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The Marketing Book Podcast: “Forget the Funnel” by Georgiana Laudi

The Forward Observer

Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue by Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop About the Book Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard? Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups.

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Why Marketers Should Prioritize Lower Funnel Keywords to Get Better Results

Act-On

Lower funnel keywords are an often neglected SEO strategy for marketers. One thing is for sure, though: search intent isn’t aligned with marketing automation, which is what we do here at Act-On. And that brings us to strategically aligning keywords with the marketing funnel and, more specifically, lower funnel keywords.

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Email Marketing Automation Strategies to Optimize Your Marketing Funnel

SendX

Made use of landing page campaigns and social media lead generation strategies – do you know what’s next? One option that you may have never thought to use is email marketing automation. Believe it or not, email marketing automation isn’t quite as impersonal as it may sound. The bad news is, this isn’t always a simple task.

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4 Effective Marketing Strategies for Complex Products

Marketing Insider Group

Effective marketing strategies for complex products are essential to driving business growth. The strategies help build awareness, boost engagement, provide comprehensive customer experiences, and increase brand loyalty. The problem is that you can’t use the same marketing strategy over and over again like a generic template.

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Maximize Your ABM

Speaker: Jeff Marcoux, VP Product Strategy & Marketing at TTEC

If you are considering implementing account-based marketing, chances are you have also explored technology options. The process of buying new tools along with the massive organizational shift required for ABM can be overwhelming for even the most seasoned marketers. Achieve full cycle ABM: Moving beyond the top of the funnel.

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Maximizing the Marketing Funnel

Blue Flame Thinking

A strategic marketing plan is like a funnel. Marketing is designed to increase awareness of what you offer and lead your audiences to a conversion—whether that is a purchase, meeting, or other connection. Use a marketing funnel strategy. Three key phases of the marketing funnel drive this action.

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Marketing Budget and Strategy Trends for 2023 – Seven Intriguing Insights

Webbiquity

2023 looks like a tough year for marketing budgets. Overall, 58% of marketers project flat or reduced budgets for 2023, up from just 26% in 2022. But very small companies (11-50 workers) were actually most likely to increase marketing budgets this year. 1) B2B marketers are faring (a little) better than B2C.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

Nurturing leads through your sales funnel is a daunting task for many business development teams, especially at the scale required to achieve lofty growth goals. At ZoomInfo, we’ve found that a rock-solid go-to-market playbook is key. These 16 plays are aligned to different stages of the sales funnel.

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Flip My Funnel - Guide To B2B Account Based Marketing

As modern B2B marketers, we have been lucky enough to witness some of the most dramatic shifts in marketing strategies and technologies.

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New Rules of Demand Gen for Mid-Market B2Bs

Speaker: Paul Slack - Vende Digital CEO

If you've got holes in your funnel that need filling. If there's more about digital marketing you don't know than you do know. If you want to generate revenue as a marketer and not just leads. You know digital demand gen can help you get there; but you aren’t sure where to start.

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Your Recipe for Inbound Success

Speaker: Jen Spencer, VP Sales and Marketing, SmartBug Media

Recent studies have shown what a lot of B2B marketers already know - it’s hard to build a successful inbound marketing program. Join Jen Spencer, VP of Smartbug Media, as she discusses how to grow an inbound strategy and framework in your organization to attract leads and establish your brand.

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The Revenue Leaders Guide to Prospecting

Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners

Chances are that if you ask your sales and marketing teams this question, you may open up a can of worms. However, Sales & Marketing departments that work together will guarantee the opposite - higher acquisition, better nurturing, and more effective sales. This is unfortunate because it is a necessary conversation.

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How to Use Video Throughout the Buyer's Journey

Speaker: Zach Basner, Director of Video Training and Strategy, IMPACT

You’ll learn: How to get started with your video marketing strategy. Why top-of-funnel "explainer-style" videos aren't enough. Join us to find out where different video types perform best in the buyer’s journey and how you can use them to generate, qualify, and convert more leads.