Sales Hacker

JUNE 3, 2021

B2B vs B2C CRMs — let’s break it down. Because I had found success with the CRM I was using, I decided to use the same software I had built the landing page with as a CRM for my sales efforts since it collected all the basic prospect information I sought. Can you use the same CRM software for B2C and B2B purposes?

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B2C CRM B2B Ideal Customer Profile 106

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

But if the person doesn’t seem interested, many sales and marketers turn their attention toward existing customers. You have to bring in more marketing qualified leads. Unlike B2C marketing, in the B2B world, not all the people who read your blog post or express interest in your product or service are a great fit.

Lead Rank 196

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 196

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Enter: Marketing attribution. We explain the basics of marketing attribution and explore several popular marketing attribution models.

Lead Rank 236

Lead Rank B2B Top of Funnel Marketing 236

SBI Growth

MARCH 1, 2013

In no Sales Ops role I’ve been in have we played a part in generating or managing leads…While I feel that LG is best housed in Marketing I would be interested to hear where you have seen this.” Marketing and Sales stop pointing the finger: Everyone is happy when Sales and Marketing are in alignment. We closed 35% last month.

Lead Rank 311

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Data Marketing Qualified Lead 311

Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

There are still some things that differentiate a B2B (business-to-business) transaction from B2C (business to consumer). B2C has been much more adopted and understood – we are learning more about B2B and know at least this: Buyers need a level of trust before buying. But where to start?

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B2B Revenue B2C Ideal Customer Profile 232

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!

Marketing 160

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 160

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

These businesses offer a customer experience that connects with buyers, whether that is web conferencing software, TV streaming services, or home cleaning products. According to Gartner, “In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, marketers are exhibiting a range of responses beyond creating COVID-19-specific content.

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Retention Customer Loyalty B2C 219

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 25, 2019

The B2B market needs to become as customer-centric as the B2C market. B2B companies are under pressure to make their offering more holistic and combine their product hardware with user-friendly software to create end-to-end solutions. Standardize and digitalize: Strategic marketing to the rescue.

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B2B Segment Ideal Customer Profile B2C 254

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 13, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Increase B2G Leads with Effective Client Acquisition Strategies for Growth B2G (business-to-government) markets present significant opportunities for organizations selling new products and services. Unfortunately, these markets are also highly competitive.

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B2G Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 109

Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2018

Defined, programmatic advertising is the use of data-driven software to automate the buying and placement of digital ads, including online desktop display, mobile, video, etc. Yet, B2B marketers have been slow to adopt programmatic advertising, especially compared to their B2C counterparts. The biggest change? billion in 2017.

Advertising 185

Advertising Advertising B2B Scale 185

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Joining us on is Sarah Kennedy Ellis, the Chief Marketing Officer for Marketo, the leading marketing automation software provider. Below is a timestamped summary of the show segments and the topics covered. If you’d prefer to listen to the podcast.

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Marketo Revenue Segment Software 250

Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2018

But how do you find a target market and what exactly is it anyway? What Is a Target Market? A target market is a group of customers for which your products and services are aimed. Picking the right target market can tell you a great deal about your business. Target Market Examples. Atlassian target market.

Apparel 139

Apparel Marketing Segment Demographics 139

Allego

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Unlike B2C sales, where a single consumer makes a relatively quick purchase, B2B sales involve high-stakes negotiations, multiple touchpoints, and buying committees that can include 11 or more stakeholders. B2C training, in contrast, often focuses on shorter, transactional interactions.

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B2B Training B2C Scale 62

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In this post, you’ll explore the best lead distribution software that can help you optimize your sales process and improve lead conversion. What is lead distribution software? The 25 Best Lead Distribution Software. Finding a Lead Distribution Software That Fits Your Needs. The Best Lead Distribution Software.

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Distribution Lead Rank Software Software 129

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2020

The subscription model has been a natural fit for B2B companies that sell software as a service (SaaS), but what about other B2B companies? From accounts to authorizations, B2B buying is generally more complex than that of B2C. two businesses that serve B2B customers through a subscription model.

Lead Rank 194

Lead Rank B2C B2B Vendor 194

Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. Product : Vanta Your deal is almost closed, and all that’s left is the security review.

Sales Leadership 119

Sales Leadership Lead Rank Scale Marketing Qualified Lead 119

Nutshell

AUGUST 21, 2020

With over a hundred and one different things that could kill your cloud software business, poor marketing is the slow poison that can put it to sleep for good. With every SaaS market crowded these days— G2 lists over 2,800 solutions for “ CRM ” alone—there’s little room for error in your marketing. Target users.

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Campaigns Marketing Social Media How To 142

Zoominfo

JUNE 17, 2018

In the marketing world, brand storytelling refers to campaigns that use creative narratives to showcase a brand or product. Brand storytelling is a staple of B2C content marketing, but it’s less common in the B2B world. It’s an entertaining story that also makes viewers understand how vital HP’s printer security software can be.

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Examples B2B Microsoft Telecommunications 237

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 21, 2022

We’ll also dive into a few guided selling examples, cover some software tools that can help, and finish off with guided selling best practices to get this most from this approach. In a typical sales approach, customers find your site via traditional marketing or social selling solutions. Great Guided Selling Software.

Software 116

Software Software Tools B2C 116

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 13, 2024

Gil Miner’s 20+ years of marketing experience span prominent names like American Express, Digitas, and Weber Shandwick. The importance of post-sale marketing and customer lifecycle management. Applying B2C marketing strategies to enhance B2B customer engagement and retention.

Marketing 123

Marketing Scale Outbound B2C 123

Sales Hacker

MAY 28, 2024

Kelly Hopping is currently the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Demandbase where she is responsible for differentiating the go to market platform, increasing brand presence, and accelerating acquisition and conversion of potential customers. How to create alignment and shared metrics between sales and marketing teams.

Revenue 124

Revenue Strategy Marketing B2C 124

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

But if the person doesn’t seem interested, many sales and marketers turn their attention toward existing customers. You have to bring in more marketing qualified leads. Unlike B2C marketing, in the B2B world, not all the people who read your blog post or express interest in your product or service are a great fit.

Lead Rank 133

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 133

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Rob Giglio is the Chief Customer Officer at Canva, where he oversees Canvas sales and go-to-market functions. Rob brings to Canva over 20 years of industry experience leading and executing global marketing and sales initiatives.

Scale 106

Scale Hubspot Strategy Loyalty 106

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

At ZoomInfo, we see a future where our software and intelligence power a closed-loop go-to-market cycle from data, to decision, to action. Data is at the core of every go-to-market motion. It will be purpose-built for go-to-market teams to identify actual buying centers rather than legal entities with no purchasing power.

Lead Rank 246

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Oracle 246

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2021

Author: Mary Beth Addison During 2020, we all dealt with unprecedented change, both as customers making buying decisions and as B2B and B2C sales and marketing professionals working to engage prospects and customers in new ways. This shift in thinking will always put the customer needs first.

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Customer B2C Guidelines ACT 199

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling prospective customers is vital to ensuring that a marketing campaign is targeting the right people with the right message. Remember, nobody buys business software for its own sake. People invest in business software to solve specific problems. Marketers can attract and retain prospective customers more effectively.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 9, 2018

From industry events, to blog posts, B2B professionals can’t stop talking about this trending topic and its potential to revolutionize marketing. In today’s post, we’ll take a further look into the concept of AI and see how this new technology can have a real impact on your marketing strategy. But, does AI live up to all the hype?

Ideal Customer Profile 113

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing B2B Consumer 113

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2022

Sales and marketing automation tools obviously suit sales and marketing teams, respectively — but that doesn't mean that the utility of those kinds of resources is siloed by department. The value of sales and marketing automation rests on your resources' ability to provide mutually beneficial intel between departments.

Benefit 105

Benefit Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 105

Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2020

We live, breathe, and obsess over how to deliver B2B intelligence that unlocks go-to-market success. B2C and B2B companies are alike in that they both sell services and products to people — operating in a circling system of consumption. At ZoomInfo, data is our passion. So, let’s start there. What will I do if one fails?

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Outsourcing Services Intent Data Transportation Intent 227

Zoominfo

JULY 3, 2020

When it comes to identifying accounts to target for marketing campaigns, you have a lot to choose from. The same way that demographics provide information about human characteristics, firmographic data provides information about firms or companies that allow you to group them into market segments. So how do you narrow it down?

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Data Account Based Marketing Demographics Segment 195

SBI

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

There wasn’t much of a market back then but that has changed drastically in the eleven years since. The 2021 salestech market map represents a complete and thorough re-audit. The fact is, you’ll find vendors on other market maps that we don’t list – on purpose. Ours is not better than theirs. That role is Presales.

Enterprise 180

Enterprise Enterprise Inbound Sales Enablement 180

Salesmate

MAY 31, 2021

Email marketing vs. marketing automation – terms that are as complex as you make them. Every marketer is aware of these approaches; however, it’s still easy to get caught up in different marketing strategies. What is email marketing? What is marketing automation?

Email Marketing 105

Email Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 105

LeadBoxer

MARCH 26, 2020

When it comes to marketing, data is king. With in-depth data, marketers can personalize interactions with customers, market to them at the right times, create a more enjoyable experience, and overall, close more sales. You may be thinking, “Don’t CRM or email marketing platforms such as Hubspot and MailChimp already do this?”

Software 75

Software Software Data Ideal Customer Profile 75

Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Enter: Marketing attribution. We explain the basics of marketing attribution and explore several popular marketing attribution models.

Paid Content 130

Paid Content B2B Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 16, 2018

When products don’t move smoothly and seamlessly between manufacturer and end-user, they become exponentially harder to bring to market. In 2018, businesses can’t afford to fall behind the market, and they can’t afford not to maximize their operational efficiency. Economic performance and commoditization of key markets.

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B2B Company Hiring Discount 195

Zoominfo

JULY 15, 2019

A term like “brand activation” is almost guaranteed to inspire skepticism among modern marketers. In the age of information overload, marketers face the challenge of separating flash-in-the-pan trends from truly valuable business tactics. Experiential marketing. Enter, brand activation. .

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Trade Show Campaigns Face-to-face B2B 246

Zoominfo

JULY 21, 2019

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers. Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. In comparison, 86% of B2C marketers use content marketing ( source ).

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Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Social Media 100