Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. And influencing buyer decisions is what marketing is all about !

Top of Funnel 262

Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 262

SmartBug Media

MAY 30, 2023

Conversion rate optimization (CRO) can be one of the biggest challenges marketers face; after all, high volumes of traffic don’t pay the bills. Many marketers truly believe they’re doing everything right when it comes to providing an optimal conversion journey for their visitors. And although it’s great to rank No.

Conversion Rate 98

Conversion Rate Optimization Conversion Tips 98

Tomorrow People

JUNE 7, 2021

An examination of the key characteristics of product-led growth, and how it differs from traditional marketing or sales-led strategies. PLG is changing how organizations approach their product launches and expansion campaigns, impacting the role of marketing and sales in the process. growth for the broader SaaS market.

Enterprise Management 156

Enterprise Management Product Work Management Marketing Management 156

Marketing Interactions

OCTOBER 15, 2021

While the events I’ve attended and material I’ve read tend to apply the focus on sales as the central pivot for RevOps, I find that approach distracting for sales and a discredit to B2B marketers. But in a market driven by subscription business models, CS plays a key role in onboarding, retention, and expansion.

B2B Marketing 131

B2B Marketing Lead Ranking B2B Paid Search Agency 131

Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we approach the end of 2021, it’s time to look at key 2022 B2B marketing trends that will emerge in the year ahead. As we have seen in previous years, 2022 will reflect the ongoing evolution of many B2B marketing trends. Additionally, B2C marketing’s influence on the B2B world will continue to be significant.

Marketing AI 193

Marketing AI Trends B2B Marketing SWOT 193

Engagio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Demandbase was recently named a 2023 Gartner ® Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Account-Based Marketing Platforms and I couldn’t be prouder. We’re a partner, not a vendor I know everyone says that, but without being boastful, I can honestly say we live it at Demandbase. Here’s how we do it at Demandbase, and it’s gold!

Peer-to-peer 83

Peer-to-peer Marketing Management DemandBase Gartner 83

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 15, 2015

Marketo held its annual Marketing Nation Summit this week, hosting 4,000+ clients and partners. As usual for me, I spent much of conference prowling the exhibit hall checking out old and new vendors. Many of those conversations started with the large number of vendors now in the space and how many would ultimately survive.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Marketo Marketing Automation 120

Content4Demand

JULY 7, 2021

As a content marketer, this means that an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy is particularly helpful, targeting your content to the differing needs of the individuals in the buying group rather than marketing to individuals in in isolation. Another 39% cite vendor websites. Relevance for Every Role.

Account Based Marketing 121

Account Based Marketing Peer-to-peer B2B Content 121

Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Research in behavioral economics has helped marketers understand not how people make decisions but how they don’t make decisions — insights that can drive greater results with behavioral marketing. Behavioral economics can help, but we need to move from academic research to the practical world of content marketing and sales enablement.

B2B Marketing 78

B2B Marketing B2B Churn Rate Marketing & Strategy 78

thePoint

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The short answer is one of two definitions “a new potential relationship” or “a reason to check in with an existing relationship.” These are valid leads if the prospect represents the right target company type and the right persona at that company (one you want to speak with).

Leads 52

Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads B2B 52

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 52

KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 23, 2018

If you’ve been hanging around marketing – particularly B2B marketing – for any length of time, you’ve probably heard one version or another of that statement. Through a blend of marketing automation, personalization, and enhanced customer experience, it is increasingly possible to nail that goal.

Marketing Automation Services 156

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management B2B Marketing 156

Madison Logic

JANUARY 5, 2023

2023 will pose challenges to B2B marketers as they navigate global economic uncertainty and a push to maximize their marketing spend and ROI on account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns. Customer marketing will be critical in 2023. “It B2B marketers will need to be more strategic in working with audience privacy .

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Marketing Budget ABM 52

DealSignal

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Ultimate Checklist: Questions to Ask B2B Data Vendors What types of intent data are there? How to use B2B intent data Operationalizing intent data: Three use cases The importance of quality intent data eBook: The Definitive Guide to Evaluating & Choosing a B2B Data Provider Learn more about Intent Data. What is B2B intent data?

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Intent Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The importance of lead generation is ingrained in the mind of every modern marketer— the more high-quality leads you bring in, the better. But, as the buyer’s journey becomes increasingly multifaceted, it’s now clear that lead generation is just one piece of the marketing puzzle. Create buyer personas.

Lead Ranking 172

Lead Ranking Work Management Lead Management Marketing Management 172

Marketing Interactions

MARCH 22, 2022

Given that 94% of B2B Buyers say they are very well informed or somewhat informed before they talk to a sales rep, there’s a lot of opportunity for marketers to help buyers self-qualify as ¾ of them push off engaging with sales until the end of their change process. There’s only one of four components that marketers can weigh in on.

Work Management 62

Work Management Marketing Management Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads 62

Martech

MAY 19, 2022

“What is the right go-to-market (GTM) strategy(ies) for our business?” ” This is a common question being debated and discussed across the C-suite today (note: not just in sales and marketing meetings). So why is GTM confounding sales, marketing and product leaders and rising to the top of the CXO agenda?

Marketing Analytics Tools 111

Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management Marketing Management 111

xiQ

AUGUST 4, 2018

Recently a “self-proclaimed” marketing influencer and “guru” described Account-Based Marketing by using the analogy “if marketing automation is a car then Account-based Marketing is a truck. Creative minds and technology vendors have taken over and now ABM definitions abound. Does that explain what ABM is?”

Account Based Marketing 62

Account Based Marketing Marketing Automation Services B2B Thought Leadership Ideal Customer Profiles 62

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

I prioritized a few key sessions I thought would be most beneficial to my role, and then planned to walk around the Customer Success Expo to connect with vendors we were customers of, or might be a customer of one day. I also perused vendors I thought might be useful with our 2018 initiatives.

Marketing Management 136

Marketing Management Marketing Analytics Tools Conference Vendors 136

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Ben, thanks very much for joining us.

Top of Funnel 91

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Terms and Conditions 91

6sense

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing co-hosts these dynamic, illuminating conversations with 6sense CMO Latané Conant. PLG uses the product itself to drive engagement typically associated with marketing and sales activities. . And then selecting the vendor to help solve it . Deep Personas . Here are a few Aha! Deep Fakes’

CMO 62

CMO Peer-to-peer Cross-Selling Work Management 62

DiscoverOrg

APRIL 17, 2019

Step 2: Vetting the market. I’m just trying to understand who the vendors are. At this point, I’m reading reviews, I’m considering the benefits and drawbacks of each machine, looking at prices… I’m just getting a feel for the market as a whole. Step 3: Vendor selection and elimination.

Intent Data 120

Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 120

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? The only way to join the 30-40% of people who do understand their buyers is to create buyer personas. Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. What is a buyer persona? Let that sink in.

Buyer Personas 100

Buyer Personas Paid Search Agency Companies B2B 100

DealSignal

OCTOBER 26, 2022

With so many B2B data platforms providers available today, how do you know you’re choosing the right vendor for your business? Marketing Sherpa’s research adds that the decay rates of static data are just over 22% per year. And that should usually be the first thing you check on when evaluating potential vendors.

Marketing AI 52

Marketing AI B2B Aggregators InsideView 52

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

We recently had the opportunity to catch-up with our good friend and B2B Marketing Strategist, Ardath Albee. Ardath is CEO of her firm, Marketing Interactions , Inc and has over 25 years of business management and marketing experience. As a leader in this space, please define once and for all – what is content marketing?

Interactive Marketing 100

Interactive Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Emarketing 100

6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Ask a bunch of B2B chief marketing officers to envision what a post-COVID field marketing strategy looks like and it doesn’t take long to start discussing (and complaining about) in person events. Vendor assets are presented in the same screen people watch speakers from (we use PathFactory). That’s the holy grail!

Guerilla Marketing 48

Guerilla Marketing Lead Ranking Marketing & Strategy Vendors 48

xiQ

AUGUST 4, 2018

Recently a “self-proclaimed” marketing influencer and “guru” described Account-Based Marketing by using the analogy “if marketing automation is a car then Account-based Marketing is a truck. Creative minds and technology vendors have taken over and now ABM definitions abound. Does that explain what ABM is?”

Account Based Marketing 59

Account Based Marketing Marketing Automation Services B2B Thought Leadership Ideal Customer Profiles 59

DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If you’re actively trying to grow your email list or ramp up email marketing campaigns, you’ve probably become familiar with email validation software vendors, such as Zerobounce or DeBounce. We tested out a few email validation software vendors and have shared the results with you here. In this instance, they validated 45.3%

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Validation Software Domain Vendors 52

ANNUITAS

JULY 19, 2016

Marketers talk. But some of the best, most successful marketers I’ve known listened a lot more than they talked. There’s definitely a disconnect somewhere. Often that’s because a group of marketers holed up in a room somewhere for a “workshop” and hatched a strategy without any input from buyers. Well, a lot of us do.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Top of Funnel Generation 100

PathFactory

APRIL 3, 2019

PathFactory and Heinz Marketing recently surveyed 204 marketing leaders – Senior Directors, VP/SVPs, and C-Suite – to dig deep into how they make important buying decisions. As marketing leaders, we’re constantly involved in one decision-making process or another. VP of Marketing, PathFactory. “So Why run the survey? “As

Peer-to-peer 61

Peer-to-peer Buy Research Allocation 61

FunnelEnvy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Anyone working in marketing today is probably aware of the importance of creating content. Thanks to the growth of content marketing over the last decade or so companies in every field are rushing to produce content they believe will drive revenue and improve their brand awareness among their target audience.

Top of Funnel 73

Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels Work Management 73

B2B Marketing Analytics

APRIL 3, 2022

The ability of a marketing organization to track marketing attribution is often considered an end in itself when it comes to advanced marketing analytics. This is exactly where most of the marketing teams end up dropping the ball. Gone are the days when a marketer could just go by what she “felt” was right.

Marketing Attribution 52

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Marketing Analytics Tools Allocation 52

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By now, we’ve all heard the analogy “you wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date” when discussing the ways we engage buyers in B2B marketing and sales. of B2B marketers continue to send all leads directly to their Sales teams as soon as a form is filled out according to the 2016 ANNUITAS Survey. Let’s take a step back.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Campaigns Work Management 100

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By now, we’ve all heard the analogy “you wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date” when discussing the ways we engage buyers in B2B marketing and sales. of B2B marketers continue to send all leads directly to their Sales teams as soon as a form is filled out according to the 2016 ANNUITAS Survey. Let’s take a step back.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Campaigns Work Management 100

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By now, we’ve all heard the analogy “you wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date” when discussing the ways we engage buyers in B2B marketing and sales. of B2B marketers continue to send all leads directly to their Sales teams as soon as a form is filled out according to the 2016 ANNUITAS Survey. Let’s take a step back.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Campaigns Work Management 100

PureB2B

APRIL 6, 2022

As a marketer, generating leads on a consistent basis can be a challenge. This is why Salesforce can be such a crucial piece of the marketing ROI puzzle. On top of that, you’re also able to add custom data fields for your specific sales/marketing needs. Breaking Down Salesforce Data. Leveraging Customer Data in Lead Generation.

Lead Generation 62

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 62

PureB2B

APRIL 6, 2022

As a marketer, generating leads on a consistent basis can be a challenge. This is why Salesforce can be such a crucial piece of the marketing ROI puzzle. On top of that, you’re also able to add custom data fields for your specific sales/marketing needs. Breaking Down Salesforce Data. Leveraging Customer Data in Lead Generation.

Lead Generation 62

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 62