Cost Per Opportunity (CPO). Even though it generated fewer clicks and fewer leads, it generated twice as many sales opportunities, and therefore, had half as high of a cost per opportunity ($200 CPO compared to $400 CPO). Paid Media - whether it’s search, social, display, etc. - MORE

Recently, Dave Scott , Founder & CEO of Marketfish and author of “The New Rules for Lead Generation: Proven Strategies to Improve Marketing ROI,” joined Act-On CPO David Fowler for a discussion about how to grow a database responsibly with third-party data. MORE

At the recent Aberdeen Group Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit in Boston, we heard loud and clear, the buyers’ viewpoint. That’s a question that keeps almost every B2B marketer up at night. MORE

Today’s content marketing agency can engage in educating an audience or attracting new recruits as much as selling products or services — so the CEO, CPO, or CTO may be named as sponsor as often as the head of sales or marketing director. Here’s content marketing secret number 2. We hope you’ve laced up your cleats, because in this part we’ll be nailing the kick-off process with your content marketing agency. MORE

Of the people who attended your show, you ideally want to determine how many opportunities were created, how much pipeline, how many were closed/won and for how much bookings, and cost per opportunity (CPO). MORE

Today’s content marketing agency can engage in educating an audience or attracting new recruits as much as selling products or services — so the CEO, CPO, or CTO may be named as sponsor as often as the head of sales or marketing director. Here’s content marketing secret number 2. We hope you’ve laced up your cleats, because in this part we’ll be nailing the kick-off process with your content marketing agency. MORE

Past adventures CPO @Klout, CEO at Talkingpoint, president @MarketWatch, founder/chairman/CEO at BigCharts Philip’s. Note: This post, a joint effort between Cheryl Burgess and me, originally appeared on the Blue Focus Marketing Blog last month. MORE

Sheryl Sandberg, COO; Chris Cox, CPO; and Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder and CEO, have all flatly said that Facebook is a tech company. For years, Facebook has denied that it’s a media company. MORE

The Aberdeen Group’s Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit in Boston last week was an insightful learning experience—learning that I will enjoy sharing with you over the next few pieces on my blog. MORE

The average CPO we see for our clients is $1,200. In July, we released our third annual AdWords Industry Benchmark Report and had Lucia Rodas-Estrada, SEM Team Manager at DWA , a media agency with a predominant focus in B2B technology, join us for a webinar to discuss them. MORE

I created the same concept for a belief near and dear to our CPO David Cancel -- you have to work with swagger to succeed. When it comes to creating calls-to-action, big brands have the luxury of full-time designers and -- the magical word -- budgets. MORE

If your CPO and CMO are arguing endlessly over every draft, decide whose views better represent your offer and communicate your final word to them. Our way with words can’t be compared with the likes of Shakespeare, but it can deliver qualified sales and marketing leads that bring greater revenue to your business. Ah, writing. Our language given shape, the art form of some the world’s greatest geniuses. MORE