Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

Author: Sabrina Ferraioli “A trend gains power over time, because it’s not merely part of a moment, it’s a tool, a connector that will become more valuable as other people commit to engaging in it.". — Seth Godin. Data matters more than ever. Today, the comprehensiveness of customer data separates winners from losers.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In the world of B2B, intent data is like gold. Well, maybe not actual gold and that’s because the benefits of B2B intent data go much further than a one-time increase in revenue. . The point, though, is that intent data is an incredibly valuable resource to marketers, salespeople, and recruiters alike.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Most go-to-market teams understandably focus on new funding rounds as a signal when prospecting.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These upgrades focus on three areas: Easier access to Chorus’ Momentum Insights feature Automatic transcription of calls from ZoomInfo Engage More accurate data feeding into Chorus. The integrations help revenue teams develop stronger prospect and customer relationships, make better decisions, and win more business.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies. 1 for good reason.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In the world of B2B, intent data is like gold. Well, maybe not actual gold and that’s because the benefits of B2B intent data go much further than a one-time increase in revenue. The point, though, is that intent data is an incredibly valuable resource to marketers, salespeople, and recruiters alike.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

Author: Robert Jordan Demand generation, unlike traditional marketing strategies, refers to a data-driven marketing approach that aims to create awareness or interest for your company’s service or product first before selling them. This approach helps in turning profitable prospects into long-term, lucrative clients.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Let’s start here: Data is a fickle beast. This isn’t exactly a hot take; yet, still, the world is increasingly data-driven. Constantly challenging previous assumptions is the first step towards extracting value from actionable data in new ways, no matter what the arena (or game). How (And Why!)

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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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AUGUST 6, 2024

Lead capture software is a vital tool that enables companies to identify, collect, and manage potential customer information across various channels. Accuracy : By reducing human error in data collection, lead capture software ensures that contact information and other details are recorded correctly.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. When B2B buyers need to solve a problem, they start researching online. Let’s break that down.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Learn data-driven strategies that support each stage of the sales funnel, along with key performance indicators (KPIs). What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? The traditional sales funnel is a stage-based approach to turning prospective leads into buyers. Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Contents What is a Sales Funnel?

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JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. Their main pain point that needed to be addressed was prospecting.

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JULY 9, 2020

Long before cloud-based CRM systems, companies largely relied on manual data entry and cleanup processes. But this can leave your contact and company data fraught with errors and inconsistencies. Although most companies have now adopted some version of a data hygiene strategy, dirty data is still very much alive and well.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

The statistics speak for themselves: 77% of B2B sales and marketing professionals believe that personalization builds better customer relationships. 55% of B2B sales and marketing professionals said that personalization can bring higher conversion rates and growth. At the core of personalization is customer and contact data.

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JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? How did you find those prospects?

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. However, Optimizing your chat tool to maximize your team’s efficiency and generate leads requires finding the balance between automated and human touchpoints in your chat platform’s programming.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2020

As you continually work on fine-tuning your sales organization, how can you best ensure that every prospect interaction contributes to a cohesive customer narrative that, ultimately, maximizes your sales? Through our work helping leading companies grow their revenue year after.

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JULY 11, 2018

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers– Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. B2B Content Marketing Strategy. B2B Content Marketing Maturity.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 16, 2019

So why drown your B2B sales team in administrative tasks better served by artificial intelligence? Not only does it use data to tell your salespeople where to dig, but it does so instantaneously. If you’re against learning how to use the most powerful tools on the planet, know that your competitors aren’t. No one, that’s who.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Layering various customer buying signals on top of each other is a reliable, data-based approach to predict when a prospect is facing a business challenge that your product can solve. These data points flesh out ideal prospects that you can target. Don’t rely on just one type of data for modern outreach efforts.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. Their main pain point that needed to be addressed was prospecting.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. Salespeople continually struggle with reaching B2B decision makers. They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn.

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MAY 15, 2019

There are so many factors that can stand in the way of exceptional B2B sales performance—poor leadership, lack of organization, no sales process—the list goes on. Continue reading to learn how you can solve your biggest B2B sales problems and improve your performance today! Is manual data entry eating up your time?

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Hiring How To 224

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A 2024 HubSpot Blog Survey of 422 B2B professionals in the U.S. who make purchasing decisions for their teams (hereafter the 2024 B2B Buyer survey) found that half of them find the B2B buying experience outdated. Table of Contents What Is a B2B Buyer? B2B Buyers vs. B2C Buyers Who Are Your B2B Buyers?

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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. Multi-Touch Attribution Models.

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JULY 27, 2023

Businesses in virtually every industry are being pushed to modernize their go-to-market strategy, with a premium on the data-driven, automation-enabled convergence of sales, marketing, and operations. You’ll also want to invest in a platform to centralize and cleanse all the contact and company data your teams will use to track progress.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

If only you could clone the best customers produced from your account-based marketing campaigns… Well, you basically can, using a well-known and effective trick in the B2C toolbox that B2B types should be eager to adopt: lookalike audience targeting. How Does Lookalike Targeting Enhance B2B Marketing Campaigns?

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

AI tools are reshaping the way salespeople tackle their day-to-day work, automating many of the core business development tasks that have eaten away at the average sellers’ day. That means personalization has become critical for effective sales outreach — and AI used properly, with the right data to back it up, plays a pivotal role.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Data quality is important to every company. Businesses need a clean, complete, and actionable data asset to inform engagement and drive intelligent automated workflows that increase sales efficiencies and close more deals. ZoomInfo changed that by creating access to more data than most organizations could have ever imagined.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Unlike meteorologists or economists, their industry doesn’t use data as the bedrock of forming their forecasts. That means more than half of your reps are putting themselves in a position where they have an inadequate view of the prospects in their pipeline. To succeed, you must teach your sales reps how to build forecasts with data.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. In fact, I recommend you share the definition with your prospects as a means of creating a clear path forward. All measurable, all quantifiable and can be improved with skills and the right tools.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Most of the time, you don’t actually have to spend much time sorting out your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) , because it already exists within your own customer data. Sound familiar? Our advice?

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Business is more competitive than ever, and conventional prospecting is simply no longer enough. There are many lead mining tools and platforms available today. Lead mining software is designed to unearth valuable business opportunities from vast pools of data. What is Lead Mining Software?

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Sales Qualified Lead Software Software Lead Rank 130

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you think a B2B sales funnel is an abstract idea, brace yourself. Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. In fact, the majority of B2B buyers (64%) conduct research on vendor websites before they ever contact a sales rep. What Is a B2B Sales Funnel? Awareness stage.

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