Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Author: Kelly Bosetti Salespeople once played a significant role in educating buyers about their options and helping them come to a decision regarding a product or service, but times are changing. Because of this, it’s no surprise that the buyer’s journey has undergone a fundamental shift. Reaching More Educated Buyers.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 30, 2014

The potential impact of Social Selling varies greatly by industry. Social Selling will be highly disruptive to some industries. If you are in an industry where social selling has high applicability, peddle faster. If you are in an industry where social selling has low applicability, ignore it. We track 19 industries.

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Social Selling Industry Lead Rank Pharmaceuticals 317

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We've entered, what I call, "The Age of the AI-powered buyer." This shift frees up sales pros to act as consultants who prioritize building strong relationships, boosting buyer confidence, understanding their needs and challenges, and using AI to offer a highly relevant, personalized experience.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

Turns out, one of the main challenges in successfully guiding a prospect through the buying process is the buyer’s own lack of confidence. Research recently released from Gartner revealed that overwhelmed B2B buyers face a crisis of confidence as they increasingly struggle to make large-scale purchase decisions. sense making.”.

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Buyer Scale Face-to-face Report 194

Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2019

In the world of B2B sales, company research is a critical aspect of any successful rep’s daily duties. In fact, access to the right research tools and information can make or break your ability to identify target accounts, personalize a sales pitch, and ultimately, close deals. Let’s get into it! It’s free!

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

While there are specific shared characteristics between all B2B sales, the industries they take place in require different levels of understanding and preparation on behalf of the salesperson. Industrial Sales are a type of B2B sale marked by characteristics that aren’t always significant in traditional B2B deals. Fewer Customers.

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Industry Buyer Persona Hubspot Retention 114

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But you don’t want to expand into new industries while increasing costs, losing time, and ultimately, costing your business sales. In this post, we’ll further explore the concept of using AI to sell into new industries and review five ways your sales team can leverage it. 5 Ways Your Team Can Use AI to Sell Into New Industries 1.

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Industry Top of Funnel Decision Maker Demographics 98

Showpad

MAY 12, 2022

They designed new industry research methods that include both customers and sales reps. They overhauled their sales enablement platform, building resource hubs around specific industries. Building sales enablement—one industry at a time. They kickstarted each new vertical project with a period of intense research. “It’s

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Industry Sales Enablement Hiring Telecommunications 98

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

The modern buyer doesn't have the patience to address basic questions with answers that anyone can find through a cursory search — nor do they have the time to fill you in on their challenges. The 18 Best Places to Research Buyers Before Sales Conversations. The Buyer’s Twitter Account.

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Research Prospecting Face-to-face Twitter 127

Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As face-to-face interactions become less frequent, finding a way to connect with buyers grows more essential. To facilitate the experience, your goal shouldn’t only be to sell to a buyer but to see the sales cycle from their perspective. Because you’re a buyer too. Allow your curiosity to fuel your buyer research.

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Buyer Face-to-face Referrals Ideal Customer Profile 138

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 19, 2019

Author: Theresa O'Neil, Chief Marketing Officer of Showpad Today’s B2B buyers have higher expectations than ever before, and their criteria for making purchase decisions is evolving. A study from SiriusDecisions found that 81 percent of B2B buyers today make purchase decisions based on buying experience, rather than product or price.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I see a lot of discussions about “forcing sellers to waste selling time by doing their own research.” ” Increasingly, I see people recommending outsourcing this research, freeing the time up to make more calls. Clearly, too many sales people don’t know how to do research, as a result, they waste a lot of time.

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Research Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Data 62

Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

6:12] There are three forces eroding buyer decision making confidence: complexity, information overload and value opacity (outcome clarity). [8:16] About Our Guest: Brent Adamson is a world-renown researcher, author, presenter, trainer, and advisor to B2B commercial executives around the world. There’s our bumper sticker. [34:04]

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B2B Buyer Lead Rank Travel 112

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The most successful sales reps help buyers redefine their needs. Top performers not only get to the root of a buyer’s problem, but they also address the buyer’s goals and aspirations to uncover possibilities the buyer doesn’t even know exist. This is another great way to establish expertise and industry credibility.

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Buyer Scale Groups Sales Methodology 241

Mereo

MARCH 28, 2024

Not only do your teams become skilled at diagnosing and solving buyer pains, but it will also fix some issues your organization may be facing. In fact, industry data is showing that in many issues leaders faced last year, the lack of (or too many) value-based relationships between buyers and sellers contributed to the problem.

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Research Face-to-face Decision Maker Buyer 41

The Brooks Group

AUGUST 8, 2019

This post comes from Michelle Richardson, Vice President of Research at the Sales Performance Research Center. The Brooks Group is proud to announce the launch of the Sales Performance Research Center. Subscribe here and look forward to upcoming research findings.

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Research Lead Rank Lead Scoring Industry 76

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Buyer intent data tools make it easier to identify the when and how of a potential prospect’s consideration for purchasing a specific product or service. Buyer Intent Data Sources. How to use Buyer Intent Data Tools. Buyer intent data tools help segment and analyze the customer journey into intent and typical buyer behavior.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Buyer beware.” We’ve all heard that expression before, and unfortunately, it’s because buyer-seller relationships haven’t traditionally been great. Some of the characteristics and behaviors that define a good-fit buyer are obvious, while others are a bit more nuanced. industry) does not fit your target market.

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Hubspot Sales Process Buyer Churn 116

Mereo

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Today buyers have more access than ever to invaluable information that can guide their needs, decisions and actions. High-quality content and thought leadership is becoming a norm in industries that have a presence on the internet. How that insight proves a risk to the buyer specifically. Tomorrow they will have even more.

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Industry Buyer Buying Cycle eBook 65

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Most do not accurately follow the ebb and flow of buyers. Instead, you must account for the fluidity in the buyer’s journey. These tools help to anticipate buyer trends and keep pace with the buyer. You can access the guide when you sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Tools Trends 307

Pipeliner

JUNE 4, 2023

This article concludes our series on mega-threats to the sales industry, inspired by the fascinating bestselling book by Nouriel Roubini entitled MegaThtreats: 10 Dangerous Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them. Let’s take up the final mega-threat to the sales industry—missing processes and wrong technology.

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Industry Construction Tools CRM 52

Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

In fact, a recent study suggests that 91% of B2B buyers are active and involved in social media, while 75% are significantly influenced by social content when forming their buying decisions ( source ). We’ve compiled our top tips and best practices for selling to the social-savvy buyer. 4 Tips for Selling to the Social Savvy Buyer.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Originally developed by OpenAI, a research lab in San Francisco, GPT-3, the hot new language model, has gained significant traction as the hottest new language processing model in recent memory. Let’s examine 3 data-centered predictions from the perspective of a prospective buyer , aspiring vendor, and B2B, at-large.

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Data B2B Industry Engineering 179

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Consider this: only 13% of buyers feel like salespeople understand their needs ( source ). Why do so many buyers feel misunderstood? Prepare for your sales conversations with better prospect research. Why is prospect research critical to the sales process? Industry background: What industry does their company belong to?

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Research Prospecting Face-to-face B2B 113

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

Turns out, one of the main challenges in successfully guiding a prospect through the buying process is the buyer’s own lack of confidence. Research recently released from Gartner revealed that overwhelmed B2B buyers face a crisis of confidence as they increasingly struggle to make large-scale purchase decisions. sense making.”.

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Buyer Scale Face-to-face Report 156

SBI

AUGUST 17, 2021

Whether they need to understand their prospect’s industry, family tree, current business events and initiatives, who to contact, how to reach them, even how to get a referral, we deliver the information they need to have engaging conversations that build trust. That situation was exacerbated by the upheaval of the pandemic.

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Intent Data Buyer Intent Ideal Customer Profile Intent 146

Emissary

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

When you absolutely, positively have to close the deal — business services sector and transportation industry trends. Featuring Seleste Lunsford, Chief Research & Strategy Officer at Emissary and Emissary Advisor David Gagnon, Former Managing Director-Global Engineering, Customer Solutions & Implementation Services FedEx.

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Transportation Trends Industry Closing 52

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Welcome to the age of the informed consumer, or the digital buyer … or “Buyer 2.0.”. In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. They’ve also researched what our competitors have to offer. We know our industries, our products, and (most importantly) our clients.

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Buyer Face-to-face Social Media Small Business 271

Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

More customers are turning to the internet to research, test, and purchase products and services. In today’s blog post we explain why buyer personas are a critical—but often missing—element of your SEO strategy. What is a buyer persona? Why must SEOs pay attention to buyer personas? Let’s get into it!

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Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Buyer Strategy 196

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Consider this: only 13% of buyers feel like salespeople understand their needs ( source ). Why do so many buyers feel misunderstood? Prepare for your sales conversations with better sales prospect research. Why Is Sales Prospect Research Important? Industry Background What industry does their company belong to?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 28, 2018

From casual browsing to thorough research, online exploration occurs well before customers meet a salesperson. Even in the B2B space, 74 percent of buyers report doing more than half of their research this way. For example, consider industries, such as medicine or education, that have strict regulations on personal data.

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Buyer Guidelines Insurance Insurance 209

SBI

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Customer References & Buyer Confidence. So many of these buying decision factors apply to B2B buyers. As Brent Adamson, Distinguished Vice President, Gartner has written about and presented on , all the sales motions that go on must ultimately help build buyer self-confidence in making the decision.

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Buyer Customer Vendor Lead Gen 115

Emissary

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to recent Gartner research , 88% of boards regard cyber security as a business risk rather than solely a technical IT problem. Even though technology buyers are looking for more from their vendors, they have less time to spend with sales reps during the buying process. Key decision makers are hard to reach. .

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Industry Decision Maker How To Vendor 52

Nutshell

JUNE 6, 2019

Getting to know your potential buyers is a huge factor in bridging that gap, and the best way to accomplish that is by doing personal research on each prospect before you reach out to them. Tools for researching companies: Google. Your next step is to do prospect research “inside” and see who’s making those gears spin.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 11, 2013

I discuss how these Reps align themselves with the Buyer’s process to be successful. Then I provide a Buyer Alignment Tool to enable success in these environments. Frequently, Sales Reps are busy pitching their products without listening to their Buyers. They sometimes sell while the Buyer is still defining their problem.

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