Getting More from Marketing Automation

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons.  Will B2B marketing, and demand generation in particular, revert to “normal” once the pandemic subsides...

A client asks: How long should a lead be chronically non-responsive before they’re marked as “marketing suspended”?  What best practices should we put in place? There are multiple, legitimate...

A client asks: “I know the answer is probably “it depends” but curious if you think there’s a best practice for how many follow-up nurture emails to send TOFU content syndication leads before you...

An old boss once commented: “75% of marketing is just being in the right place at the right time.” You can quibble with the percentage, but, overall, she had a point.  For more companies than not,...

Not every Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy starts from the same place.  For some, it might be defining Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), buying personas and associated messages.  For others,...

Aligning content offers with stages in the buying cycle is a critical factor in maximizing engagement.  Early stage or “top of funnel” content generally speaks to industry trends or best practices...

Even as demand generation activity begins to pick up, most marketing budgets right now remain tight, and so B2B companies are looking for creative, low-cost ways to drive demand.  One of the areas...

B2B marketing has seen a dramatic change in the last decade, driven by radical advances in marketing technology and the emergence of new channels.   Even if you acknowledge that change as fact,...

The current crisis reinforces why most B2B companies are best suited for a hybrid demand generation model that combines both ABM and more traditional, funnel-based tactics. ABM was born of a time...

It wasn’t that long ago, when marketing automation first burst on the scene, that the height of lead nurture sophistication was the simple, automated sending of multiple, sequential emails. ...

There’s plenty of debate online about the merits of marketing spend in a recession, but the reality is that many B2B firms are currently cutting back on large-scale investment.  If your company is...

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can...

Discover practical steps for planning and executing on a successful ABM strategy, including goal-setting, account selection, technology, content, tactics and channels.

The US business climate is being shaken by events at home and abroad, (as I write this) no-one knows with certainty whether an economic downturn is imminent, how severe it might be, and for how long.

You've been handed a revenue objective. How do you translate that number into lead goals with which to design your demand gen strategy? This handy calculator will tell you.

This month, very suddenly, there are thousands, if not millions of marketing professionals working from home for the very first time. If you’re one of those marketers, this article is for you.

Our agency conducted a survey to determine if B2B companies were getting maximum value from their investment in marketing automation. Most were failing to follow even the most basic best practices…