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B2B marketers have long understood that successful demand generation requires tailoring messages and offers to a buyer’s stage in the lead lifecycle. Early-stage buyers respond better to best practice and thought leadership content, mid-stage buyers to case studies and Webinars, and so on. However, when a prospect becomes a customer,… Read More
Data privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA may have faded from the headlines, but their enforcement is very much a reality. In recent years, some very high-profile companies have faced fines into the hundreds of millions (US $) for failure to meet legal guidelines involving data processing, consumer consent, and… Read More
Whenever we talk to prospective clients about helping them launch an ABM program, there’s one comment that always portends a difficult conversation: “We already know which accounts we want to go after.” Selecting the right target accounts is the absolute foundation of a successful ABM strategy. However, many companies seem… Read More
When a marketing budget get cut, certain line items tend to get immediate scrutiny: media spend, headcount, events. However, simply slashing spend – while quick and dramatic – can have a detrimental effect on leads, pipeline, and revenue. There are more creative methods for achieving marketing efficiency without sacrificing ad… Read More
One way to increase marketing ROI in a “do more with less” economy is to integrate Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) into demand gen strategy and planning. CRO isn’t a new concept, but traditionally has been more often the province of Web teams and SEO specialists. Increasingly, however, it’s being leveraged… Read More
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. Yet industry surveys report that as much as 60 percent of available MDF funds go unused. By some measures, that may add… Read More
Budgeting season is here again, and demand marketers are not immune. How big does your demand gen budget need to be in order to support your organization’s revenue goals in the new year? Alternatively, is the budget you’ve been handed enough to do the job? Based on the work we… Read More