Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

We talk about buyer personas a lot on the ZoomInfo blog— for good reason! Marketers use buyer personas to inform every piece of their marketing strategy and ultimately generate more revenue for their respective companies. But buyer personas only work if they’re accurate and include the right kinds of information.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

However, it was when I had the opportunity to build a sales organization that my perspective and point of view shifted dramatically. Turns out, the leads weren't good, the process was backwards, and sales was shouldering all the burden. This starts with targeting, which is often underutilized but can make or break revenue efficiency.

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Lead Rank Revenue B2B Demand Generation 191

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Corporate Visions Are marketers and salespeople so focused on early stage demand generation that they’re missing other big opportunities to drive revenue? Marketers and sales pros agree that early-stage demand generation matters most across all of these areas.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

We have seen a tremendous rise in the interest and use of buyer personas since 2002. The year I first introduced the methodology for creating buyer personas specifically for marketing and sales. It will serve no purpose to rehash how much buyers have changed since then. Your Buyer’s Behaviors Have Changed.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Lead Nurturing Lead Rank 312

Mereo

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Because when salespeople are successful, a company realizes that success through predictable revenue streams and increased profits. The previous 18 months had seen investments in lead generation stop, all existing leads dry up and revenue drop by $200M. The same holds true for sales. Sales and Marketing Alignment.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 44

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Bullard Chie.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

According to HubSpot research, 93% of consumers will be repeat buyers at companies with excellent customer service. It’s at least five times more expensive to bring in a new customer versus retaining an existing buyer. Technology : Sales and marketing intelligence platforms and customer relationship management systems.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. While MQLs don’t translate to immediate revenue or even pipeline contribution, the value isn’t equivalent to open rates, page views, and the like. How do you define a lead?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

Zoominfo

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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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Strategy Top of Funnel 208

SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

There is a strong desire to connect marketing spend to revenue. Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. Building a robust B2B Lead Generation program requires the adoption of best practices in two areas; Demand Generation and Lead Management. Today’s Status Quo.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Opportunity Demand Generation 325

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in.

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? The only way to join the 30-40% of people who do understand their buyers is to create buyer personas. Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. What is a buyer persona?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week is brought to you by Demandbase: Hit Your Revenue Goal. Bridging the Content Chasm Sales is increasingly using strategic content creation and distribution as part of the sales process – from outbound, to advancing pipeline along, to awareness and education on social platforms. Use Fewer Resources.

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Hiring Marketing How To Intent Data 105

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What Is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. While MQLs don’t translate to immediate revenue or even pipeline contribution, the value isn’t equivalent to open rates, page views, and the like. How do you define a lead?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2011

In a recent article on Revenue Performance Management in Marketing Automation Software Guide, Lauren Carlson does a nice job of providing a context for the RPM discussion by differentiating it from marketing automation, reviewing the factors motivating its advancement, and raising good questions.

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Mereo

MAY 28, 2020

At late 2019 and early 2020 sales kickoffs and strategy meetings, leadership came to the table with winning ideas for how to strategically employ sales and marketing budgets for greatest impact. Shifting Sales Budget. Do not waste your dollars sticking to the status quo. Your budget should follow suit.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Sustainable revenue performance ensures your organization is meeting its goals and finding its success not just here and now but into the future. Yet achieving profitable revenue year after year is no simple task. Yet with a well-oiled revenue engine, any challenges you come up against will be mitigated or side-stepped altogether.

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Revenue Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 48

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. The problems with the SDR to sales handoff. What buyer-centric revenue really means. powered by Sounder.

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Commission Quota Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank 88

SBI Growth

MARCH 5, 2013

Your background is in operations, not sales and marketing. When you ask why the number is getting missed: Sales tells you they aren’t getting enough leads from marketing. Marketing says sales can’t convert leads to orders. This will give you an objective view of your entire sales funnel. Issue #1: Demand Generation.

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Education Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation 320

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. Marketing contribution as a % of Revenue. In many cases the CMO inherits a transitional marketing team not set-up to drive revenue. Develop a roadmap to deliver on revenue contribution.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

Mereo

JUNE 30, 2022

At a B2B selling organization, your value messaging is your flavor — while your buyer-facing professionals take the role of melting ice cubes. A website page leads with one message while a salesperson sings a different tune on a sales call. This leads to a number of buyer and organizational issues alike.

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Buyer Face-to-face Buyer Persona Lead Rank 36

The Pipeline

APRIL 16, 2014

Join me on May 8th, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT , as along with the folks from Exponential Sales, we explore sales from the singular view of execution. The best sales organizations are those who excel at executing their sales process; from demand generation, to prospecting to closing and growing accounts.

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Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Fashion Sales Qualified Lead 306

Mereo

APRIL 2, 2020

Sustainable revenue performance ensures your organization is meeting its goals and finding its success not just here and now but into the future. Yet achieving profitable revenue year after year is no simple task. Yet with a well-oiled revenue engine, any challenges you come up against will be mitigated or side-stepped altogether.

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Sales Operations Revenue Territories Compensation 45

Pointclear

AUGUST 20, 2015

In part one , I provided insight into the why and what of a lead-to-revenue assessment. I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. Data quality: How clean and current is our database of prospective buyers and customers?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Revenue 100

SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2012

Marketing, do you have a sales quota tied to Lead Generation ? Over the last 12 months we: Surveyed over 10,000 sales representatives. Surveyed over 4,500 sales managers. Reviewed over 5,000 documents from with some the world’s best B2B sales organizations. Determining Total Deals Required from Demand Generation.

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Quota Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation 276

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Buyers have unprecedented tech choices, making the martech landscape more competitive than ever. “We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. “We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo.

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Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel Scale Marketing 130

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Further digitization of the buyer’s journey, along with the pandemic’s impact on field sales and marketing tactics, has only accelerated this trend. Or maybe you only want to retarget commercial banks with more than $1 million in annual revenue. Conclusion: Use Data to Uncover Buyer Profiles.

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Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 147

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 12, 2012

CEO’s are paying more attention to marketing’s contribution and are holding them accountable for revenue generation.”. Internal resources are the hidden gem that can be leveraged and trained to produce the content that buyers seek. The CEO will be holding you accountable for revenue generation.

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Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 333

SBI Growth

JUNE 1, 2013

Her key objectives were: Generating demand at the top of the funnel & acquiring new customers. Gaining sustainable credibility with executive team and sales. As the conversation progressed, I suggested she engage her CEO like she would a buyer persona. The first step in building a persona is Buyer Research.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 296

The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

As the first post of the years, I thought I would set the tone for the blog and hopefully sales in 2014. Let’s start by setting straight some unadulterated s**t that has made its way into main stream sales over the last few years. A cute marketing term that elevated the noise created by Sales 2.0, Big difference.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sales Cycle Comparison 295

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Build Loyalty According to HubSpot research, 93% of consumers will be repeat buyers at companies with excellent customer service. It’s at least five times more expensive to bring in a new customer versus retaining an existing buyer. Technology : Sales and marketing intelligence platforms and customer relationship management systems.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

For example, how long is your sales cycle? For many of our clients, the average sales cycle exceeds 6 months. In this situation, the sales leader better be evaluating net new leads NOW. Your 2014 revenue number is already on the line. Why does everyone evaluate sales comp at the end of Q4? Compensation Planning.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 308

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Further digitization of the buyer’s journey, along with the pandemic’s impact on field sales and marketing tactics, has only accelerated this trend. Or maybe you only want to retarget commercial banks with more than $1 million in annual revenue. Buyer behavior: Who wants to do business with us?

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Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 130

Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

If sales strategy was a puzzle, then your sales model would be a corner piece: it helps frame your approach to businesses and determines how the other pieces of your strategy will fit together. The keystone nature of sales models makes choosing the right one all the more important. Why do you need a sales model?

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Hiring 94

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue. The buyer has changed.

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Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293