Pointclear

JANUARY 23, 2017

Companies that spend less on their marketing programs and generate better and bigger deals using a super-targeted approach to marketing are using an approach that you might have heard about—account-based marketing. Vanity Metrics vs. Target Account influence. Here’s a specific example for you. Silos vs. Alignment.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

COVID-19 the catalyst for profound and sustainable changes in marketing’s way of working. The results of account-based marketing (ABM) , content marketing, in- or outbound marketing, on- and offline marketing, and branding, have to be monitored and presented more than in the past. The risk or return ratio.

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ROI Account Marketing Lead Rank 93

Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2022

Imagine your marketing and sales team working in tandem, seamlessly pursuing and closing on the kinds of businesses your company exists to serve. That’s the premise behind account-based marketing (ABM). Topics covered in this article include: What is ABM marketing? What is account-based marketing (ABM)?

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Account Based Marketing Account Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 72

LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Nearly 75% of organizations believe they haven’t achieved the goal of aligning marketing and sales. Marketing needs to figure out how it can scale account-based programs, and do so in a coordinated way with Sales. I want to start by explaining what account-based marketing is. ABM maturity model.

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Account Based Marketing Account Prospecting Lead Rank 52

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 4, 2018

What’s more, a Bain & Company study found that increasing customer retention rates by a mere 5% boosts profits by 25% to 95%. The fact is retaining best customers remains a challenge for sales and marketing professionals, leading to wasted time and money. But awareness and action are two different things. What to do?

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LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 8, 2019

If your primary marketing strategy has been to “cast a wide net”, consider only going after your white whales – your ideal accounts – instead. Known as account-based marketing (ABM), companies that treat individual prospects like an entire market can generate 208% more revenue than those who don’t according to MarketingProfs.

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Account Based Marketing Account Software Software 89

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. With this intel, you can: Identify and target your best prospects Access up-to-date company and contact information Prioritize leads Close more sales.

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SalesForce Meeting Marketing Lead Rank 173

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Some sales people in my firm were discussing where they could get the best prospect lists. Some of the team were leaning towards a trial account with Hoovers. I jumped in to try and be helpful and told them I already had an Insideview account that they could use. The skinny on prospect lists is that one size does not fit all.

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SBI

JULY 1, 2020

5 Ways to Uncover Strategic Account Revenue. Revenue growth in B2B enterprise accounts has always been challenging. Uncovering untapped revenue demands that organizations rethink outdated methodologies, processes, and technologies that don’t focus specifically on optimizing revenue in strategic accounts.

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Account Revenue Top of Funnel Funnel 181

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

When we work with Key Account Managers (KAMs) we are often impressed by their knowledge, skillsets and attitudes that drive them to success. Here are seven habits that the best ones we’ve studied consistently apply to gain great results. They align KAM activities to meet accounts’ needs and expectations.

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Account Up-Sell ROI Google 189

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

You don’t hear that phrase very often anymore, but account based sales reps still carry a bag. They’re expected to land and expand within their named accounts. Account based sales reps are the only feet on the street anymore. A recent study by CSO Insights shows that only 54 to 57 percent of salespeople achieve their sales goal.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 25, 2023

As such, they often prioritize new accounts. This makes effective account planning essential. With account planning, you identify and target potential sales opportunities within existing accounts. Here, 72 percent of respondents said that account planning increased their understanding of their clients’ business.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in.

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2021

As pipelines shrank due to COVID-19, many organizations shifted from inbound to an account-based sales and marketing outreach approach. In fact, a study by Terminus showed that in 2019, 23% of respondents had no active ABM program. Feel free to jump ahead: What is account-based sales and marketing?

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Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Account Lead Rank 67

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel Scale 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. Processes and contact ownership also get murky, with reps working on the wrong accounts or emailing people who have already opted out of emails.

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SalesForce Meeting Marketing Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectible.

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Pipeline Marketing Top of Funnel Hiring 239

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.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Case studies. Training webinars.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 99

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2019

Due to the legal issues with compliance, many financial advisors choose to avoid the headache and stay away from digital marketing. There are ample marketing solutions that can help you increase your online presence while staying FINRA compliant. Read on for our guide to marketing for financial advisors! Utilize event marketing.

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Buyer Persona Social Media Marketing Case Study 145

Pointclear

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The most reliable and scalable approach to finding new B2B customers is outbound communications, whether by mail, phone or email, to potential prospects, using rented or purchased lists. B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title.

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Harte Hanks Lead Rank B2B Data 232

John Barrows

MARCH 5, 2020

What’s going to happen to SDRs and prospecting teams in the future? We spoke to Josh Roth to hear how he thinks prospecting teams and the role of an SDR is going to change. Here’s how the structure of prospecting teams is going to change… Prospecting Teams Using Marketing Skills.

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Prospecting Top of Funnel Compensation Decision Maker 140

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 25, 2018

Case studies and testimonials are useful to have on hand. They help you earn a prospect’s trust, show them what life would be like as your customer, and validate that your product or service works. To build this library, you'll need case study interview questions that will surface valuable details and insights.

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SalesforLife

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Are you implementing Account Based Marketing? Studies have shown that the most effective marketing approach in recent times is proving to be Account-Based Marketing. This marketing strategy is more focused and results in better ROI compared to any other marketing method.

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Account Based Marketing Account Marketing ROI 56

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2018

Studies suggest that young adults use up to three different devices every day and many feel naked if they leave the house without their phones. As such, mobile marketing is not just an option anymore. Studies show that up to 78 percent of mobile searches result in conversions. We live in an overly connected world.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The orders were “Get out of here and go see your prospects and clients!”, “Make something happen!” Countless studies report the vast majority of buyers now prefer virtual interactions as opposed to face-to-face selling. Truth be told, remote selling has been commonplace for years now especially with major accounts. I got this….I’m

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

. “… Contact multiple individuals inside a prospect account before concluding that there is no opportunity present.” In total, 6sense analysts report that BDRs reach out 17 times to each contact at a prospect’s account. Before they make contact with prospects, they should address their online visibility.

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Maximizer Face-to-face Social Media Hiring 116

Gong.io

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s time to talk about target account selling, or TAS. Target account selling is a highly personalized, targeted approach to sales that sees your sales reps focus only on the very best accounts. What makes these accounts likely to close? What is the benefit of target account selling? What is TAS? Move upmarket.

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Ideal Customer Profile Demand Generation Targets Account Buyer Persona 62

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

Building out ideal client profiles is the same idea — creating something in the short term that will help you market and sell to your audience in the long term. Ideal client profiles are crucial for any account based marketing (ABM) strategy, and are important for understanding your customers better. Client Interviews.

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 246

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 17, 2020

While closing a deal is important, taking a holistic approach to the sales process can unlock greater revenue potential, especially for account-based businesses such as service agencies or companies that sell to enterprise customers. This is where account development becomes a helpful function. Account Development Manager.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 24, 2017

I come to the Account Based Everything movement as a long-time proponent. Now I live in Customer Success, where our strategic accounts team is applying a “starter kit” version of ABE in our best accounts. Where cultivating relationships in whale accounts is concerned, the battle really is won or lost before it’s ever fought.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

One of the biggest challenges organizations face (always) is aligning marketing and sales. To take it back a step, if Marketing can figure out how to scale account-based programs, and do it in a coordinated (between Sales and Marketing), measurable way — alignment would easily follow. What Are Account-Based Strategies?

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Crunchbase

MAY 11, 2023

As it’s become easier to connect with people over video chat and more common for employees to work from home, video prospecting has emerged as an invaluable strategy for sales teams. By using video to engage with prospects, you can make your outreach more personalized, showcase your product in new ways and stand out from the competition.

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Account Based Marketing Video Prospecting Top of Funnel 52

PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. In this article, we share how leads, prospects, and customers form the backbone of an effective sales process, enabling sales teams to tackle fatigue and sometimes mundane work.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

SalesforLife

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Maybe I’m getting older, or becoming more aware, or turning cynical – but the disruption in the Force that I’m seeing is that year by year, more and more sales professionals – whether they’re account executives, customer success leaders, or business development reps – seem to be losing the skill and art of prospecting.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Quota Cold Calling 96

Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. 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 Lead Rank Account 100

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This is where savvy digital marketing agencies come in, acting as partners for local businesses to thrive in the rapidly advancing digital sphere. This guide will empower agency sales professionals and media consultants to educate local businesses about the importance of digital marketing programs.

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Education Marketing Hiring Case Study 52