2015 Benchmark Study: What's Working In Demand Generation?

More than one third (38%) of B2B marketers expect their demand generation budgets to grow by 20% or more in 2015, and they will invest in a number of tactics to drive results, including persona development, webinars and in-person events. In addition, 36% report that their budgets will increase 1% to 10% in the coming year. Respondents to the 2015 Demand Gen Report Benchmark Study report that those numbers will closely mirror their overall budgets, with 21% anticipating growth of 20% or more in their total marketing budget.

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Infographic | May 23, 2022

Do you run a sales team? Have you ever wondered if your marketing and sales goals should align with each other? The answer is a yes. Aligned teams not only work better but also help increase productivity and revenue. Unfortunately, almost 78% of B2B companies have reported a misalignment between their sales and marketing teams. As a result, many such organizations have lost a whopping 10% of their annual revenue. Sales and marketing alignment, also known as ‘smarketing’, refers to a shared system of communications, goals, and strategies that enable sales and marketing teams in companies to work in unity.

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Account Tiering in ABM

Infographic | March 2, 2022

Using technology, data points, and research to prioritize and segment your key accounts is called account tiering.

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Infographic | May 30, 2021

As a marketing and sales manager, reaching out to the target audience and bringing in leads is only half the job done. The other half includes making sure that you qualify those leads as well. HubSpot claims that the majority of medium and large companies generate less than 5,000 qualified leads per month. The process of qualifying leads is not as easy as it seems and undoubtedly, each company has its own unique method. Lead qualification can be done using several types of frameworks and each method has its logic and analytical reasoning. Each lead qualification framework helps ease things a bit.

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Importance of Personalized Content in ABM

Infographic | February 7, 2022

90% of consumers find personalized content to be somewhat appealing (Statista).88% of marketers want to deliver a better customer experience through personalization (Evergage).

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Infographic | June 6, 2022

The pandemic caused many sales and marketing tactics to come to a screeching standstill. But adoption of artificial intelligence (technology marketers have been slow to employ) went through the roof. Frito-Lay Chief Growth Officer told Harvard Business Review that the crisis inspired his team to compress their five-year digital transformation plans into six months.

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The Importance of Conversational Marketing in ABM

Infographic | December 10, 2021

Conversational marketing is about leveraging the power of real-time conversations and two-way dialogue to engage customers and seamlessly move them through your marketing and sales funnels. This could be online chats, social media channels, or live brand experiences, but the end goal is the same — engaging with customers one-on-one to stand out from the competition and humanize your brand.

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