Do you know what CEOs want most from B2B marketers? They want clarity about marketing metrics and revenue contribution. CEOs often ask questions like, “How much revenue is our marketing contributing, and what’s our ROI?” They expect their marketing leaders to provide clear metrics and be accountable for meeting their pipeline numbers, just like sales. In short, CEOs want marketing leaders to go beyond metrics like marketing qualified leads, engagement reports, and squishy metrics around a brand that aren’t tied directly to revenue or growth. For example, I read this chart via MarketingCharts about the State of B2B marketing metrics.…
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Only a quarter of marketing professionals believe their B2B content marketing strategy is effective. Most B2B content is missing the mark, according to a January research study by Heinz Marketing and ON24. The study polled more than 150 B2B marketing professionals across various roles, industries, and organization sizes. Just one in four respondents believe that their content marketing strategy is effective. One in five reported feeling very or extremely confident that they’re creating relevant content. The report found a majority of B2B content isn’t driving results and marketers lack confidence in their ability to accurately measure their efforts. Thirteen percent of respondents…
Are you using empathy in your marketing? Why? Because marketing isn’t something you do to people; it’s something you do with people. You might be wondering: why am I saying this? The problem with modern sales and marketing I see this with marketing (and sales): we get clinical and treat our customers as objects to convert rather than people who need help. We can get off track by thinking, “How do I get what I want?” (revenue, leads, opportunities, etc.) I recently met with a group of sales and marketing influencers, and we discussed trends and our projects. We shared what trend is most…
Lead nurturing is one of those things that’s easy to talk about but hard to do. In this post, I will share how to apply lead nurturing to help advance leads through three stages of your demand generation funnel to get more sales-qualified opportunities. Remember this: Our customers don’t see our funnels. They only have the aggregate experience of what they see, hear, and feel from us. Yet, it’s helpful to notice that all customer buying cycles fit into three distinct funnel stages. Let me explain. Three Lead Generation Stages You Need to Nurture All three are part of an…
Salespeople often lack the support of a dedicated marketing team that does lead generation programs for them. So they do their own sales prospecting. This is especially true for salespeople working in small businesses. Here’s what I mean: Sales work to succeed despite it all. In fact, they must generate their own sales leads and meet their revenue and targets with little marketing support. Call it prospecting, business development, or cold calling. All of which means the investment of your time to get their foot in the door. After that, there must be a shift from prospecting back to selling.…
Just returned from a industry summit, and it was a blast. Yet, it highlighted a persistent challenge: the critical need for teamwork in sales and marketing teamwork. The familiar narrative of misaligned marketing and sales teams swapping complaints is all too common, and frankly, it’s a narrative we need to change. Addressing the Problem The gap between marketing and sales departments is costing companies millions in wasted opportunities. Despite having stellar lead generation programs, the lack of teamwork in sales and marketing teamwork can derail even the most promising campaigns. Solution Introduction To bridge this divide, it’s essential to cultivate daily teamwork in sales and marketing, far beyond the occasional…
SiteLock named preferred website security partner for one of the fastest growing international web hosting companies in the world. Miss Group, one of the fastest growing international web hosting companies in the world, today announced its partnership with SiteLock, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for businesses. Through this partnership, SiteLock will become the preferred website security provider for Miss Group, offering industry-leading scanning and remediation solutions, as well as vulnerability patching and database remediation to their massive client base. Founded in 2014, Miss Group offers a range of hosting related services at affordable prices across 19 brands. Miss Group is…
AssuredPartners is pleased to announce that Andrea Brogger has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective reporting to President incoming CEO Randy Larsen. Andrea will be responsible for leading AssuredPartners global human capital strategy alongside our leaders and business partners to include ongoing development and implementation of new people initiatives designed to support our employees and company growth. Andrea comes to AssuredPartners with over 17 years of Human Resources experience, most recently as Chief People Officer at True Blue, Inc., a recruiting, and workforce management company. Andrea has successfully launched a multitude of programs to develop employees, including a bridge program to…
Confidence Isn’t Everything Recently, someone said something to me that stopped me in my tracks. “A good salesperson doesn’t have to believe in their products,” this person said. “They just have to believe in themselves.” Come again? So, in other words, salespeople don’t need to be passionate about the products or services they represent in order to be successful? And all of this talk about developing an understanding of prospects’ needs and pain points is useless? You’re saying that all it takes to be successful – outside of actually having a decent product to sell, of course – is a…
Retail policies A meta-analysis of retail return policies led by a University of Texas at Arlington College of Business professor may lead businesses to modify their policies to increase sales and reduce returns. Narayanan Janakiraman, an assistant professor of marketing who specializes in consumer behavior, UTA doctoral candidate Holly Syrdal and University of Texas at Dallas doctoral candidate Ryan Freling recently published their conclusions in The Journal of Retailing. “The Effect of Return Policy Leniency on Consumer Purchase and Return Decisions: A Meta-analytic Review” analyzed 22 academic papers concerning return policies. The analysis reviewed five different dimensions: time, money, effort, scope…