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10 Tough Questions to Evaluate Your Target Account List

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In a far-gone era, when demand generation was “direct marketing,” it was often said that for any campaign to be successful, the list was paramount. Fast-forward 20 years to a world of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) , and little has changed.

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ABM from Scratch: Building Your Target Account List

Inbox Insight

Account selection is the single most important step for Account-Based Marketing (ABM) – but 39% of B2B marketers say determining which accounts to target is one of their biggest ABM challenges. Step 1: Decide on your strategy first.

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What is B2B Demand Generation?

Inbox Insight

What is demand generation? Demand generation is a B2B marketing strategy that leverages inbound methodology to drive interest and awareness in your product or service. 4 common misconceptions of demand generation. Demand gen vs lead gen.

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The Most Effective Methods For Creating ABM Target Account Lists

Only B2B

Building an ABM target account list (TAL) with all the data-qualified accounts that may become the ideal fit for your company in terms of company size, revenue, and technology usage, is a top-notch implementation of an ABM approach. Account Based Marketing

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Digitizing Logistics: Harness the Power of Data in 4 Steps

Entering a new demand gen position in a volatile market is nerve-wracking. In demand generation, data is essential for knowing who you should target and how. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to identify and target your ideal prospects using different types of data.

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This Year, Tackle These 3 Demand Generation Priorities First

The Point

Sometimes great people, a great product, or pure market demand can cover up all sorts of marketing sins, but more often the clients who succeed consistently at demand generation are those who have their act together. In an era when B2B marketing is so technology-driven, marketers can be forgiven for thinking that the only thing keeping them from success is one more layer in their technology stack.

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The Secret for Building a Better Target Account List Is Having a Strong ICP

Madison Logic

Account-based marketing (ABM) strategies are successful when B2B organizations target customers with the highest propensity to buy their solutions. While it would be ideal to go after every account in every market with your solution, this is simply inefficient.

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4 Ways AI is Revolutionizing B2B Demand Generation

Inbox Insight

With the explosion of social media, SaaS platforms and online tools, B2B companies suddenly find themselves able to craft effective and wide-reaching strategies. The emergence of AI in B2B demand generation has only facilitated this further.

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6 B2B Demand Generation Trends to Watch

The Point

What trends will dominate the demand generation landscape in 2022? We asked the experts at Spear Marketing Group to chime in: “ Digital fatigue is real. The lines between sales and marketing continue to blur, and RevOps is a key part of that trend.”.

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5 Ways to Build Better ABM Target Account Lists

PureB2B

Account-based marketing (ABM) has been a go-to strategy for several years. However, many businesses struggle to implement a formal ABM strategy successfully because they get stuck at the first hurdle. And if you’re not targeting the right people, ABM will fall short.

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How to Improve Demand Generation with Empathy

Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa

The highest priority for B2B marketers is effective demand generation (increasing lead quality and quantity). However, we can get so caught up in our ABM strategies, systems, tools, and investments that we lose sight of building deep empathy for the people in the accounts. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to go beyond rational-logic-based sales/marketing and adjust your strategy to understand better how buyers feel so that you can connect and help more customers buy.

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5 Ways to Build Better ABM Target Account Lists

PureB2B

Account-based marketing (ABM) has been a go-to strategy for several years. However, many businesses struggle to implement a formal ABM strategy successfully because they get stuck at the first hurdle. And if you’re not targeting the right people, ABM will fall short.

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Demand Generation; How to Reach & Pick Up the ‘Right’ Traffic

Inbox Insight

Designing and executing demand generation activities that reach and drive the right traffic can improve sales and increase revenue through: Driving better performance from your digital media programs. Read on discover how to fuel your demand generation engine… Reading time: 3 minutes. We’ve reached an exciting time in B2B marketing. The data is here along with the means for precision-based targeting. Compile your TAL using your defined criteria.

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The Demand Generation Strategy Guide

Zoominfo

These are just a few pillars that define demand generation. Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. What is Demand Generation?

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B2B Demand Generation Predictions for 2021

The Point

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons. We asked our colleagues at Spear Marketing Group to identify their best demand generation predictions for 2021 and the trends they believe are most likely to have staying power.

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Your Guide to Using Conversational Marketing to Drive Demand Generation

What is conversational marketing really about? This guide will examine the market forces at play, shifting buyer trends, how to leverage conversation marketing, and the tactics involved in adopting it for a B2B demand generation strategy.

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Getting Started With Demand Generation

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Are you a marketer looking to increase revenue by closing more deals? It’s no secret that an effective demand generation strategy can help achieve these goals. Demand generation is 90% of marketing. Think of demand generation like a grid.

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Why Marketing Needs to Own Demand Generation Right Out of the Gate

Webbiquity

In the words of Viviana Fargo, Operating Partner at venture capital firm Emcap, “ one of the biggest reasons that many startups fail: Founders launch companies with great ideas, but with no go-to-market expertise.” Demand generation spans the entire buyer’s journey.

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Key B2B Demand Generation Strategies for 2015

The Point

Recently I sat down with Amanda Nelson, Director of Marketing at RingLead , a leading provider of cloud-based data solutions that make it easy to analyze, remove, merge and prevent duplicates in Salesforce. We discussed what’s new, what’s working, and what’s on the horizon in B2B Demand Generation. What is the first B2B marketing strategy that marketers must consider for 2015? (HS) Good content is the fuel that feeds demand generation success.

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Report: Marketers are Struggling to Leverage Data for Demand Generation

KoMarketing Associates

Demand generation remains a critical objective for marketers, but new research indicates that not all are leveraging data to help them achieve their goals. Marketers Now Looking to Improve Data Quality. Customer data, in particular, has proven to be useful for marketers.

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All About ABM: Tips, Tricks, and Tales About How to Get Started in Account-Based Marketing

Speaker: Krista Muir, Director of Demand Generation & Account Based Marketing, and Tony Yang, B2B Marketing Leader & Startup Mentor

Join us for this exclusive panel featuring Krista Muir — Director of Demand Generation & Account-Based Marketing, and Tony Yang — B2B Marketing Leader & Startup Mentor. This panel discussion will be all about launching an ABM program— and what our panelists feel are the best tips to follow and traps to avoid, any quickstart strategies, and their own personal ABM story. This "hallway" discussion will be interactive, so make sure to bring your questions. This is a session you won't want to miss!

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The Science of Demand Generation: B2B Intent Data

Inbox Insight

Developing a demand generation strategy that will support your marketing objectives is all about leveraging the tools you have at your disposal. How to use intent signals in your mutlichannel strategy Using intent signals for lead scoring Full transcript below.

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Quality Intent Data Benefiting Demand Generation

PureB2B

Demand generation strategies draw from a number of sources, coming a long way from creating a simple email list. Tools like email marketing benefit greatly from this strategy. Identifying Accounts Beyond Your Radar.

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ABM is a Strategy, Not a Campaign.

The Point

In the headlong rush to Account-Based Marketing , many B2B companies are, quite naturally, looking to implement ABM in a manner that allows them to dip their toes in the proverbial water. ABM is a strategy, and a wholly different way of looking at how leads, opportunities and revenue are generated. It is a strategic initiative that involves (or should involve) both sales and marketing at all levels of the organization. The post ABM is a Strategy, Not a Campaign.

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Why a Hybrid Demand Generation Model is More Important than Ever

The Point

The current crisis reinforces why most B2B companies are best suited for a hybrid demand generation model that combines both ABM and more traditional, funnel-based tactics. ABM was born of a time when (in hindsight) we marketers had it good.

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GDPR & Demand Generation: What Your Team Needs To Know

Speaker: David Crane, Head of Content & Thought Leadership, Integrate

The coming month will test the boundaries of change management for marketing organizations (and their colleagues in sales, finance, IT and legal) as they ready their teams for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will go into effect May 2018.

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Marketing Strategy Overview: Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation

Sharpspring

Both demand generation and lead generation can effectively add prospective new business to your marketing funnel, but these two philosophies work in different ways that are important to know about for a complete marketing strategy.

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39% of Marketers Intend to Use Marketing Automation for Demand Generation

KoMarketing Associates

Although email has helped many marketers drive leads in recent years, new research indicates that marketing automation may become a more important tool for building a robust pipeline. The Difficulties of Leveraging Marketing Data.

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Demand Generation Strategies: Biggest Shifts Happening in Marketing Strategy

SmartBug Media

As a marketer, being flexible and adapting to the ever-changing world as we know it will be your greatest strength. What worked in terms of marketing strategy before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is old news. The Secret Marketing Sauce. It’s a long-term strategy.

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Demand Generation Strategies & Tools for 2021

Sharpspring

In business, whether it’s B2B or B2C, the ultimate goal is to create demand, delight customers, and have them coming back for more. What is Demand Generation? But, what is really at the root of demand generation? Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation.

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The 2021 ABM Planning Template

This ready-to-go, boss-approved ABM planning template deck will set you up for that coveted round of virtual high-fives at your next meeting. RollWorks has put together a framework for everything you need to show off (and remind you of some crucial info you may have forgotten).

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The Reactive Demand Generation Strategy

ANNUITAS

Modern marketers need to be agile as a rule, able to adjust and to tweak plans as necessary to optimize the performance of everything. This means adhering to a clearly defined Demand Generation Strategy that is buyer-centric and all the things we need it to be to obtain our goals, and then sticking to it. If you aren’t sure, pass and stay focused on your existing plan as it is just a distraction from your strategy.

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In Defense of Demand Generation in the Age of ABM

The Point

Much has been made of the argument that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) gained traction so quickly in B2B marketing primarily because traditional, funnel-based demand generation has stopped working. A recent video making the rounds on LinkedIn asked: “ Is Demand Generation Losing its Effectiveness ?” (The answer provided was: yes.). Yes, many companies are seeing lower returns from traditional demand gen.

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3 Ways Quality Intent Data Improves Your Demand Gen Strategies

Aberdeen

There was a time when mass email blasts were the bread and butter of any great marketing team. You spent significant time and money building up your email list and there seemed to be a direct correlation to the number you sent and the results your email marketing generated. Mass email blasts have gone from engaging to spammy, leaving marketers to rethink how email fits into broader demand gen strategies. Improving Account List Segmentation.

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How to do Account-Based Marketing for Demand Generation in 2020

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Both demand generation and account-based marketing (ABM) are as old as marketing itself: after all, somewhere around 90 percent of marketing is generating demand. And what is the best way to execute ABM for demand generation in 2020?

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How Demand Generation Marketing Can Speed Up Growth Campaigns

Marketing Insider Group

When it comes to driving growth for your company, you can’t afford to overlook the value of demand generation marketing. With a comprehensive demand generation strategy, you can create interest in and desire for your products or services.

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Quality Intent Data Benefiting Demand Generation

PureB2B

Demand generation strategies draw from a number of sources, coming a long way from creating a simple email list. Tools like email marketing benefit greatly from this strategy. Identifying Accounts Beyond Your Radar.

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Demand Generation’s Problem with Content Marketing Evangelism

ANNUITAS

I had my heart broken at Content Marketing World in Ohio this week. But then he went and said something that made my Content Marketing kool-aid turn a little bit sour. Andy Crestodina from Orbit Media Studios delivered an amazing talk on Content Strategy and SEO for Lead Generation that was interesting, funny and devastatingly blunt while tipping over some Content Marketing sacred cows. It is “abysmal” for generating leads.

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A Lack of Content Marketing Strategy Impedes Demand Generation

ANNUITAS

Once again 2014 will be a year that Content Marketing is front and center for a majority of B2B marketing departments. While the buzz about content marketing continues, it still seems to be quite a challenge for most marketers. According to The 2014 Marketing Score Report by PR 20/20 “Organizations are missing opportunities to generate and nurture leads due to enormous gaps in their content marketing programs.”.

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Your 6-Step Guide to B2B Demand Generation

Inbox Insight

Demand generation is an increasingly popular and effective way for businesses to approach B2B content marketing. It is a highly targeted process that focuses on maximizing results by defining and controlling every step of every campaign. Marketing?