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How Small Gifts Can Create Big Marketing Wins

Zoominfo

A 2018 study by the University of Zurich found that even a small gift from a sales representative makes customers much more likely to make a purchase. In the study, reps gave customers six tubes of toothpaste — a trivial offering. We offer them an incentive combined with value messaging to get them into a demo meeting.

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4 Tips for Selling to the Social Savvy Buyer

Zoominfo

We know B2B decision makers are using social media to inform their buying decisions. In fact, a recent study suggests that 91% of B2B buyers are active and involved in social media, while 75% are significantly influenced by social content when forming their buying decisions ( source ). Enter, social listening.

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Frank Cespedes: How to Build and Manage Your Multi-Channel Marketing

Cience

Why has a multi-channel approach become more important? Buying is now a continuous and dynamic process in most industries, not a linear funnel ; it’s an on-going motion picture, not a selfie or snapshot in one channel. Power study, U.S. Multi-channel selling is required here and in most industries. hours at dealerships.

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Going International in Times of Crisis: Good Move, or Too Risky for Established Companies?

Sales Hacker

McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely. The digital push has changed many markets, bringing some in-line with the sales channels you can make available to them.

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Is It Time for B2B Sales Teams to Ignore Speed-to-Lead?

Chili Piper

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. Second, that HBR study is actually often misquoted. While the study audited over 2,200 companies, that was only to measure the amount of time it took for those companies to respond to their leads.

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Sales Email Templates To Help You Nail the Follow-up

SalesLoft

Reviewing with decision-makers: Multiple stakeholders need additional time to deliberate. It’s important to note that email isn’t effective for every potential client, so you should incorporate multi-channel messaging into your follow-up plan. Gifts are powerful incentives. prospect engagement !). Best, [Signature].

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How to Plan a Virtual Event That Generates Leads in 4 Easy Steps

Sales Hacker

However, the presence of so many people, including key decision makers stuck at home searching for things to do, is an obvious opportunity. Think in terms of door prizes for attendees or another incentive. The results are collated from a case study conducted by Wild Apricot. That covers the obvious marketing channels.

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