54% of B2B Marketers Measure Success Via Revenue-Based Quotas, While 45% Measure Success Through Lead-Based Quotas

Statistic Info

Demand Gen Report published the “2017 Demand Generation Benchmark Survey” asking B2B marketers how they would be measured this year. Of the marketers surveyed, 54% reported having a revenue-based quota included in their goals, and 45% of marketers reported having a lead-based quota included in their goals to measure their marketing department’s performance.

More 2017 Stats

66% of Marketers use Video in their Lead Nurturing Campaigns

55.5% of Respondents Planned on Upping their CRO Budgets in the Coming Year

68% of Small Businesses Don’t have a Documented CRO Strategy

Only About 22 Percent of Businesses are Satisfied with their Conversion Rates

Imagescape Saw a 160% Increase in Submissions When They Decreased Form Fields from 11 to a Mere Four

46% of Marketers are Using Interactive Content, with the Top Reason for Moving to Interactive Being Better Engagement Around Demand Gen Efforts

Only 19% of Marketers Said They Are Currently using AI-Powered Applications Today, but 36% of Marketers Said They Are Planning to Deploy Them as Part of their Martech Stack in the next 12 Months

Marketers are Now Experimenting with Buyer Engagement through Formats other than Form Fills: Thought Leadership (65%)

Cost Per Lead Ranges from $150 to $350 on Average, with Larger Companies Paying Higher Costs Per Lead

Most Companies Spend Less than 5% of Marketing Budgets on Conversion Optimization

More Demand Generation Stats

42% of Lead Gen Professionals Consider Lack of Quality Data a Major Challenge Around Quality Lead Generation

On Average, Organizations Generate 1,877 Leads Per Month and 1,523 MQLs

Email Was Still the Go-to Demand Gen Channel for 67% of Marketers, but Search Grew by Almost 10% from Last Year (Moving from 41% to 50%), and Online Ads Climbed 5% (Moving from 16% to 21%)

46% of Marketers are Using Interactive Content, with the Top Reason for Moving to Interactive Being Better Engagement Around Demand Gen Efforts

48% B2B Buyers Said Webinars Were Valuable to Them in the Mid-Stage of their Buying Journey

30% of Demand Generation Professionals Say that Pipeline Influence is their Top Indicator

Marketers are Now Experimenting with Buyer Engagement through Formats other than Form Fills: Video (66%)

More than Three-Quarters of Online Shoppers Would Like their Orders Shipped the Same Day

Marketers are Now Experimenting with Buyer Engagement through Formats other than Form Fills: Thought Leadership (65%)

Only 19% of Marketers Said They Are Currently using AI-Powered Applications Today, but 36% of Marketers Said They Are Planning to Deploy Them as Part of their Martech Stack in the next 12 Months