DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 1, 2018

And what are the existing and emerging technologies that marketing teams will be spending more on in 2018? Whether you sell into the Marketing Department or you are marketer, check out our predictions for marketing spend in 2018, based on trends from year-over-year survey results.

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Trends Advertising Advertising Survey 184

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

In 12 years, half the companies on the S&P 500 may fall off that list, according to industry research. Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. Market expansion. Offer expansion.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 20, 2021

For all the recent talk of “The Great Resignation,” hiring managers in virtually every industry have learned two hard truths during the pandemic: the current employment landscape is very much a candidate-driven market, and attracting top talent has never been more difficult.

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Marketing Scale ACT Retail 100

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A public health crisis, limping economy, divisive election, and heavy unemployment have all made the job market unpredictable. These businesses outstripped mid-market firms when it comes to product launches over the past three years. Job seekers face a new workplace in 2021 that reflects the harshness of the prior year.

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Nonprofit Hiring Marketing Face-to-face 130

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2015

With the New Year of 2016 just 5 days away, now is the time to begin to increase sales. Actually much of this probably should have been started 30 to 90 days ago, but there is still time to make 2016 far better than 2015. Here are some steps to ensure your path to a better 2016 sales year. Credit www.gratisography.com.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Funnel Lead Rank 70

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

If you are in IT sales and marketing, there are three significant challenges of which you should be well aware when setting up your budgets and plans for 2016. Most marketers and sellers aren’t reaching the business buyers who are now sparking demand and purchase cycles. IT Spending on the Decline? growth in 2014). The risks?

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Decision Maker Marketing Proposal Channels 74

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There’s a lot of buzz around Sales and Marketing AI, but what is real and what is hype? What can we actually expect from AI in the sales and marketing technology in 2018? AI for Sales and Marketing Tech: High Expectations Meet Reality. Responses included: “AI will manage customer relationships through predictive marketing.”

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B2B Marketing Data System 150

SalesFuel

APRIL 26, 2024

billion in 2016, it’s the highest of the 2020s. Search Engine Marketing: 19.9% Most consumers do at least some of their pre-purchase research online. But some do the whole process, from research through purchase, from their computers and mobile devices. billion on advertising in 2023. billion spend from 2019.

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Revenue Strategy Advertising Advertising 52

Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Social media is an integral part of every marketing strategy. However, there’s a myth that says B2B social media marketing isn’t effective. The sole reason is this myth that mentions the ineffectiveness of B2B social media marketing. So, how do you perfect your marketing strategy? Seth Price . Brittany Hardy

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Social Media Media B2B B2C 98

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2018

May 25, 2018 is a date on the minds of many sales and marketing professionals: the day the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, April 27, 2016 (“GDPR”), Article 3.). Direct Marketing as a Legitimate Interest.

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Data Marketing Ideal Customer Profile B2B 215

Zoominfo

JUNE 19, 2020

Research by ZoomInfo suggests that when a new privacy regulation or similar influence debuts, the ripples extend out for a lengthy period as companies acclimate to the provisions. GDPR was adopted in 2016 and went into effect in May 2018. Figure 3 : New privacy executive job titles rose 57% from 2016 to 2018, according to sampling.

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Data Relationals Case Study Face-to-face 147

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. What this means is that sales, marketing, and service processes need to be based on the needs, wants, and expectations of customers. Two things.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2017

As we enter the New Year, a look back at what we can learn from the most popular Frugalnomics Survival Guide articles of 2016: Gartner: buyers Demand Less Pitch, More Value-Story According to a study from Gartner, most solution providers are not providing what buyers need when it comes to content and sales engagements. Read more [link].

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Decision Maker ROI Survey Consumer 45

Sales 2.0

APRIL 8, 2016

The other day, I downloaded an outstanding market research study. It was entitled, 2016, The State Of Marketing. The problem was that in downloading the paper, I immediately get emails and phone calls asking my interest in Marketing Automation Solutions — because that’s what this particular company sells.

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Follow-up How To eBook Study 150

The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. YoY increase from 2015. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? Why Your Solutions?–

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ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 15, 2017

There are all kinds of critical levers that can be pulled to drive these results – better hiring and training, better technology, great data to make smarter decisions, new markets to explore, new products to launch, and investment in M&A, to name a few. How do the states stack up? First, let’s start with the basics. So what now?

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Research 206

Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2019

In fact, of all advertisements run globally in 2016, only 47 of those advertisements featured lesbian, gay, or transgender people. 79% of LGBT respondents say that they enjoy funny LGBT-themed ads, according to Google’s research. That’s less than 1% ( source ).”. Even more — 66% — feel the same of sexual orientation ( source ).

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Advertising Advertising Survey Scale 188

OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

As one Forrester Research report points out, consumers now have everything they need to know about a product and/or service right at their finger tips. This change in the buyer process requires retailers to be agile in their go-to-market strategies. Rachel Alexander is the Marketing Analyst at OpenSymmetry. Register today!

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Retail Scale Consumer Forecasting 40

Zoominfo

AUGUST 21, 2020

These industries are actively researching facilities management: When we think of what it means to go ‘back to normal,’ fully open and functioning businesses come to mind. Figure 1: A representation of what various industries are currently researching online.

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Retail Scale Lead Rank Lead Scoring 205

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 3, 2018

Author: David Sill, DiscoverOrg As sales and marketing professionals try to navigate a world increasingly crowded by new technology, which can admittedly automate and streamline many aspects of our work, sometimes there is simply no replacement for making a human connection. According to a 2016 Reuters article, an online survey of 400 U.S.

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Cold Calling Survey Education Research 220

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Founded in 2016 by Denise Woodard , the idea for the company came after Denise’s daughter Vivienne was diagnosed with severe food allergies. About Goalsetter: Founded by Tanya Van Court in 2016, Goalsetter is a finance app for children and families that provides a next-generation, education-first banking experience.

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Company Automotive Sales Qualified Lead Software 95

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 31, 2018

At least 69 percent of businesses invest significant time and money into email marketing, according to a recent survey by business news website The Manifest. In short, it’s important that marketers stay on target. The need to create personalized marketing messages isn’t new; it grew as a natural extension of the dot-com boom.

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Email Marketing Buyer Persona Marketing Lead Rank 68

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2017

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), a private not-for-profit foundation that focuses its initiatives on pragmatic research highlighting the premise and the power of incentive and motivational programs, issued a list of 10 incentive travel facts to commemorate Global Meetings Industry Day.

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Travel Incentives Incentive Lead Rank 205

Tenfold

JULY 18, 2017

To grow a business these days, one needs to understand why traditional sales and marketing strategies are failing and how to develop a sales marketing strategy that works. What is Sales Marketing? A well-crafted combination of sales and marketing is necessary for successful business growth. What Isn’t Working?

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Direct Mail Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Facebook was founded in 2004, Twitter in 2006, Instagram 2010, Snapchat 2011, and TikTok in 2016. Many marketers look at social as a lead generative channel in which a business shares a piece of content that leads someone back to their site to purchase whatever they’re hocking. The problem? So, what’s going on here?

Social Media 162

Social Media Media Revenue Scale 162

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 13, 2017

Author: Ian Levine, Chief Sales Officer, RO Innovation The modern B2B sales and marketing journey has evolved. In response, sellers are producing more content marketing than ever to touch buyers earlier; but, ironically, they are making buyers feel more overwhelmed – and even annoyed – by the overwhelming amount of online content.

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Top of Funnel B2B Strategy Referrals 189

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2019

If you work in sales and marketing, I’ll bet you think a company’s employee count on LinkedIn is the absolute best way to determine how many employees work at that company. I’ve been optimizing DiscoverOrg’s process for gathering firmographic data since 2016. Read it: How to Calculate Total Addressable Market. I would know.

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Social Media Media LinkedIn Data 179

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Facebook was founded in 2004, Twitter in 2006, Instagram 2010, Snapchat 2011, and TikTok in 2016. Many marketers look at social as a lead generative channel in which a business shares a piece of content that leads someone back to their site to purchase whatever they’re hocking. The problem? So, what’s going on here?

Social Media 130

Social Media Media Revenue Scale 130

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 23, 2019

Comparing the results from 2015/2016 with 2017/2018, CSR is actually up two points across all regions. The most recent index study is a joint effort of The Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), and Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP).

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Incentives Incentive Travel Nonprofit 159

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 2, 2019

IBM IBM has been a champion of our top ten list, appearing in 2016, 2018, and now 2019 at number one. Just completing its 26th year of patent leadership, IBM Research has produced six Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, 20 inductees into the U.S. It is also the world’s most valuable bank by market capitalization.

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Company Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 100

Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2018

60% of marketers say blog content creation is their top inbound marketing priority ( source ). 37% of marketers say blogs are the most valuable type of content marketing ( source ). In 2016, 36% of Fortune 500 companies had a public blog ( source ). Blogging and SEO Statistics: 10.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation B2B 201

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It starts with inbound leads: responding to leads from marketing, answering website inquiries, and following up with podcast and webinar attendees. In 2016, it was 53.3 Research by IDC and LinkedIn proves this point. No other marketing or sales approach comes close to the results you get with referrals. In 2015, 43.6

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Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 306

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. We tried to tackle every aspect of event marketing. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts! According to Pew Research, Millennials officially compose the largest U.S.

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Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

They’ve also researched what our competitors have to offer. The article included a marketing expert’s explanation for why societal changes would render the door-to-door salesman obsolete: “Advertising is producing better results than the old method of personal solicitation.”. Moreover, the U.S.

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B2B Hiring Social Media Pharmaceuticals 120

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Author: Steve Randazzo Once upon a time, trade shows were deemed the kings of B2B marketing events. According to the 2017 Center for Exhibition Industry Research Index Report, the fourth quarter of 2016 was yet another sign the reign of trade shows is over. an experiential marketing agency located in Missouri. .

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Trade Show Decision Maker Travel Hotels 180

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

I’ve refrained for some time whining about bad marketing. ” It would be unfair, though possibly not unreasonable, to use a bad marketing campaign from and industrial products company, or a an ERP software company, or similar organizations. .” They simply may not know what “good marketing” looks like.

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Campaigns Email Marketing Marketing Enterprise 48