No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 30, 2014

In this month’s guest post, Brian Hansford, director of client services for Heinz Marketing, explains why he won’t buy from vendors who make him look up their phone numbers: . Brian Hansford, director of client services for Heinz Marketing, is a 20-year veteran of the technology industry. About the Author.

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Eloqua Face-to-face Vendor Channels 240

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 27, 2018

If you are using Interactive Value Selling and Marketing Tools, you may be sitting on a wealth of customer intelligence that you could be leveraging. Self service Value Marketing Tools from Alinean collect data directly from each prospect and customer, including key profile data and metrics about their current challenges and opportunities.

Ideal Customer Profile 55

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Eloqua Customer 55

SBI

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Seismic, the recognized leader in sales and marketing enablement, today announced that the company now boasts more than 70 integrations across the technology ecosystem found among sales and marketing teams. For enterprises to truly align their sales and marketing teams today, their technologies need to be aligned as well.

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Eloqua Siebel Marketo Oracle 65

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

This is why there is such a push for compelling content marketing strategies these days. As the Sales Leader, you have high expectations for Marketing to deliver. Are you prepared to defend yourself if Marketing places the same accountability on you? Just ask Eloqua. Blogs, ebooks, webinars, social media.

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Social Selling Social Media Eloqua Webinar Metrics 308

SBI Growth

JANUARY 16, 2013

The market is changing. I recently met Jill Rowley, a Sales Rep at Eloqua. Jill is buyer-centered and focused on ways to personally evolve with her market. Jill remains Eloqua’s #1 Sales Rep since 2006. The market moves quickly. And the market rewards them with revenue. Why Buyers want Social Sellers.

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Eloqua Networking LinkedIn Influencer 331

Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

Just four years ago, I had a different target market and was giving workshops around the U.S. He is a regular main stage speaker at industry events. Jill Rowley has often been one of the first names that comes up anytime a business wants to know if and how sales reps can champion an industry. What Are You Waiting For?

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Social Selling Oracle Eloqua Influencer 232

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sales And Marketing Alignment In Terms Of Lead Generation In A 2.0 Stored in BANTER , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactive , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , execution. Sales and marketing are merging for small businesses and require strong collaboration for larger companies. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

SugarCRM

APRIL 23, 2024

With an impressive sales track record spanning over 20 years, including pivotal roles at Eloqua and Marketo, and now as a sales consultant, she’s a powerhouse of innovative sales strategies. Where [the] partner ecosystem is becoming a more dominant business model, a more dominant way to go to market.

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B2B Eloqua Social Selling Networking 29

SugarCRM

APRIL 23, 2024

With an impressive sales track record spanning over 20 years, including pivotal roles at Eloqua and Marketo, and now as a sales consultant, she’s a powerhouse of innovative sales strategies. Where [the] partner ecosystem is becoming a more dominant business model, a more dominant way to go to market.

B2B 26

B2B Eloqua Social Selling Networking 26

Lead411

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Zoominfo Competitor Lead411’s solution is feature-rich to include flexibility for nearly every sales, marketing, research and data enrichment scenario, including bulk list building, CRM enrichment and integration, growth intent, and built-in sales enablement email/SMS campaigns. Addressable Market. Addressable Market.

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Ideal Customer Profile Intent Data Hiring Intent 98

Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She is a founding member of the Savvy B2B Marketing blog , and contributes regularly to the Content Marketing Institute blog.

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Influencer Buyer Persona Lead Rank Case Study 162

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Staffing and recruiting companies have a sixth sense for hot passive candidates … but business development and expanding into new markets might not be second nature. Bryerton offers this example : Suppose he is trying to reach out and noticed his prospective company had an open rec for VP of Marketing. Steve over here at DiscoverOrg.

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Intent Data Strategy Hiring Marketo 162

SalesforLife

MAY 13, 2019

In the early 2000s I worked at Dun & Bradstreet, selling sales and marketing databases. 2000-2005: Transformation Era: 2000 - Marketing automation was in its infancy ( Eloqua - now Oracle – was only founded in 1999), so generating leads by email wasn't as strong as it was today. My evolution since 2000 looked like this.

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Policies ACT Hiring Face-to-face 73

Velocify

JANUARY 29, 2013

This evolution means an increasingly mature buying market that is driving new CRM-related needs for sales and marketing teams. One popular solution category, marketing automation, has been growing rapidly during the past few years and continues to be a very hot segment.

Inside Sales 71

Inside Sales CRM Leads360 Eloqua 71

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Reading Time: 12 minutes Staffing and recruiting companies have a sixth sense for hot passive candidates … but business development and expanding into new markets might not be second nature. Bryerton offers this example : Suppose he is trying to reach out and noticed his prospective company had an open rec for VP of Marketing.

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Intent Data Strategy Hiring Marketo 120

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

A company in the Financial Services or Banking industry. Who currently have job openings for marketing help. As it turns out, there are a lot of outside services that can be contracted to do your marketing. Finding a product/market fit. Businesses need to change their offerings based on what they know about the market.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Outsourcing Hiring Lead Rank 52

LeadFuze

MAY 11, 2021

Market size. The potential market that you can sell your offering to will be much narrower in B2B. Achieving success in this industry is not as easy as it seems, but with the right strategy and a willingness to do what is necessary for the customer’s satisfaction, anyone can be successful. Identify potential bottlenecks.

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B2B B2C Sales Cycle Top of Funnel 95

The ROI Guy

MARCH 24, 2013

Traditional white papers are likely the staple of your content marketing portfolio, and for good reason. Here’s a couple of reasons we may be seeing the change: Marketing overload – Buyers now receive 32% more marketing campaigns than they did just five years ago (SiriusDecisions).

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Ideal Customer Profile Eloqua Campaigns Marketo 68

Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. It’s different from social media marketing. Marketing targets many. In the case of Eloqua, a software company, their average sales cycle has decreased by 20 days, with 25 percent more leads that convert to opportunities. Right now, they are online.

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Social Selling Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 71

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

We are republishing this blog by Ruth Stevens (originally run January 29, 2014) because she hits the nail on the head about marketing automation. In the opening paragraph she states: “Marketers sometimes see automation as a silver bullet. Marketing automation doesn’t identify your best target audiences. But it’s only a tool.

Marketing 266

Marketing Strategy Eloqua Marketo 266

Green Lead's B2B

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Craig Rosenberg, the demand gen expert from Focus.com recently asked me to participate in putting together the eBook, The Focus Experts Guide: Sales and Marketing Pipeline and Funnel. I took a different approach to the discussion, and came up with the concept of a Demand Gen Cloud: With the advent of Social, Sales and Marketing 2.0

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Top of Funnel Funnel Manticore Pipeline 37

Sales Overdrive

JUNE 22, 2012

Following are the first two of several simple steps designed to assist in the development or improvement of your sales and marketing process. Let’s start with Targeting: First you will need to build the ideal profiles of your target prospect industries and channels. A few we like include Marketo, Acton and Eloqua.

Lead Rank 29

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Jigsaw Conversion 29

Salesmate

JUNE 15, 2021

Marketing is what reflects your brand in front of your prospects and customers. Marketers spend most of their time connecting and engaging with prospects, managing customer information, and capturing more leads. And that’s where marketing automation enters the picture. What is marketing automation?

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Software Software Marketing Scale 52

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Eloqua Ideal Customer Profile 40

The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

AUGUST 1, 2008

But the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.”; Today marketers are pushing for this statement to become a reality. Just the other day , I listen to a Webinar from Eloqua, one of the providers of lead creation, lead scoring and lead nurturing technology, thus a tool for marketers. Why is this relevant?

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Eloqua Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 40

InsightSquared

MARCH 29, 2018

Marketing automation vendors are being cornered by a monster of their own creation. That’s the conclusion of a new InsightSquared and Heinz Marketing report, titled “ Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) Satisfaction Survey 2018: Are Marketing Automation Vendors Still Meeting the Needs of Today’s Marketer?”.

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Vendor Report Eloqua Marketo 73

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. How Marketing Can Deliver Qualified Leads. Via Chief Marketer. Via Eloqua. Via CMO.com.

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Eloqua PointClear B2B Marketing 176

Pointclear

AUGUST 8, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. The 6-Step Path to Creating Inherently Useful Marketing. Via Eloqua. Want More Readers?

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Eloqua PointClear B2B Marketing 209

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Sales professionals, marketers, and recruiters live and die by two vital metrics when it comes to email: bounce rates and open rates. Inaccurate email data can jeopardize sales, limit the reach of marketing campaigns, and let quality candidates slip through the cracks.

Data 100

Data Lead Rank Scale Eloqua 100

OutboundView

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Why Did We Write This B2B Marketing Guide? This B2B marketing guide was written to provide a high-level overview of the key components included in a B2B Predictable Pipeline Strategy. Who is This B2B Marketing Guide For? Every single company struggles with deciding how to allocate sales and marketing resources.

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Paid Content B2B Top of Funnel Outsourcing Services 34

Salesmate

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Sales have been a male dominant industry for a long time now. Today, women are making their mark on the world, be it any industry, any stream; we now know at least one feminine name that defines success in each of those careers. These women have shaped their careers in a way that they now mentor and coach others in the sales industry.

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Influencer Eloqua Social Media Oracle 105

Sales Overdrive

JUNE 22, 2012

Following are the first two of several simple steps designed to assist in the development or improvement of your sales and marketing process. Let’s start with Targeting: First you will need to build the ideal profiles of your target prospect industries and channels. A few we like include Marketo, Acton and Eloqua.

Conversion 20

Conversion Decision Maker Lead Rank Lead Scoring 20

The Sales Association

MAY 22, 2011

Or are you making a statement, intentional or otherwise, about the tele-industry? Do you think that companies can achieve the same efficiencies you brought to your telesales organization today, with the variety of marketing channels that have entered the scene? I cut my teeth on marketing clusters and verticals.

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Telemarketing Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 24

The Sales Association

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

” According to one of the top salespeople at Eloqua, Jill Rowley, the line between “personal” and “business” social media is very transparent. Sometimes they just get their client and prospects excited to attend an upcoming event, learn about a product release, stay current on industry news, etc.

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Social Media Media B2B Twitter 22

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2019

After adopting social selling practices and LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator, marketing software company Eloqua decreased their average sales cycle time by 20 days , and boosted the rate of leads converting to opportunities by 25%. Have you read any interesting articles related to your prospect’s industry? Share them. Be consistent.

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Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Twitter 126

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Every industry needs sales so the education you receive working in this role can be immense. A Vietnamese immigrant, dedicated mother, and seasoned technology executive, Hang Black has an extensive background in engineering, marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. Your sales career project has ups and downs. Hang Black.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

B2B marketers manage a number of competing tasks throughout the day. We’ll let you in on a secret: Your marketing technology stack makes a world of difference when it comes to marketing productivity and efficiency. In today’s blog post, we discuss 30 B2B marketing tools you can’t live without. Keep reading!

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B2B Tools Lead Rank Lead Scoring 178