Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A trigger event is an occurrence that promotes buyer awareness of the possibility for change or the need for what a vendor provides. Market volatility, environmental or economic adversity, and reputation concerns are all possible trigger events. News/Media Mentions. Buyer Persona Role Changes. Hiring Surges. Fundraises.

Ideal Customer Profiles 253

Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Marketing Automation Services Work Management 253

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.

Buyer Personas 98

Buyer Personas Advertising Agencies Demographics Mobile Advertising 98

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.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52

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.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 130

Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we approach the end of 2021, it’s time to look at key 2022 B2B marketing trends that will emerge in the year ahead. As we have seen in previous years, 2022 will reflect the ongoing evolution of many B2B marketing trends. Additionally, B2C marketing’s influence on the B2B world will continue to be significant.

Marketing AI 193

Marketing AI Trends B2B Marketing SWOT 193

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

NASA plans missions and steers rockets. Define the desired end state by use case and persona. Researchers who tested the toxicity of a widely used generative AI tool, recently found that assuming certain personas, such as of the boxer Muhammad Ali, significantly increased the toxicity of the response. Watch for free 5.

Work Management 122

Work Management Marketing Management Ad Building Ethics 122

Martech

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Cloud-based visual merchandising software company One Door teamed up with B2B marketing platform Influ2 to get more traction in their campaigns. According to Kuperstein, his B2B marketing and sales team has 15 to 20 targets at any one account that they need to engage in order to sign a new customer. Wasted media.

Advertising Channels 105

Advertising Channels Campaigns Merchandising Optimization 105

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Whether you’re launching a channel to scale more efficiently, tap into new markets, or meet customer needs, this guide can help. In channel sales, companies (here we’ll call them vendors) sell through intermediaries. Distributors buy directly from the businesses, then market and sell to customers in their operating regions.

Enterprise Management 111

Enterprise Management Work Management Advertising Channels Marketing Management 111

DealSignal

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Spend less time researching, acquiring, operationalizing, and cleansing data Before starting any campaign or targeted marketing effort, you typically start with the data you already have in your CRM. Instead, work with a data provider that can cover any persona, in any geography, in any niche market and deliver targeted decision-maker lists.

Work Management 98

Work Management B2B Sales Marketing Management Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Sword and the Script | B2B

JULY 20, 2021

Some B2B tech companies, especially in early stages, are eager to make a splash in their respective markets. B2B tech companies are on the right track by investing in their marketing at launch, but in order for that marketing to be effective, they need to build a full content funnel for each stage of the buyer’s journey.

Paid Search Agency 113

Paid Search Agency Paid Content B2B Marketing Companies 113

RDIGS

JUNE 13, 2023

Updated May 2023: The results of your content mostly depend on the quality of your B2B content marketing strategy. B2B marketers and entrepreneurs need to be more strategic than ever with content marketing to build credibility and rise above the mediocre. What is Content Marketing?

B2B Marketing 52

B2B Marketing Marketing AI Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 52

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?

Ideal Customer Profiles 120

Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Automation Services Zoominfo Work Management 120

The Point

JUNE 5, 2018

Earlier this year, Forrester Research conducted a detailed survey of more than 150 B2B marketing decision-makers with the intent of benchmarking the maturity of B2B marketing best practices, focused on revenue marketing and marketing automation. Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has also accelerated the trend.

Lead Ranking 194

Lead Ranking Forrester Lead Scoring Paid Search Agency 194

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.

Enterprise Management 81

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 81

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.

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 52

B2B Marketing Traction

MARCH 20, 2015

Too many business people jump right into tactics when it comes to marketing. But this is why a lot of marketing – and a lot of businesses – fail. Executing marketing tactics before you’ve analyzed whether or not there is a target market that wants or needs your product is like putting the cart before the horse.

Analysis 100

Analysis Tactics B2B Marketing Planning 100

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.

Vendors 62

Vendors Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 62

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

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.

Resource Management 100

Resource Management Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management 100

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.

Vendors 62

Vendors Marketing Attribution Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Qualified Leads 62

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As we wind down 2015, marketing budgets and planning for the new year begin to take focus. Hopefully, the performance metrics associated with your organization’s marketing programs have yielded success and validation for tactics proposed at the beginning of the year. It is that time in the year again. Demand Generation.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

Content Standard

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Despite these advancements, marketers should be aware of the risks and limitations that come with generative AI before they dive into using it for content creation. For me, this whole debate only underscores the longstanding fact that there aren’t really shortcuts to creating top-tier marketing content.

Marketing AI 118

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Generation Paid Search Agency 118

QuanticMind

AUGUST 10, 2023

Each week, our team tracks down the best digital marketing articles, POVs, and reports—so you don't have to. That’s what National CineMedia has planned. 7 Things to Know About Cannabis Consumer Behavior in 2023 [:05] With more and more states legalizing marijuana, the cannabis market boom is in full swing. Welcome to Scout!

Transparency 52

Transparency Paid Search Agency Ads Ad Exchange 52

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).

Personalization 116

Personalization Practices Allocation Enterprise Management 116

NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 29, 2017

For many years now, B2B marketers have spent time and effort carefully crafting buyer personas based on demographic profiles, needs analyses and former sales results, among other criteria. It requires a direct, highly personalized sales and marketing program that targets each organization individually. Implementing ABM.

Account Based Marketing 159

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Budget Programs Enterprise Management 159

PureB2B

JULY 14, 2020

As a marketing leader, you’re expected to come up with a fail-proof plan for allocating your budget for the remainder of this year, and the pressure to drive ROI is continuing to grow. Bigger goals with less budget and resources are “the new norm” for B2B marketing orgs leading into 2020.

Demand Generation 62

Demand Generation Demand Planning Allocation 62

PureB2B

JULY 14, 2020

As a marketing leader, you’re expected to come up with a fail-proof plan for allocating your budget for the remainder of this year, and the pressure to drive ROI is continuing to grow. Bigger goals with less budget and resources are “the new norm” for B2B marketing orgs leading into 2020.

Demand Generation 62

Demand Generation Demand Planning Allocation 62

PureB2B

JULY 14, 2020

As a marketing leader, you’re expected to come up with a fail-proof plan for allocating your budget for the remainder of this year, and the pressure to drive ROI is continuing to grow. Bigger goals with less budget and resources are “the new norm” for B2B marketing orgs leading into 2020.

Demand Generation 62

Demand Generation Demand Planning Allocation 62

DealSignal

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Ultimate Checklist: Questions to Ask B2B Data Vendors What types of intent data are there? Wouldn’t it be great to communicate directly with folks in the market, actively looking for solutions that your company offers? The Ultimate Checklist: Questions to Ask B2B Data Vendors. Table of Contents What is B2B intent data?

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Intent Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles 52

B2B Marketing Traction

OCTOBER 18, 2012

What does this mean for business owners and marketers? 67% of the companies surveyed use temps and contractors, 71% use a mix of outsource and full-time staff, and 21% plan to increase outsourcing. Hiring temp workers as middle or top level marketing functions reduces overhead and allows a business to be more fluid.

Contingency Planning 100

Contingency Planning Planning Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy 100

DivvyHQ

AUGUST 14, 2019

The dream of any business owner is to develop a successful marketing strategy that helps deliver their message to the right audience and at the right moment. What does it mean from a marketing point of view? This means that marketers should develop a well-researched customer journey and include it in all marketing phases.

Work Management 58

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 58

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. Multistep campaign: email/phone / social media 5. Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What is Intent Data?

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Intent Intent Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 14, 2013

Every marketer recognizes that the Web and social media could be rich sources of information about customers and prospects. Most tools do little more than keyword searches, which only capture a fraction of the potential information and only cover keywords that marketers know in advance are important.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Social Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles 120

SmartBug Media

MARCH 19, 2020

Video marketing is one of the strongest ways to give a visual introduction or demonstration of your products or services—and it allows you to capture the attention of your buyer personas at the right stage of the Buyer’s Journey. Your videos can be shot simply with your phone or elaborate productions by an outside vendor.

Video Marketing 115

Video Marketing Practices Top of Funnel Work Management 115

Choozle

AUGUST 20, 2021

Marketers of travel-related services were among the first ones to bear the brunt of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic when worldwide restrictions were put in place. Kim Boshart, Product Marketer, Choozle: Let’s start with an explanation of your role at Relic Agency. Q: How have these strategies and tactics changed over the last year?

Advertising Agencies 97

Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Ad Agencies Digital Marketing Funnels 97

NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

In a nutshell, marketing automation often comes to a grinding halt because of the lack of people and processes to support it. If you choose and implement your marketing automation before defining your processes and the roles of individuals, you cannot move forward. Lack of planning for marketing automation is widespread.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Planning 100

SalesIntel

AUGUST 8, 2022

You likely have tried using buyer personas in the past or created a few that you’re using. But, for your personas to be most effective, they must be highly detailed. Detailed buyer personas force you to think through buyer details and centralize the information to be accessible. Hack #2: Research Beyond the Website.

High Quality Lead 52

High Quality Lead Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Cold Calling 52

Marketing Interactions

MARCH 22, 2022

Given that 94% of B2B Buyers say they are very well informed or somewhat informed before they talk to a sales rep, there’s a lot of opportunity for marketers to help buyers self-qualify as ¾ of them push off engaging with sales until the end of their change process. There’s only one of four components that marketers can weigh in on.

Work Management 62

Work Management Marketing Management Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads 62