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When planning your marketing strategy and activity, it can be challenging to know where to start. In this episode of Digital Marketing Answered™, CEO and Founder of Innovation Visual, Tim Butler interviews Huw Waters, a highly experienced marketing leader, to discuss the essentials for forming your marketing plan. Huw Waters has worked with a diverse range of big-name brands from Panasonic to British Airways and, as a senior marketing leader, he has set the direction and plan for these businesses to position themselves and win against the competition, time and again. In this blog, we will explore key takeaways from their conversation, from top tips like budget allocation to the importance of understanding your current market position.

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Defining an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) for your business now matters more than ever before. With economic unrest and marketing budgets continuing to be squeezed, focusing on generating and nurturing leads from those that will actually deliver revenue is a cost-efficient, smart strategy.

You can’t possibly target everyone, so clearly defining who falls inside your ICP can ensure everyone from marketing to sales is aligned on your target audience and how to talk to them.

In the ever-evolving world of digital marketing, lead scoring stands out as a powerful tool that can revolutionise your approach to customer engagement and conversion. By effectively implementing lead scoring, you can streamline your efforts, enhance efficiency, and ultimately drive better results for your business. So, let's dive into the concept of lead scoring, explore its implications, and provide a step-by-step guide on how to adopt this essential strategy moving forward.

Does your B2B company find it increasingly difficult to generate high quality leads? This is a challenge marketeers are facing in 2024 for several reasons including increased privacy concerns, a rise in content created by AI platforms leading to over-saturation of the market, and continuous platform changes. Coupled with an uncertain economic climate, marketing departments are also faced with reduced budgets and deals closing at a slower pace, as potential opportunities have become more risk averse. This means we must rethink how we generate leads.  

“Digital marketing is all attributable, isn’t it?”  That’s what the CEO asks, but the reality is more complicated, especially in B2B settings. Changes in the more than a decade of doing paid campaigns for B2B businesses mean that being able to say spending X got you Y is harder now than ever. But why?

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has emerged as a game-changing strategy for businesses looking to grow and foster stronger customer relationships. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of account-based marketing, exploring its key principles, benefits, and implementation strategies.