Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2018

billion in 2017. Yet, B2B marketers have been slow to adopt programmatic advertising, especially compared to their B2C counterparts. If you’re among the B2B professionals who haven’t adopted programmatic advertising practices, today’s post is for you. programmatic display ad spending reached an estimated $32.56

Advertising 185

Advertising Advertising B2B Scale 185

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2019

B2B marketers have embraced many new strategies to cut through the influx of content in our increasingly digital landscape. Yet, many tried-and-true marketing strategies continue to generate results. 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say webinars are the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ).

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Webinar Metrics B2B Marketing 100

Pointclear

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Should your company be all in on inbound marketing. Instead, high performers opt to hunt down "emerging" demand in the market place by getting out in front of a customer's buying process and helping to shape that customer's perception of their needs through targeted bursts of controlled insights. Short answer: no. Read more here.

Inbound 100

Inbound Account Based Marketing Scale Marketing 100

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 economy alone.

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

In 2017, email marketing turned half a century old. Yet, B2B marketing professionals continue to rank the channel high on their list of preferred marketing tactics. Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere.

Email Marketing 231

Email Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 231

Pointclear

JANUARY 5, 2017

How well are your B2B organization’s sales and marketing behaviors, practices, and processes reliably and sustainably producing required outcomes? Read on and learn how you can get better ROI on marketing, how you can let your sales people focus on what they do best, and how you can close significantly more deals than you did before.

Account Based Marketing 113

Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing ROI 113

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-12-28. Author: Anna Johansson. Teaser: More than half of the nation will make goals to improve their health and wellbeing in the new year. It’s the perfect time for you to make some resolutions for your business. More than half of the nation will make goals to improve their health and wellbeing in the new year. read more

B2B 166

B2B Sales 166

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2018

Tapping in to the experiential trend is essential for building a brand, engaging B2B customers, and driving sales. Follow these three key steps to plan and implement immersive experiences that engage your B2B customers and transform sales. Step One: Know What Motivates Your Customers.

B2B 221

B2B Customer Social Media Face-to-face 221

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Welcome to our October B2B Blog Post Round-Up. This month’s round-up covers a variety of topics including email marketing, sales reporting, storytelling and so much more. 1. The Beginner’s Guide to an Email Marketing Audit. The Beginner’s Guide to an Email Marketing Audit. One such strategy is email marketing.

B2B 140

B2B Buyer Persona Email Marketing Ideal Customer Profile 140

Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. But, how can marketers comply with the varying preferences of their individual buyer? Enter: Multichannel marketing. And the best part?

Marketing 189

Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 189

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Today’s topic is how to execute Account Based Marketing. While B2B account marketing has been around for years, we discuss the modern techniques required for success. To follow along, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to.

Account Based Marketing 120

Account Based Marketing Account Workbooks Marketing 120

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The age-old issue of how Sales and Marketing work together (or not) is still on the table. Marketing complains that Sales doesn’t follow up on their leads; Sales contends that the leads Marketing sends their way aren’t any good. What are your thoughts on the current state of Marketing and Sales alignment?

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Scale Marketing Conversion Inbound 100

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 9, 2018

From industry events, to blog posts, B2B professionals can’t stop talking about this trending topic and its potential to revolutionize marketing. In today’s post, we’ll take a further look into the concept of AI and see how this new technology can have a real impact on your marketing strategy. Or is it just another martech fad?

Ideal Customer Profile 113

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing B2B Consumer 113

Pointclear

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Should marketing and sales agree on the definition of a lead? According to James Obermayer ( Sales Lead Management Association ), the fact that there is no agreement between marketing and sales on lead definition results in these problems: Salespeople say that they are not getting enough qualified leads. They should, but mostly don’t.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Decision Maker 100

Pipeliner

AUGUST 17, 2018

Radio As a Marketing Tool For B2B Marketers and Social Listening. In the digital era, brands shouldn’t write off the radio as a marketing tool – it offers the same key perk of programmatic ad buys: attribution. Future of Radio Advertising in Promoting B2B Sales. In his words, “B2B purchasers are consumers, too.

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B2B Tools Marketing Advertising 75

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Value is a vital element to sales success for 2017, according to insights from Peter Ostrow, Research Director of Sales Enablement Strategies for research firm SiriusDecisions. Peter was quick to reveal research that shows just how hard it can be to achieve these goals in 2017, as the buyer’s decision-making journey has become more complex.

B2B 58

B2B Quota Research Sales Enablement 58

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

I just love the simplicity of it; not to mention that it absolutely captures what is wrong with marketing in many if not most companies today. While marketing technology and marketing automation software are not totally to blame, they have made it easier to get more poor quality leads to sales faster than ever before.

Lead Rank 100

Lead Rank Account Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 100

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. B2B LeadsCon. B2B LeadsCon. CEB Sales and Marketing Summit. Sales Conferences 2017. Sales, sales operations, sales enablement, and marketing executives will learn to improve sales team results.

Conference 111

Conference Scale Inbound Hiring 111

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. We tried to tackle every aspect of event marketing. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts! The 3 Biggest Potholes of B2B Events (And How to Steer Clear). Check them out below!

Webinar Metrics 113

Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

Pointclear

DECEMBER 22, 2016

If you are selling a relatively expensive B2B solution requiring the involvement of multiple decision-makers and multiple levels of evaluation, could an appearance with one person, without advanced discovery, possibly be the best first step with a new prospect in that situation?

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Account Based Marketing 100

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. But, how can marketers comply with the varying preferences of their individual buyer? Enter: Multichannel marketing. And the best part?

Marketing 100

Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 100

PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell. Continuously running sales prospecting campaigns keeps you updated on any major changes in how rivals run their marketing and features operations.

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Today’s article is focused on how to execute account-based marketing. To follow along, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to the marketing strategy. This involves replacing leads with opportunities for the sales team through ABM.

Account Based Marketing 120

Account Based Marketing Account Workbooks Marketing 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Back when DiscoverOrg was founded in 2007, our goal was to provide sales and marketing professionals with accurate intelligence on IT decision-makers. The proliferation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing created huge changes to the software market. Why are we jumping into these other markets with such fervor?

Decision Maker 120

Decision Maker Marketing Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 120

Pointclear

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Should you leave a voicemail? One of the best responses to this question that I have seen is from a somewhat dated (2015) article in Eyes On Sales in which the author asks: “How many callbacks do you get if you DON'T leave a voicemail?”. The following is from my favorite author (“New Sales. Simplified.” and “Sales Management.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing B2B Call-back Marketing 100

Product Management University

MARCH 9, 2017

The B2B Product Manager Magazine March 2017 is now available. View the March 2017 Issue. Marketing Buzzwords: Why You Should Keep Them Out of Your Lexicon. In this issue we cover everything from obsessing over customer success to demo techniques to improving your website lead generation and conversion.

Lead Generation 40

Lead Generation B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 40

Product Management University

MARCH 9, 2017

The March 2017 Issue of The B2B Product Manager Magazine is now available. View the March 2017 Issue. View the March 2017 Issue. Marketing Buzzwords: Why You Should Keep Them Out of Your Lexicon. We also throw in a few tips for improving feature adoption, product demos, product planning and win-loss analysis.

Lead Generation 40

Lead Generation B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 40

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 25, 2017

The tug of war between sales and marketing is real, and it cripples productivity. At the same time, marketing and sales are ultimately after the same thing, and each side often looks to the other to help meet mutual objectives: business growth and ROI, to name a couple. Author: Anna Fisher There’s no going around it. Cue the “Aha!”

Marketing 174

Marketing Lead Gen Data Construction 174

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 28, 2016

From new advances in product and technology, to exciting sales events on the horizon, 2017 is sure to be abuzz with innovation, collaboration, and thought-leadership across the board. Rainmaker 2017 will provide attendees with each of these in spades. ”” Tami McQueen, Director of Marketing and Events at Salesloft.

Conference 52

Conference Scale Hotels Demand Generation 52

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2020

It's never been more difficult to be a B2B sales rep. Here are three common challenges B2B sales reps need to overcome to keep brand experiences delightful for the prospect, plus some tips on how to overcome them. Relationships are everything in B2B sales. Marketing automation and sales enablement tools are an absolute must.

B2B 88

B2B Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Prospecting 88

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 10, 2017

According to LinkedIn’s State of Sales 2017 US Report , 70 percent of the time that decision-makers respond to salespeople, it’s because those reps were introduced through a professional network. Why P2P Works for B2B. the “happy customers”) and the key differentiator in the 2017 purchasing process. Either way, it works.

Referrals 240

Referrals Decision Maker Cold Calling Networking 240

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

But that doesn’t stop a lot of sales and marketing professionals from pursuing any and all hand-raisers, regardless how poorly suited they are. Fit, intent, and engagement provide the core data you need to be successful with your account-based marketing program. The days of squandering marketing budget are gone.

Account Based Marketing 145

Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Account 145

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 22, 2017

Issue Date: 2017-01-23. Teaser: More than two-thirds of B2B buyers report that the content of a vendor's sales proposal has a significant impact on their buying decision. More than two-thirds of B2B buyers report that the content of a vendor's sales proposal has a significant impact on their buying decision.

Proposal 218

Proposal Vendor Report B2B 218

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While no one knows exactly what 2017 will bring, we predict that the future of sales software will introduce more customization and the power of big data analysis to all industries. What’s new with this data for 2017? This means that B2B and B2C sales teams have an amazing opportunity to connect and convert through this channel.

Software 52

Software Software Top of Funnel Social Media 52

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

As you and your team kickoff the New Year, there are some important research findings you should factor into your 2017 sales enablement and content strategy. Sources: 2017 – The Year B2B Sales Reps Can Finally Sell Value? The good news, the research is crystal clear. What does a great “Value” program look like?

Lead Rank 45

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Scale 45

Pointclear

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

To put these numbers into perspective, in 2017 we will complete over 500,000 touches to disposition roughly 50,000 companies on behalf of our clients. Our leads are equivalent to what SiriusDecisions calls a Level 4 or 5 lead—well-qualified leads. We invest about 10,000 touches to generate 50 leads.

Media 266

Media PointClear Sales Qualified Lead Direct Mail 266

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 1, 2018

And what are the existing and emerging technologies that marketing teams will be spending more on in 2018? Whether you sell into the Marketing Department or you are marketer, check out our predictions for marketing spend in 2018, based on trends from year-over-year survey results. What pain points keep CMOs up at night?

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Trends Advertising Advertising Survey 184