Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

At ZoomInfo, we use gift-giving with our customers no matter where they are in the demand generation funnel. Direct mail gifting is a demand generation tactic that assists other channels by cleaning up after them,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. What are the gifts?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Each new example proves tantalizing hints of how much of a productivity game-changer generative AI can be. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Generative AI can help SEO teams stay on top of their rankings and make appropriate updates. Semrush, for example, launched a Compose with AI feature to help users draft SEO-driven content.

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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. What does a “good lead” look like anyway?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In this post we’ll focus on the B2B Demand Generation (DG) plan. Download the 2014 B2B Demand Generation Planning template here to get started. B2B Demand Generation – Building a Base Plan. Acquire campaigns focused on new logo acquisition within a specific vertical, channel or region.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While there are countless KPIs you could track, we’re laying out the ones specifically tailored for demand generation marketers. Get a Demo Performance Metrics by Channel Choosing B2B marketing KPIs for your team starts with analyzing your active campaigns. ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust. Intent lift.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 130

Openview

AUGUST 23, 2018

Crafting your channel program should be a very deliberate activity. Although you may start with the channel in an opportunistic model, building a program with careful thought and purpose will serve the business in the long run. Understand the internal roles and investment needed to support the channel.

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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. Whereas, other examples are just hints; mind you, though, when combined, these hints could be enough for you to speed things up and ask the person out. How do you define a lead?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

If you get one variable wrong — the audience, the content offer, or even the channel — you can waste thousands of dollars. Only using native audiences: Although some social channels’ native audiences are better than others, that doesn’t mean you should rely solely on native capabilities to pinpoint your desired audience segments.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

For example, think about the moment when you return to the day-to-day at your office – all the good vibes and inspiration fades away in the grind. For example, a lunch arrives during a mid-day business meeting, or dinner from a local restaurant is delivered in time for an evening event. The pile of emails you need to answer.

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Demand Generation Agencies Face-to-face Lead Rank Conference 358

Pointclear

MAY 20, 2016

They recommend that as a first step toward capturing these key performance indicators, clients walk through a model that breaks down typical marketing contribution and mix based on three go-to-market strategies: direct enterprise accounts, inside commercial accounts, and small-and-medium-sized business (SMB)/channel accounts.

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Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sales Qualified Lead 133

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. Whereas, other examples are just hints; mind you, though, when combined, these hints could be enough for you to speed things up and ask the person out. How do you define a lead?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If your sales and marketing teams are not aligned, it’s going to be much more difficult to hit your number,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Mimic the workflow that sales would have to do if they didn’t have any support,” says Nina Wooten, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo.

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

Owned media refers to content distributed through a brand’s channels , including self-hosted video, company blogs, and email campaigns. Through these content channels, they can fuel conversations, educate the market, and build strong relationships with potential customers.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. Research shows 68% effectiveness in B2B demand generation. This way, your entire team will be focused in a unified direction and have a well-defined framework to follow.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

ZoomInfo’s SalesOS and MarketingOS are built on the same data foundation, enabling teams to automate sales and marketing plays seamlessly across channels and share one view of the customer. For example: When intent signals are identified for [list of target accounts], select [buying committee], add to [campaign], and assign to [sales rep].

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The following examples point to best practices in leveraging mobile interaction. Example 1: Oreo Whisper Fight. You should optimize every offline channel to continue your buyers journey online to declare themselves. Example 2: GoDaddy’s Perfect Match: When sexy meets smart your small business scores. What did we learn?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Advertising Advertising 325

Zoominfo

APRIL 16, 2022

Field work went away because events went away, and field sales and outside sales all went away or went inside,” says Nina Wooten, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. These figures suggest that today’s SDRs cannot rely on one or two traditional channels to keep building their sales pipeline. It’s all about options.

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Cold Calling Channels Demand Generation Agencies Call-back 100

SBI Growth

JANUARY 31, 2013

The CMO world of multiple channels, social media, content marketing, demand generation, and lead development extends the importance of messaging to a much broader scale. For example, is the primary purpose to educate and inform? Pre-Internet, marketing communications is where messaging mattered most. What is that promise?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Below is an example of the types of elements involved in an integrated campaign across many touch-points and channels: The difficult part of proving a return on investment is capturing the total impact of all touch-points and activities within a campaign. The ProForma is used for Demand Generation campaign pre-planning.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 11, 2021

Well, the answer to that question really depends on what roles the customer and distribution-channel experiences have in an organization’s overall business strategy, and the perception of how much documents and correspondence influence those experiences. Why fix something that isn’t broken? Version Control. Rules-based Logic.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 27, 2021

There are countless examples of alignment and collaboration problems within sales itself, or marketing, or customer experience. For example, product management/marketing, strategic planning, finance, legal, HR, manufacturing, logistics, operations… Each part of the organization has dependencies on each other.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In the demand generation stages of Capture, Nurture and Convert, rely on eBooks, white papers, webinars and third-party content like analyst reports and case studies to validate why you’re right vendor. Examples: A new channel or tactic to unearth new opportunities for the business. Sweat the tactics. Find a big idea.

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Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 192

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The collective environment of thought leaders, influencers, communication channels and possible touch-points that surround a prospect makes up their ecosystem. Below is a simplified example to portray the concept. For example, begin with your sweet spot such as Enterprise-level corporations 10,000 employees+.

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Exercises Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing 310

Velocify

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Demand generation marketers are focused on supporting sales teams, and a large part of their role is ensuring that carefully curated leads are moving through the funnel effectively. Of course, keeping a balance was key to this approach, as to not overload either channel to the point of being ineffective. Alignment with Sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Management Lead Rank Top of Funnel 45

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

What channel of Demand Generation can yield the highest return and sustained success? Below is an example report reflecting the ideal B2B mix of branded vs. non-branded keywords. CMO’s are tasked with driving customer acquisition. The answer is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In Summary.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Funnel 276

Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2021

Step 2: Type the name of the desired coworker or channel. Other examples of technology that make it easier than ever to connect include calendar and scheduling platforms. What all these examples have in common is that they use technology to simplify processes, thus adapting to a world that expects a more simple solution.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

For example, do they all work in the same industry? They inform every aspect of a marketing strategy—from the content you create to the channels you use. This goes for all channels—social media, web activity, email, and more. Select the right channels. Certain personas will be more active on specific channels.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In the demand generation stages of Capture, Nurture and Convert, rely on eBooks, white papers, webinars and third-party content like analyst reports and case studies to validate why you’re right vendor. Examples: A new channel or tactic to unearth new opportunities for the business. Sweat the tactics. Find a big idea.

Marketing 120

Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 120

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. Whereas, other examples are just hints; mind you, though, when combined, these hints could be enough for you to speed things up and ask the person out. How Do You Define A Lead?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 100

SalesHandy

AUGUST 3, 2020

For example, narrow down from Finance into a subcategory, like Insurance, then further narrow down to pet insurance. This will improve your chances of success as a lot of these small categories have minimal competition in lead generation services. Referral sales happen to be the best converting( 2X better ) sales channels.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 111

Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

For example, your best, most active customers may pull back on expansion talks or inquire about term or price adjustments. Keep a close watch on your KPIs : win rates, average deal cycles, and pipeline coverage, for example. Keep a close watch on your KPIs: win rates, average deal cycles, and pipeline coverage, for example.

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Cost per Lead Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 91

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Develop and deliver an integrated, cross-channel communications plan. Rather a successful ABM strategy needs an integrated, holistic approach using both company and target buyer data profiles and intelligence that can be personalized across multiple channels that the buying personas at targeted accounts frequent and engage with.

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Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

What medium is the best channel to engage with today’s modern buyers? It means using every sales strategy, every tool and every channel to engage and connect with prospects. Here’s one example with my three executive leaders. This means that we need to be prospecting across all available channels. Omnichannel Prospecting.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Before we get started with some practical examples that you can apply in your selling efforts immediately, I want to talk about a tendency when emotions come up in a selling context. This is one example of how you could intend a better outcome by controlling your emotions. Another self-management tool is empathy. What do I mean?

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Video Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Top of Funnel 139

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Before we get started with some practical examples that you can apply in your selling efforts immediately, I want to talk about a tendency when emotions come up in a selling context. This is one example of how you could intend a better outcome by controlling your emotions. Another self-management tool is empathy. What do I mean?

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Video Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Top of Funnel 120

SugarCRM

MAY 18, 2023

For example, many organizations use core lead management tools to check in with existing customers in their CRMs when running promotions. For more complex demand generation tasks, your CRM should empower your Marketing department to run multi-channel, multi-phase drip nurture campaigns.

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Lead Management Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead CRM 40

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

Even if your sales team isn’t split up exactly like this, giving certain salespeople instructions on which specific part of the B2B lead generation process they’re responsible for is beneficial to creating a steady pipeline and keeping leads flowing. For a thorough list of options, check out this guide to ad types and formats from WordStream.

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