Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There are two dovetailing arguments for using TikTok, the fastest-growing social media platform, as a B2B marketing tool: Its generous algorithm and its lack of polish. Third-party reports show that companies advertising on TikTok are getting significantly higher ROI than legacy social media advertising. Good Content Gets Rewarded.

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B2B Top of Funnel Social Media Advertising 285

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Because of this, many organizations are working with a B2B database that is outdated, invalid, or incomplete. Data Decay Could Ruin Your B2B Database. Did you know that 50% of B2B businesses are not confident in the quality of their data? Did you know that 50% of B2B businesses are not confident in the quality of their data?

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Data B2B Account Based Marketing ACT 242

Zoominfo

MARCH 27, 2019

In the B2B world, technographic data points often serve as critical buying signals. But, we’ve struggled to find any outside research regarding the use of technographics by B2B sales professionals. Thus, The 2019 Technographic Data Report for B2B Sales Organizations was born. In fact, a staggering 72.3%

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

With B2B sales, in-person and phone sales calls of yesteryear are making way for other forms of personalization, such as video chats and procurement portals. The post Becoming Journey Orchestrators for a Personalized B2B Experience appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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B2B Loyalty Video Buyer 290

Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2021

Sales reporting helps managers track and monitor progress to keep a pulse on sales cycle profitability. With B2B sales reports, sales leaders can decide which ways to: Adapt sales strategies Improve sales rep performance Optimize sales cycles Leaders get to see what works well enough to move forward, and what is holding their teams back.

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Report Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Lead Rank 100

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. In fact, 76% of those who report to sales want to stay there. 85% percent focus on outbound activities.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A conversation with Gartner Analyst Adnan Zijadic on how artificial intelligence has already changed B2B sales and will continue to. The post How Generative AI Will Revolutionize B2B Sales appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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B2B Conversion Sales Marketing 159

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Most CROs and CSOs (let’s call them Growth Executives or GE’s) have grown into a management position over several management roles, but most of their direct reports have not. What should a Growth Executive expect from direct reports, and how.

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The Bridge Group

MARCH 5, 2024

The 2024 Benchmark Report is our latest dive into metrics and compensation for the AE role within SaaS companies. It summarizes the findings from leaders at more than 170 B2B SaaS companies regarding the current state of the Account Executive role. You can download the 2024 SaaS AE Report here.

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Compensation Report Quota Commission 50

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As we look ahead to 2022, our team is hard at work on a “Top Trends” report that we’ll share early in January. Our intent? Sharing key themes and shifts in both growth strategy and growth execution as we consider what 2022 may hold for commercial leaders and their teams.

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Trends B2B Intent Marketing 347

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

McKinsey & Company created its B2B Decision Maker Pulse , a survey of 3,600 B2B decision makers in 11 countries and 12 sectors across 14 spend categories. The report from late May highlights three seemingly obvious but key trends: An accelerated migration to digital. COVID-19 accelerates expected B2B sales trends.

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Trends B2B Decision Maker Transportation 156

Trinity Perspectives

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

I’m delighted to announce the results of the inaugural Mood of the B2B Buyer study for 2018, conducted by the team at Trinity. Download your copy now to uncover some of the surprising data about the true preferences of B2B executives. The post Mood of the B2B Buyer Report appeared first on Trinity Perspectives.

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Report B2B Buyer Decision Maker 62

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A report from CSO states that 77% of buyers don’t see salespeople as a helpful resource to solve their business problems. Gartner research shows that when B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend less than 20% of their time meeting with potential suppliers.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. In fact, two statistics cited in Spotio are eye opening: 46% of B2B sales reps list lead quantity and quality as their top challenge.

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Lead Rank B2B Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 62

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

A Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Mediafly reports that the B2B companies surveyed work with an average of 176 partner companies. While 68 percent of B2B companies provide presentation templates to direct sellers, only 48 percent provide the same collateral to their indirect or partner sellers.

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Sales Technology B2B Sales Enablement Enterprise 218

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

10 Reasons Why a B2B Lead Generation Department Should Report to Marketing and Not to Sales. As a consultant, I regularly advise that appointment setting Lead Generation Departments report to Marketing and not to Sales. The post 10 Reasons Why B2B Lead Gen Should Report to Marketing appeared first on SalesPOP!

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Lead Gen Report Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

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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B2B Social Media CRM Social Selling 225

Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2019

If you’re struggling to report on the success of your marketing campaigns, we’re here to help. . Today we explain the five most important B2B marketing metrics. B2B Metrics- Key Takeaways. Contact us today learn how ZoomInfo can improve your B2B marketing campaigns. Keep reading. Lead-to-Close Conversion Rate (CVR).

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B2B Marketing Scale Campaigns 240

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Market predictions strongly indicate—2024 B2B marketing will be thriving upon not just personalization but hyper-personalized content. Already, a large number of B2B buyers expect their vendors/service providers to anticipate their needs; align precisely with their pain points and objectives.

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B2B Strategy Demographics Social Media 105

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Relationships have always been at the center of B2B sales. Nurturing a B2B relationship requires consistent communication, trust, care and attention. The strongest B2B relationships can last for years and mutually benefit both companies. Businesses want to partner with companies that share similar values as theirs.

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Relationals Channels B2B Benefit 120

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In these challenging economic times, business as usual has been anything but – and like many sectors, B2B sales is in the midst of transition. A recent survey of B2B sales professionals commissioned by my company, Lusha, sheds light on the extent to which this critical industry is in a state of flux.

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Report Survey B2B How To 96

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 3, 2018

There’s no way around it – prospect and customer data is one of the most valuable assets a B2B organization has access to. Unfortunately, low-quality data is a real problem for many companies—simply because B2B data decays so rapidly. The Impact of Bad B2B Marketing Data. The Old Solution: A B2B Data Audit.

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B2B Data Churn Marketing 223

SalesFuel

APRIL 8, 2024

If your B2B client’s target audience includes technical buyers, they may be focusing on the wrong types of ads. According to a report from TREW Marketing and GlobalSpec, your client should be focusing more on popular social media sites. Here’s what you need to know.

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Social Media Media Video B2B 52

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 28, 2023

This article will serve as your guide for automatically tracking and reporting on sales leads using the Lead status property and your HubSpot workflows tool. This also leads to cleaner reporting for managers to glance at. You, in turn, can easily report on each of those lead statuses and discuss them with your team when necessary.

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Sales Qualified Lead Hubspot Report Lead Rank 97

RAIN Group

MARCH 8, 2023

Sales leaders with a finger on the pulse of B2B sales know that marked change is underway. For their new report, Future of B2B Sales: The Big Reframe , authors at McKinsey & Company spoke to more than 50 heads of sales across a range of industries and geographies to better understand the shift in the B2B sales environment.

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B2B Report Industry Sales 110

Chorus.ai

MARCH 28, 2022

Chorus has been named a “Strong Performer” by Forrester Research and one of the top 14 vendors in The Forrester Wave™: Revenue Operations & Intelligence Q1 2022 report. As noted in The Forrester Wave™ report, Chorus “customers commented that they have seen decreased ramp time and increased productivity since they implemented Chorus.ai.”.

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Report Revenue Lead Rank Lead Scoring 118

Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. What is B2B Cold Calling? B2B cold calling is simply calling a prospective customer before they’ve expressed interest in a product or service. Our answer?

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Cold Calling B2B Commission Exact 130

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2023

In this post, learn more about how B2B salespeople leverage AI, and how you can adopt it into your processes. Table of Contents How do B2B salespeople feel about AI? Top Ways B2B Sales Teams Are Using AI/automation Tips for Building a B2B Sales AI Strategy The Future of AI in B2B Sales How do B2B salespeople feel about AI?

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B2B Benefit Data Lead Rank 103

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 27, 2022

The post Guided Selling Tools Are a B2B Game-Changer appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. With talented salespeople already on board, optimizing performance in the modern business climate means seeking more out of sales technology.

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B2B Tools Sales Technology Sales Goal 156

Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

Press reports , in fact, indicate that employees at Google were so worried about rushing an AI chatbot into public hands that they warned the app was “a pathological liar” and “worse than useless.” “It’s basically doing exactly what a human would do when they look at what tech they’re integrating with, where they’re based, and more,” Salzman says.

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