Like many B2B businesses, you are probably creating and distributing content on a regular basis, but without the right strategy, you’re unlikely to realise the results you are hoping for. In this blog, we look at the key reasons your content isn’t performing well – from failing to understand your prospects, to using formats that won’t keep your prospects engaged.

Topics: Marketing ROI, B2B Content, B2B Marketing Strategy, Content Strategy

In January 2020, B2B Marketing's Trend Tracker found Marketing Automation was the top focus for client-side marketers, and second highest for agency side marketers. 10 months and a global pandemic later, the solutions that MA provides continues to support teams through times of stretched resource, budget cuts and uncertainty of the future of their market.

Topics: Marketing ROI, B2B Marketing Automation, B2B Marketing Strategy, Marketing Automation, martech

As the number of communication channels available to B2B marketers continues to grow, so too does the metrics which can be tracked and measured – e.g. Likes, shares, Retweets. But are any of these as important as measuring ROI? According to CMO.com, ‘93% of chief marketing officers say that they are under more pressure to deliver measurable ROI’ – so apparently not.

 

Topics: B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI

A recent study by Workfront found that the issue which marketers dread most about their role is ‘proving their value to people who don’t understand what they do’ (as chosen by 55% of respondents). With more than half of marketers seemingly concerned about this matter, it’s certainly something that must be addressed. Thankfully though, there is already a solution in place, it just needs to be adopted and implemented by marketers.

Topics: Marketing ROI, B2B ROI

According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition of specious is ‘superficially plausible, but actually wrong’. For those of you who are fans of the Simpsons, you may remember the episode where Lisa uses specious reasoning to sell Homer a rock which apparently keeps tigers away. Her comeback when Homer asks how the rock works is a simple one… “It doesn’t work, it’s just a stupid rock, but I don’t see any tigers around here”. And this got me thinking, are marketers using specious reasoning instead of ROI to justify their worth?

Topics: B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, b2b marketing budget

Topics: B2B Leads, B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, measurable marketing

Most of us are aware that content is great for business – it helps with SEO, generates engagement and can be used to nurture leads in a (relatively) cheap way. That’s why companies are creating more content than ever. The chances are you are one of them, or at least considering it. I know this because according to The Content Promotion Manifesto, over 2.73 million blog posts are published every day.

Topics: B2B Content Marketing, B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B Content

On Thursday, January 2^nd 2014, a fictional marketing manager named Mary returned to her office to continue on from where she’d left off in 2013. Surrounded by her small team of enthusiastic marketers, her company was more than capable of spreading their marketing messages via email, direct mail and across multiple social media channels. But things wouldn’t be this simple for long.

Topics: B2B, B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B Marketers, b2b marketing budget

Topics: B2B, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B Direct Marketing, Direct mail marketing, B2B direct mail, ROI, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing

With just 8 days until the start of the FIFA 2014 World Cup and billions of viewers ready to tune in worldwide, what better way to look at the topic of B2B lead generation, than in relation to one of our other favourite topics; football. Now, when it comes to football, a foul is generally defined as, 'an unfair act by a player which is deemed by the referee to contravene the game’s laws'. The rules of effective B2B lead generation are not quite so clear-cut, but the repercussions of committing a ‘foul’ are clearly shown in a lack of consistent, high-quality leads that convert to paying customers. In order to generate B2B leads that result in ROI, understanding the acts that harm a marketing campaign, as well as those that benefit it, is vital. So, what are the fouls of B2B lead generation and are you committing them? 

Topics: B2B Lead Generation, B2B Leads, B2B marketing, Marketing ROI, Generating B2B Leads, B2B New Business, ROI

With the summer approaching fast and everyone desiring the ideal beach body, there inevitably comes that moment of standing in front of the mirror and identifying your main issues such as lack of muscle, strength and overall fitness. But, before we all head down the gym and jump on the treadmill, we first do the pre-training analysis… i.e. how much do I weigh? How big is my waist? How many press-ups can I actually do? This allows us to set benchmarks from which to improve.

Topics: B2B tips, B2B marketing, Marketing ROI, B2B ROI, B2B Marketing Strength

Although the economy is showing signs of recovery, organisations are still cautious about investing large sums of money unless they know that they are guaranteed positive returns. This wariness to invest includes their annual budget allocation and their internal departments. If a department can’t prove its ROI, then it’s very unlikely to see its budget increase over the next twelve months.

Topics: B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B ROI, B2B Marketing Automation, B2B Sales Funnel

As the number of B2B marketing communication channels continues to increase, there’s a growing need to effectively measure ROI in new ways. The days of simply subtracting the cost of a marketing campaign from the total revenue it generated are long gone. Nowadays, the metrics and analysis need to go much deeper and provide much more comprehensive data. The marketers who are capable of doing this, are the ones who are likely to see their budgets increase over the next twelve months. 

Topics: B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B ROI, B2B Marketing Automation

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Topics: B2B Inbound marketing, B2B Lead Generation, B2B marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B ROI

According to SiriusDecisions (among other sources), the sales cycle has become 22% longer over the past five years. An upshot of this is that in order to stay at the forefront of a prospect’s mind until they are ready to buy, you need to nurture them with multiple touches via multiple channels over a longer period. Each time you make contact with a lead you need to show thought leadership, empathy and a potential solution to their pain points.

Topics: B2B Inbound marketing, B2B marketing, B2B multi-channel marketing, B2B Marketing ROI, Marketing ROI, B2B ROI