Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

These tasks take time away from the value we could potentially be adding in our business. 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.

Marketing Automation Services 163

Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Efficiency Marketing Automation 163

ClickZ

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In this second installment of our series on the best channels, platforms, and strategies for success in ecommerce for 2023, we take a closer look at Meta’s impressive performance in digital advertising. I also discuss what makes it great for top-of-the-funnel brand awareness.

Top of Funnel 124

Top of Funnel ROAS Digital Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 124

Contently

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As your prospects move through the buyer’s journey, good storytelling helps ensure your brand is top of mind, especially when it’s time to make a purchasing decision. Regardless, fitting smaller stories into your larger brand narrative and defining where they fall within the funnel will drive a lot of your strategic decisions.

Storytelling 190

Storytelling Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Conversion 190

Webbiquity

APRIL 23, 2024

In B2B marketing, with the constant pressure to “do more with less,” optimizing return on investment (ROI) is crucial, especially regarding brand awareness. Image credit: Pixabay on Pexels You’ve probably seen studies and statistics on the enormous ROI (return on investment) that email marketing for B2B delivers compared to other tactics.

ROI 175

ROI Email Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 175

Contently

JANUARY 11, 2023

As countless marketing messages flood email inboxes, McKinsey research suggests 71% of customers expect the messages they receive from brands to be personalized—and 76% are frustrated when they’re not. Not even the world’s best data scientists could keep up with that amount of information on their own.

Personalization 217

Personalization Top of Funnel Business Enterprise Management 217

Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

Lead Ranking 191

Lead Ranking Privacy Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 191

Martech

APRIL 25, 2024

So, how can marketers reach this broad and profitable segment? This article explores actionable insights and best practices for marketers aiming to captivate the booming boomers. The digital ecosystem is replete with scams targeting vulnerable users, which is eroding trust among the upper age tiers. Outspend on Temu.

Television marketing 116

Television marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Peer-to-peer 116

The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

A robust B2B digital marketing strategy can and WILL drive growth in revenue, reputation, and resilience for your business. Otherwise, you’ll get overwhelmed by ALL the options available for marketing online. This knowledge forms the foundation of your digital marketing efforts.

Paid Content 97

Paid Content Sales Management B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy 97

Choozle

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Paid search advertising is a highly effective lower-funnel channel that reaches potential customers when they are close to conversion. Research by Google and Microsoft Advertising – the two largest paid search platforms – found that paid search ads can also raise brand awareness by as much as 80%. Think about it…. the awareness stage).

Top of Funnel 80

Top of Funnel Paid Content Paid Search Agency Funnel Advertising 80

Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights. However, mid-funnel efforts cannot be brought to fruition unless you capture more of that hard-earned, top-funnel traffic.

Marketing Analytics Tools 137

Marketing Analytics Tools Social Media Top of Funnel Analytics 137

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. While the two terms are somewhat synonymous, demand generation strategies span the entire funnel. What is Demand Generation?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

The Marketing Blender

JULY 19, 2022

How To Build A B2B Marketing Funnel. When you’re in the business of marketing B2B products or services, it’s crucial to create a B2B marketing funnel that will guide potential customers through the buying process. That’s why it’s so important to have a well-defined digital marketing funnel in place.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels B2B Marketing Ad Building 98

Martech

MARCH 27, 2024

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market.

Account Based Marketing 108

Account Based Marketing Spending B2B Marketing ABM 108

Martech

MAY 5, 2023

Marketers know this as “the sales funnel”. The advent of AI and the avalanche of data has distorted the shape of the funnel. If it is not shaped like a funnel any more, then what is it? Think about a spider web Ryan Brock, chief solution officer at marketing strategy platform DemandJump, no longer sees a funnel.

Top of Funnel 108

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Digital Marketing Funnels Buyer Intent 108

Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

59% of marketers attribute revenue growth to marketing-generated leads , so demand-generation tactics remain a non-negotiable among marketing teams. However, you need to freshen up your strategy to account for the needs and expectations of buyers in the current digital environment.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 62

Oktopost

APRIL 29, 2024

Doing this helps to drive your leads that you are in contact with further down the funnel. Many discussions take place about B2B intent data in the context of ABM (Account Based Marketing) or other strategic marketing and sales programs. It provides insights into customer behaviors, interests, and purchase intentions.

Intent Data 62

Intent Data Social Media Intent Lead Ranking 62

Digilant

APRIL 23, 2024

In today’s screen-obsessed world, digital audio isn’t always at the forefront of marketing conversations—but it should be. adults are spending with digital audio has been growing for years. In fact, in 2024 , the average daily time spent with digital audio in the U.S. The amount of time that U.S.

Advertising Agencies 52

Advertising Agencies Advertisements Advertising Top of Funnel 52

FunnelEnvy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For digital marketing, integrating customer journey and intent into landing page design is essential for its success. The customer journey is like a timeline of their experience with your brand, from initial awareness to the final decision to purchase. It’s also excellent news for companies that fully embrace digital marketing.

Landing Pages 62

Landing Pages Intent Top of Funnel B2B 62

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? For example, if a user searches and reads an article about “cloud computing” and “big data,” that means that they have an interest in, and potentially the intent to purchase, services related to those topics.

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52

ClickZ

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

30-second summary: Lifecycle is a more holistic view of the customer journey – accounting for post-purchase touchpoints such as: adoption, retention, expansion, and advocacy. And business leaders are expecting marketers to leverage this space. September 17 saw ClickZ host a webinar by David Greenberg , SVP of marketing at Act-On.

Practices 134

Practices Planning Digital Marketing Funnels Best Practices 134

Oktopost

JULY 15, 2020

Not a bad zinger, but here we are four years later and LinkedIn is widely acknowledged as an invaluable resource not just for headhunters and job seekers, but for marketers and sales professionals too. For B2B marketers, the importance of LinkedIn cannot be overstated. Why LinkedIn Lead Generation is Perfect for B2B Marketing.

Lead Generation 148

Lead Generation Top of Funnel Linkedin Lead Scoring 148

Televerde

MAY 31, 2022

Now, it’s become an effective aspect of a business’s digital marketing strategy. In today’s market, one way to drive business is through social media lead generation. It’s important to channel more contacts into your sales funnel to increase the likelihood of purchases. Create Social Ads. Image Source.

Lead Generation 115

Lead Generation Paid Content Social Media Sales Qualified Leads 115

Digilant

OCTOBER 5, 2023

So, it should come as no surprise that seven of the ten most popular channels these users rely on for product discovery are digital. But, it’s best applied further down the funnel. As devices become more interactive, nearly any channel can be used at any stage of the funnel. When it comes to brand awareness, take a step back.

Advertising Channels 59

Advertising Channels Brand Identity Branding Best Practices 59

Top Rank Marketing

MARCH 25, 2024

TopRank Marketing has worked with clients in both the B2B and B2C realms over the last two decades. But we also fully recognize the enduring factors that distinguish successful marketing in B2B versus B2C. Address the full funnel with your SEO content. This, in turn, will set up lower-funnel content to be more effective. #2.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel SEO Long Tail Marketing Marketing & Strategy 52

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Content marketing is ever-evolving. And for B2B marketers and large enterprises, the cost of lagging behind the content marketing trend curve is too massive to ignore. To help you keep up with the times, here is a compilation of the top 15 trends in content marketing that will shape the industry in 2023.

Top of Funnel 115

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Trends Enterprise Management 115

Directive Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

Directories, also known as review sites , are an important source of information for buyers. However, when it comes to growth marketing, directories can often be a marketer’s afterthought to Google ads and paid social. Join Society , our exclusive Slack community dedicated to marketers in the tech space.

Peer-to-peer 59

Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management Cost Per Click 59

FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is one of the top goals for B2B marketers. It can feel overwhelming to keep track of everything, and even the most seasoned marketers fall prey to the top mistakes in B2B lead generation CRO. Helping simplify the overwhelm is where Funnel Envy can help.

Lead Generation 123

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Generation Ideal Customer Profiles 123

Madison Logic

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

According to LinkedIn’s 95/5 rule , only 5% of your target accounts are in-market, which means that 95% of accounts aren’t ready to buy just yet. While it’s important to invest in efforts that target the 5% of people who are “in-market” today, you need a full-funnel strategy that delivers persistent messaging with the other 95% as well.

Multi-Channel 52

Multi-Channel Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Advertising Channels 52

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

APRIL 21, 2022

The ways companies collect user data have been under the microscope recently, and announcements from Apple and Google are forcing marketing changes across the board. Taken together, these updates signal a new era in marketing data analytics that reflects a shift in the way companies can use data to understand and create customer experiences.

Privacy 98

Privacy Top of Funnel De-duplication Analytics 98

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

By Cameron Katoozi , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Sales outreach has become almost exclusively digitalized, as new software and process automation make lead generation efforts so much simpler. The need or desire for a B2C purchase is often more obvious than that of a B2B purchase. The Process.

Lead Generation 119

Lead Generation Generation Leads Lead 119

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

How can you increase digital engagement? Third-party cookies, once a cornerstone of data collection for marketers, are slowly being phased out to improve consumer privacy protection. Get your customers back What is digital engagement and why is it important? This demand for personalization will only continue to grow.

Account Based Marketing 122

Account Based Marketing Work Management Digital Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel 122

Martech

JUNE 23, 2022

During this time, they research or purchase products and services, sometimes putting those tasks ahead of browsing social media and consuming entertainment. While mobile is still a part of the decision journey, many consumers use their PCs to research and purchase high consideration items across categories.

Top of Funnel 84

Top of Funnel Campaigns Funnel Advertising Work Management 84

illumin

MAY 9, 2024

With ongoing integrations of AI in advertising and advanced marketing tools like journey advertising platforms, marketers and brands worldwide are constantly innovating and getting ahead of the game. Brand lift is one of several indicators of how well your marketing campaign is doing and how it is viewed by your customers.

Advertisements 52

Advertisements Advertising Brand Identity Branding 52

Contently

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I’ve heard variations of it from marketers, freelancers, journalists, and students looking to start their careers. Sure, writing is at the core of multiple marketing jobs, but there are key distinctions. Copywriting and content marketing call for different skills and success metrics. For ads, I want creativity.

Copywriting 218

Copywriting Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Content Marketing 218

Martech

MARCH 2, 2022

No banner ads with pesky redirects. Well, it’s here – and not only is it the future of selling in saas, but sales teams are using it today to engage with prospects in the earliest stages of the dark funnel. In other words, all of these activities have occurred anonymously in what marketers have coined the “Dark Funnel.”.

Top of Funnel 110

Top of Funnel Activities Intent Signal Advertising Channels 110

Liveintent

AUGUST 3, 2022

Before 2020, direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands were booming, disrupting traditional retail markets with targeted, direct-to-consumer digital tactics. Unfortunately, some of the very same tactics that enabled D2C success are hindering scale and growth, namely performance marketing. Keep reading — trust us. Let’s dive in.

Top of Funnel 118

Top of Funnel Brand Identity Branding Advertising Agencies 118

Martech

MARCH 4, 2022

This metric alone is not the measure of success, but it is a milepost on the way towards figuring out the return on investment (ROI) of the marketing spend. CPA “is not a standalone metric,” said Michael Brenner, CEO at Marketing Insider Group. What CPA really does is measure the efficiency of the marketing campaign, Brenner said.

Cost per Acquisition 107

Cost per Acquisition Top of Funnel Cost CPA 107