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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

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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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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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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. B2B Lead Generation Sources.

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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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. What does a “good lead” look like anyway?

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4 Powerful Forces That Drive B2B Purchasing Behavior

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The first two forces – dissatisfaction with the current solution and the pull of an alternative – are standard demand generation catalysts. In his 2016 book “When Coffee and Kale Compete,” Alan Klement referred to these as “anxiety-in-use” and “anxiety-in-choice.” Anxiety of a new solution. How Customers Choose.

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What Your CMO Doesn’t Know About Customer Advocate Programs

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We have seen firsthand the power that customer advocates wield in B2B buyers’ decisions in our own sales cycles, as well as those of our customers. If you like stats, here are just a few that tell the story in B2B. Peer recommendations are influencing more than 90% of all B2B buying decisions. It shouldn’t come as any surprise.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Consolidating Your Marketing Tech Stack

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“We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. B2B Database The foundation of any tech stack should be a highly accurate, robust database. Marketing Intelligence & Automation This will help your demand generation team interpret data and put it to good use.

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9 Killer B2B Demand Generation Strategies To Fuel Your Marketing

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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.