Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Corporate Visions Are marketers and salespeople so focused on early stage demand generation that they’re missing other big opportunities to drive revenue? Marketers and sales pros agree that early-stage demand generation matters most across all of these areas.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In this post we’ll focus on the B2B Demand Generation (DG) plan. Download the 2014 B2B Demand Generation Planning template here to get started. B2B Demand Generation – Building a Base Plan. Developing the game plan involves multiple groups and huge amounts of research about your customers.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 8, 2013

Therefore, your marketing team needs someone focused on buyer research and content creation. Usually the people who are your best researchers are your best content creators too. Researching – This person has overall responsibility for buyer research. And based on the buyer research, when the content resonates most.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

B2B CMO''s largely do not have direct reports with expertise in demand generation. Every CMO must have a ‘right-hand’ report with substantial demand generation experience to be successful. Implementation Inexperience – Lack foundational knowledge of implementation details for Demand Generation.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Why Data Quality Matters for Generative AI While AI tools in the broadest sense have been in development for decades, the explosion of recent interest is fueled by the release of consumer-focused products, like Google’s Bard and Open AI’s ChatGPT. With generative AI, social media managers can generate suggested social copy for each platform.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It’s coming up on the end of the third quarter and demand generation at the top of the funnel has been cooling off. As the leader of a marketing organization, you are getting pressure from the top to make changes.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 26, 2013

There are four fundamental steps to developing and executing your Year 1 marketing strategy: Develop a Lead Generation Strategy. Implement Demand Generation. DEVELOP A LEAD GENERATION STRATEGY. There should be both demand generation and nurture campaigns. IMPLEMENT DEMAND GENERATION.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. Building World-class Lead Generation programs begins with assessing current state. This involves both demand generation best practices and Talent Management. Download the Demand Generation team assessment tool here.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Analysts at Forrester Research call this approach content contextualization , noting that “marketers must be able to respond to customers in real time with content that motivates the next best action.” ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Freeman Event Research reports that some are pushing boundaries and reimagining virtual events in useful, unusual, and offbeat ways. Research shows that almost 50% of respondents believe that it will take six to 12 months before they will start hosting in-person events again. Face to Face?

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MarketJoy

JULY 22, 2022

According to research by Vantage Point , 72% of sales managers hold sales pipeline review meetings with their sales reps several times per month. Demand Generation: B2B demand generation is a form of marketing that creates interest in a product or service.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“We’re in a time of uncertainty,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. This may include analytics, heat maps, keyword research, and content optimization tools. Marketing Intelligence & Automation This will help your demand generation team interpret data and put it to good use.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Sign up here for SBI’s 7 th Annual Research Project. Here are seven must-haves in your 2014 budget: Buyer Personas – Personas are research-based, modeled representations of who your buyers are, what they are trying to accomplish, what goals drive their behaviors. Those that miss critical spend categories altogether.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. That is, they’ve done their research. There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric?

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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. According to HubSpot research, 93% of consumers will be repeat buyers at companies with excellent customer service. Go-to-market plays : Cross-sell campaigns, account-based marketing campaigns, and demand generation campaigns.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing. “Looking at account-based marketing metrics, such as target account progression, is a much more aligned approach,” says Mitchell Hanson, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. In 2020, that figure was down to 47%.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 26, 2013

So I asked the next logical question: “ Tell me about your buyer research; How do you do it? ” Unfortunately, most marketers are ill-equipped to do in-depth Buyer Research. In-depth buyer research captures both the articulated and unarticulated aspects of buyer thinking and decision-making. A Framework for Buyer Research.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. If your sales and marketing teams are not aligned, it’s going to be much more difficult to hit your number,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. “If

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 12, 2012

When trained and armed with the battle-tested tools, an Internal Content Marketing team can produce high quality demand generation content consistently. This new content production practice will naturally boost your SEO and Social demand generation efforts. This is not the only benefit of producing quality content.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. That is, they’ve done their research. There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Validate expert panel suggestions through the lens of audience research. Contribute company and/or 3rd party executed audience research to validate BPM findings. First and foremost is your team’s ability to drive effective Demand Generation results. Social Prospecting Guidance. In Summary. Author: Vince Koehler.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

That’s one of the reasons ZoomInfo created WebSights , which enables you to understand which companies are researching your product and retarget them efficiently in campaigns. Like with any demand generation strategy , you need to parse the data to understand the following two elements: Buyer profiles : Whom do we want to do business with?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Knotch ’s research findings support this, confirming the plot twist reality that not all content is good for your brand. Check out their full new feature below Hottest GTM job of the week: Head of Demand Generation at Clarisights , more details here. See more top GTM jobs here. That’s all this week.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 1, 2013

The first step in building a persona is Buyer Research. This research provides insight into the CEO’s goals, focus and initiatives. Their research found that 80% of CEOs admit they don’t really trust Marketing’s work. Yet the only one your CEO cares about is marketing leads that generate new revenue.

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SBI Growth

JULY 7, 2013

A BPM provides the marketing team a blueprint for effective demand generation and lead management. To map it right, you must conduct extensive buyer research. BLUEPRINT FOR EFFECTIVE LEAD GENERATION. Buyer Process Maps produce a blueprint for effective Lead Generation. What does a Buying Process Do?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 2, 2019

It’s not just important to fill our pipelines, but it’s important because it enables us to capture customers in a different space, creating more value than we might through all our other demand generation. Our awareness and demand generation programs will never reach them. That’s just a diversion.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 18, 2022

MarketJoy is a trustworthy sales development company that provides lead generation, market research, list building, and demand generation services to B2B businesses searching for sales enablement. If you need help building and growing your sales pipeline, look no further! We can 10x your pipeline. According to John W.

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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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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Get it here along with over 90+ tools by registering for our research tour. Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Actions that generate revenue. Make sure their schedules include: Daily demand generation activities. Everyone must work on generating lead daily.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

That’s one of the reasons ZoomInfo created WebSights , which enables you to understand which companies are researching your product and retarget them efficiently in campaigns. Like with any demand generation strategy , you need to parse the data to understand the following two elements: Buyer profiles : Whom do we want to do business with?

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 1, 2016

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

Selling involves professionals who engage the best potential buyers based on criteria they, the seller, researched to identify the best opportunities for mutual success, their own and their buyers. This is not selling, it is order taking, and if it sounds like selling to you, well, I feel for you and I am here to help you. Happy New Year!

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And one of the core purposes of xiQ is to help you spend less time on doing research, more time on selling. [25:30] won the award for ‘Best Use of Martech for Demand Generation’ in 2022, was recognized as a Leader in ‘G2 Enterprise ABM Category’, and was named a ‘Cool Vendor for Marketing Technology’ by Gartner. Website: [link].

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

What began as a hunch has continuously been validated over the years, both from personal experience and in scientific research. Traditionally, demand generation functions are focused on quantity of leads, while sales development sets up meetings. The bottom line: the approach is inherently flawed.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2013

When trained and armed with the battle-tested tools, an Internal Content Marketing team can produce high quality demand generation content consistently. Sign up for SBI’s annual research study review here and learn how world class companies are producing this content. You will be working with Sales to conduct buyer research.

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