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: . The business world is enamored with social media and texting as channels to communicate and connect. This baffles me, and apparently I’m not alone.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. ” Convergence: Technology, CRM & Social Media.

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CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 178

SBI Growth

JANUARY 16, 2013

The market is changing. The Social Seller is replacing the traditional prospector. Successful Reps now spend their four hours taping into social networks to win business. Because Buyers spend more time online, gathered around their social networks. I recently met Jill Rowley, a Sales Rep at Eloqua.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. ” Convergence: Technology, CRM & Social Media.

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CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 133

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.

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B2B Eloqua Social Selling Networking 29

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.

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B2B Eloqua Social Selling Networking 26

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.

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Software Software B2B Top of Funnel 187

Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

These days, it is no longer enough to argue that enterprise companies are too big to bother with social media. Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. Of these, more than two thirds are on social media. Plus, more than 90 percent of brands are on at least two social media platforms.

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Social Selling Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 71

ExecVision

JANUARY 22, 2019

Eloqua started taking this approach years ago. Leverage your marketing team. If they’re doing paid campaigns on social media, ask them to include targeting toward the senior level contacts of the account. The best way to avoid it? Start higher in the first place. Use the inbound lead as a springboard to the correct level.

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Decision Maker Eloqua Sales Qualified Lead Social Media 40

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

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?

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Outsourcing Services Sales Outsourcing Hiring Lead Rank 52

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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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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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2019

With nearly half the world’s population now active on social media, social selling is more relevant than ever. Sales leaders who'd rather be ahead of the curve than chasing it would be smart to start systematizing the practice in their sales forces. What Is Social Selling? Social Selling Tips.

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Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Twitter 129

InsideSales.com

MAY 27, 2020

When it comes to increasing sales productivity, the simplest answers are still the best. Social Media. 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.

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Salesmate

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Sales have been a male dominant industry for a long time now. Our previous blog on Sales influencers proves this dominance, with almost 85% names being men. But first, let us understand what difference does women makes in sales. Why do we need more women in Sales? Women are good at sales. Coco Chanel.

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Influencer Eloqua Social Media Oracle 105

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.

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B2B B2C Sales Cycle Top of Funnel 95

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.

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Paid Content B2B Top of Funnel Outsourcing Services 34

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.

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CRM Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 91

The Sales Association

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. 6 Small Town Sensibilities to Boost B2B Social Media Impact. As more of our B2B colleagues jump into the social media pool, we quickly begin to see who is making a splash, while others tread water or stay on dry land.

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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

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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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

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 31 B2B marketing tools you can’t live without. Keep reading!

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B2B Tools Lead Rank Lead Scoring 130

Nudge.ai

JUNE 21, 2018

Our co-founder and CTO Steve Woods did an interview with sales influencer John Barrows on how to use AI insights to drive progress in long and complex deal cycles. The first startup I did was a company called Eloqua in the marketing automation space. ” John Barrows: I love it man. The middle?

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Top of Funnel Video Eloqua Social Selling 31

The Sales Association

MAY 22, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. In this position, her organization delivered $151 million in sales from corporate customers in addition to managing one million plus Customer Service inquiries. That said, though, I do live with a healthy dose of social media.

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Telemarketing Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 24