The Lead Agency

APRIL 7, 2020

There’s no denying that developing a strategic marketing plan in volatile conditions, such as the coronavirus pandemic, is tough. Businesses are in the spotlight, and as such, have a responsibility to act sensitively and ensure their marketing plan is reflective of that sensitivity.

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Planning Marketing Plans B2B Marketing B2B 62

A Better Jones

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Develop Your Q4 Marketing Plan Like a Boss Have you taken the time to map your Q4 Marketing Plan? Whether you’re a new startup or a Fortune 500 company, you simply can’t afford to expect to reap the rewards of the busiest sales quarter without first creating a plan. DOWNLOAD your FREE PLANNING TEMPLATE.

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Planning Marketing Plans Paid Search Agency Budget Programs 59

Hubspot

JUNE 11, 2019

Even when you put great amounts of effort, time, money, and resources into developing a new product or service, a poorly-planned go-to-market strategy could cause your project to flop. Some of the biggest brands have even experienced go-to-market failures. Go-To-Market Plan Template. Take Apple, for example.

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Planning Template Marketing Plans Top of Funnel 76

KEO Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Digital marketing plans for 2018 will consume a large portion of most B2B companies’ entire marketing budgets. The ease of tracking and adjusting mid-campaign, the extensive reach, and the preference by consumers for digital communications, make digital marketing a high priority for 2018.

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Marketing Budget Creation Planning Marketing Plans Marketing Budget 54

Vision Edge Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2024

Whether you are a startup or a well-established corporation, planning and implementing a growth strategy is essential. Your growth strategy is the basis of how your organization will acquire, keep, and grow the lifetime value of customers, and increase its revenue, market share, and brand equity over time.

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Work Management Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy Planning 230

Webbiquity

APRIL 24, 2024

Develop A Marketing Plan When you first started your practice, you likely brought over some existing clients, helping you lay the foundation for your future growth. Advertising and marketing are vital for growing any kind of business. Advertising and marketing are vital for growing any kind of business.

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Practices Tips Work Management Marketing Management 143

Webbiquity

MAY 9, 2023

Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. Or in the words of Ben Franklin , “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Having clarity on marketing goals is an important first step, but creating a realistic plan for achieving them is essential.

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Social Media Social Marketing Planning Tips 313

Eric Mower + Associates

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Ensuring the success of a utility company’s initiatives for outreach to its various stakeholders means working hard to build a marketing plan that yields measurable results. We’ve worked with clients to create tailor-made plans that take the unique nuances of the energy industry into consideration.

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Planning Marketing Budget Creation Barriers Forrester 40

Vision Edge Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2023

Yes, I Want My Growth Idea First, let’s address the required elements of best-in-class growth plans. Note: Even if you can answer “yes” to the questions below (very few companies can), by reading further you may learn new best practices to build an even better growth plan. Is it fully aligned with your strategy and your business goals?

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Planning Peer-to-peer Contingency Planning Business 211

Trade Press Services Newsletter

MARCH 7, 2024

While the process is unique to each author, the path to success requires careful planning and execution. Authors can transform their dreams into reality by focusing on strategy, writing, editing, production, and marketing. Writing, developing, distributing, and marketing a book requires an investment of time and resources.

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Paper Thought Leadership Planning Storytelling 311

The Point

MARCH 22, 2024

Quantify, if possible (“3 mistakes to avoid”, “6 point plan”). Here’s how a recent email listed “themes” for an upcoming event: * Key marketing use cases for AI * Crafting an effective AI strategy * Team preparation and AI roadmaps The issue is that these topics are all far too general to convey value. Yes, it’s a cliché.

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Webinar Metrics Marketing AI Creativity Planning 182

Vision Edge Marketing

MARCH 12, 2024

” Uncertainty is not a flaw in our plans. Agile methodologies, often associated with software development, have made their way to other parts of the organization. This includes regular sprints, continuous feedback loops, and adaptive planning to enhance the flexibility and responsiveness of experiments.

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Training Work Management Paid Search Agency Analytics 242

Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

How do you plan for and predict what’s going to happen in the near future? Predicting what’s next and planning for it takes more than the ability to read the tea leaves, AKA experience, emotion, gut, and intuition. To begin, good planning is based on decisions made from a variety of data points. Yes, I Want My Growth Idea.

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Planning Trends Paid Search Agency Segmentation 225

Webbiquity

JUNE 14, 2022

With that in mind, what’s the best way to plan a successful B2B client sales meeting? Plan Well Ahead of Time. Develop smart questions that will get your prospect talking. Plan for time to answer questions and create an environment that feels personal. Plan Your Next Successful B2B Sales Meeting.

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B2B Sales Planning Tips B2B 312

Vision Edge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

[link] Business leaders must continuously engage in strategic planning to steer their organizations toward growth and success, especially when facing a dynamic and unpredictable environment. In this episode of What’s Your Edge , we’ll explore 12 ways you can de-risk your strategic planning and execution.

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Planning SWOT Allocation Contingency Planning 223

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2020

All versions of the cycle of experimentation and improvement are based on a scientific method that was first introduced in the work of Francis Bacon, which he explained as “hypothesis–experiment–evaluation” or, in simpler terms, “plan–do–check.”. What is PDCA (Plan Do Check Act)? What is PDCA (Plan Do Check Act)?

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Planning Lead Ranking Work Management Marketing Qualified Leads 355

Martech

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s critical to constantly re-evaluate how you market and sell our products to customers because what worked last year, or even last month, may no longer be relevant. Create pi-shaped marketers When ChatGPT launched last year, it disrupted just about every business function. Agile planning involves looking at a shorter horizon.

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Work Management Planning Marketing Management Deliverability 124

Martech

APRIL 12, 2024

This is particularly true when building a martech stack or developing content, for example, where a program-based approach can ensure that all aspects are considered and properly integrated. For many CMOs and marketing organizations, programs are becoming powerful tools for aligning diverse initiatives and driving strategic objectives.

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Budget Programs Work Management Allocation Product 112

Marketri

APRIL 17, 2024

I talk with a lot of CEOs of middle market businesses. And while every company is unique, I hear a common thread: Most aren’t satisfied with their marketing function. The more I meet with CEOs at prospective client companies, the more insight I gain about why they’re dissatisfied and what they want and need from marketing.

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Allocation Planning Sales Qualified Leads Paid Search Agency 62

Martech

MARCH 26, 2024

Their ability to assess and analyze vast data sets lets them provide critical insights into customer behaviors, market trends and the overall effectiveness of marketing strategies. Martech’s influence needs to extend beyond marketing. Here are ways it can help other business functions.

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Allocation Marketing & Strategy Business Forecasting 111

Martech

APRIL 17, 2024

Back in 2017, I wrote an article for MarTech, “ Message to email marketers: Show me something different in 2018.” The list of changes marketers must cope with now isn’t getting shorter. With this approach, data is at the wheel’s hub, and vendors like your email or marketing automation platforms are the spokes.

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Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 126

Martech

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Many enterprises are now doing annual planning for 2024. For marketing departments, it can be a challenging time. How can we make a plan that’s firm enough to serve as the foundation for an annual budget and flexible enough to adapt to unexpected market changes?

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Planning Process Enterprise Management Lead Scoring 115

Launch Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Developing a go-to-market strategy is critical to the success of your organization. Your go-to-market strategy brings together the key elements that drive your business. It provides a strategic action plan that clarifies how to reach your target customers and better compete in your industry. In a monetary sense too.

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Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy B2B Marketing Planning 114

Stevens & Tate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Developing a great business development plan requires a strategic mindset, comprehensive analysis, and meticulous execution. This may involve pursuing new market opportunities, diversifying products or services, expanding into untapped regions, forging strategic alliances or partnerships, or enhancing customer engagement.

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Planning Allocation Business SWOT 97

Exo B2B

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For both us and our customers, strategic planning in marketing is a demanding, methodical but oh-so-essential process. In the world of B2B marketing, every decision must be carefully calculated. Building a robust strategic marketing plan is crucial to guiding these decisions. See picture below.

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Planning Paid Content Allocation B2B Marketing 59

Martech

APRIL 16, 2024

Dig deeper: How consent management platforms support data privacy compliance Implementation considerations An implementation plan is a must. For example, if the user opts out of marketing cookies, you cannot execute any tracking pixel code scripts provided by your ad platform (Google Ads, Meta, etc.). Fuel for your marketing strategy.

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Analytics Marketing Analytics Tools Work Management Planning 127

SmartBug Media

MARCH 13, 2024

In a constantly evolving digital marketplace where customers have more choice and control than ever before, businesses need to create compensation plans that reward and respect their salespeople. The Foundation of Successful Compensation Plans One of the most foundational elements of a strong sales plan is understanding your target audience.

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Planning Optimization Cross-Selling Lead Ranking 69

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing The beginning of the year is a time many of us ponder and plan how we can grow, personally as a professional and as a business in the coming year ahead. This self-awareness is crucial for personal development and career growth.

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Peer-to-peer Business Thought Leadership Planning 101

Hinge Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

And the most successful firms take a methodical approach to this task, documenting each year’s strategy in a marketing budget plan. In this post, we will show you how to develop a thoughtful and effective plan for your professional services firm. Four Approaches to Marketing Planning. Legacy budget planning.

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Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Planning 120

Trade Press Services

APRIL 1, 2024

Businesses that can attract, develop, and retain great employees have a distinct advantage in today’s competitive business environment. Six Best Practices for Supporting Your Workforce Actively investing in your workforce is more important than ever as companies adapt to meet the changing needs of today’s markets.

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Work Management Business Marketing Management Thought Leadership 100

Contently

MARCH 7, 2023

That’s the word from the senior content marketers who answered the Contently 2023 State of Content Marketing survey. The Great Resignation that began in 2021 continued through all of last year, and Quiet Quitting added more pressure, stretching content teams thin and leading many to seek more content marketers for hire.

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Planning Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 137

Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As the world continues to adopt new technologies and incorporate them, it is instrumental to evolve yet keep customers the focal point of marketing efforts. B2B marketing has never been more personalized and to continue to be effective, it must incorporate many trending and emerging tactics moving forward.

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Resources B2B Marketing Planning B2B 136

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Marketing is complicated. As the new year looms, planning your marketing budget and activities is top of mind for B2B marketers and leaders. When looking at your long-term marketing strategies and long-term marketing goals for the year ahead, there are probably many questions your organization will be looking to answer.

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Organization B2B Marketing Planning Marketing Budget 133

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For B2B brands, it is no longer a question of whether or not influencer marketing works. In fact, a vast majority of respondents to our 2023 Influencer Marketing Report report that they have seen extensive benefits in the form of increased sales revenue and improved customer brand reputation.

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Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Planning 120

Convince & Convert

MARCH 14, 2024

These services to clients are temporary, and can vary in different areas of the business such as operations, web development, marketing strategy, project management, digital marketing, social media, and much more. The market size of the management consulting services industry , for example, grew by approximately 250 billion U.S.

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Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Consulting Ad Agencies 147

Martech

MARCH 21, 2024

As artificial intelligence technologies rapidly advance, marketing teams are tasked with integrating these powerful tools into their existing operations. As a marketing leader or CMO, you’re looking to harness AI to generate tangible business outcomes and elevate customer experiences. Sales and marketing alignment.

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Marketing AI Contingency Planning Work Management Digital Transformation 125

Litmus

APRIL 18, 2024

Email marketers need to consider not only crafting, designing, and developing individual emails but also strategy, planning, operations, and deliverability—and of course, coordinating these efforts with the rest of your team. That’s why the MVP of any email marketing team is an integrated marketing tech stack.

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Email Marketing Marketing Automation Services Work Management Planning 91