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Using an Integrated Demand Generation Strategy to Drive Business Growth

We recently brought marketing, demand generation and sales professionals together in the first Norwest Venture Partners Demand Generation Summit. This white paper is distilled from the lessons learned at the summit, and offers a guide for developing a robust demand generation program. Although there is often a lack of clarity around the precise definition of demand generation and its relationship to lead generation, marketing automation leader Marketo defines it as “the function of a marketing department that creates demand for your product or service.” Marketo further notes, “This is much more than lead generation, as it also includes the conversations and activities that occur prior to the Ulead being passed to sales.”

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Bright Innovation UK

Bright Innovation is an energetic B2B marketing consultancy - we go about things in a different way. Using an agile methodology that we call Minimum Viable Marketing, we work to take ideas to market quickly, validate, learn. This way we reduce waste and maximise the return from marketing campaigns and communications. We specialise in working with high growth tech and service firms and focus on helping them get to communicate effectively with their target audience(s), as well as internally, in order to create demand, build strong brands, and grow their business. We offer a full range of marketing services - including strategy for and execution of demand generation campaigns, events, content creation and curation, communication and PR and digital marketing.

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Ignite Your ABX - Winning With Today’s B2B Customers

whitePaper | August 4, 2022

Buyers are influenced by brands they know. By leaning into the entire customer journey, B2B brands can start to think beyond lead-based strategies with account-based experiences (ABX). Delivering account-based experiences (ABX) helps you find and keep customers by staying active in the market and nurturing meaningful account relationships. Learn what successful account-based experiences look like and how to get started on a full-funnel, always-on ABX approach. You’ll discover: Why brand building creates more value than sales activation Key differences among account-based targeting, marketing, and experience Tips on how to implement ABX strategically, one ecosystem at a time How to align your go-to-market teams and accelerate revenue

7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

whitePaper | December 23, 2022

Selling or marketing to someone you have limited insights on is like trying to hit a piñata blindfolded. You have a general idea of where it is, but without knowing its exact whereabouts, you’re taking swings in the dark, and more often than not—you’ll miss your target. Gaps in buyer insights—pain points, account needs, and goals—are a huge issue for accountbased marketing (ABM) teams looking to deepen relationships with existing customers and target high-value prospects. Personalization lives at the core of ABM, and yet, personalization at scale toward target accounts (35 percent) and developing targeted content for accounts and personas (30 percent) are in the top five ABM challenges, according to Demand Gen Report.

The Essential Intent Data Guide

whitePaper | June 1, 2022

Find out how Intent data strengthens the foundation of your marketing and sales strategy by reading the essential Intent data guide. In this guide, you'll also find answers to the important questions about Intent data, like What exactly is Intent data, and what are the different types of it? Why should I be paying attention to Intent data? How can I start using Intent data today? How does Intent data accelerate B2B growth and drive ROI?

Overcome Bad Data Using Intent Data as Part of Content Marketing Efforts

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

This paper focuses on the value of clean data and what it means for business development and the potential for increased profits when clean data is enhanced with intent data and fit. A report from the Royal Mail found that 34% of marketers don’t recognize the impact of poor data on their bottom line. It also estimates that approximately 6% of a company’s annual revenue is lost through the use of poor data.

The Modern Marketer’s Guide to ABM

whitePaper | May 31, 2021

In this eBook we will address the evolution of the B2B purchase journey and discuss the fundamentals of starting a successful ABM program in our “Ready-Set-Go” framework. B2B sales and marketing is constantly evolving and adapting to new advances in technology, and following traditional lead generation in the information age is no longer the most efficient approach to generating pipeline. ABM prioritizes quality over quantity, so sales and marketing can allocate more resources and time on high-fit, high-intent target accounts. When buyers show interest in your product early in the purchase journey, account-based technology can put these signals right at the fingertips of your marketing and sales organizations.

5 Areas That CMOs Struggle in Measuring ROI and Where to Focus

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Gartner has predicted that by next year (2022), profitability will overtake customer experience (CX) as a top strategic priority. This change is part of a longer-term trend. CFOs want rigorous measurement of marketing activities. Metrics like cost per acquisition are at a premium. These metrics are linear and atomic, much like accounting and financial data. This conundrum has led to a plethora of methods and tools to measure marketing effectiveness, and ultimately to optimize the marketing mix. But now this confusing landscape cries out for a more clear-eyed answer of “what’s really working and what’s not?” when it comes to marketing measurement and optimization. The answers are not simple or easy.

Using an Integrated Demand Generation Strategy to Drive Business Growth