Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

One year later, we’re virtually in the same boat, with most organizations shifting to conducting online shows to generate leads and reach prospective buyers. So, what happens when the conference seat your marketing and sales team offers is your registrants’ preferred chair at home? Hot leads come from speaking sessions.

Trade Show 264

Trade Show Top of Funnel Acquisitions Enterprise Management 264

Martech

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Marketers are feeling much more optimistic this quarter, according to the CMO Survey from Deloitte. Nearly half (49%) reported feeling “more optimistic” about the U.S. in the spring survey. By sector, B2C Services companies report the highest rate of optimism, with 72% reporting feeling more optimistic.

Allocation 124

Allocation Marketing Budget Forecasting Lead Scoring 124

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Openprise recently published its “RevOps Reality Check” report, and statistics indicated that some of the major challenges B2B marketers are facing in ABM strategy execution include lack of internal expertise (40%), no interest in this type of project (31%), lack of consensus on the best approach (23%), and no budget (18%). “Bad

Account Based Marketing 281

Account Based Marketing ABM Marketing Report B2B Marketing 281

Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a perfect world, sales and marketing would be tightly aligned , working toward the same goals and achieving the best possible results. But marketers and sales teams know this isn’t always easy. From this challenge, sales enablement was born. As a result, B2B companies are investing heavily in sales enablement tools.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 8, 2022

So they’ll want to read it, share it, and even link to it helping you generate a lot of traffic, social proof , and sales from different sources. When you create studies and reports that interest people, it saves your marketing team time as they need to do very little outreach. This can act as a potent lead magnet.

Small Business Marketing 294

Small Business Marketing Tactics Business Peer-to-peer 294

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 31, 2023

7 Ways To Review Your Marketing Agency’s Capabilities A successful digital marketing strategy increases lead generation , sales revenue, brand awareness and website traffic. Success in sales revenue is great to see, but genuine support from your partners is comforting in challenging times.

Advertising Agencies 293

Advertising Agencies Marketing Agencies 2 Paid Search Agency Marketing Agencies 1 293

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to Gartner , B2B buyers today spend only 5% or 6% of their time with sales reps while comparing multiple suppliers. In this transformed sales dynamic, when online reviews and customer testimonials heavily influence B2B buyers, building strong customer relationships is more important than ever.

Loyalty 312

Loyalty Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Budget Programs 312

Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Kicking off 2024 with a bang, HubSpot’s January updates are all about enhancing your team’s capabilities in lead management, content strategy, and data analysis. More robust lead management with leads object updates. Easily route inbound leads with conditional form confirmation pages. How has it been for you?

Enterprise Management 113

Enterprise Management Sales Qualified Leads API Hubspot 113

Webbiquity

MARCH 30, 2021

In a recent survey , B2B marketers and sales leaders were asked to name their most important metric for business success. Unsurprisingly, the metric that clinched the first position was “quality of leads.” Personalization is for the lead generation and nurturing process. Guest post by Dhruv Mehta.

Lead Generation 259

Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Trends Marketing AI 259

Sword and the Script | B2B

MARCH 26, 2024

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

B2B Thought Leadership 83

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Studies B2B 83

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Crafting an impeccable B2B sales journey isn’t straightforward. Many sales reps struggle with it, as if stumbling in the dark. Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels On one hand, there’s a sales quota you need to fulfill within a short span of time. What is B2B Sales Experience? Guest post by Eduard Klein.

B2B Sales 182

B2B Sales Webinar Metrics B2B Peer-to-peer 182

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2020

Enhance lead generation opportunities for exhibitors and sponsors. Activities leading up to your event can be used as an opportunity for brand awareness for exhibitors and sponsors. You can also send out surveys on behalf of sponsors to your attendees directly. Enhance Lead Generation Opportunities for Exhibitors and Sponsors.

Lead Scoring 353

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Co-Registration Banners 353

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A new report offers a wealth of guidance for doing B2B influencer marketing better. Those are just a few of the key findings from The Current State & Future of B2B Influencer Marketing , a new report from Onalytica. On to the lessons of the report. Budget isn’t the most important factor (unlike the B2C world).

B2B Marketing 358

B2B Marketing Research Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 358

Webbiquity

APRIL 23, 2024

Out of all digital marketing channels, Statista reported that 30% of marketers worldwide consider email marketing to have the highest return on investment. Other studies have reported similar figures, meaning the potential ROI for email marketing may actually be close to 3600%. One easy method is to figure out average value per lead.

ROI 172

ROI Email Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 172

Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It allows for broader reach and engagement at a larger scale, which could lead to advertisers making more money from their investments. The retail giant is said to want to invest more in advertising opportunities and expand its media business, Walmart Connect, as it offers higher profits compared to traditional sales of groceries or clothing.

Paid Search Agency 108

Paid Search Agency Buy Ads Amazon 108

Marketing Craftmanship

JANUARY 8, 2021

In its landmark 2018 Pulse Survey of 220 Chief Marketing Officers, the executive recruiting firm Korn Ferry reported that, although financial results were the most important factor in their performance-based compensation, “52% of CMOs say they cannot make a direct and obvious correlation between marketing efforts and company performance.”

Work Management 264

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 264

Act-On

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We found when evaluating new marketing technology, approximately 80% of survey respondents said the ability to integrate with existing and new technology is their most important deciding factor. Automated workflows that simplify the setup of lead nurturing and engagement campaigns without adding onerous extra steps to the process.

Marketing Automation Services 131

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Tips 131

Martech

JANUARY 9, 2024

A recent survey shows 73% of respondents — both consumers and business buyers — expect companies to “understand my unique needs and expectations,” while 62% expect companies to anticipate their needs, and 56% expect offers to always be personalized, according to the Salesforce State of the Connected Customer report, 5th edition.

Marketing Automation Services 127

Marketing Automation Services Marketing AI Marketing Automation Automation 127

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The pandemic’s impact on marketing budgets continues to play out, but The CMO Survey , published in June 2020, shows a decrease in spending across the board. Image: CMO Survey. A survey from Merkle of 400 companies revealed that the majority (52%) are increasing marketing spend. Image: CMO Spend Survey. Image: ANA.

Marketing Budget 292

Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 292

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2021

But a recent survey shows that CEOs are not convinced that social media is gleaning the results their companies need, and marketers are often left frustrated trying to demonstrate its effectiveness with metrics like followers, impressions, and sentiment (really?). Quick Takeaways. What CEOs are Saying about Social Media Marketing.

Social Media 362

Social Media Media Business Custom Publishing 362

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

Look at Surveys of Groups of Companies to Get a Ballpark Figure. You can still get a good estimate of the potential of content marketing with numbers from surveys conducted with a wide range of companies. Marketing Sherpa and HubSpot have done extensive surveys, both of which report average rates of conversions in key metrics.

ROI 363

ROI Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 363

Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A recent survey found that: 41% of marketers report they’re feeling more pressure to achieve a high ROI. We’ve shared our favorite five lead nurturing examples and strategies. The second is figuring out how to make those lead nurturing campaigns work harder. Lead scoring allows you to master the follow-up.

Lead Nurturing 197

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 197

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. You’re more likely to sell a solution with the right content than with aggressive sales tactics. Quick Takeaways.

Top of Funnel 358

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Work Management 358

Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 23, 2024

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” According to our survey, they are two to three times more likely to measure signals such as account engagement and intent-based third-party data. >>> Need an extra pair of hands?

Marketing Automation Services 75

Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing Budget Peer-to-peer 75

Top Rank Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2024

Survey] 90 percent of B2B marketers have said that their roles have become increasingly complex, while 62 percent of marketing leaders have indicated a change from sales-owned to marketing-owned customer relationships — two of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data.

Paid Search Agency 109

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies B2B Marketing Linkedin 109

Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

B2B Video Is Bringing in Customers [Report] 91 percent of B2B marketers have said that their organization has used video in marketing efforts, with 90 percent noting that video has helped increase traffic, while 71 percent of B2B brands have used videos created especially for social media, with 70 percent having utilized explainer videos — three of (..)

B2B Marketing 106

B2B Marketing Search Marketing B2B Google 106

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

Marketing Analytics Tools 111

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing AI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 111

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 116

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

It has become a core element of marketing and sales strategies. Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy. Whether aiming to enhance brand awareness, generate leads or boost sales, ensure clarity in your objectives.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Marketing Analytics Tools Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 100

Martech

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, a new Gartner report takes a contrarian view, saying the focus should be on inclusivity and ESG (environmental, social and governance) achievements. Some 55% say it will have a moderate to significant impact on their holiday spending, according to a Numerator survey.

Gartner 124

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Martech

MAY 1, 2023

That is according to a new report from B2B marketing solution provider Anteriad. Only 16% of those surveyed saw a significant increase in this year’s marketing budget and 19% said their budget was being cut, according to the 2023 B2B Marketing Data Impact. The report was based on a survey of 328 U.S.

ROI 117

ROI B2B Marketing Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 117

Martech

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Drew Neisser, the founder of B2B brand strategy boutique Renegade, discussed the findings from the company’s 2021 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Report in a recent webinar on MarTech. The survey brought together salespeople and marketers to understand how ABM could address some of their interdepartmental challenges.

Account Based Marketing 145

Account Based Marketing ABM Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 145

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

What’s the perpetual challenge in every sales funnel? You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

Tiecas

MARCH 15, 2024

Imagine an industrial marketing strategic roadmap with a laser-sharp focus, a plan that directly aligns with your sales goals and delivers a predictable flow of qualified leads. In fact, 62% of all manufacturing marketers surveyed told us that one person (or group) in their organization is responsible for all types of content produced.

Advertising Agencies 92

Advertising Agencies Marketing Agencies 1 Paid Search Agency Ad Agencies 92

Seismic

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the global leader in enablement, we’re committed to shaping the role of AI in sales enablement and helping our customers leverage AI now and in the future. The State of AI in Enablement: 2023 Report found that respondents are embracing the infusion of AI into their existing enablement tools and programs.

Marketing Analytics Tools 87

Marketing Analytics Tools Allocation Work Management Customer Satisfaction 87

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2023

percent rise, continuing a rebound that began in June after a lengthy period of declining ad revenue, with the digital ad sector faring better than traditional formats, according to newly-released report data. Social Media Today Ad Market Expands For Fourth Consecutive, October Climbs 3.2%

B2B Marketing 101

B2B Marketing Search Marketing B2B Multi-Channel 101

Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With the recent launch of our all-new 39-page 2023 B2B Influencer Marketing Report , there’s no better time to put these questions to some of the top B2B industry influencers, leading B2B marketers from major brands, and influencer marketing technology executives. Christopher S.

Work Management 122

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