Rev

JULY 26, 2023

Frozen, slashed, cut, trimmed, tightened—no matter which word you hear, this is what happens to demand gen budgets in the current economic environment. And this reality is forcing demand gen organizations to rethink the way they operate. Ultimately, we hear how this leads them to create stronger, more focused approaches to demand gen.

Demand 60

Demand Tactics Optimization Lead Ranking 60

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 22, 2016

Last week’s posts introduced our new Raab Guide to ABM Vendors ( buy it here ) and introduced a framework four process ABM steps, six system functions, and six key sub-functions. But the sub-functions are still important for stack design and vendor selection. Let’s start with the first sub-function, External Data.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors 120

Rev

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The undeniable reality of demand marketing is that buying behaviors have changed, and the old tried-and-true playbook hasn’t aged gracefully. There was much less information out there, and buyers had to engage with vendors much sooner in the cycle to get that information.” So much info, so much noise. People follow people,” he says. “We

Demand 60

Demand Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management 60

Rev

JANUARY 5, 2023

That’s the work of a demand gen team. We recently sat down with Joe Paone , Senior Director of Worldwide Marketing at Splunk, to talk about not only why a mature demand gen engine is critical to a modern marketing team, but how to understand the evolution of that program. So square one is all about lead generation.

Demand 78

Demand Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management 78

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. I recently spoke with one marketing executive who told me they run multiple demand generation campaigns for 90 days.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation 100

Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

That piece of AI technology is revolutionizing the buyer journey today, and it may make you wonder: Is it time to add chatbots (or live chat) to your demand engine? Chatbots are the perfect tool to amp up your website while seamlessly fitting into your demand generation engine.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Sales Management Demand Top of Funnel 100

LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Marketing Management ReadyContacts Marketing Automation Services 100

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 6, 2015

Marketers will again be challenged to keep pace with these advancements and will need to do more in order to connect with their buyers and show demonstrable ROI as a result of their Demand Generation and Content Marketing Strategies. Not all Demand Generation content is created as equal. Don’t Treat All Content The Same-.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2020

If a B2B customer needs to check up on an urgent delivery in the early hours of the morning, they can do so using that chatbot (immediately accessing their order history to speed it along). Second, they’re likely to be considering expensive orders, leading them to take more time to decide. Large recurring orders demand smart ordering.

B2B Sales 278

B2B Sales Automation Top of Funnel B2B 278

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Product Listing Ads (PLAs), for example, highlight specific products and require the advertiser to connect a Google Merchant and AdWords account in order to create a new campaign. For example, the ads themselves are more visual and, while are easier to set up, they require more maintenance in order to stay competitive with pricing.

Marketing Management 120

Marketing Management Vendors Google Adwords 120

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2020

Modern marketing demands that we thoroughly understand our audience and use targeting and segmentation for optimal demand generation. We have seen a steady rise of ABM, an approach where we align demand generation efforts against a predetermined and strategic set of accounts.

Account Based Marketing 328

Account Based Marketing ABM Work Management Marketing Management 328

Webbiquity

MAY 12, 2020

But B2B marketers need to shift tactics and more important, messaging, in order to earn conversations with those prospective customers. They want sensitivity to current conditions, but also straight talk from vendors about how they can help. And a (small) majority are still actively buying. B2B Buyers Are Still Buying.

Research 345

Research B2B Marketing Terms and Conditions Planning 345

Martech

JULY 14, 2022

The vendors respond. A great number of ABM vendors provide everything from all-in-one platforms to enable ABM strategies, to adjacent services like data enrichment, identity resolution, analytics, and interaction management/orchestration to B2B marketers ramping up their programs. Consolidation of ABM and demand gen.

Account Based Marketing 116

Account Based Marketing Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 116

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. While it will look different for every marketer depending on their individual needs, functions, and goals, there are a few fundamentals every team should have in order to scale their business.

Work Management 130

Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs Demand Generation 130

Bionic

MARCH 11, 2024

The media buyer would send an insertion order to the ad sales team. These sellers don’t want to take insertion orders anymore. They want you to do all the work of buying ads through their platform (versus just sending an order). Yes, insertion orders. Every media buying system can produce insertion orders.

Advertisements 86

Advertisements Advertising Work Management Order 86

ANNUITAS

JUNE 24, 2014

Great until you come back to the office and have 200 emails and voice mails from people (vendors) you have not met. The idea behind integrating events into an overall Demand Generation Strategy is something that most marketers believe in. How to integrate events into a Demand Generation Strategy?

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Ideal Customer Profiles Buyer Personas 100

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. Automate and Centralize.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 62

chiefmartech

JANUARY 25, 2023

That’s a clear signal of a profession in demand. So as a first-order effect, I believe the future for marketing technology and operations careers is incredibly bright. But as a second-order effect, I believe this is a tailwind for the martech vendor industry too. We’re just getting started.

Marketing Management 116

Marketing Management Activities Paid Search Agency Marketing Automation Services 116

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 is demand generation marketing?

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation 40

Martech

MARCH 31, 2023

Vendor offerings Many tech vendors offer product training and certifications – especially big players like Salesforce and Adobe. Some form around specific products, which vendors sometimes explicitly support, while others form around specialties. Dig deeper: What are the top skills you need for digital marketing?

Work Management 94

Work Management Marketing Management Training Vendors 94

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Summary: Our new B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) has been carefully crafted to help marketers at every step of the selection process. For more information or to order, please click here. Sector Charts What It Is: This is the vendor landscape chart that users love and analysts are apparently obligated to produce.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors Automation 120

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While there are countless KPIs you could track, we’re laying out the ones specifically tailored for demand generation marketers. Let’s take a look at the primary channels to generate demand: email, paid social, content syndication, webinars and direct mail — and which KPIs you should track for each channel. Intent lift.

Lead Ranking 130

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Webinar Metrics 130

Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

“As the stakes continue to rise, the B2B marketers who prove up to the challenge will be the ones who are able to transform these challenges into opportunities through innovation.” — Harry Mackin of @TopRank Click To Tweet Of course, in order to do that, we’ll have to acknowledge and confront those challenges head on.

Enterprise Management 82

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing 82

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

I do recognize that they are the best known vendors in the space (with apologies to Vtrenz , whose identity is somewhat blurred since its purchase by Silverpop ). To be fair, many of the vendors below charge an installation of that can be several thousand dollars or more, while Marketo doesn't. Pricing starts at $599 per month.

Demand Generation 120

Demand Generation Cost Marketing Management Demand 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 20, 2011

I suspect you may be getting tired of reading about the features in my new report comparing B2B marketing automation vendors, and want some actual information. Either way, the report will come out next week -- even if I have to take credit card orders by phone. This is scrambled data and vendor names are replaced by sports teams.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Sample Vendors Lead Scoring 120

Sana Commerce

AUGUST 24, 2023

According to the latest B2B Buyer Report , which collates results from over 1000 B2B buyers across industries, a third of all orders placed online include order errors. Naturally, a high customer satisfaction rate leads to increased repeat orders, reduced churn, and an overall increase in revenue. The result?

Optimization 98

Optimization Customer Satisfaction B2B Terms and Conditions 98

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.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Generation Work Management 100

Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 24, 2019

The topic of Quality vs. Quantity in demand gen has been a constant debate. Whether an internal team or a third party vendor, if the reps are incentivized to produce Quality appointments, the cost per pipeline opportunity can be as high as 14% more effective. The percentages used for calculation were: Quantity Vendor.

Marketing Management 113

Marketing Management Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 113

Litmus

JULY 7, 2022

It requires discipline, governance, and proactivity with teams (and vendors) across your organization. Read on for some of their top tips—or watch the full webinar on-demand here. Poor data hygiene leads to poor engagement , deliverability and return on investment (ROI) —in that order,” says Barrero. What is data hygiene?

Data Hygiene 92

Data Hygiene Work Management Marketing Management Email Marketing 92

Engagio

MAY 22, 2017

In 2006, SiriusDecisions introduced their revolutionary Demand Generation Waterfall, which defined the stages B2B orgs use to measure and optimize demand creation. Hence, in 2017, SiriusDecisions revealed their new Demand Unit Waterfall at SiriusDecisions 2017 Summit. Introducing the SiriusDecisions’ New Demand Unit Waterfall®.

Lead Ranking 85

Lead Ranking Demand Marketing Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 85

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. There might still be some others: two of the vendors haven't spoken with me, which could mean they agree with my ratings but, more likely, means they just haven't been paying attention. 9 Now what?

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Demand Generation Work Management 120

ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing Automation Platforms (MAPs) are perhaps the most misunderstood component of the Demand Technology Stack. Can it handle the processing demands of complex trigger actions and large numbers of data record updates – in real time? ADOPTING ENTERPRISE DEMAND PROCESS. billion in 2019.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Analysis Work Management 130

Biznology

JUNE 9, 2021

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent e-commerce boom, the world needs supply chains that can adapt to rapidly shifting demands and market disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic proved exactly how vital as shutdowns shifted the availability and demand for all kinds of materials, transportation, manufacturers, and more.

Marketing AI 104

Marketing AI Transparency Lead Ranking Fulfillment 104

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

More than likely, your target audience is not in search of a vendor, product, or service; they are already likely in a contract with another vendor or may be testing a competitor’s product/service. That means in order to win over your healthcare prospects, you will need to hang out in the same space they frequent.

Work Management 105

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 105

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. And, 31% more likely to be hiring additional sales reps to meet demand. What is Lead Generation?

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 24, 2019

The topic of Quality vs. Quantity in demand gen has been a constant debate. Whether an internal team or a third party vendor, if the reps are incentivized to produce Quality appointments, the cost per pipeline opportunity can be as high as 14% more effective. The percentages used for calculation were: Quantity Vendor.

Sales Qualified Leads 100

Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Marketing Management Leads 100

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 1, 2020

Customer Data Platform vendor Amperity reported a less rosy result in its COVID-19 Retail Monitor , which draws data from Amperity’s retail clients. They report that total retail demand fell by 86% by the end of March and even online revenue is down 73%. Food and health products fell after an initial stock-up surge in mid-March.

Paid Search Agency 240

Paid Search Agency Companies Advertising Agencies Business 240