Zoominfo

AUGUST 25, 2020

But what does it mean to actually be productive when it comes to marketing? Obstacles to Marketing Productivity. Either way, there are a host of obstacles to marketing time management that can impede productivity. Lack Of Strategy And Alignment: Sales and marketing alignment is imperative for efficient time use.

Marketing 221

Marketing Campaigns ROI Scale 221

Pointclear

MAY 23, 2018

Lead nurture can triple the return on most marketing campaigns. By nurturing leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales, an organization can eliminate wasted marketing spend and increase sales results. But it’s often the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. True Nurture.

Sales Qualified Lead 124

Sales Qualified Lead ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring 124

Zoominfo

JANUARY 22, 2021

There’s a saying in marketing that goes, “if you’re targeting everyone, you’re targeting no one,” and for the most part, I agree with it. There are a million reasons why personalized content is widely promoted as a sales and marketing best practice, one of them being that it’s more effective than any kind of ‘spray and pray’ method.

Ideal Customer Profile 221

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer Persona B2B 221

BuzzBoard

MARCH 7, 2024

An Introductory Comparison: Cookie-Cutter vs. Customized Digital Marketing When it comes to digital marketing strategies, one of the perpetual debates centers on the value of cookie-cutter versus customized campaigns. However, it’s essential to weigh and compare the marketing ROI from both models.

Small Business 52

Small Business Small Business Marketing ROI 52

Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work?

Marketing 246

Marketing Webinar Metrics Reachforce Top of Funnel 246

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 20, 2019

Researchers in one study monitored workers at five commercial laundry plants, including one plant that served as a natural control group since it didn’t implement the wellness program. You are essentially going to market with your employee population. Research I’ve read states that can take anywhere from six to 24 months,” Merkin says.

ROI 257

ROI Incentives Incentive Study 257

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There’s a saying in marketing: “If you’re targeting everyone, you’re targeting no one.” There are a million reasons why personalized content is widely promoted as a sales and marketing best practice. There are a million reasons why personalized content is widely promoted as a sales and marketing best practice.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer Persona B2B 130

Appbuddy

JUNE 14, 2021

Ray Tomlinson is widely acknowledged as the godfather of email, sending the first message way back in 1971, followed seven years later by Gary Thuerk who “hijacked” this largely government/military tool to send the first email marketing campaign. Benchmarks: ROI, budgets, and key challenges. The rest, as they say, is history!

ROI 52

ROI Everest Channels Webinar Metrics 52

Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2023

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. That’s where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? First, let’s define go-to-market as an overall framework.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Lead Rank Marketing 130

SBI

AUGUST 10, 2021

4 Powerful Ways to Prove Sales Enablement ROI. The challenge is understanding the rapidly evolving market of sales technologies in which mergers and new rounds of funding fuel product innovation and constantly change the options sales leaders can consider. Are your marketing and sales teams on the same page?

ROI 85

ROI Sales Enablement Hiring Maximizer 85

Zoominfo

JUNE 27, 2018

In today’s digital era, innovative marketing tactics have begun to overtake the traditional methods that have worked for years. Take influencer marketing for example. Keep reading for some key insights into influencer marketing– how effective it can be, what platforms to use, and much more! How effective is influencer marketing?

Influencer 202

Influencer Marketing Social Media Scale 202

Zoominfo

AUGUST 25, 2020

But what does it mean to actually be productive when it comes to marketing? Obstacles to Marketing Productivity Even the most disciplined employees face productivity roadblocks. Either way, there are a host of obstacles to marketing time management that can impede productivity. So, You Want to Improve Marketing Productivity?

Marketing 130

Marketing Campaigns ROI Scale 130

Gong.io

APRIL 28, 2021

Gong Labs’ previous research shows that it’s not a great idea to send executives cold emails with lofty ROI promises (see chart below for a sneak peek). How on earth can that be a bad idea, when all customers care about is ROI? They said the demo was interesting, and asked for clarification on your solution’s ROI.

ROI 71

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Benefit 71

Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s used by companies of all types and sizes for a variety of tasks, ranging from employee benefits administration to cancer research. Improving the way you harness and use big data will benefit your marketing strategy by helping you reach the right people at the best time with relevant content. What Is Big Data, Anyway?

Email Marketing 100

Email Marketing Campaigns Data Marketing 100

Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2018

The differences between B2B marketing and B2C marketing run deep. Today we’re putting our differences aside because we believe, there’s a lot B2B marketers can learn from their B2C counterparts. It means putting the customer at the center of every business decision, including product development and marketing.

B2C 209

B2C B2B Marketing Social Media 209

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. Online chat tools are a cornerstone of this approach, more broadly known as conversational marketing. What is Conversational Marketing? Real-time communication: Messages that are sent and received instantly.

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Buyer Conversion Marketing 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2021

What happens when your most important go-to-market machines sync up? For many companies, ZoomInfo serves as the information engine that powers how they go to market. “Data silos are unfortunately still a problem for a lot of go-to-market teams,” says Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo’s Founder and CEO.

SalesForce 173

SalesForce Meeting Marketing Lead Rank 173

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. We surveyed nearly 250 marketers , and while 59% of respondents said they either were not adjusting their budgets or weren’t making significant changes, almost 40% said they were cutting back on marketing spend in anticipation of a recession.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Advertising Advertising 130

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 5, 2018

Author: SAM MELNICK VP OF MARKETING, ALLOCADIA At Allocadia, we’re keen on asking the following question: Where will you focus your time in 2018?—?running running marketing, or doing marketing? Doing marketing” refers to the execution of marketing. Doing marketing” refers to the execution of marketing.

Enterprise 214

Enterprise Enterprise Marketing Microsoft 214

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You manage a small business and its marketing. Maybe your marketing efforts are more ‘throw it at the wall and see if it sticks’ than a fine-tuned ROI machine. What is small business marketing? The goal of small business marketing is to attract leads to your business. How to Grow Your Small Business with Marketing.

Small Business 145

Small Business Small Business Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 145

Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2014

Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. And even with concerns over social metrics, the rise of content marketing has rushed in to boost social’s street cred. Some of it is direct marketing, such as email, display, and PPC search. And YouTube in 10th place?

Paid Content 252

Paid Content Social Media Survey ROI 252

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115 [link] via/ @renbor. September 19th, 2011. Tibor Shanto.

ROI 243

ROI Pipeline Training Twitter 243

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consumers research online before buying, and a strong digital presence is essential to capture local attention. This is where savvy digital marketing agencies come in, acting as partners for local businesses to thrive in the rapidly advancing digital sphere. Don’t miss our additional tips for agency salespeople toward the end!

Education 52

Education Marketing Hiring Case Study 52

SBI Growth

APRIL 8, 2013

We engage with a lot of marketing leaders. In this post I want to focus on the marketing department’s org chart. In this post I want to focus on the marketing department’s org chart. What should the org chart for your marketing department look like? Not all marketing departments are created equal.

Top of Funnel 319

Top of Funnel Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 319

Apptivo

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Why is automation the smartest choice for email marketing? When it comes to businesses, much of the progress in automation is happening in marketing – directed at raising brand awareness and converting leads into sales. Why is automation the smartest choice for email marketing? Go Automatic! Email automation: Gist 3.

Email Marketing 94

Email Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 94

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

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 24, 2017

Research from the Aberdeen Group found that best-in-class sales teams received 17% more formal training per month compared to underperformers. The same research also found that modern sales professionals are most effectively developed by “empowering them to do their job regardless of time of day, physical location, or computing device.”

Training 237

Training Handbook ROI Hotels 237

Highspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

7, 2022 — Highspot , the sales enablement platform that increases sales productivity, today announced it has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave : Sales Content Solutions, Q4 2022 report. Germany, and northern Europe, and Highspot opened offices in France and the Australia and New Zealand markets. .

Lead Rank 95

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Report Research 95

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Having been in the sales and marketing industry for 28 years, Peter has helped thousands of SME’s increase their presence through exhibitions and display solutions – which makes him somewhat of an authority figure on the subject of exhibiting at key events. . How To Maximize Your ROI At An Exhibition. Do your research about the show.

ROI 290

ROI Maximizer How To Face-to-face 290

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Our research has found CXOs talk 8.5% While reps should always have researched their prospect, reviewed notes and call recordings, you don’t need to have a laundry list of talking points that can make the discussion feel sterile and cold. Understand the buyer’s focus on ROI. Mind the CFO.

Buyer 334

Buyer Strategy Buyer Persona ROI 334

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We wanted you to know about the launch of free return on investment (ROI) calculators for our ValueStory™ App. These free ROI calculators help business executives benchmark their current spending and management practices, and understand how various initiatives might improve performance. Click here to see the press release.

ROI 81

ROI Marketing B2B Lead Rank 81

SBI Growth

JUNE 1, 2013

I recently had a conversation with a marketing VP of an equipment manufacturing firm. Justifying her marketing spend and showing an ROI on her initiatives. C-Suite Marketing Ignorance was her biggest impediment to success. If she wanted to effectively market & sell to her CEO, she needed to treat him like a buyer.

Top of Funnel 296

Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 296

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2017

Author: Senraj Soundar, ConnectLeader Founder and CEO ABM – account based marketing – is the most-talked-about strategy right now in the B2B world. According to Forbes: 80% of marketers measuring ROI say that ABM outperforms other marketing investments. Yet, ABM has been around forever. “I So, what changed?

Account Based Marketing 176

Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Account 176

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. You don’t have to wait until your solution is implemented and producing ROI. Can attest to the ROI they’ve received. Gartner experts shared their research on seller access in a recent webinar, “ The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021.”

Referrals 323

Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 323

Pointclear

JANUARY 21, 2014

I was sitting in a meeting of marketing and operations people when I worked at Inquiry Handling Services (long ago scooped up by Harte Hanks). This month we tackle the issue of Marketing not delivering on an ROI responsibility. Management has not asked for an ROI on Marketing. Here are some of the justifications.

Harte Hanks 226

Harte Hanks Marketing ROI Sales Qualified Lead 226

Mereo

JUNE 24, 2021

A 2019 research study found that identifying data-driven firms were on the decline: from 37.1% The major offenders have not been in sales and marketing either, where metrics, pipeline and demand generation reviews abound and are, anecdotally, probably more tuned-in to the data and related analytics. in 2017 to 32.4% Performance.

Government 93

Government ROI Revenue Remedy 93