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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Mereo

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Through what we labeled the “Revenue Delivery System,” JD Edwards sales and marketing leadership invested in a strategic approach to drive demand generation and equip the sales team to effectively sell to targeted markets. Market Segmentation and Past Sales Success Laid a Framework for Demand Generation.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Marketing mistakes are costly. Yet marketers often struggle with this crucial step. Sure, your cost per lead might be cheap, but your cost per marketing-qualified lead (MQL) will skyrocket,” says Colin Chang, a marketing programs manager at ZoomInfo. But this isn’t true if you use good lists.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Account-based marketing is used by most B2B companies, and it’s easy to see why: it promises to bring marketing and sales closer together, target accounts as one revenue team, and drive bottom-line results. Here are four ways our new platform empowers marketers to effectively and efficiently land their target accounts.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

In 12 years, half the companies on the S&P 500 may fall off that list, according to industry research. 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. Market expansion. Offer expansion.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

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? Pretty simple, right?

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? Every marketer wants to make an impact. Your buyers interact with your marketing in one moment, but they make the decision to buy in the future. Unfortunately, most marketers don’t believe their content is memorable or actionable. Why Most B2B Marketing is Forgettable.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

10 Reasons Why a B2B Lead Generation Department Should Report to Marketing and Not to Sales. As a consultant, I regularly advise that appointment setting Lead Generation Departments report to Marketing and not to Sales. Marketers typically are more available than sales road warriors, when answers are needed.

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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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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

Allego

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Allego is happy to announce that Heather Moses has joined the company as chief marketing officer (CMO) to drive the next chapter of the company’s growth. Heather brings almost 15 years of experience in the marketing industry. A New Generation of B2B Buyers B2B buyers ’ needs have changed dramatically in recent years.

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Marketing Sales Enablement Face-to-face Demand Generation Agencies 62

Emissary

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This trend results in additional pressure on sales and marketing organizations to speak the business language of their prospects and customers, not just demonstrate technical expertise. Most vertical marketing strategies are light in nature consisting of tabs on websites, vertical-oriented stock photos and key words added to headers.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 30, 2019

The post What Kind of B2B Marketing Personalization Gets Results? In today’s world of big data and hyper-targeted marketing campaigns, most B2B marketers believe the more personalized your message, the better your results. Our research backs this up. Our research backs this up. The Marketing Personalization Study.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

This month we focus on the marketing technology stack, the power of direct dials, productivity myths, SEO, and more! Investing In Marketing Technology: 7 Key Considerations. The marketing landscape changes constantly as new trends emerge and innovative tactics catch on as effective marketing strategies. Let’s get into it.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

SBI

JUNE 19, 2019

TechTarget Priority Engine Named Best Account Based Marketing and Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution by SIIA. Priority Engine provides B2B marketing and sales teams the real, observed purchase intent they need to act with speed and confidence. TechTarget, Inc. Michael Cotoia, CEO, TechTarget.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 10, 2024

I learned a lot about product positioning long before I ever stepped into a product marketing role. The difference is demos are a two-way dialogue with buyers whereas product positioning in a pure marketing sense is typically a one-way monologue where potential customers are reading, viewing or listening to something you’ve published.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 20, 2021

But when active candidates aren’t the right fit, how do you search beyond those already in the job market? This suggests that many more passive candidates exist in the job market. Active vs. Passive Candidate Recruiting Much like traditional marketing, it can help to think of your ideal personas for recruiting.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

That’s how he got xiQ – Personality-Driven Sales & Marketing, started in the first place. And one of the core purposes of xiQ is to help you spend less time on doing research, more time on selling. [25:30] a next-generation, AI-powered, SaaS platform for B2B sales and marketing. B2B sales are not transactional.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Challengers have a deep understanding of their client’s business and industry. They are calling on a huge swath of customers with different industries and maturities. Yet Challengers are supposed to “know the industry better than the customer themselves”. Good luck with industry thought leadership. Throw these out.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “ buyer’s journey.”

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Pointclear

JUNE 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the final of a multi-part blog series. Many challenges facing Sales and Marketing have been around since the beginning of time. Each were covered in detail, and referenced thought leadership from industry leaders. Not really.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

Yet there’s little attention within marketing teams on developing quality offers. DMA studies show Offer is the #1 determination of success for customer marketing. Marketing plans are well underway. Chief Marketing Officers are monitoring their team’s campaign metrics as a leading indicator. Strategic Offer Assessment.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

There’s one thing that you may not have yet realized is gaining in popularity as a result of the pandemic: outbound sales and marketing. In many industries, COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator requiring organizations to get better at their weaknesses, and to get better at them fast. Marketing emails are up. What did they find?

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Outbound Company Webinar Metrics Demand Generation 195

SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

Your Industry. Annual Revenue Increase by improving to industry tunrover rate: $10.5M. -. According to Gallup research , the top five predictors of turnover (in general) are: 1. Insufficient Marketing-Provided Leads. The Marketing department is also supposed to provide leads. Per 100 Reps*. Your Company.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

And while the precise definition can vary by team, GTM teams often have two high-level ways of categorizing leads: Marketing qualified leads (MQLs), who are early in the journey but have interacted in a way that indicates they could be ready for sales. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 24, 2012

As we conduct research across 19 different industries, patterns emerge. They do research online and are less inclined to agree to a F2F appointment. Without researching how customers make a purchase decision, your sales force could be misaligned. Ignoring Content Marketing. Think of this article as a holiday gift.

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Hiring Lead Rank Collateral Demand Generation 326

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Your marketing strategy is not just about making the number this year. As the CMO you’ve done everything you can without the use of marketing automation. You now have the support of the CEO to modernize the marketing organization. Perhaps the prior leader didn’t keep pace with the market. Why would they? Here are five.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Marketing agencies and media companies are increasingly seeing deep merits in becoming more data-driven to keep their go-to-market initiatives more targeted and relevant. Competition reports are vital to agencies and media houses selling to SMBs for helping with market positioning, better prospecting, fixing appointments, etc.

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Ideal Customer Profile Demand Generation Agencies Top of Funnel Customer 52

Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

There’s one thing that you may not have yet realized is gaining in popularity as a result of the pandemic: outbound sales and marketing. In many industries, COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator requiring organizations to get better at their weaknesses, and to get better at them fast. Marketing emails are up. What did they find?

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Outbound Company Webinar Metrics Demand Generation 147

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Andy Gray is a senior marketing professional with proven expertise in directing, centralizing, and strengthening how customers are acquired and retained as well as how companies are positioned through marketing strategies, demand generation, sales support and enablement programs, market research and product development.

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Trade Show Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Webinar Metrics 154

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 18, 2019

If you’re like most companies, you focus the lion’s share of your growth budget on-demand generation and customer acquisition. Yet, the majority of companies allot only 10-20 percent of their sales and marketing budgets toward customer expansion. Tailor Your Sales and Marketing Messaging for Customer Expansion.

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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). Expansion is another area that ABM can be utilized to generate upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

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Account Based Marketing CRM Lead Rank Data 48

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. 1. Join host, Matt Heinz, president of Heinz Marketing on this fast-paced, power-packed program. The Same Side Selling podcast features sales and business topics, as well as insight from industry leaders with proven success. Listen here. Listen here.

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Hiring Top of Funnel B2B Lead Rank 269

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Did you know 60-70% of marketers say they don’t truly understand their buyers ( source )? Each persona contains quantitative research, anecdotal observation, and existing customer data. For example, do they all work in the same industry? It takes a significant amount of time, effort, and research. Let that sink in.

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