KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 12, 2023

When KoMarketing made a commitment to building our own inbound marketing channel that demonstrated our expertise in the B2B digital marketing space, I’d write a blog post a week. And the lessons learned helped shape and improve our SEO content marketing success across client programs and for our own digital marketing endeavors.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

These are just a few pillars that define demand generation. Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. What is Demand Generation? Demand generation is programmatic. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2021, many top marketing agencies and tech companies are still hosting digital marketing conferences. Some are virtual, while others are still planning (and we are all hoping for in-person B2B digital marketing events later in 2021. What pain points does your marketing department face regularly?

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Marketing these days is full of jargon, which can be confusing for senior executives and others who aren’t fully immersed in it on a daily basis. Inbound Marketing. While inbound marketing is no longer exactly new, it remains unique compared with traditional marketing methods. Demand Generation.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

2020 was a tough year for B2B marketers – and everyone else. A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2020

Online sellers automate their marketing emails, pricing, restocking, even their PPC advertising. But automation is just as useful in the world of B2B sales. Here’s why, and four ways to apply automation to improve the sales process. Chatbots can provide rich around-the-block support.

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The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. Click To Tweet. To download a free copy of the 2017 survey report, click here.

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Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

B2B marketers have long since understood the benefits of social media—yet many still struggle to leverage its full potential as a demand generation tool. In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ).

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Act-On

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Like the unhappy families of Anna Karenina , no two B2B marketing teams are exactly alike. Every company has its own history, values, strategies, and quirks that impact how marketing happens on a day-to-day basis. And the hallmark of a good marketing department is simply that it works.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

You might think that email drip marketing is kind of old-school. How well does email drip marketing work? Drip marketing’s heady blend of old-fashioned sales letters (think Claude Hopkins) and high-tech personalization can convert like nothing else. The copy in drip marketing needs to be sharp yet sincere.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

I have learned quite a bit in my nearly 30+ year marketing career. Probably the most significant is the importance of strategic demand generation and the value of great B2B marketing , supported by data- and insights-driven decision making. Truly a “lead generation machine”!

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The Point

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. And yet, at most B2B companies, social media is still relegated to a role loosely defined as awareness, community-building, or even PR. Are B2B marketers ignoring a huge opportunity?

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Staying ahead and achieving business success requires more than just a superior product or service. Effective marketing is the linchpin that connects businesses with their target audience, drives growth, and sustains competitive advantage.

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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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The Point

JUNE 30, 2017

In the headlong rush to Account-Based Marketing , many B2B companies are, quite naturally, looking to implement ABM in a manner that allows them to dip their toes in the proverbial water. It is a strategic initiative that involves (or should involve) both sales and marketing at all levels of the organization.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 30, 2020

As a business, you’re always looking for ways to sell your products or services. Content marketing is a great way to do so: When you generate informative, useful, and interesting content for your audience, you can also directly or indirectly sell your products or services to them. Let’s see how.

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The Point

JANUARY 19, 2021

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons. Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides and economic recovery kicks in, or are recent trends destined to become staple tactics in the months and years to come?

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The Point

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If you ask most B2B marketers how they use chat platforms like Drift , the immediate answer would most likely be: converting Web visitors. And indeed, increasing Web engagement and Web conversion rates is still a primary use case for chatbots in a B2B context. can increase conversions AND speed time to sale.

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Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies 350

Webbiquity

AUGUST 8, 2017

Marketing software allows you to automate processes and otherwise free up your time, while enabling you to remain on top of lead generation, nurturing, and all the rest of the tasks that consistently fill up your calendar. B2B Marketing Software Evaluation Checklist. Guest post by Ryan Gould. Do you want to save time?

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The Point

DECEMBER 21, 2021

What trends will dominate the demand generation landscape in 2022? We asked the experts at Spear Marketing Group to chime in: “ Digital fatigue is real. B2B marketers need to rethink digital-first strategies to better engage audiences who not only demand new experiences, but also may be tiring of overused tactics.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The whole point of lead generation is to generate leads that close! In modern times, B2B and B2C consumers are overwhelmed by sales, advertising and marketing teams vying for their attention. More (quality) leads = more sales = increased revenue, which makes everyone happy. Direct marketing.

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Oktopost

JUNE 14, 2021

It takes intelligent targeting, a gentle approach, and calculated marketing strategies to embrace a new client into the sales funnel. It’s not uncommon for B2b marketers to conflate these two processes and definitions, which is an unfortunate lousy habit. . What Is Demand Generation? What Is Lead Generation?

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The Point

JANUARY 11, 2024

Like many B2B marketing agencies, even though we’re a professional services business and don’t sell or re-sell technology, our firm gets marketed to regularly by companies looking to recruit us as a channel partner. As an agency owner , I want our clients to be successful and drive better marketing results.

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Walker Sands

MARCH 13, 2024

In early 2023, we announced that Walker Sands had acquired KoMarketing in an effort to expand our growing demand generation capabilities. Fast forward to today, and our teams have come together as a unified demand gen team dedicated to driving important business outcomes for our clients. How are things going so far?

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The Point

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At a time when marketing budgets are tightening, surveys and survey reports represent some of the most compelling and cost-effective content a B2B marketer can produce. However, on the plus side, you’re also eliminating the cost and hassle and risk of marketing the survey in the first place.

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Oktopost

JULY 30, 2024

When buyers are motivated by organic demand, they’re less likely to wander out of the sales funnel. The average B2B buyer interacts with a brand 36 times before purchasing a product or service. With a carefully crafted demand generation strategy that cost-effectively gets high-quality leads into your sales funnel.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Account-based marketing (ABM) platforms came with the promise of revolutionizing B2B marketing. ABM platforms enabled marketers to peer into the crystal ball of intent data, identifying which accounts were in-market for solutions. What went wrong and can it be fixed? The core functions of an ABM platform 1.

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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.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 26, 2020

The crisis that’s emerged from the coronavirus pandemic has forced B2B marketing teams to look at their demand programs in a new light, and an ugly truth has emerged. Most B2B companies have inefficient sales and marketing motions. That’s a lot of wasted investment.

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Single Grain

JULY 8, 2021

On the face of it, lead generation is not a complex concept. This marketing tactic is simply a way to find and connect with the right people at the right time to grow your customer pool. But conventional lead-generation tactics can be quite time-consuming and, at times, impractical. What Is a Demand Generation Strategy?

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The Point

JANUARY 12, 2023

Each year, it seems there’s one topic that dominates marketing conversation, and 2023 is no exception. In recent weeks, AI technology, and in particular tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney , have forward-thinking marketers devising entirely new approaches to their role, and others wondering if their job is about to be replaced by a machine.

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. 5 Most Common Fails in B2B Search Campaigns #SEM Click To Tweet.

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The Point

MAY 28, 2020

The current crisis reinforces why most B2B companies are best suited for a hybrid demand generation model that combines both ABM and more traditional, funnel-based tactics. ABM was born of a time when (in hindsight) we marketers had it good. Most sales teams are starved for opportunities. Absolutely.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

These are just a few pillars that define demand generation. Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. What is Demand Generation? Demand generation is programmatic.

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The Point

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The rate of change in B2B marketing and marketing technology continues to accelerate, and 2020 promises to be no different. I asked the best subject matter experts I know, my colleagues at Spear Marketing Group , what trends they think will highlight the next 12 months in B2B demand generation.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2017

What is a Sales Funnel? Sales funnels are everywhere. This is the power of a sales funnel that’s ultimately designed to get sales. Sales funnels today are processes that mostly occur online, with the ultimate objective of driving sales. Sales funnel are frequently intricate, however.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2023

As marketing has gotten more complex, marketing pros have had to embrace a wide variety of sophisticated tools to remain competitive and meet customer expectations. These 10 marketing software solutions help to streamline marketing campaigns through automation and advanced functionality. Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

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