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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

Zoominfo

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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B2B Guide to Brand Storytelling (With 9 Great Examples)

Zoominfo

Brand storytelling is a staple of B2C content marketing, but it’s less common in the B2B world. Storytelling may seem more difficult to pull off in the B2B world, but it’s no less effective. After all, 50% of B2B buyers are more likely to make a purchase if they connect to a brand on an emotional level. Keep reading!

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Apple iPad vs. Microsoft Surface… But I’m #3! Can I Still Win?

The Sales Hunter

Salespeople are quick to say how they could be more successful if they only had great advertising supporting them. Cry all you want, but using advertising as a reason for your success or failure does not make you a great salesperson. Let the big boys advertise all they want. It makes you an order taker. Just the opposite!

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14 Examples of Socially Responsible Business Leaders

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Dev Stahlkopf, EVP and Chief Legal Officer, Cisco In her former job as general counsel, Dev Stahlkopf spearheaded and designed a policy change that would require all Microsoft vendors to provide contracted employees 12 weeks of parental leave with two thirds of their wages.

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Study Reveals Why B2B Salespeople Lose Deals

HeavyHitter Sales

They’ll conduct lengthy product evaluations and talk to existing users of the products to ensure they work as advertised. Companies like Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM are so dominate in their particular industry that they win business by default. They hire consultants to verify that they are making the right decisions. 800 Pound Gorilla. 

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Social Selling Pests – Avoid the LinkedIn InMail of Shame

SBI Growth

LinkedIn is the best way to reach your B2B buyer. ACME is on a mission to restore proven methods of communication that have been forgotten by modern marketing, embracing the heroic qualities of our market and petitioning to act as a trusted guide rather than the traditional "you are broken, I will fix you" ineffectual model of advertising.

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Digital Marketing Takes Center Stage

Sales and Marketing Management

As B2B companies continue to expand their digital marketing efforts, they can cull lessons from the B2C clashes like that between Airbnb and Vrbo. In the B2B world, you need to adopt the methods that the B2C people use in a different way, and that’s not going to be natural,” Westerman told SMM in a telephone interview.

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