Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.”. Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. Develop Strategic Marketing Objectives.

Resource Management 354

Resource Management Demand Generation Agencies CMS Development Work Management 354

Animalz blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Most content marketers spend too much time creating great content and not enough thinking about how to get it read and seen. SEO Is No Longer the Safe Bet It Once Was There was a time, not long ago, when distribution was of less concern in content marketing. ROI required. Shorter attention spans. Shifting eyeballs.

Ideal Customer Profiles 82

Ideal Customer Profiles Distribution Advertising Channels ROI 82

Rev

JUNE 25, 2019

That’s B2B marketing in 2019 in a nutshell. . We’ve been inundated with process improvements, strategies, and marketing automation tools – there’s literally no shortage of things we can be doing. Which proven demand generation tactics actually work to increase the metrics that matter to your organization? .

Demand Generation Agencies 114

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Tactics 114

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you’re running a successful B2B company, your sales operations (sales ops) crew is likely the unsung hero of your sales process. Business leaders sometimes make the mistake of seeing sales operations (increasingly known as revenue operations) as a cost instead of a potential revenue driver.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Work Management Marketing Management 98

Inbox Insight

JUNE 7, 2020

79% of B2B marketers say that improving ROI of marketing activities is a key focus for 2020. And when it comes to inbound marketing specifically, proving ROI isn’t so straightforward. That’s why measuring campaigns is so important for the B2B marketing strategy. They make decisions based on data.

Inbound Marketing 98

Inbound Marketing ROI Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 98

ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Thinking back on my career, I realized early on that marketing spending of any sort, whether for people or programs, must be rooted in my ability (and our marketing department’s ability) to justify the expense. If the results are not giving management the required return on investment, you are a fraud.

Lead Gen 221

Lead Gen ROI Spending Barriers 221

Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The lead generation obsession Marketing is a long-term effort, but it has come to have short-term accountability. Especially in organizations with a sales-led motion, things have to be viewable on a dashboard within a quarter to satisfy leadership. Now, marketing needs to show ROI quickly.

Lead Gen 141

Lead Gen Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies B2B Marketing 141

SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Getting buy-in from the leadership team for your marketing spend can be a daunting task, especially when marketing has traditionally had a reputation of contributing little to the overall revenue goals of a business. Back up Your “Why” with Metrics and Data to Prove ROI. Start with Why.

Budget Management 90

Budget Management Spending Sales Qualified Leads Planning 90

Martech

JULY 25, 2022

Without demonstrable proof that marketing initiatives are driving business results, marketers’ budgets are easy pickings for leaders seeking to improve profitability or just keep the business afloat during challenging times. And it’s not just marketing department jobs and media budgets that are at stake.

Marketing Attribution 109

Marketing Attribution Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 109

NetLine

JUNE 22, 2023

The pain B2B demand gen marketing pros experience whenever sales fails to act on leads or dismiss them prematurely can be quite painful. Sales, conversely, pulls its collective hair out whenever marketing overpromises and underdelivers on quality buyer-level information.

Validation 97

Validation Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Automation Services High Quality Lead 97

Martech

MARCH 18, 2022

The mystery of the marketing spend has baffled many CEOs, often illustrated by this quip that half the spend is wasted, if they only knew which half. Well, it is possible to know which half, according to Michael Brenner, CEO and founder of the Marketing Insider Group, an agency that specializes in content marketing.

ROI 127

ROI Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Planning 127

Binary Demand

JUNE 19, 2023

It is the process of capturing the attention of intent-rich leads to contact and nurture them for sales. It begins when sales and marketing teams employ a range of B2B lead generation strategies to pique the target market’s interest and lead prospects through the sales funnel.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Enterprise Management Sales Qualified Leads ROI 52

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. Improved sales lead quality- Leads that come to you through your demand gen efforts will already be interested in your products and will be easier to qualify and convert.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 62

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2018

As we were going through a refresh of our targeted personas, we noticed an increase in engagement with leadership roles that have revenue responsibility (sales leaders, business unit leaders, and even CEOs). Why is marketing’s story so different than sales? Lack of Trust in the CMO. Two Types of CMO.

CMO 197

CMO Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel 197

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

That’s right, for just $8,000 per month, you can get a content marketing strategy , a year’s worth of content ideas , an SEO audit and keyword strategy , external link building, conversion funnel development, and paid promotion to reach all the new people you need to grow your business. How Do Marketers Spend Their Budgets?

Marketing Budget 280

Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 280

Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In other words: which marketing efforts are driving the most revenue, and what is the return on investment of the marketing spend? The best way for your marketing department to provide this kind of data to the CEO is to track marketing campaigns in your company’s CRM system, such as Salesforce.

Full Circle Insights 52

Full Circle Insights Top of Funnel Marketing Attribution Work Management 52

B2B Marketing Analytics

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Marketing Analytics and ROI are the 2 terms making a lot of noise across the marketing world to the point that they are almost beating “ ABM ” in the popularity. What do these terms actually mean for a marketer and why are they becoming a top priority for all marketing organizations?

Marketing Attribution 74

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Analytics ROI 74

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s a fundamental building block of achieving ROI. When sales cycles are short, marketing attribution can be fairly straightforward. The higher the value of the contract, the longer the sales cycle and the more complex the marketing machine, the harder it becomes to know where marketing spend is achieving ROI.

Marketing Attribution 227

Marketing Attribution Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising 227

Televerde

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If channel partners aren’t using market development funds (MDF) to boost lead generation and enhance sales pipeline, they’re missing out on an opportunity. It’s up to channel partners to harness those MDF dollars and use them to boost sales. Why Channel Partners Can’t Afford to Ignore Market Development Funds.

Work Management 59

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Advertising Agencies 59

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

By analyzing your “map,” you will have a better idea of each campaigns’ ROI so you can begin making more strategic decisions on which campaigns to push and when. . B2C Marketing. Impulse purchases often play a role in B2C, resulting in a much shorter sales cycle, sometimes only minutes long. B2B Marketing. And the cons?

Marketing Attribution 196

Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking Multi-Touch Attribution Campaigns 196

B2B Marketing Directions

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Source: Analytic Partners Analytic Partners , a provider of marketing optimization solutions, recently published an ebook that offers marketers five recommendations for addressing the economic uncertainty that's likely to exist for much of 2023. Let's take a closer look at those three.

Advertising Agencies 90

Advertising Agencies Terms and Conditions Planning Allocation 90

The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Conclusion The Fundamentals of Account-Based Marketing Discover the basics of account-based marketing (ABM) , a highly targeted approach to B2B sales and marketing that uses personalized communication to win new business from specific companies.

Account Based Marketing 97

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management 97

SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

4 Marketing Learnings From a Study. Breakdown of marketing spending between organic and paid channels was most commonly 75% organic – 25% paid, followed by 50% organic – 50% paid. The top 3 most effective marketing channels as reported by respondents were social media, organic search and content marketing.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing Budget Paid Content Paid Search Agency 98

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The current marketing trailblazers realize it’s time to shift their focus away from monthly reports and onto insight-based decisions. They’re moving past backward-looking measurement and toward decision-focused management—and it’s redefining the way we think about marketing ROI. It’s clear marketing ROI is important.

ROI 106

ROI B2B Thought Leadership Cost per Acquisition Forecasting 106

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

In the earlier stages of the funnel , advertising, branding, and content are key, so choose KPIs that measure their reach. The following types of tools are used to track, measure, and share KPIs: Web analytics CRM systems Data dashboards Business management platforms Data visualizers Business intelligence software. Customer Experience.

Lead Ranking 207

Lead Ranking Paid Content Marketing Qualified Leads Cost per Acquisition 207

Martech

MARCH 21, 2024

In this first article of our four-part series, we’ll outline the fundamental steps for incorporating AI into MOps, paving the way for the subsequent articles to delve deeper into planning AI integration with people, process, data and platforms. ROI measurement. Determine your benchmarks for ROI. Calculated risk management.

Marketing AI 123

Marketing AI Contingency Planning Work Management Digital Transformation 123

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The truth is, most sales reps haven’t received any formal training in this area. This means reps at your company could be missing out on interested leads, important sales conversations, and ultimately, revenue. 93% of sales executives have not received any formal training on social selling ( source ).

Statistics 184

Statistics Peer-to-peer Cold Calling Zoominfo 184

Madison Logic

JANUARY 5, 2023

2023 will pose challenges to B2B marketers as they navigate global economic uncertainty and a push to maximize their marketing spend and ROI on account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns. This tells us something important: the focus of 2023 will be on the customer and enhancing the customer experience. .

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Marketing Budget ABM 52

Heinz Marketing

JULY 26, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. You can even ask Alexa! My name is Matt Heinz.

Top of Funnel 107

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 107

SalesIntel

APRIL 28, 2022

After all, you have limited funds, and it can be scary to throw any money at a marketing campaign that might not work. You need a structured strategy and planning to ensure the ROI (return on investment) is there. Explore channels and options that can give you a good ROI for every marketing campaign you run.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content 52

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The CEO gets to this place because (s)he has multiple levers to pull to drive financial results, and depending on his/her background, CEOs may not come at the problem from a marketing POV. For those CEOs who are former accountants, investment bankers or management consultants, they often look to financial levers as a path to driving profits.

CMO 147

CMO Positioning Marketing Analytics Tools Peer-to-peer 147

Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 9, 2023

According to a study by SiriusDecisions , 92% of B2B marketers worldwide consider Account-Based Marketing ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ important to their overall marketing efforts. Here are the main advantages of an Account-Based Marketing approach: 1.

Account Based Marketing 106

Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Leads Demand Generation High Quality Lead 106

Martech

MARCH 4, 2022

There is no sale without a customer. 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. This can generate leads, conversions, sales, and eventually lifetime value. What marketers need to know.

Cost per Acquisition 109

Cost per Acquisition Top of Funnel Cost CPA 109

Digilant

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In today’s environment, CMOs have to be nearly perfect when it comes to marketing spend management. By adhering to the four best practices below, marketing leaders can maximize ROI despite smaller budgets and achieve quantifiable results that satisfy C-suite demands. . Continually test new tactics.

ROI 52

ROI Marketing Budget Practices Allocation 52

accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Here’s a quick look at what we’ll be covering: What is SaaS marketing? How is SaaS marketing different? Why do B2B companies need SaaS marketing? In one sense, SaaS marketing is similar to other kinds of traditional marketing—it’s about targeting potential customers across one or more channels with a view to growing your sales.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Paid Content Work Management Paid Search Agency 52

ScanmarQED

MARCH 23, 2022

For example, TV advertising and Paid Search might both lead to an increase in sales, but TV advertising might also boost the performance of Search. With nested thinking, we recognize that TV has a direct effect on sales as well as an indirect effect (by driving up Search).

Lead Ranking 98

Lead Ranking Allocation Forecasting Top of Funnel 98

Digilant

JANUARY 12, 2023

While most marketers agree that there can never be too much data, the complexity of the data has become one of the top challenges when determining how to accurately measure digital marketing ROI. Track conversion metrics to DOOH ads through foot traffic and sales life studies. At Digilant, we’re here to help.

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead ROI Cost per Acquisition Paid Search Agency 52