Glossary B2B
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- 1:1 Platforms
1:Many Platforms
A/B Testing
ABM (Account-Based Marketing)
Ad Networks
Advertising Inventory
Advertising Mix
Anchoring Principle
Arbitrary Budget Allocation
Attribution Methods
Attribution Window
Audience Activity
Audience Expansion
Audience Signals (Google)
Automated Bidding
Automated Purchasing
Average Customer Value
Awareness (Recognition Phase)
B2B Offer
B2B Solution
Behavioral Segmentation
Benchmark
Bing Ads
Bing Places
Brand Awareness
Brand Equity
Brand Identity
Brand Physical Availability
Brand Prominence
Buyer Journey
Buyer Persona
Buyer’s Journey Stages
Call Tracking
Call-to-Action (CTA)
Case Study
Click-Through Rate (CTR)
Cognitive Biases
Collaboration Ads (Meta)
Consideration Phase
Contact Data Platforms
Conversion
Conversion Funnel
Conversion Funnel Inputs
Conversion Funnel Outputs
Conversion or Decision Phase
Conversion Value
Cost per Acquisition (CPA)
Cost per Click (CPC)
Cost per Lead (CPL)
Cost per Thousand Impressions (CPM)
Cost per View (CPV)
Custom Audiences (Meta)
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
Customer Contribution
Customer Journey Mapping
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
Customer Retention Rate
Data Management Platforms (DMPs)
Data-Driven Marketing
Decision Maker
Demand Generation
Differentiation
Digital Out-of-Home Advertising (DOOH)
Directories
Display Advertising
DSP (Demand Side Platform)
Email Automation
Engagement Rate
Expected Customer Lifetime
Faxing
Follower Look-Alikes
Freemium Model
Frequency
Geographic Segmentation
Google Ad Exchange
Google Display Network
Google Display Network (GDN)
Growth Hacking
HubSpot
Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)
Impressions
Inbound Marketing
Influencer Marketing
Intent Data Platforms
Interest-Based Segmentation
Landing Page
Lateral Thinking (Out-of-the-Box Thinking)
Lead
Lead Nurturing
Lead Scoring
Lead-Gen Form
LinkedIn Ads
Look-Alike Audiences
Lookalike Audiences
Marginal ROAS
Marketing Automation
Marketing Mix
Media Investment
Meta Advantage+
Microsoft Advertising
Microsoft Audience Network
Mobile-First
MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead)
Native Advertising
Networking Communities
Non-logical State
Omnichannel Strategy
Opt-in
Organic Positioning (SEO Ranking)
Outbound Marketing
Paid Link Networks
Pain Point
Pay-Per-Use
Personalization (Customization)
Positioning Statement
Potential Client
PPC (Pay-Per-Click)
Predictive Intelligence (Purchase Intent)
Programmatic Advertising
Purchase Moment
Real-Time Bidding (RTB)
Real-Time Marketing
Referrals
Remarketing
Retargeting
ROAS (Return on Ad Spend)
ROI (Return on Investment)
RTB (Real-Time Bidding)
Rule of Five Ones
Sales Funnel
Sales Pipeline
Saved Audiences (Meta)
Search Advertising
Segmentation
Self-Serve Solutions
SEM (Search Engine Marketing)
SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Sequences
Short-Tail Keywords
Smart Bidding
Smart Link
Social Selling
Sponsored Content
SQL (Sales Qualified Lead)
Stakeholders
Success Study
Thank You Page
Thought Leadership
Total Customer Lifetime Value
Touchpoint
Trigger
Trigger Event
Trusted Advisor
Uniqueness
User Experience (UX)
Value Proposition
Video Marketing
Web Analytics
Web Scraping
White Hat SEO
Window of Opportunity
Word-of-Mouth (WOM)
X Ads