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Everything You Need to Know About Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen

Hubspot Sales

Demand generation and lead generation are two strategies that make up a large part of inbound sales but are often referred to interchangeably despite being two different practices. What is demand generation? The process helps you increase brand awareness, educates audiences, and generates trust.

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How To Segment Audiences: A B2B Marketer’s Guide

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. “Your company puts out products in the market to solve problems for people — which naturally begets the messaging,” says Mitchell Hanson, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. For example, let’s say you sell marketing automation software. Then there’s intent data. Everything is relative.

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Are You Tracking These Crucial Marketing KPIs?

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While there are countless KPIs you could track, we’re laying out the ones specifically tailored for demand generation marketers. Set your own benchmarks,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Intent lift. Run two variations of a campaign — one with intent data layered in and one without.

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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What is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. What’s the difference between lead generation vs. demand generation?

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Pick The Right Plays: Using the Go-To-Market Framework

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“It’s imperative to continually listen to what customers are saying , putting yourselves in the customers’ shoes and thinking of ways to better enable them,” Craig Williams, chief information officer at networking software company Ciena, told IDG Connect. Technology : Sales intelligence platforms and buyer intent software.

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How to Find a Deal That Will Close This Month

SBI

Traditional demand generation methods just aren’t cutting it anymore. This research data, known as Intent data , combined with the recency of the action reveals the full picture of a sales ready lead. Fit + Intent + Recency + Engagement = The equation for an in-month deal. But we know in B2B, luck isn’t a scalable tactic.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Consolidating Your Marketing Tech Stack

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“We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. You may need content calendars, social listening tools, post scheduling software, and employee advocacy systems. Tools may include intent data, personalization, and chatbots.