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Why Sales-Marketing Alignment Is Necessary for ABM to Be Effective

Marketing Insider Group

An expert round-up on Forbes Agency Council revealed that the majority of B2B business leaders saw incredible results from an ABM program, including improved lead generation, opportunities for personalization, lowered costs, and better relationships with clients. ABM gives the sales team fewer leads to work with. Faster sales cycles.

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How Marketers are Making the Most of Account-Based Marketing [Interview]

KoMarketing Associates

Marketers continue to show an interest in account-based marketing (ABM), but research has indicated that they still face obstacles in achieving their key objectives with this tactic. For insight into this challenge and other obstacles, we spoke to Kent Ragen, VP of Channel Sales at Demandbase. What can be done to change this?

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What is account-based marketing today and how has the space evolved?

Martech

A survey by the IT Sales and Marketing Association (ITSMA) found 27% of the marketing budget dedicated to ABM in 2021, with 75% of those surveyed saying they planned to increase spending on ABM in 2022. The goal is to streamline the “hand-off” of leads from marketing to sales. Platforms, not point solutions.

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Account Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which Generates Better Results?

KEO Marketing

What exactly is account based marketing (ABM) and how does it stack up to traditional lead generation efforts? ITSMA, the Information Technology Services Marketing Association, introduced ABM in 2003 as an innovative and strategic way to target high-value accounts. How ABM Differs from Traditional Lead Gen.

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10 Account-Based Marketing Blogs to Kick-Start 2018

Strategic-IC

10 Account-Based Marketing Blogs to Kick Start 2018. Whether you’re new to account-based marketing or are already running a campaign, ABM is only set to grow in 2018. So if you’re looking to plan out the coming year, want to avoid ABM mistakes and need to optimise your approach, here are 10 of our ABM-focussed posts you should read: 1.

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What A/E/C Marketers Need to Know about Marketing Technology

Circle Studio

And MarTech is loaded with benefits for marketers: it empowers them to better listen to and engage their target audiences; it helps to amplify their reach; it allows them to build smarter and more effective campaigns; and it ultimately helps them to better measure the success of their efforts and the contribution to the bottom line.

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#COSeries Recap: Top Priorities For B2B Strategies In New Reality

Content4Demand

Written by Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria & Michael Rodriguez Republished with permission from Demand Gen Report With in-person engagement on hold this spring and possibly into summer, B2B marketers continue to pivot their strategies to make up for lost leads, maintain relationships with clients and attract new business.