Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 19, 2018

Marketing is all arts and crafts. Marketing is a cost center for my organization. If you haven’t heard these things at least once as a marketer, you’re in the minority. What’s more, until the digital age, arguing against these statements was near impossible. Top of Funnel KPIs. MQLs by Program & Asset.

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Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

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InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

I’m sure this was many of us marketers before the digital revolution, but now we have what seems like infinite data sources at our fingertips. As marketers, we often default to defining marketing’s top-of-funnel success with a metric that we could track with simple web tracking and marketing automation rules.

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Cost per Acquisition Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 153

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Account-based marketing has been around for several years now. Some of the statistics that have attracted marketers to ABM include: 87% of account-based marketers say that ABM initiatives outperform other marketing investments ( ITSMA ). And yet, many B2B marketers have still held back from adopting ABM.

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Inbox Insight

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In the world of B2B marketing, balancing physical and virtual events while staying agile is no easy feat. In this episode of the Demand Bites podcast, were thrilled to welcome Samantha Ranieri, Senior Field Marketing Manager at Brandwatch and Cision. 10:38] Leveraging AI thoughtfully in marketing while maintaining a human touch. [12:14]

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Inbox Insight

JUNE 28, 2019

You’d be hard pushed to find a marketer who doesn’t use a marketing funnel somewhere in their marketing strategy. Our relationship with funnels goes way back…. However, how accurate is our understanding of the funnel model? How’s the marketing funnel model evolved through the years?

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Full Circle Insights

MAY 20, 2022

There is a steady interest in predictive analytics from B2B marketers – possibly related to the popularity of account-based marketing (ABM). In marketing, predictive analytics is about understanding the customer journey. to continue nurturing leads through the funnel. Viewing a blog post. Downloading a whitepaper.

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 18, 2016

Specifically, are dollars best spent on sales or marketing? And when taking a deep look at marketing results, we were a bit surprised that the data actually helped to diagnose asales problem. While we were pleased with the lead generation effort, the sales resulting from those leads were disappointingly low.

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Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Cost per Lead 120

Sales Engine

MAY 17, 2016

Marketing automation and lead management systems have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Technological tools allow marketers to score leads and move them through the buying journey with the help of nurturing content.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 136

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Driven by a host of emerging technologies and an influx of new insights, b2b buyer behavior continues to evolve at breakneck speeds. Understandably, B2B marketers are hard-pressed to recalibrate their lead generation strategies in this ever-shifting landscape. The Top B2B Lead Generation Strategies.

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Inbox Insight

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

But with mounting pressure to demonstrate impact through hitting MQL targets, it’s easy for B2B marketers to overlook quality and become fixated on the latter. According to our first party research conducted among our IFP audience, lead quality is the key focus for 40% of senior B2B marketers.

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Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads 108

Single Grain

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Realistically, not all of your marketing campaigns are going to generate the results you’re after. But no matter what the performance of your campaign may be, tracking proper B2B marketing KPIs always helps you learn something so that you can improve the performance of your current and future campaigns. Defining the Right Sales KPIs.

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Brandpoint

JUNE 24, 2021

BANT covers four core factors to determine sales-readiness: budget, authority, needs and timeline. If you spent $1000 in a year on marketing efforts and acquired 500 customers, the CAC is $2. It will also help you plan and budget your marketing costs. CMI: Content Marketing Institute. CMO: Chief Marketing Officer.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Over a long time, the sales and marketing operations in B2B organizations were thought to be discrete. At some point throughout the sales cycle, marketers must transfer over marketing qualified leads (MQLs) to sales teams as sales qualified leads (SQLs). The Sales Funnel.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A 2018 study by the University of Zurich found that even a small gift from a sales representative makes customers much more likely to make a purchase. At ZoomInfo, we use gift-giving with our customers no matter where they are in the demand generation funnel. What do we mean by “direct mail marketing”? The results?

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

We are all looking for a competitive advantage, and if you’re fortunate enough to be selling a completely unique product from a well-known firm to a needy market, you probably don’t have to be very good at marketing to be successful. But B2B companies have found success in content marketing , and they’re upping the ante.

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Ledger Bennett

MAY 7, 2020

Have you ever wondered how sales and marketing fit together? What someone meant when they talked about the funnel? Well, we’ve put together a complete guide for you to learn all about the two different types of funnels we utilize daily. What is a Marketing Funnel?

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 22, 2016

We are all looking for a competitive advantage, and if you’re fortunate enough to be selling a completely unique product from a well-known firm to a needy market, you probably don’t have to be very good at marketing to be successful. But B2B companies have found success in content marketing , and they’re upping the ante.

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Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Digital Marketing Funnels 120

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

For quality leads — that are more effective in the long-term — inbound marketing undoubtedly provides better sources for lead generation than outbound. They’ve already gone through the awareness stage of the buyer’s journey. Inbound lead generation is a part of inbound marketing. Sales agrees!

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Learn from the Pros

JANUARY 16, 2025

The B2B marketing world is changing fast. Weve identified six key trends that will shape B2B marketing in 2025. We recently explored these shifts in detail during our December Jam Session on 2025 Digital Trends. We recently explored these shifts in detail during our December Jam Session on 2025 Digital Trends.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2023

While things may feel unsettled, the good news is that there are clear priorities for B2B marketers to focus on in 2023. My sense is that marketing has three core responsibilities: to drive revenue, nurture the brand, and optimize the customer experience.

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DemandBase

AUGUST 21, 2020

What do the most successful B2B companies that sell into mid-market and enterprise accounts have in common? Is there a singular trait that unifies their go-to-market and determines their outsized success? At the heart of every successful B2B business is a truly unified Sales and Marketing engine that drives growth.

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Only B2B

JANUARY 27, 2022

It is the primary goal of every marketing effort. You’ve definitely heard of lead generation and how entrepreneurs and marketers are all over it, maximizing its power and tailoring it to your exact specifications. Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Leads in the Middle of Funnel (MoFu).

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Marketri

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As a business owner or CEO, you know that the changing seasons bring not only cooler breezes and football games but also the crucial task of setting your annual marketing budget. How about budgets with one big bucket for advertising and promotions that includes everything from print advertising to digital to billboard signs to client gifts?

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Since it’s become more difficult for sales people to get in front of prospects, many B2B companies are relying heavily on content marketing to supply top-of-the-funnel leads that can be converted into closed business. But how do they know if those marketing efforts are having impact on the bottom line?

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Since it’s become more difficult for sales people to get in front of prospects, many B2B companies are relying heavily on content marketing to supply top-of-the-funnel leads that can be converted into closed business. But how do they know if those marketing efforts are having impact on the bottom line?

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Contently

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Great content has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. Assess your marketing maturity? Identify untapped markets? Want to test your site speed?

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 8, 2023

If it were easy, funnel conversion benchmarks would be a lot higher than low, single-digit percentages, right? And even when you have crisp, perfectly aligned messaging, a lot can be lost in the execution phase in terms of aligning content and engagement channels with the right customer target, in the right place, at the right time.

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Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Demand Marketing Qualified Leads 130

Sales Engine

JUNE 20, 2017

MARKETING AUTOMATION AND LEAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS have allowed for a near-scientific breakdown of the sales funnel. Technological tools allow marketers to score leads and move them through the buying journey with the help of nurturing content.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 120

Martech Advisor

MARCH 5, 2020

“Marketing automation is defined as the process of using tools and technology to automate repetitive marketing tasks, track and measure campaign performance, improve productivity, and drive efficiency by minimizing manual actions.” Table Of Contents. What Is Marketing Automation? What Is Marketing Automation?

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Sharpspring

MARCH 7, 2022

There are many different metrics for marketers to potentially keep track of, and some aspects of digital marketing can be harder to quantify than others. That’s especially true for content marketing, where you may need to evaluate sales results that aren’t easily attributed. Cost per lead (CPL).

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I remember my first marketing job like it was yesterday. My boss, the marketing director at the time, asked me: “Do you know what inbound marketing is?”. I knew marketing was about branding, sharing product information, and understanding consumer psychology. My boss told me about inbound versus outbound marketing.

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Sales Engine

JUNE 23, 2016

As content marketers , there are a lot of things that we can and should be measuring—open rates, click through rates, number of visitors (unique and returning), number of users, conversion rates, number of impressions, social media likes and followers, and so on.

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Full Circle Insights

JULY 9, 2020

With no future current participation, we’re seeing a lot of restructuring and planning going on in B2B marketing organizations, where marketing teams are thinking about ways to allocate more of their budget to reinvestments in digital marketing. But what’s the best way to re-plan our B2B marketing budgets?

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

That being the case, sales and marketing metrics have shifted from the norm to better support communities. We are going to dive into some specific senior care sales and marketing metrics that you should follow so you can track your occupancy rates. Which are the crucial senior sales and marketing metrics?

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Following up on content consumption with “buy from me now” is a strategy that’s destined to fail. Worse, you run the risk of turning people off to consuming more of your content in the future. What’s the right way to follow up on content to turn leads into sales conversations? Nurture, nurture, nurture.

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