Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it.

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B2B Intent Signal Customer How To 246

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating B2B marketing content is a significant investment of time and money. That’s where your content marketing strategy comes in. What Is a Content Marketing Strategy? A content marketing strategy is your action plan to attract prospects to your brand and convert them into customers using marketing content.

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Strategy Marketing Buyer Persona Sales Qualified Lead 257

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

Author: Robert Jordan Demand generation, unlike traditional marketing strategies, refers to a data-driven marketing approach that aims to create awareness or interest for your company’s service or product first before selling them. This approach helps in turning profitable prospects into long-term, lucrative clients.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets B2B 271

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Though email is an extremely effective communication channel that’s ever-evolving, it’s one of the most time-consuming. Understand each stage of your customer’s journey for these audiences. Technical Steps.

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 262

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But those changes also bring the possibility of rapidly shifting duties — and some core job responsibilities could be almost entirely consumed by AI. Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI. The data underlying customer outreach needs to be incredibly accurate, enriched, and deep.

Data 130

Data Scale Lead Rank Marketing 130

Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How To Build Trust With Consumers And Why You Need To! Our collaborative blog provides insights on how to build trust with consumers and the need for doing so. Your top priority is building trust with consumers and encouraging them to approach you. Trust Is The Success Factor.

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Consumer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 78

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2021

If only you could clone the best customers produced from your account-based marketing campaigns… Well, you basically can, using a well-known and effective trick in the B2C toolbox that B2B types should be eager to adopt: lookalike audience targeting. Along with targeted ads , B2C marketers utilize Facebook for lookalike modeling.

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B2C Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Lead Rank 264

Smooth Sale

JUNE 12, 2024

Firms must implement creative approaches that adapt to their customers’ constantly shifting tastes to maintain their competitive edge and gain market share. It examines important e-commerce pointers that, from utilizing cutting-edge technology to improving consumer experience, might help your brand prosper in the upcoming year.

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Social Media Loyalty Consumer Influencer 166

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Author: Brandon Brown Today, most marketers and salespeople agree that we need to build relationships with our customers. But many of those same marketers and salespeople are implementing old-school marketing tactics that bombard consumers with unwanted ads and clickbait. Two words: influencer marketing.

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Influencer Marketing How To Face-to-face 194

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2019

And with artificial intelligence integrated into our daily experiences, consumers are also more intelligent than ever. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and it’s brought a major shift in customer expectations. But true to form, customers have easily adjusted to the extraordinary power they wield right from their palms.

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PeopleSoft Social Media Customer SalesForce 254

Pointclear

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). It seemed like, suddenly, a lot of things were dying: cold calling was dead; telephone prospecting was dead; outbound marketing was dead … many said that even marketing was dead. Maybe I was just sensitive.

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B2B Cold Calling PointClear Outbound 392

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI AI’s Infancy.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

BuzzBoard

MARCH 8, 2024

The Importance of a Comprehensive Small Business Marketing Strategy Mastering the art of a small business marketing strategy is critical for business growth and survival in today’s competitive marketplace. A comprehensive small business marketing strategy goes beyond traditional advertising.

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Small Business Small Business Marketing Customer 52

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Automated or triggered emails help companies tailor their massages to the consumer at specific, predetermined times. They are an effective means of building trust with customers and prospects. The post Why Triggered Emails Should Be Part of Your Marketing Strategy appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

Strategy 136

Strategy Marketing Consumer Prospecting 136

Connext Digital

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Social media has become an indispensable tool for consumers online in this day and age. It’s no surprise that all kinds of businesses have turned to social media to find and connect with their target market. The figures don’t lie either: consumers are 71% more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals. .

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Paid Content Social Media Consumer Media 82

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As we enter another year of global uncertainty, everyone is searching for something positive — including your customers. And with more options than ever, consumers find it easier to write off a brand after a negative experience. For the 12th consecutive year, the strength of consumer relationships and trust in brands have declined.

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Customer Loyalty Consumer Survey 100

Smooth Sale

MAY 27, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Custom Software Benefits Your User Experience and Growth Your online identity is as vital as, say, your physical identity. Custom web development is creating a website specifically for your brand or product. It should be relatively unique and should stand out.

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Software Software Benefit Customer 91

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Just as sports teams use playbooks to map out potential in-game scenarios, the best go-to-market (GTM) teams rely on playbooks to map out their revenue-generating strategy across sales and marketing. Plenty of companies have sales and marketing plays, but not all plays are created equal. What is a Play?

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Marketing Scale Decision Maker Call-back 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In today’s marketing landscape, personalization has quickly become the gold standard—and for good reason! In this content-saturated marketplace, personalized marketing is the only way for companies to stand apart from the competition. Luckily, as technology advances, it’s easier for marketers to personalize their efforts. .

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B2B Marketing Retail Consumer 214

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

With so much information at their fingertips, prospects are more empowered. But your job as a sales rep is to influence the prospect's buying decision. What do prospect consume before you interact with them? The best sales organizations are providing content that: Helps the prospect realize a problem exists.

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Prospecting Customer Case Study ROI 308

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar, Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. 2: New sales or marketing leader play. 4: Customer technology play. 3: Competitive displacement play.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing Scale 242

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

Record-high consumer spending followed by record-high inflation. And even more confounding, record-low consumer sentiment. The constant pendulum swings give consumers and businesses little confidence for planning ahead, and the only thing we can probably agree on is that everything really is weird.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Advertising Advertising 130

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your sales team doesn’t have time for efficiency blockers in a competitive, fast-paced market. Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. Stale data and lack of differentiation could be two major culprits.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 93

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Over the years, many organizations have invested in a new selling methodology that has evolved the sales approach from strategic selling to "challenging" prospects. Business strategies aren’t one-size-fits-all — not every prospect has the same one. 5 Business Insights That Take Sales Conversations to the Next Level 1.

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Prospecting Consumer Margin Objections 104

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.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As with most business functions, technology is drastically changing the way we market our products and services. We’ve long since understood the power of one-to-one marketing, but without modern technology, it wasn’t always feasible, scalable, or affordable. So, how can we market to customers who are sick and tired of marketing?

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Conversion Marketing Consumer Social Media 174

Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

The digital marketing landscape is more competitive than ever — and if you’re not prepared, you’re already behind. Here are four B2B marketing trends to implement (or at the very least, be on the lookout for) in 2022. Forrester also predicts that marketing tech budgets will increase from 19% to 25% in 2022.

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Account Based Marketing Trends B2B Marketing 130

Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. Instead, we’re operating in a business environment dictated by the wants and needs of our customers. Enter: Multichannel marketing.

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Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 189

BuzzBoard

JUNE 6, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Personalization Strategies for Digital Marketing Agency Client Acquisition Acquiring new clients is a fundamental challenge for any digital marketing agency. It’s about standing out and demonstrating value to prospective clients. Do show clients just how effective personalization can be.

Strategy 52

Strategy Marketing Small Business Small Business 52

BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In the world of SMB marketing, every click, nudge, and interaction counts towards success. With technological advancements, shifting consumer behaviors, and the ever-evolving digital ecosystem, the playbook for success in SMB marketing is being rewritten at a breathtaking pace.

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Trends Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 105

Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

Industry surveys show that account-based marketing is consuming an ever-larger share of B2B budgets, and it’s easy to see why: smarter targeting, increased efficiency, and better ROI are enough to make any CMO’s eyes light up. That starts with going after the right accounts that match your ideal customer profile (ICP).

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Intent Intent Signal 130

Selling Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Finding new prospects is a time-consuming activity. If you’ve ever done repeat business with a past customer, you know how time-efficient (and financially rewarding) it can be. When is the last time you combed through your customer list to consider how you might continue to provide value for them?

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Customer Cold Calling Campaigns Consumer 81

Zoominfo

JULY 19, 2022

ZoomInfo customers who use AWS can now receive ZoomInfo’s industry-leading B2B data directly in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), significantly improving data quality while eliminating the time-consuming process of cleaning datasets by hand.

Data 130

Data Marketing Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

There’s more to prospect contact data than phone numbers, job titles, and company pain points. Let’s say a current customer forwards one of your product emails to several procurement officers — this could indicate a change in their spending budget. But what if I’m already using sales, lead, or market intelligence ?

Opportunity 130

Opportunity Customer Face-to-face CRM 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

There’s more to prospect contact data than phone numbers, job titles, and company pain points. Let’s say a current customer forwards one of your product emails to several procurement officers — this could indicate a change in their spending budget. But what if I’m already using sales, lead, or market intelligence?

Opportunity 130

Opportunity Customer CRM Data 130