Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How to Reach Decision-Makers When Selling to Enterprises When selling, we want to talk to the decision makers but how do you reach them in order to qualify them as a prospect? It’s become even harder to get a hold of decision-makers. The solution is to go back to personalization. Email them.

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Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Technical decision makers are skeptical by nature. First, they do not assume anything, including the validity of marketing and sales materials. Technical decision makers are just as skeptical with each other as they are with the sales, marketing and non-technical types reading this article.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned? You can track their buying signals.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, we state that in order to stay viable, B2B companies need to hire a social media manager. Today, the role of a social media manager is more important than ever. According to one recent study, 93% of B2B marketers reported social media as the most utilized marketing tactic of their teams ( source ).

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

How do I sell effectively on social media? How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time. Salespeople continually struggle with reaching B2B decision makers. They rely on what they’ve done before, which is cold calling and sending cold emails, and decision makers don’t want either. The answer is you.

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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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SalesFuel

APRIL 19, 2024

This data loss needs to be made up for, and brands are updating their content marketing objectives to do so. New Content Marketing Objectives: First-Party Data Collection Cookie-Based Third-Party Data Isn’t Recovering If your client thinks data privacy is just a fad they can wait out, they’re sorely mistaken.

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Zoominfo

JULY 27, 2023

Businesses in virtually every industry are being pushed to modernize their go-to-market strategy, with a premium on the data-driven, automation-enabled convergence of sales, marketing, and operations. Sales and marketing leadership need to align on: The business outcomes that your ABM strategy will achieve.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 11, 2016

With social media, much of the marketing focus has shifted away from what makes basic and good marketing. Yet having read this social media marketing post on LinkedIn Pulse , much of what the writer states is just as true for basic education based marketing. This is why marketing is not selling.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 27, 2018

In today’s digital era, innovative marketing tactics have begun to overtake the traditional methods that have worked for years. Take influencer marketing for example. Typically brands work with influencers who have a large, dedicated following, particularly on social media. 30 Shocking Influencer Marketing Statistics.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

The stock market has lost nearly all of its gains and the only thing we haven’t yet seen is massive layoffs. Although the media has not announced anything yet, it seems like a recession is on our doorstep. More importantly, it was short lived. On the other hand, the effects of the 2008-2009 economic crisis lasted for years.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I customized this to one of my needs as a digital marketing agency. As a VP of digital at a small digital marketing agency, I’m often tasked with drafting sales proposals to potential clients. Add a title that reflects the purpose of the proposal, such as “Digital Media Services Proposal.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Author: Jeff Kalter If you’re implementing account-based marketing, you’re likely well aware that your success in attracting and converting your target accounts hinges on customizing your communications. It’s not necessary, and perhaps not even wise, to start by talking with the individual who you believe is the ultimate decision maker.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 11, 2014

Today’s buyer is more empowered than ever before, leveraging content from the Internet, discussion groups and social media to take charge of the purchase decision-making process. The question was posed as a key portion of IDC’s annual 2013 IT Buyer Experience Study , surveying over 200 executive decision makers worldwide.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Attempting to grow your business without marketing intelligence is a lot like driving without directions. Without a clear understanding of your industry or market, you’ll be ill-equipped to make informed business decisions. Businesses are catching on to the importance of market intelligence. What Is Market Intelligence?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs).

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Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2014

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness. Voicemails work.

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Apptivo

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Best Marketing Automation Examples. How does Marketing automation help the business? Creating efficient sales and marketing workflows eliminates the need for repetitive tasks. For this reason, businesses require sales and marketing automation, which will enable them to create reports, send messages, gain insights, and more.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2023

Traditional marketing plans lay out these steps, but to really move the needle, you’ll need to dig a little deeper. That’s where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. That’s where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? First, let’s define go-to-market as an overall framework.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

“It’s something like an educated Hail Mary pass that sweeps up unconverted marketing qualified leads.” What do we mean by “direct mail marketing”? Direct mail marketing makes direct contact with individual consumers, as opposed to reaching a large audience with mass media, such as advertising.

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SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, marketers preferred personalized email marketing to satisfy prospects’ needs in email marketing. If you are new to B2B personalized email marketing, then this blog will help you understand the concept of email personalization so that you can reach out to your prospects with a sales cadence.

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SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, marketers preferred personalized email marketing to satisfy prospects’ needs in email marketing. If you are new to B2B personalized email marketing, then this blog will help you understand the concept of email personalization so that you can reach out to your prospects with a sales cadence.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Revenue teams – Companies will move beyond simply aligning sales and marketing toward revenue teams?—?super super teams that include customer success in the same organization as sales, marketing and operations.

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Emissary

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Check out the B2B marketing infographic below for a guide to how account intelligence can drive enterprise B2B marketing success. Selling tech to enterprise and having the right marketing approach can be a struggle. A plan based off of incorrect intelligence or too-broad insights can impact the success of your marketing efforts.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 21, 2020

With over a hundred and one different things that could kill your cloud software business, poor marketing is the slow poison that can put it to sleep for good. With every SaaS market crowded these days— G2 lists over 2,800 solutions for “ CRM ” alone—there’s little room for error in your marketing. Product complexity.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you. In fact, that’s why many buyers shy away from gated marketing content.). You call a lead that marketing has “qualified.” Still chilly.).

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

McKinsey & Company created its B2B Decision Maker Pulse , a survey of 3,600 B2B decision makers in 11 countries and 12 sectors across 14 spend categories. The objective is to identify how decision makers continue to learn and pivot their operations in the age of COVID-19. A pivot to remote selling.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 14, 2017

They spent plenty of time on social media and sent tons of emails, but they rarely reached actual decision-makers. He complained to me that his prospect in Paris had arranged a meeting with all the key decision-makers, but the prospect had only given him four days’ notice. Their outreach took too long. Well, sure.

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LeadBoxer

MAY 30, 2021

In B2B sales, you’re likely to deal with several decision-makers within one company. In fact, salespeople engaged in B2B sales will need to work with an average of seven decision-makers. Here are some elements of a successful business-to-business lead sales and marketing strategy: Know Your Prospects.

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eGrabber

JULY 31, 2023

In today’s business world, it is more important than ever to have accurate and verified email addresses of CXOs and decision makers in B2B companies. With the right email addresses, you can reach these decision-makers directly and build relationships that can lead to new business opportunities.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

More often than not, sales and marketing live in siloes. Reps wonder what marketing does and contributes; marketing complains reps ignore their efforts. For a company to survive these days, sales and marketing must work in concert. The best marketing leaders know how to overcome the divide and gain credibility with sales.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Discover your best marketing account segments from within your current customer base. Sound familiar?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

In fact, 84% of B2B decision makers start the buying process with a referral ( source ). We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Today, we’re taking a deeper look at one of the most effective word-of-mouth marketing strategies: referral marketing.

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eGrabber

JULY 31, 2023

In today’s business world, it is more important than ever to have accurate and verified email addresses of CXOs and decision makers in B2B companies. With the right email addresses, you can reach these decision-makers directly and build relationships that can lead to new business opportunities.

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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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Sales Training Advice

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Selling to C-level decision makers is challenging even at the best of times. C-level decision makers are paid to improve their business results. C-level decision makers are paid to improve their business results. C-level decision makers deal with changing priorities.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Email marketers across the globe have been encompassing different strategies for generating leads, branding, and driving sales conversions. After all, getting customers to make a buying decision isn’t an easy walk in the park, especially when it comes to B2B email marketing. Here’s where email marketing steps.

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