Product Management University

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If you’re looking to climb the product marketing career ladder faster, here are five things you can do that’ll accelerate your climb. As a product marketer though, this is more about your strategy and execution tactics that lead to year-over-year revenue growth. Product marketing is not for prickly people with a “can’t-do” attitude!

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Marketing How To Segment Scale 59

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Exploring Case Studies of Small Businesses and Their Digital Marketing Success The allure of digital marketing success consistently attracts attention, especially with small businesses due to the vast potential for growth. The narrative of a small enterprise soaring to industry stardom is highly compelling. Their takeaway?

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Small Business Small Business Demand Generation Agencies Case Study 52

Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? Every marketer wants to make an impact. Today, with 80 percent of the sales cycle happening in digital or remote settings, you’ve never had a greater opportunity to directly influence buying decisions. What makes most marketing content so woefully forgettable?

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B2B Marketing Top of Funnel ACT 134

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate. Location data (Marketing loves).

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

Allego

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Allego is happy to announce that Heather Moses has joined the company as chief marketing officer (CMO) to drive the next chapter of the company’s growth. Heather brings almost 15 years of experience in the marketing industry. This means sales and marketing teams cannot continue doing things the way they always have.

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Marketing Face-to-face Sales Enablement Demand Generation Agencies 62

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. Without any further ado, let’s jump right ahead to the list of Sales LinkedIn Influencers: 1. Gary Vee is the influencer we all know & follow at least on one social media platform.

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Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 76

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Author: Mandy Truong With 2021 in full swing, marketers are making their plans for recovery and business growth. Here are lessons from two of our key programs last year that we plan to incorporate into our 2021 demand generation strategy: Revamped Webinars.

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Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cancellation 177

Emissary

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In a recent Emissary survey of executive-level tech buyers, 85% of recent, major tech purchases included a non-technical buyer with major influence over the final decision. Most vertical marketing strategies are light in nature consisting of tabs on websites, vertical-oriented stock photos and key words added to headers. Listen first.

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Marketing Strategy Collateral Case Study 52

SBI

JUNE 19, 2019

TechTarget Priority Engine Named Best Account Based Marketing and Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution by SIIA. Priority Engine provides B2B marketing and sales teams the real, observed purchase intent they need to act with speed and confidence. TechTarget, Inc. Michael Cotoia, CEO, TechTarget.

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Account Based Marketing Engineering Ideal Customer Profile Account 50

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Over the last few months, marketers have witnessed one of the biggest changes to LinkedIn’s professional social network since its inception. The purpose of this blog post is to provide marketing leaders with a five minute executive summary explaining the new offering and what it means to your business. Influencers. Endorsements.

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Lead Generation LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 317

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. Without any further ado, let’s jump right ahead to the list of Sales LinkedIn Influencers: 1. Gary Vee is the influencer we all know & follow at least on one social media platform.

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Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 22, 2022

Ask any seasoned marketer and they’ll tell you that strong segmentation is the key ingredient to efficient, successful campaigns. Like other things in marketing, the answer can be found by focusing on your customer. They include: Employee headcount Annual revenue Industry B2B vs. B2C Location 2. Let’s break it down.

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Segment Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing B2B 130

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Over the last few months, marketers have witnessed one of the biggest changes to LinkedIn’s professional social network since its inception. The purpose of this blog post is to provide marketing leaders with a five minute executive summary explaining the new offering and what it means to your business. Influencers. Endorsements.

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Lead Generation LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 314

Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

How to fix it: Work with marketing to create templates that are rich in value messaging, and which force customization to the specific client and the state of your relationship. Would they be perfect to headline an industry conference and talk about how they use our platform? Don’t be afraid to surface those ideas.

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Exercises Demand Generation Agencies How To ROI 245

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

Yet there’s little attention within marketing teams on developing quality offers. DMA studies show Offer is the #1 determination of success for customer marketing. Marketing plans are well underway. Chief Marketing Officers are monitoring their team’s campaign metrics as a leading indicator. Strategic Offer Assessment.

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Campaigns Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Outside Sales 310

InsightSquared

APRIL 12, 2018

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer. Shiny features sell.

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Vendor Analytics Report Marketing 63

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “ buyer’s journey.”

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Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel 208

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? Influence their buying decisions? For example, do they all work in the same industry? They inform every aspect of a marketing strategy—from the content you create to the channels you use. Let that sink in. Are they all a certain age?

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Buyer Persona Buyer B2B Company 100

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing is on the up-and-up. What are sales and marketing leaders saying about it? 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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Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. 1. Join host, Matt Heinz, president of Heinz Marketing on this fast-paced, power-packed program. 3. Sales Influence—Why People Buy. So if you’re already familiar with the sales podcasts on this list, we recommend you check out that post as well.

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Hiring Top of Funnel B2B Lead Rank 269

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

And while the precise definition can vary by team, GTM teams often have two high-level ways of categorizing leads: Marketing qualified leads (MQLs), who are early in the journey but have interacted in a way that indicates they could be ready for sales. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

At the change of each year, we scour thought pieces on the web for chief marketing officer (CMO) trends that we must be attuned to in the coming year. Personalize messaging and content in omni-channel marketing. Account-based marketing (ABM). all forms of peer experience and influence. SiriusDecisions). Salesforce).

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Account Based Marketing Customer Demand Generation Agencies Case Study 122

SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2020

SalesLoft customer Limeade shares their best practices for how their marketing and sales teams work together to execute their account-based strategy by: . An account-based strategy is only a strategy until marketing and sales come together to hyper-focus on their top-tier accounts. Honing-in on their top tier accounts.

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Account Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 52

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. Alignment Around Unified Data. CRM + ABM = Winning Combination.

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Account Based Marketing CRM Lead Rank Data 48

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Sales Pipeline Radio Join host, Matt Heinz, president of Heinz Marketing on this fast-paced, power-packed program. Sales Pipeline Radio features the brightest minds in B2B sales and marketing, sharing secrets to driving greater volume, velocity, and conversion of sales pipelines in any industry. What are the Best Sales Podcasts?

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Hiring Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies B2B 100

Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. I performed the analysis through sizing the market, finding the industry influencers and profiling potential clients.

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 94

Sales Hacker

MARCH 23, 2020

On-demand training. RevGrowth Virtual Summit brings the sales and marketing communities together for a new kind of event. Unleash, Outreach’s sales engagement conference that draws thousands of sales, operations and marketing leaders each year, is a virtual event this year. On-demand access to the sessions post-event.

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Conference Webinar Metrics Travel Industry 78

MarketJoy

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The strength of your sales pipeline influences how much revenue you generate this week, month, or quarter. If you’re spending your time and your marketing dollars talking to people who don’t need or can’t afford what you’re selling, then you’re simply flushing your money down the toilet.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Outsourcing Services 52

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. I did the analysis by sizing the market, profiling potential clients and finding the industry influencers. What more could you possibly ask for?

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 86

The ROI Guy

MARCH 24, 2014

Gartner research showed that Sales came in last place after Technical and Industry Expert, Service and Support and Senior Executives as ‘the most influential personal interactions across the entire buying cycle’. According to Gartner, left unresolved, the Value Gap can place much of your marketing and demand generation activities at risk.

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Buyer Persona Demand Generation Agencies Decision Maker Demand Generation 104

LeadBoxer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Business-to-business (B2B) demand generation is important for any business. Awareness of your business’ products and services involves demand generation marketing strategies. You can skip some parts of the post and jump ahead: What is Demand Generation Marketing?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel 105

Mereo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

At Mereo, we have developed a unique approach to revenue performance that leverages the inherently interdependent operational disciplines of demand progression, solution marketing, solution management, sales operations and sales enablement. Common Demand Progression Pitfalls. Demand issues often appear cut and dry.

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Revenue Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 48

Showpad

JANUARY 3, 2019

They provide sales reps with a change of scenery to reset, expand their knowledge, and meet industry experts from across the globe. Unleash brings sales leaders from across the world together for three days of networking and informative keynotes and breakouts from forward-thinking industry leaders. Atlanta, GA | March 11-13.

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Conference Sales Enablement Networking Outbound 67

Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

Marketing and selling today isn’t a predictable progression that you’ve decided is how your prospects and customers should buy. In reality, buyers are motivated by outside influences that challenge their status quo and convince them to change. Align Sales and Marketing. Sales is a design point for better marketing.

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Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 103

Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

Information in today’s digital milieu has always been a double edged sword for sales and marketing. A 2014 research by the Acquity Group, a digital marketing company under Accenture, pegs the number of B2B buyers who do online research at 94 percent. It works for you if you can control it. Outside that – it’s a free-for-all.

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Outsourcing Services Buyer B2B Lead Rank 79

Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

One of the most popular “best practices” in B2B sales and marketing is to create buyer personas. The same can be said about basing your sales and marketing messages on personas. You build personas for each of the buying influencers in the deal. The post Are Buyer Personas Sabotaging Your Sales?

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Buyer Persona Buyer Decision Maker Demand Generation Agencies 100

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling prospective customers is vital to ensuring that a marketing campaign is targeting the right people with the right message. With better profiles, demand generation teams can craft stronger advertising campaigns. Marketers can attract and retain prospective customers more effectively.

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