Pointclear

MARCH 31, 2011

A new eBook reports on sales rep perceptions of marketing-generated leads, and the findings run from surprising to shocking to downright scary. The survey sample is nicely balanced with responding reps engaged in field sales, inside sales, and inbound and outbound lead generation and lead qualification.

Marketing Qualified Lead 172

Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 172

Apptivo

MAY 12, 2022

All About Marketing Automation. Marketing automation Definition. What is the need for marketing automation? Benefits of marketing automation. How does marketing automation work? Core areas of focus in marketing automation. What are marketing automation platforms? Who uses marketing automation?

Marketing 52

Marketing Top of Funnel Social Media Campaigns 52

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 30, 2014

Yet, in our email-obsessed world, many professionals don’t even provide clients with their most important piece of contact information—a phone number. 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: .

Eloqua 240

Eloqua Face-to-face Vendor Channels 240

InsightSquared

APRIL 12, 2018

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer. Here’s why: It’s complex and hard to get right.

Vendor 63

Vendor Analytics Report Marketing 63

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. Jill remains Eloqua’s #1 Sales Rep since 2006. The market moves quickly.

Eloqua 331

Eloqua Networking LinkedIn Influencer 331

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

SugarCRM

APRIL 23, 2024

Jill is a trailblazer in social selling and digital sales transformation, renowned for her dynamic approach to reshaping the role of sales and companies around the world. Lean on Your Partner Networks Your business partners are your biggest advocates as you continue to operate in an increasingly competitive market.

B2B 29

B2B Eloqua Social Selling Networking 29

SBI

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Analyst for Smart Selling Tools and advises executives in SaaS MarTech companies and interactive marketing agencies who seek a competitive advantage in meeting the needs of marketers. -. I’ll separate the Snickers from the Candy Corn, or in this case, the really yummy tools that will energize your 2015 Marketing Journey!

Lead Rank 122

Lead Rank Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Scoring 122

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

You’re completing 2013 and building your marketing strategy for 2014. Perhaps you’re beginning to roll out marketing automation or some form of company-wide communication program. Maybe you are supporting sales with a CRM implementation, linking your marketing collateral into each phase. Sales Managers (all levels).

Eloqua 316

Eloqua Marketo Buyer Persona Collateral 316

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yes, we have an Interactive Content Connector service that supports seamless integration with CRM and lead management / marketing automation solutions such as salesforce.com, Marketo, Eloqua, SilverPop and more. The integration can be used in multiple ways to help streamline user interaction, capture and enrich leads.

Eloqua 40

Eloqua Marketo CRM Tools 40

SBI Growth

APRIL 20, 2013

As a VP of Sales, what is your biggest fear when it comes to competitors? An article written by Jenna Cheng cites the following: “Several research studies reveal the growing importance of social technologies to competitive and marketing strategy. As a result, you should include it as part of your Sales Cadence. Wikipedia).

Social Media 316

Social Media Competition Media Eloqua 316

SugarCRM

APRIL 23, 2024

Jill is a trailblazer in social selling and digital sales transformation, renowned for her dynamic approach to reshaping the role of sales and companies around the world. Lean on Your Partner Networks Your business partners are your biggest advocates as you continue to operate in an increasingly competitive market.

B2B 26

B2B Eloqua Social Selling Networking 26

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

It was “ A Sales View Of Marketing Automation ,” with three of the smartest sales and marketing people I know: Alex Shootman , Chief Revenue Officer of Eloqua, Thor Johnson of Team Thor Marketing, and Carlos Hidalgo of The Annuitas Group. Dear Marketing: Please Help Those Of Us In Sales.

Eloqua 97

Eloqua Marketing ROI System 97

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.

Eloqua 65

Eloqua Siebel Marketo Oracle 65

SBI

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sales speaks in revenue. Marketing speaks in leads and website downloads. Revenue is the literal translation of advocacy’s role throughout marketing, sales, and customer success, and reveals its impact on driving new business. Sales speaks and lives for revenue, they’re entirely driven on closing that next deal.

Revenue 139

Revenue Lead Rank Lead Scoring Eloqua 139

Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

Many who work for companies – especially mid-sized ones selling to other businesses – get stuck in doing the same old things year after year to build sales. Just four years ago, I had a different target market and was giving workshops around the U.S. to help entrepreneurs grow sales to ultimately grow their businesses.

Social Selling 232

Social Selling Oracle Eloqua Influencer 232

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Marketing has begun to make a major impact on sales B2B. There is no denying it…that huge gap between marketing and sales ( worthy of video humor ) is starting to narrow. This is important because executives are looking to allocate resources toward marketing & sales B2B based on this trend.

Loopfuse 52

Loopfuse B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 52

The ROI Guy

MAY 14, 2012

I am often asked what key workflow or functionality you can enable if you integrate Alinean tools with Marketing Automation (MAP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions. As you may also be aware, Alinean Value Selling & Marketing Tools do support robust integration with sales and marketing automation solutions and processes.

Lead Rank 64

Lead Rank Lead Scoring CRM Eloqua 64

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.

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Intent Data Hiring Intent 98

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Sales Outsourcing Guide With 6 Dos & Donts for Choosing the Right Outsourced Sales Professionals. There are many ways that a sales leader or organization can gain scale, accelerate revenue, drive cost savings and augment their outsource sales team. Will your outsource sales team really affect the top and bottom line?

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Sales Outsourcing Hiring Lead Rank 52

SalesforLife

MAY 13, 2019

The stats are in and it’s clear that B2B buyers have changed the way they do business in this rapid change but have you or your sales team adapted to this constant change? In the early 2000s I worked at Dun & Bradstreet, selling sales and marketing databases. My evolution since 2000 looked like this.

Policies 73

Policies ACT Hiring Face-to-face 73

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.

Influencer 162

Influencer Buyer Persona Lead Rank Case Study 162

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).

Ideal Customer Profile 68

Ideal Customer Profile Eloqua Campaigns Marketo 68

Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. Traditional sales strategies, such as outbound B2B sales, have become less effective because of this shift. Callback rates are down, dipping to below 1 percent; while only 24 percent of sales emails are opened. It’s different from social media marketing.

Social Selling 71

Social Selling Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 71

The ROI Guy

MARCH 6, 2017

A great group of product marketers, value consultants and ROI practitioners gathered in Santa Clara last week for the first ever Business Value Summit – West. The situation facing Microsoft was, that after a very successful Window 7, adoption and sales of Windows 8 and 8.1

Lead Rank 45

Lead Rank Lead Scoring ROI Microsoft 45

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

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.

Lead Rank 40

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Eloqua Ideal Customer Profile 40

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?

Software 52

Software Software Marketing Scale 52

The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

AUGUST 1, 2008

But the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.”; actually not a very flattering statement for sales people. Today marketers are pushing for this statement to become a reality. They showed a very revealing slide how this technology allows marketing to claw further down into the sales funnel.

Eloqua 40

Eloqua Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 40

LeadFuze

MAY 11, 2021

What is B2B Sales Experience. B2B sales experience is the experience that a business-to-business customer has while they work with you. B2B Sales Vs. B2C Sales: 4 Differentiators. There are substantial differences between B2B and B2C sales that need to be taken into account when defining a sales process.

B2B 95

B2B B2C Sales Cycle Top of Funnel 95

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? Simply put, this guide is for anyone trying find more sales opportunities for their B2B company.

Paid Content 34

Paid Content B2B Top of Funnel Outsourcing Services 34

InsideSales.com

MAY 27, 2020

When it comes to increasing sales productivity, the simplest answers are still the best. AI-Driven Sales Engagement. There are constantly new innovations to sales tools. However, despite these innovations, there are several sales tools that are still necessary for any company hoping to increase sales. Social Media.

Sales Tools 63

Sales Tools Tools Social Media Hiring 63

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Captures rich customer intelligence for superior lead nurturing and accelerated sales cycles Alinean introduced Interactive Content Connectors at the Eloqua Experience event, helping integrate Alinean-value sales / marketing tools with CRM / Marketing Automation solutions, including salesforce.com, Eloqua and more.

Eloqua 61

Eloqua CRM Marketing Lead Nurturing 61

Nutshell

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

For outbound sales teams, prospecting software is essential to finding new leads and nurturing them into customers. But if you don’t have your sales prospecting tools integrated with your CRM , you’re looking at hours of hunting down contact info across multiple platforms and doing manual data entry. LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

CRM 91

CRM Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 91

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 17, 2019

From his time at Marketo to his presence on LinkedIn and his current role as VP of Marketing at EverString, Matt Amundson is probably a name you have heard before. What you might not have heard is his thoughts on data-driven prospecting and marketing, the new wave of data around intent, or the best way to get a hotel upgrade.

Marketo 59

Marketo Marketing Trade Show Eloqua 59

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. There are many cost effective resources available today for B2B marketing such as Hoovers, Jigsaw and D&B. A few we like include Marketo, Acton and Eloqua.

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Conversion Decision Maker Lead Rank Lead Scoring 20