SnapApp

MAY 7, 2018

Ah, the often overlooked middle of the marketing funnel — even the most thoughtful marketers often fail to create dedicated content that speaks to the unique needs of buyers in this critical step between helping your audience realize they have a problem and that your company has the best solution. Example: Formstack.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Work Management Marketing Management 89

Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Account Based Marketing, commonly referred to as ABM, has taken the B2B marketing world by storm. According to HubSpot , 70% of marketers reported using ABM last year, which is a 15% increase from the prior year. According to a survey conducted by ITSMA , 87% of marketers say that ABM efforts outperform other marketing efforts.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Full Circle Insights Ideal Customer Profiles 98

SalesIntel

MARCH 27, 2023

SalesIntel’s strategic partnership with Semcasting empowers B2B marketers with high-quality account technographic and job title data to leverage in their paid channel efforts. How did you get started in the advertising/marketing/data industry? B2C marketing space? Register for the webinar here: [link].

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Paid Content Advertising Agencies Sales Management Advertisements 52

accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Marketing of any kind is all about finding ways to stand out from the crowd.

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Marketing Budget Paid Content Work Management Paid Search Agency 52

The Marketing Blender

MARCH 15, 2021

But how do you really know if your marketing efforts are successful? It’s not always easy to calculate but getting an accurate read on your revenue ratios is the best path to understanding your marketing ROI. Starting at the top, you need to get an idea of how visible you are in the market. Know your revenue ratios*.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

DECEMBER 14, 2020

MQLs are an important part of the marketing analytics frameworks across most of the modern marketing teams but the sales follow-up of the MQLs is critical. the leading indicator for driving pipeline growth. the leading indicator for driving pipeline growth.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Analytics Top of Funnel 59

markempa

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Tweet As the holiday season quickly approaches an end, and marketers prepare to make 2014 their best year yet, we pulled together the top blog posts on the B2B Lead Roundtable Blog to share the most popular topics, chosen by marketers just like you. Use social media to generate leads and connect with prospects.

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Hubspot

JULY 15, 2020

We're all too familiar with the dilemma most marketers face: higher expectations, and fewer resources. Plus, there's a lot of rhetoric around marketing strategies and buzzwords that seem complex and hard to implement, only making the water murkier. ABM is a Mindset, Not an Isolated Tactic. Kickstarting ABM for Small Teams.

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Demand Generation Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles ABM 94

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And the conversation went way later than the restaurant manager and our wonderful server wanted it to. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As marketing execution in 2020 gets into full swing, marketing analytics continues to be the top priority for organizations. To drive long term success, marketers now are adopting the mind-set of a CFO to establish marketing as a driver of value and revenue-driving function.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 100

Valasys

APRIL 10, 2020

Account-based marketing is a technique employed by B2B marketers to identify and target the accounts they value the most. According to a survey by ITSMA , 84% of marketers acceded that ABM develops better ROI than other marketing programs.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The following guest post is another important topic for sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2017

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. Late in 2015 we started producing a bi-weekly radio program called Sales Pipeline Radio , which runs live every other Thursday at 11:30 a.m. It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels. Poor data quality: capture the “lead intelligence” from each call in a database.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The following excerpt is certainly important to sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider. I have been a student of selling and sales management for more than twenty years, and I have used a grand total of five “closes” during that time.

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Top of Funnel Telemarketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

Terminus

MAY 31, 2017

Marketing Land defines it this way: “Display advertising is a type of online advertising that comes in several forms, including banner ads, rich media, and more. Display ads have the ability to integrate with various marketing platforms, such as account-based marketing tools , your CRM, and your marketing automation platform.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 2, 2014

In my last two posts, I’ve shared nine ways tech enterprises drive business-to-business (B2B) sales by content marketing with influencers and six content amplification tips to level up their results, both of which presented logical paths to revenue creation. Is Content ROI the Same as Marketing ROI? No, and yes.

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ROI Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Lead Ranking 40

Matchcraft

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Inbound marketing relies on drawing customers to your business through the generation of interesting content that is distributed through digital channels and social media. Many companies have made the shift to, but is an exclusively inbound marketing campaign enough? Advantages and Disadvantages of Inbound Marketing.

Inbound Marketing 40

Inbound Marketing Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 40

ViewPoint

MAY 30, 2012

Working with a wide variety of clients from tech firms to sports properties and lifestyle brands, Andrew has crafted successful campaigns built around white papers, event-based advertising and sales training materials for clients such as Major League Baseball, Canon, DuPont, SAP, Business Objects, Oracle and many others.

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Differentiation Tips Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

The days of sending a list of contacts to sales is over. Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. To sales, they are a waste of time. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use.

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Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 100

Vidyard

DECEMBER 3, 2014

KITCHENER, Ontario – December 3, 2014 – Vidyard , a global leader in video marketing and sales enablement solutions, today launched its integration with the Act-On marketing automation platform. It’s about giving our customers access to the right data to make smarter marketing decisions.”

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Marketing Automation Services Act-On Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation 50

Terminus

MAY 23, 2019

Whether it’s your CMO, your head of sales, your CEO, or just that curious little reporting angel on your shoulder – we all want proof that our marketing is having an impact. But using tactical micro-metrics like CPC, CTR, CPL, and on-page optimizations is like looking at a Seurat up close. You manage what you measure.

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 3, 2014

KITCHENER, Ontario – December 3, 2014 – Vidyard , a global leader in video marketing and sales enablement solutions, today launched its integration with the Act-On marketing automation platform. It’s about giving our customers access to the right data to make smarter marketing decisions.”

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Marketing Automation Services Act-On Marketing Automation Demand Generation Agencies 51

Vidyard

DECEMBER 3, 2014

KITCHENER, Ontario – December 3, 2014 – Vidyard , a global leader in video marketing and sales enablement solutions, today launched its integration with the Act-On marketing automation platform. It’s about giving our customers access to the right data to make smarter marketing decisions.”

Marketing Automation Services 50

Marketing Automation Services Act-On Marketing Automation Demand Generation Agencies 50

Walker Sands

JULY 15, 2020

In the second installment of our two-part blog series derived from conversations at our Marketing Masters: 3 Essential Pillars of Communication for Achieving 2020 Marketing Goals online event, we’ll discuss effective external communication strategies for connecting with customers and prospects. Read part one here.).

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Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels 52

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Because of these two things, in order to win a B2B sale you first have to build trust, demonstrate how reliable your product is, and show how it is suitable for the particular business you’re speaking with. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

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Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Because of these two things, in order to win a B2B sale you first have to build trust, demonstrate how reliable your product is, and show how it is suitable for the particular business you’re speaking with. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

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Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Yesterday’s Fall 2009 MarketingProfs Digital Marketing World Virtual Conference was the perfect event to prepare for the planning of Q4 marketing programs. I focused on the B2B sessions along with hosting a one hour chat session on Email Marketing and Lead Nurturing in the network lounge during the event.

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Conference Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Landing Pages 48

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Measuring the effectiveness of digital marketing is one of the greatest challenges facing organizations. According to HubSpot’s 2016 State of Inbound report , 46% of marketers cited "proving the ROI of our marketing activities" as one of the biggest challenge they face within their company.

Analytics 28

Analytics Lead Ranking Work Management Marketing Management 28

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you’re like most companies, you realized in 2020 that annual marketing budget planning doesn’t work anymore. Unsurprisingly, 46% of B2Bs say they’re paying closer attention to their marketing’s direct impact on sales post-pandemic as well. Quick Takeaways: Annual marketing budget planning isn’t ideal anymore.

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Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Planning Budget Programs 319

Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A Single Source of Truth for Marketing and Sales. Whatever the industry, marketing and sales departments that don’t share a single source of data truth tend to be misaligned because they aren’t operating from the same set of facts. A single source of data truth is also essential for improving marketing efficiency.

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Lead Ranking Sales Management Marketing Attribution Full Circle Insights 89

Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In 2023, B2B inbound marketing is more important than ever. While web traffic and email open rates across industries have both been in freefall, inbound leads rose by over 6% , and web-based conversions saw a nearly 11% increase. All this well-warranted buzz around inbound marketing has made the practice more competitive than ever.

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Inbound Marketing B2B Marketing Planning Work Management 124

Capstone Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Optimizing Demand Generation Performance with Funnel Diagnostics. When I first arrived on the scene as a demand marketer over a dozen years ago, I did so armed with a spreadsheet model for the funnel I was going to fill with leads and pipeline opportunities. It allowed me to calculate a return on our marketing investment.

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