Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 5, 2018

Author: Chris Richardson In 2018, social media channels continue to remain one of the most accessible, profitable, and popular traffic sources for most of the businesses. According to the same research, the average B2B organization is present on six social media channels. Social media marketing has become tougher than ever.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

B2B marketers have long since understood the benefits of social media—yet many still struggle to leverage its full potential as a demand generation tool. In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). What is social media demand generation?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Social media has come a long way from the days of MySpace in the mid-2000s. Platforms that were once used to simply share photographs and keep in touch with contacts are now a major part of our daily lives, with the average adult spending nearly two and a half hours per day on social media. Social Media and Sales.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If one of your goals in 2021 is to grow your online sales, you’re not alone. Use the hard data to come up with a buyer persona that informs your marketing strategy going forward. Also, make sure to include a contact page and a form, along with links to your social media profiles so that your audience can engage with you.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Some of the easiest methods of lead generation include increasing traffic to your social media channels and website. Create an ideal customer profile (ICP) and buyer personas – Your ICP is exactly the type of lead to become one of your clients, and your buyer personas describe the personalities of those potential customers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Online reviews and company websites are the two primary platforms for research, but other channels such as social media can provide valuable information, too. More than ever before, the new reality of sales must rely on marketing to a higher extent. Establishing a Sales Enablement Process.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re running an online business, you know the drill: more sales equals more success. But since everyone is fighting for attention online, how do you actually stand out and get those sales numbers climbing? This guide shares seven ways to creatively increase online sales while keeping your profit margins unharmed.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

There's a sweet spot in sales. More than half of sales reps saw improved lead quality this year. Let's look at a few strategies sales professionals are employing in 2022 to achieve better lead quality. Nowadays, a sales team is only as strong as its CRM. Get your sales and marketing on the same page. The good news?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2023

Identify Your Target Audience and Buyer Personas It is integral to figure out who you’re marketing your digital products to. As your conduct, market research, gather the insights to determine your target audiences and buyer personas (shown in the image below). Create a buyer persona using HubSpot’s free tool.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales. These detailed descriptors give a framework for marketers (and sales reps) to address specific challenges from prospects, attract them to your brand, and craft tailored messages. How do they compare to buyer personas?

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 162

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

More often than not, sales and marketing live in siloes. For a company to survive these days, sales and marketing must work in concert. The best marketing leaders know how to overcome the divide and gain credibility with sales. One way they do this is through actionable buyer intelligence. Buyer Personas.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2021

You can add “business development vs. sales” to that long list. Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to individuals in your predetermined target market segment. You’ll even see sales rep positions advertised online under the title of “business development representative.” What Is Sales?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2021

You can add “business development vs. sales” to that long list. Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to your target market. You’ll even see sales rep positions advertised online under the title of “business development representative.” What is Sales? If so, careful market research will be necessary.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2020

personas based on poorly sourced data, or worse, no data at all), they can be highly misleading and result in failed product launches, subpar marketing campaigns, and lost sales. They don’t serve a whole lot of purpose when it comes to making personas the best they can be. So what, exactly, does a data driven persona look like?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Are you thinking about increasing sales with a webinar? A webinar funnel works a lot like a sales funnel or marketing funnel. Now, as people get comfortable with the idea of running a sales webinar, we’ll likely see a continued uptick in these sales presentations. How Do I Create a Sales Webinar? Define Your Offer.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 17, 2020

Author: Kristen Powers You have seen the mantra in the news, via advertisements and throughout social media: “We are all in this together.". Whether we readily admit it or not, there has always been an underlying current of us versus them between the sales and marketing teams. Sales and marketing need to become one. One leader.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2018

These differences range from price point to length of sales cycle, to key buying motivators, and beyond. If you have yet to implement a customer-centric business model at your B2B organization, here are some steps you can take to get started: Add more buyer personas: We’ve talked a lot about buyer personas.

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Nutshell

APRIL 11, 2023

Targeted marketing and sales campaigns can drive more revenue for your business by directly appealing to your target audience. By creating customer segments, businesses can better understand the people who make up their audience and create marketing and sales campaigns targeting those segments. These groups are customer segments.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2018

Using these clues, the salesperson then tailors their sales presentation to each prospective customer’s particular wants and needs. Ultimately, door-to-door sales representatives and marketers have the same goal—to understand each prospect’s wants, needs, and pain points in order to sell them a product. Let’s get into it!

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Zoominfo

JULY 27, 2023

Businesses in virtually every industry are being pushed to modernize their go-to-market strategy, with a premium on the data-driven, automation-enabled convergence of sales, marketing, and operations. Sales and marketing leadership need to align on: The business outcomes that your ABM strategy will achieve.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Building a sales funnel that aligns with your business goals is essential. Each funnel stage defines your steps to turn prospective buyers into customers, even if they’ve never heard of your business before. What is a sales funnel? Each step represents an action the sales org must take to convert a prospect to a customer.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This month’s round-up covers a variety of topics including email marketing, sales reporting, storytelling and so much more. Email has a median ROI of 122% – over 4x higher than other marketing formats including social media, direct mail, and paid search ( source ). Three Considerations for More Accurate Sales Reports.

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B2B Buyer Persona Email Marketing Ideal Customer Profile 140

Zoominfo

MAY 1, 2018

But, because live video is unpredictable and strays from traditional marketing methods, many B2B marketers speculate whether live streaming has a place within their corporate social media strategy. The Sales Rep’s Guide to Beating a Prospect’s Defense [Infographic]. For more information about ZoomInfo, contact our sales team.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

It’s no secret, the social media landscape is constantly evolving. Additionally, the algorithm will also place a higher importance on content created and shared by friends and family, than that of brands and media outlets. Since the emergence of social media, Facebook has never been the platform of choice for B2B marketers.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 17, 2021

More traffic means a greater likelihood of conversion, and possibly a sale. Find out exactly who to target in your SEO strategy – Buyer Personas: The Missing Piece of Your SEO Strategy. Explore Social Media. Social media platforms can be quite beneficial for both your SEO and your website traffic.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Referrals are the lifeblood of sales. They convert better than any other sales channel and afford a more natural and authentic sales process. It’s deceptively simple: Step 1: enter your company Step 2: get a shareable portal containing your (1) blurb (2) content (3) target accounts and (4) buyer personas.

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A dried-up sales pipeline is an unpleasant sight that most sales reps dread. Several sales managers and reps are aware of the buzzword “sales pipeline”. Sadly without a healthy pipeline achieving sales goals becomes a more challenging task. They are the ones who succeed in sales. What is the sales pipeline?

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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?

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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?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The February edition features content about recruiting nightmares, inadequate buyer personas, key considerations for technology buying, and so much more. Create a practical exercise or project that mimics the actual responsibilities of the role—such as a writing prompt for content writers or a practice sales call for sales reps.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. What makes the difference between a high-performing sales funnel and one that isn’t ready for the needs of a modern B2B sales motion? Awareness Stage 2. Interest Stage 3.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 11, 2023

But what if we told you that sales can work together with your marketing team to boost your customer base? This is where the sales blitz comes into play. Through a sales blitz, your team can accelerate the time needed to convert leads into customers by adopting a tailored strategy. So, let's get started.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Understanding the nature of the buyer's journey is central to conducting sound marketing and sales efforts. What the Buyer's Journey Looks Like for Consumers in 2022. Modern buyer's journey's awareness stage mostly revolves around digital media — particularly among consumers aged 18 to 24. Let's dive in.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Business to Business , or B2B, sales occur between companies that sell products or services to other companies. While there are specific shared characteristics between all B2B sales, the industries they take place in require different levels of understanding and preparation on behalf of the salesperson. Fewer Customers.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

You may think you know the answer to this question – your products sell well, you’ve gotten some great customer feedback, and your social media posts garner strong engagement. Today, the majority of online conversations take place on social media. Improve your buyer personas. How do people feel about your company?

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