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How brands should react to market slowdowns

Martech

This article was co-authored with Ed Crain , President and CEO of Kingstar Media and 26-year veteran of the marketing and media industries. Over 30 years of working in the media business, I’ve seen a fair share of market slowdowns. Many brands may instinctively cut back on their ad budgets during a slowdown. The result?

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Ultimate Pricing Power Part I: Who Is in Charge of Product Pricing?

Mereo

Pricing a B2B solution is complex. People are quick to debate pricing models and numbers. The leading B2B organizations do not leave pricing up to chance. They treat pricing as an art and science. WHO IS IN CHARGE OF PRICING? Alignment of the differentiated value proposition to the pricing approach is critical.

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Ultimate Pricing Power Part III: THE GROUNDWORK OF EFFECTIVE PRICING STRATEGY

Mereo

I recently shared the key elements that make for an effective pricing strategy and who should be leading this. Yet actually taking the steps toward creating an effective pricing strategy can be daunting. Growth: Defined in terms of revenue, market share, market penetration, units sold, and customers retained or acquired.

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Ultimate Pricing Power Part II: UNLOCK YOUR POWER WITH 4 KEY PRICING PRINCIPLES

Mereo

Nextworld was going to market with a powerful no-code enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. Rather than assign an ambiguous, arbitrary cost to their subscription services, they recognized that pricing was key for both their organization’s and their buyers’ long-term success.

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Ultimate Pricing Power Part IV: THE FINAL STEPS TO A SUCCESFUL PRICING STRATEGY

Mereo

Previously we laid the groundwork for an effective pricing strategy , setting goals and gathering key inputs. Now it is time to take the final steps toward your ultimate pricing power. Pricing affects external AND internal behaviors. The issue becomes how your pricing model affects your sales team compensation plan.

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

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For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. How to look at the data LinkedIn vs. Facebook for B2B marketing What are the best CTAs? So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers? A good CPO is different for every company and should be based on your unit economics.

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

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For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. How to look at the data LinkedIn vs. Facebook for B2B marketing What are the best CTAs? So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers? A good CPO is different for every company and should be based on your unit economics.