SmartBrief - Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Ad inventory for Super Bowl LVIII has been virtually sold out since early November, according to CBS – the network broadcasting the Big Game matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. The big question about investing in ad space during the Big Game is whether or not it’s worth the cost.

Marketing Budget 83

Marketing Budget Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Paid Search Agency 83

B2B Digital Marketer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The role of CPCL in marketing. Introduction Welcome to another episode where today we delve into the critical world of Cost Per Closed Lead (CPCL) and how you can drive your CPCL down while maximizing lead value. Streamline communication and processes between marketing and sales for better lead handling.

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads Leads 52

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 13, 2023

It seems like all you have to do is think about marketing and you’ll start seeing endless ads for companies promising foolproof lead generation. The name of the game in marketing is fine-tuning your application of proven strategies through testing and reviews. Check out what’s working currently.

Cost per Lead 234

Cost per Lead Paid Content Lead Ranking Cost Per Thousand 234

Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. While these leaders come from different industries, company sizes, and backgrounds, a few common themes emerged. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

Lead Ranking 191

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

Martech

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, yesterday reported its revenue rose 5% in the latest quarter after two straight quarters of declines on a rebound in the digital advertising market. The company cautioned the ad market remains volatile, pointing to the impact of war in the Middle East.

Paid Search Agency 107

Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Advertising Agencies Ads 107

Tiecas

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Industrial marketing for manufacturers is complicated, with many moving parts that must mesh together to produce measurable and sustainable results, i.e., generate better quality leads that turn into sales opportunities. These challenges are common among companies of our size and often require strategic solutions to overcome.

Top of Funnel 104

Top of Funnel Lead Generation Advertising Agencies Lead Scoring 104

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Making sense of marketing and engagement data is not easy. Before marketing automation, companies tracked data in various places. These challenges make it impossible to analyze their data to gauge marketing performance. These challenges make it impossible to analyze their data to gauge marketing performance.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency Lead Generation 62

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. No matter where the lead was sourced.

Lead Ranking 246

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 246

Launch Marketing

JUNE 29, 2022

As the fintech industry evolves, grows and introduces new technologies, it is important to ensure that fintech companies are capitalizing on the most effective marketing tactics to reach the right audience with the right content at the right time. For fintech companies, LinkedIn is a good place to start with Twitter a close second.

Demand Generation Agencies 118

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency Paid Content Advertising Agencies 118

Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2023

, 2023 looks like a tough year for marketing budgets. However, the outlook varies considerably by industry and company size. Overall, 58% of marketers project flat or reduced budgets for 2023, up from just 26% in 2022. Midsized companies (those with 500 to 5,000 employees) are most likely to cut spending.

Marketing Budget 280

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Top of Funnel Marketing Strategy 280

Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 2, 2022

Acquisition Accelerates Activate's Full-Funnel Demand-to-Pipeline Demand Generation Services and Adds High-Value Sales Appointment Setting Capabilities. Activate MarketingServices (ACTIVATE), a high-growth provider of demand generation for B2B brands, announced today the acquisition of lead gen and appointment setting firm Green Leads.

Demand Generation Agencies 201

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Sales Qualified Leads Activities 201

Contently

APRIL 25, 2023

Are you looking for ways to craft better Facebook ads that result in higher conversions? With the right strategies, paid Facebook advertising is an effective way to reach new audiences, engage with prospects, and get new leads. Automated Ads Automated ads are an efficient way to reach your target audience.

Top of Funnel 208

Top of Funnel Cost per Acquisition Cost per Lead Distribution 208

Sharpspring

JUNE 10, 2021

New marketing agencies are popping up every day and in the ever-evolving marketing landscape, how do you make sure yours stands out? Keep reading to learn how one agency is using marketing automation to offer up results that are growing not only their clients’ businesses, but also their own. Quick Overview.

Paid Search Agency 79

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Marketing Automation Services Paid Content 79

Martech

JANUARY 30, 2024

How do you do digital marketing without third-party cookies? How will it impact your marketing and your marketing technology? Despite several years of warnings, half of marketing professionals don’t think their organizations are ready for deprecation, according to a study by Basis Technologies.

Paid Search Agency 117

Paid Search Agency Marketing Attribution Top of Funnel Companies 117

Contently

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Earlier this year, as we were planning our 2021 product roadmap, I interviewed dozens of CMOs about their approaches to measuring content marketing ROI. These leaders represented a diverse set of companies, but they all agreed on one thing: quantifying content’s impact on revenue was their biggest challenge.

Lead Ranking 217

Lead Ranking Multi-Touch Attribution Lead Scoring ROI 217

Contently

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Content marketing ain’t easy… but isn’t that why it’s so valuable? Organizations are taking a more proactive approach to content these days as it relates to audience engagement, lead funnel growth, prospect nurturing, customer loyalty, and strong brand affinity. Content is an integral part of that process.

Lead Ranking 189

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 189

Unbounce

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A marketer’s job isn’t done once a visitor converts on a landing page. Even the landing page itself has more work to do before we can start giving ourselves a high-five for scoring a conversion. And what about the leads that don’t convert? Far from it. Ignore them at your own peril. Store Visit Conversions.

Landing Pages 145

Landing Pages Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Paid Search Agency 145

Binary Demand

JUNE 27, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]In the ever-evolving business landscape, generating high-quality leads is fundamental to any successful B2B venture. However, identifying and nurturing leads can be complex and time-consuming. This is where effective B2B lead generation solutions come into play.

Lead Generation 115

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads B2B Sales Ideal Customer Profiles 115

B2B Digital Marketer

MARCH 28, 2024

In today’s episode, we dive deep into the world of B2B paid advertising with Sharon Park, a former Google insider with a decade of experience in crafting winning B2B marketing strategies for some of the largest global brands. In this episode, you’ll learn: The myths surrounding B2B paid ads and the truths that dispel them.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Ads B2B Advertising Agencies 52

Contently

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When someone in San Francisco types “house extension cost” into Google, five out of the top ten results will be from lead generation sites. So how can marketing teams compete with such a daunting adversary? So how can marketing teams compete with such a daunting adversary? Why lead generation works.

Lead Generation 218

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 218

BenchmarkONE

JUNE 29, 2022

Inbound marketing is a tactic employed by almost every business that has an online presence. It’s a form of passive selling that allows businesses to continuously generate leads and tap into the benefits that come with having a website and operating online. Content Marketing . Top of Funnel. Middle of Funnel.

Paid Search Agency 66

Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Inbound Marketing Advertising Agencies 66

Martech

JANUARY 22, 2024

Imagine this: Your agency has created a clear and effective digital marketing plan. For digital marketing agencies, driving campaigns is only half the battle. Knowing how they categorize and evaluate leads. Examining lead stages and conversion criteria. In short, you’ve done nothing at all.

Ideal Customer Profiles 103

Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Ad Agencies 103

Rev

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Companies can’t survive without customers. And every customer is a “converted” lead. But, not all leads will convert. That’s where marketing qualified leads, or MQLs, come into play. You’ll also learn how MQLs compare to sales qualified leads, (SQLs) and how they work together in the sales funnel.

Marketing Qualified Leads 78

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 78

Rev

MAY 31, 2023

Lead management isn’t a totally new idea, especially in the demand gen world. Empowering your team with visibility into your lead management process not only creates a smoother experience for your team and for your customers, but it also positions your team to give you extra support in refining the evolving workflow.

Sales Management 78

Sales Management Lead Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 78

Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the realm of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), two terms frequently arise that B2B marketers often struggle to comprehend – demand generation and lead generation. While these two concepts may seem interchangeable, they in fact serve unique roles in any B2B marketing strategy.

Demand Generation 106

Demand Generation Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation Demand 106

Oktopost

JUNE 30, 2021

Though it’s still the most widely-used social network in the world , B2B marketers don’t always see it as a viable platform for generating leads. Easy, but wrong — because with the right strategy, Facebook is a viable channel for B2B marketing. What Are Facebook Ads? Are Facebook Ads Right for B2B?

Top of Funnel 118

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Facebook Ads 118

Martech

MAY 1, 2024

Rapidly advancing generative AI models promise to help scale marketing and sales functions by automating customer conversations. Information management and storage company Iron Mountain adopted a gradual and surefooted approach to adopting digital assistants and making conversational AI a driver of engagement and revenue growth.

Marketing AI 92

Marketing AI Conversion Top of Funnel Eloqua 92

seo.co

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As digital marketing continues to grow in popularity, the demand for SEO services has also increased exponentially. They get a small fee for letting you use their tools, and you get to run an SEO agency without doing any of the hard work. The practice is very famous among the digital marketing companies that upsell their services.

Enterprise Management 94

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 94

Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. I’d just been hired by Red Hat, an upstart open-source company with a lot of momentum.

Marketing AI 112

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing 112

SmartBug Media

MAY 9, 2019

Working with limited marketing resources often means prioritizing your initiatives based on the overall impact they can have on your goals. One of the main considerations in this pursuit is whether your time is better invested in paid search or in search engine optimization (SEO). Paid Search.

Paid Search Agency 65

Paid Search Agency SEO Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 65

Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you haven’t come across it yet, it’s an insightful framework that challenges the outdated strategies we B2B marketers have relied on to spur growth over the last decade. Something is shifting in the realm of B2B marketing It’s hard to put your finger on it just yet, but it’s there, quietly brewing beneath the surface.

Paid Content 78

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 78

DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

The essence of B2B intent data is to proactively identify potential buyers searching online for similar products and services that your company is selling. Wouldn’t it be great to communicate directly with folks in the market, actively looking for solutions that your company offers?

Intent Data 52

Intent Data Ideal Customer Profiles Intent Marketing Automation Services 52

Optinmonster

MARCH 21, 2024

Do you want to learn about Google ads retargeting, more commonly known as just remarketing? In this article, I comprehensively cover everything related to Google ads retargeting so you can get started with your remarketing ASAP. What Is Google Ads Retargeting?

Paid Search Agency 90

Paid Search Agency Ads Google Marketing Analytics Tools 90

FunnelEnvy

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In response, the search and web ads giant is revamping its search engine results page (SERP). Many companies are re-evaluating their marketing strategies, from social media marketing to SaaS SEO strategy. Let’s look at an update.

Paid Content 62

Paid Content PPC Traffic SEO 62

Martech

MAY 16, 2024

Video ad spend is expected to rise 16% year-over-year in 2024. Streaming services and other publishers are stepping up to bring more ad-supported options to consumers, along with better ad experiences. Ad-supported CTV is widely adopted and preferred by many CTV is an accepted part of many U.S. households.

Marketing Budget 98

Marketing Budget Video Marketing Ad Exchange Multi-Channel 98

SmarkLabs

JUNE 13, 2022

Feeling bamboozled by marketing tactics, channels, and buzzwords? There’s a lot to navigate when searching for the best marketing practices for your emerging company. Knowing when and how to get a realistic and effective marketing strategy off the ground may even seem daunting. Start-Up Marketing Fundamentals.

Paid Search Agency 97

Paid Search Agency Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Management 97