SBI Growth

MAY 1, 2013

How do you know it’s time to restructure your marketing organization ? We also never thought that Marketing’s technology spend could outpace the IT spend. She inherited a legacy B2B marketing team, no marketing automation or lead generation program. Sales leadership continues to hammer marketing for support.

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Outsourcing Services Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Targets 296

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The buzz around the water cooler is that marketing botched it from the get-go. As the marketing leader, you play a pivotal role in bringing the new offering to market. Unfortunately, most marketing leaders don’t know or under-estimate what’s involved. Are their new markets to enter? So do careers.

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Ideal Customer Profile Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Targets 288

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 Rank 297

SBI Growth

JANUARY 17, 2013

Recent enhancements to LinkedIn’s social network should be leveraged to generate leads. Engaging with these enhancements will drive Demand Generation. The Marketing team can help support sales rep social sellers by growing their own networks. In a time strapped environment, what are the “Must do’s” for Marketing teams?

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LinkedIn Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Networking 332

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

B2B CMO''s largely do not have direct reports with expertise in demand generation. The pressure to provide marketing contribution to the funnel is greater than ever. The specialist roles involved in executing world class B2B marketing in 2014 is complex. Tip: Discover their view of Content Marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 321

Demand Generation Agencies Outsourcing Services Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 321

LeadBoxer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Business-to-business (B2B) demand generation is important for any business. Awareness of your business’ products and services involves demand generation marketing strategies. You can skip some parts of the post and jump ahead: What is Demand Generation Marketing?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel 105

SBI Growth

JANUARY 4, 2013

World Class marketing leaders approach Sales Kick-off as an engagement opportunity. Gone are the days of marketing’s participation limited to a marketing ‘timeslot’ presentation. Marketing leaders are active participants throughout the sales meetings. This approach damages marketing credibility.

Marketing 297

Marketing Buyer Persona Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 297

SBI Growth

JUNE 19, 2013

If you are a small company marketing leader, updating your CEO can be a challenge. Bring your marketing strategy and budget to the CEO and request feedback and approval. Be prepared to: Walk him through your demand generation activities. Outline your budget in detail and the expected ROI on marketing spend.

Marketing 276

Marketing Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 276

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

Sales Qualified Lead 276

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Marketing leaders can gain a competitive advantage by executing a high value exercise Develop a Persona Ecosystem. For marketing leaders tasked with acquiring new customers this is the most valuable exercise you will perform all year. Dive in head first to enhance your 2013 Marketing Plan. Step 1: Identify the Market.

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Exercises Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing 310

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

Yet there’s little attention within marketing teams on developing quality offers. DMA studies show Offer is the #1 determination of success for customer marketing. Marketing plans are well underway. Chief Marketing Officers are monitoring their team’s campaign metrics as a leading indicator. But that’s not enough.

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Campaigns Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Outside Sales 310

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This is an executive-level overview of the Internal Content Marketing Agency (ICMA). What is an Internal Content Marketing Agency? It can be located within your Sales or Marketing organizations. It produces content of sufficient quantity and quality to meet the needs of the Marketing and Sales departments.

Demand Generation Agencies 267

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Hiring Demand Generation Targets 267

SBI Growth

MAY 14, 2013

That’s a question I often hear from marketing leaders. The one thing the best marketers are doing is Contextual Content Marketing. CONTEXTUAL CONTENT MARKETING. Enter Contextual Content Marketing. Most marketing departments are replete with content. “What are my competitors doing that I am not?”

Buyer Persona 314

Buyer Persona Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets 314

SBI Growth

MAY 5, 2013

I recently had a cup of coffee with a good friend and marketing peer. She has helped build the company with superb demand generation efforts. I had recently read Hubspot’s newest release of the State of Inbound Marketing Report, and a key stat hit me. Kathy is the CMO of an emerging software company. Top Insights.

Cost per Lead 323

Cost per Lead Inbound Buyer Persona Cost per Acquisition 323

SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Identify any gaps and work to close using the following: Social prospecting - if you don’t think you will have enough leads from marketing, generate your own. Sales can’t rely on marketing alone. Today’s sales leader should be generating about 70% of revenue through sales prospecting. If your marketing team needs help.

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Quota Top of Funnel Territories Marketing Qualified Lead 316

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As a Marketing Leader, you are expected to contribute to the revenue goal. Mature marketing organizations ex pect this number to be upwards of 30%. The popular answer is “content marketing”. The Content Marketing Institute describes content marketing as “the present – and future – of marketing.”

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Distribution How To 288

SBI Growth

JANUARY 8, 2013

These questions are the Holy Grail of sales and marketing. For the marketing leader struggling to produce leads , mapping the buyer’s journey is priority #1. A Buyer Process Map will focus your marketing efforts for maximum demand generation. Download this Buyer Process Mapping Template here to follow along.).

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Customer Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation How To 331

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Download our Challenger Readiness Guide and learn if your organization is ready. Is marketing aligned with this new methodology? This would be marketing. Presentations, sell sheets, and demand generation all need to be updated with Challenger messaging. Can you iterate it quickly?

Sales Methodology 308

Sales Methodology Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Face-to-face 308

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. H ow their teams should analyze Lead Sources is a major concern for marketing leaders. 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

JUNE 4, 2013

Download the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year here. How to Use the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year: Download the guide. For a more complete list, download the Thought Leadership Guide to Next Year. Demand Generation and Lead Management. Don’t skip this topic assuming that it is “marketing’s job.”

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation Targets 308

SBI Growth

JANUARY 31, 2013

Pinpointing exactly how to communicate your brand message to a target audience can be one of the most perplexing challenges in marketing. Pre-Internet, marketing communications is where messaging mattered most. What we talked about was how new competitive entrants have entered their market space. Here’s another suggestion.

Buyer Persona 330

Buyer Persona Customer Demand Generation Agencies Scale 330

SBI Growth

APRIL 3, 2013

You are counting on your product marketing manager for a successful launch. World-class companies are adopting new content marketing processes. Download the free Buying Process Map template. Content Marketing is in the process of a major transformation. Demand Generation campaigns. No worries.

Campaigns 300

Campaigns How To Energy Demand Generation Targets 300

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.

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Customer Buyer Persona Survey Demand Generation Targets 316

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Impacting a marketing team’s output in that short period of time requires a quick start. B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. Marketing contribution as a % of Pipeline Opportunities. Marketing contribution as a % of Revenue.

Top of Funnel 282

Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

This available download lists another 7 potential root causes including the "Bad Boss". Insufficient Marketing-Provided Leads. The Marketing department is also supposed to provide leads. Unfortunately, many marketing organizations confuse demand generation with providing leads. Pay and benefits. Poor Hiring.

Hiring 326

Hiring Outsourcing Services Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Targets 326

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As a Marketing Leader, you pay attention to mobile trends. If you don’t, lead generation efforts will hit road blocks. Best in class marketers evolved beyond mobile optimized websites. Mobile adoption as a marketing tool became readily apparent as we watched the latest Super Bowl commercials. You can download them here.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Advertising Advertising 325

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Download it to get a framework for you and your team to use right away. For example, you may recognize that you have a massive demand generation problem. Will it strengthen your position in the market? After you download the SBI Sales Initiative Assessment Tool , you’ll need to do a little customization.

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How To Incentives Incentive Demand Generation Targets 303

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Author: Jen Smith, VP Marketing, MarketingProfs In the “Before Times” – way before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – virtual events were often seen as lesser-than to in-person, bigger-budget events. Downloadable swag like customized Zoom background or freebies like an ebook is easy and even obvious. Once More… With FEELING.

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Demand Generation Agencies Face-to-face Lead Rank Conference 358

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.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

SBI Growth

APRIL 29, 2013

Marketing has plans to help with better Demand Generation and Lead Management. To this end, sales leaders have reached across the aisle and engaged Marketing. Marketing has big plans. People are starting to understand the science of increasing interest and demand. Don’t wait for the Marketing organization.

Hiring 276

Hiring Demand Generation Agencies LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead 276

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Translation: Even if the CEO/CFO allocate more money to you (the CSO), you should allocate some of those dollars to Marketing. Never before has the linkage between Marketing and Sales become more important. Sales and Marketing Teamwork = Success. Perhaps you need to look no further than your marketing compatriot.

Top of Funnel 267

Top of Funnel Funnel Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 267

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It’s coming up on the end of the third quarter and demand generation at the top of the funnel has been cooling off. As the leader of a marketing organization, you are getting pressure from the top to make changes.

Account Based Marketing 189

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Revenue Demand Generation Targets 189

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. Marry the art and science of marketing.

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Revenue Demand Generation Agencies SAP Webinar Metrics 174

The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Download the latest version here. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. As always the goal is to provide a couple of actionable things you can implement in your selling. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tibor Shanto.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 253

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?

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Buyer Persona Buyer Analytics Research 282

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Download the latest version here. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Below is Part One of our discussion, use what you can. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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