Altify

MARCH 12, 2018

In a previous post Ideal Customer Profile – Part 1: Introduction , I introduced the concept of the Ideal Customer Profile. In this post we will look at how your existing customers are a great source of insight with which to start. It should never be “What can we sell to this market segment?”

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned?

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Altify

APRIL 23, 2018

Over the last few weeks I have posted here , here , here , here , and here to describe the underlying framework to build your Ideal Customer Profile. Doing this well is one of the most impactful exercises for Marketing and Sales professionals. ICP Category 1: Firmographics. Conclusion.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Regardless of your organization’s size, increasing your customer base and brand awareness is essential for continuous success. You want to be on top in your market, but it’s more difficult when you’re pitted against enterprises. Develop email marketing campaigns – A one-size-fits-all approach to emailing leads is inefficient.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Do you know who your customer is? More importantly, do you know who your customer isn’t? Perhaps the biggest thing that impacts our performance is we don’t know who our customer, we define our ideal customer in such vague terms that we waste a lot of time and brand equity on customers that we should never be selling to.

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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.

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the digital marketing space, success lies in connecting with the right audience with personalized strategies. However, one of the fundamental challenges faced by B2SMB organizations is identifying and reaching out to potential customers. Identify characteristics, such as industry, company size, location, and pain points.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 16, 2021

When we asked ZoomInfo’s Andy Lyon to tell us the story of how he successfully closed an eight-figure deal , he had a lot of things to say: Tips on overcoming common roadblocks, wisdom about the art of persistence, and meaningful insights that apply to life inside and outside of sales. Stick to your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP).

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SalesFuel

MARCH 4, 2024

And your client should utilize digital marketing content to help drive sales for their own brand. How Clients Can Use Digital Marketing Content to Drive Sales The Best Content for Driving Sales According to 5WPR, the top forms of digital marketing content for driving sales are word-of-mouth and customer reviews and testimonials.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you think a B2B sales funnel is an abstract idea, brace yourself. It’s time to build a sales funnel that captures and converts your best buyers. Let’s start with that dream customer. Hopefully, they’re on your website, digesting your blog posts, videos, and case studies.). What Is a B2B Sales Funnel?

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eGrabber

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the world of sales and marketing, prospecting lists are the backbone of any successful campaign. This blog post will help you know about it in detail. It is a datasheet filled with the names and contact details of potential customers who fit your ideal customer profile (ICP). Try for Free!

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2021

” As sales people, there are dozens of acronyms, if any are applied, you have a “qualified deal.” These can be helpful if applied, but too often, sales people don’t apply them in a disciplined fashion. These can be helpful if applied, but too often, sales people don’t apply them in a disciplined fashion.

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Lead411

AUGUST 22, 2023

Maximizing B2B Data for an Unbeatable Sales Pipeline In today’s competitive business landscape, a robust and efficient sales pipeline is essential for B2B success. One of the key factors that can significantly impact the strength of your sales pipeline is the quality and utilization of B2B data.

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SalesFuel

JUNE 14, 2024

Does your client have a video content strategy to help them make the most of digital video’s potential? Fantastic Video Content Strategy Tips to Share with Clients Digital Video in 2024 Digital video has been gaining on linear TV for years now. However, your client can’t just stick with one video for all social platforms.

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LinkedFusion

AUGUST 26, 2023

Looking to supercharge your sales and marketing game? Well, ever heard of the LinkedIn account-based marketing strategy? Imagine being able to turn more leads into actual customers without breaking a sweat or adding extra hours to your day. What Is LinkedIn Account Based Marketing? Yeah, we’ve all been there.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. How do you know if a potential customer is a good fit for your solution? How do you know whether to move prospects through your sales funnel or disqualify them? What is sales qualification?

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this insightful blog post, we will delve into the world of prospecting, account selection, and the transformative impact of data-driven strategies. Defining the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) The first step in this transformative journey involves defining the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP).

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You manage a small business and its marketing. Maybe your marketing efforts are more ‘throw it at the wall and see if it sticks’ than a fine-tuned ROI machine. What is small business marketing? The goal of small business marketing is to attract leads to your business. How to Grow Your Small Business with Marketing.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 16, 2021

When we asked ZoomInfo’s Andy Lyon to tell us the story of how he successfully closed an eight-figure deal , he had a lot of things to say: Tips on overcoming common roadblocks, wisdom about the art of persistence, and meaningful insights that apply to life inside and outside of sales.

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eGrabber

JULY 9, 2021

Sales prospecting is the process of identifying your ideal prospects, building your prospect list and then reaching out to them to turn them into your customers. It is the most essential and inevitable element of any sales process in any company or industry. Create an Ideal Customer Profile.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 18, 2022

” Restarting it, I want to talk about our Ideal Customers–or our ICP (Ideal Customer Profile.) We toss the term around casually, but when I look at too many pipelines or prospecting programs, the ICP is not discernible. How do we figure out our ICP?

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The Sales Readiness Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

Meeting with an unqualified prospect is a huge waste of time and can clog up your sales pipeline with bad opportunities. That means defining what the most valuable customer looks like for your company using a “reverse engineering” concept based on specific demographic criteria and certain behavioral characteristics.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. When confronted with the details – database management, customer account segmentation, and content creation – many companies balk and decide that perhaps ABM isn’t the right road after all. Who are your best customers?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you think a B2B sales funnel is an abstract idea, brace yourself. It’s time to build a sales funnel that captures and converts your best buyers. Let’s start with that dream customer. Hopefully, they’re on your website, digesting your blog posts, videos, and case studies.) What Is a B2B Sales Funnel?

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. You’ll also find a roster of valuable prospecting techniques and an in-depth look into what makes for a good prospective customer.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

If you practice a hopscotch client retention strategy, do not get your hopes up. Making clients successful is hardly child’s play. Co-partnering in your client’s success involves more than adhering to a mostly-linear protocol. As a result, serve your clients better and better over the duration of your relationship with them.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 21, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: The Benefits of Due Diligence When Onboarding New Clients When you’re staring down the barrel of a massive new client deal, it’s easy to lose focus on what needs to get done upfront. Especially where your client interactions and relationships are involved.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 10, 2021

For years, we’ve had concepts around “Ideal Customer Profiles” and “Personas.” ” We’ve characterized our customers with things like firmographics and demographics. ” That helps us narrow our focus on customers that are likely to have a higher interest in our offerings.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 12, 2024

There’s no such thing as one marketing channel that engages 100% of consumers. So, it’s important for your client to have a cross-channel campaign strategy that’s tailored to their target audiences. Specifically, they should be using one that includes strategic email marketing. Desktop Website: 67.1% Desktop Website: 67.1%

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If prospects don’t fit your Ideal Customer Profile, they shouldn’t become leads. But that doesn’t stop a lot of sales and marketing professionals from pursuing any and all hand-raisers, regardless how poorly suited they are. In short, the first rule of account-based marketing is : know your target accounts.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 7, 2023

According to Marketing Insider Group, salespeople who used prioritized sales lists took 20% more actions per lead , meaning they were able to make more contact attempts and increase engagement time. By focusing on the right prospects, you can streamline your efforts, speed up the sales cycle and ultimately close more deals.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 19, 2020

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is hot right now. According to HubSpot's State of Marketing Report, more than 67% of brands are leveraging it in 2020. In fact, equipped with the right approach, marketing and sales teams can pick their accounts together in as little as an hour. Identify your goals.

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SalesFuel

JUNE 5, 2024

Is your client trying to grow their business but they don’t know which digital marketing investments will make that happen? Digital Marketing Investments to Fuel 2024 Business Growth Digital Video According to a report by IAB , the digital media format that saw the strongest growth in 2023 was digital video.

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 24, 2024

Tailoring campaigns, in digital marketing, to suit the unique needs of small businesses is crucial to build lasting success. This blog is about the actionable strategies that will help sales professionals personalize sales dialogues and influence marketing approaches.

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MarketJoy

APRIL 7, 2022

A buyer persona is a hypothetical customer that serves as a model of the buyer you want to target. Personas are based on an ideal customer profile (ICP), which is a set of metrics that guide your overall sales strategy. Understanding Your Ideal Customer Profile. Why do they buy?

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SalesFuel

MARCH 25, 2024

Yes, your client really should be preparing for the holiday shopping season now. It’s time to get the digital marketing methods your client plans to use this year in order. How Top Digital Marketing Methods Yield Holiday Sales Jackpot Why Prioritize Digital Ads This Holiday Shopping Season? And with good reason.

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Increase Sales

JULY 7, 2014

Deep pockets are no longer required to market a business. Social media has especially leveled the SMB market place. There are many marketing opportunities to attract attention and begin to build relationships provided the following elements are in place: An ideal customer profile.

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