Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Many B2B sales cycles are painfully long as it is. The post How Digital Contracts Improve the B2B Buyer Experience appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Digital contracting streamlines the entire contract lifecycle, from generation to negotiation to fulfillment, and beyond.

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SocialSellinator

APRIL 16, 2024

Discover the top B2B content marketing agencies for 2024 to boost your brand's visibility and lead generation. Find your perfect match now!

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

B2B buyers are transferring their consumer preferences into their jobs. Here are some methods for your B2B organization to reimagine your client experience and become an engagement leader. The post Reimagining B2B Customer Engagement in An Experience Economy appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

With B2B sales, in-person and phone sales calls of yesteryear are making way for other forms of personalization, such as video chats and procurement portals. The post Becoming Journey Orchestrators for a Personalized B2B Experience appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Allego

JULY 20, 2021

B2B buying has changed, possibly forever. Are you ready for today’s new buyer? Michael exemplified a veteran B2B salesperson. They don’t address solving your buyer’s problem. Today’s buyers don’t want to be sold; they want to buy. B2B buyers today are concerned about their needs, not your process.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

My next guest on Sales Talk For CEOs is Brent Adamson and he’s got some revolutionary ideas about B2B enterprise selling. Brent explains decision maker confidence is the main barrier for B2B teams to close deals. The post Is B2B Buyer Confidence Stalling Your Deals? Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It unlocked another dimension in identifying when target buyers were actively in-market for a particular solution. The innovation: With our native intent engine, we’re able to stack standard firmographics with advanced company attributes to only deliver signals on companies that actually match your best buyers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

One way to do this is by providing them with the killer content they need to successfully engage with your buyers. The conversational nature of podcasting helps establish a connection with potential buyers and build stronger relationships with your current customers. The beauty of ABM is that it’s a B2B sales and marketing powerhouse.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There’s a seismic shift happening in B2B buying, and it’s being driven by a powerful force — generational change. A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. Millennials, born between 1981-96, account for more than half of all business buyers.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

First, the bad news: Most B2B buyers don’t trust salespeople. These 30 findings from our extensive study tell salespeople exactly what to do to change this dynamic, and how to win back the respect and partnership the B2B sales-buyer relationship needs to be mutually successful. Buyers don’t really don’t trust salespeople.

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SocialSellinator

APRIL 17, 2024

Discover top B2B marketing agencies for 2024 and optimize your business growth with expert strategies and insights.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 22, 2020

One blur is the line between who is a buyer and who is a prospect. Assuming buyers and prospects are the same and the words interchangeable perhaps explains the output numbers year after year. You need to accept that prospects are not buyers, which is a good thing for us. Prospects are entirely different than buyers.

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MarketJoy

APRIL 7, 2022

Why You Need Effective Buyer Personas for B2B Lead Generation. A buyer persona is a hypothetical customer that serves as a model of the buyer you want to target. Buyer personas can be created through research, surveys, and interviews. Use the Buyer Persona to Align Your Lead Gen and Sales Efforts.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

Photo by Andrea Schit z via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Know How To Increase B2B Sales? Intense competition in the business-to-business (B2B) landscape often makes it challenging for brands to win potential customers. Buyers like to shop from businesses they know and trust.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 1, 2020

The average B2B buyer is mostly through the buyer journey before they ever engage with a salesperson. So how do you intercept buyers in the early part of their journey? You use intent data. Intent data predicts purchase intent by analyzing a prospect's behavior across the web.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 5, 2023

Leveraging customer reviews is one of the best ways to assure B2B customers that the lengthy buyers' journey is worth taking. The post How B2B Businesses Can Use Customer Feedback to Enhance the Customer Journey appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 11, 2013

In B2B corporate environments, Social Selling gets a Sales Rep’s foot in the door. This article is for B2B Sales Reps who work in complex sales environments. I discuss how these Reps align themselves with the Buyer’s process to be successful. I discuss how these Reps align themselves with the Buyer’s process to be successful.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In a perfect world , the B2B buyer-vendor relationship is mutually beneficial – and most of the time, it is. So why don’t buyers like salespeople? Get the entire FREE study: 30 Ways to Get Inside the Mind of Your Target Buyer. Differences in communication style and personality alienate buyers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2023

Four areas to evolve demand generation and create amazing brand experiences that meet the new B2B buyer across every digital touchpoint. The post Winning Over the New Buyer In a Transformed Landscape appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. B2B customer pain points can generally be split into four different categories: Productivity, financial, processes, and support. Yet in the world of B2B, there are certainly some common pain points that we all can relate to.

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Membrain

MAY 8, 2022

Statistics tell us that 50% of all non-technical graduates of four-year colleges will spend some career time as salespeople. There are over 4000 colleges and universities in the United States. Among them, only about 200 have more than two courses in selling or sales management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2021

Have you adjusted to address the changes in B2B sales? The post Buyers Are Changing – Are You? We examine what less salesperson interaction means to the sales process. appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Which means things shaking up in the B2B world — holiday emails are being blasted, sales deals are being closed, and 2021 recruitment strategies are finishing up. Integrating holiday energy with your B2B efforts typically increases chances of revenue success. B2B Tips for Sales, Marketing, Recruitment, and More.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ever since I started selling–you know back in the old days when phones were still attached to cords–I’ve been taught, “Buyers have a structured buying process.” We would co-mingle procurement processes with complex B2B buying processes, thinking they were the same thing.

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Vengreso

JULY 31, 2023

Let’s talk about how you can kick your B2B buyer intent data to the next level, end the guessing game, and turn those UFOs into SQLs. Where We Are: B2B Account-Level Intent Data Up until now, account-level intent data was the best we had. That’s called B2B buyer-level intent data. What Is B2B Buyer Intent Data?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 11, 2017

But what about B2B buyers? With so much of the spotlight on what sales reps could do differently, examining and understanding the psyche of buyers often gets overlooked. It turns out that it’s buyers themselves and their attitude toward risk and change that drive their view of salespeople. First, the bad news.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But how does this connect to B2B brand development? Why Is B2B Brand Development Important? Yet those of us in the B2B space are also well aware that branding is every bit as important in our industry. The benefits of a well developed B2B brand are far and wide. Your B2B website is no exception. Salesforce.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2020

Many B2B data providers claim to have the “best” data. Data is a big investment – and as a buyer, you should never trust a data provider without first understanding where that information comes from. Today we’re looking at three major B2B data sources and discussing the pros and cons of working with each. What is B2B Data?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. B2B customer pain points can generally be split into four different categories: Productivity, financial, processes, and support. Yet in the world of B2B, there are certainly some common pain points that we all can relate to.

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