Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

There are a million and one things that go into creating a market leading company. But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. Building a Market-Facing Product Management Discipline The definition of “market” has more than its share of ambiguities. It runs the gamut.

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SBI

JUNE 19, 2019

TechTarget Priority Engine Named Best Account Based Marketing and Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution by SIIA. Priority Engine provides B2B marketing and sales teams the real, observed purchase intent they need to act with speed and confidence. TechTarget, Inc. Michael Cotoia, CEO, TechTarget.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 12, 2012

SBI’s CEO Greg Alexander, was recently quoted in Hubspot’s “ 20 Marketing Trends & Predictions for 2013 & Beyond ”. CEO’s are paying more attention to marketing’s contribution and are holding them accountable for revenue generation.”. Marketing leaders need to drive a strong impact to show a return on investment.

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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? What is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The annual CMI/MarketingProfs B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks study validates the move toward Content Marketing. Marketing leaders understand that content marketing is King. We are seeing marketing budgets increasing the content development line item. It engages them and pulls them through the buyers journey.

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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? What Is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 6, 2012

According to Gartner, 99% of buyers of complex products and services begin their purchase process with a Google search. When that buyer types in a search term, do they find you? This is an executive-level overview of the Internal Content Marketing Agency (ICMA). How do you engage Buyers when a rep is not in front of them?

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

And while the precise definition can vary by team, GTM teams often have two high-level ways of categorizing leads: Marketing qualified leads (MQLs), who are early in the journey but have interacted in a way that indicates they could be ready for sales. At this point, the B2B buyer knows their pain points and is actively seeking a solution.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 12, 2017

Data decay happens similarly to how motor oil ages in your engine. Exceeding the recommended oil change interval doesn’t kill your engine all at once, but fuel efficiency gradually declines, the engine works harder, gets hotter and eventually warps and wears out. Want to Build a Sales Engine? Setting up the A/B data test.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2022

If you’re in marketing, you might think of search engine advertising platforms as your “frenemy.” “The more profitable experience for search engines is more people clicking on ads. . “The more profitable experience for search engines is more people clicking on ads. But how do you know if that’s a good move?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

What channel of Demand Generation can yield the highest return and sustained success? The answer is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Buyers have changed, but has your SEO strategy? Search engine rankings today are different for every searcher due to search engines advancement of personalized and social search results.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

This month we focus on the marketing technology stack, the power of direct dials, productivity myths, SEO, and more! Investing In Marketing Technology: 7 Key Considerations. The marketing landscape changes constantly as new trends emerge and innovative tactics catch on as effective marketing strategies. Let’s get into it.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 27, 2023

As technology is advancing at a swift pace, leaning only on legacy marketing approaches, especially amid this rapidly changing and challenging environment, won’t even come close to meeting your customers’ digital-first expectations. Interestingly, 70% of marketers believe investments in remote technologies are here to stay.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 27, 2023

As technology is advancing at a swift pace, leaning only on legacy marketing approaches, especially amid this rapidly changing and challenging environment, won’t even come close to meeting your customers’ digital-first expectations. Interestingly, 70% of marketers believe investments in remote technologies are here to stay.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Author: Tom Urie, President and CRO, Optymyze Early in my career, I made the not-so-typical move from engineering to marketing and spent 15 years innovating and creating events, programs, content, processes, and systems that challenge the status quo. You know what you need to win the deal – you’ve already compiled the checklist.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

SALES STRATEGY STEP 2: SET UP BUYER PROFILES/PERSONAS. Now that you know which accounts to (and not to) target, it’s time to identify the individual buyers within those accounts — buyer personas/profiles. Buyer profile: the second step in any rock solid sales strategy. What questions to ask : Will vary by persona.

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SBI

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In the B2B marketing arena, Account Based Marketing (ABM) is on fire these days, and it isn’t showing signs of cooling off anytime soon. You can achieve a higher close rate with an ABM strategy if 1) you’re focused on best-fit accounts, and 2) your sales and marketing teams are aligned. then you’re cheating yourself.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2022

In this episode, we’ve got Auseh Britt , a seasoned B2B marketer with 20 years of marketing experience across a wide range of industries and companies spanning global hospitality to startups, who currently serves as the VP of Growth Marketing at Terminus. The keys to being a successful growth marketer.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. On owned media, digital advertising was once the name of the game.

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The SalesPro Leader

APRIL 16, 2019

When you think of the word optimization, you might think of writing keyword-optimized posts for search engine optimization or running AB split tests for landing page optimization. But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized from demand generation, account-based marketing and, lead generation.

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Mereo

DECEMBER 21, 2023

JAY MITCHELL REMEMBERS INDECISIVE BUYERS AND HOPES FOR A 2024 RAMP-UP As trusted advisors to dozens of companies, we at Mereo get to see market and economic trends from not only individual companies but on a macro-level. One of the major AI challenges faced by sales and marketing teams was the issue of the quality.

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Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

The latter, on the other hand, may require a deeper investment in content marketing and SEO. Think about sales models and sales processes as two sides of the same coin: your sales model determines how you’re going to generate leads for your business and your sales process puts that approach into action.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Vendor Neutral

JUNE 15, 2021

Join our free webinar to learn what sales approach actually engages buyers and makes them willing to have valuable conversations. Andrew Mewborn, Outreach Andrew is an engineer turned B2B go-to-market enthusiast. He has led marketing organizations at 8 different Bay Area Startups, resulting in 2 exits and 1 IPO.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Yet with a well-oiled revenue engine, any challenges you come up against will be mitigated or side-stepped altogether. Discover your ideal buyer. Common Demand Progression Pitfalls. Demand issues often appear cut and dry. This is a case of no demand. As sellers, we are always looking for buyers who are just right.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. 1. Join host, Matt Heinz, president of Heinz Marketing on this fast-paced, power-packed program. According to the iTunes show notes for this podcast, here’s what you can expect, “Today’s buyer is more informed and more skeptical when it comes to buying.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

Crafting this message means successfully differentiating your solution from competitors, creating contrast and urgency using stories and insights, and taking an empathetic approach to answer key questions your buyers are asking at each stage of their Deciding Journey. Buyers now want salespeople who will tell them what they should want.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A career marketer’s advantage in growing holistic revenue [17:54]. The role of branding in marketing [19:27]. Jake is a career marketer who served as the CMO at Pendo. After a career as a VP of Marketing and CMO, Jake now serves as president of MetaCX. And we’ve been in market for about six months.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The past decade has seen an exciting and dramatic increase in new digital marketing channels including Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, search engines, webinars, virtual trade shows and more. email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The upsides of account-based marketing are no mystery to anyone running a B2B go-to-market team. However, the gap between developing an account-based marketing strategy and actually aligning teams to win over their target accounts isn’t always easy to bridge. This is where sales and marketing alignment can make a difference.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 1, 2018

These stories compel buyers not only to start doing business with an organization, but to continue doing business with them. Truth be told, customer success storytelling is more than a content marketing and demand generation exercise. Honestly told. Non-sensationalized. Where are your organization’s hidden stories?

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Mereo

APRIL 2, 2020

Yet with a well-oiled revenue engine, any challenges you come up against will be mitigated or side-stepped altogether. We have touched on demand generation , solution marketing and solution management these past weeks. You will time and again meet internal and external challenges. Common Sales Operations Pitfalls.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

Ian Brodie is a Marketing Speaker and Coach who helps consultants, coaches and other professionals attract and win more clients. Buyers are better informed, and while they may not know it all, it is up to you as a seller to communicate value to a …[link]. Small Business Sales and Marketing Magic. Only then can you begin to sell.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 16, 2018

New customer acquisition and demand generation just seem to get all the love when it comes to commercial spend and resources. In fact, nearly half of companies surveyed by Corporate Visions invest less than 10% of their marketing budgets in messaging and content in key customer success situations like renewals and upsells.

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Mereo

MARCH 26, 2020

Yet with a well-oiled revenue engine, any challenges you come up against will be mitigated or side-stepped altogether. We have touched on demand generation and solution marketing the past couple weeks. Bringing products and services to market that drive profitable revenue. Common Solution Management Pitfalls.

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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. Social media has to be considered, too, in the context of the buyer’s journey.

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Jeff Davis

MARCH 13, 2018

I've talked to many leaders about the need to align B2B Sales and Marketing. This evidence has given more leaders confidence in taking an alignment initiative between Sales and Marketing serious. So now that I have a general idea of the areas that Janice and I need to address, where do we actually get started?

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