By Chantel Hall, Content Specialist, and Arielle Ru, Associate Director of Growth Strategy In B2B marketing, where sales cycles are longer and more touchpoints are required for a successful sale, referrals can help companies shorten their sales cycle and generate more qualified leads. Referrals...
By Eddie Becker, Content Specialist Whether it’s pivoting during a pandemic or navigating an uncertain economy and possible recession, B2B companies need to be creative in their selling tactics to convert leads into customers. For most businesses, this means incorporating digital strategies they...
By Ava Champion, Content Specialist On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Since then, all businesses that collect or process the data of EU citizens have had to comply with its requirements. Due to its restrictions, GDPR is something every B2B sales and...
Who hasn’t been on the receiving end of an unsolicited sales call? We all get them, and usually, we don’t want them. It can seem intrusive, distracting, and even awkward for recipients who aren't in a position to make a decision. The fact is, 90% of top-level B2B decision-makers say they don’t even...
By Matt Pilon, Content Specialist From a small bootstrapped startup to a large B2B organization, marketing and selling products and services to business buyers can bring many challenges. B2B lead generation is a strategy that drives ideal customers to a company's products and services using paid...
CEO and Founder of Ironpaper, Jonathan Franchell, discusses what’s to come for B2B companies in 2023. His predictions center around a changing economic climate and other market forces that are forcing buyer behaviors to change. Jonathan explores what B2B businesses can do to work smarter, support...
By Daniel Traicoff, Digital Marketer, and Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Last week Google hosted Search On 22, an annual event that covers updates and new features in their search engine. This year’s topics emphasized making search more natural and intuitive. For B2B marketers who want...
By Matt Pilon, Content Specialist Your B2B marketing team just launched a gated e-book through paid Google and LinkedIn campaigns, and leads are starting to roll in. Now what? First things first: Don’t just forward all those contacts to the sales team. More work is needed to whittle down the list...
By Steven Rafferty, Content Specialist Demand generation is a more comprehensive approach to marketing than traditional lead generation strategies. It can deliver significant benefits by generating awareness and buzz about a brand or a specific product. Effective demand generation increases a...
By Robert Leonard, Senior Content Specialist Almost half (49%) of DemandGen’s 2020 Lead Nurturing Survey respondents indicated that their lead nurturing efforts need improvement, and only 8% of them claimed their lead nurturing efforts were “excellent.”1 Lead nurturing is a challenge even in the...