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How To Make Big Demand Gen Bets That Beat the House (and Deliver ROI)

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The pressure-packed question for you: How can I generate ROI with certainty and let the C-suite know I’m helping them weather the economic storm? In normal times, that mindset is fine, but when budgets are tight, avoid investing in strategies with harder-to-measure ROI. said every B2B marketer in 2023. Let’s turn that around.

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Distribution 101: The Content Marketer’s Guide to Facebook Ads Tips

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For instance, targeting people in the consideration stage with a free trial or product demo is more impactful than a direct sales pitch. CPL refers to the cost of generating a lead through your ad, while CPA refers to the cost of acquiring a new customer. This tactic fosters trust and positions your brand as a valuable resource.

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How to Make the Most of Your B2B Demand Gen Budget

Walker Sands

To help B2B marketers drive ROI and ensure success in this environment, I asked several members of the Walker Sands team for their top tips on how to make the most of their Demand Gen budgets. Unfortunately, we were seeing a really high CPC for our primary keyword target and as a result, a really high CPL. Did they request a demo?

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Campaigns and budget setup

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For instance, the CPL threshold for our “Demand Event 2023” campaign, which drives lead generation for the online event, is distinct from the “MD | Newsfeed ad” campaign, which promotes demo interest.

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Is paid social advertising still worth it in 2023?

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After a few months, my cost per lead (CPL) was $3k, and I was in a frenzy. But Abdallah, paid social is sooo expensive I want to remind you of my CPL at Armorblox: $3k. For reference, here’s what the average CPL on Facebook and LinkedIn looked like from April 2022 – April 2023: LinkedIn: $123.85 My next move?

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How Metadata Fundamentally Changed My Approach to B2B Marketing

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In fact, the ROI was so bad that I started asking myself whether my target audience of IT and security professionals even had active LinkedIn profiles. For context, our cost per lead (CPL) was around $1,000 before we started using Metadata. With Metadata, our CPL dropped to about $50. Absolutely.

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

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You’ll optimize to this metric if you’re running a brand campaign, while you’ll optimize to CPL for lead gen. Cost per lead (CPL): CPL measures the efficiency of your campaign. A good CPL is different for every company and should be based on your unit economics. . 100k, I can likely afford to spend more per lead.