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33 Questions to Ask B2B Appointment Setting and Lead Gen Vendors

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There are so many demand gen vendors out there, and if you are a demand gen professional in sales or marketing, we've probably called you. Outsourcing some or all of your appointment setting or lead generation activity to a third party vendor is a task that shouldn't be undertaken by responding to one cold call.

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In Defense of Demand Generation in the Age of ABM

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Much has been made of the argument that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) gained traction so quickly in B2B marketing primarily because traditional, funnel-based demand generation has stopped working. A recent video making the rounds on LinkedIn asked: “ Is Demand Generation Losing its Effectiveness ?” (The answer provided was: yes.).

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A Nurture Strategy for Content Syndication Leads

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I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low. Quality content = quality leads.

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Metadata.io Closes Record Year As Market for Autonomous Demand Generation Surges

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The momentum and uptick in company growth can be attributed to sophisticated B2B marketers embracing growth-focused demand generation technologies, and autonomous marketing operations as a vehicle for scale. Demand marketers from companies like Zoom, Pendo, Thoughtspot, Okta, Workato, and Vonage have experienced as much as a 4.5X

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How to do Account-Based Marketing for Demand Generation in 2020

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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. Let’s explore.

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7 Questions You Need To Ask When Hiring a Demand Generation Manager

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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. Many of the questions I ask are to understand a candidate’s perspective on demand gen. My top interview questions for demand generation managers.

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Moving From an Old-School Lead Gen Playbook to a Demand Gen Machine

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In: demand-generation. But now, to borrow from Kaylee Edmondson’s DEMAND fireside chat, Moving From An Old-School Lead Gen Playbook to a Demand Gen Machine —“Lead generation’s just not hitting like it used to hit.” Kaylee is the VP of Revenue at Refine Labs, and former Director of Demand Generation at Chili Piper.