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MDF Funds & How to Use Them

The Point

In uncertain economic times, Market Development Funds (MDF) can be a precious resource for channel partners (resellers, distributors, ISVs) looking for budget to fund sales and marketing activity. By some measures, that may add up to $15 billion of unspent marketing budget every year in the US alone. Define your message.

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3 steps to determine if AI is the answer to your problem

Martech

.” I’ve been hearing it a lot lately and so have many marketers I’ve spoken to. A common refrain from thought leaders is that marketers need to get up to speed on AI as quickly as possible and that it’s not going to be a differentiator for your marketing department, but instead, table stakes.

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How To Get Executive Buy-In For Your Content Marketing Strategy

ClearVoice

One of the biggest challenges content marketers face is having to get executive buy-in. Executives are usually busy running the company and don’t understand content marketing. The most important thing you can do to get executives to buy into your content marketing strategy is focus on the bottom line. Operations?

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Open season on CRMs?: Friday’s Daily Brief

Martech

MarTech’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s digital marketer. Good morning, Marketers, and how important to you is your CRM? Marketing ops shouldn’t perform procurement. What do marketing attribution and predictive analytics tools do? Editorial Director.

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What Happens to Your B2B Marketing Leads After They Are Qualified?

BOP Design

As B2B marketers, we are tasked with attracting ideal prospects to our B2B website, educating them to build trust in the products or services we provide, and then getting those prospects to take the first step – make contact with us via a website form, phone call, or email. What happens to your B2B marketing leads after they are qualified?

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Martech implementation: 3 tips for cross-functional alignment

Martech

Then, use that knowledge to gather specific content from vendors and research other teams that did something similar to address their outlook. So who will you be allocating to the project?” Can I come and present this proposal with you as we need a firm commitment on time and resources?” Marketing operations.

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How B2B influencer marketing will grow your brand

Sprout Social

There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. In this guide, we’re diving into the essentials of B2B influencer marketing. What is B2B influencer marketing?