Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales. Now, we’ll go further and explore strategies and best practices for improving prospect qualification.

Lead Rank 62

Lead Rank B2B Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 62

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Knowing the technology stack of your prospect is an important piece of marketing and sales intelligence. In fact, the tech stack isn’t just part of competitive intelligence – it’s the critical heart. In order to target the right prospects with relevant talking points, this information is key. This is part 4.

Competition 145

Competition Ideal Customer Profile Intent Data Intent 145

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How important are prospecting insights to your sales strategy? It could be that their sales reps know how to prospect effectively. Most likely, though, they use prospecting insights to reach their sales goals. What are prospecting insights? What are prospecting insights? It turns out they’re pretty important.

Data 246

Data Prospecting Strategy Cold Calling 246

Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Photo by Aitoff via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Use SEO Strategy to Stand Out from Your Competition? All businesses, large and small, and those with ambitious career goals realize the need to stand out among the competition. What goals, objectives, and obstacles do they have in the real estate market?

Competition 78

Competition Real Estate Lead Rank Lead Scoring 78

Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In real estate, you have to understand that prospects aren't going to appear out of thin air. This is a concept known as real estate prospecting. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging.

Real Estate 82

Real Estate Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Social Media 82

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Many Sales VPs are innately aware of the competition. They even track their peers’ marketing and competitive messaging. Whether your industry is mature or rapidly evolving, you must remember: Change with your customers, not your competition. Overview : Acme was the preferred vendor in the market. Each “Win” took 2.4

Competition 323

Competition Customer Lead Rank Top of Funnel 323

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Broad economic and societal shifts — amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and continued technological disruption — are resulting in longer sales cycles, more discerning buyers, intensifying competition, and lingering uncertainty. GTM Plays Automated go-to-market plays that can rapidly scale your business.

Survey 130

Survey Prospecting Customer Face-to-face 130

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Selling can be a tough job, especially when your market is saturated with other salespeople offering similar products or services. Competition in all industries is fierce and getting tougher. Even if you have a great product, you can still struggle in sales unless you differentiate yourself from your competition. Be Memorable.

Competition 118

Competition How To Follow-up Up-Sell 118

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your sales team doesn’t have time for efficiency blockers in a competitive, fast-paced market. Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. Stale data and lack of differentiation could be two major culprits.

Ideal Customer Profile 90

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 90

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Combining historical sales patterns and customer profile data with external signals — economic indicators, news and survey data, and buyer intent — results in improved forecasts grounded in both past performance and current market conditions.

Lead Rank 130

Lead Rank Data Marketing Segment 130

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For sellers targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), that means leaner and smarter go-to-market strategies. When applied to sales, generative AI becomes a powerful tool for personalization, enabling salespeople to create highly tailored and relevant content for their outreach and engagement with prospects.

Competition 52

Competition Scale Social Media Trends 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. Finding the best prospects goes beyond surface-level details like company name and phone number. What is Market Intelligence? That’s where market intelligence comes in.

Sales Qualified Lead 207

Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 207

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Strategies to Differentiate Your Digital Marketing Agency for Small Businesses In today’s ultra-competitive market, employing advanced strategies like artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t merely an option for your small business digital marketing agency; it’s a necessity.

Prospecting 52

Prospecting Small Business Small Business Pivotal 52

Mereo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you are like most sellers, you may not realize you could be selling solutions for your competition. When you are not differentiating yourself from the competition, you are selling for those competitors’ solutions just like you are selling your own. Stop selling for your competition with Mereo’s Contrast Quadrant.

Competition 81

Competition Buyer Face-to-face Up-Sell 81

Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2023

In order to make the launch a success, it’s crucial that you set clear goals, plan future steps, and earn a competitive advantage. Traditional marketing plans lay out these steps, but to really move the needle, you’ll need to dig a little deeper. That’s where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Lead Rank Marketing 130

Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

Industry surveys show that account-based marketing is consuming an ever-larger share of B2B budgets, and it’s easy to see why: smarter targeting, increased efficiency, and better ROI are enough to make any CMO’s eyes light up. The good news? That starts with going after the right accounts that match your ideal customer profile (ICP).

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Intent Intent Signal 130

Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Delivering A Next-Level Customer Experience In this Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount talks to Clare Dorrian, SugarCRM's CMO, about putting people first, building human connections, and prioritizing the customer experience in a saturated market. In a highly competitive market, differentiation is key.

SugarCRM 96

SugarCRM Customer Marketing Outbound 96

Pipeliner

APRIL 18, 2021

Post-COVID, there’s been tremendous emphasis on the many changes that clients and prospects have gone through. But just as new growth blossoms from a burned forest, fresh competition now blooms, challenging you and fighting hard to beat you. What competitive analysis tools and processes are available to help? Or do they?

Competition 98

Competition Analysis Face-to-face ACT 98

Alice Heiman

MAY 17, 2023

AI is having a big impact on B2B sales by empowering salespeople to focus on what they do best: building meaningful relationships with their prospects. a next-generation, AI-powered, SaaS platform for B2B sales and marketing. But wait, don’t worry about AI replacing human sales reps! About xiQ: xiQ Inc. About xiQ: xiQ Inc.

Competition 69

Competition B2B SAP Ideal Customer Profile 69

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar, Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. 2: New sales or marketing leader play. 3: Competitive displacement play. Filtering criteria stays the same.

Webinar Metrics 242

Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing Scale 242

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In the past, strong relationships were the main way to get in front of a prospect and close a deal. Now, data, media, and technology allow us to get in front of prospects and convince them that a complete stranger has a better solution than their incumbent partner. What is Competitive Intelligence? Identify Your Goals.

Competition 98

Competition Advertising Advertising Hiring 98

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Attempting to grow your business without marketing intelligence is a lot like driving without directions. Without a clear understanding of your industry or market, you’ll be ill-equipped to make informed business decisions. Businesses are catching on to the importance of market intelligence. What Is Market Intelligence?

Data 130

Data Marketing Scale Analysis 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. But as B2B sales gets more competitive and complex, simply knowing who sourced a lead may no longer be good enough. Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing.

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Thanks to technology and globalization, competition is stiffer than ever. Your competitors have access to the same data, social-selling tools, and marketing applications that you do. By this point, you’re already in a competitive situation, and your odds of closing a deal have diminished at least five-fold. Here’s a hint.

Competition 218

Competition Referrals Gatekeeper Social Media 218

Allego

JULY 26, 2022

Now, sellers need up-to-the-minute, continual learning in the flow of work about your customers, market, and industry. It allows you to provide organizational knowledge, learning, coaching, and content to the field to gain—and keep—a competitive advantage in a buyer’s world. And LMS software simply can’t provide that.

Competition 117

Competition Collateral Software Software 117

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience.

Prospecting 130

Prospecting Hiring Face-to-face Intent Data 130

BuzzBoard

APRIL 16, 2024

Explaining the Importance of Lead Generation Strategies for Digital Marketing Agencies Lead generation strategies serve as crucial tools for digital marketing agencies. These strategies are especially vital for agencies marketing to small and local businesses. One impactful strategy is offering free digital marketing audits.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 52

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 29, 2019

Or should you choose pricing that's well above the market price ? It's worth considering competition-based pricing. Since competitors enter and exit the market, and the market fluctuates, businesses have the ability to proactively adjust their prices. Competition-Based Pricing. Competition-Based Pricing.

Competition 112

Competition Margin Retail Lead Rank 112

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

And for that launch’s success, it’s crucial to set goals, plan future steps, and obtain a competitive advantage. Traditionally, marketing plans lay out these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy?

Ideal Customer Profile 246

Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Strategy Marketing 246

Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Billions of dollars have been invested in software promising to transform how sales and marketing teams reach new audiences. Sales and marketing tech stacks have swollen, with dozens of conflicting tools promising greater efficiency, accelerated growth, and higher revenue. We call this Go-to-Market operations, or simply, GTM Ops.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Marketing Face-to-face 130

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding the Process of Prospecting for SMB Leads The process of prospecting for SMB leads can be a complex task, particularly for salespeople at digital marketing agencies who specialize in selling to small businesses. Prospecting commences with pinpointing the type of small business you envision as your prospects.

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 52

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Competitive analysis typically comes in one of two flavors. First, there’s the competitive outlook used in business planning to prove the viability of an initiative. And even if you had the time, energy and resources for such deep competitive dives, much of what you discovered would simply be unneeded documentation. Performance.

Competition 52

Competition Face-to-face Sage Analysis 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

Ideal Customer Profile 264

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Anthony Iannarino

JULY 29, 2019

We don’t often speak to the fact that selling is a form of competition. We give to little attention to the need to more competitive in sales now, with most people merely going through the motions, doing their job, hoping to win. This is how to be more competitive in sales now. Competition to Displace.

Competition 107

Competition How To Retention Call-back 107

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2022

Staying ahead of personnel moves is a critical competitive advantage in every industry and economic sector, with 44% of workers in a recent survey saying they plan to look for a new employer in the next year. More than ever before, people are taking control of their careers and seizing opportunities in today’s evolving business environment.

Prospecting 100

Prospecting Decision Maker Hiring ACT 100

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And for that launch’s success, it’s crucial to set goals, plan future steps, and obtain a competitive advantage. Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy?

Ideal Customer Profile 147

Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Marketing 147