The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

Today, ABM is a very real and effective way of driving demand, but even its most fervent disciples would acknowledge that, at most companies, ABM co-exists with other strategies rather than having replaced them altogether. Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead Click To Tweet.

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Lead Ranking Enterprise Management Marketing Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 264

Hubspot

JULY 15, 2020

For more traditional inbound or demand generation approaches, this usually got left at a persona. Develop Your Target Account List. Once you have this concept of your best 'fit', you can then begin to build your target account list (TAL) full of companies that are close matches to your developed ICP.

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The Point

JULY 18, 2014

Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“ Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing “) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are making in content marketing. They simply want information of value.

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The Point

MARCH 8, 2018

By which I mean that most analyst reports – Gartner Magic Quadrants, Forrester Wave Reports, and the like – are marketed as press announcements vs. information of value that might attract prospects actively evaluating your type of solution. However, in my experience, most tech companies don’t know how to market them.

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The Point

JANUARY 21, 2014

I received an email recently from Kevin Payne, Senior Director of Field Marketing at customer service software provider [24]7. I would a) break it up into 2 paragraphs at minimum, and 2) tie the copy back to the offer in action-oriented terms, as in: “In a new white paper from Forrester, learn how …”. Shortened body copy text.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 25, 2024

By incorporating social media into a comprehensive revenue generation strategy, B2B enterprises can deepen connections with their target audience and simultaneously boost sales. To measure the effectiveness of social media initiatives, you should identify specific KPIs aligned with the targeted customer life cycle stages.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases. Closing Gaps Between Sales, Marketing and Customer Service – Pre-Sale and Post-Sale. Thus, alignment is more critical than ever.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I’ve long observed that B2B marketers focus too much on lead generation, and not enough on current customer expansion and retention, which is, after all, where the bulk of profits lie. For years, B2B marketers have focused on demand generation, or top-of-the-funnel activities. Others include it as part of the demand gen.

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The Point

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Demand Generation Report just published their 2018 Outlook Guide: The State of Marketing Automation. I was honored to be invited to contribute my thoughts as part of the report, reproduced (with permission) below. There are fewer hard and fast rules that apply to all audiences.

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Madison Logic

JULY 25, 2023

The industry-leading ML Insights unifies datasets from multiple sources to score accounts on purchase propensity, empowering enterprise B2B marketers to prioritize key accounts, drive higher account engagement, and accelerate conversion across the sales cycle.

Intent Data 52

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Madison Logic

JULY 25, 2023

The industry-leading ML Insights unifies datasets from multiple sources to score accounts on purchase propensity, empowering enterprise B2B marketers to prioritize key accounts, drive higher account engagement, and accelerate conversion across the sales cycle.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Buyer Intent Intent Account Based Marketing 52

Sales Engine

AUGUST 24, 2015

Where these goals are important, they place second and third to the ultimate goal of content marketing—to generate leads and increase revenue. Forrester states that up to 90 percent of the buyer’s journey now happens before someone gets in contact with short-listed companies. Now it’s not that way.

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Golden Spiral

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Inbound marketing theory encourages us all to remember that a sale happens when the right lead has the right need at the right time. Forrester warns against cutting brand awareness efforts. Don’t just focus on demand generation tactics. Maximize Your Relationship with an Agency. Don’t be nebulous with an agency.

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Cintell

JANUARY 27, 2016

Additionally, they leveraged them for sales training and demand generation to inform campaign decisions. For Demand Generation Marketers. Tag contacts to persona and segment your database to improve targeting and lead gen campaign results. Use personas to form qualifying criteria for your lead scoring model.

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Demand Generation Agencies Lead Ranking Paid Search Agency Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

We know Demandbase, a titan lead generation company acquired Engagio. In one of the interviews Tribilo’s CEO, Andre Yee, said “Right off the bat it offers better targeting, and if ABM is about anything, it’s about better targeting.” ABM is about quality leads and engaging active buyers. Triblio is acquired by IDG.

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Account Based Marketing Planning Lead Ranking ABM 152

Madison Logic

MAY 24, 2023

The report recognizes Madison Logic as a proven demand generation partner for its proprietary intent data and extensive marketing campaign activation. Being named a Leader by Forrester in their new Wave represents a significant milestone for our company and we believe validates our strong intent data offering.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Intent Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management 52

Madison Logic

MAY 24, 2023

The report recognizes Madison Logic as a proven demand generation partner for its proprietary intent data and extensive marketing campaign activation. Being named a Leader by Forrester in their new Wave represents a significant milestone for our company and we believe validates our strong intent data offering.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Intent Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management 52

B2B Marketing Exchange

MARCH 2, 2023

Building A More Intelligent Content Stack With AI, Automation & Analytics” with Forrester’s Phyllis Davidson Key Takeaway: Elicitation, mirroring and active listening techniques from the spy-world can help short-cut rapport building and improve the sales process. Session: “Are We Ready To Trust The Machines? The result?

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies SMB Advertising Agencies Account Based Marketing 52

Martech

JULY 14, 2022

Last year, Forrester Research found the average number of buying interactions occurring during the purchase process soared by 10 to 27 in 2021. This trend shows that buyers are determined to do their due diligence before making purchase decisions, raising the importance of the personalized, targeted experiences enabled by ABM technologies.

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Madison Logic

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

And while genAI is only expected to grow more sophisticated, solely relying on it to produce customized content will lead to a generic and irrelevant story that won’t resonate with your audience. You must leverage your first- and third-party intent data to identify target audiences and personalize your content.

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6sense

JANUARY 26, 2016

To wrap up 2015, Forrester Research, Inc. According to Forrester, all of these developments add up to a lot of change: B2B marketers will have to accept a fundamentally different role in the modern enterprise, reimagine their relationship with sales and change their approach to demand generation.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Software Advice’s recently released 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark report revealed that the vast majority of B2B marketers (79 percent) use at least 11 different marketing software applications. Plans for 2015 Demand Generation Spending, by Channel. Chief Marketer’s Annual B2B Lead Generation Survey.

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Budget Programs Marketing Report B2B Marketing Research 120

Content Standard

MAY 24, 2019

Partner marketing plays a major role in driving B2B lead generation, especially for tech brands with indirect sales models. ” The latest research from Forrester agrees, noting that one-off partner approaches are becoming rich, integrated ecosystem strategies. Creating a Reseller CX Is Key.

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Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2023

B2B marketers taking on new leadership roles naturally seek out trusted resources that help professionals in new positions hit the ground running, and TopRank Marketing is honored to be a go-to B2B content and influencer marketing agency for so many top marketers in new leadership roles. Also, always be kind.”

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Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 98

Cintell

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

If you haven’t read the Understanding B2B Buyers 2016 Benchmark Study, you may not know that companies who exceed revenue and lead goals are more effective at creating, using, and consistently maintaining personas than those who miss their targets. (Or

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PathFactory

MAY 20, 2022

Well, that’s what I get in spades at Forrester Summit – for me personally and for PathFactory in general. I love Forrester Summit – always have done, always will. So, what validation did I get from Forrester Summit? Let’s dig into these two macro trends in more detail.

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Madison Logic

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

B2B marketing is not just about selling a product or service. What Happens When You Focus Too Much on Demand Many marketers recognize the power of a brand-building strategy, but demand activities still dominate their budgets and focus.

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Demand Brand Identity Branding Work Management 52

6sense

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

6sense, the leading Account Based Orchestration Platform, powered by AI, announced its inaugural customer conference, 6sense Breakthrough. According to TOPO’s research, organizations that adopt a targeted account based approach are extremely efficient at generating pipeline.

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Conference Demand Generation Agencies Account Based Marketing ABM 62

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Peer-to-peer Demand 40

SmartBug Media

MAY 13, 2022

Intent data takes the mystery out of how to prioritize and create your marketing campaigns," says Mitchell Hanson, Senior Director of Demand Generation at ZoomInfo. "It Intent data refers to buying signals from across the internet that link prospect accounts to a specific topic. Tactic #1: Easily Prioritize Accounts.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

These company Twitter accounts provide updates on some of the latest B2B marketing strategies and tools and can add some B2B Marketing knowledge into your Twitterstream. Forrester – Forrester Research, Inc – An independent research company that provides pragmatic advice to global leaders in business and technology.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Additional data from Forrester revealed that high-performing B2B companies grow their sales enablement budget 2 times faster than low-performing organizations. They also need a firm understanding of their target prospects’ pain points — if possible, better than the prospects themselves. Bad lead quality. Not enough leads.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel Product Work Management 48

SnapApp

JULY 10, 2018

Demand generation is a rapidly evolving field — just a few years ago brands were still largely focusing on traditional outbound marketing strategies. Terms like inbound marketing and demand generation seemed more like buzzwords than actual marketing strategies. Forrester B2B Marketing Forum. Hey, that’s us!)

Training 59

Training Demand Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 59

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Forrester expects B2B ecommerce in the just United States to reach $1.8 By that time, it will account for 17% of all B2B sales in the US. Even as of the close of 2018, Forrester says US B2B ecommerce had already exceeded $1.1 A recent Forrester research study broke out B2B companies’ ecommerce maturity into three levels.

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eCommerce Advertising Benchmark B2B Marketing Practices 121

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 21, 2009

Aprimo is in the early stages of launching Aprimo Marketing Studio , a new Software-as-a-Service marketing automation suite that is separate from the existing Aprimo product.* Of course, I’m generalizing about sets of vendors so there will be individual exceptions. The demand generation vendors have been much more dynamic.

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Marketing Automation Services Digital Asset Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 120

SnapApp

JULY 10, 2018

Running an effective demand generation campaign means you need to stay current with changes in the industry. Terms like inbound marketing and demand generation seemed more like buzzwords than actual marketing strategies. Forrester B2B Marketing Forum. Hey, that’s us!)

Training 48

Training Demand Demand Generation Agencies Planning 48

Content4Demand

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Yes, marketers can utilize intent data to drive their segmentation effort, helping B2B marketers discover companies (and people) who are in-market for a particular product or service. Increasing concerns about privacy and the use of third-party cookies has forced the industry to restructure the way marketers target their customers.

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Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel Intent Signal 92