DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 11, 2017

Martin for a deep dive into the candid thoughts of B2B buyers and what kind of sales experience they prefer. Sales development reps, account executives, and other sales professionals will find a trove of actionable insights in this comprehensive study. A Deep-Dive into B2B Buyer Preferences and the Implications for Salespeople.

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Study Buyer B2B Vendor 206

Zoominfo

APRIL 14, 2019

Marketing automation has seen incredible growth in the last decade. In fact, 55% of B2B companies report using marketing automation as part of their marketing strategy ( source ). In fact, a recent study reported only 14% of marketers describe their use of marketing automation as “good” or better ( source ).

Scale 174

Scale Marketing Buyer Persona B2B 174

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2019

Due to the legal issues with compliance, many financial advisors choose to avoid the headache and stay away from digital marketing. There are ample marketing solutions that can help you increase your online presence while staying FINRA compliant. Read on for our guide to marketing for financial advisors! Utilize event marketing.

Buyer Persona 145

Buyer Persona Social Media Marketing Case Study 145

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

No matter how many times we’re told email marketing is dead, the channel continues to be an effective way to generate revenue. In fact, studies show that email marketing has a 4400% return on investment ( source ). Enter email list segmentation—the key to successful email marketing. Unfamiliar with the term? Keep reading.

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Segment Email Marketing Marketing Buyer Persona 219

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

You want to be on top in your market, but it’s more difficult when you’re pitted against enterprises. Follow these steps to create an effective lead generation strategy for your SMB: Identify your target audience – Think about who’s in your market and if they’re interested in your product or service.

Lead Generation 246

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 19, 2018

Let’s agree that the goal of your marketing team should be to help your sales team. But as sales professionals, how can you feed your sales intelligence in to your marketing team and how can they use that intelligence to better help you close sales? Buyer personas. Read it: 7 Quick Wins for Sales and Marketing Alignment.

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Buyer Persona Marketing Scale Collateral 214

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

Building out ideal client profiles is the same idea — creating something in the short term that will help you market and sell to your audience in the long term. Ideal client profiles are crucial for any account based marketing (ABM) strategy, and are important for understanding your customers better.

Ideal Customer Profile 246

Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 246

SBI Growth

APRIL 4, 2018

If you are a sales leader looking to get ahead of the competition, enhancing your personas with pricing metrics could be your secret weapon. According to a recent study, about 1% of B2B SaaS companies can describe their buyer personas.

Buyer Persona 189

Buyer Persona Study Buyer B2B 189

SBI Growth

JUNE 1, 2013

I recently had a conversation with a marketing VP of an equipment manufacturing firm. Justifying her marketing spend and showing an ROI on her initiatives. C-Suite Marketing Ignorance was her biggest impediment to success. As the conversation progressed, I suggested she engage her CEO like she would a buyer persona.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 296

DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 25, 2017

Martin on a comprehensive study of 270 business buyers to discover why people with purchasing power choose the vendors they do and what they are REALLY looking for when they engage in a sales process. Insights from this study include: Which elements do buyers want to see on vendor websites? Buyer’s regret.

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Study Buyer Decision Maker Vendor 120

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

The email inboxes of B2B executives are already filled with so much marketing clutter. Yet the people who actually might be interested in buying your product or service also play a big role in your target market. Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales.

Ideal Customer Profile 162

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 162

Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing 52

Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing 52

BuzzBoard

MARCH 13, 2024

The Importance of Identifying an Ideal Customer Profile for Small Business Outreach Digital marketing agencies that sell to small and local businesses require an ideal customer profile for impactful small business outreach. Creating an ideal customer profile begins with understanding the buyer persona.

Ideal Customer Profile 52

Ideal Customer Profile Small Business Small Business Buyer Persona 52

criteria for success

MAY 4, 2022

Many senior executives in sales and marketing don’t know who their buyers are, and don’t know how to position a selling conversation. Sell More by Understanding Who Your Buyers Are. Think of a buyer persona as a representation of the person or group of people most likely to be interested in your product.

Buyer Persona 96

Buyer Persona Buyer Collateral Case Study 96

SBI Growth

MAY 19, 2013

Why should the CMO or VP of Marketing care about retargeting? You’re the one who explains why marketing is not supplying enough leads to sales. Is your marketing team bringing back 98% of the visitors for another shot? Looking to increase the number of leads marketing supplies to sales? Consider this study by ComScore.

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Buyer Persona Vendor Marketing Travel 297

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2019

In today’s chaotic hiring market, recruitment marketing has emerged as a widely adopted practice among recruiters and HR professionals. By definition, recruitment marketing is a tactic used by an organization to source, manage, and nurture passive talent — before they apply for an open position. Create candidate personas.

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Social Media Marketing Comparison Buyer Persona 169

LeadFuze

JULY 23, 2023

Whether you’re a startup founder, small business owner, or marketing professional, understanding how to find your target market is crucial for your success. According to industry studies, businesses that effectively identify and cater to their target audience see significantly higher conversion rates.

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Demographics Marketing Segment Social Media 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

Building out and writing ideal client profiles is the same idea — creating something in the short term that will help you market and sell to your audience in the long term. Ideal client profiles are crucial for any account based marketing (ABM ) strategy, and are important for understanding your customers better.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 31, 2018

No matter how many times we’re told email marketing is dead, the channel continues to be an effective way to generate revenue. In fact, studies show that email marketing has a 4400% return on investment ( source ). Enter: email list segmentation—the key to successful email marketing. Unfamiliar with the term?

Segment 124

Segment Email Marketing Marketing Buyer Persona 124

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Author: Alicia McCarty As we are all very well aware, today’s buyers expect us to speak to them personally, not in their general direction; increasingly, customers want businesses to know what they want before they do and to serve them hyper-targeted, relevant content and offerings. According to Marketing Insider Group , 78 percent of U.S.

Ideal Customer Profile 246

Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Buyer Persona Marketo 246

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This month’s round-up covers a variety of topics including email marketing, sales reporting, storytelling and so much more. 1. The Beginner’s Guide to an Email Marketing Audit. If you’ve worked in marketing for any length of time, you’ve likely seen your fair share of marketing trends. What is an email marketing audit?

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B2B Buyer Persona Email Marketing Scale 140

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2017

An acquisition, sales and marketing tips, and thought leadership that often bucks the trend. If you rely on email for sales and marketing, it might be reassuring to know that cold email isn’t usually considered SPAM … except when it is. SURVEY] The B2B Buyer Persona: 30 Ways to Get Inside the Mind of Your Target Buyer.

Buyer Persona 149

Buyer Persona Cold Calling Study Outbound 149

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Walk into most marketing departments today and you will find people hard at work creating a constant flow of new content. Many marketers are doing a good job building brand awareness and stimulating interest in the marketplace for their product and services. Connect your content to your buyer persona(s). For example….

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Maximizer Buyer Persona Lead Rank Leads 288

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But what if you’re a small business and don’t have extra marketing dollars (or time) to spend on massive engagement-boosting campaigns? Zero in on Your Target Market. First, make sure you understand who you’re target market is. First, make sure you understand who you’re target market is. Have a Content Marketing Strategy.

Top of Funnel 301

Top of Funnel Social Media Google Analytics Scale 301

SBI Growth

AUGUST 30, 2013

Determining the size ($) of the market potential – Total Available Market for your products & services. Step #2 – Build Buyer Personas. So the next critical step is building Buyer Personas. User Prospect – Buyer(s) who will be using the solution. It fuels the marketing machine. Don’t skimp.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 306

Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In any thriving organization, whether an enterprise or a small business, sales and marketing serve as the backbone, driving growth through deal-closing and brand-building activities. A seamlessly working sales and marketing strategy that aligns efforts with business goals. What Is a Sales and Marketing Strategy?

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Marketing 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

The email inboxes of B2B executives are already filled with so much marketing clutter. Yet the people who actually might be interested in buying your product or service also play a big role in your target market. Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales.

Ideal Customer Profile 100

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 100

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

You want to be on top in your market, but it’s more difficult when you’re pitted against enterprises. Follow these steps to create an effective lead generation strategy for your SMB: Identify your target audience – Think about who’s in your market and if they’re interested in your product or service.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 100

Vengreso

JULY 19, 2022

Here at Vengreso, all of our sales leaders play an integral role in understanding our buyer personas, and partnering with marketing – really immersing themselves in as many aspects of the business so they’re clear on the entire buyer journey. I would go to my top five customers and just talk to them.

Buyer Persona 116

Buyer Persona Quota Buyer Churn 116

Showpad

AUGUST 25, 2020

In many organizations, sales and marketing teams operate in silos, working independently of each other toward disparate goals. . In order to maximize success, sales and marketing must work in tandem toward a common goal. After all, sales opportunities often begin in the marketing department. Sales and marketing alignment tips.

Top of Funnel 72

Top of Funnel Marketing Buyer Persona Webinar Metrics 72

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 11, 2017

Martin on a comprehensive study of 230 B2B buyers , with the goal of pointing the spotlight on buyers themselves. Download the free B2B Buyer Persona study in full. B2B buyers’ opinion of salespeople. Buyers share a common poor perception of salespeople. Buyers’ risk tolerance by department.

B2B 145

B2B Buyer Buyer Persona Real Estate 145

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

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

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Just 38% of companies have a content marketing strategy. Econsultancy, the London-based community of digital marketing and ecommerce professionals, recently produced their first ever Content Marketing Report. The report is based on a survey of more than 1,300 digital marketing professionals. Are you part of the 62%?

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Marketing Survey Buyer Persona Social Media 317

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2022

Your go-to-market actions are only as good as the data they run on. You can hire the best sales and marketing talent and outfit them with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools , but without high-quality data, their efforts will fall short of your targets. What is the impact of bad data on sales and marketing?

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Data Outsourcing Services Churn Buyer Persona 130

Nutshell

JUNE 11, 2018

Over the years as a marketer, I’ve noticed a decent amount of animosity directed at marketing teams from sales teams. Maybe it’s because lead gen marketers take too much credit for the deals that the sales team closes. Maybe it’s because the leads coming in from marketing are totally worthless. What is a buyer persona?

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Lead Rank Inbound Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 63