A prospective client asks: “What are the best demand generation strategies for finding people who are ready to buy our product?” My response: Finding highly-qualified, late-stage prospects has less to do with demand generation channels or tactics, and much more to do...
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,...
Marketing software research firm Software Advice have released their 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Report, a handy reference for anyone planning 2015 marketing spend. Based on responses from more than 200 BtoB marketing professionals, it provides useful insight...
On a recent conference call with a prospective client, the Vice President of Sales chimed in with a question: “How many touches do you think it takes before someone becomes a lead?” In the most diplomatic tone I could muster, I responded by stating that I didn’t think...
Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing”) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are...
