Alice Heiman

MARCH 12, 2024

In the engaging world of social media, CEOs find themselves at a crossroads between opportunity and caution. A recent conversation between Alice Heiman and Scott Gillum on the Sales Talk for CEOs podcast sheds light on this very issue, offering a blend of strategies, insights, and anecdotes that CEOs can’t afford to ignore.

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Social Media Media Revenue Top of Funnel 75

Zoominfo

AUGUST 14, 2018

Compared to its humble beginnings, social media marketing has become a staple in the B2B community with more than $5.4 However, 14% of B2B companies still refuse to participate in social media initiatives. One of the biggest mistakes B2B marketers make is not having a specific goal at the outset of a social campaign.

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Social Media ROI Media B2B 133

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As with nearly every other aspect of business— automation, predictive learning, and artificial intelligence have drastically changed the advertising landscape. Programmatic advertising. Yet, B2B marketers have been slow to adopt programmatic advertising, especially compared to their B2C counterparts. The biggest change?

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Advertising Advertising Scale Cost Per Click 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, we state that in order to stay viable, B2B companies need to hire a social media manager. Today, the role of a social media manager is more important than ever. According to one recent study, 93% of B2B marketers reported social media as the most utilized marketing tactic of their teams ( source ).

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Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2014

I was delighted to be invited as guest #5 on Paul Gillin and Allan Schoenberg’s FIR B2B podcast. The format of FIR B2B is brilliant. Half of all B2B emails are now opened on a mobile device, up from 46% last quarter (according to Yesmail in an article published in FierceCMO). More information and links in the blog.

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Social Media Media B2B Decision Maker 223

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2015

Teaser: We may take digital advertising channels for granted at this point, having seen them around so much, but that’s a dangerous attitude to take. When you exploring our digital roots, it becomes apparent why digitial marketers and social media managers are so important. read more

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Here are four B2B marketing trends to implement (or at the very least, be on the lookout for) in 2022. B2B Marketing Technology Trends Trend #1: Consolidation of martech systems We see digital marketing headed toward consolidated tech stacks with strong integrations. a ZoomInfo partner. After that, marketing’s job is done.

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BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The two distinct realms of B2B and B2SMB stand out as pillars of commerce. B2B, or business-to-business, typically targets larger enterprises, including multinational corporations, that require substantial volumes of products or services. What Is B2B? In contrast, B2SMB deals tend to be simpler and involve fewer decision-makers.

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Lead Rank Comparison B2B Ideal Customer Profile 105

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. The B2B playbook is changing. So, owned media.

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Media Company Distribution How To 71

Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. What will change, however, is this: Marketers who fail to adapt to the changing B2B landscape will fall behind. The average cost of a B2B sales lead varies by industry.

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Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 172

SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

– Jeffrey Gitomer Due to the rise of personalized email marketing practices, customized emails are a must-have approach even for business-to-business (B2B) buyers. What is B2B email personalization?

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SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

– Jeffrey Gitomer Due to the rise of personalized email marketing practices, customized emails are a must-have approach even for business-to-business (B2B) buyers. What is B2B email personalization?

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Email Marketing Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing 52

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One of the areas of complex sales that I have seen soak up tons of time from entrepreneurs and senior salespeople over my years is writing proposals. As a [Your Position] at [Your Company’s Name and what it does], I’m often tasked with drafting sales proposals to potential clients. I fed this prompt into ChatGPT 3.5

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Proposal Social Media Media Decision Maker 221

The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 30, 2022

Lead gen media software is now an important tool in digital selling, Lead generation tools don’t only gather and generate leads. You need lead gen media software tools that doesn’t include many “tasks.” CRO tools to get more leads improve the number of leads that turn into sales-ready leads.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Media 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

The email inboxes of B2B executives are already filled with so much marketing clutter. Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales. Targeted content excites leads within your audience—sometimes enough to engage with one of your sales or marketing reps.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 162

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Brand storytelling is a staple of B2C content marketing, but it’s less common in the B2B world. Storytelling may seem more difficult to pull off in the B2B world, but it’s no less effective. After all, 50% of B2B buyers are more likely to make a purchase if they connect to a brand on an emotional level. Keep reading!

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Examples B2B Microsoft Case Study 130

Pointclear

APRIL 2, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. For B2B Marketing, Email Should be Personalized and Targeted.

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B2B LinkedIn PointClear Marketing 203

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

It’s no secret, the social media landscape is constantly evolving. And for better or worse, this change is sure to have quite the impact on your B2B marketing strategy. Additionally, the algorithm will also place a higher importance on content created and shared by friends and family, than that of brands and media outlets.

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B2B Strategy Buyer Persona Marketing 180

Nimble - Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Social selling is a modern B2B sales method using social media to connect with customers. Adding social selling to business strategy is crucial as it uses platforms like LinkedIn for authentic connections beyond traditional advertising. It’s about genuine conversations, not just pushing products.

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Social Selling Social Media Advertising Advertising 79

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

After all, the B2B buyer’s journey has become increasingly complex, as each prospect engages with a number of digital touchpoints on their path to becoming a customer. Over the past year, multi-touch attribution has become the predominant form of attribution modeling ( source ): Of B2B marketers who have adopted marketing attribution, 45.3%

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Trends B2B Marketing Channels 160

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The modern B2B customer journey is more complex and multilayered than ever before. In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in a number of digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few.

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Lead Rank B2B Top of Funnel Marketing 236

Pipeliner

APRIL 9, 2021

Businesses focused on increasing their B2B sales need to concentrate on a consistent set of factors, including research, relationship building , identifying pain points, and development. Business to business marketing campaigns focuses on building long-term relationships rather than the one-time purchases of business-to-customer sales.

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Industry B2B Strategy Social Media 98

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 17, 2020

Author: Kristen Powers You have seen the mantra in the news, via advertisements and throughout social media: “We are all in this together.". Whether we readily admit it or not, there has always been an underlying current of us versus them between the sales and marketing teams. Sales and marketing need to become one.

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B2B Buyer Persona Marketing Top of Funnel 177

eGrabber

JULY 10, 2023

LinkedIn is a powerful platform for B2B companies to connect with their target audience, generate qualified leads, and build thought leadership. LinkedIn Prospecting Tool to Generate Sales Leads 20x Faster! LinkedIn Strategies for B2B Lead Generation LinkedIn is a great platform for generating qualified leads. Try for Free I.

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Lead Generation LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 52

eGrabber

JUNE 9, 2023

Generating B2B leads on LinkedIn can be a powerful way to grow your business. In this blog post, we’ll share seven actionable tips that can help you attract and engage with your target audience on the platform, generate B2B leads on LinkedIn, and ultimately leading to more B2B leads for your business. Try for Free!

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LinkedIn B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When most marketers think outbound marketing, they think emails, paid advertising, and other digital campaigns aimed at engaging their target audience. 5 Unique B2B Direct Mail Campaigns from Topline Film. As a video production company that sells to other businesses, we have been doing B2B outreach for almost a decade.

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Direct Mail Paid Content Campaigns Examples 182

Zoominfo

APRIL 9, 2018

Welcome to our eighth installment in our series of B2B Blog Post Round-Ups. In the world of B2B marketing, lead generation matters a lot—yet, it’s also one of our biggest challenges. Lack of resources such as staff, funding, and time remains the biggest obstacle to successful lead generation efforts for 61% of B2B marketers ( source ).

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Influencer B2B Hiring Lead Generation 157

Increase Sales

JANUARY 4, 2012

Social media is a marketing strategy and tactic that has become embedded within many business to business (B2B) sales cycle. Yet to effectively manage the sales cycle (meaning to potentially reduce its time frame when possible), social media presents this unknown factor: The time identification of the first contact.

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Social Media Sales Cycle Media B2B 101

Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

The modern B2B customer journey is more complex and multilayered than ever before. In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in numerous digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. What do these results mean?

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Paid Content B2B Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2019

B2B marketers have embraced many new strategies to cut through the influx of content in our increasingly digital landscape. As these statistics show, webinars have become a favorite tactic of many B2B marketers: Over 60% of marketers use webinars as part of their content marketing programs ( source ). Keep reading! Keep reading!

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Paid Content Webinar Metrics B2B Marketing 100

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Eliot Burdett, CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting, explains why in this month’s guest post. Have B2B sales reps gone the way of CD players, the Rolodex, and analog radio—replaced by technology that gets the job done faster and better? needs us more than ever. They’ve also researched what our competitors have to offer.

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B2B Hiring Social Media Pharmaceuticals 120

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. In the earlier stages of the funnel , advertising, branding, and content are key, so choose KPIs that measure their reach. Listed below are a few sales-related KPIs, but they’re just as important to measure since sales and marketing are intertwined.

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Paid Content Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cost per Acquisition 207

Pipeliner

MAY 4, 2022

If you have worked in sales for any length of time, you have probably dealt with the highs and lows of cold calling. From door-to-door sales to cold calls, there have been many ways sales professionals have tried to reach new customers over the years. Social selling is one of the most in-demand skills for modern sales teams.

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Social Selling B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. Salespeople continually struggle with reaching B2B decision makers.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Nimble - Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Social selling is a modern B2B sales method using social media to connect with customers. Adding social selling to business strategy is crucial as it uses platforms like LinkedIn for authentic connections beyond traditional advertising. It’s about genuine conversations, not just pushing products.

Social Selling 52

Social Selling Social Media Advertising Advertising 52

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Generative AI is the architect of this paradigm shift, a force that doesn’t just keep pace with the demands of B2B marketing but surges ahead, creating opportunities and redefining what’s possible. The future of B2B marketing is not on the horizon; it’s here, and it’s generative. The result?

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Increase Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Back in the Mad Men days, marketing was just paid advertising. Pay big bucks for some high price advertising firm to get you recognized and you will achieve success. You no longer have to pay big bucks for paid advertising to attract attention. Micro blogs and/or other social media sites. What is your average sale?

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