Much has been made of the argument that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) gained traction so quickly in B2B marketing primarily because traditional, funnel-based demand generation has stopped working. A recent video making the rounds on LinkedIn asked: “Is Demand Generation Losing its Effectiveness?” (The answer provided was: yes.) The real answer… Read More
Category Archives: Integrated Marketing
Trends in B2B Email: ABM, Deliverability & Integrated Campaigns
Recently I was interviewed by the folks at Demand Gen Report as part of an article on current trends in email marketing, an article that you can read online here. With permission, a more complete version of the interview follows: (DGR) What trends are you currently seeing in B2B email… Read More
An Accident of Timing: The Case for Always On Marketing
There was a not too distant time when virtually all B2B demand generation was outbound. (You millennials won’t remember this.) You rented a list and pushed your message to that list. But then inbound marketing happened. And the pundits said: no, no, the buyer is in control, he or she… Read More
Observations from the 2017 Marketo Summit
This week was my eighth consecutive Marketo Summit, all of them as a sponsor/exhibitor. The event has transformed since 2009, when the customer party fit (literally) onto a suburban restaurant patio. (For a more detailed recounting of those early events, read this great article on LinkedIn by Sandra Freeman.) This… Read More
An Email is Not a Campaign: the Case for Integrated Marketing
The reality of life as a professional marketer is that there is rarely, ever, enough time, budget, resources or bandwidth to plan, design, build, launch and manage every campaign as we would if we could. I get that. We all make compromises. And yet it’s because of those compromises that… Read More
9 Proven Ways to Increase Webinar Response
Let’s face it: most business inboxes get flooded every day with Webinar invitations. If your Webinar campaign is getting lost in the crowd, take a look at these 9 proven tips and techniques for increasing registration and attendance at online events. 1. Sell the event, not the product. A Webinar… Read More
7 Steps to a Successful Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Strategy
Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is certainly the hot topic in B2B circles these days, but like other trends, the term “ABM” can encompass a whole range of activity – from something as simple as an email drip campaign to a more comprehensive, sustained, integrated program that incorporates multiple channels. In our… Read More