Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2019

B2B marketers have embraced many new strategies to cut through the influx of content in our increasingly digital landscape. Yet, many tried-and-true marketing strategies continue to generate results. 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say webinars are the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ).

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Sales velocity is a robust metric used by sales managers for good reason. It presents a snapshot of how your entire sales process is performing. This guide will explain the sales velocity formula and what it means for your business. Sales enablement tools like CRM platforms help increase sales velocity.

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Lead Rank Examples Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 52

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 6, 2017

Author: Peter Gillett, CEO, Zuant Since the dawn of marketing, tradeshow and other in-person events have been the largest items in the B2B marketing budget, often exceeding more than 50 percent of the total budget. email and web meetings), tradeshows are one of the only channels to connect with customers and prospects face to face.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Though email is an extremely effective communication channel that’s ever-evolving, it’s one of the most time-consuming. Set up behavior-based triggers that notify sales teams of prospect engagement.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant.

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How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

Pointclear

MAY 12, 2011

Few companies have the sales and marketing resources to adequately cover their markets. It’s logical that if only a fraction of your target market is contacted, only a fraction of the deals are going to you. Market coverage, yes it’s part of our business. Probably more often than you’d like.

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Showpad

MAY 3, 2019

In fact, the experiences buyers have with your company — both while doing their own research and interacting with one of your reps — have the power to make or break a sale. The pressure’s on for organizations to start delivering the very best buying experiences. Sales and Marketing Alignment.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 14, 2016

It was one of our field sales reps. Visibility into your sales channel will help you find the RFPs sitting in the sales inbox before the rep even knows they are there. Technology is enabling buyer-driven selling/buying cycles. It was precisely 4:48 p.m. I picked up the phone and answered. The post Incoming!

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Zoominfo

JULY 17, 2018

B2B marketers have embraced many new strategies to cut through the influx of content in our increasingly digital landscape. Yet, many tried-and-true marketing strategies continue to generate results. 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say webinars are the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ).

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Paid Content Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Promotion 255

BuzzBoard

APRIL 10, 2024

Overview of Why Lead-Nurturing Software Is a Must-Have Tool for Digital Marketing Agencies Lead-nurturing processes are now seen as a necessity for digital marketing agencies aiming for streamlined operations and higher return on investment. The importance of marketing analytics tools can’t be underestimated.

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SugarCRM

AUGUST 11, 2021

Ever been asked what you do as a marketer? You’re basically in sales, right? A marketing job description can go in many directions depending on which part of marketing you cover. So How Do We, as Marketers, Do This? Marketers must create it. Marketing automation is one of them. Buyers demand it.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 26, 2023

” I started in sales, about 5 years before emailing became popularized. Since there were a small number of people in the word processing group, with about 75 sales people competing for their attention, we could only got through that cycle once every few weeks, seldom sending more than 30 letters a shot.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Every sales team has that legendary sales rep. Don’t worry, there is plenty of truth behind the need for a sales engagement platform. What is a Sales Engagement Platform? What is a Sales Engagement Platform? How is Sales Engagement Software Different from Sales Enablement? Learn more.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buying Cycle Forecasting 52

Apptivo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Today, the buying cycle is complex. According to research, leads experience five to 10 marketing interactions before making a purchase. There are so many moving elements, including forms, CRMs, email marketing lists, and eCommerce platforms, to mention a few. Thankfully, lead management automation has some built-in magic.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

After all, RevOps teams play an active role in supporting every function that drives revenue growth, from sales to marketing to finance to customer success. They require you to have a clear picture of prospect and customer behavior, market trends, and performance metrics. Efficient communication channels.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Discover how mastering virtual sales strategies can elevate customer interactions, even in complex sales cycles. Virtual selling is a technology-driven approach to sales. Unlike traditional face-to-face interactions, sales reps use digital tools to engage with customers remotely. What Is Virtual Selling?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Though email is an extremely effective communication channel that’s ever-evolving, it’s one of the most time-consuming. It’s all about appealing to their specific interests and needs.

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LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a dedicated marketing professional, the question may arise: What is lead nurturing? According to Forrester Research, companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales-ready leads at a 33% lower cost. The objective?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2018

The same wisdom applies if you want to hit a home run in sales. Perfecting your sales cadence -- the timing and rhythm of your touchpoints with prospective customers -- can turn a so-so sales process into an awesome one. Time your outreach so it connects with and engages your prospects and you’ll increase your sales conversions.

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Revenue Buying Cycle Social Media Media 93

Pointclear

MARCH 19, 2015

On March 3, 2015, Direct Marketing Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Ginger Conlon, joined me on PowerViews LIVE to talk about “Where Marketing is Going … and Growing … in 2015.” A sales, marketing and customer experience expert, Ginger shares her perspective on current and future marketing trends.

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SBI

JULY 26, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Custom-branded professional sales presentations look terrific!

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Trade Show Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics ROI 95

Hubspot Sales

MAY 8, 2018

Important Sales Reports. Salespeople often struggle to understand lead behavior across different channels. Salespeople often struggle to understand lead behavior across different channels. Anyone in sales can attest -- your contacts are your most valuable asset. Contacts Report. Leads Breakdown. Revenue Summary.

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Report Cost per Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 101

SBI

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Ian Levine , Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of RO Innovation. No database searching or guessing.

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LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned sales professional or an emerging entrepreneur, understanding the best way to track sales leads is critical for your business success. According to studies, well-nurtured leads produce a 20% increase in sales opportunities compared to non-nurtured leads. How do I organize sales leads in Excel?

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Maximizer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

What is the Customer Lifecycle (and Why Every Sales Rep Should Care)? The customer lifecycle is the journey your customer takes with your brand — from their first interaction with your content to renewing their annual subscription or buying additional products. What does that mean for the sales team that needs to close deals?

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Score More Sales

MARCH 8, 2012

In order to be most productive with the sales opportunities in your pipeline there are a number of people you need to know well. You’re done in by lost sales, missed opportunities, misaligned goals, and “no’s” toward the end of a prospective customer’s long buying cycle. Some are obvious.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

What is the Customer Lifecycle (and Why Every Sales Rep Should Care)? The customer lifecycle is the journey your customer takes with your brand — from their first interaction with your content to renewing their annual subscription or buying additional products. What does that mean for the sales team that needs to close deals?

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Customer Social Media Top of Funnel Loyalty 130

SBI

MAY 4, 2021

Demandbase Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InsideView and DemandMatrix, Launches The Demandbase Data Cloud and Sales Intelligence Cloud. These acquisitions significantly expand the Demandbase One B2B Go-To-Market Suite. Data is the foundation of any winning B2B go-to-market strategy. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 4, 2021.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Recently, I lamented about the challenge I face with my email Inbox in Your Marketing Is Driving Me Away! I spoke of the ever increasing volume of email messages that are simply irrelevant, undifferentiated, or poorly executed. Coincidentally, I read a research report on The State Of Email Marketing 2015.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 19, 2021

The marketing qualified lead (MQL) is useless—at least that’s what some marketers will tell you. . Somehow, MQLs became the gold standard of marketing success, but that’s not (and never was) their purpose. While MQLs are one indicator of success, it’s not the sales-ready lead that many marketers believe it to be.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Buyers don’t wait for our sellers to get up to speed, they just buy from someone else. And then, if you have a complex sale that has a longer buying cycle, one wonders how you possibly build a pipeline and manage these long cycle opportunities effectively. It’s both a business crisis, and people crisis!

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Buying Cycle Lead Rank Lead Scoring Coaching 97

Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 23, 2023

If B2B buying were so simple, why do customers wander through their buying process, why are buying cycles getting longer? It’s these issues that cause difficulty in B2B change management and buying. If there aren’t sales people, who uses their tools?

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B2B B2C Face-to-face Buying Cycle 62

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Something all B2B marketing and sales teams have in common is an abundance of CRM data and challenges around how to make the most of it. There are so many ways to leverage your CRM data—especially in Account Based Marketing (ABM). Email Marketing Segmentation. Stale Lead and Lost Deal Re-engagement.

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Account Based Marketing CRM Lead Rank Data 48

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2022

” This seems to be the mantra of too many pundits, and when one looks at key metrics for many sales organizations the bias is around quantity of activities. In some cases, it decreased their buying cycle, but the real change is it drove our win rate even higher. Or maybe we are leveraging the wrong outreach channels?

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Channels Social Media Maximizer Conversion 73

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 16, 2018

As sales people, our goal is to become the “go-to” resource for our customers in helping them solve their business problems. CSO Insight’s 2018 Buyer Preferences Survey show only 23% of buyers consider Vendor Sales People as one of the top three resources to help solve their business problems.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

We are used to all sorts of buying cycle/selling cycle metrics–customer commitments, certain activity levels on both the customer and sales sides. Some thoughts: We can develop engagement metrics that we use through the buying process. Are they looking for information from people other than sales people?

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