Seismic

MARCH 25, 2022

Social media plays a role in our personal lives, but it’s also a powerful tool for every business. Maybe your organization is in the early stages of its social selling journey or looking to take things to the next level—we’d like to help you develop best practices to drive sales on LinkedIn and social media. What is social selling?

Social Media 98

Social Media Linkedin Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 98

Martech

MARCH 27, 2024

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market.

Account Based Marketing 112

Account Based Marketing Spending B2B Marketing ABM 112

The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

A robust B2B digital marketing strategy can and WILL drive growth in revenue, reputation, and resilience for your business. Otherwise, you’ll get overwhelmed by ALL the options available for marketing online. This knowledge forms the foundation of your digital marketing efforts.

Paid Content 97

Paid Content Sales Management B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy 97

ClickZ

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In this second installment of our series on the best channels, platforms, and strategies for success in ecommerce for 2023, we take a closer look at Meta’s impressive performance in digital advertising. I also discuss what makes it great for top-of-the-funnel brand awareness.

Top of Funnel 124

Top of Funnel ROAS Digital Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 124

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 24, 2022

Growing small- or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — those with a 1% increase in revenue or more in a six month period — are 59% more likely to use marketing automation. Growing SMBs are also 23% more likely to use email marketing software. Get more sales and marketing best practices for small businesses. Eager for specifics?

Small Business Marketing 98

Small Business Marketing Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Lead Scoring 98

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 111

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing AI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 111

Contently

JANUARY 26, 2023

Half of C-suite executives say they leverage thought leadership to make purchasing decisions in tough economic times. The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. It should work hand in hand with other content marketing initiatives.

Thought Leadership 194

Thought Leadership Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Digital Marketing Funnels 194

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

B2B marketers are expected to wear many hats. They need to manage their marketing budgets prudently and make sure every dollar is spent wisely. For B2B marketers, staying on top of the latest digital marketing strategies is not just a job requirement, but a matter of corporate survival. Guest post by Sumeet Anand.

Marketing Budget 287

Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Sales Management Work Management 287

illumin

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SMS marketing has become a critical, although contentious form of marketing over the past decade. As text messaging became an essential part of most people’s daily communication, marketers began utilizing SMS marketing strategies to reach customers on their personal devices. Does SMS marketing work?

SMS 95

SMS Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising 95

FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is one of the top goals for B2B marketers. It can feel overwhelming to keep track of everything, and even the most seasoned marketers fall prey to the top mistakes in B2B lead generation CRO. Helping simplify the overwhelm is where Funnel Envy can help. Where to start?

Lead Generation 123

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Generation Ideal Customer Profiles 123

The Marketing Blender

JULY 19, 2022

How To Build A B2B Marketing Funnel. When you’re in the business of marketing B2B products or services, it’s crucial to create a B2B marketing funnel that will guide potential customers through the buying process. That’s why it’s so important to have a well-defined digital marketing funnel in place.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels B2B Marketing Ad Building 98

Oktopost

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To effectively gauge the success of social selling initiatives, you need to employ robust analytics and track your prospects as they move through your sales funnel. Unlike traditional sales methods, social selling operates in the realm of digital interactions and relationships, making ROI assessment more nuanced.

ROI 62

ROI Organization Top of Funnel B2B 62

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 18, 2020

The question of why Sales and Marketing need to be in sync is a no-brainer. Studies have shown that companies with “good” sales-marketing alignment achieve. 108% more acceptance of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). But how exactly can sales-marketing alignment benefit YOUR organization? 36% increase in customer retention.

Sales Management 290

Sales Management Lead Ranking B2B Sales Top of Funnel 290

Optinmonster

MARCH 11, 2024

Gamification marketing, are you doing it? Good marketing content has become a lot more engaging lately. There’s actually some truth to that, and it’s all thanks to the rise of gamification in marketing. Games and marketing may sound strange, but they’re actually a match made in heaven. What Is Gamification in Marketing?

Examples 99

Examples Planning Paid Search Agency Interactive Marketing 99

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs).

Lead Generation 264

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Paid Content Lead Scoring 264

Parse.ly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Enter web analytics tools. Our experts are happy to share our understanding of the market with you, free of charge. Web analytics tools can help you find the answer to nearly any question you have about your website or customers. But there are a lot of tools to choose from today, and they’re all very tempting.

Marketing Analytics Tools 97

Marketing Analytics Tools Enterprise Management Analytics Multivariate analysis 97

DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

Wouldn’t it be great to communicate directly with folks in the market, actively looking for solutions that your company offers? For example, if a user searches and reads an article about “cloud computing” and “big data,” that means that they have an interest in, and potentially the intent to purchase, services related to those topics.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52

Martech

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Appeal to the needs of the entire decision-making suite to move them down the funnel as a group. One of the most common errors B2B marketers make is not fully understanding their unique value proposition. First-party data is the cornerstone of B2B marketing. Understand the complexities of their relationships.

B2B 136

B2B Customer Satisfaction Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 136

SalesGrape

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Telemarketing vs. Digital Marketing: Which Drives Better B2B Leads? With the rise of digital marketing strategies, many businesses have shifted their focus towards online lead generation techniques. However, advancements in technology have paved the way for more innovative approaches like digital marketing.

Telemarketing 86

Telemarketing Paid Content Sales Qualified Leads B2B Marketing 86

ClickZ

JULY 5, 2019

Management tools help you run your team more efficiently, and they’re essential to running a high-performance marketing organization. This is a broad category of marketing tools, but it encompasses everything from budgeting to project management. Seven types of martech management tools critical for success.

Enterprise Management 110

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 110

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Cutting through competitive noise is difficult for B2B marketers, making lead generation tricky. Lead generation is proving difficult for 68% of B2B companies, and 61% of marketers pinpoint it as their top challenge. Since B2B buyers primarily research solutions on their own, effective marketing is crucial.

Intent Data 124

Intent Data Lead Gen Intent Lead Scoring 124

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) and strategic content creation and distribution mesh perfectly. In this guide, we share practical content-related advice and examples that you can use to resolve specific ABM challenges, ultimately increasing the efficiency of your marketing campaigns.

Account Based Marketing 95

Account Based Marketing ABM Tactics Top of Funnel 95

Directive Agency

JUNE 24, 2020

In a recent interview with our Director of Marketing, Hannah Mans, she outlines the successes that Directive has found with LinkedIn conversation ads. Conversations ads were launched by LinkedIn back in March of 2020, and since then has been an important topic of conversation (no pun intended). Sourced from Satheesh Blog.

Linkedin 52

Linkedin Paid Search Agency Conversion Ads 52

Walker Sands

JULY 23, 2019

Targeting and personalization are the heart and soul of every successful Account-Based Marketing (ABM) campaign. With ABM, your sales and marketing efforts deliver highly customized content to a small number of very high-value prospects. It’s a one-to-one strategy, where each targeted account is treated like its own market.

Account Based Marketing 40

Account Based Marketing ABM Top of Funnel Budget Programs 40

FunnelEnvy

MARCH 18, 2024

Studies prove that B2B prospects now prefer a digital buying journey over sales calls. Understanding your target audience is more important than ever for lead generation and improving the ROI of marketing and sales. Craft Targeted Messaging Imagine sending generic email marketing blasts that land flat with your audience.

Buyer Personas 57

Buyer Personas Marketing AI Ideal Customer Profiles Webinar Metrics 57

The Lead Agency

APRIL 14, 2024

Tired of trend lists that don’t apply to the unique challenges of B2B marketing? B2B marketing can be complicated; buyer journeys are messy. You’re researching, comparing, and have just now landed on the relevant, tangible information that will actually help you get better B2B marketing results.

Work Management 62

Work Management Paid Content B2B Marketing Trends 62

Goodish Agency

AUGUST 5, 2021

Growth Marketing is without a doubt a buzzword in 2021. But what is growth marketing, what does it entail, and why is it making a big difference for many SaaS, eCommerce, and FinTech companies? What is Growth Marketing? Growth Marketing vs. Growth Hacking. Growth Marketing & digital hyper-personalization.

Growth Marketing 116

Growth Marketing Paid Search Agency Multi-Channel Work Management 116

The Lead Agency

MAY 18, 2022

While 86% of B2B businesses have realised its value and have already incorporated video content into their marketing strategy. Video is now an ever more powerful B2B marketing tool for businesses looking to expand their reach, build customer interest as well as encourage customers to trust and reach the sale stage of the sales funnel.

B2B Marketing 62

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel Video Marketing Marketing & Strategy 62

6sense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Identifying and understanding customers in the digital sphere is getting much tougher. Apple’s privacy policy downgrading tracking on mobile and Google’s plans to nix the third-party cookie are making it more challenging for marketers to track prospective customers across properties and target them with ads.

Buyer Intent 62

Buyer Intent Intent Data Digital Asset Management Privacy 62

Tiecas

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Industrial marketing for manufacturers is complicated, with many moving parts that must mesh together to produce measurable and sustainable results, i.e., generate better quality leads that turn into sales opportunities. Industrial marketing for manufacturers offers solutions that allow us to maximize our resources.

Top of Funnel 104

Top of Funnel Lead Generation Advertising Agencies Lead Scoring 104

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Making sense of marketing and engagement data is not easy. Especially when there are no tools available to store and organize this data. Before marketing automation, companies tracked data in various places. These challenges make it impossible to analyze their data to gauge marketing performance.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Lead Generation 62

The Lead Agency

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In order to optimise the performance of any marketing campaign, it is essential to know your target audience. In a B2B context, buyer personas should represent the buyers who are making the ultimate purchasing decision for a company, as well as influencers who have a say in this decision. Step 2: Research Ideal Buyers on LinkedIn.

Buyer Personas 118

Buyer Personas B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B 118

Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But without the backend infrastructure to organize customer information, the result can be a disjointed, frustrating experience (regardless of how many tools or agents they employ). How to remove digital silos in an ecosystem of tools . Marketing teams depend on an ecosystem of tools everyday.

Digital Asset Management 121

Digital Asset Management Social Media Work Management Marketing Management 121

SmarkLabs

JUNE 13, 2022

Feeling bamboozled by marketing tactics, channels, and buzzwords? There’s a lot to navigate when searching for the best marketing practices for your emerging company. Knowing when and how to get a realistic and effective marketing strategy off the ground may even seem daunting. Start-Up Marketing Fundamentals.

Paid Search Agency 97

Paid Search Agency Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Management 97

Madison Logic

AUGUST 31, 2023

Multiple decision-makers on a purchasing team do their own online solution research when buying a complex B2B solution. Gartner research suggests sales reps only have 5% of a buyer’s time during their B2B buying journey, so it’s up to marketers to arm buying groups with all the information needed to make an informed decision.

Multi-Channel 52

Multi-Channel Account Based Marketing Advertising Channels ABM 52

The Lead Agency

MAY 18, 2022

While 86% of B2B businesses have realised its value and have already incorporated video content into their marketing strategy. Video is now an ever more powerful B2B marketing tool for businesses looking to expand their reach, build customer interest as well as encourage customers to trust and reach the sale stage of the sales funnel.

B2B Marketing 62

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel Video Marketing Marketing & Strategy 62

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. Close Rate.

Sales Management 114

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 114