SmartBug Media

APRIL 5, 2023

The term “buyer persona” has become more and more popular in the last few years. Many businesses have worked with their internal marketing team or with the help of an agency to develop their buyer personas. Why Are Buyer Personas? Why Are Buyer Personas? Why Are Buyer Personas So Important? Focus your time.

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Martech

MARCH 10, 2022

Because of this it’s essential to have an Account-based marketing (ABM) strategy. This focuses on targeting top potential customers and uses both marketing and sales initiatives to capture the prospect’s interest and nurture them through the buying journey. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on.

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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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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency. Go Multichannel.

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PureB2B

JUNE 9, 2022

Demand generation marketing is often measured by the amount of revenue you can influence over a set period of time, or as most marketers call it, lead generation. However, as you look to incorporate this solution into your marketing campaign rotation, it’s important to keep an eye out for some of the more successful best practices.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Lisa Heay , Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. When we begin a strategic engagement with clients, we look at the five pillars of what we call the predictable pipeline : Target Market, Sales Cycle, Messaging, Tech Stack, and Metrics. Can they segment their database into buyer persona groups?

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DiscoverOrg

APRIL 20, 2017

Revenue growth is only possible with a solid understanding of our prospects – and no one knows that better than B2B marketers. When it comes measuring the health of our prospect data, we’re used to showing raw growth in the number of contacts and accounts, or a coverage percentage for target accounts or personas.

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Vision Edge Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In fact, a study by FocusVision found that two-thirds (65%) of B2B buyers cite vendor websites as one of their most highly influential content types. How are you connecting the behavior on your website back to your marketing metrics and KPIs? When it comes to your website, strategy first then planning. You’re out over your skis.

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PureB2B

MAY 10, 2022

Demand generation marketing is often measured by the amount of revenue you can influence over a set period of time, or as most marketers call it, lead generation. Too often, content syndication programs are plagued with poor performing leads due to the vendor not specifically addressing the challenge at hand. High Quality Data.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Audience Explorer tool we’ve been using for the past 3 weeks is a no-cost, interactive search tool for B2B content marketers to discover real-time consumption insights on custom audiences. Audience Explorer is NetLine’s approach at helping Content Marketers just like us. Do you have a clear target persona?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Because like most sales and marketing technologies, CRMs are only as good as the data stored within its database. This latest product enhancement is just the latest chapter in our ongoing effort to put actionable data directly into technologies, channels, and workflows that go-to-market teams use and love. .

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NetLine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In a perfect world, this all goes according to plan, with the fairy tale ending and the birds chirping and the happily ever after, the end. But Marketers know that B2B lead generation is more complicated than this. Sales and Marketing’s Greatest Dilemma. Photo by Masaaki Komori on Unsplash.

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Martech

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Personalization is not just a marketing buzzword. It has come a long way from its origins in the 1990s and is now powered by advanced technology, behavioral data and a plethora of marketing tools. However, as personalization becomes a baseline expectation for consumers, it presents new challenges for chief marketing officers (CMOs).

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 25, 2016

and we wrap up our review of sub-functions from the Raab Guide to ABM Vendors with a look at Result Analysis. Not surprisingly, most of vendors who do ABM Result Analysis also do some sort of Execution (12 out of 16, to be exact). Another two (Everstring and ZenIQ) didn't fall into the Execution group but came close.

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DealSignal

MARCH 2, 2024

Well-targeted B2B marketing hinges on precise audience insights. From designing high-level marketing strategies to email campaign personalization and prospecting, intent data offers you crucial insights every step of the way. The value of this data to your marketing team cannot be overstated. Intent Data Use Cases 1.

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Martech

JULY 7, 2022

This 4-part series presents a framework that helps rationalize the roles and responsibilities modern marketing operations leaders are taking on. Two years ago, marketing technology pioneer and chiefmartec.com editor Scott Brinker outlined the four key responsibilities of marketing technologists, summarized here.

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Finding the ideal candidate for a VP of Marketing role is an ongoing challenge for B2B executive leaders. Marketing is a rapidly evolving field, necessitating a candidate who has a unique blend of skills and leadership qualities to thrive in today’s competitive digital landscape.

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 23, 2021

As an acknowledgment of this data-driven phenomenon, technographics aim to segment technology at a granular level into several parameters. How to create a targeted segment using technographics? Technographics is the next step in developing market research after Demographics, Firmographics, and Psychographics.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Go-to-market strategy and execution is rapidly evolving – driven by a combination of customer drivers, technology innovation and changing organizational strategy. Budget issues: Amid uncertainty, driven by the Fed’s rate hikes, CFOs began slashing marketing and sales budgets in late Q3 of 2022. This may never change.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 10, 2021

Looking to increase your sales and marketing ROI? Every company has a wealth of tools at their disposal for collating, segmenting, qualifying and distilling data. Confirmed connects from validation tools or vendor guarantees are invaluable and help enhance the quality of the data based on real-world interactions.

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

Wouldn’t it be great to communicate directly with folks in the market, actively looking for solutions that your company offers? Comparing vendors on a third-party review website. This is something not typically provided by vendors—you would get this from your internal tech stack.

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) has not only altered the trajectory of B2B marketing; it has fundamentally reshaped the way companies go to market. This laid the groundwork for what would become account-based marketing (ABM). These were fueled by technology.

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PureB2B

APRIL 6, 2022

As a marketer, generating leads on a consistent basis can be a challenge. This is why Salesforce can be such a crucial piece of the marketing ROI puzzle. On top of that, you’re also able to add custom data fields for your specific sales/marketing needs. Breaking Down Salesforce Data. Leveraging Customer Data in Lead Generation.

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PureB2B

APRIL 6, 2022

As a marketer, generating leads on a consistent basis can be a challenge. This is why Salesforce can be such a crucial piece of the marketing ROI puzzle. On top of that, you’re also able to add custom data fields for your specific sales/marketing needs. Breaking Down Salesforce Data. Leveraging Customer Data in Lead Generation.

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Hubspot

JUNE 2, 2020

Marketing Margie. Do you know who your business's buyer personas are? Buyer personas are semi-fictional representations of your ideal customers based on data and research. Okay, so personas are really important to my business. Follow along with this guide and download these persona templates to simplify this process.

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Strategic-IC

MAY 7, 2019

There are several ways to map and segment your content - from type to topic - but to truly resonate, your foundation consideration should be to map content to the buyer’s journey. For marketers, it can be hard to keep track of all the content your organisation has produced - making it difficult to determine what to focus on next.

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Martech

MAY 19, 2022

“What is the right go-to-market (GTM) strategy(ies) for our business?” ” This is a common question being debated and discussed across the C-suite today (note: not just in sales and marketing meetings). In B2B , GTM strategies have been a part of company planning forever. Processing.Please wait.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 22, 2023

The quick answer is that businesses gain valuable insights into their target audience, industry trends, and market dynamics by gathering, analyzing, and utilizing data. It begins when sales and marketing teams employ a range of B2B lead generation strategies to pique the target market’s interest and lead prospects through the sales funnel.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Through consistent processes, leaders derive quick insights on how its sales organization attacks their market. Access to sales intelligence will inherently categorize business dependencies, pain points, and ultimately help establish segments. Does the organization have multiple locations?

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2021

Marketing Automation Platforms (MAPs) are perhaps the most misunderstood component of the Demand Technology Stack. Is it simple to set up for an experienced team and intuitive enough for non-technical marketers to create and monitor programs and generate reports? They have built personas and conducted market research.

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6sense

JANUARY 24, 2022

In fact, nearly 70% will consider ditching a vendor if they don’t receive personalized outreach. 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.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 8, 2015

There was a lot of information to be reviewed from the responses, but once again, what aspect stood out was the tactical approach that marketers are taking to demand generation. When you look at a marketing campaign, it has a starting point and an ending point.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Because like most sales and marketing technologies, CRMs are only as good as the data stored within its database. This latest product enhancement is just the latest chapter in our ongoing effort to put actionable data directly into technologies, channels, and workflows that go-to-market teams use and love.

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Marketing Interactions

JULY 18, 2021

Personalization in B2B marketing has been on an upward intention trend for a while now. Despite marketers’ best intentions, nearly half say delivering personalized and relevant content is a top business challenge. Forrester Business Technographics® Marketing Survey, 2020). But it’s not working out very well.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The rise of account-based marketing (ABM) reflects this tenet. ABM is a new phrase for a long-standing approach to sales and marketing in which integrated teams prove they care about the needs and pain points of their most strategic accounts, and they speak specifically to those accounts in a tailored way. Something has to give.

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Lattice

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

How Predictive Marketing Can Help You Acquire New Customers. But marketing and sales may not be aligned on the same path to get to that end. By incorporating predictive analytics into the mix, you can identify the right targets, plan the right strategy and get sales focused on the right opportunities. Smarter Segmentation.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 4, 2015

So many great research reports coming out of last year that provide us with a chance to reflect on our B2B marketing strategies and compare it to our peers. Overall, more than one third (38%) of B2B marketers expect their demand generation budgets to grow by 20% or more in 2015. Putting off Buyer Personas. Being Top-Heavy.

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