Is the “Typical” Sales and Marketing Funnel All that Typical?

By Jen Agustin
Thursday, February 16, 2012

 

There’s a lot of content out there about the “typical” marketing/sales funnel when it comes to business purchases. Marketers put a lot of weight on this funnel, as it can be a good indicator of what type of content we should provide, how often and in what ways we should nurture leads, and what sort of marketing investments we should make in various online marketing channels.

But it’s always good to have a reality check. Bizo recently migrated to a new blogging platform, and I thought this...

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Why Every Marketer Should Incorporate Display across the Marketing Mix

By Jen Agustin
Thursday, January 19, 2012
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The one thing online marketers can’t change is time. No matter how hard we may try, we can’t increase the number of minutes that our prospective buyers spend online, crossing our fingers that somewhere, somehow, our prospects will download our latest white paper, read our tweets, or search for our product. Nor can we alter which online channels our prospects spend the most time on. There’s a lot of data out there on where Internet users are spending their days online—social media, search...
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Online Ad Predictions for 2012: Thoughts on ROI, Privacy, and Yes, More Acquisitions

By Jen Agustin
Saturday, January 7, 2012
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Stop Losing Conversions Already! 6 Tips to Implementing a Successful Retargeting Campaign--Today

By Jen Agustin
Monday, August 8, 2011
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For online marketers who target business professionals, the “click” is always just the beginning. Most B2B sales cycles are long and require solid relationship building with prospects. Email is a great tool to help with this sort of lead nurturing, but it also relies on having accurate contact information for a lead, and influencing the prospect or customer takes place within the confines of the inbox. What’s more, if your potential customers are on email only 8.3% of the time that...
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