B2B Marketing terms
Terms commonly used when marketing products or services to other businesses. Browse plain-language definitions and practical context below.
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The real-time process that decides which eligible ads appear and in what order.
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A performance partnership that rewards referrals or attributed outcomes.
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The visible clickable words in a hyperlink.
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Assigning credit for an outcome to marketing interactions.
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Marketing and selling from one organization to another.
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A link to a page from another website.
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The percentage of sent emails that could not be delivered.
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The consistent personality and style expressed through a brand's language.
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The average cost of acquiring a new customer.
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The percentage of delivered emails that produced at least one click.
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The value expected from a customer across the relationship.
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A document that defines the purpose audience and requirements for a piece of content.
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Creating and distributing useful material to attract and serve an audience.
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Writing designed to persuade an audience to think feel or act.
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The average amount paid for each ad click.
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A system and process for managing customer and prospect relationships.
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The percentage of impressions that result in a click.
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The sequence of interactions surrounding a customer's need and relationship with a brand.
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A third-party score intended to estimate a domain's ranking strength.
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Creating and capturing interest in a category problem or solution.
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A scheduled series of automated messages delivered over time.
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A schedule for planning producing and publishing content.
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The ability of legitimate email to reach recipients' inboxes.
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Interactions expressed as a percentage of an audience or exposure measure.
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Content designed to remain useful beyond a short-lived event or trend.
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A highlighted answer that may appear above standard organic results.
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Information a company collects directly through its own relationships and properties.
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A simplified model of movement from awareness toward a desired outcome.
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Google's event-based web and app analytics service.
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A word or phrase that represents a searcher's query or a marketer's target.
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A metric selected to show progress toward an important objective.
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A focused webpage designed around a specific audience and action.
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A useful resource offered in exchange for contact information or another opt-in.
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Dividing a contact list into meaningful groups for tailored communication.
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A specific lower-volume search phrase that often signals precise intent.
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Using software and rules to coordinate repeatable marketing actions.
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A short page summary that search engines may show in a result snippet.
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A lead that meets agreed marketing criteria for likely sales relevance.
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A model that distributes conversion credit across multiple recorded interactions.
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A term used to prevent ads from matching unwanted searches.
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The percentage of delivered emails recorded as opened.
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Unpaid social media activity published through a brand or person's account.
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Visits earned from unpaid search results.
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A link-analysis system that estimates the relative importance of pages.
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A concise representation of a meaningful audience type based on evidence.
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Defining the distinctive place an offer should hold in a target audience's mind.
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The underlying goal a person is trying to accomplish with a search.
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Mailbox providers' assessment of a sender's trustworthiness.
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Monitoring online conversations to identify themes sentiment and audience needs.
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The defined group a marketing effort is designed to reach and influence.
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UTM Parameter
Urchin Tracking Module parameterA query-string label used to describe a link's campaign source and context.
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A clear explanation of the value an offer provides to a specific audience.