The Point

MAY 28, 2019

One, because I’m generally wary of any technology that promises to “revolutionize” B2B marketing, and two, because I struggled to envision the use case for chatbots beyond customer service and support. However, the more I learn about chatbots, the more I get excited about their potential for B2B marketing, and demand generation.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Let’s be honest, your lead generation strategy might need some work if it’s not producing ROI. The whole point of lead generation is to generate leads that close! You can’t rely on one pipeline or blasting out an email to your prospect list and calling it a day. What does lead generation look like today?

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Demand generation and lead generation are essential for any company. Demand and lead generation are the lifeblood of any growing company. I'm going to walk you through what both demand and lead generation are, examples of them in practice, and help you consider if you should be focusing on one over the other.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This is the second year that ANNUITAS has conducted its Enterprise B2B Demand Generation Survey with the goal of gaining better insights into the approach that enterprise organizations take to demand generation. Look to educate and not just qualify: Demand generation is about more than just qualifying leads.

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PureB2B

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Demand generation and lead generation are essential for any company. Demand and lead generation are the lifeblood of any growing company. I'm going to walk you through what both demand and lead generation are, examples of them in practice, and help you consider if you should be focusing on one over the other.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 15, 2019

In the same way, if you tried to build a B2B demand generation strategy based on faulty assumptions–or outright myths–you’d probably fail, too. Demand generation marketers, in particular, have a patchwork of myths to work through. So here’s your shortcut around the most prevalent demand generation myths.

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Inbox Insight

JANUARY 14, 2022

Inbox Insight, a technology focused leader in B2B Content Amplification and Demand Generation announces a MBO supported by Mobeus Equity Partners. The recent transaction was funded by Mobeus alongside vendor and management, with no third party debt funding. The MBO was completed on 29th December 2021.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 28, 2019

Here are six reasons why you need to start using video in your demand generation efforts right now. The modern lifestyle makes it hard to thoroughly read long product descriptions or spend hours researching different vendor options. Video marketing is amazing for demand generation and can be used in every part of your flywheel.

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Metadata

JANUARY 27, 2022

Hiring the right person to lead your demand generation effort is tough. Very few can back up their experiences with an in-depth understanding of successful, modern demand gen. My top interview questions for demand generation managers. After all, you’re looking for someone who can run the demand gen gamut.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 9, 2024

Lead generation has become an essential aspect of every company’s growth strategy. While some B2B companies choose to keep lead generation in-house, there are significant advantages to outsourcing this critical function. In fact, outsourced lead generation can produce 43% more outcomes compared to in-house lead creation.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2010

Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. Manticore launched its B2B marketing automation system in 2003, making it one of the older vendors in the industry. Manticore wants clients to understand that demand generation is a business process.

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Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 18, 2018

The new buzzword for improving interest in your products and services is demand generation , which is fast becoming a vital metric for many companies. Not only does good demand generation help the supply chain, it also leads to happier customers and more alignment between sales and marketing. Big data is so 2014.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2009

Summary: marketing vendors offer several types of social media applications. Treehouse Interactive just introduced a “talk it up” feature that embeds “share this” buttons in Treehouse-generated Web pages and emails. CRM vendor RightNow offers something similar under the label of Cloud Links. -

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Belkins

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Influence marketing , growth hacking marketing, and now…demand generation marketing, what even is that?!’ To make things easier for you, let’s break down the meaning of demand generation marketing and see why you should do it (and why you’re probably doing it right now). What does it stand for?

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One of the audience members at the B2B Marketing University in Boston asked about demand generation systems for small businesses, and how to distinguish among the vendors in general. My brief answer was that the biggest difference was less functionality than the target markets the different vendors pursue.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. The Lead Generation Process.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Whatever the reason, unused funds are a lost opportunity for both the partner and the sponsoring vendor. At our agency , we’ve developed and executed a wide range of MDF-funded programs for dozens of tech clients. Work with your BD representative or agency partner to define clear expectations and KPIs. Define your message.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Last week, Eric Wittlake (@ wittlake ) wrote a great post called Lead Generation is Crippling Demand Generation where he argued that these two marketing activities were working against each other due to the different outcomes each is trying to achieve. Many marketers focus on leads instead of the larger demand picture.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 7, 2010

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 8, 2009

I had an interesting email conversation last month with a Raab Guide buyer about the nuances of company-level data management in demand generation systems. He started from the perfectly reasonable premise that the demand generation system should give an overview of activity for all leads associated with a given company.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Summary: Net-Results is simpler to use than comparable demand generation systems because it applies the same features to many tasks. But on reflection I realized that Net-Results offers a full set of demand generation functions. Let’s run through the standard demand generation process to see how this works in practice.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 19, 2022

Research shows that 99% of B2B buyers would both make a new purchase and complete a renewal in an end-to-end digital service model. Additionally, a majority of respondents are very comfortable spending $50k or more entirely through self-service channels. It’s clear: Buyers want a self-service purchasing option.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What Is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What does a “good lead” look like anyway?

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

As you might imagine, I’ve been trying to decide how to expand the set of products covered in the Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. My original plan had been to add several marketing automation vendors with significant presence in this market. The tentative list is Unica , Aprimo , Alterian , and Neolane.

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PureB2B

MAY 10, 2022

Demand generation marketing is often measured by the amount of revenue you can influence over a set period of time, or as most marketers call it, lead generation. Too often, content syndication programs are plagued with poor performing leads due to the vendor not specifically addressing the challenge at hand.

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The Point

MAY 30, 2013

In days long past, companies hired one marketing firm, usually an advertising agency, to coordinate a broad spectrum of marketing needs. The era of agency specialization is well and truly upon us. One byproduct of agency specialization is a loss of geographic proximity.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 18, 2009

Since that’s critical to many demand generation users, I didn’t want to give a false impression by leaving it out. It’s actually quite a long story, dating back to the company’s initial sales automation system in 1997, followed by its MarketingView demand generation product in 1999. So now the story can be told.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

I only mention this because I’ve recently been looking at a lot of new (to me) vendors and haven’t been able to write about many of them. Its primary clients were then, and still remain, digital marketing agencies. This makes it a system for both small business and service vendors: two of my four themes.

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Rev

JUNE 21, 2023

But you’re not wrong for thinking that the goals of lead generation and sales prospecting sound similar. While both strategies aim to generate new customers, lead generation focuses on generating large volumes of leads, while sales prospecting focuses on targeting and converting specific, high-quality prospects.

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The blog series covers how to create a budget, build an ABM team, get your data ready, select your target accounts, personalize your content, and measure and realign. This image illustrates the difference in thought process between a traditional demand generation approach and an ABM strategy. This is it.

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Inbox Insight

JANUARY 24, 2022

Technology focused leader in B2B Content Amplification and Demand Generation, Inbox Insight, announces the appointment of former Merkle B2B Client Director, Jennifer Brennand as VP of Strategy. She will be leading the planning, digital services and design teams. “I Date of Publish: 24 /01/2022.

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Integrated B2B

MARCH 26, 2019

We are pleased to announce the appointment of a new partner agency in Spain, growing BBN’s presence to 20 countries worldwide. TMH is a native digital B2B marketing agency, specialising in the management of sales and marketing programmes for global leading technology companies, telecommunication carriers and software start-ups.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 31, 2024

Lead generation strategies have evolved significantly due to economic pressures and technological shifts. What are the biggest B2B lead generation trends? Before outsourcing your lead generation to a provider, it’s worth reviewing the industry from a trends perspective.

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Biznology

AUGUST 8, 2019

Thanks to an introduction from the longtime agency pro and university instructor Freddy Rosales , I had the chance to meet Martin J. Martin: Twenty years ago, we would buy databases from trade publications and data vendors, and use them to cold call, trying to reach senior executives. Now, I have a 15-person agency called Pragmativa.

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The Point

APRIL 19, 2017

The best demand generation campaigns start with content that your prospects want. Does the topic help to qualify the prospect as someone suffering from a problem or pain point your product/service can solve? Clients often ask: “What’s the maximum shelf life for demand generation content?”

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The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage.

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The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. IMPACT : Use ABM strategies to deliver personalized, relevant content to specific buying roles within large accounts.

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