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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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

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.

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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 does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? The Lead Generation Process.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

B2B marketers have long since understood the benefits of social media—yet many still struggle to leverage its full potential as a demand generation tool. In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). Don’t believe us?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Marketing mistakes are costly. If you get one variable wrong — the audience, the content offer, or even the channel — you can waste thousands of dollars. Yet marketers often struggle with this crucial step. “When you create a lookalike audience off of your remarketed audience, you go down a rabbit hole of bad leads.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL ) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Glad you asked!)

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 100

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ability of generative AI to automate routine tasks, analyze data, and generate content is already freeing up valuable time that entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals can use to instead focus on more strategic decision-making. Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Whether it’s to access fast customer support, resolve a technical issue, or simply connect to a sales representative, more and more companies are adopting chatbots and conversational marketing platforms to their websites. Chatbots are the perfect tool to improve your website conversion rates while seamlessly fitting into your demand engine.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

Whether it’s to access fast customer support, resolve that technical issue, or simply connect to a sales representative, more and more companies are adopting chatbots and conversational marketing platforms to their website. Why else are you directing leads and prospects to your website if not to convert them at a much higher rate?

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Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Engineering Top of Funnel 100

Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Go to market launches are critical for most companies. of 30,000 new products are released into the market for customers to use. Why do so many products entering a new market fail? By putting together an all-star go-to-market team, you can ensure that you are set up for success. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy?

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing 52

Emissary

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For tech companies that specialize in cybersecurity for the financial services industry, the demand for the product is already there. Your demand generation strategy will help you position your company ahead of competitors and amplify your message to prospects. Demand Generation vs Lead Generation.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

However, investors today expect to see sophisticated user-attraction models and established growth trajectories from even seed-stage startups , making lead generation mission-critical for businesses hoping to secure additional investment. There are essentially two competing schools of thought among B2B marketers. The good news?

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. That won’t change.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Account-based marketing is used by most B2B companies, and it’s easy to see why: it promises to bring marketing and sales closer together, target accounts as one revenue team, and drive bottom-line results. Poor data quality leads to targeting the wrong accounts at the wrong times and in the wrong way. The reason?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. Online chat tools are a cornerstone of this approach, more broadly known as conversational marketing. What is Conversational Marketing? Real-time communication: Messages that are sent and received instantly.

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One of the most striking revelations from Harris was the absence of a demand generation and marketing strategy within Challenger. The company had previously relied heavily on leads from Gartner and engagements with legacy customers. Strategic Sales Team Restructuring Harris didn’t stop at marketing transformations.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 2, 2013

As CMO, you’re constantly trying to answer these 2 burning questions: Are customers responding to our marketing campaigns? What are we doing to adjust to the market demands? Perhaps in the past you laid out a multi-year marketing plan, or simply went year-to-year. There are many components to a solid marketing plan.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Marketing Buyer Persona 310

SBI Growth

JANUARY 26, 2013

You’re the newly minted marketing leader. Every marketing leader in similar circumstances asks themself these two questions: What do I need to accomplish in year 1? There are four fundamental steps to developing and executing your Year 1 marketing strategy: Develop a Lead Generation Strategy. All eyes are on you.

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Ideal Customer Profile Demand Generation Agencies Promotion Demand Generation 300

SBI Growth

APRIL 8, 2013

We engage with a lot of marketing leaders. In this post I want to focus on the marketing department’s org chart. In this post I want to focus on the marketing department’s org chart. What should the org chart for your marketing department look like? Not all marketing departments are created equal.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 319

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As a Marketing Leader, you are expected to contribute to the revenue goal. Mature marketing organizations ex pect this number to be upwards of 30%. Do you have enough leads to hit this number? The popular answer is “content marketing”. You must generate content to help your buyer buy. I don’t disagree.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Distribution How To 288

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Establishing a continuous flow of quality leads is a common challenge faced by small- and large-scale logistics companies. Create a Formal Sales Process The first step in elevating your lead generation process is to build a definite sales process. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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Pointclear

MAY 20, 2016

Make marketing accountable for sourcing revenue is the third of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Measuring marketing’s contribution to revenue. Tier 3: SMB/Channel Accounts.

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Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 133

SBI Growth

JUNE 1, 2013

I recently had a conversation with a marketing VP of an equipment manufacturing firm. Her key objectives were: Generating demand at the top of the funnel & acquiring new customers. Justifying her marketing spend and showing an ROI on her initiatives. C-Suite Marketing Ignorance was her biggest impediment to success.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 296

SBI Growth

MAY 1, 2013

How do you know it’s time to restructure your marketing organization ? We also never thought that Marketing’s technology spend could outpace the IT spend. She inherited a legacy B2B marketing team, no marketing automation or lead generation program. Sales leadership continues to hammer marketing for support.

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Outsourcing Services Marketing Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets 296

SugarCRM

MAY 18, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll touch on the key features of lead management within a CRM. Although, traditionally, lead management is associated with lead generation, this blog post will mainly focus on how lead management features inside a CRM can break down siloes and create marketing and sales alignment within an organization.

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SBI Growth

JULY 7, 2013

In this ever-changing environment, how does a marketing leader keep pace with the Informed Buyer? With so much coming at the buyer, how does a marketer stay relevant? A BPM provides the marketing team a blueprint for effective demand generation and lead management. BLUEPRINT FOR EFFECTIVE LEAD GENERATION.

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SalesHandy

AUGUST 3, 2020

Somewhat similar to affiliate marketing, a lead generation business generates leads and sells existing products and services for a fee. In the United States alone, there are over 30 million small businesses that generate trillions of dollars in revenues combined. What is a Lead Generation Business?

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 111

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. Organizations are ditching quantity for quality when it comes to leads and they’re enjoying the real and measurable benefits of ABM. The Evolution Of Inbound To Support ABM.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Inbound Lead Rank 132

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As a Marketing Leader, you are expected to contribute to the revenue goal. Mature marketing organizations ex pect this number to be upwards of 30%. Do you have enough leads to hit this number? The popular answer is “content marketing”. You must generate content to help your buyer buy. I don’t disagree.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Distribution How To 180

SBI Growth

JUNE 19, 2013

If you are a small company marketing leader, updating your CEO can be a challenge. Align your Lead Generation strategy with your buyer research. Develop content that delivers the right message, to the right person, at the right time, via the right channel. Execute your demand gen campaigns flawlessly.

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Marketing Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 276

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. Phase 1 – Assessment.

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s a list of the best lead generation tools on the market today. These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. What is lead generation? What is lead generation? 1) Outreach.io

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 52

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing is on the up-and-up. What are sales and marketing leaders saying about it? Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

As next year’s new plans take shape, the VP of Sales will be leaning on CMO's for more leads. What channel of Demand Generation can yield the highest return and sustained success? Getting the most out of SEO is low-hanging fruit to drive qualified leads into the top of the funnel. Natural Link Growth.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Funnel 276

Pointclear

MAY 21, 2013

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. How can marketing communications managers know how much interest to generate if they don’t know their salespeople’s quotas? That is why marketers are hired.

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