SBI Growth

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Over the past year, there have been many great Marketing & Lead Generation blog posts. I offer you an executive summary of key takeaways from SBI’s marketing related posts. I have compiled the top 15 questions to evaluate your performance against best-in-class marketing operations. I created Buyer Personas ?

Marketing 297

Marketing Face-to-face Buyer Persona Lead Scoring 297

Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2025

In B2B marketing, context is king. Without the right context, marketers risk burning time, budget, and internal goodwill on campaigns that just dont drive results. Understanding Intent Data: From Noise to Opportunity Intent data is a familiar concept to marketers, but it has evolved significantly in the past several years.

Intent 130

Intent Intent Data Intent Signal Account Based Marketing 130

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Next, Doug had to decide if his team could effectively target the market. And with a new market, comes the need for qualified leads. Based on his analysis, three initiatives were selected as top priorities: Market analysis and segmentation. Demand generation. Prioritized Success Factors.

Demand Generation Targets 282

Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Sales Operations Analysis 282

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

Ideal Customer Profile 264

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Marketing teams work to drive inquiries into the top of the funnel. However, this is an area that many marketing teams lack sound processes. This can result in corrupted analysis that de-optimizes a campaign. H ow their teams should analyze Lead Sources is a major concern for marketing leaders.

Cost per Lead 282

Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Leads 282

SBI Growth

APRIL 26, 2013

Yes… we better know our customer”, was the response from the head of marketing. The burden of “selling when a rep isn’t present” has shifted to the marketing department. Marketing not only has to stimulate demand, it has to nurture buyers until they are ready to engage with a rep. The answer that followed wasn’t so crisp.

Customer 316

Customer Buyer Persona Survey Demand Generation Targets 316

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Start with a concise and clear promise: a brief, no-obligation analysis that identifies potential gaps or inefficiencies in their current methods. Mushfiq Sarker , CEO of LaGrande Marketing , says, "When a prospect becomes unresponsive, I like to send them something useful or interesting without asking for anything in return.

Demand Generation Agencies 115

Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Strategy Follow-up 115

Increase Sales

JULY 13, 2012

The ability to attract attention is the purpose of marketing. If a recent survey from Corporate Visions is truly indicative of B2B marketing practices, then 80% of those efforts are not successfully attracting attention leaving sales people pocket poor not to mention really, really frustrated. Marketing message is boring.

B2B 139

B2B Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Targets 139

Pointclear

MAY 29, 2012

Rich Eldh kicked off the general sessions at 1:00 on Tuesday, May 22 stating that marketing and sales aligned companies enjoy 5.3 The new demand waterfall recognizes several new sources of opportunity: inbound AND outbound, rep generated, multi-touch nurture programs. Citrix has back-end analysis down to a science.

Revenue 174

Revenue Demand Generation Agencies SAP Webinar Metrics 174

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

Lead Rank 246

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2012

“When we have deep information about our customers, it makes all the difference in the world,” said the Chief Marketing Officer of one Fortune 500 company. Understanding exactly how buyers are behaving and thinking is becoming more of a premium for achieving success in marketing today. Market to the Right Buyers. What do you do?

Buyer Persona 282

Buyer Persona Buyer Analytics Research 282

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. Instead, B2B marketers are turning their attention to key performance indicators that showcase how full-funnel marketing efforts can deliver increased performance. In 2020, that figure was down to 47%.

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Sales eXchange , Sales Success , Self improvement , Tibor Shanto , Win/loss analysis. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment.

Pipeline 265

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Vendor 265

Pointclear

JANUARY 4, 2018

see marketing charts analysis of HubSpot’s “2017 Demand Generation Benchmarks Report” ). The EVP of Sales at this client, a big division of one of the world’s largest software companies, said that he received zero qualified leads from marketing—except for the PointClear outbound leads. per gross lead).

Cost per Lead 170

Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Lead Scoring 170

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2011

In a recent article on Revenue Performance Management in Marketing Automation Software Guide, Lauren Carlson does a nice job of providing a context for the RPM discussion by differentiating it from marketing automation, reviewing the factors motivating its advancement, and raising good questions.

Revenue 150

Revenue Eloqua Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets 150

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

GTMnow shares insight around the go-to-market strategies responsible for explosive company growth. Given how tough this market is, I figured it would be valuable to break down exactly how we did it. You cannot openly market or solicit the fact that you are raising a fund. The other major hurdle? Another major differentiator?

Outsourcing Services 79

Outsourcing Services Scale Marketing How To 79

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

Lead Rank 195

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ability of generative AI to automate routine tasks, analyze data, and generate content is already freeing up valuable time that entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals can use to instead focus on more strategic decision-making. Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI.

Data 130

Data Lead Rank Scale Marketing 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

You know what’s a colossal marketing mistake? While every new marketing venture requires due diligence, the nuances of international communications are often overlooked when marketers try to gain traction in a new region. You can’t simply “copy and paste” your marketing efforts from the U.S. into another market.

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 130

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

One approach that intrepid leaders can look to is too shrink the size of territories, based on a number of factors driven by deal size, length of cycle, nature of the offering (new or mature), is the focus margin or market share, is there opportunity for organic growth, or strictly competitive account growth, and others. Demand Generation.

Pipeline 212

Pipeline Territories Harvest Cold Calling 212

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 20, 2024

As Upland’s Chief Revenue Officer, Matt Breslin oversees customer success, demand generation and communications, sales, revenue enablement, and revenue analysis, supporting our Shared Services Organization. 45:23) One thing that is working for Matt in go-to-market right now.

Cost per Acquisition 122

Cost per Acquisition Infor Software Software 122

BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 22, 2022

These federal dollars are also expected to boost small businesses’ IT spend in the forthcoming year, making it a booming juncture for SMB-focused IT and cloud solution providers – opening unlimited opportunities by increasing the size of your Total Addressable Market or TAM. On one hand, 5.4

Demand Generation Targets 52

Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Small Business Small Business 52

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Lead Rank 40

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. Without proper planning, it’s impossible to know if you’re chasing the wrong audience, are too early or too late to a given market, or targeting a market that's too saturated with similar solutions.

Paid Content 98

Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

The ROI Guy

MAY 15, 2012

A mobile application platform provider had an urgent requirement to generate a wealth of qualified leads, particularly connecting and engaging with enterprise web and application managers seeking to take their apps mobile in a timelier, more cost effective manner. And as a guaranteed Alinean leads program, success of the campaign is ensured.

Demand Generation Targets 70

Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 70

The SalesPro Leader

APRIL 16, 2019

But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized from demand generation, account-based marketing and, lead generation. I’ll review the basics of reviewing your demand generation funnel.

Lead Generation 40

Lead Generation Analysis Conversion Demand Generation Targets 40

SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

At the change of each year, we scour thought pieces on the web for chief marketing officer (CMO) trends that we must be attuned to in the coming year. Personalize messaging and content in omni-channel marketing. Account-based marketing (ABM). Advocates tell your company’s story better than anything crafted by marketing.

Account Based Marketing 122

Account Based Marketing Customer Demand Generation Agencies Case Study 122

InsightSquared

JANUARY 29, 2018

During a recent analysis of the available “operations” jobs on LinkedIn, we discovered a significant number of “revenue operations” jobs — 59,110 to be exact. What I’ve seen happen is a siloing in data structure and processes for marketing, customer, services, and sales teams.

Sales Operations 109

Sales Operations Revenue Scale Demand Generation Agencies 109

Pointclear

AUGUST 20, 2015

I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. These include: Lead and demand generation: How are we attracting and engaging the target audience in building a consistent flow of prospective buyers?

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Revenue 100

Highspot

AUGUST 27, 2020

” While it may seem difficult to plan when so much is changing so quickly, one thing is for certain: It’s time for marketing teams to get creative. . So before you begin drafting your next big marketing campaign, invest time in figuring out what’s working, what’s not, and where opportunities to stand out exist.

Webinar Metrics 69

Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing eBook 69

Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. I performed the analysis through sizing the market, finding the industry influencers and profiling potential clients.

Sales Management 94

Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 94

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

And it’s not just for CROs; if you’re a marketer, SDR, sales rep, manager, VP, or CRO, this one’s for you. Marketing and Sales Development groups tackle engagement, Sales covers execution, and Customer Success and Account Management handle continuity. After that, it’s time for your build-or-buy analysis.

Engineering 137

Engineering Revenue Hiring Lead Rank 137

Pointclear

JULY 9, 2015

Because it has become clear that marketing automation is making it easier than ever to generate poor quality leads. Miller compares marketing automation to fishing with a net and account based marketing automation to fishing with a spear. Align sales and marketing objectives. Why did we ask? Here's the problem.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 100

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? A simple buyer persona may look something like this: A 25-35-year-old female, working in marketing at a company of 500+ employees, who has ‘specialist’ in her job title. Influencer marketing is a popular strategy these days—and for good reason.

Buyer Persona 100

Buyer Persona Buyer B2B Company 100

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. I did the analysis by sizing the market, profiling potential clients and finding the industry influencers. What more could you possibly ask for?

Sales Management 86

Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 86

Allbound

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Customer acquisition cost is reduced, existing relationships are leveraged to win business, and overall reach is extended into new markets. It’s the vendor’s job to invest time in discovering partners that share the same market philosophies, and use their intelligence to open this up to the benefit of all.

Demand Generation Agencies 68

Demand Generation Agencies Channels Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 68