“What’s in it for me?” may be the most important question in demand gen. Because that’s what your prospects and customers are wondering every single time they hear from you. They’re busy and have their own agenda, so they want your email, search campaigns, phone calls, social posts and website to focus…
Setting ABM Objectives
With any sort of demand generation, setting objectives before you start is critical to success. If you don’t know what you want to accomplish, you’re going to fail. But for ABM, the hyper-focus on select accounts means you can’t use “old” lead metrics like quantity of new leads or downloads. Instead, you…
Seven Building Blocks to Launching a Successful ABM Program
If your company hasn’t already established ABM, the thought of starting a program from scratch can be daunting. But how do you get started? If you’re a B2B marketer who is looking to set up ABM program within your organization here are some building blocks for success: #1 Get Everyone…
Another blog series on ABM?
If your company markets to a very specific audience or has a long sales cycle, Account Based Marketing (ABM) can help focus marketing and sales resources towards the accounts most likely to bring in the highest revenue. But a lot of companies don’t really understand how ABM works and may…
The 10 Biggest Email Mistakes
Email is the foundation of demand generation. No matter what else you’re doing, if you want to reach a specific prospect with a tailored message, email is the way to go. Plus, compared to other channels, it’s cheap! However, it’s very easy to do email wrong. Here are some of the biggest mistakes…
Subject Lines are Hard
An email subject line has one job – to get your email opened. A simple task, but if you don’t nail it everything else you write isn’t going to matter. So here are my top tips on creating really good subject lines: Writing a good subject line is very hard. You don’t have…
Data and Demand Gen – what’s new?
Recent advances in give demand generation marketers tricks to reduce waste and gain better results. But, the sheer volume of options can be overwhelming. So, I thought I’d share what I’m finding most useful right now: First – if you have marketing automation or CRM, there are probably new tools just…
Are you failing at measuring your demand gen campaigns?
The best thing about demand generation is that it’s measurable marketing, but so many companies don’t track their efforts. Is yours one of them? Here are my thoughts on how companies are failing at measuring their efforts – and some easy solutions: They don’t set objectives. If you don’t know what…
Effective Demand Generation Really Only Takes One Thing
The purpose for demand generation is simple – making money. But a lot of companies overcomplicate their efforts and that usually means they don’t get the return they want. The good news is that most of the time, for your team, your programs and your prospects, less is more. So,…
You have some content? Now what do you do with it?
If you read my last blog on developing content, you probably have a few things ready to go. But what’s next? 1. Good generally educational content inspires interest and establishes your company’s value proposition. So, use content to bring in leads from search, third party programs, outbound emails and partner programs.…