Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Every marketing team should have specific KPIs that align with their department’s goals and the organization’s goals at large.

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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 is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. B2B Lead Generation Sources.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

I’ve been involved in sales enablement and lead generation since the term was just getting popularized in the B2B tech sector around 2006. And more than ten years later, the definition of what sales enablement actually is has yet to be nailed down. Process-oriented sales enablement. Marketing-generated awareness.

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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 Is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What is a Lead?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 17, 2013

Engaging with these enhancements will drive Demand Generation. Sales teams know that social selling on LinkedIn will help make their number. The Marketing team can help support sales rep social sellers by growing their own networks. This gets your sales reps more connected to potential prospects.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2022

Every demand generation team shares the same goal: to create a pipeline for sales. According to RAIN Group Sales Training , it takes an average of eight touches to get an initial meeting with a new prospect. And to create a pipeline, you have to book meetings — which is no small feat. The solution?

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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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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 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. On owned media, digital advertising was once the name of the game.

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Media Company Distribution How To 71

InsightSquared

MARCH 27, 2019

The same approach can be used to audit your sales and marketing alignment when it comes to building an attribution model that works for both parties. When revenue leaders think about attribution, they often associate the word with “sales versus marketing.” Let’s think about it for a moment. 60 days later, the deal closes.

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Highspot

AUGUST 19, 2022

” Marketers are no stranger to this phrase – and know better than most that it’s far easier than said with done. . What Are the Top Marketing Challenges Right Now? First, take a moment to understand the current marketing landscape. 17% of marketers struggle to differentiate themselves from the competition.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A leading global financial technology (FinTech) client recently reached out with a big request: They wanted to completely overhaul their go-to-market organizational structure, roles and relationships. There are a number of factors that should tip off sales and go-to-market leaders to rethink their organizational approach.

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SugarCRM

MAY 18, 2023

Our previous blog post discussed the core CRM features for sales automation. 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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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. The problems with the SDR to sales handoff. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. powered by Sounder.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2022

If you’re in marketing, you might think of search engine advertising platforms as your “frenemy.” You’re kind of like friends because they distribute your ads, and kind of like enemies because you’re both self-interested. For example, if you’re targeting restaurant owners, you might want to exclude such terms as homeowner and sale.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Is account-based sales development right for your business? We’ve put together a flowchart that tells you in no uncertain terms whether it’s a good model for your organization, plus 5 factors that can make or break your account-based sales development initiatives. What you need to know about go-to-market models in SaaS.

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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. We’ve broken down the best lead generation tools into four distinct categories. 1) Outreach.io 1) Outreach.io

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Pointclear

MAY 5, 2011

In a recent article on Revenue Performance Management in Marketing Automation Software Guide, Lauren Carlson does a nice job of providing a context for the RPM discussion by differentiating it from marketing automation, reviewing the factors motivating its advancement, and raising good questions.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? A simple buyer persona may look something like this: A 25-35-year-old female, working in marketing at a company of 500+ employees, who has ‘specialist’ in her job title. 36% of companies have created shorter sales cycles using personas.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

And it’s not just for CROs; if you’re a marketer, SDR, sales rep, manager, VP, or CRO, this one’s for you. Engagement : The process (or rather processes) that result in a qualified sales pipeline. Marketing Operations (MOPs) rose up in the wake of rising automation and omnichannel demand generation.

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Allego

APRIL 30, 2020

Companies around the globe have canceled sales meetings and training sessions and are enacting work from home policies to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yet sales enablement professionals must get new hires up to speed and keep teams on track in a world where face-to-face meetings are impossible. Buyers have changed.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 9, 2016

The one and only conference 100% dedicated to sales development is well underway. Yesterday, we had Kyle Porter and friends discussing their gratitude for you — our partners, customers, and the entire sales development community — and giving an overview of our history, what’s new, and what’s coming with Salesloft. Metrics Driven.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 14, 2022

Every demand gen marketer wants the same thing — more budget. We’re here to help you determine what your marketing budget should be, how to distribute and manage it, and ultimately how to advocate for more when the time comes. Historical data and the sales velocity formula will help you determine the blended cost per MQL.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. Without proper planning, it’s impossible to know if you’re chasing the wrong audience, are too early or too late to a given market, or targeting a market that's too saturated with similar solutions.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

Factor 8

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you’re growing or starting up a team, you’re wise to spend time researching the type of rep that will best suit your sales process, talent pool, and customer preferences. And if you’re researching roles in sales, even better. Let’s dig in – starting with the top of the sales funnel or beginning of the buying process.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 7, 2023

Building a technology stack to support your account-based marketing (ABM) strategy is no easy feat. Doing this upfront work will save you from one of the biggest mistakes marketers make when it comes to ABM: targeting broad groups of people in a large company. Inaccurate or generalized targeting means wasted time and money.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2023

From increasing competition to unpredictable markets, revenue operations leaders face new hurdles seemingly every day. Those rapidly evolving challenges are only exacerbated by a long-standing problem among sales and marketing teams: misalignment. Inaccurate data means leads aren’t routed properly to sales.

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Highspot

AUGUST 27, 2020

” While it may seem difficult to plan when so much is changing so quickly, one thing is for certain: It’s time for marketing teams to get creative. . So before you begin drafting your next big marketing campaign, invest time in figuring out what’s working, what’s not, and where opportunities to stand out exist.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 10, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Nicole Wojno Smith , the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io. Nicole is the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io, a company that helps ISVs sell their software through the cloud marketplaces. What you should do if you’re the first marketer at a company. Early days in marketing [7:48].

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 14, 2013

Who needs to buy into the “ program ” for sales results to improve? You design a sales improvement program to systematically address each issue. The program includes: A demand generation overhaul. You meet with the: Chief marketing officer. Director of demand gen. Product marketing. Field marketing.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Jason Holmes , President and COO of Showpad. Jason specializes in executive sales leadership with CRM, SaaS, and other tech companies. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Marketing, sales, CS, should all be unified under one leader [11:40]. We’re on iTunes.

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SBI

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The importance of Marketing & Sales Alignment is obvious when it comes to tradeshows. Read “Sales Tools to Increase Tradeshow ROI” if you not only want to have better insight on event ROI but also want to ensure a higher ROI. There’s a difference between Active Demand and Demand Generation.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2011

Content marketing represents a significant investment, consuming over 26% of total marketing budgets annually, according to surveys of 1,100 marketers by the Content Marketing Institute. Junta42 and MarketingProfs surveyed over 1,100 North American B2B marketers from diverse industries and a wide range of company sizes.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. Top 2018 Sales Trends & Predictions – Strategic Headlines.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

In this mega guide, I’ll breakdown 31 different lead generation techniques you can use to supercharge your sales pipeline almost immediately. Two of which are currently sales and marketing. As a result, I am the lead generator, the SDR , and the closer. Good lead generation systems need a strong foundation.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 6, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Scott Olrich , the Chief Operating Officer at DocuSign. Scott is the Chief Operating Officer at DocuSign, where he focuses on orchestrating DocuSign’s vision strategy, marketing, and enablement efforts around the world. Changing the sales game for smaller companies.

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