The SalesPro Leader

MARCH 26, 2019

Do routinely look for ways to drive innovation with your demand generation approach? According to research by Circle Research and B2B Marketing, marketers are evenly split. Or do you feel behind the curve? Half say they’re “old school” while the other half believe their approach is innovative.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

What began as a hunch has continuously been validated over the years, both from personal experience and in scientific research. Traditionally, demand generation functions are focused on quantity of leads, while sales development sets up meetings. The bottom line: the approach is inherently flawed.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? In our recent industry survey, 87 percent of B2B marketers admitted they’re unsure or don’t believe that their audience acts on their content. Our research also suggests that the small amount of information they remember from your content will be completely random.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If you’re a regular reader of our B2B blog, you already know the drill. Direct Dials: The Secret to B2B Sales Success. If we told you just one direct dial phone number could help your sales team generate a million dollars in revenue, you probably wouldn’t believe us. B2B marketing often gets a bad rap. Continue Reading.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

B2B CMO''s largely do not have direct reports with expertise in demand generation. The specialist roles involved in executing world class B2B marketing in 2014 is complex. In any $100M+ B2B organization, the CMO can no longer fill the gaps alone. These seasoned professionals lack a passion for B2B marketing.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In this post we’ll focus on the B2B Demand Generation (DG) plan. Download the 2014 B2B Demand Generation Planning template here to get started. B2B Demand Generation – Building a Base Plan. This research includes accurate buyer personas and buyer process maps.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

So, whether you’re a new sales rep or just looking for a refresher, today’s post will take you back to the basics of what prospecting is in sales and how to improve your B2B prospecting strategy. What Is B2B Sales Prospecting? In fact, research shows 50% of sale’s time is wasted on unproductive prospecting ( source ).

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

10 Reasons Why a B2B Lead Generation Department Should Report to Marketing and Not to Sales. This is especially true as demand generation and inbound marketing continue to become commonplace with customers, who today do more research online before purchasing products or services. Albert Einstein].

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MarketJoy

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A successful lead generation strategy stems from a thorough understanding of your target audience. The more you know about your customers, the easier it will be to create a lead generation strategy that generates high-quality leads. Don’t just assume, but perform some research into who forms your audience.

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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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MarketJoy

JULY 22, 2022

According to research by Vantage Point , 72% of sales managers hold sales pipeline review meetings with their sales reps several times per month. Demand Generation: B2B demand generation is a form of marketing that creates interest in a product or service. Lead Generation: .

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. But as B2B sales gets more competitive and complex, simply knowing who sourced a lead may no longer be good enough. Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Analysts at Forrester Research call this approach content contextualization , noting that “marketers must be able to respond to customers in real time with content that motivates the next best action.” It’s another trend that started in the consumer marketing world and quickly migrated to B2B contexts.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Freeman Event Research reports that some are pushing boundaries and reimagining virtual events in useful, unusual, and offbeat ways. MarketingProfs sought to solve that disconnect by taking the opportunity to rethink its approach to its flagship event, the MarketingProfs B2B Forum. The to-do list that grew longer during your time away.)

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Increase Sales

JULY 13, 2012

If a recent survey from Corporate Visions is truly indicative of B2B marketing practices, then 80% of those efforts are not successfully attracting attention leaving sales people pocket poor not to mention really, really frustrated. So right now, think about how you can redirect 50% of your B2B marketing budget to making it more effective?

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Corporate Visions

MAY 30, 2019

The post What Kind of B2B Marketing Personalization Gets Results? In today’s world of big data and hyper-targeted marketing campaigns, most B2B marketers believe the more personalized your message, the better your results. Our research backs this up. Our research backs this up. And, more importantly, is it working?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. B2B CMO’s are being asked to increase the impact of customer acquisition in 2013. Evolution is constant in today’s world-class B2B marketing teams. Building World-class Lead Generation programs begins with assessing current state.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. Each persona contains quantitative research, anecdotal observation, and existing customer data. It takes a significant amount of time, effort, and research. What is a buyer persona? 24% of companies gained more leads using buyer personas.

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MarketJoy

OCTOBER 10, 2022

MarketJoy is a trustworthy sales development company that provides lead generation, market research, list building, and demand generation services to B2B businesses searching for sales help. The post 7 Proven B2B Strategies To Fill Your Pipeline with Qualified Leads appeared first on MarketJoy.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

B2B sales are not transactional. And one of the core purposes of xiQ is to help you spend less time on doing research, more time on selling. [25:30] a next-generation, AI-powered, SaaS platform for B2B sales and marketing. Click to tweet. It all starts with redefining the sales mindset. Everybody uses xiQ.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

B2B sales prospecting is a stage of the sales process that involves looking for potential buyers, customers, or clients, and then nurturing those relationships as a way to convert them into new business. Recent digital transformation has shifted the B2B landscape by ushering in the era of buyer empowerment. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Knotch ’s research findings support this, confirming the plot twist reality that not all content is good for your brand. Their B2B sales intelligence platform delivers accurate company, contact, technographic, engagement, and intent data right in your CRM, browser, and more. At Demandbase, data wins every time. That’s all this week.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. That is, they’ve done their research.

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Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

What we often have to deal with is a highly-evolved B2B buyer, someone who’ve searched across several online platforms. So, it pays to ask: How do B2B buyers search for tech solutions and how can you ensure you’re there, at every stage of their buyer’s journey? B2B Buyer Behavior. Outside that – it’s a free-for-all.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Back in 2018, 90% of B2B customers reported investigating between two and seven sites before they made a purchase. That’s one of the reasons ZoomInfo created WebSights , which enables you to understand which companies are researching your product and retarget them efficiently in campaigns. Not All Web Traffic is High Quality.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. B2B Database The foundation of any tech stack should be a highly accurate, robust database. This may include analytics, heat maps, keyword research, and content optimization tools.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 18, 2022

MarketJoy is a trustworthy sales development company that provides lead generation, market research, list building, and demand generation services to B2B businesses searching for sales enablement. If you need help building and growing your sales pipeline, look no further! We can 10x your pipeline.

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SBI Growth

JULY 7, 2013

A BPM provides the marketing team a blueprint for effective demand generation and lead management. In the B2B world, most buyers are at stasis. To map it right, you must conduct extensive buyer research. BLUEPRINT FOR EFFECTIVE LEAD GENERATION. Buyer Process Maps produce a blueprint for effective Lead Generation.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers. The insight you brought to the Roundtable and the Cookbook from a sales perspective is invaluable for b2b marketers and organizations working on improving their overall lead management strategy. 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers [link] / via @Renbor.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. The path to success for year a B2B CMO’s year one includes: Generate quick wins to build momentum. Validate expert panel suggestions through the lens of audience research. In Summary.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. That is, they’ve done their research.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Account-based marketing is used by most B2B companies, and it’s easy to see why: it promises to bring marketing and sales closer together, target accounts as one revenue team, and drive bottom-line results. That’s why we’re the only vendor in the world that has the ability to create a very successful B2B marketing platform.”

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

In the B2B world, there are some fairly obvious ones that we’ve read about like virtual events, remote training, and better attention to employee mental health. As a sanity check, I did some research on this issue. Related: Best B2B Subject Lines: What’s Hot, What’s Not? Over 53,000. That’s an increase of over 25%.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The annual CMI/MarketingProfs B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks study validates the move toward Content Marketing. Additionally, it shows 49% of B2B Marketers do not even have a documented content strategy. Sign up for SBI’s annual research study review here and learn how world class companies are producing this content.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Not All Web Traffic is High Quality Back in 2018, 90% of B2B customers reported investigating between two and seven sites before they made a purchase. That’s one of the reasons ZoomInfo created WebSights , which enables you to understand which companies are researching your product and retarget them efficiently in campaigns.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 12, 2017

The study was orchestrated by Intelemark, a leading B2B demand generation services provider with over 50 years of combined experience driving results through custom calling campaigns. Request a generous sample of free data for your target customers, and see the results of DiscoverOrg’s offering for yourself.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

Let’s look at one of the biggest slices of crap peddled in sales these days: “60% of the sales cycle is over before a buyer talks to a sales person” , as quoted by James Wood, on Earnest About B2B Blog , Slide number 5, attributes the quote to Kieran Flanagan, Hubspot. Happy New Year! Tibor Shanto. Tibor Shanto'

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