THE SIX STRATEGIES TO MASTERFUL MARKETING

It’s not easy being a B2B marketer today. Sales teams need leads, management wants a demonstrable ROI, and everyone wants speed and accuracy, and more, cheaper, faster results. Marketers have a bigger role in today’s organization. They are on the hook not just to generate top-of-the-funnel leads, but also to qualify and nurture those prospects as they move through the buying journey. The pressure continues to grow. Nearly three quarters (73%) of respondents to Demand Gen Report’s 2015 Demand Generation Benchmark Survey said they have performance quotas. New marketing tools are bursting on the scene at unprecedented speed. As many as 1,876 different marketing technology products are competing for marketers’ attention in 2015, according to Scott Brinker of chiefmartech.com. That is nearly double compared with the 947 products available in 2014.

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VMLY&R is a global marketing agency with more than 7,000 employees worldwide with principal offices in Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. VMLY&R works with client partners including Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Dell, Ford, Office Depot, PepsiCo, Pfizer and Wendy’s.

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VMLY&R is a global marketing agency with more than 7,000 employees worldwide with principal offices in Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. VMLY&R works with client partners including Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Dell, Ford, Office Depot, PepsiCo, Pfizer and Wendy’s.

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