In this episode, we explore the impact that IoT and AI-powered solutions have on manufacturing and industrial businesses. Learn how B2B marketers can introduce new revenue streams, get closer to their customers and deliver self-directed experiences that delight and retain customers.
About Eric Ehlers:
Eric Ehlers is the Director of Manufacturing/Industrial Solutions at ServiceNow. He has 15+ years of experience leading global outreach, strategic marketing, optimization, and creative development strategies.
Eric is driven by his passion for B2B, digital marketing, and technology. His career includes a solid record of capturing audiences, delivering significant revenue growth in highly competitive global markets and developing extensive marketing operations for high-tech industries.
B2B companies tend to separate “brand” and “digital” and two independent functions. Our guest, Kip Botirius, has deep experience in both brand development and digital marketing for consumer and commercial businesses. Today, we’ll explore the role of a strong B2B brand and the impact it has on creating effective digital marketing experiences that generate leads and convert them into customers.
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People, process, data and technology all play critical roles in B2B lead generation. But how well is your managing and optimizing performance in these areas?
Dan Lukens explains how a Marketing Operations Manager adds value to an organization by keeping these functions focused on marketing and sales strategy. Plus, adapting them to changing conditions so your marketing is most effective.
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2020 made all of us B2B marketers and leaders more dependent on eCommerce and doing business online. As B2B continues its evolution—looking more and more like B2C—there are some important standards we need to be aware of regarding accessibility. Guest Ryan Boog helps us better understand ADA Compliance, and explore the value of accessible websites and apps.
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The eventual death of third-party cookies and the impact on lead generation has been a hot topic in our industry for quite some time. But now the end is here.
Digital Marketers are already seeing disruptions in campaigns running on third-party websites and social media properties. Not to mention, in the data we’re accustomed to receiving from Google.
So what’s next? How do we deliver quality targeting, experience, leads and results back to clients and leadership? Our guest Tony Mastri will cover that all—and more—in this episode.
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B2B companies have 42%-82% customer churn. As our world begins to return to “normal,” we can take tactics used to sustain customers during the worst of the pandemic and leverage them for growth.
The cancelation of live in-person events—including trade shows, sales demos, and conferences—spurred a new era of live-streaming. This episode explores how B2B companies can use that technology to build client relationships that are stronger than ever before.
Brian Lee, from live-streaming platform BoxCast, joins us to discuss how B2B companies can build community and retain clients through live video experiences.
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From thought leadership to engagement, there are many benefits of content marketing. But does the value justify the cost of creation and distribution for your B2B company?
Tessa Burg shares how to measure your content’s contribution to lead generation. What metrics and KPIs you should look at. Technology and tools that can help you gather data. And most importantly, how to use the data to prove the value of your content marketing.
Measuring content’s worth in B2B is definitely more challenging than B2C or ecommerce. But it’s possible. Listen to learn how.
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Early in 2021, our quest is to provide sales teams with new opportunities to meaningfully engage with prospects and customers. Is hosting your own live virtual event the best way to do that?
Our guest, Fred Andersky, will share how his company transformed traditional in-person demos into virtual events. The remote experiences attracted two years-worth of attendees and engaged both customers and prospects through live, interactive demonstrations.
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Scott Brinker is back with Tessa and talks more about the tech emerging right inside our existing marketing technology stacks. Learn how it empowers marketers to start testing data and putting it to work in new ways. Plus, hear how you can use martech to generate leads, bring joy to prospects, and fuel B2B growth in 2021.
In our last episode of the Lead(er) Generation, guest Scott Brinker got us all excited about the future of the augmented marketer. In this episode he'll cover where to start and how to unlock our marketing leadership superpowers in 2021. Bonus you'll learn: What’s the secret to generate leads and align our sales and marketing teams?
Download 5 Data Exchanges Between Sales & Marketing To Increase Win Rates for our step-by-step process we use with clients to start and scale end-to-end lead generation programs.
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If 2020 felt like drinking from a firehose, then this episode is the zen you need to recenter on your purpose as a marketer. Guest Scott Brinker joins us to discuss how B2B marketing leaders can evaluate and select the best tech to complement existing CRM, CMS and marketing automation systems to elevate their brain space out of execution.
We’ll need marketers’ experience and passion for data in 2021 to think creatively and strategically about how we connect, engage, and with prospective customers and generate business value in 2021—a year that is sure to see more economic, technology, and competitive landscape changes.
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