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  • These seven steps show you how to increase your marketing budget by thinking of Sales as your customer. Give them the leads they want, and they'll keep coming back for more.

  • Yes, account-based marketing can be an effective way to convert your B2B audience, but make sure you have a strong foundation before your start. Here's what to look for.

  • The traditional marketing and sales funnel doesn't reflect how most B2B sales works these days--how buyers behave and how purchasing decisions are made. Here's how to win in the new environment.

  • Few of us would argue against the benefits of exhibiting at a tradeshow, where we can possibly reach hundreds, maybe thousands, of leads. But many of us focus so much on lead capture that we forget about a follow-up plan for nurturing leads into customers. These six tip should help.

  • Which are the most important metrics to be tracking in your sales funnel? Close more deals by assessing these key comparison metrics.

  • When making the transition to marketing automation, many B2B organizations find scale to be the biggest issue they face. Here are 10 obstacles that pop up when planning and executing campaigns with marketing automation.

  • B2B buying team size has increased dramatically in recent years. Everyone on the team has a different agenda, and a simple comment in a meeting can make or break your deal. But you can guide each one of them to affinity for your brand—and, ultimately, a purchase—if you know how to act proactively. Sponsored by Drift.

  • Account-based marketing isn't new, but many marketers still run into issues with implementation and performance. Here are six common ABM problems--and their solutions.

  • Account-based marketing may seem like a panacea, but the reality is that marketers often don't trust their own data—which makes your ABM program ineffective. These three steps can make your data more usable.

  • Your new ABM program will need a new lead management process: The parts may be similar to your current process, but they work differently for ABM.

  • Sales emails are often easily overlooked, but adding video to your emails can give your company the competitive edge. Here's a guide on how to do that and which tools can help.

  • B2B marketers increasingly believe data quality is key to successful campaigns but nearly half are not confident in the quality of their own data, according to recent research from Dun & Bradstreet.

  • Which in-person events, social networks, and industry analyst firms have the greatest influence on B2B buyers?

  • Great deal! Buy now!! But why should people buy from your brand over the competition? That's where your value proposition comes in. Here are five steps to test whether your value prop is helping you succeed—or fail.

  • Jay Baer and Daniel Lemin share insights from their new book 'Talk Triggers: The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth.'

  • Most consumers plan to spend the same or more on holiday gifts this year compared with last year, according to recent research from OpenX and The Harris Poll.

  • Companies rarely seek direct input at high volumes about purchasing behavior and experiences from the people who know it best: current, happy customers and former, not-so-happy customers. But why oh why?! Nobody knows more about the value or broken promises of products or services than the people who buy them. Here's your very own Voice of the Customer starter kit. Open it up!

  • Personalization. Everyone's doing it, so is it even special anymore? Enter localization and hyper-personalization—"real-time and discernible data to fashion supremely contextual communication relevant to the customer."

  • Marketers say email and content marketing are the most effective tactics for driving prospects through the sales pipeline and toward conversion/revenue, according to recent research from Ascend2.

  • ABM is not a new strategy by any means, but more and more B2B marketers are embracing it, in part because they're dissatisfied with their current lead generation programs. But don't get tangled up in the hype; success relies on a careful approach.