users, I didn’t want to give a false impression by leaving it out. It’s actually quite a long story, dating back to the company’s initial sales automation system in 1997, followed by its MarketingView demand generation product in 1999. So now the story can be told.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 3, 2008

My little tour of demand generation vendors landed at Pardot just before Thanksgiving. As you’ll recall from my post on Web activity statistics , Pardot is one of the higher-ranked vendors not already in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. So I was quite curious to see what they had to offer.

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DiscoverOrg

APRIL 20, 2017

When it comes measuring the health of our prospect data, we’re used to showing raw growth in the number of contacts and accounts, or a coverage percentage for target accounts or personas. Deep account-based sales intelligence benefits an organization in the following ways. Better demand generation.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

For years, B2B marketers have focused on demand generation, or top-of-the-funnel activities. Focusing on the funnel beyond the funnel translates to lower customer acquisition costs, lower churn rates, higher lifetime value, and a powerful brand. I asked Steve to explain his thinking. What’s that? this opportunity?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

KPIs should also hold each team member accountable for hitting their number and doing their part. While there are countless KPIs you could track, we’re laying out the ones specifically tailored for demand generation marketers. Cost per MQL: The higher your lead to MQL rate, the lower your cost per MQL. Intent lift.

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Rollworks

MARCH 27, 2019

Before you commit to a long-term ABM strategy, ask your ABM vendor these questions. Not all account-based marketing vendors are created equal and since most B2B deals can take months (if not years) to close, it’s important to figure out exactly what you’re getting with that expensive ABM contract.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 26, 2010

Summary: DataMentors has launched a low-cost marketing database product with limited functionality. Marketing database software and service vendor DataMentors last week tossed its hat into the ever-more-crowded ring of marketing automation for small(ish) businesses. It's an interesting test of what marketers really want. Fifty fields?

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Rollworks

MARCH 27, 2019

Before you commit to a long-term ABM strategy, ask your ABM vendor these questions. Not all account-based marketing vendors are created equal and since most B2B deals can take months (if not years) to close, it’s important to figure out exactly what you’re getting with that expensive ABM contract.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 12, 2010

On Monday, Genius.com announced “the first free, instant-on demand generation solution”, a description carefully crafted to distinguish their offering from the free version announced by LoopFuse in June. But those companies will never be a source of much revenue, even if the vendors manage to sell them some additional services.

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