Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

You hire talented sales and marketing professionals and set them up with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools. However, if that data isn’t clean, your marketing and sales efforts take a hit. For B2B companies, bad data and data decay weaken CRM and sales and marketing automation tools. The short answer—a lot.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

You download that white paper, and because it’s gated, you’re required to fill out a lead capture form – your name, email address, Company, title, location, phone number, name of first born…Worse, you know you’re immediately going to get that lame phone call or email follow-up: “I see you downloaded our white paper, want to talk?”.

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Lead Capture Customer ROI Lead Rank 126

criteria for success

JULY 8, 2021

Are you struggling to make headway with indecisive prospects? When working with indecisive prospects, it can be extremely difficult to move forward in your selling process. The 5 following approaches can be your solution for dealing with indecisive prospects without seeming desperate and pushy. We can help! Lead with honesty.

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Prospecting How To Guidelines Webinar Metrics 98

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The instability and threats to survival so many companies are facing have resulted in longer sales cycles and increased executive presence on calls (up 53% from a pre-COVID-19 baseline). Sales enablement is a process that stretches across the sales cycle, from prospecting to customer success.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 130

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue. Those that miss critical spend categories altogether.

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Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This is as true of people as it is of a company. In their journey, prospective buyers want to know they can trust the company as much as they can trust the individuals they’re dealing with. Here are a few ways you can earn all of that from your prospects. So how can you be a business that people know, like, and trust?

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Social Media Top of Funnel Face-to-face Conference 227

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2017

Email marketing is one of the most effective and efficient forms of marketing. Though not commonly used in logistics, email marketing has the potential to increase engagement and brand awareness amongst shippers, and can help your organization grow. Is it to get new customers? More business from existing customers?

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Email Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 100

Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

When it comes to B2B marketing tactics, no strategy has stood the test of time quite like the trade show. A recent survey done by the Content Marketing Institute shows 75% of respondents believe in-person events are an effective marketing tactic. Unfortunately, trade shows are expensive and time-consuming.

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Trade Show Marketing Social Media Lead Rank 187

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 12, 2015

Most organizations spend a significant portion of their marketing budget on creating content to fuel demand generation programs, and to arm sales reps to have better conversations and engagements. This means that a typical company is wasting $1 out of every $7 spent on marketing each year.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Survey 88

The Pipeline

APRIL 11, 2016

Thus far in this series we have looked at two prospects segments that are popular among sellers, mostly because they are likely the easier of the three. While most sales people spend 80% of their time and effort pursuing these groups, combined they only make up at most 30% of any given market. Satisfaction Poor Buying Indicator.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

As a result, B2B companies don’t have to underrate the importance of building a robust sales strategy that targets high-value prospective clients and convinces them to transact with their brands. Likewise, evaluation articles, reviews, and testimonials can help prospects compare your products with alternatives.

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B2B Top of Funnel How To Sales Qualified Lead 106

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

They don’t waste time selling to prospects who are not ready to buy. Instead, they have a system to identify the highest value prospects in their pipeline and invest their time with those that are most likely to close. Sales leaders do not want their sales reps wasting their time calling low likelihood prospects.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 62

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2020

Once your company spends money to find a prospect, the clock starts ticking. The facts (research) show that just because some sales leads are six months to a year old, half of any given group of leads with the same age is still in the market to buy. Companies are not immune from the same issue – no (or slow) follow-up, no sale.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 177

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

How do I stay fired up when I prospect? I listen intently and try to figure out what makes each business model unique and each prospect like a snowflake. Send out enabling YouTube videos, white papers, blogs and tidbits. Passion – Prospects smell fear. Tony’s most recent book is “Combo Prospecting.”

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B2B Banking Conference Decision Maker 319

Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 225

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 10, 2017

Author: Joe Andrews In a previous article we laid out why knowing your ideal customer profile (ICP) and total addressable market (TAM) is critical to growing your revenue. They bring focus and efficiency to your team, and they enable you to execute targeted go-to-market strategies like account-based marketing.

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Ideal Customer Profile Maximizer Marketing InsideView 120

MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 10, 2018

My trainer was very diplomatic and said that, even though cold calling wasn’t the most efficient use of a salesperson’s time, you have to sometimes get hold of prospects some way or other, or your pipeline will be as empty as it possibly could be. Google yourself and your company now. Put your name and your company in a search engine.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Cold Calling LinkedIn 197

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If prospects don’t fit your Ideal Customer Profile, they shouldn’t become leads. But that doesn’t stop a lot of sales and marketing professionals from pursuing any and all hand-raisers, regardless how poorly suited they are. In short, the first rule of account-based marketing is : know your target accounts.

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Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Account 145

Sales Hacker

JULY 8, 2022

When the prospect reconsiders their needs, you’re positioned to be the first choice. Bonus: At the end of this article I’ll cover how to automatically route prospects into your nurture sequence using triggers. white papers, useful industry information, or even “checking in” during impactful current events are all ways to add value.

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Prospecting How To Segment Ideal Customer Profile 86

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Lead generation has matured immensely as a marketing discipline over the past decade, with more tools and data available than ever before. There are essentially two competing schools of thought among B2B marketers. demand-gen argument makes for engaging social conversation, the reality of the situation isn’t so black-and-white.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Leads 130

Allbound

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A key factor of success for your channel is a cohesive marketing strategy. Let’s face it, your partners know their prospects better than you. In order to effectively market through your channel partners, you’ll have to create a cooperative marketing strategy. – A company bundling your product in with theirs.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing Collateral 78

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The instability and threats to survival so many companies are facing have resulted in longer sales cycles and increased executive presence on calls (up 53% from a pre-COVID-19 baseline). Content: A helping of high-quality marketing content to fill up your lead pipeline. It’s about helping your sales organization do what they do best.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 100

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

What’s aggravating is that this problem is not getting solved for most companies. Companies are treating the symptoms of poor quality leads without getting to the root cause. This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. These are real prospects interested in your content.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

Partners in Excellence

MAY 25, 2022

We struggle to provoke interest, to engage a prospect, to get people to respond to our outreach. It promoted a white paper going much more deeply into the research. I filled out their form, my name, email, title, company… I download the white paper. Marketing Success, It's All About The "Open?"

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Follow-up Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 68

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

When surveyed as to the most influential content in decision making, white papers remain the stand-out content of choice. Although white papers remain influential, technology media firms such as Ziff Davis Enterprise (ZDE) and others report that white paper downloads are DOWN year over year.

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Influencer Collateral Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 40

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. The B2B sales funnel depicts how prospective customers move through the buying process in stages. Salespeople interact with the prospects at each stage, persuading them to make a purchase. Thank you, Marketing ). Thank you, Marketing ).

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Funnel B2B 179

Allego

APRIL 30, 2024

Companies are just dipping their toes into this new technology pool, but those that do are seeing gains in productivity and revenue generation. According to McKinsey & Company , “Players that invest in AI are seeing a revenue uplift of 3 to 15% and a sales ROI uplift of 10 to 20%.” 5 Ways AI Is Transforming Sales Enablement 1.

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Sales Enablement Lead Rank Lead Scoring Analytics 62

Janek Performance Group

JULY 15, 2022

When a sales rep asks us point-blank, ”What is the best way to follow-up with a prospect that goes silent?“ In this article, we will explore why prospects go silent, ways to handle it, and most importantly, solutions to help prevent being on the receiving end of the silent treatment. . Why Prospects Go Silent.

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Prospecting Sales Cycle Benefit Call-back 62

Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2023

According to McKinsey’s 2021 Mind the [skills] gap , 87 percent of companies have or will have a skills gap. We’re all familiar with economic fluctuations, emerging markets, new products and technology, and organizational turnover. For more, see our white paper Finding, Onboarding, and Retaining Top Sales Talent.

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Hiring Negotiation Decision Maker Coaching 62

Zoominfo

APRIL 10, 2018

From the time social media became a viable marketing channel, B2B companies have been looking for ways to automate social processes. Today we’re covering a topic that B2B marketers have disputed for years—scripted social media. Instead, we feel that—as with most marketing tactics—there’s a time and place for everything.

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Social Media Media Ideal Customer Profile Social Selling 188

Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ruth Stevens is Founder of eMarketing Strategy , a consulting practice that assists companies in building their customer acquisition and retention strategies. Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling gives a prospect a compelling reason to hear you out. Early stage prospects often gravitate toward videos and short, educational demonstrations.

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Real Estate Construction Scale Hiring 243

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 29, 2016

During this same period of time, I happened to notice a few white papers and market research reports on sales productivity issues. I downloaded the white papers, then slowly started counting. ” He persisted, “Companies like yours get huge value out of these products. .”

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Prospecting Call-back Research Microsoft 48

SBI Growth

AUGUST 19, 2012

This post discusses how to get your prospects interested in you versus your competitors. Demand generation content refers to web pages, blogs, eBooks, white papers, webinars, newsletters, and many others. Your prospects decide if they are going to buy from you, or your competitors, before they meet you.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel 257

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Communication , Compete , Marketing , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. One for Top Sales & Marketing Blog , where I share the company of last year’s winner S. Prospecting. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008.

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Pipeline Webinar Metrics Marketing Hiring 215

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This is as true of people as it is of a company. In their journey, prospective buyers want to know they can trust the company as much as they can trust the individuals they’re dealing with. Here are a few ways you can earn all of that from your prospects. So how can you be a business that people know, like, and trust?

Social Media 130

Social Media Top of Funnel Face-to-face Conference 130

Emissary

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Marketers entered 2022 with a somewhat positive outlook, albeit with significant and continued uncertainty. But what does that mean for your account based marketing strategy? We’ve learned from past recessions and disruptions that the companies who win during a time of transition will earn a sustained edge in the future.

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Account Based Marketing Account Strategy Demand Generation Targets 52