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The Marketing Book Podcast: “Forget the Funnel” by Georgiana Laudi

The Forward Observer

Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue by Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop About the Book Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard? Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups.

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Maximizing the Marketing Funnel

Blue Flame Thinking

A strategic marketing plan is like a funnel. Marketing is designed to increase awareness of what you offer and lead your audiences to a conversion—whether that is a purchase, meeting, or other connection. Use a marketing funnel strategy. Three key phases of the marketing funnel drive this action.

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Why Marketers Should Prioritize Lower Funnel Keywords to Get Better Results

Act-On

Lower funnel keywords are an often neglected SEO strategy for marketers. One thing is for sure, though: search intent isn’t aligned with marketing automation, which is what we do here at Act-On. And that brings us to strategically aligning keywords with the marketing funnel and, more specifically, lower funnel keywords.

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Time To Replace the Content Marketing Funnel (3 Alternatives)

Ahrefs

If you need a framework to build your content strategy on, it should probably be a no-funnel framework instead. A funnel in marketing is a multi-stage process that guides potential customers from … Read more › And there are very good reasons for it.

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Maximize Your ABM

Speaker: Jeff Marcoux, VP Product Strategy & Marketing at TTEC

If you are considering implementing account-based marketing, chances are you have also explored technology options. The process of buying new tools along with the massive organizational shift required for ABM can be overwhelming for even the most seasoned marketers. Achieve full cycle ABM: Moving beyond the top of the funnel.

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Email Marketing Automation Strategies to Optimize Your Marketing Funnel

SendX

Made use of landing page campaigns and social media lead generation strategies – do you know what’s next? One option that you may have never thought to use is email marketing automation. Believe it or not, email marketing automation isn’t quite as impersonal as it may sound. The bad news is, this isn’t always a simple task.

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Maximizing Efficiency with B2B Marketing Automation: Key Strategies

Webbiquity

Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels This also applies, of course, to B2B marketing. Ideally, marketers focus their time on performing high-impact tasks that need our knowledge, expertise, and experience. So, why not let B2B marketing automation take care of the rest? What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

Nurturing leads through your sales funnel is a daunting task for many business development teams, especially at the scale required to achieve lofty growth goals. At ZoomInfo, we’ve found that a rock-solid go-to-market playbook is key. These 16 plays are aligned to different stages of the sales funnel.

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Flip My Funnel - Guide To B2B Account Based Marketing

As modern B2B marketers, we have been lucky enough to witness some of the most dramatic shifts in marketing strategies and technologies.

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Your Recipe for Inbound Success

Speaker: Jen Spencer, VP Sales and Marketing, SmartBug Media

Recent studies have shown what a lot of B2B marketers already know - it’s hard to build a successful inbound marketing program. Join Jen Spencer, VP of Smartbug Media, as she discusses how to grow an inbound strategy and framework in your organization to attract leads and establish your brand.

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New Rules of Demand Gen for Mid-Market B2Bs

Speaker: Paul Slack - Vende Digital CEO

If you've got holes in your funnel that need filling. If there's more about digital marketing you don't know than you do know. If you want to generate revenue as a marketer and not just leads. You know digital demand gen can help you get there; but you aren’t sure where to start.

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The Revenue Leader's Guide to Prospecting

Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners

Chances are that if you ask your sales and marketing teams this question, you may open up a can of worms. However, Sales & Marketing departments that work together will guarantee the opposite - higher acquisition, better nurturing, and more effective sales. This is unfortunate because it is a necessary conversation.

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How to Use Video Throughout the Buyer's Journey

Speaker: Zach Basner, Director of Video Training and Strategy, IMPACT

You’ll learn: How to get started with your video marketing strategy. Why top-of-funnel "explainer-style" videos aren't enough. Join us to find out where different video types perform best in the buyer’s journey and how you can use them to generate, qualify, and convert more leads.