Showpad

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As your marketing team is preparing for a new fiscal year, it’s the time to bring everyone together to reflect on how well your marketing content performed this year. Marketing leaders must be able to explain the benefit of the content being produced, how it supports the sales team and how it’s impacting the company’s total revenue.

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work?

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PandaDoc

MAY 13, 2024

Sales and marketing are two terms that are often used interchangeably. In this guide, we’ll cover the basics of sales vs marketing and how you can better align and use them in your business. Key takeaways Sales and marketing are separate domains that work together to grow revenue.

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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 ). When asked why many cited the difficulties associated with measuring the ROI of their social media efforts ( source ).

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Discover your best marketing account segments from within your current customer base. Sound familiar?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 15, 2021

The prospects soak up everything your marketing team has to say. When marketing hands over the leads to the sales team , they have a field day and close most of them because they are highly qualified. That’s the tremendous power of account-based marketing (ABM). What is account-based marketing? ABM is hyper-focused.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 25, 2020

But what does it mean to actually be productive when it comes to marketing? We’ll Answer that question in today’s blog post. Obstacles to Marketing Productivity. Either way, there are a host of obstacles to marketing time management that can impede productivity. So, You Want to Improve Marketing Productivity?

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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.

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Lead411

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Top 5 Company Enrichment API Tools in 2024 Here are the Top 5 Best Company Enrichment API’s for your CRM Lead411 Clearbit Zoominfo Demandbase FullContact If you want to make it in the fast-paced sales and marketing industry, you need access to precise and current corporate information.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2018

Welcome to our June B2B Blog Post Round-Up—a series where we highlight the great work our writers contribute to some of our favorite publications. This month’s edition features content related to ABM, branding, customer experience, marketing reports, and so much more. 13 Ways Your Marketing Reports Are Hurting Your Business.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You manage a small business and its marketing. Maybe your marketing efforts are more ‘throw it at the wall and see if it sticks’ than a fine-tuned ROI machine. What is small business marketing? The goal of small business marketing is to attract leads to your business. How to Grow Your Small Business with Marketing.

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. You’ll get high ROI According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

In 2017, email marketing turned half a century old. Yet, B2B marketing professionals continue to rank the channel high on their list of preferred marketing tactics. Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere.

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PandaDoc

MAY 8, 2024

Thousands of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are joining the market every week. Which approach and tools should you implement to make the most of this potential? A robust SMB sales strategy is underpinned by adopting smart solutions like document management software and sales automation tools. In the U.S. What are SMB sales?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. We tried to tackle every aspect of event marketing. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts! Events are a great tool to have in your marketing arsenal.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 6, 2024

Exploring the Cost of Customized Digital Marketing for Small Businesses Small businesses must determine the right investment for their marketing strategies. Customized digital marketing provides affordable and effective avenues to amplify their online presence. ROI optimization is a crucial factor when setting a budget.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2020

By providing sales enablement tools such as ongoing training materials and marketing content to reps, you support their development and strengthen their contribution to sales and organizational goals. In this blog, we’ll discuss how to determine the ROI of your sales enablement strategy and what actions you can take to boost it.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Photo by u_n898l6o2op via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Marketing Strategies to Embrace for Small Business Growth Strategizing a robust marketing plan is advantageous and frequently essential for success in small business’s wide and cutthroat world. It’s not just about distributing facts.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Welcome to our October B2B Blog Post Round-Up. If you’re new to the ZoomInfo blog, we use our monthly round-ups to highlight the work our writers have done for outside publications. This month’s round-up covers a variety of topics including email marketing, sales reporting, storytelling and so much more. Let’s get into it!

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It’s no surprise to see more and more marketers explore and invest in attribution modeling in 2019 and beyond. It’s imperative for marketers to understand their customers’ journey and the role that each touchpoint plays in an eventual purchase — and marketing attribution is the one tactic that helps them do so.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 21, 2012

In 2012 marketing leaders spent 25% of their program budget on blogging. Leads from blog readers convert 10X more times than tele-prospecting leads. No wonder marketers are rushing to get active on the blogosphere. So what makes for a good blog? In this post, I’ll walk you through the framework of a great blog.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Over the past year, we’ve had tons of founders ask where they should be prioritizing their marketing dollars and resources considering the wild economic year that 2023 has unfolded as. Not only has the economy provided an added challenge, but there has been a general drop in the effectiveness of most traditional marketing channels.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 14, 2024

An Overview of Common Digital Marketing Challenges Small Businesses Face Sales teams in digital marketing agencies frequently face a common set of challenges when selling solutions to small businesses. According to Google, only 37% of small businesses employ digital marketing to sustain their operations online.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2018

The differences between B2B marketing and B2C marketing run deep. Today we’re putting our differences aside because we believe, there’s a lot B2B marketers can learn from their B2C counterparts. It means putting the customer at the center of every business decision, including product development and marketing.

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SugarCRM

AUGUST 31, 2021

Well executed marketing strategies can help you stand out among your competition and sell your products. . However, B2B marketing is a little different from what you’re used to: your target audience is informed and educated, and your content should generate leads and drive prospects through the sales funnel.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Why is automation the smartest choice for email marketing? When it comes to businesses, much of the progress in automation is happening in marketing – directed at raising brand awareness and converting leads into sales. Why is automation the smartest choice for email marketing? Go Automatic! Email automation: Gist 3.

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Appbuddy

JUNE 14, 2021

Ray Tomlinson is widely acknowledged as the godfather of email, sending the first message way back in 1971, followed seven years later by Gary Thuerk who “hijacked” this largely government/military tool to send the first email marketing campaign. Benchmarks: ROI, budgets, and key challenges. The rest, as they say, is history!

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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.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115 [link] via/ @renbor. September 19th, 2011. Tibor Shanto.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 25, 2020

But what does it mean to actually be productive when it comes to marketing? We’ll answer that question in today’s blog post. Obstacles to Marketing Productivity Even the most disciplined employees face productivity roadblocks. So, You Want to Improve Marketing Productivity? You fall to the level of your systems.”

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Marketing Campaigns ROI Scale 130

Pointclear

MARCH 19, 2018

The director of marketing, 20 years into her career, was confronted with a bewildering cornucopia of reports, making her heretofore creative life difficult. She needs a bigger picture of the marketing return on investment, which is only available by looking deeply into the digital analytics. It wasn’t an easy conversation.

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SBI

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Top 10 Blog Posts & SalesTech Acquisitions of 2019. TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF 2019. The importance of Marketing & Sales Alignment is obvious when it comes to tradeshows. Read “Sales Tools to Increase Tradeshow ROI” if you not only want to have better insight on event ROI but also want to ensure a higher ROI.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Want free access to 9 in-depth interviews from industry experts and data from 3,400 global marketers? Introducing: Not Another State of Marketing Report [link] pic.twitter.com/CDuB1mF967 — HubSpot Academy (@HubSpotAcademy) February 20, 2020. Adaptive Business Blog. Sales Management Blog. Heinz Marketing.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The ability to demonstrate marketing's return on investment is at the top of every CMO's plan for 2013. The ROI picture has been elusive as marketers struggle to capture the full impact of marketing’s contribution. Simple ROI calculations based on lead source have muddied the waters. That does happen.

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LeadBoxer

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Make dinner, using a recipe that was emailed to you by a food blog you follow and go to sleep. We all encounter an endless barrage of marketing every day. Some of that marketing is effective, and some of it’s, well, annoying. What is Outbound Marketing? Effectiveness of Outbound Marketing What is Inbound Marketing?

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Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in numerous digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. Enter: Marketing attribution. We explain the basics of marketing attribution and explore several popular marketing attribution models.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 26, 2020

With a new blog post published every 0.5 seconds, and over 152 million blogs on the Internet , the blogging space may seem overcrowded. As a matter of fact, businesses that blog attract 55% more traffic to their website than those that don’t, and gather 97% more links pointing to their content. Use visuals.

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