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.

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Top of Funnel Video Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 198

Webbiquity

MARCH 1, 2022

The way B2B buyers consume content has changed significantly in the past two years. But fascinating new research quantifies those changes, and points the way forward for B2B content marketers. B2B tech buyers most highly value product demos, factual product information, and free trials. No surprise there.

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Research B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel 351

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 5, 2019

Whenever you read a marketing piece or go to a conference, you will hear that the B2B buyer journey is getting longer and more complex. In this post, I’ll summarize best practices that you should always keep in mind when creating successful multi-channel B2B ad campaigns. 79% of marketing leadsnever convert into sales.

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Multi-Channel Top of Funnel Advertising Channels Paid Search Agency 121

Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In an age where the allure of artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the attention of so many of us in the B2B marketing industry, the essence of authentic human connection in storytelling is more important than ever. “81% of marketers think content writers jobs are at risk because of AI.

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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.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 19, 2021

Marketing and Sales Leaders Can Leverage Buyer Insights To Create Rewarding Digital Buying Experiences For Buyers. One significant outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is the increasing desire on the part of buyers for digital buying experiences. I am using the term “digital-first” for a reason.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

B2B marketers use account-based marketing (ABM) strategies to engage the right decision makers within prospective organizations. These strategies can help marketers gain a competitive edge when they’re run with the right data. So, marketers should use the data they have to create messages that resonate.

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Account Based Marketing ABM B2B Marketing Practices 110

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Author: David Svigel Buyer behavior has changed; contact with your prospects occurs later in the sales cycle, and your leads come armed with more information than ever before about your products and services. What does this mean for marketing? Get Conversions to the Middle of the Funnel.

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Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Budget Programs 132

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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Lead Ranking Privacy Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 191

NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

It’s essential to reach the right people with your content marketing to generate qualified leads for the sales team to convert. Can you imagine the advantages of being able to get your content read by the audience of a publication like Forbes, or Inc.com? What Content Syndication Is.

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Top of Funnel Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2022

Below are nine vital observations, from the report and other sources, for any marketing leader interesting in taking advantage of intent data to drive revenue. Solutions, strategies and best practices for simplifying intent data collection and activation processes to promote increased adoption and success. It’s Not for Everyone.

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Intent Data Marketing AI Intent Lead Ranking 326

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.

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Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 279

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. The Shift to Customer-Centric Marketing. In 2019, 90% of all U.S.

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Buyer Intent Intent Work Management Marketing Management 352

Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

Yet, 69% of business leaders believe social media data and insights are currently underutilized at their organization. How do you ensure your social media reporting is contextual to your organization’s overall objectives? They need to be aligned to the broader marketing efforts and org-wide business goals.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Social Media Top of Funnel Analytics 134

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.

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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.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

Brightedge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Ninety three percent of B2B buying processes begin with a search, making the information that brands publish critical to the success of their organization. Strong lead generation strategies and practices can build businesses, while errors and mistakes can result in poor ROI and countless sales left on the table.

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Top of Funnel Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 59

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2021

The pandemic changed the day-to-day processes of the B2B sales organization practically overnight when the world went 100% digital. A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020.

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Customer Surveys Top of Funnel High Quality Lead Zoominfo 246

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.

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Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel ABM Buy 103

Optinmonster

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Do you want to get more sales and traffic without spending any money? You need some organic lead generation strategies! Organic lead generation can boost both your website traffic and business revenue, all without costing you anything. What Is Organic Lead Generation? Benefits of Organic Lead Generation.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Cold Calling 208

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. While the two terms are somewhat synonymous, demand generation strategies span the entire funnel. What is Demand Generation?

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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?

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Sales Management Lead Ranking B2B Sales Top of Funnel 278

6sense

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Having been privy to the lead management processes of hundreds of B2B organizations of every stripe, I would estimate that at least half have internal demand funnel (AKA waterfall) stages that combine stages of their sales process with what are really stages of the buyer journey. Your Funnel Is Not Their Journey.

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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.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 20, 2023

By Sarah Threet, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketin g What is Purchase Intention and Intent Data? Purchase intention (or buyer intent) is a measure of each shopper’s propensity to buy a product or service. Intent data is the dataset that provides insight into the customer’s journey.

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Purchase Intent Top of Funnel Purchase Intent 60

6sense

JANUARY 24, 2022

In a recent webinar, Grace Kupczak, 6sense’s Digital Strategy and Growth Marketing Manager, sat down with PathFactory CSM Carly Huizenga to discuss the importance of dynamic, personalized content in marketing and sales. This includes critical information about the unique concerns of accounts and their buyers. .

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Content Standard

APRIL 16, 2024

With organic search re-emerging as a cornerstone strategy for CMOs, top brands are harnessing AI to accelerate their search engine optimization (SEO) efforts and bring more efficiency to a traditionally cumbersome and resource-intensive practice. What’s driving the renewed focus on organic search?

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Marketing AI SEO Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 99

Content Standard

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A Content Disrupted podcast with Dusty DiMercurio, Senior Director of Industry and Portfolio Marketing at Autodesk. Access this and more Content Disrupted episodes on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or Google Podcasts. At Autodesk, content marketing started as a program to drive demand within a new audience segment.

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Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Account Based Marketing Marketing & Strategy 87

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.

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Cost per Acquisition Multi-Touch Attribution Data Hygiene Top of Funnel 116

Brandpoint

MAY 18, 2020

In today’s digitally focused business environment, it’s more important than ever for sales and marketing departments to work together to create content and collateral that’s effective in driving sales. That collaboration is crucial because the content itself is so crucial.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Work Management 149

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A lot of social marketers ask, does our brand really need to be on LinkedIn? LinkedIn is unlike its social competitors in that it’s widely regarded as a professional social network, the largest B2B marketing platform in the world and the number one platform for lead generation. Boost organic reach and engagement via paid.

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Paid Content Linkedin Social Media Top of Funnel 96

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.”

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

ClearVoice

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The subject line … ‘Google Makes It Official: Content Marketing Is Now the #1 Ranking Factor.’ That email legitimately validated my worth and value as a content marketer (Thanks, Michael Brenner!). Years later with my own firm, content marketing has become widely accepted. Bing = 5.56%.

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Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Google 105

Parse.ly

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Content is quickly becoming marketing’s top money-making channel in today’s digital landscape. No matter what form it takes, whether it’s ebooks, articles, help docs or blog posts, teams are focusing more and more on using their content to drive revenue. . Table of Contents.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Digital Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 52

Parse.ly

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Content is quickly becoming marketing’s top money-making channel in today’s digital landscape. No matter what form it takes, whether it’s ebooks, articles, help docs or blog posts, teams are focusing more and more on using their content to drive revenue. . Table of Contents. HW Media ROI content strategy.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Digital Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 52

Lead Forensics

MAY 14, 2024

They have become masters at using marketing automation and their digital strategies continue to grow in sophistication. Amazon continues to be a leading light in this field, showing how marketing automation can help turn a company into a slick selling machine. What is marketing automation?

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