Contently

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Video is now the main way people consume content online. Much of that video content is pure entertainment , but consumers are itching for branded videos. In response, brands are investing more in video marketing content than ever to meet such strong engagement and potential ROI.

Top of Funnel 198

Top of Funnel Video Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 198

Biznology

JULY 26, 2017

Account-based marketing is a hot concept in B2B these days, but how does it really work on the ground? Enli is the market leader and always looking for ways to maintain their lead. I posed four questions to David about the journey to ABM. It’s changed entirely the way we work in marketing. We run campaigns.”

Top of Funnel 164

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing ABM Lead Ranking 164

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The sales funnel represents the theoretical customer’s journey to making a purchase.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Word of Mouth Lead Ranking Digital Marketing Funnels 130

Biznology

JUNE 6, 2018

If you’re a small or medium size business selling to consumers, you probably want to both automate and personalize your marketing campaigns. The solution, of course, is marketing automation linked to your customer relationship management (CRM) software. Fortunately for SMB marketers, CRM is becoming main stream. The Disconnect.

Marketing Automation Services 167

Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management 167

Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Designing a lead scoring model seems like a complex proposition. And if you jump into it without a solid strategy in place, you aren’t going to see game-changing results (or a happy sales team). In addition to marketing and sales, Suzy Balk, our Sr. In addition to marketing and sales, Suzy Balk, our Sr.

Lead Ranking 194

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 194

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The digital era has led to changes in the way brands market their products and services. You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. Buyer intent comes down to understanding what makes an excellent lead for your business.

Buyer Intent 353

Buyer Intent Intent Work Management Marketing Management 353

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

Marketing Budget 281

Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 281

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 116

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels This also applies, of course, to B2B marketing. Ideally, marketers focus their time on performing high-impact tasks that need our knowledge, expertise, and experience. So, why not let B2B marketing automation take care of the rest? What is B2B Marketing Automation?

Marketing Automation Services 163

Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Efficiency Marketing Automation 163

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

Marketing Analytics Tools 116

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing AI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 116

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Get a Demo Demand Generation vs Lead Generation: What’s the Difference? Does demand generation sound similar to lead generation?

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

NetLine

APRIL 23, 2024

Technology and data—specifically buyer-level intent data —take a lot of the guesswork out of sales prospecting, making it more precise. How can intent data help sales teams identify high-potential prospects more effectively? It tells you what buyers have been searching for, where they are searching, and why.

Intent Data 59

Intent Data Top of Funnel Intent Outreach 59

Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2022

Building a strong brand creates awareness and credibility, making your company top of mind when your customers and prospects think about the types of products and services you offer. Affiliate sales support independent publishing. An optimized website design should also reflect your brand’s personality and business.

Spending 329

Spending Brand Identity Branding Top of Funnel 329

Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

For years, marketers have engaged audiences with account-based marketing strategies to better align sales and marketing practices and, in turn, provide more relevant, personalized content and messaging. From a marketing perspective, we had to go entirely digital to be able to reach our audience.

Account Based Marketing 104

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel ABM Buy 104

SmartBug Media

AUGUST 27, 2021

There are three distinct types of media that make up any digital marketing mix: earned, owned, and paid media. Inbound marketing traditionally couples the latter two; it’s a method to draw in your audience with stellar website content, blog articles, premium content, and social media engagement.

Paid Content 105

Paid Content Top of Funnel Inbound Marketing Lead Ranking 105

Martech

MARCH 11, 2024

Time is running out to get all those well-laid marketing plans off the whiteboards and into action. No matter where your company is at in the post-third-party preparation curve, the truth is that we won’t fully realize the impact on our marketing efforts until Google finally flips the switch and we head into the unknown.

Cost per Acquisition 117

Cost per Acquisition Multi-Touch Attribution Data Hygiene Top of Funnel 117

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Content marketing is ever-evolving. And for B2B marketers and large enterprises, the cost of lagging behind the content marketing trend curve is too massive to ignore. To help you keep up with the times, here is a compilation of the top 15 trends in content marketing that will shape the industry in 2023.

Top of Funnel 115

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Trends Enterprise Management 115

Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2020

The best way to establish long-term connections is by generating organic interest and letting others engage on their own time and terms. If you are wondering what all this has to do with effective digital marketing , the answer is: quite a bit! All in all, outbound marketing is not what it once was. Explainer Videos.

Sales Qualified Leads 310

Sales Qualified Leads Video Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 310

Binary Demand

JUNE 10, 2024

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]Content marketing is crucial in lead generation and digital marketing tactics. Yet, it’s not merely about producing content for the sake of it or meeting word count. Ultimately, content creation is about nurturing trust and delivering significant value.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 52

Martech Advisor

MARCH 20, 2020

Marketing is evolving yet again. Digital marketing has become mainstream and unscalable. Overwhelming amounts of content confuse buyers and sellers alike. Overwhelming Content. We used content for everything from demand generation to nurturing the funnel until “the handshake.”

Marketing AI 121

Marketing AI Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Digital Transformation 121

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

Manufacturing lead generation is a perennial top priority for most manufacturers. To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers.

Lead Ranking 64

Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 64

Oktopost

JULY 15, 2020

Not a bad zinger, but here we are four years later and LinkedIn is widely acknowledged as an invaluable resource not just for headhunters and job seekers, but for marketers and sales professionals too. For B2B marketers, the importance of LinkedIn cannot be overstated. Why LinkedIn Lead Generation is Perfect for B2B Marketing.

Lead Generation 148

Lead Generation Top of Funnel Linkedin Lead Scoring 148

Martech

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If your customer is a business, there can be multiple decision-makers and influencers within an organization to engage. That’s why many teams implement an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy. This means organizing a strategy around the various levels of engagement that your marketing team reaches with their target.

Top of Funnel 91

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Peer-to-peer Marketing & Strategy 91

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

At ClearVoice, we understand that not all people are content people. Heck, not all marketing people are content people. Marketing is the tip of the spear for driving growth and new customer acquisition. Even in mature businesses, it’s tempting to funnel a lot of budget into short-term, paid campaigns for quick wins.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

seo.co

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, the common phrase digital marketers have used for websites looking to get more exposure has always been, “focus on the longtail!” When Google and Bing insert AI answers to queries above what originally were natural search results, website traffic, leads and sales will most definitely suffer.

Long Tail Marketing 104

Long Tail Marketing Marketing AI Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 104

FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is one of the top goals for B2B marketers. Like a rising tide, when CRO goes up, it can influence other metrics and lead to higher revenue per visitor and more customers. Helping simplify the overwhelm is where Funnel Envy can help. Organic search is most likely job 1.

Lead Generation 123

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Generation Ideal Customer Profiles 123

FunnelEnvy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There’s a lot for marketers today to consider when it comes to tactics for bringing in new business, but your sales pipeline is what ultimately defines the success of all your funnels, marketing campaigns, and other efforts to add new clients and revenue consistently. Click To Tweet.

Sales Management 114

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 114

Martech

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

“Misalignment between marketing and sales teams is a trillion-dollar problem for B2B revenue teams,” said Julianne Thompson, director of sales development at revenue acceleration platform Drift, in a recent webinar. But, with such distinct divides in focus, this can often lead to discrepancies in planning and execution.

Sales Management 126

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Work Management 126

BenchmarkONE

AUGUST 18, 2021

Every other function and activity exists to keep these aspects content and thriving. They have a symbiotic effect on one another – products are designed with customers in mind, and customers influence the evolution of the product. Using the terms ‘lead’ and ‘prospect’ interchangeably defeats their purpose. Capture Leads.

Sales Qualified Leads 97

Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Top of Funnel Sales Leads 97

Kapost

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In the craze to create content that converts, B2B organizations often neglect the most important part: delivering key information using a clear, organized, and repeatable distribution strategy. Crafting a full funnel content distribution strategy that can push all the right buttons for both internal and external audiences.

Top of Funnel 48

Top of Funnel Distribution Ad Building Marketing & Strategy 48

Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It’s been said, ad nauseam, that content is king. And, in our hyper-connected world where everyone is fighting for attention, good content is what drives good experiences. . Businesses use content marketing strategies to generate brand awareness, educate prospects and customers and establish credibility.

Digital Asset Management 128

Digital Asset Management Paid Content Work Management Marketing Management 128

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 52

Contently

MAY 23, 2018

Contently Case Stories is a series highlighting some of Contently’s most successful clients. In today’s digital media landscape, content distribution is often the step brands overlook the most. But as more content floods the internet, that calculus has changed. Cardinal Health already had great content.

Distribution 158

Distribution Top of Funnel Paid Social Agency Lead Ranking 158

SnapApp

MAY 7, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a two-part series that explores best practices for nurturing prospects, generating qualified leads, and improving conversion rate. . One of the most important functions of marketing is to get leads to your sales team—but not just any leads. Understand Your Buyer Personas.

Top of Funnel 89

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 89

Parse.ly

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Digital transformation is shifting the call desk to chatbots, print ads to blog posts, TV ads to YouTube videos, and sales to freemium products. Companies, in moving from brick-and-mortar services to the digital world, use content to facilitate their digital transformation and how they deliver value to their customers.

Digital Transformation 52

Digital Transformation Top of Funnel CMS Development Webinar Metrics 52

Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

How is this relevant to marketers? When going through various stages of the buyer journey, purchasers of B2B and professional services have a list of criteria they use to evaluate service providers and vendors. . It reinforced key marketing messages, and satisfied the rational criteria I would use to evaluate brands like these.

Marketing Budget 117

Marketing Budget Top of Funnel Work Management Research 117

Martech

MARCH 29, 2022

While Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is a key strategy today, going forward, B2B marketers will take a more holistic view. More of a dance than a race, marketing is evolving to look at the entire lifecycle and how to care for the customer relationship at each phase. As part of this evolution: Buying Group Marketing (BGM).

Top of Funnel 85

Top of Funnel Buy Lead Ranking Account Based Marketing 85