Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. What will change, however, is this: Marketers who fail to adapt to the changing B2B landscape will fall behind. That won’t change.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel—meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team. What does a “good lead” look like anyway? What is a Lead?

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Pointclear

JUNE 21, 2018

Accurate lead/revenue projections are a powerful tool that all B2B organizations need to manage sales and marketing. And an excellent tool provides you with insight into the value of inbound vs. outbound leads. Now project the revenue you expect to generate through inbound leads. Guess what.

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SalesHandy

MARCH 30, 2020

How to know which one is better for them between inbound vs outbound sales? Inbound and Outbound sales strategy is a part of it. In this article, we will explain both Inbound and Outbound Sales. What is Inbound Sale? Pros and Cons of Inbound Sales What is Outbound Sales?

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Paid Content Inbound Outbound Top of Funnel 72

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 27, 2017

This post is an original piece from guest author, Brandon Redlinger, and first published on DiscoverOrg’s blog on 3/27/2017. Account-Based Marketing. Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is a strategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts to open doors and deepen engagement at specific accounts.

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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!

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Pointclear

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is the second in a series of four blogs about B2B sales lead management, marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in marketing and sales circles is the importance of certain metrics. In the last blog we talked about lead rates. 50 for the inbound response.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Management 133

Pointclear

MAY 20, 2016

Make marketing accountable for sourcing revenue is the third of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Measuring marketing’s contribution to revenue. Tier 3: SMB/Channel Accounts.

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Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 133

Growbots

JULY 30, 2021

Outbound sales prospecting is essential to business growth, but vastly different from traditional marketing. Outbound sales is highly proactive — it’s all about finding just the right customers and convincing them to work with you. What is Outbound Sales? Differences between Inbound vs. Outbound Sales.

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

B2B sales funnels vs. sales pipelines . It‘s where a buyer initially becomes aware of your brand, typically through some kind of inbound marketing channel like a blog post (you know, like this one). At the consideration stage, buyers are considered MQLs (marketing qualified leads), and are seen as prospective customers.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

At a high level, all prospecting methods can be divided into two buckets: inbound and outbound. And the outbound sales are driven by the proactive efforts of the sales reps who look for potential buyers via various methods like cold calls and emails. Sales leads vs. prospects vs. customers.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

SugarCRM

APRIL 1, 2020

How to supercharge your inbound marketing activities with a strong, complementary outbound marketing strategy. Does your marketing team have a blog? Undertake SEO efforts for that blog? Inbound marketing activities like these have become commonplace in today’s digital world, and for good reason.

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Inbound Marketing Outbound Webinar Metrics 48

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

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Software Software B2B Top of Funnel 187

Pointclear

MARCH 1, 2012

Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute. Lack of alignment between marketing and sales.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 16, 2010

” In this seven-part series, we’ve taken an in-depth look at the “processes, practices and systems” that are widely recognized as “improving an organization’s performance and efficiency” in the area of sales and marketing lead generation. Part 2: Segment & Test Your Market.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 170

Pointclear

JULY 12, 2012

She also writes the MarketingProfs "Daily Fix" blog. Click to start video at this point — Asked about what is happening or not happening in marketing and sales that is surprising this year, Ann references research that MarketingProfs did with the Content Marketing Institute last year. Don’t do any outbound.’

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Strategy Social Media Inbound Outbound 171

eGrabber

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Outbound prospecting is a marketing channel, where you identify targeted prospective customers and reaching out to them delivering sales pitches. Cold calling is one of the examples of outbound prospecting, but modern sales reps use cold emails and other communication methods. Inbound vs Outbound Prospecting.

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Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Top of Funnel 40

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The pressure to provide marketing contribution to the funnel is greater than ever. The specialist roles involved in executing world class B2B marketing in 2014 is complex. The purpose of this blog post is two-fold: Outline assessment criteria of existing director-level marketing staff responsible for Demand Generation.

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Demand Generation Agencies Outsourcing Services Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 321

Pointclear

AUGUST 21, 2013

More musings on the premature death knell for outbound sales. Anthony Iannarino wrote in a blog that “All generalizations are lies.” In the 1980s, I made a living running direct mail marketing companies, or catalog companies as they were known. Cold vs. Gold. The reality is that cold calling is alive and well.

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MarketJoy

MAY 30, 2018

The terms inbound and outbound embody a type of cultural shift in the entire way of how marketing works, particularly across different channels. To accelerate the sales and get qualified leads, companies are required to function hand in hand with outbound and inbound marketing while building a strong strategy to power it all.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Marketers spend an average of 4-6 hours a week on social media ( source ). 61% of US marketers use social media for lead generation ( source ). 74% of B2B marketing companies use Twitter to distribute content ( source ). IBM increased their sales by 400% thanks to their inbound social selling program ( source ).

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Social Selling Social Media Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 184

Pointclear

AUGUST 16, 2012

Outbound vs. Inbound: Not Either/Or But A Balance Based on Needs & Goals. Click to start video at this point — Asked about the current debate between outbound marketing vs. inbound marketing, Dave advocates using a variety of tools based on needs and goals.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Revenue Summit is the only conference with a true focus on aligning sales, marketing and customer success through the lens of technology, empowering B2B leaders to accelerate full funnel growth. Justin Shriber – VP of Marketing, LinkedIn Sales & Marketing Solutions. Read our blog – HERE.

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Top of Funnel Revenue Marketing Marketo 66

Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. Tailors marketing and sales efforts to address specific customer needs and preferences.

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Strategy Marketing Distribution Sales Enablement 52

Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. Tailors marketing and sales efforts to address specific customer needs and preferences.

Strategy 52

Strategy Marketing Distribution Sales Enablement 52

Pointclear

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Vary and integrate media—outbound calls, voice mail messages, personalized email, direct mail and landing pages—to deliver messages in consistently fresh formats and in accordance with prospect preferences. Our clients’ prospects need an average of 12 contacts to engage, and lead nurturing can take even more touchpoints.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Media Lead Rank 170

Pointclear

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Conventional wisdom—that something called a “lead” can and should be had at consistently lower price points where it will still deliver value—is at the root of a host of sales and marketing problems and deserves a closer look. Perfection, of course, is that 100% of MQLs become SALs and 100% of SALs become SQLs.

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Growbots

MARCH 30, 2020

After identifying the ones that are doing fine, start outbound prospecting immediately to get more customers from that segment – the stability of your revenue stream depends on it. With all the conferences being canceled and inbound traffic being unpredictable due to all the FUD, you need a method that you could count on.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dedicated to creating high-value content for every stage of the customer journey, a content marketer’s role is well-defined. What is the difference between sales enablement and content marketing? How does content marketing help sales enablement? Content Marketing and Sales Enablement Defined. Content Marketing.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Marketing eBook 96

SalesLoft

AUGUST 20, 2015

There is a gap between marketing and sales. The solution is simple: convert marketing reps into sales development reps. Mind you, we’re not saying to nix marketing completely. And spending too much on marketing. Inbound Needs Outbound. We grew outbound through inbound content creation.

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Top of Funnel Outbound Marketing Inbound 52

Vengreso

MARCH 23, 2021

It’s a two-way exchange of information that requires a seller to create engagement with an inbound lead or an outbound lead and take the online conversation to an offline discussion. Sales Engagement vs. Sales Enablement. In fact, it should be called buyer-seller engagement, because that’s really what it is.

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Pointclear

APRIL 18, 2012

His focus in the Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy practice helps his clients achieve extraordinary results. Video Marketing - A Surprising Trend. He adds that this is part of a larger, content-driven marketing trend that includes rich media. The Marketing Automation Learning Curve. The Impact of Mobile.

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Trends Social Media Top of Funnel Lead Rank 157

Pointclear

JUNE 8, 2012

She is responsible for the direction and day-to-day editorial operations of award-winning publications including the executive journal, Customer Strategist; online business publication, 1to1 Magazine; its e-newsletter, Weekly Digest; and Think Customers: The 1to1 Blog. High Outbound Presence Drives Inbound at the Right Time.

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Customer Social Media Inbound Top of Funnel 145

Pointclear

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Qualifying criteria are rarely met due to lack of marketing resources. Sales reps actually need fewer sales leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified marketing leads. Sales reps’ calendars are cluttered with unqualified meetings. Money is wasted on sales lead generation programs that don’t work.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

SaaStr - Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Not Paying Market. And don’t pay below market. Asking sales reps to do everything, from marketing to qualification to outbound to inbound. Sales is different for a $3k vs. $30k vs. $300k vs. $1m a year product. Give the rest to someone else. Not Paying A Living Wage. But not on Day 1.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Asked about what has happened in marketing and sales that has or hasn’t surprised him in 2012, Bob talks about interconnectedness: “It’s sobering about how interconnected we are with other economies. The Role of Revenue Performance Management in Marketing and Sales Alignment.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Jill notes that people are finally talking about marketing and sales alignment, but progress is slow. Click to start video at this point — Measuring return on social media investment is hard, Jill says, because it’s difficult to know if leads came from YouTube, a blog, a newsletter or a Tweet.

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