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Three Forces Drove Venture Capital Trends in 2020

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Looking back on 2020, it surprised some to see that VC funding remained strong despite economic, social, and political uncertainty. For many venture capitalists, 2020 was an opportunity to invest in the tools and technology that accelerated due to the pandemic. Three trends appear to help drive the increased funding in 2020: .

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Video: The Future of Sales and Marketing

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With the pandemic pushing change in consumer behavior, marketing and sales teams specifically have seen a huge shift in how they must reach current and potential customers. For example, video streaming subscriptions hit over 769 million in Q3 2020, up from around 552 million a year earlier, and TikTok surpassed 2 billion downloads in 2020.

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3 Examples of Creative B2B Marketing Initiatives

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So in an effort to demystify the term, we’re going to dive into marketing creativity in the B2B realm. With the ultimate goal of increasing conversion rates, marketers have to accelerate brand activity through digital channels. Our examples highlight ways companies achieved branding success through creative marketing initiatives.

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Market Expansion: Three Approaches for Companies Looking to Grow

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The map shows the literal market expansion T-Mobile achieved from the purchase. Market expansion strategy is one of four quadrants that make up the go-to-market framework for businesses. A core piece of expansion is the idea of increasing a seller’s total addressable market. How a company already performs in a new market.

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Digital Revenue Leaders: How to Make Sales & Marketing Integration Your 2020 Strategy

Speaker: Jamie Shanks, CEO, Sales for Life

You know the saying – Marketing is from Mars, Sales is from Venus. But if you can successfully align your sales and marketing teams, you'll find that the cooperation between the two quickly becomes a key differentiator for your company. How have your sales and marketing teams aligned to deliver that value before your competition?

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Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Trends of 2020

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“The pandemic is not agnostic to issues of power, privilege, or equity…This is a clear example of the very issues that diversity and inclusion initiatives are designed to address.” — Maxine Williams, Facebook’s Chief Diversity Officer This post is part of ZoomInfo’s 2020 Annual Report series.

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2021 Job Market: Watch for Funding, Flexibility, and Diversity

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A public health crisis, limping economy, divisive election, and heavy unemployment have all made the job market unpredictable. This approach opens the talent pool for organizations while letting employees have better control over housing costs (take a peek at house prices in Dubuque, Iowa, compared to San Francisco, for example).

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