Pointclear

MAY 23, 2018

Lead nurture can triple the return on most marketing campaigns. By nurturing leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales, an organization can eliminate wasted marketing spend and increase sales results. But it’s often the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. True Nurture.

Sales Qualified Lead 124

Sales Qualified Lead ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring 124

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 billion spent on social marketing efforts in the United States alone in 2016 ( source ). However, 14% of B2B companies still refuse to participate in social media initiatives. Calculate your investment.

Social Media 133

Social Media ROI Media B2B 133

Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2018

The differences between B2B marketing and B2C marketing run deep. These differences range from price point to length of sales cycle, to key buying motivators, and beyond. Today we’re putting our differences aside because we believe, there’s a lot B2B marketers can learn from their B2C counterparts.

B2C 209

B2C B2B Marketing Social Media 209

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

Stagnant reward and loyalty programs risk more than just ROI; they erode the equity and trust in a brand that B2B buyers rely on for stability and reputation. The post Your Incentive or Loyalty Program Can Get Smarter appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Loyalty Incentives Incentive ROI 345

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It’s no surprise to see more and more marketers explore and invest in attribution modeling in 2019 and beyond. 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. What is marketing attribution? Let’s get into it!

Trends 160

Trends B2B Marketing Channels 160

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Author: Tom Pisello Due to COVID-19 and the current economic downturn, sales reps are facing a new set of challenges due to uncertainty. A recent LinkedIn survey of more than 500 sales professionals indicates: 51% of customers are experiencing budget cuts. Consider value-based or ROI selling.

ROI 177

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 177

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating B2B marketing content is a significant investment of time and money. That’s where your content marketing strategy comes in. What Is a Content Marketing Strategy? A content marketing strategy is your action plan to attract prospects to your brand and convert them into customers using marketing content.

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Strategy Marketing Buyer Persona Sales Qualified Lead 257

Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2019

Since marketing went digital, the industry hasn’t been the same. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in ‘marketing hacks’ as B2B marketers have started to realize traditional marketing methods are no longer useful in a competitive landscape. Four Tried and True Digital Marketing Strategies.

B2B 154

B2B Strategy Social Media Marketing 154

KLA Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

Few lead generation activities are as reliable and profitable as B2B email marketing. For every $1 you spend on email marketing, you can generate $36 in ROI. It’s easy to see why.

Email Marketing 69

Email Marketing B2B Marketing Lead Generation 69

SBI Growth

AUGUST 25, 2020

Let’s face it – Don Draper and the Mad Men era didn’t do marketing many favors. Don Draper was a terrible boss and would have made a horrendous CMO. Even if you could get past his heavy drinking, the long.

ROI 247

ROI Revenue Marketing How To 247

LeadBoxer

MAY 30, 2021

Business-to-business (B2B) sales involve companies selling products and services to other businesses. B2B companies either sell items to another company so they can make their own products or meet a specific need. The Purpose of a Good B2B Lead Strategy. Elements of an Effective B2B Lead Strategy.

Lead Rank 82

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 82

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 8, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at a quantitative approach to CPQ ROI. In any case, if the customer selected the wrong solution this will considerably limit the ROI they can achieve. They determine that the sales team requests a 30% or higher discount on 60% of all quotes.

ROI 62

ROI Discount Licensing Vendor 62

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 8, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at a quantitative approach to CPQ ROI. In any case, if the customer selected the wrong solution this will considerably limit the ROI they can achieve. They determine that the sales team requests a 30% or higher discount on 60% of all quotes.

ROI 62

ROI Discount Licensing Vendor 62

Zoominfo

JULY 26, 2023

For years, go-to-market leaders lived by the laws of growth through sales capacity. What we’re seeing in the market is companies running with smaller teams and supplying them with more accurate and highly personalized datasets, to drive more revenue,” says Millie Beetham, director of ZI Labs & GTM innovation at ZoomInfo.

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

93% of B2B marketers use social media, and with good reason—it works ( source ). The same study showed that B2B decision makers are 10% more likely to consider brands that consumers know and feel connected to ( source ). We haven’t been shy about touting the benefits of social media in B2B sales and marketing.

Social Media 147

Social Media Media B2B Marketing 147

SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, marketers preferred personalized email marketing to satisfy prospects’ needs in email marketing. If you are new to B2B personalized email marketing, then this blog will help you understand the concept of email personalization so that you can reach out to your prospects with a sales cadence.

Email Marketing 52

Email Marketing Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing 52

SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, marketers preferred personalized email marketing to satisfy prospects’ needs in email marketing. If you are new to B2B personalized email marketing, then this blog will help you understand the concept of email personalization so that you can reach out to your prospects with a sales cadence.

Email Marketing 52

Email Marketing Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing 52

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This is a serious challenge facing many in B2B selling today, one that will continue to grow. If you can’t master B2B sales and time travel, you may as well learn to serve gravy for them fries. If you can’t master B2B sales and time travel, you may as well learn to serve gravy for them fries. Register here.

Travel 213

Travel B2B Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 213

Zoominfo

AUGUST 29, 2018

‘Emotions’ and ‘feelings’ aren’t words that come up often in the B2B world. B2B products tend to be complex and more practical than flashy– so B2B organizations often value logic and reason over emotions. . But, emotions play a larger role in B2B purchase decisions than you may realize. Enter, sentiment analysis.

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Analysis B2B Airlines Marketing 176

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

‘Emotions’ and ‘feelings’ aren’t words that come up often in the B2B world. B2B products tend to be complex and more practical than flashy– so B2B organizations often value logic and reason over emotions. But, emotions play a larger role in B2B purchase decisions than you may realize. Enter, sentiment analysis.

Analysis 130

Analysis B2B Airlines Marketing 130

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Author: Rachel Downey Modern marketers are no stranger to showing a return on investment for their campaigns. As demand for ROI continues, many are retooling their content strategies to prove a return. With 17% of marketers planning to adopt podcasting into their efforts, podcasts are a rising marketing channel for companies today.

ROI 177

ROI Top of Funnel Channels Lead Nurturing 177

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Author: Matt Suggs More than ever before, buyers can scan hundreds of reviews and articles about a product online, forming opinions before they even interact with a sales representative for the first time. Modern sellers must evolve their sales approach, reinventing their pitch to include information that can’t be found on the internet.

Sales Technology 218

Sales Technology B2B Sales Enablement Enterprise 218

SBI Growth

JUNE 22, 2020

When it comes to Partner Marketing, the main focus, if there’s any focus at all, is often on making sure that your partners have the playbooks, tools, understanding, and marketing funds to sell your company’s products. But how much are.

ROI 207

ROI Marketing Tools Company 207

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

Paid Content 207

Paid Content Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cost per Acquisition 207

Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2021

Improving the way you harness and use big data will benefit your marketing strategy by helping you reach the right people at the best time with relevant content. E-mail remains at the center of the marketing mix for most businesses. This post will highlight the ways that big data influences email marketing.

Email Marketing 272

Email Marketing Campaigns Data Marketing 272

Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Social media is an integral part of every marketing strategy. However, there’s a myth that says B2B social media marketing isn’t effective. The sole reason is this myth that mentions the ineffectiveness of B2B social media marketing. So, how do you perfect your marketing strategy? Seth Price .

Social Media 98

Social Media Media B2B B2C 98

Zoominfo

JANUARY 22, 2021

There’s a saying in marketing that goes, “if you’re targeting everyone, you’re targeting no one,” and for the most part, I agree with it. There are a million reasons why personalized content is widely promoted as a sales and marketing best practice, one of them being that it’s more effective than any kind of ‘spray and pray’ method.

Ideal Customer Profile 221

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer Persona B2B 221

Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever.

B2B 52

B2B Training Top of Funnel B2C 52

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There’s a lot of buzz around Sales and Marketing AI, but what is real and what is hype? What can we actually expect from AI in the sales and marketing technology in 2018? AI for Sales and Marketing Tech: High Expectations Meet Reality. And how do AI and human-driven processes work together?

B2B 150

B2B Marketing Data System 150

Appbuddy

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As an email marketer, you’ve worked hard all year to reach subscriber inboxes — but don’t take your foot off the gas yet. Deadlines to meet end-of-year sales and marketing goals are approaching quickly. Unfortunately, marketing teams have their work cut out for them this year. Tokenization ? personalization. “Hi

B2C 98

B2C Email Marketing B2B Marketing 98

Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2019

In today’s technology and data-driven landscape, marketers are under constant pressure to prove the value of their efforts. But with the amount of data and analytics we have access to, it can be difficult to differentiate between the important marketing metrics and the not-so-important marketing metrics.

B2B 100

B2B Marketing Scale Campaigns 100

Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

The modern B2B customer journey is more complex and multilayered than ever before. This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Enter: Marketing attribution. What is Marketing Attribution?

Paid Content 130

Paid Content B2B Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130