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Marketing KPIs are changing. Here’s why.

Zoominfo

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. Instead, B2B marketers are turning their attention to key performance indicators that showcase how full-funnel marketing efforts can deliver increased performance. In 2020, that figure was down to 47%.

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How Well Do You Know Your Customer?

SBI Growth

Yes… we better know our customer”, was the response from the head of marketing. So I asked the next logical question: “ Tell me about your buyer research; How do you do it? ” The burden of “selling when a rep isn’t present” has shifted to the marketing department. A Framework for Buyer Research. Are my customers spending?

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What are the 5 stages of sales and marketing alignment?

Showpad

Research tells us that experiences play a large (and growing) role in the purchase decisions of B2B buyers , even more than other factors like product and price. While many elements factor into the experiences a customer has with your company, experiences are primarily driven by your marketing and sales organizations.

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Trade Show Prospecting Toolkit: The Ultimate Collection

DiscoverOrg Sales

Members of DiscoverOrg’s sales and marketing teams attend about 30 events per year. Blog: How to Prospect at Trade Shows: The Ultimate 10-Step Sales and Marketing Checklist. To take full advantage of the trade show experience, reps need a game plan for pre-show, during the show, and post-show … and they need Marketing back-up.

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Cold Calling Never Went Out Of Style

Partners in Excellence

Yet, most data I’ve seen indicates these alternatives fail to consistently generate the volume of opportunities necessary to achieve our goals. I’m not suggesting we not expand our methods of generating new opportunities. Marketing must look for new ways of generating awareness and interest.

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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5 Ways to Better Leverage Your CRM Data for ABM

SugarCRM

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). Expansion is another area that ABM can be utilized to generate upsell and cross-sell opportunities.