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How Small Gifts Can Create Big Marketing Wins

Zoominfo

Direct mail gifting is a demand generation tactic that assists other channels by cleaning up after them,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. “It’s something like an educated Hail Mary pass that sweeps up unconverted marketing qualified leads.” What do we mean by “direct mail marketing”?

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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.”

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The Traps of ‘optimizing’ by Lead Source

SBI Growth

H ow their teams should analyze Lead Sources is a major concern for marketing leaders. These metrics are good leading indicators but can be a death trap for optimization. Click-through rates, conversion rates, and cost per lead are commonly used as fine tuning points. Leads should be tracked to Opportunities and Wins.

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Top Lead Generation Statistics for 2018

Zoominfo

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. Ready to learn more about the state of B2B lead generation? B2B Lead Generation Statistics: Successful Tactics.

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Sales tactics encyclopedia: 15+ strategies for prospecting, qualifying, and closing

Nutshell

There are hundreds of different sales tactics that you can use to find prospects, qualify leads, and make a sale. To point you in the right direction, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best and most popular B2B sales tactics from general practices to specific sales techniques you can use to close more of your deals.

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Are You Tracking These Crucial Marketing KPIs?

Zoominfo

Let’s take a look at the primary channels to generate demand: email, paid social, content syndication, webinars and direct mail — and which KPIs you should track for each channel. Leads sent to nurture : Number of cold leads you engaged and added to your nurture program.

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Top B2B Lead Generation Statistics for 2021

Zoominfo

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. Strategic landing pages are used by 68% of B2B businesses to acquire leads ( source ). Ready to learn more?