Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2016

When it comes to demand generation, even the most seasoned B2B marketers have fallen into this trap and sabotaged their success without knowing it. Hopefully, I can help you avoid this disaster by shining a light on the most common pitfalls that demand generation marketers may run into. Pre-Existing Biases.

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Metadata

JANUARY 27, 2022

Hiring the right person to lead your demand generation effort is tough. Very few can back up their experiences with an in-depth understanding of successful, modern demand gen. My top interview questions for demand generation managers. After all, you’re looking for someone who can run the demand gen gamut.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 9, 2024

Lead generation outsourcing is an effective and strategic approach for companies looking to entrust their lead generation activities to external professionals or agencies. Once the leads are identified and engaged, the outsourcing company provides a curated list of high-quality prospects.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 13, 2023

We’ve been at this marketing thing for a while now and want to share what you can do to improve your CPL. Use CPL with other metrics and models, such as cost per mille, cost per click, and cost per action. As an evaluation metric, cost per lead calculates what you spent on average to generate a new prospective customer.

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The Point

MARCH 18, 2020

Even then, we’re having many conversations on how clients should approach demand generation strategy in the coming weeks. But don’t communicate even a HINT of “things are bad, our service/product/solution can help.” Offer free information on how to cope, certainly. Continue to run, develop, and even expand nurture programs.

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low. Quality content = quality leads.

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Brandpoint

MARCH 31, 2020

Cost-Per-Lead (CPL) campaigns are fixed-cost lead generation tactics that promote your high-quality, gated content through a closed network of industry-specific B2B websites. This demand generation tactic incorporates two major parts of the PESO model for marketing: Owned Media and Paid Media. What is cost-per-lead?

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NetLine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Your heart’s in the right place – you’re developing content, spending time and resources in the hopes of converting your target audience into leads. Our own David Fortino shares the content syndication strategy that helps amplify audience while using a highly-targeted approach. If it’s CPL, they do.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I was the Director of Revenue Operations & Demand Generation Strategy. So, I did what any demand generation marketer would do in my situation: DIY’d some LinkedIn ads using the platform’s native tools. After a few months, my cost per lead (CPL) was $3k, and I was in a frenzy. I hired an agency.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A recent study by Ascend2 shows that 25% of respondents state that their cost per lead (CPL) is increasing. The value of the metric needs to be shown in comparison to average deal size as a result of marketing’s demand generation program to have context. Interesting statistic. I then asked “how do you know that?”

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Metadata

APRIL 9, 2024

, strategic thinking (offer / audience / channel) and tactical chops (giff card campaigns, sales acceleration playbook) That’s why we decided to remove CS from our org altogether, and create a top 1% marketing services team, made exclusively for our customers, and formed by top b2b performance marketing talent. Demand generation.

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Metadata

JANUARY 7, 2021

This award recognizes the partner who has made a significant impact to customers and the partner community through a new and innovative service or solution with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. The team built a campaign to drive awareness, interest, and demo requests from buyers within target accounts.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

At Captora, we identify, create, and optimize hyper-targeted CaptureSites (hyper-optimized microsites) that dramatically expand the reach of search, advertising, and social marketing campaigns. In the process, we accelerate new leads, at a lower CPL, by engaging conversion-ready buyers before they’ve found your company (or your competitors).

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Metadata

JANUARY 25, 2023

In: demand-generation. For many years, a focus on lead generation has led to seller-centric strategies and “a shitstorm of gated content.” But now, to borrow from Kaylee Edmondson’s DEMAND fireside chat, Moving From An Old-School Lead Gen Playbook to a Demand Gen Machine —“Lead generation’s just not hitting like it used to hit.”

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The Point

MAY 23, 2017

There is a growing trend in the content syndication space, and among Cost Per Lead (CPL) programs in general, for media vendors to offer B2B clients the option of pre-qualified leads. Naturally, you pay a big premium (in the form of a higher CPL) for pre-qualified leads. Here’s why: 1. Click To Tweet.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

As more buyers are turning to online tools for professional services providers, we’ve made a great investment over the past year in SEO; we’ve had over 100% growth in our organic traffic and we will continue to invest there for 2018. Improving personalization through the refinement of buyer personas and customer journeys.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 14, 2020

Use this extended team to target those ICPs and existing customer/prospect lists to attend the event(s). Depending on the specifications of the target audience, market, title, persona, and in the case of HQLs, the questions to answer, leads can range from $40-$50 per MQL and $80-$100 per HQL.

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Inbox Insight

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Demand generation marketing is a crucial aspect of any successful marketing strategy. A well-executed demand generation campaign can bridge the gap between sales and revenue, reducing the sales cycle and guiding buyers through their customer journey. Ready to attract and engage your in-market B2B buyers?

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Metadata

JANUARY 25, 2024

Our favorite marketing trends — think influencers, Barbie memes, and an obsession with account-based marketing — come and go. According to Roger Breum , Head of Demand Generation at Alpine Investors, allegiance to the core B2B marketing fundamentals is something that will never go out of style. We’re looking at you, pop-up ads.)

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 22, 2024

As B2B marketers, your success relies on capturing the attention of your target audience and effectively converting them into leads. A compelling lead generation strategy tailored specifically for enterprise companies can help you achieve these goals.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Retargeting builds the visibility of your brand by directing ads to users that have already shown interest in your product or service, usually by visiting your website. Awareness campaigns are not as narrowly targeted as other campaigns, meaning you can expect a lower-than-average click-through-rate. Creating urgency.

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Directive Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

CPL on directories can be relatively high, but the cost per customer acquisition (CAC) can be relatively low because of the intent on search. Advertising on directories is a highly effective way to reach your target audience and generate revenue for your business. Attract your target customers with directories.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Search ads are efficient, but they’re not often scalable because they’re often targeting bottom-of-the-funnel leads. The next item on many B2B marketing budgets is cost-per-lead (CPL) activation, popularly known as lead gen and often conducted via content syndication. And when you add up manual processes, you add up costs.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Why don’t demand generation marketers know how much they pay for opportunities, especially in a down economy ? Either they’re always waiting for their Marketing Ops team or agency to turn around reports, or they’re relying on metrics in native ad channels that aren’t tied to pipeline and revenue. Let’s take a step back.

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Metadata

JANUARY 18, 2023

Instead of reacting emotionally to a high cost per lead (CPL), dig deep to understand how your strategy impacts revenue—and then freak out, if necessary. Which team members, contractors, or agencies aren’t pulling their weight? Can you run 1:1 or 1:few campaigns on LinkedIn targeting specific companies? What about referrals?

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

And, of those not exceeding their revenue goals, a whopping 74% did not know the number of visitors, leads, MQLs, or sales opportunities they needed to hit their targets. . . The sales team also need to verify that the lead has a problem the company’s product or service can actually solve. 4: Cost-Per-Lead (CPL). . David Hoos.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

At Green Leads, we offer targeted content syndication as part of a broader, systematic lead-generation effort based on the buyer journey. It’s important to understand the B2B buyer’s journey - the path the buyer takes from recognizing a need to purchase your product or service. Why Does Content Syndication Matter?

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Directive Agency

APRIL 22, 2022

On the other hand, the demand generation team has some pretty aggressive lead goals and time is running short, as always, to meet that goal before the quarter is out. The second, and less common way (at least for demand gen purposes) is to republish the same piece of content — an article, a video, an infographic, etc.

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Metadata

JANUARY 3, 2024

Disclaimer: If your demand generation budget increased in 2023, stop reading; this article isn’t for you. It’s a tough spot to be in and likely pushing you to embrace what Johnathan Dane , Founder of KlientBoost and presenter at DEMAND 2023, calls “shortism.” If your budget did fall, keep reading. And the best part?

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Single Grain

APRIL 24, 2023

We advertised to Twenty20’s target market, which reduced advertising expenses by 72.49%, and promoted a free trial rather than a paid service. To become the best website prototype software, Axure needed to generate more B2B leads and specifically wanted to target SaaS services.

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NetLine

AUGUST 2, 2023

B2B demand generation marketers face a growing list of challenges, from navigating complex buyer journeys to breaking through the noise of a crowded marketplace. High-quality, validated, opt-in leads are essential to driving sales and revenue growth, but generating them is no easy task.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Enterprise solutions like Radian 6 could create an app that would make their social media monitoring tool very useful on the go- via an iPad- allowing companies to know what is being said about their product or service at all times. . SEO tools: As someone in demand generation I never know what is going to be asked in a meeting.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

That’s because either 1) the results were generated through surveys, which (as any reputable statistician will tell you) causes all sorts of data bias, and/or 2) the data fails to account for the wide variance caused by differences in offer (e.g. webinars vs. ebooks), product category, and target market.

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The ABM Agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes As a director of marketing or CMO at an enterprise B2B SaaS organization, you may be wondering how to create and execute an effective account based marketing strategy. All these elements must work together in order to successfully deliver results from your account based marketing strategies.

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The ABM Agency

MARCH 28, 2023

We’ll discuss different aspects of a marketing strategy such as identifying target customers, creating brand awareness, increasing sales and more. Reaching potential customers through social networks is a powerful approach to reach out to target demographics.

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The Point

AUGUST 25, 2022

Why then, in a world of on-demand, streaming, watch-where-when-and-how-you-like content, do we B2B marketers still insist on promoting live Webinars, and expect attendees to show up on a specific day at a specific time, fully cognizant they’ll have the option to watch the recorded event at a later date?

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Valasys

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Content syndication not only enhances the content marketing endeavors of the marketers by proactively reaching out to the prospects but also proactively helps spread your business message to the targeted niche. Pricing tends to be charged on the cost-per-lead (CPL) basis. Read more: Top 5 ways to Supercharge ABM with Intent Data.

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