Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What Is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. What does a “good lead” look like anyway?

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Vendor Neutral

JUNE 15, 2021

Can Drive Massive Growth For Your B2B Sales Organization. July 15, 2021 1 pm EST 10 am PST Webinar. A Customer-Centric Framework Can Drive Massive Growth for Your B2B Sales Org. Join our free webinar to learn what sales approach actually engages buyers and makes them willing to have valuable conversations.

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SBI

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a recent article on Forbes, “You’re Doing It Wrong: Demand Generation,” Patrick Spenner, Managing Director at CEB’s Marketing & Communications Practice , makes a strong argument for why this approach is taking B2B marketers in the wrong direction. Most B2B purchases decisions are group-based. What’s the solution?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! But I wouldn’t lose much sleep over it since I don’t think human nature (and yes buyers are human), has changed all that much since the advent of the web. It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! April 2008. March 2008.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have seen firsthand the power that customer advocates wield in B2B buyers’ decisions in our own sales cycles, as well as those of our customers. If you like stats, here are just a few that tell the story in B2B. Peer recommendations are influencing more than 90% of all B2B buying decisions. SiriusDecisions).

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

The B2B playbook is changing. Learn through this example AudiencePlus , a platform that enables B2B marketers to build, engage, and convert audiences through owned media, used this very strategy. A similar trend exists in the B2B world, with audiences subscribing to a brand’s podcast or newsletter.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2022

The impact of dirty data on your sales and marketing teams can range from inaccurate targeting that prevents lead generation , to a sluggish sales pipeline that struggles to convert opportunities into customers. Many aspects of the sales and marketing process can be automated to optimize demand generation outreach.

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SBI

JUNE 19, 2019

Nasdaq: TTGT), the global leader in B2B technology purchase intent data and services today announced that its IT Deal Alert Priority Engine™ platform won two 2019 CODiE Awards in the Best Account Based Marketing Solution and the Best Sales and Marketing Intelligence Solution categories. TechTarget, Inc. Michael Cotoia, CEO, TechTarget.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

What is lead generation? Lead generation can be a mix of inbound or outbound techniques aimed at attracting potential customers to your product or service. We’ve broken down the best lead generation tools into four distinct categories. Cognism provides accurate mobile phone numbers and B2B emails. The best part?

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

My presentation, “Customer 2.0, ” focused on how the buyer has changed and has more power than ever before. The new buyer interacts with an organization when he or she is ready (not before), does the vast majority of research online without the vendor’s help, is distracted, and so forth. Buyers buy from people they like (and respect).

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Debbie Qaqish is Principal Partner and Chief Revenue Marketing Officer for demand generation agency, The Pedowitz Group. A nationally recognized thought leader and innovator in revenue generation, Qaqish has over 30 years of experience helping organizations connect marketing to revenue. But all is not lost.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The message from blogs, webinars, tradeshows is clear: The buyer has changed and so must your prospecting strategies. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Focus Roundtable Free Online Event. Thursday November 10, 2011 3:30 pm Eastern. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. February 2008. January 2008. December 2007.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Demand Generation , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Next Steps , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution , qualifying. This why, the next step is the objective of any interaction with a buyer.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 2, 2020

LinkedIn is a strictly professional, B2B platform — qualities that set it apart from most of the social media ecosystem. By LinkedIn's own estimate , 97% of B2B marketers use the platform to support their content marketing efforts. Image Source: HubSpot. Optimize your videos' duration based on your objective.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

On Monday I posted about assumptions and the pitfalls of assuming that the buyer has the same understanding of a subject you do, or that they mean the same thing you do when they use a specific word. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. One word that is used a lot in sales, probably over used, is Value.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Often the only differentiation available is how YOU sell; and even then the differentiation is only that which the buyer perceives. So the only thing left is to differentiate yourself by helping the buyer achieve his/her objectives. Identify buyer’s objective. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

The primary focus of the conversation is on various aspects of and best practices in B2B selling. Today’s segment is the first of two dealing with what the B2B rep can do to be better prepared to achieve consistent sales success. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2011

Status Quo has been a central theme and concept in B2B sales since it has evolved as a craft. For some it is the “competition”, encouraging sellers to focus on the buyer’s circumstance and market view rather than product. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. click here now!

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The Pipeline

APRIL 25, 2011

Last week I was involved in two on line events that looked at selling today and reconfirmed a basic fact of sales that does separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to professional B2B selling. Motivate buyers using the solution not an event. link] #B2B #TriggerEvent. link] #B2B #TriggerEvent. Tony Johnston @ CNi.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

There is definitely an advantage to all the ways one can communicate with potential buyers, not only can you tailor the message, but you can tailor the delivery, helping the audience consume it in a way that best matches their preferred communication mode. Get involved in what is sent to your buyers, actively manage the relationship.

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The Pipeline

MAY 6, 2011

Cold calls, email blasts, webinars, etc. – all designed to attract interested buyers. But in this age of empowered buyers, where an executive can do his own research ad hoc – that strategy is growing less and less effective. In an age of empowered #buyers, should #sales pros choose their own #customers? jeff ogden.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

Technology no doubt brings levels of efficiency that will make selling different and impact the interaction between sellers and buyers. If there is the dramatic reduction in the species that the piece suggests, it is almost certainly to come in the B2C camp, not in the B2B. How alive are you?

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

The Make It Happen Sales Blog (John Barrows) | Posts from John Barrows, leading B2B sales trainer and founder of JBarrows Consulting. Predictable Revenue Blog | Read about the latest B2B Sales Trends on the Predictable Revenue Blog. Sales Hacker | The World’s Largest Community for B2B Sales. Stop by and read today.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

But in ways that sabotage the sale but scaring and/or alienating the buyer. One of the things I hear most often from people we train is that they want to create “urgency” in their buyers. But if that desire manifests itself in the wrong way, they tend to disaffect buyers. And by-the-way, the buyer is hip to the whole thing.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Questions create interesting experiences for people, and don’t forget, buyers are people. One is the beliefs that all questions have an answer, and indeed, that all questions deserve or demand an answer. Demand Generation. From the time we are toddlers, to school, to early jobs; they asked, we answered. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Diving home it struck me that this fellow an unnecessary but real barrier to successfully selling, going to an expo with thousands of attendees, and completely limit the means of buyers to buy does not seem savvy. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Cold calling.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

This all presents a number of opportunities to leverage e-mail and the culture that goes with it, to engage with potential buyers. it's everywhere including prospecting – leverage it for #success [link] #sales #B2B #video #email. Wim @ Sales Sells. May 4th, 2011. May 4th, 2011. This comment was originally posted on Twitter.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

No bad, even better when the buyer accepts the next step and the process moves forward towards agreement. Of course there are times when the buyer doesn’t agree; you can test, back track, reposition things, or do any number of things that can help you reposition, retest your next step, or even your Plan B. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

If you were to sell at a price that represented full value for you, your company, and the buyer then there wouldn’t be that much talk about the whole thing would there? Lets start with the definition: Buyers will see value in those things that eliminate barriers and gaps between where they are now, and their objectives. Book Notice.

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Pointclear

JULY 7, 2015

The lead score should take into account the ideal customer profile fit and force the prospecting team to look beyond who filled out the web form and to proactively go after the right buyer. If they register for a webinar, the lead usually gets a higher number of points than if they view a webpage, but did they show up?

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

Price continues to be the boogie man for many sales people; soft economies just serve to compound and heighten the situation giving buyers an obvious lever in sales negotiations. Given that, I ask why sales people choose to focus on price, when there are clearly other factors buyers rank higher than price. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

Then I got to thinking, is this reflective of the level of accuracy and reliability the modern buyer can rely on when he/she turns to social media as part of their buying quest? Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Focus on the buyer’s objectives, and “demo” how you can address them positively. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. Next Steps. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

But you get the same desperation in B2B selling every day, and the reality is that your customers can smell the desperation on a sales person, and they know how to take advantage of it every time. ” But there are also things that we sales people do and say that erode the buyers confidence and perception of us. I was hoping.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

The key is that buyers don’t care which side is communicating with them, they care about what’s in it for them as they work toward solving business problems. Marketing automation software generates the data marketers need to provide new levels of support to sales. About Jeff Erramouspe. Reply to this comment. Trackbacks/Pingbacks.

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