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With Buyers’ and Sellers’ Roles Upended, B2B Sales and Marketing Alignment Is Critical

Sales and Marketing Management

With prospects now driving their own problem-solving journeys, sellers must design their entire go-to-market strategies around enabling and facilitating the buyer-led process.

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5 Sales Training Techniques to Better Understand Buyers in Your Market

Sales and Marketing Management

Buyer acumen needs to be more than a sales tool for reps – it needs to become a way of life. Unless your reps have a deep understanding of the individuals they are selling to, they’re not going to optimize sales results.

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What Buyers Want From Sellers

Sales and Marketing Management

And […] The post What Buyers Want From Sellers appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. In a buying situation, most prospects want the answer to a key question: What’s in it for them? It’s up to you to show how your solution will solve their current problem.

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How Marketing Leaders Can Align with Sales for Net Positive Results

Sales and Marketing Management

B2B buyers utilize both marketing- and sales-led channels throughout the buying process. Marketing and sales can work in silos, but ultimately, they do their jobs better by working together.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Thankfully, there’s an answer.

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10 Ways to Use Buyer Intent Data for B2B Sales Teams

Sales and Marketing Management

By understanding their customer's journey and their needs, sales teams can better target their customers and optimize the sales process. The post 10 Ways to Use Buyer Intent Data for B2B Sales Teams appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Leveraging the Buyer Journey to Improve Your Marketing Strategy

Sales and Marketing Management

By optimizing each step of the customer’s purchase journey, businesses can maximize ROI in their marketing efforts while delighting customers along the way. The post Leveraging the Buyer Journey to Improve Your Marketing Strategy appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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Intent Signal Data 101

“B2B buyers spend just 15% of their time interacting with brands before making a purchase decision” (Gartner). That means B2B marketers miss out on 85% of a buyer’s journey! How can B2B marketers reach active buyers sooner in the sales cycle and influence their purchase decisions?

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So What. So What's Changed?: A Conversation on Customer Engagement for 2022 and Beyond

Speaker: Peter Turley, Author and Award-Winning Marketing & Sales Speaker

Our job isn’t to remain stalwart in the face of this trend, but to tailor the way we present our business that meets the buyer where they are now. When your first impression to your prospective buyer grows more and more salient, how should you be rethinking ways to engage with them? when engaging your potential buyer.

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Gone in 8 Seconds: Overcoming Buyers’ Shrinking Attention Spans

Speaker: Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Buyers are savvier, buying teams are larger, and new research shows that buyers' attention spans have dropped to just 8 seconds. This means that the old approach of blasting buyers with email-heavy, generic communications no longer works. Save your seat and register today!

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Buyer Intent Data Guide: How to Find Prospects Already Looking to Buy

Teams of all sizes can utilize buyer intent data to more effectively identify where prospects are on their purchase journey, and thus adapt marketing messaging and sales pitches to align with those specific interest signals collected. How to incorporate buyer intent data into your outbound prospecting.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. Say goodbye to endless searches for the right sales tools.

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B2B Pocket Playbook: End-to-End Guide to Sales Enablement

Sales enablement is the strategic process of providing sales teams with the content, guidance, and mentorship needed to engage targeted buyers. It’s all about equipping sales professionals with the tools they need to put their best-selling foot forward. Get started today.

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How to Use Video Throughout the Buyer's Journey

Speaker: Zach Basner, Director of Video Training and Strategy, IMPACT

Forrester Research Group reports that on average 70% of a buyer’s purchasing decision is made before engaging with a sales team. Join us to find out where different video types perform best in the buyer’s journey and how you can use them to generate, qualify, and convert more leads.