Martech

JANUARY 29, 2024

Lead generation for B2B has undergone quite a transformation. Gone are the days when gating all content to meet quarterly MQL KPIs was effective. But have we deviated too far from sustainable lead generation practices and become too reliant on pay-to-play databases to fuel outbound initiatives? Contradiction?

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Lead Gen Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring 120

Metadata

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to Kim Roman , Senior Director of Global Campaigns and Programs at Okta, “Content is king, data is queen, and revenue is the royal family. So, what’s the opposite of tracking MQLs and holding on to demand gen tactics of the past? Introducing your company to revenue marketing. What’s revenue marketing?

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Paid Search Agency 52

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Making sense of marketing and engagement data is not easy. Before marketing automation, companies tracked data in various places. These challenges make it impossible to analyze their data to gauge marketing performance. These challenges make it impossible to analyze their data to gauge marketing performance.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Lead Generation 62

Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you haven’t come across it yet, it’s an insightful framework that challenges the outdated strategies we B2B marketers have relied on to spur growth over the last decade. Something is shifting in the realm of B2B marketing It’s hard to put your finger on it just yet, but it’s there, quietly brewing beneath the surface.

Paid Content 78

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 78

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Every marketing team should have specific KPIs that align with their department’s goals and the organization’s goals at large.

Lead Ranking 130

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Webinar Metrics 130

Only B2B

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Are your leads ready for market? The age-old conflict between sales and marketing appears to always come down to one thing: leads. While marketing teams have historically been judged on the amount of demand they drive, sales teams are frequently seeking for more quality prospects to sell to. Lead Scoring And MQLs.

Lead Ranking 127

Lead Ranking Cost per Acquisition Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 127

Metadata

OCTOBER 10, 2023

75% of the customers who activated Pipeline Optimization, achieved ROIs above 2X Every marketer dreams of making their paid social campaigns pay off in a big way. You’re after more than just leads; you’re chasing a robust pipeline, impressive ROI, and substantial business growth. Now, we get it—change can be scary.

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads ROI 52

Envy

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

When you're working in B2B tech marketing agency, it can feel like you're drowning in a sea of TLAs (three-letter abbreviations) and technical B2B marketing terms. Marketing terms. Account Based Marketing ! Cost Per Acquisition is the amount you spend to acquire a new lead or make a sale. Did we miss any?

Marketing Analytics Tools 119

Marketing Analytics Tools Cost per Acquisition Paid Content Lead Ranking 119

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in.

Lead Ranking 130

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Paid Content Top of Funnel 130

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. In most B2B organizations, marketing focuses on facilitating a successful hand-off to sales.

Top of Funnel 160

Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads 160

The Point

JANUARY 19, 2021

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons. Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides and economic recovery kicks in, or are recent trends destined to become staple tactics in the months and years to come?

Demand Generation Agencies 147

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Lead Ranking 147

Envy

JULY 31, 2017

The Challenges: Market Education and Lead Generation. Establishing presence as a serious contender in virtualized container cybersecurity required investment in brand awareness and market education in an industry that was still in its infancy. Our strategy included: Inbound Marketing to educate and build awareness.

Lead Ranking 85

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Case Study 85

MKT1

JUNE 5, 2023

“The marketing funnel is dead,” they say. I agree the marketing funnel isn’t exactly funnel shaped–it's sort of an hourglass. So, I still strongly recommend B2B marketing teams map their funnels. 20% off for paid newsletter subscribers. 20% off for paid newsletter subscribers.

Top of Funnel 64

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 64

Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. After years of not having enough marketing data, you find yourself facing the opposite problem–there are too many metrics.

Lead Ranking 81

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads B2B Marketing 81

Metadata

APRIL 8, 2024

I used Metadata for the first time in 2021 when I worked at Armorblox (now a part of Cisco), and it instantly made me a better B2B marketer. Seriously: our lead-to-conversion rate increased by 15X and our cost per opportunity (CPO) went from $40k to $800. I ran demand and operations, so my job was simple: generate and optimize leads.

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead CPO B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies 52

Directive Agency

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Oftentimes as paid media marketers, it’s easy to stick to LinkedIn’s platform reports and conduct business just on the ad side. Although platform metrics can be a good indicator of ad performance, they don’t shine light on how successful the campaigns are at reaching deeper lead goals. Shared Goal Setting.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Linkedin Marketing Qualified Leads 52

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. 5 steps to qualify leads.

Lead Qualification 62

Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Work Management Marketing Management 62

KoMarketing Associates

JULY 2, 2019

Measuring ROI from paid marketing for B2B is a critical problem a lot of marketers are trying to tackle. B2B marketing is not transactional, and that’s easy to forget. In the past, tracking the ROI of a digital ad was similar to how billboards are still measured today–throw it up and hope for the best.

Tactics 120

Tactics Lead Ranking ROAS Effectiveness 120

Directive Agency

JULY 23, 2020

For many business-to-business (B2B) software organizations, paid advertising is essential to generating leads and driving revenue. Through paid channels, marketers are able to segment and target audiences more precisely, leading to higher conversion rates and ultimately, more sales. What is B2B advertising?

Funnel Advertising 59

Funnel Advertising Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Advertisements 59

SnapApp

OCTOBER 17, 2019

High MQL targets force many marketers to send all of their leads to sales. But this approach ultimately drives down conversion rates, and teaches sales not to follow up on marketing leads that are likely to be dead ends. . Recognize that not all leads are created equal. Set up nurture campaigns.

Lead Ranking 92

Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads 92

Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. After years of not having enough marketing data, you find yourself facing the opposite problem–there are too many metrics.

Lead Ranking 59

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 59

Brandpoint

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One of the most important lead generation tactics you have at your disposal is your website. Optimizing your landing pages — whether it’s your main homepage or specific product pages — is how you can draw people in through unbranded searches and eventually get them to contact you. Mistake #1: No lead generation marketing strategy.

Lead Generation 118

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads 118

PureB2B

APRIL 14, 2021

So, we decided to put together a helpful webinar to walk you through how decisional intelligence can affect your MQLs , your targeted marketing, and eventually, your revenue. In a perfect world, you’d be able to gather the data needed for all corporate marketing initiatives and manipulate it to fit your specific needs at that time.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Conversion 62

Golden Spiral

MARCH 28, 2019

You convinced leadership that inbound marketing was the way to go for your B2B company. You overcame your some of your lingering inbound marketing fears (and helped executives do the same). Few download your content and even fewer — if any — attend your webinars. A few grumpy sales reps complain that inbound isn’t marketing.

Inbound Marketing 74

Inbound Marketing Paid Content Lead Ranking Work Management 74

6sense

OCTOBER 18, 2021

RepTrak is the world’s leading reputation data and insights company, offering the only global platform for data-driven insights on reputation, brand, and ESG (environmental, social, and governance). RepTrak had traditionally relied on old-fashioned tactics, a subpar tech stack, and unreliable data for its marketing efforts.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Sales Cycle Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads 62

Strategic-IC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

How can you drive value at every stage of the buyer's journey, with video content? Our Head of Sales, Fes Askari details how marketing and sales teams can use a variety of video formats at different stages to drive value and help both prospects and customers. Driving Value With Video Across the Buyer's Journey.

Top of Funnel 54

Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Video Marketing 54

The Marketing Blender

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The 11 undeniable benefits of marketing automation for B2B sales and marketing teams. How automation can transform your B2B marketing effectiveness and results. These days, when most consultants and gurus talk about technology transforming marketing, automation is what they’re referring to. Contact Us.

Marketing Automation Services 98

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Budget Work Management 98

Marketri

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Many people view marketing as a creative endeavor, but it’s really a mix of art and science. When you invest time and budget on marketing, you need to know it will pay off through a strong ROI. And therein lies the science of modern marketing. Which are most critical to measuring, monitoring, and optimizing your marketing?

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Churn Rate 62

Envy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Dissecting the very short lives of the B2B marketing budgets in 2022 will not take long. Q2 2022 - Ukraine war and crazy inflation means reality shocks the world, some marketing budgets tightened. Marketers need to show their contributions to the bottom line. 2023: The B2B marketing stakes are high. Hire, hire, hire.

Marketing Budget Creation 106

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs B2B Marketing 106

Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. After years of not having enough marketing data, you find yourself facing the opposite problem–there are too many metrics.

Lead Ranking 48

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 48

SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

Demonstrating the value of any marketing campaign is challenging. In fact, 43% of companies list it as the biggest marketing challenge: . . According to a 2017 study , the marketing technology landscape grew 40% last year to a total of 5,381 different solutions. The Top 10 B2B Marketing Metrics to Measure in 2018. .

Lead Ranking 107

Lead Ranking Paid Content Cost per Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 107

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.

Cost per Acquisition 153

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

Leadspace

JUNE 28, 2021

For B2B marketers, seeing low conversion rates, high email bounce rates, and poor pipeline velocity can be extremely frustrating. Is it mistargeted content? Being bogged down in bad data can also lead sales reps down a rabbit hole, making for an elongated sales cycle. However, it’s often tough to know the root cause.

Lead Ranking 118

Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 118

PureB2B

APRIL 14, 2021

So, we decided to put together a helpful webinar to walk you through how decisional intelligence can affect your MQLs, your targeted marketing, and eventually, your revenue. In a perfect world, you’d be able to gather the data needed for all corporate marketing initiatives and manipulate it to fit your specific needs at that time.

Lead Ranking 48

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Conversion 48

Engagio

JUNE 21, 2017

The B2B lead handoff process is broken. Marketers invest a ton of time and resources to acquire leads using a variety of tactics, from data acquisition to SEO to trade shows to paid ads. Passing individual leads is ineffective. This leads to trouble in predicting pipeline and lost revenue down the line.

Lead Ranking 93

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Leads 93

BOP Design

MAY 5, 2021

Phil, take a minute to see how this applies to B2B marketing. Here, we take a closer look at a few ways to evaluate your B2B marketing strategy to ensure you are focusing on creating a human connection with your prospects and clients, not just making a sale. The best marketing campaigns don’t start with a statement about “us.”

B2B Marketing 146

B2B Marketing B2B Lead Ranking Planning 146

Strategic-IC

MAY 8, 2018

How can you ensure your marketing campaigns will deliver ROI? To achieve lead generation and revenue targets, it's important to first map those targets back to clear, realistic goals. When planning a marketing campaign, it’s the Marketing Director’s responsibility to ensure the strategy will deliver on financial goals.

Lead Ranking 101

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads 101