Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Author: Serena Dorf Business-to-business marketing is one of the most challenging facets of the marketing industry. The requirements in B2B model are different. B2B marketing is more technical than B2C. In classic marketing, the goal is to meet the expectations that you’ve set. Penetration marketing.

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Retention B2B Strategy Penetration 238

Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2020

When it comes to sales and marketing, building a prospecting list of target accounts and contacts may feel like a good place to start, but identifying and analyzing the total addressable market should come first. Total addressable market (TAM) is the total available opportunity for your product or services.

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Analysis Marketing Lead Rank How To 273

Zoominfo

JUNE 30, 2019

So, in an effort to demystify the term, we recently took to our blog to discuss marketing creativity —what it is, what it isn’t, and how to achieve it. We also thought it would be helpful to provide our readers with examples of truly creative marketing. Three Incredible Examples of Creative B2B Marketing Initiatives.

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Examples B2B Marketing Inbound 208

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 25, 2018

But, thanks to technological advancements, predicting customer behavior has become a reality—and it’s changed the face of marketing forever. Predictive intelligence and machine learning may sound like futuristic concepts, but they’ve already made a massive impact in the marketing world. Let’s get into it! The best part?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Marketing 189

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As a full stack marketer, Andy has re-architected six brands and identities, and built three funnels from the ground up. He’s been a B2B leader in businesses from pre-revenue to $600MM. Andy co-Chairs the CMO group for Pavilion (6000+ GTM leaders) and is active in several marketing communities.

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Analysis Advertising Advertising Funnel 86

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

With a foundation of the most comprehensive B2B data available, it’s possible to turn those challenges into opportunities with plenty of upside. Here’s how adding best-in-class ZoomInfo B2B data to your data supply chain can further optimize your AI models to produce new data insight, create realistic simulations, and design novel solutions.

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Lead Rank Data Marketing Segment 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Which means things shaking up in the B2B world — holiday emails are being blasted, sales deals are being closed, and 2021 recruitment strategies are finishing up. Integrating holiday energy with your B2B efforts typically increases chances of revenue success. B2B Tips for Sales, Marketing, Recruitment, and More.

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B2B Trade Show Intent Data Buyer Intent 237

Product Management University

JUNE 3, 2020

Market analysis is one of the first and most important steps in the success of any business, large or small, products and services. 3 Key Differences Between Product and Solutions Market Analysis. If you’re doing product market analysis you’re looking for opportunities to grow your product.

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Analysis Marketing B2B Opportunity 59

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Imagine a world where content creation is not a bottleneck but a powerhouse, where data isn’t just analyzed but becomes a crystal ball predicting market trends, and where customer engagement is not a mere interaction but an immersive experience. Here are some of its applications.

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B2B Scale Marketing Trends 52

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

That’s what makes a win-loss analysis essential. Here, let’s examine some tips for conducting a win-loss analysis: Insights According to revenuelm.com, only 42 percent of companies regularly conduct a win-loss analysis. Here, it is important to note a win-loss analysis is not about assigning blame.

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Analysis Decision Maker Scale Survey 62

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. But as B2B sales gets more competitive and complex, simply knowing who sourced a lead may no longer be good enough. Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing.

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Account Based Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, thanks to technological advancements, predicting customer behavior has become a reality—and it’s changed the face of marketing forever. When applied to sales and marketing, predictive analytics forecasts companies most likely to buy or take future action relevant to your business. What is Predictive Intelligence? The best part?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Marketing 100

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. Tracking KPIs are effective for unifying goals with quantifiable analysis, as well as celebrating successes. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance.

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Paid Content Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cost per Acquisition 207

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Marketing leaders struggle with top-down allocated marketing budgets. Begin leveraging best practices when planning your marketing budget amount. Bottoms-up – The marketing team performs activity-level planning. Download the B2B Marketing Budget Sizing Calculator. Do you have enough budget?

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B2B Marketing Lead Rank How To 312

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As personalization has already taken the center stage, ambitious marketers and sellers aren’t relying on pre-made templates to create content for any customer engagement. Market predictions strongly indicate—2024 B2B marketing will be thriving upon not just personalization but hyper-personalized content.

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B2B Strategy Demographics Social Media 105

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Attempting to grow your business without marketing intelligence is a lot like driving without directions. Without a clear understanding of your industry or market, you’ll be ill-equipped to make informed business decisions. Businesses are catching on to the importance of market intelligence. What Is Market Intelligence?

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Data Marketing Scale Analysis 130

SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2020

As part of our advisory program, SBI recently held a virtual meeting comprised of an intimate group of market-leading B2B CEOs (public and private with market caps from $1B to 10B) to discuss current market challenges and opportunities for achieving.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing B2B 272

Zoominfo

MARCH 25, 2021

Therefore, coding skills are now essential to competing in any growing industry, such as digital marketing. Consider these 7 advantages and disadvantages when learning to code as a digital marketer: 1. Digital marketers rely on advancements in a number of technologies to communicate with potential customers in an effective way.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Clarity is needed for the C-Suite in terms of Marketing. With executives facing the same challenges and experiences, and in this unique time, on a level playing field. Many CEOs have placed digital investments on the back burner and now.

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B2B Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing 333

Zoominfo

MAY 7, 2018

Growth hackers skip the big-budget production of conventional marketing in favor of low-cost alternatives that grow and engage their user base. However, in the last few years, the strategy has become an integral component of many B2B business models. B2B Growth Hacking vs. Traditional Marketing. Get aligned.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Scale Trends 227

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Technological advancements have the ability to transform any industry or job function overnight—including B2B sales. Today’s blog post breaks down some of the most impactful technological developments B2B selling has seen in the last few years. Here are five important ways technology has permanently changed B2B selling.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

While it’s undeniable that generative AI is already changing how businesses engage with the world, sales and marketing leaders are quickly realizing that AI alone isn’t the solution to all their problems. This has probably been one of the biggest unlocks, and it’s gone super fast from trying to develop this to actually getting it in-market.”

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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

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2022

To the layperson, there may not be a huge difference between business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) data — it’s all just information. But to our engineering, data science, and product teams, B2B data is an entirely different animal from B2C that poses many unique obstacles and challenges.

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Pointclear

JUNE 11, 2013

At a recent high school track meet I cheered on our team in several heats of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relays and mused that we can look to track and field athletics for inspiration and tactics for marketing and sales alignment. A winning team effort and handoff from marketing to sales entails similar steps as a good relay team: Communication.

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B2B Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Lead Rank 247

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing. Add your own analysis.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Zoominfo

AUGUST 9, 2018

If you’ve worked in marketing for any length of time, you already know not every campaign is created equal—it’s inevitable, some campaigns will be more effective than others. Ultimately, the key to marketing productivity lies in your ability to pinpoint and scale your most successful marketing initiatives. Let’s get into it!

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 160

Pipeliner

JANUARY 24, 2024

Harnessing the Power of AI for Predictable B2B Sales Growth: Insights from Sky Genie’s CEO We recently had the pleasure of engaging in a conversation with Sankar Sundaresan, the CEO and founder of Sky Genie. A growth insights platform tailored for B2B revenue leaders. Predictable B2B sales growth.

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Revenue B2B Video Strategy 59

Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2021

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. E-mail remains at the center of the marketing mix for most businesses. This post will highlight the ways that big data influences email marketing.

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Email Marketing Campaigns Data Marketing 272

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As a B2B business owner, it’s essential to follow up with valuable leads. Read on to learn more about website visitor tracking and how it can help your B2B business grow. Plus, we’ll show you 10 visitor recognition tools that will boost your inbound marketing strategy. Table of Contents What is website visitor tracking?

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Top of Funnel Tools 71

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that organizes buyers into groups. The groupings allow marketing teams to nurture leads with personalized content and convert them to customers. For instance, types of customer segmentation in B2B marketing might include industry, business size and location, and technology stack.

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Segment Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 204

Lead411

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mastering B2B Lead Generation: A comprehensive Guide to Harnessing the Power of Technographic Data In the dynamic realm of B2B sales and marketing, the ability to uncover actionable insights about potential leads is a game-changer.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Generation Intent Signal B2B 52

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

With an integrated tech stack, such as Chorus and ZoomInfo’s SalesOS, your teams can successfully: Combine conversation and market intelligence to get a 360-degree view of your total addressable market. Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Author: Tessa Burg The success of a B2B company once largely depended on the relationships and contacts of its salespeople. Now, B2B companies must implement digital marketing into their sales funnels. Just like the average consumer, B2B customers’ buying patterns have become more complicated over time.

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ROI Lead Rank Customer Marketing 166

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Attempting to grow your business without market intelligence is a lot like driving without directions. Without a clear understanding of your industry or market, you will fail to make informed business decisions. Businesses are catching on to the importance of market intelligence. What is market intelligence?

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Marketing Scale Analysis Face-to-face 140

Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. In this article, we’ll explore the B2B sales process, types and components of an effective training program, best practices, current trends, and pitfalls to avoid.

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B2B Training Top of Funnel B2C 52

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In the dynamic field of B2B sales, hyper-personalization has transitioned from being changeable to indispensable. Deciphering Hyper-Personalization in a B2B Context Hyper-personalization transcends over conventional personalization. It’s not merely an option; it’s a business contrivance.

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B2B Strategy Pivotal Penetration 52