Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

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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Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

Whether it’s to access fast customer support, resolve that technical issue, or simply connect to a sales representative, more and more companies are adopting chatbots and conversational marketing platforms to their website. Chatbots are the perfect tool to amp up your website while seamlessly fitting into your demand generation engine.

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Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 2, 2022

Acquisition Accelerates Activate's Full-Funnel Demand-to-Pipeline Demand Generation Services and Adds High-Value Sales Appointment Setting Capabilities. based global Sales Development Rep (SDR) and appointment generation resources. SAN FRANCISCO , June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

As companies do what needs to be done to survive, they turn to solutions they’ve never used before. Companies around the world are building and using “muscles,” or capabilities they’ve never had. I started thinking: is cold outreach (outbound sales and marketing) one of these muscles that companies are being forced to build?

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Outbound Company Webinar Metrics Demand Generation Targets 195

Zoominfo

AUGUST 22, 2022

“Your company puts out products in the market to solve problems for people — which naturally begets the messaging,” says Mitchell Hanson, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Use the BANT Framework BANT (an acronym for budget, authority, need, and timeline) is a commonly accepted B2B marketing framework.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Although B2B display advertising isn’t an exact science, enough experimentation can teach you valuable tricks of the trade. Here are some common B2B display advertising mistakes: Remarketing: Just because someone landed on your website doesn’t mean they’re a good-fit prospect. Marketing mistakes are costly. The C-suite will come later.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Harnessing the Power of Authority in Marketing John Golden had the pleasure of speaking with Frank Hussman, an internet entrepreneur from Amsterdam, Netherlands, with over two decades of experience in B2B marketing and sale s. Frank acknowledged the rise of AI-generated content and the decline in content quality.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 17, 2023

AI is having a big impact on B2B sales by empowering salespeople to focus on what they do best: building meaningful relationships with their prospects. a next-generation, AI-powered, SaaS platform for B2B sales and marketing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. About xiQ: xiQ Inc.

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Competition B2B SAP Ideal Customer Profile 69

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. A simple buyer persona may look something like this: A 25-35-year-old female, working in marketing at a company of 500+ employees, who has ‘specialist’ in her job title. 56% of companies have created higher quality leads using buyer personas.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

As companies do what needs to be done to survive, they turn to solutions they’ve never used before. Companies around the world are building and using “muscles,” or capabilities they’ve never had. I started thinking: is cold outreach (outbound sales and marketing) one of these muscles that companies are being forced to build?

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Outbound Company Webinar Metrics Demand Generation Targets 147

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter – read by over 50,000 revenue professionals weekly to scale their companies and careers. The B2B playbook is changing. Why are SaaS companies embracing it? The smartest companies are embracing Ecosystem-Led Growth, or ELG. So, owned media. What is it? Austin’s F1 track.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If you’re a regular reader of our B2B blog, you already know the drill. The problem is, with so many technologies crowding the market, companies struggle to determine which tools are the best fit. Direct Dials: The Secret to B2B Sales Success. 3 Valuable Lessons B2B Businesses Can Learn from their B2C Counterparts.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

B2B CMO''s largely do not have direct reports with expertise in demand generation. The specialist roles involved in executing world class B2B marketing in 2014 is complex. In any $100M+ B2B organization, the CMO can no longer fill the gaps alone. These seasoned professionals lack a passion for B2B marketing.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What Is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In the traditional marketing-then-sales structure, marketing does its thing (finding targets, sending emails, capturing clicks), and then throws a name over the wall for sales to do its thing (introduce the company, discover/challenge, educate on the offering, propose a solution). Align Skills and Tools to the Processes.

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MarketJoy

JULY 22, 2022

However, 63% of respondents say that their companies do a terrible job of managing their sales pipelines. Demand Generation: B2B demand generation is a form of marketing that creates interest in a product or service. It could begin with asking yourself “What type of company needs our product?”

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Ideal Customer Profile Pipeline Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation 111

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

So, whether you’re a new sales rep or just looking for a refresher, today’s post will take you back to the basics of what prospecting is in sales and how to improve your B2B prospecting strategy. What Is B2B Sales Prospecting? Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? In our recent industry survey, 87 percent of B2B marketers admitted they’re unsure or don’t believe that their audience acts on their content. Now, imagine your content reaches five prospects at the same company. Why Most B2B Marketing is Forgettable.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct.

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MarketJoy

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Planning for lead generation is not the kind of thing that happens one time and is forever etched in stone for the year ahead. When it comes to marketing and lead generation, some tactics work better for some companies than others — and you never know which ones work best for you until you test them. A Few Conclusive Words .

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Outsourcing Services Lead Scoring 59

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I spoke with Mitchell Hanson , ZoomInfo’s senior director of demand generation, to learn more about how startups can maximize the impact of their lead-generation initiatives and make every marketing dollar work harder. There are essentially two competing schools of thought among B2B marketers. But the world has changed.

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BrainShark

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

I’ve written a lot over the past few months about the growing popularity of online video marketing.

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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. In 2015, they found that 70% of B2B marketing organizations reported the amount of pipeline they sourced as a KPI.

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Account Based Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

B2B Chief Marketing Officers are enthusiastic about sharing tangible results. Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. Building a robust B2B Lead Generation program requires the adoption of best practices in two areas; Demand Generation and Lead Management.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Opportunity Demand Generation Targets 325

Vendor Neutral

JUNE 15, 2021

Can Drive Massive Growth For Your B2B Sales Organization. A Customer-Centric Framework Can Drive Massive Growth for Your B2B Sales Org. Companies today must be quicker and faster to change. In 1998, Craig registered www.salesenablement.com domain and founded iCentera, a Sales Enablement company. REGISTER NOW.

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Siebel B2B Demand Generation Agencies Webinar Metrics 59

MarketJoy

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Fit: This is the part of the lead qualification process that is based on specific buyer personas or information like job title, industry, company revenue, geography, and so on. This entire process begins with lead generation, and it is critical to keep lead generation in mind at all times. They are: 1. We can 10x your pipeline.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Outsourcing Services 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Location Industry Job function Company size Job title.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

Corporate Visions

MAY 30, 2019

The post What Kind of B2B Marketing Personalization Gets Results? In today’s world of big data and hyper-targeted marketing campaigns, most B2B marketers believe the more personalized your message, the better your results. The Most Successful B2B Marketing Personalization. Our research backs this up. Our research backs this up.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. B2B CMO’s are being asked to increase the impact of customer acquisition in 2013. Evolution is constant in today’s world-class B2B marketing teams. Building World-class Lead Generation programs begins with assessing current state.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2017

The first two forces – dissatisfaction with the current solution and the pull of an alternative – are standard demand generation catalysts. We used to talk about user experience in relation to the product itself, but now customer experience refers to every touchpoint and exchange with the company. Anxiety of a new solution.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

Author: Robert Jordan Demand generation, unlike traditional marketing strategies, refers to a data-driven marketing approach that aims to create awareness or interest for your company’s service or product first before selling them. Demand generation enables you to make smart marketing decisions for your company.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Let’s say you work at a financial technology (fintech) company that sells software for credit unions, investment firms, and commercial banks. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.” Now, imagine two prospects working for different organizations.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

B2B sales prospecting is a stage of the sales process that involves looking for potential buyers, customers, or clients, and then nurturing those relationships as a way to convert them into new business. Recent digital transformation has shifted the B2B landscape by ushering in the era of buyer empowerment. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Strategy Top of Funnel 208

Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

B2B sales are not transactional. a next-generation, AI-powered, SaaS platform for B2B sales and marketing. He left SAP to pursue his passion for developing next-generation technologies using AI at the intersection of B2B Sales and Marketing. Click to tweet. It all starts with redefining the sales mindset.

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SAP Hiring Scale Account Based Marketing 125

OutboundView

JULY 14, 2019

Appointment Setting Companies. When you search appointment setting companies you get over 63 million results! That number stops many companies right in their tracks. We’ve also linked to case studies for each of the appointment setting companies as well! Extended Presence B2B Only Appointment Setters Pereus Marketing.

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Outsourcing Services Company Ideal Customer Profile Case Study 34

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Location Industry Job function Company size Job title.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195