Increase Sales

MARCH 29, 2013

Many small business owners believe that hiring another sales person will increase sales and expand business growth. This person will be 100% about business growth; will be the in house liaison between marketing and selling; and will represent the next generation of talent management. Brand marketing. Web marketing.

Eloqua 151

Eloqua Hiring Marketing Small Business 151

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2022

It wasn’t long ago that sales as an industry was driven largely by volume — more leads meant more prospects, which sometimes translated into more revenue. Today, sales is driven by insights. In an increasingly competitive business environment, organizations of all sizes are turning to sales engagement platforms to manage this workload.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Automation Hiring ROI 130

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

Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Marketing’s plate is full. Sales and marketing operate on different frequencies. Sales isn’t into sharing data.

Lead Generation 172

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 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

Pointclear

JULY 11, 2011

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

Outsourcing Services 173

Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead NetSuite 173

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2018

While demographic and firmographic data are essential to B2B sales, technographics complete the picture. Here’s an example from VentureBeat : A financial tech firm noticed that Eloqua marketing automation was a predictive signal for its top prospects. Improve Close Rates More informed sales conversations.

Data 100

Data Eloqua Buyer Persona Demographics 100

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

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

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 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 lead generation tools follow this suit. March 2008.

Sales Qualified Lead 266

Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

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. This baffles me, and apparently I’m not alone.

Eloqua 240

Eloqua Face-to-face Vendor Channels 240

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

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

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

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? Each member of your Sales Team can develop a personal brand.

Social Selling 308

Social Selling Social Media Eloqua Webinar Metrics 308

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 91

Eloqua Marketing ROI System 91

Pointclear

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Rowley, who oversees social selling enablement for 23,000 sales professionals at Oracle, earned her marketing handle during her previous decade at Eloqua. She spent six years in management consulting and 52 quarters in software sales. At Oracle she heads up social selling evangelism and enablement.

Oracle 223

Oracle Eloqua Social Media Twitter 223

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

Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Click to start video at this point — Christopher notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby.

CRM 178

CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 178

SBI

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Erroin Martin , VP of Sales for Conversica. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization?

Prospecting 139

Prospecting Eloqua Microsoft Sales Qualified Lead 139

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

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

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

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

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2011

In a recent article on Revenue Performance Management in Marketing Automation Software Guide, Lauren Carlson does a nice job of providing a context for the RPM discussion by differentiating it from marketing automation, reviewing the factors motivating its advancement, and raising good questions.

Revenue 150

Revenue Eloqua Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets 150

Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Click to start video at this point —Chris notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby.

CRM 133

CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 133

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

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

Nudge.ai

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

With more than a decade in the marketing sales automation sphere Paul Teshima and Steve Woods felt sales reps were letting their relationships with their networks run on autopilot. So they build Nudge.ai, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to identify and help sales people truly leverage their networks.

Eloqua 28

Eloqua Oracle Scale Networking 28

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

Software 187

Software Software B2B Top of Funnel 187

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

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. A career marketer’s advantage in growing holistic revenue [17:54]. The role of branding in marketing [19:27]. Jake is a career marketer who served as the CMO at Pendo. After a career as a VP of Marketing and CMO, Jake now serves as president of MetaCX. We’re on iTunes.

Marketing 63

Marketing Scale Demand Generation Agencies Marketo 63

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

Velocify

JANUARY 29, 2013

According to a 2012 Bridge Group study [1] , from 2009-2011 the number of inside sales jobs grew 124% in the U.S. This evolution means an increasingly mature buying market that is driving new CRM-related needs for sales and marketing teams. But how are their sales teams capitalizing on the flow of leads coming their way?

Inside Sales 71

Inside Sales CRM Leads360 Eloqua 71

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

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