Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

Ideal Customer Profile 264

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Their success hinges on buyer engagement — getting the prospect’s attention, holding it throughout the sales cycle , and maintaining interest to build customer loyalty beyond closing. With this type of news, sales reps need to engage as many people as possible. These leaders typically don’t have time for cold sales calls.

Buyer 130

Buyer Data Intent Signal Decision Maker 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 2, 2019

Highlights include a contracting tech stack, increased emphasis on customer experience , and renewed focus on preventing churn. Prediction #2: B2B Intent Data will (start to) go mainstream. We’ve been big on Intent data for years , through our partnership with Bombora. The use case for Intent Data.

Data 196

Data Intent Data Intent Customer 196

DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 3, 2018

What does it TAKE to sell to the Chief Marketing Officer? Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio , formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Engagio is a B2B SaaS software company focused on helping marketers and salespeople drive the best business value for their company.

Marketing 193

Marketing Intent Data Face-to-face Webinar Metrics 193

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Increasing sales with enterprise customers starts here — find out how to build custom solutions. Get a Demo Why Do You Need a Go-to-Market Strategy?

Ideal Customer Profile 147

Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Marketing 147

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2020

The sales teams positioned to succeed during this time will be those who help rather than haggle customers – understanding, too, that “success” will look somewhat different these days. Here are best practices for securing sales while remaining sensitive to customer circumstances amidst crisis. Learn To Turn Churn.

Loyalty 296

Loyalty Cancellation Churn Demographics 296

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A sales workflow is more than a series of tasks that you no longer have to perform manually. For example, intent data can help sales representatives send automated prospecting and follow-up emails, while firmographic data is helpful for sales operations teams that need to more effectively route leads to their sales team.

Sales Automation 100

Sales Automation Data Intent Data Lead Rank 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. Sales tactics like cold calls often have a low conversion rate.

Lead Rank 97

Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 97

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about selling and making new sales. What I haven’t talked a lot about is protecting the base or preventing churn. Churn is becoming increasingly important. If you have a recurring revenue base read it more than once and take ask yourself what is your churn strategy?

Churn 113

Churn Engineering Cancellation Microsoft 113

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

So, what does it really take to sell to the Chief Marketing Officer? Selling to Marketing: A Candid Interview with Jill Konrath and Heidi Bullock, CMO of Engagio Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio, formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Let’s get into it!

Marketing 100

Marketing Intent Data Webinar Metrics Face-to-face 100

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. They are only engaging in one-to-many ABM and one-to-few ABM, and they are missing opportunities to drive sales cycles with target organizations that are stuck in status quo.

Account Based Marketing 67

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Account Lead Rank 67

Close.io

AUGUST 30, 2019

In other words, we are experiencing the product-led era that came as a replacement to the marketing and the sales-led one. How is product-led different than sales-led? How is product-led different than marketing-led? The following graph depicts the three SaaS sales models: Image source: Medium. Final thoughts.

Top of Funnel 90

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 90

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We are capping off a week in Nashville of go-to-market executive learnings, live music, and hot chicken. Some of the team have been at Pavilion ’s GTM2023 conference, a B2B SaaS conference for go-to-market executives. When asked who is rethinking their go-to-market strategy, around 60% of the room had a hand raised in the air.

Conference 101

Conference Demand Generation Targets Account Based Marketing Scale 101

Zoominfo

APRIL 9, 2024

Many marketers and frontline salespeople are turning to real-time intent data as a competitive edge in their pursuit of strong leads and motivated buyers. Having a sophisticated range of intent data available from a single source of truth can be a powerful advantage.

Intent Data 130

Intent Data Intent Data Intent Signal 130

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 9, 2021

And the one you go with typically rests on a variety of factors — elements like timing, broader business goals, market position, and financial circumstances can all have a place in making that decision. Pursuing this particular pricing objective often comes at the expense of sales volume or general revenue. Increasing Sales Volume.

Objections 131

Objections Maximizer Retention Intent 131

Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2023

The sustained growth that can only come from retaining and expanding your customer base relies on sales reps who consistently build genuine relationships with customers. Internal communication and alignment between corporate and sales objectives are crucial for success. Setting SMART goals. Measuring progress. Next up is enablement.

Strategy 130

Strategy Customer Hiring How To 130

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Something all B2B marketing and sales teams have in common is an abundance of CRM data and challenges around how to make the most of it. There are so many ways to leverage your CRM data—especially in Account Based Marketing (ABM). Also, the pain of CRM data hygiene, but that’s a topic for another time. Pipeline Aircover.

Account Based Marketing 48

Account Based Marketing CRM Lead Rank Data 48

SalesHandy

MAY 6, 2021

B2B sales can be complex and confusing with many different processes, practices and models it’s made up of. Inside sales is one such model. With more than 50% of new B2B sales jobs being inside sales roles, it’s no longer a niche operating model. So what does Inside Sales mean and what’s the big deal about it?

Inside Sales 75

Inside Sales Ideal Customer Profile Benefit Top of Funnel 75

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sales compensation planning can be a tricky beast to tame — but know that you’re not alone. I asked 12 incredible sales leaders across the SaaS industry to share their biggest challenges with comp planning and how to overcome them. Related: New to sales compensation planning? Top 10 sales compensation challenges.

Compensation 98

Compensation Lead Rank Commission Engineering 98

LeadFuze

JANUARY 2, 2024

A knight needs a sword; a writer needs a pen; and now, every digital marketer’s arsenal should include an AI keyword generator. Twinword, for instance, has stepped up its game by incorporating machine learning to predict user intent behind searches—a leap forward from basic suggestions based on seed keywords alone.

Research 52

Research Tools Cost Per Click Lead Rank 52

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The last thing you want from a sales email is sleazy, spammy… or even sales-y copy. That might sound counterintuitive, but I interviewed Yuval Ackerman , email strategist, who shared her top tips for writing sales email marketing that don’t give you the ick! Gaudio’s sales emails receive: 36.3% click-through.

Data 94

Data Segment Email Marketing Webinar Metrics 94

Emissary

APRIL 20, 2023

Sellers are used to markets and account potential trending up or down. Generative AI is rapidly disrupting products and markets, while raising a broad range of commercial, ethical, and practical questions. U ncertainty = a lack of condition and market predictability. After all, ambiguity is the very reason that sales exists.

Hiring 52

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Banking Territories 52

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Maybe you’ve just landed your first sales job (In this economy? or maybe you’ve been in sales for years and are looking for a little inspiration. Either way, this list of top sales leaders can help you find the people who might just change the way you do your job. . VP of Marketing at Outreach. Godard Abel. John Barrows.

Top of Funnel 132

Top of Funnel Scale Twitter LinkedIn 132

Chorus.ai

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The post-COVID-19 market puts even the most successful businesses, and the sales professionals they employ, in an unenviable position. The negative impact on your sales pipeline health can seriously affect revenue retention and put a business’ ability to survive in jeopardy. What Are Sales Ethics?

Lead Rank 62

Lead Rank Churn Lead Scoring Follow-up 62

LeadFuze

AUGUST 22, 2021

Follow Consistent Sales Forecasting Methods to Avoid Making Bad Decisions. Sales forecasting solves this! Most B2B businesses don’t bother creating a sales forecast. Instead, they tally up their sales for the month and compare it with the month before or the same month last year. If their sales are up, happy days!

Sales Forecasts 98

Sales Forecasts Forecasting Hiring Lead Rank 98

Mereo

APRIL 25, 2024

Year-over- year (YoY) sales numbers Annual revenue report Revenue reporting dashboards Consider routing a road trip. Why did subscription customers churn / renew? Why did YoY sales numbers drop / rise? But descriptive analysis on its own cannot tell you much beyond what already happened.

Data 41

Data Lead Rank Analysis Lead Scoring 41

SugarCRM

JUNE 7, 2022

But when six in ten (58%) marketing and sales leaders think their CRM system wastes money, organizations must adapt to both opportunities and threats. CRM systems have not delivered on their promises for too long, which caused marketing and sales departments to fail in working together to put the customer first.

CRM 48

CRM Lead Nurturing Intent Engineering 48

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

Have you been in an interview and asked your prospective employer which sales metrics they value most? What if I asked you if you’d ever questioned your interviewer about their sales velocity? So, what is sales velocity? Sales Velocity. Creating Sales Velocity. The four factors of sales velocity.

How To 108

How To Sales Cycle Discount Lead Rank 108

Sales Hacker

JULY 21, 2023

RevShoppe has helped teams like DocuSign, Adobe, Pinterest, Patient, Pop, many, many more fantastic sales teams build and scale their outbound programs. But as you begin to think about your Go To Market motions and types, there are always different things to consider. So as you begin to understand your total addressable market.

Outbound 52

Outbound Strategy Scale Intent Data 52

Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2021

Sales and marketing teams start their account-based sales (ABS) and account-based marketing (ABM) programs with strategic intentions. They target those that are in-market and those that should be showing intention. They start worrying about how many touchpoints are sales and marketing hitting.

Account Based Marketing 82

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Account 82

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

What is a Sales Funnel? A sales funnel is a visual representation of the buyer’s journey and the steps potential customers take to make a purchase. . Sellers use sales funnels to understand the sales process from the buyer’s perspective. Stages of a Sales Funnel. Top of the Sales Funnel (TOFU).

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Funnel Examples Lead Rank 52

LeadBoxer

JULY 15, 2020

What if there was a way to know not only which leads were most likely to convert into customers, but also what you needed to do to guarantee the sale? What is lead enrichment and how do you incorporate it into your sales process? Lead enrichment is data that gives your sales team enhanced insight into a prospective customer.

Lead Rank 81

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Benefit 81

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 other referral models, like affiliate sales, you need your lead to purchase before you can get paid. Is the market itself saturated? Plan and build marketing assets.

Lead Generation 111

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 111

Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2021

I’m on a call with Bryan Tunick, a ZoomInfo sales team lead, and he is trying (admirably, but without much luck) to explain to me how our ZoomInfo Intent works. Then he switches to ZoomInfo, opens up Intent, and runs a search on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What is ZoomInfo Intent?

Intent 130

Intent Benefit Intent Signal Churn 130

Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2021

I’m on a call with Bryan Tunick, a ZoomInfo sales team lead, and he is trying (admirably, but without much luck) to explain to me how our ZoomInfo Intent works. Then he switches to ZoomInfo, opens up Intent, and runs a search on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What is ZoomInfo Intent?

Intent 130

Intent Benefit Intent Signal Churn 130

Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

If you want your sales team to efficiently and consistently close deals, you need to arm them with the resources and materials they need to be successful. Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key.

Training 52

Training Scale How To Hiring 52