Janek Performance Group

MARCH 26, 2024

Among the myriad of tools and strategies available, one aspect stands out: buyer personas. Crafting detailed buyer personas allows organizations to humanize their target audience. Thus, they can tailor their marketing and sales efforts accordingly. There, he introduced the importance of buyer personas.

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Smooth Sale

JULY 25, 2023

Photo by The Digital Artist via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Will You Study How to Implement AI to Increase Business? Jeffrey Maganis, co-founder of AI Unlock, provides our guest blog, Will You Study How to Implement AI to Increase Business? He also co-founded a marketing agency that helps companies grow and scale.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

First, the bad news: Most B2B buyers don’t trust salespeople. These 30 findings from our extensive study tell salespeople exactly what to do to change this dynamic, and how to win back the respect and partnership the B2B sales-buyer relationship needs to be mutually successful. This is Part 2 of the study “Why Didn’t They Buy?”

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 22, 2014

Teaser: SnapRetail, a marketing automation solution provider for independent store owners, struggled with what many companies face – a sales and marketing disconnect. SnapRetail, a marketing automation solution provider for independent store owners, struggled with what many companies face – a sales and marketing disconnect.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Zachary Ballenger As a marketer, one of your primary goals is to set your sales team up for success. One way to do this is by providing them with the killer content they need to successfully engage with your buyers. This often comes in the form of customer case studies and testimonials that specifically showcase results.

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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. Customer references.

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PandaDoc

MAY 13, 2024

There’s no doubt about it: understanding customer behaviors and the reasons behind them can not only help you close deals but is a surefire way to keep buyers happy and fulfill the dreams of every sales lead. Sparkling marketing? The psychology of sales can reveal all this and more. What is sales psychology? Is it pure luck?

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Pointclear

JUNE 6, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. B2B Trade Show Marketing Circa 2013: Everything is the Same, Everything is Different. Via BtoBMagazine.

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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. First party intent data is collected from internal marketing teams via your company website, automation platform, or other in-house applications.

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Intent Data Buyer Intent Intent Data 182

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Their success hinges on buyer engagement — getting the prospect’s attention, holding it throughout the sales cycle , and maintaining interest to build customer loyalty beyond closing. Engage Existing Customers Using Intent Signal Data Buyer engagement does not end when a buyer signs their contract.

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Lead411

MARCH 28, 2024

What is Buyer Intent Data and how can I use it? Understanding the Buyer Intent Data: Buyer intent data is information gathered from many sources that indicates a potential buyer’s interest or willingness to make a purchase. Understanding your target audience will allow you to better comprehend buyer intent data.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

**This post is part of a series based on Showpad’s 2021 Modern Selling Study. To dig into all the data, visit the study homepage. Showpad’s 2021 Modern Selling Study found that sales enablement has become more important since the start of the pandemic. In this study summary, we’ll focus on the global data. Not really.

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 30, 2023

Does your sales approach take buyer personas into consideration? In this article, we will explore the concept of buyer personas and how sales reps can apply the principles of perception and persuasion for improved performance. Does last year’s persona prepared by marketing still apply to this prospect?

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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. buyer enablement”?—?while

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. They then leverage research tools and market insights to pinpoint promising opportunities.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Their new study, The Ultimate Contact Strategy: How to Best Use Phone and Email for Contact and Conversion Success was just released this week. In the study, some key conclusions came from their analysis of data from 3.5 In the study, some key conclusions came from their analysis of data from 3.5

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 13, 2017

However, in the majority of interviews, buyers rank all the feature sets of the competing products as being roughly equal. Rather than leave this large puzzle piece a mystery, DiscoverOrg partnered with Martin on a comprehensive study of 230 business decision-makers. This is Part 2 of the study “Why Didn’t They Buy?”

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SalesFuel

APRIL 8, 2024

If your B2B client’s target audience includes technical buyers, they may be focusing on the wrong types of ads. According to a report from TREW Marketing and GlobalSpec, your client should be focusing more on popular social media sites. This is important because 33% of these buyers say that they learn better by seeing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Author: Ron Carson Just about every marketer today has been told to listen to the voice of the customer to inform marketing strategy. First, marketing teams only receive this information second-hand – through sales, product management, etc. And it is why I encourage marketers to have regular “voice of the market” conversations.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

The digital nature of our current business landscape has caused a dramatic shift in the way companies market their products. As a result, SEO has become an essential skill for all modern marketers. Marrying the creative side of content marketing with the more technical parts of SEO is an art form many have yet to master.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Though the Harvard Business Review prematurely declared it dead a decade ago , today’s top sellers have found new ways to leverage solution selling that speak directly to the attitudes and needs of modern buyers. Buyers in 2012 had come a long way from the buyers of the 1980s. Table of contents. What is solution selling?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2018

A little bit of humor can go a long way– even in the marketing world. Today’s marketing professionals must juggle a number of high-priority tasks throughout the day, and often, they find themselves under a significant amount of stress. In these cases, a few lighthearted jokes can ease the tension of the day-to-day marketing job.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 14, 2019

Marketing automation has seen incredible growth in the last decade. In fact, 55% of B2B companies report using marketing automation as part of their marketing strategy ( source ). In fact, a recent study reported only 14% of marketers describe their use of marketing automation as “good” or better ( source ).

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. Landing pages serve as a litmus test to digital marketing campaign success — you get to see who is interested in your content and how many. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? What Makes a Good Landing Page?

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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 ). But—as B2B marketers and sales professionals—we have a lot to learn about social selling. What is Social Selling?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 11, 2017

But what about B2B buyers? With so much of the spotlight on what sales reps could do differently, examining and understanding the psyche of buyers often gets overlooked. It turns out that it’s buyers themselves and their attitude toward risk and change that drive their view of salespeople. B2B buyers’ opinion of salespeople.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

No matter how many times we’re told email marketing is dead, the channel continues to be an effective way to generate revenue. In fact, studies show that email marketing has a 4400% return on investment ( source ). Enter email list segmentation—the key to successful email marketing. Unfamiliar with the term? Keep reading.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For years, sales and marketing teams have been spending money to buy lead generation tools and contact data to grow their email marketing database. Unfortunately, the days of just filling your marketing system with the most names, emailing them indiscriminately, and seeing a flood of responses is long gone. Which is better?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 27, 2019

This transformation is permeating all areas of the enterprise – from marketing to sales to product development and even finance and human resources. Amongst the plethora of enterprise AI solutions available, marketing platforms probably come to mind first.

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SBI

AUGUST 6, 2019

Transforming Sales: Why B2B Sellers & Marketers Need to Add Value to Each Buyer Interaction. Even if a business’ product doesn’t look or work anything like Netflix, B2B sellers and marketers must figure out a way to accommodate buyers’ demands for highly personalized experiences. Saving Sales and Marketing Time.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

**This post is part of a series based on Showpad’s 2021 Modern Selling Study. To dig into all the data, visit the study homepage. Engaging buyers in an effective way requires sales professionals having access to the right content and messaging for their targeted buyer roles and their business challenges.

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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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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2023

The software buyer's journey has shifted dramatically over the past few years. As G2's Director of SMBs, Mike Buscemi , puts it: "Software buyers today act like B2C consumers because they have so many options. Buyers have an abundance to pick and choose from.". In 2022, many buyers don't trust sales. Let's dive in.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Data Buyer Intent 111

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 28, 2020

Be the devil’s advocate as you study the promising aspects of new technology and before you blindly incorporate artificial intelligence. My Story: Study And Incorporate Artificial Intelligence. ‘More often, it is the human voice that will soothe concerns and direct the buyer to a better solution.’

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