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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Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

This piece of AI technology is revolutionizing the buyer journey today. Is it time to add chatbots (or live chat) to your demand engine? Chances are you’ve probably encountered your fair share of chatbots as a buyer. You can deliver targeted content related to every stage of their buyer journey.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

That piece of AI technology is revolutionizing the buyer journey today, and it may make you wonder: Is it time to add chatbots (or live chat) to your demand engine? Chances are you’ve probably encountered your fair share of chatbots as a buyer yourself. For some, chatbots are the next big thing for their website.

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Green Lead's B2B

JUNE 2, 2022

Acquisition Accelerates Activate's Full-Funnel Demand-to-Pipeline Demand Generation Services and Adds High-Value Sales Appointment Setting Capabilities. based global Sales Development Rep (SDR) and appointment generation resources. SAN FRANCISCO , June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

We talk about buyer personas a lot on the ZoomInfo blog— for good reason! Marketers use buyer personas to inform every piece of their marketing strategy and ultimately generate more revenue for their respective companies. But buyer personas only work if they’re accurate and include the right kinds of information.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? The only way to join the 30-40% of people who do understand their buyers is to create buyer personas. Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. What is a buyer persona?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

We have seen a tremendous rise in the interest and use of buyer personas since 2002. The year I first introduced the methodology for creating buyer personas specifically for marketing and sales. It will serve no purpose to rehash how much buyers have changed since then. Your Buyer’s Behaviors Have Changed.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Because when salespeople are successful, a company realizes that success through predictable revenue streams and increased profits. Market Segmentation and Past Sales Success Laid a Framework for Demand Generation. All leadership says the same thing to their salespeople: “We want you to be successful.”

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter – read by over 50,000 revenue professionals weekly to scale their companies and careers. Why are SaaS companies embracing it? The smartest companies are embracing Ecosystem-Led Growth, or ELG. The B2B playbook is changing. So, owned media. What is it? Austin’s F1 track.

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Autoklose

JANUARY 15, 2024

Crafting an ideal customer profile (ICP) and buyer personas is a fundamental step for any business aiming to connect more effectively with its audience. Building your ideal customer profile and buyer persona should be your first step before you launch your first marketing campaign and reach out to your prospects and customers.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2012

“When we have deep information about our customers, it makes all the difference in the world,” said the Chief Marketing Officer of one Fortune 500 company. Understanding exactly how buyers are behaving and thinking is becoming more of a premium for achieving success in marketing today. Nearly $3 million was committed to it.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Corporate Visions Are marketers and salespeople so focused on early stage demand generation that they’re missing other big opportunities to drive revenue? Marketers and sales pros agree that early-stage demand generation matters most across all of these areas.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Intent signals are strongest when content consumption activities are much higher than average and multiple people at the company are involved. Trigger Intent spikes for good-fit accounts with relevant job functions Action Targeted ad campaign “Potential buyers have to be a good-fit AND they have to be in-market.

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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The post Are Buyer Personas Sabotaging Your Sales? One of the most popular “best practices” in B2B sales and marketing is to create buyer personas. Typical buyer personas include a character sheet full of your prospects’ demographics, challenges, goals, and KPIs. Buyer Personas Don’t Create Urgency to Change.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. In its simplest form, a lead is a person or company that has shown interest in what you are selling. Build Multiple Buyer Personas. How do you define a lead?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

In 12 years, half the companies on the S&P 500 may fall off that list, according to industry research. Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. Company transformation. Offer expansion.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What Is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Every company has their own definition of a “good lead.”

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

SBI Growth

APRIL 8, 2013

Some have come from other companies and taken over the role. Because of today’s Informed Buyer, the majority of your peers are shifting to inbound marketing. Therefore, your marketing team needs someone focused on buyer research and content creation. Researching – This person has overall responsibility for buyer research.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Let’s say you work at a financial technology (fintech) company that sells software for credit unions, investment firms, and commercial banks. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.” Each prospect visits your company’s website.

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Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 147

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. In its simplest form, a lead is a person or company that has shown interest in what you are selling. Build Multiple Buyer Personas. How do you define a lead?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Mereo

JUNE 30, 2022

At a B2B selling organization, your value messaging is your flavor — while your buyer-facing professionals take the role of melting ice cubes. A buyer may expect one “flavor” of your company they “tasted” on one platform, to be shocked by the “flavor” they find elsewhere. 28% said they lost more than $10 million.

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SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. Building a robust B2B Lead Generation program requires the adoption of best practices in two areas; Demand Generation and Lead Management. The decks show a healthy growth curve of leads being generated for Sales. Today’s Status Quo.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Let’s say you work at a financial technology (fintech) company that sells software for credit unions, investment firms, and commercial banks. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.” Each prospect visits your company’s website.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 130

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

What’s aggravating is that this problem is not getting solved for most companies. Without a comprehensive lead generation strategy, sales rejection of leads sticks around like a bad rash. Companies are treating the symptoms of poor quality leads without getting to the root cause. Assess Demand Generation Best Practices.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

B2B sales prospecting is a stage of the sales process that involves looking for potential buyers, customers, or clients, and then nurturing those relationships as a way to convert them into new business. Sales Prospecting in the Age of Buyer Empowerment. 56% of companies have created higher quality leads using buyer personas.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Strategy Top of Funnel 208

SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. Buyers expect value-based content, not brochure-ware. Building World-class Lead Generation programs begins with assessing current state. This involves both demand generation best practices and Talent Management.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

What’s aggravating is that this problem is not getting solved for most companies. Without a comprehensive lead generation strategy, sales rejection of leads sticks around like a bad rash. Companies are treating the symptoms of poor quality leads without getting to the root cause. Assess Demand Generation Best Practices.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Infuse the Sales Process with Buyer Insights. Selling in a different way based on a specific understanding of the way buyers buy. Higher close rates and reduced cycle times due to alignment with the buyer. Role of Marketing: Participate in expert panel sessions to map the buyer’s process to the sales process. In Summary.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

What we often have to deal with is a highly-evolved B2B buyer, someone who’ve searched across several online platforms. So, it pays to ask: How do B2B buyers search for tech solutions and how can you ensure you’re there, at every stage of their buyer’s journey? B2B Buyer Behavior. The Digital Age Buyer’s Journey.

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Outsourcing Services Buyer B2B Lead Rank 79

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

The buyer has changed. The new buyer is well informed, technology enabled, saturated with media, and suffering from information overload. The new buyer isn’t hanging out at trade shows. Find out where your buyers are going to get educated and spend money there. You need to know your buyer cold. Do a content audit.

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Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Internal resources are the hidden gem that can be leveraged and trained to produce the content that buyers seek. It’s in a sense, a new department in your company. When trained and armed with the battle-tested tools, an Internal Content Marketing team can produce high quality demand generation content consistently.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! There was one piece in Fast Company, looking at the battle between Apple and Android for mobile and other device dominance. But I wouldn’t lose much sleep over it since I don’t think human nature (and yes buyers are human), has changed all that much since the advent of the web.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Today, companies further empower their SDRs with automated technologies. The risk of alienating prospects with poorly strategized automation scares off some companies; repetitive automated spamming only reinforces the stereotype of the pushy salesperson. However, implementing these innovations requires finesse.

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Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Scale Top of Funnel 194

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sellers are responsible for educating their buyers digitally through multiple channels. Simply sharing content without connecting the relevance alongside a point of view is, Sam states, “a missed opportunity to connect with the buyer and build rapport/show up as a consultant.” They need to have relevance and a point of view.”

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Hiring Marketing How To Intent Data 105

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Six months ago your company launched a new product. Companies rise or fall on the success or failure of a new product launch. Target Buyer Persona Profiles. Campaigns and demand generation programs ready. Iterate: Based on early indicators and feedback, refine your demand generation programs and campaigns.

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