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Expand your Offer Strategy to Increase SEM Performance

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Smart technology marketers look to capture buyers early on in the sales cycle, then engage them in a consistent nurture campaign to build credibility, trust, and to position their solution favorably for when the buyers are ready to engage with sales. Actually, I know why it is. Most likely they’re simply looking to solve a problem.

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The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content

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Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. Use of very short-term metrics will almost certainly devalue those leads and the perceived ROI from the program.

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Why a Hybrid Demand Generation Model is More Important than Ever

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I’ve written elsewhere in this space that one of the reasons ABM became so popular is because companies are just really bad at lead nurturing.). A strategy based on generating engagement from buying groups (and the way large corporations make purchase decisions) vs. individual leads.

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Top Lead Generation Statistics for 2018

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The three most commonly used B2B lead generation strategies are email marketing (78%), event marketing (73%), and content marketing (67%) ( source ). For B2B software marketers, however, the top sources of new business are organic search, SEM/PPC advertising, and word of mouth referrals ( source ).

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Top B2B Lead Generation Statistics for 2021

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As such, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest lead generation trends, technological advances, and- as always- your customer base. The three most commonly used B2B lead generation strategies are email marketing (78%), event marketing (73%), and content marketing (67%) ( source ). Keep reading.

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4 Ways to Avoid the Q4 Revenue Scramble

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Inbound, “always on” programs like content syndication , paid social advertising, and paid search (SEM). can be accelerated quickly with additional spend (within limits, of course) and, moreover, help create a building block of early-stage leads that can nurtured throughout the year to convert before year-end.

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Key B2B Demand Generation Strategies for 2015

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It’s almost a cliché to say so at this stage, but without quality content, it’s virtually impossible to generate maximum return from both “top of the funnel” lead generation, lead nurturing , or customer marketing. I think we’ll continue to see a shift towards data-based, predictive, one-to-one marketing.