Full-Funnel B2B Marketing Show

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelIn this podcast, we're going to discuss what is a Marketing-qualified lead, and why your MQLs don't convert. Next, we will explore an MQL model that will effectively drive pipeline growth. By the end of the episode, you'll know how to improve your MQLs and convert more leads!​We cover:​- What is broken in MQL playbook and the real conversion from MQL to sales opportunity we see in B2B companies- ​The correct definition of MQL​- How you'd proceed with MQLs to drive pipelineRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogStapho Thienpont оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelTo make marketing and sales work together, make sure you’ve scheduled these 4 sync meetings.1. 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.Agenda:- Leading indicators report for every joint campaign- Wins: what moves us forward?- Challenges: what’s holding us back?2. 𝐀𝐁𝐌 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜 & 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.Agenda:- Leading indicators report- Target account engagement, updates, and insights collected- Next actions per account- What accounts should be removed from the program- What accounts should be added to the program3. Quarterly sales & marketing planning.Agenda:- Sales pipeline velocity review- Revenue report- Retrospective of all joint campaigns- Next quarter planning: goals and metrics4. 𝐆𝐓𝐌 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.Depending on the maturity of your organization, host this meeting at least twice a year.Agenda:- Goals, challenges, and bottlenecks company currently faces- Key initiatives and priorities- Target markets and market segments- ICP including- Target verticals,- Buying committee structure- Account qualification and segmentation criteria- Firmographics- Buyer journey and actions to address it: from business and demand triggers to decision-making.- Positioning and value proposition--There are multiple reasons why marketing and sales don’t work together. But one of them is not having a regular cadence of sync & campaign review meetings with a clear agenda.Define core joint campaigns.Create a clear agenda.Make sure both teams come prepared.This always leads to innovation and practical solutions to drive revenue.RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogStapho Thienpont оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel3 ways to target and warm up B2B buyers if they are not active on social.If you're selling to technical teams or conservative industries, your buyers may not be active on social. Hence, ads and cold outreach are doomed.Here are several ways to reach and warm up them.1. Partner with niche associations and communities.Do a co-marketing activity (event, webinar, panel discussion, market research, etc) making sure that the association or community will help with intros and promotion.One of our clients managed a relationship with an HVAC association to book 23 meetings with technical buyers from target accounts.2. Send highly personalized offers via direct mail.Why direct mail?- Direct mail cuts through the noise of spammy sales LinkedIn and email messages- Relevant gifts grab attention and provoke curiosity- Highly-personalized pitch and the relevant case study make target accounts reply YES just because it’s not standard, and they see you did homework.We have a 100% reply rate for every direct mail outreach campaign we send at Fullfunnel.io. Our clients see positive reply rates of around 40%-60% per campaign.3. Build a peer-to-peer relationship to gain additional insights and ask for introductions.Even if your target buyers are not active on social, there are other departments that might be (sales, marketing, client success, data, etc.).Build a peer-to-peer relationship.Plan co-marketing activities.Ask your peers to connect your team with target buyers.These 3 ways take way more time than launching and running ads and outreach. They seem to be non-scalable.But this is one of the biggest problems B2B companies create for themselves.They look wrong at scalability.Putting $$$ into Ads machine, hiring more SDRs, and investing in automation seems to be predictable and scalable.Emails sent and ads impression - Clicks - Meetings booked - I wish B2B growth was that easy.Scalability comes from focusing on systems that actually deliver results. It requires a long-term mindset and strategy. Even if these systems require a lot of human effort to ignite the engine and maintain growth.There are no shortcuts to growing a B2B business.RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogStapho Thienpont оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelHow to measure ABM (account-based marketing) and demand gen across the full funnel1. 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.- Increased website visits from target accounts- Pricing/demo visits by target accounts- Total time spent and repetitive visits by target accounts- Increased sign-ups to webinars/field events by target + repetitive visits- Newsletter sign-ups by target accountsWe call them engaged accounts (or MQLs) that should be transferred to ABM playbooks, including:- Account qualification- Account research- Accounts in warm-up play𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁:- Sales see a higher reply rate- Increased media invites (podcast interviews, gigs, etc) for key stakeholders- Increased brand traffic- Increased mentions in listings like "The top / the best company..."- Increased brand mentions recommending your product on social and in the communities2. 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.Look at:Account penetration- Sales opportunities (SQLs)- Win rate- Net new revenue- Sales cycle length- ACV- Self-reported attribution3. Expansion.- # of case studies created- # of new licenses sold- LTV growth- ACV growth- Total expanded revenue---Ultimately, you need to connect the dots and present the revenue report.This is the only thing your executives care about.RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogDan Cafiero оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelIn this video, we're going to show you how to launch omnichannel ABM campaigns, including paid social and direct buys.Omnichannel ABM campaigns allow you to engage with your customers from multiple channels, which can help you reach your target audience more effectively. We cover:​- Planning and setting up omnichannel ABM strategy​- Selecting the right stack​- Budgeting ABM​- How to create a scoring methodology and use that to prioritize accounts for sales to enable their outreach​- ABM campaigns Dan runs together with salesSTACK MENTIONED- Eloqua - email marketing automation- Linkedin retargeting- Salesforce- Demandbase (prioritization) and display banners- Techtarget - contacts list- Scout - chrome extension- Seamless- Lusha.RESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogDan Cafiero оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelIn this video, we're going to show you how both teams should work together to create effective marketing and sales strategies.By understanding how marketing and sales work together, you'll be able to create effective strategies that will help your business grow! We'll discuss the different aspects of marketing and sales, and show you how to combine them to create a successful marketing and sales strategy.Watch this video to learn:​- Executional marketing and sales alignment: examples of joint campaigns​- How to split the responsibilities in the playbook​- How to control playbook's progress​- How to go from one-time campaigns to revenue operationsRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogStapho Thienpont оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

In this episode we'll share with Amber Bogie from Reachedesk, with you how to make the CFO say YES to your marketing budget. By understanding how to pitch your marketing budget to your CFO, you'll be able to get the funding you need to achieve your marketing goals.We are covering:- How to present and justify marketing investments- The reports and numbers CFOs are looking for- How to improve marketing & CFO relationshipRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogSHORT SUMMARY𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞:- Ask for a trial- Run a pilot campaign or create a process/automate existing process- Document it- Show positive signals- Connect outcomes to revenue.E.g. Sales enablement software helped to identify engagement from the target account. Sales sent timely follow-up and booked a meeting with a target decision-maker and champion.𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:- Start on a shoestring budget and track positive signals- Document it- Compare to other programs and explain what goals it helps to achieve or what challenges it solves- Make a forecast demonstrating the impact on sales pipeline velocity or revenue𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲:- Ask the agency to dive deeply into your business and come up with a personalized program, not a standard offer- Document the responsibilities of an agency- Make a forecast with the agency demonstrating the impact on sales pipeline velocity or revenue- Compare agency costs to salaries of in-house marketersThe moral of the story:Tie every investment to revenue.Amber on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-bogie/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelRESOURCESOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogJoin me and Stapho Thienpont sharing our experience of building efficient ABM teams and getting support from sales.​We cover:​- How to present playbooks to sales​- Exact ways marketing should support sales with examples​- Role of sales in the account-based marketing and salesSUMMARYHere are 5 reasons sales push back collaboration with marketing, don't support marketing campaigns, and 7 steps to handling it.1. Protective mindset.Sales believe their core asset is their network. Hence, they are unwilling to share contacts or make intros assuming their relationship can be "stolen".2. Marketing has no product and market expertise.When sales talk to marketing and see they don't really know the target market, ICP, product value, and competition, they treat marketing as an "arts and crafts department."3. Different KPIs.When sales have sales quota pressure and outbound KPIs, any new program or initiative feels like a burden that distracts them from the primary goal.This goes even more extreme in companies where sales don't hit revenue quota and see how marketing celebrates hitting MQLs.4. Marketing campaigns are not tied to revenue and don't contain a clear list of tasks, responsibilities, and timelines.No one in sales wants to do "demand gen", "ABM", "content distribution", or help with anyother marketing campaign if they don't clearly see how:- The campaign will impact the pipeline and revenue.- Their responsibilities and tasks- Campaign timeline5. Marketing doesn't understand the sales process and pipeline status.If marketing doesn't initiate regular pipeline overviews and conversations with sales about the challenges they face in the trenches, sales believe that marketing doesn't care about it.Hence, what's the point of collaborating with them?Here is how to handle the issue and turn marketing and sales into a revenue function.1. Make both functions revenue-responsible.2. Get alignment about goals, challenges, ICP, buyer journey, value proposition, marketing, and sales processes.3. Fix knowledge gaps.4. Define a small pilot team (1 marketer and 1 SDR) that will work on a shared playbook on one market and vertical.5. Reduce their revenue quota and make sure they have enough time to commit to the new programs.6. Document and share results with the entire team.7. Scale the function.---The growth of a B2B company heavily depends on the collaboration between sales and marketing.These two functions have different responsibilities, but the same goal – revenue.Primary marketing responsibilities:- Creating awareness- Generating and capturing demand- Supporting sales with engaged accounts and intent triggers- Helping sales to accelerate the sales cycle and influence the decision-making processPrimary sales responsibilities:- Connect and build relationships with target accounts- Start conversations about a potential collaboration with engaged accounts- Expand the business with existing customers by expanding, upselling or cross-sellingStapho Thienpont оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogRESOURCESTExample model: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V9TWYzFTEwqGFrKacfsUEh-eDibDS8c-/edit#gid=728008133Search analysis template: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15m82m0z-PMJrWdrlsaqO8TT7E4kuhe_ygjWzFEd7GSc/edit#gid=0Budget split between create + capture: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samkuehnle_marketing-digitalmarketing-demandgeneration-activity-6942091873549221888-EfpV/Paid search analysis walkthrough: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6900057641561714688/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6900057641561714688%29Content consumption by medium: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6906580138381623297/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6906580138381623297%29HOW TO BUILD A B2B DEMAND GEN STRATEGY FROM SCRATCH1. DEVELOP A DEMAND GEN STRATEGY.Demand gen is not a bunch of organic and paid tactics. Make sure you have:* Clear ICP* Marketing message* Goals and resources2. RUN CUSTOMER RESEARCH.Run customer interviews and analyze the digital behavior of your buyers to understand:* What channels do your buyers use for education and research?* What are the questions and topics they are interested in?* What are their KPIs, “jobs to be done” and the typical challenges?* Who do they follow and trust?* What communities/associations do they engage with?3. CATEGORIZE DEMAND TOPICS1. B𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.2. D𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬: what can attract their interest and motivate them to learn more about the problem or an opportunity?3. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.4. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: what can influence their decision?4. PRIORITIZE CAMPAIGNS.Map out all demand campaigns you believe make sense to launch. Prioritize by:* scope, * budget,* resources* easiness of launching* potential impact.5. DEVELOP OR REFINE DEMAND CAPTURING.Before launching a pilot demand gen campaign:* Reduce friction points (long forms, pricing unavailable, etc.)* Define one process of demand capturing (retargeting of engaged accounts, intent data, etc.)6. LAUNCH A PILOT CAMPAIGNDon’t push all of your resources into the pilot campaign. Instead:* Define the goals and align them with sales and execs.* Define a small pilot team* Select only one channel and one program. Don’t do multiple things in parallel.* Create a clear timeline and leading metrics to track progress.7. OPERATIONALIZEAfter your campaign gets traction, document the process and onboard or hire a team member to maintain the campaign.8. CREATE A REPORTAdd a mix of self- and digital attribution (digital analytics + How did you hear about our product?) to show the impact of marketing on revenue.9. GRADUALLY LAUNCH AND DOCUMENT NEW DEMAND GENERATION AND DEMAND CAPTURING CAMPAIGNS.10. DOCUMENT AND BUILD A DEMAND GEN TEAM.Don’t hire for the process that doesn’t exist in the beginning. Bring people to maintain the existing campaigns, refine them and give some space for experimentation.

Sign up to all live workshops and podcasts here: https://lu.ma/fullfunnelJoin me, Stapho Thienpont, and Stef Hamerlinck, brand builder at Alan sharing:- The step-by-step process of creating a B2B brand strategy with examples from Alan: raising $490mln, growing to $258mln ARR and acquiring 20k customers in 3 countries.- How to make sure people recognize and connect with the brand at every stage in the funnel- How to make media talking about your brandRESOURCESTOn-Demand B2B Marketing Courses: https://fullfunnel.io/b2b-marketing-cFull-Funnel Insider - A Marketing Newsletter For B2B Marketers: https://fullfunnel.io/marketing-newslJoin our community for B2B marketers - The Trenches: https://sendfox.com/trenchesUpcoming events: https://lu.ma/fullfunnel/eventsFull-Funnel Marketing Content Hub: https://fullfunnel.io/blogEPISODE OVERVIEWHere is how we develop a brand strategy for B2B tech companies(Fullfunnel overview).1. 𝐈𝐂𝐏 (𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄).You need to understand:- who is your ICP,- what problems your product solves for them- what goals or results your product helps to achieve- how do they buy and what influences their decisions- how and where do they learn (channels and platforms), what matters for them, and what can attract their attention.Enrich your ICP with 3 pillars:- Firmographics and account qualification- Buying commitee- Buyer journey2. 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒.- 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧.Become a big fish in a small pond and create a new category for inside a lucrative one (riches in niches).- 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.What makes your brand different from alternatives and competition? What value it provides that others don’t?- 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 & 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬.What’s the value or principles your brand translates?Examples:- Full-funnel marketing instead of lead gen.- Building marketing function aligned with the buyer journey.- 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.What are you going to say to distribute your positioning and value prop?How can you educate your ICP and create demand for your product?3. 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.All previous pillars are useless without appropriate distribution. Develop the distribution strategy to communicate to ICP including:- Content marketing- Thought leadership- Paid distribution- Media- Sponsorship- Events- Internship / Social activitiesStapho Thienpont оn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho/