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Deepening B2B customer relationships with “the funnel beyond the funnel”

Biznology

You’ve been developing a fresh idea for B2B marketers that you call “the funnel beyond the. For years, B2B marketers have focused on demand generation, or top-of-the-funnel activities. And whether that strategy includes inbound, ABM, or content marketing or a mixture of the three, the emphasis has always been on acquiring “new logos.”

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Revamp your ABM strategy and fix the broken sales-marketing lead funnel

Martech

This requires sales and marketing to work together to identify and engage buying groups within their target accounts. According to Forrester , 94% of B2B purchasing decisions are made by buying groups and not individuals. Using a traditional Account-Based Marketing (ABM) approach these days is not enough.

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Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead

The Point

When Account-Based Marketing (ABM) first arrived on the scene, vendors were quick to pronounce traditional, funnel-based marketing obsolete. One fixture of B2B marketing for more than a decade is the lead funnel, brought to prominence by the analysts at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester.)

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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

The Point

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. for lead management to 3.35 Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has also accelerated the trend.

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How ABM strategies bring marketing and sales together

Martech

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.

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How ABM strategies can accelerate marketing and sales velocity

Martech

This process necessitates a strong appeal to brands’ goals — often at the enterprise level — and this can’t be done without proper marketing and sales team alignment. “The other thing that you need to make ABM successful is tight marketing and sales alignment,” Britt said. Click here to download!

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Optimize your Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) Strategy and Close More Sales

Only B2B

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. Many marketers view MQL as flawed because less than 1% of these leads typically reach the final stage of the buying process, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’ll convert.