SalesFuel

APRIL 8, 2024

If your B2B client’s target audience includes technical buyers, they may be focusing on the wrong types of ads. According to a report from TREW Marketing and GlobalSpec, your client should be focusing more on popular social media sites. This is important because 33% of these buyers say that they learn better by seeing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 27, 2019

This transformation is permeating all areas of the enterprise – from marketing to sales to product development and even finance and human resources. Amongst the plethora of enterprise AI solutions available, marketing platforms probably come to mind first.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 19, 2018

In this blog, you’ll learn how to create a sales territory plan in 3 steps: Identify buyer-centric market opportunities. Calculate your Total Addressable Market (TAM). Step 1: Begin with a buyer-centric approach. These pain points represent an opportunity in the IT market.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. Landing pages serve as a litmus test to digital marketing campaign success — you get to see who is interested in your content and how many. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? What Makes a Good Landing Page?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

The digital nature of our current business landscape has caused a dramatic shift in the way companies market their products. As a result, SEO has become an essential skill for all modern marketers. Marrying the creative side of content marketing with the more technical parts of SEO is an art form many have yet to master.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Who is a buyer and who is a customer? And, when and how does a buyer become a customer? The difference is, with the first sale, the business has got a buyer, and when the business makes the buyer come back and buy more, they have got themselves a customer. Marketing is as much an art as it is a science!

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Specifically – when to walk away from an opportunity. With 20 years of experience, including Business Development, IT, Consulting, and Marketing, he’s a great source of business knowledge. Genesys recently implemented a new Sales Process which is aligned to buyer’s journey. This topic centered on the sales rep’s dilemma.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 28, 2020

Be the devil’s advocate as you study the promising aspects of new technology and before you blindly incorporate artificial intelligence. My Story: Study And Incorporate Artificial Intelligence. ‘More often, it is the human voice that will soothe concerns and direct the buyer to a better solution.’

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectible.

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Allego

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Why don’t sales reps use all the marketing content your organization creates? Companies spend nearly 9% of their revenue on marketing , yet Forrester reports that 65% of marketing material goes unused. Marketing toiled over this content, so how can you motivate your sales team to use it?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2021

As pipelines shrank due to COVID-19, many organizations shifted from inbound to an account-based sales and marketing outreach approach. In fact, a study by Terminus showed that in 2019, 23% of respondents had no active ABM program. Feel free to jump ahead: What is account-based sales and marketing?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

Collective[i] provides the most comprehensive solution on the market for companies seeking to optimize revenue using AI, connections, and collaboration. According to Heidi, “Buyers have spoken. Buyers have spoken. Buyers have spoken. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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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. This is a wasted opportunity. There are ample marketing solutions that can help you increase your online presence while staying FINRA compliant. Utilize event marketing. Find your niche.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? Every marketer wants to make an impact. Today, with 80 percent of the sales cycle happening in digital or remote settings, you’ve never had a greater opportunity to directly influence buying decisions. What makes most marketing content so woefully forgettable?

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. When will Sales catch up with Marketing? Sales field alignment with the modern day buyer requires more than lip service. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. Download 8 Strategic Imperatives of Buyer-Centric Selling.

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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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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nail Down Sequences: Build a series of touchpoints based on buyer personas and customer behavior. We increased the average number of qualified opportunities per SDR by 92% that year. We created these templates based on specific sequence stages and buyer persona research (more on that in the next section). The results?

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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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Sales Hacker

APRIL 9, 2020

There’s still an opportunity to build your brand, establish digital thought leadership, and develop your audience. How to Get More Buyer Engagement on LinkedIn. Our clients come to us because they have trouble connecting with and engaging their target buyers online. Create a repeatable sales process driven by content marketing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2018

Studies suggest that young adults use up to three different devices every day and many feel naked if they leave the house without their phones. As such, mobile marketing is not just an option anymore. Studies show that up to 78 percent of mobile searches result in conversions. Today’s consumer is glued to the smartphone.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. While each generation brings its own set of preferences, demands, and expectations to the market, the report shows that younger buyers are much more likely to voice their dissatisfaction than previous generations.

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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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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

By Dan Sixsmith According to a newly published report, there is a serious disconnect between the content that B2B buyers expect from marketers, and what is actually being produced and delivered. In the new study from The Economist Group , 93% of B2B marketers are incorrectly connecting their content to a product or service.

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Corporate Visions

JANUARY 15, 2020

The post How to Make Sure Your Buyers Remember Your Message by Carmen Simon appeared first on Corporate Visions. If you’re in Sales or Marketing, you’re in the business of influencing other peoples’ choices. So, if you want to persuade your buyers to act in your favor, you should make sure your message sticks in their minds.

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Emissary

JUNE 6, 2022

Tech marketers were some of the very first to adopt ABM as a strategy distinct from inbound and traditional lead generation. In the beginning, account-based marketing for enterprise tech marketers was simply an account list and a high-value direct mail campaign. Download the Guide. Download the Guide.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In the past few years, three waves of change have rocked the sales industry: Sellers often play a smaller role in the buying cycle, as buyers wait later in the sales cycle to engage them. But coaching on individual opportunities doesn’t help the seller grow—or drive long-term sales success. Hiring New Sellers.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2021

Newsflash: buyer personas are useless. Or Mary from marketing? Or any of the other buyer personas you so carefully put together? Now that we’ve got your attention, we can come clean: buyer personas aren’t really useless. A buyer persona is one of the best tools your sales reps can use to close a deal.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Case studies. Training webinars.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Investing in buyer intent data is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself — now, more than ever. And those that have adapted, now grapple with stronger competition and shifting buyer behavior. And those that have adapted, now grapple with stronger competition and shifting buyer behavior. Improving account-based targeting.

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Pointclear

MAY 7, 2013

In 2002, Tony established the first buyer persona research methodology designed specifically for B2B marketing and sales. This innovation helps leading companies gain better understanding of their buyers, leading to improved lead generation and revenue performance. Understand the Buyer''s Backstory. Study Lead Behavior.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. Landing pages serve as a litmus test to digital marketing campaign success — you get to see who is interested in your content and how many. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? What Makes a Good Landing Page?

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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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Force Management

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A channel program is an effective way to increase your capacity and expand market share, helping you reach your growth goals faster. When executed well, your channel program will decrease the cost of a sale, improve reach into new markets, and grow overall seller capacity without increasing internal headcount. years in business) 5.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 29, 2024

Conversations need to have substance, delivering value to both the seller and the buyer. Tips for Improving Your Conversations When talking with prospects, no matter the topic, keep the focus on the buyer. SalesFuel’s Voice of the B2B Buyer revealed just how important this can be. And just exchanging words isn’t enough.

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