Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With the year drawing to a close, business owners – as is their wont – look towards the New Year and the opportunities it may bring. In this article, I’m going to share 4 practical tips to get your small or medium business ready for next year. Businesses will need to optimize their sites for voice search.

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Contently

JANUARY 11, 2023

As countless marketing messages flood email inboxes, McKinsey research suggests 71% of customers expect the messages they receive from brands to be personalized—and 76% are frustrated when they’re not. That might be a piece of cake for brands with a small number of customers to serve. 3 trillion in value over the coming years.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the last few years, as Instagram has reached 1 billion monthly active users , the platform has become a goldmine for marketers. Today, over 25 million businesses invest time and effort into creating Instagram marketing strategies for their companies to raise brand awareness, increase brand loyalty, and find potential customers.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

There’s no denying that the recent pandemic has affected many businesses, big and small. Supply chains and businesses are greatly affected too. Just like the virus, these changes are likely to evolve in the coming months, and we can expect to see newer ways of doing business in the near future. Be alert for unmet needs.

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Hubspot

APRIL 15, 2024

But as with any other skill, some salespeople have a better grip on prospecting than others — and we, here at the HubSpot Sales Blog, want to do our part to make sure you prospect as effectively as possible. Using sales triggers ensures your prospects are qualified, and your outreach is well-timed.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 15, 2021

Even as newer and fancier ways to market your business crop up every season, old-school email marketing continues to provide the highest ROI, at a whopping $42 for every $1 of expenditure. No wonder building an email list remains a priority for businesses of every type and industry. What is a lead magnet?

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Whether you’re pursuing an inbound or outbound marketing strategy, lead generation is a constant struggle. In fact, 37% of B2B marketers rank it as their number one challenge. Nestled within that challenge is an even more daunting task: finding enough qualified leads. What is the lead qualification process?

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Let’s talk about leads. Odds are, you’re having conversations about how to attract more leads, how to improve the quality of your leads, how to convert your leads, or all of the above. And in that conversation you might be wondering, “why are we getting bad leads in the first place?” .

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This time last year, we put a stake in the ground by announcing that HubSpot was building a centralized platform. We see businesses using more kinds of software, not less, that all needs to work together. Mailchimp -- email and marketing automation. MagneticOne Mobile -- business card sync. Salesforce -- CRM.

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Valasys

APRIL 19, 2023

Introduction Are you looking to take your business to new heights in 2023? I understand that generating high-quality SQLs is crucial to your job as a business owner or marketer. Still, with changing times and evolving market trends, knowing what sales-qualified leads tactics will work best can be challenging.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 28, 2023

For today’s marketing teams, it’s nearly impossible to do your work and stay agile without marketing automation. There has never been more customer, competitor or industry data available to marketing teams. In this article, we’ll walk through what marketing automation is, how and why to use it and examples of tools.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Are you looking for the best lead generation tools to grow your business? Lead generation is more than just getting people to visit your site. And just like any tough job, lead generation requires the right tools–even for professional marketers. What Is a Lead Generation Software/Tool? Why is this important?

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Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Enterprise Management Work Management 124

Only B2B

DECEMBER 29, 2022

We’ve had a busy year at ONLY B2B. Our attention in 2022 was on: Making the most out of current economic situation Expanding our value-driven marketing strategy. Your business relies on generating qualified leads and making sales. So what lead generation tactics will bring you the most leads in 2023.

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NetLine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This data enables sales teams to focus marketing spend on prospects who are actively ready to buy. To properly leverage intent data and efficiently drive more business, here’s what you need to know. Today, it takes a real-time, insider view into what prospects are truly interested in to properly drive leads.

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FunnelEnvy

APRIL 18, 2022

Numbers are key in any kind of marketing. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of confusion among marketers today about what numbers are the most important to track. The huge expansion of the marketing technology sphere over the last decade has led to the creation of all kinds of statistics that may or may not be relevant to your business.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, as revenue teams seek automated scheduling solutions, a great deal of confusion exists in the market. Should you go with Calendly, whose name has become synonymous with meeting scheduling, or do you look at one of the newer tools that’s shaking up the market? Hubspot Sales. That’s where we can help. LeanData BookIt.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 4, 2022

As marketers, our job is to help our sales teams find high-quality leads. You may use outbound marketing to try and catch your audience’s attention, or you might use inbound marketing to attract leads to your website. These leads are perfect for your sales team because they’re already hot!

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Outgrow

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 Best Lead Generation Tools You Need to Try Out in 2021. Is the drying pipeline of leads giving you stress and anxiety attacks? According to a Hubspot report, most of the midsize and large companies generate less than 5,000 leads per month. Yet, we know of marketers who ace it and scale their businesses to new heights!

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Hubspot

MARCH 23, 2017

Last October, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the team at HubSpot to rewrite their copy as part of their site's redesign. We grilled HubSpot's product development, sales, and support staff to get their inside perspective. The HubSpot Growth Stack consists of HubSpot's marketing, sales, and CRM software.

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Hubspot

APRIL 12, 2023

That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results. In other words, getting the business results you want hinges on managing the activities that precede them.

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Navigate the Channel

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

B2B lead nurturing is the process of building strong relationships with your current or potential customers. It’s a process much more in-depth than simply looking to generate new leads. Now that we’ve addressed what customer or lead nurturing is, we’re ready to start building a plan. Are they non-qualified leads?

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AIDA Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 65

Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2021

Data is the foundation of business in the 21st century. Data as a service, or DaaS, helps businesses solve this costly problem by hiring specialized providers whose sole focus is delivering accurate, insightful, and reliable business data, allowing leaders to focus on growing their business. Get a Demo What is DaaS?

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Biznology

JUNE 6, 2018

If you’re a small or medium size business selling to consumers, you probably want to both automate and personalize your marketing campaigns. The solution, of course, is marketing automation linked to your customer relationship management (CRM) software. Fortunately for SMB marketers, CRM is becoming main stream.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Demand generation is important for every business. Let’s analyze 15 demand generation statistics that every demand marketer should know. Let’s analyze 15 demand generation statistics that every demand marketer should know. 75% of small business owners see internet marketing as an or tool to attract new customer.

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Strategic-IC

MARCH 5, 2018

As today’s B2B consumers increasingly ignore traditional interruptive marketing, marketers must adapt their strategies to succeed. For Marketing Directors today, that means having the confidence to change strategy; earning visibility through helping buyers reach the solutions they need. HubSpot State of Inbound 2015.

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6sense

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Contents: What is lead qualification? Who is a qualified lead? An information qualified lead (IQL). A marketing qualified lead (MQL). A sales qualified lead (SQL). A product qualified lead (PQL). Unqualified leads. Lead disqualification. ActiveCampaign.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2019

I feel comfortable doing things by the book and following marketing best practices. Every once in a while, however, at NuSpark Marketing we stray from the best-practice guidelines. The anecdotal evidence that breaking the rules sometimes pays off comes from the world of email marketing. Rule 1: Thou Shalt Not Sell.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. In today’s digital technology landscape there are numerous platforms, tools and technologies at the disposal of every marketer—almost too many. Welcome to the eighth installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Without further ado….

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ClearVoice

APRIL 30, 2020

Businesses of all shapes, sizes, scope, and industries are trying to turbocharge their lead generation efforts. Generating more leads might just require a few changes to your current sales and marketing strategy, however, generating quality leads and at scale is quite another challenge. marketing Click To Tweet.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Landing pages allow you to turn the traffic generated by your marketing campaigns into leads for your business. They're simple pages — often with just a few lines of text and a form — to drive conversions and turn visitors into leads. HubSpot's Landing Page Builder. The 7 Best Leadpages Alternatives.

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Hubspot

APRIL 23, 2020

Businesses all across the globe are learning how to adapt to these new circumstances and we're all learning how to operate in a "new normal" that's constantly changing. That's why we'll be publishing week-over-week trend data for core business metrics like website traffic, email send and open rates, sales engagements, close rates and more.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

Heck, not all marketing people are content people. So whether you’re here because you’re a content person looking to enhance your business case for more content dollars or because a content person wants you to understand their perspective on why content is (still) queen, you’ve come to the right place. Here we go!

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Metadata

APRIL 21, 2021

So we’re teaming up with some of the best B2B marketers we know. In 90 days, we increased our paid lead volume by over 270%, while simultaneously decreasing cost per lead (CPL) by 82%, and increasing lead-to-MQL conversion rate to over 60%. Use LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms. It’s worth it.

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Lake One

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Successful full-funnel marketing strategies drive awareness, educate your audience and convert them to leads simultaneously using a variety of channels. Mobile devices (yes, your smartphone) make it easier for marketers to connect instantly with their audience. Read more below to discover top full-funnel marketing strategies.

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Unbound B2B

JANUARY 10, 2023

Quick Summary: Outsourcing Lead Generation means hiring an external company to help you generate business leads. The cost-per-lead acquisition is different for every business based on size and market competition. Outsourcing lead generation services can save you time and money.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Case studies. Training webinars.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 69

SmartBug Media

MAY 6, 2020

The most effective SaaS marketing departments employ paid, owned, and earned media channels. For growing SaaS organizations that are doing inbound marketing , paid marketing channels can give you the awareness to put all of that great content to work. Paid search is a staple within most marketers' paid media budgets.

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