Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 4, 2017

Author: Ben Cotton Sales and marketing alignment is a hot topic. There’s a growing realization that these two functions must work more closely than ever before to generate revenue and drive growth. At HubSpot, we coined the term “ smarketing ” to describe sales and marketing alignment. Prospect/Visitor. Opportunity.

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2022

This makes routing marketing leads to your sales team a critical step for driving revenue growth. A modern routing strategy that’s built for revenue growth includes three main elements: Integrated account-based selling tools The ability to route any object (e.g. The higher the possibility, the higher the lead score.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Why do we still talk about marketing and sales alignment? In this Expert Insight Interview, Darrell Amy discusses how we can create alignment between sales and marketing by making them both focus on the revenue growth engine. Darrel Amy is an author of the book Revenue Growth Engine, growth strategist, and speaker.

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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

If you’re currently creating sales comp plans for the new year and are struggling to come up with compensation plans for your sales engineers, you’re not alone. The best sales engineers are technically-minded like an engineer, forward-thinking like a product manager, and have the selling chops of an AE.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

But if you asked “Are any of these newly minted sellers adding a premium to intrinsic revenue growth? The time is squandered rather than being applied to better execution of high-value activities that lead to higher-value revenue and EBITDA. Could you use technology to accelerate, requiring fewer bodies per dollar of revenue?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

That piece of AI technology is revolutionizing the buyer journey today, and it may make you wonder: Is it time to add chatbots (or live chat) to your demand engine? It’s the very thing you need between your sales team and future prospects. Chances are you’ve probably encountered your fair share of chatbots as a buyer yourself.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI. Their rapid growth recalls some of the most durable tech-driven shifts of modern history, with research by Bloomberg suggesting the generative AI market will grow to $1.3 What Does this Mean for Marketers? How Do Marketers Use Generative AI?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As the business world evolves at lightning speed, shifts in B2B buying behavior have revealed a significant disconnect between what modern buyers expect and the ability of go-to-market (GTM) teams to meet these expectations. There’s little to no collaboration between sales, marketing, and enablement teams.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Predict Future Sales Trends By incorporating accurate firmographic data — industry, company size, location, and revenue — with relevant signals that reflect up-to-date buyer behavior, data teams are able to build AI models that can better predict future sales trends.

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Chorus.ai

APRIL 11, 2022

Today, Sutton is the vice president of revenue operations at ZoomInfo. And while he probably won’t need to put on a hard hat anytime soon, overseeing sales and marketing operations for a B2B software provider has offered plenty of opportunities to use the same skills that helped him in manufacturing. What is Revenue Operations?

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI. You’ll get high ROI.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Ahhh … Revenue Intelligence. Heck, Gong has been in the Revenue Intelligence game since it started in 2019. But what exactly is Revenue Intelligence and why it is an essential tool for any B2B company to be using? What is Revenue Intelligence? Revenue Intelligence is what we do here at Gong; we created the category!

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Allego

MAY 7, 2024

Do your sales and marketing teams have a hard time communicating? According to a poll from SMM Connect and Training Magazine Network, 68% of sales and marketing leaders said “sales and marketing don’t communicate effectively.” And that leads to multiple issues, including: Misalignment on sales and marketing strategies.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I had an opportunity to talk with Perry for a recent episode of The Adapter’s Advantage podcast , during which he discusses how Riverside’s sales excellence team accelerates revenue growth for the companies in the Micro-Cap Fund. And that involves enabling sales leaders and reps to increase productivity and accelerate revenue growth.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 30, 2019

Case in point: NewVantage Partners annually surveys C-suite participants to understand market trends and associated corporate strategies. Another advantage of data scraping is investigating changing markets. One approach is to evaluate how missing data affects your ability to identify high-quality sales prospects.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2024

Only one month into 2024, we’re already seeing a significant shift in the marketing metrics world. As we step into this new era, we re-evaluate what truly matters in the marketing landscape. Kevin White (Head of Marketing) of Common Room explains why replacing MQL with pipeline is the way to go.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2021

What happens when your most important go-to-market machines sync up? For many companies, ZoomInfo serves as the information engine that powers how they go to market. With this intel, you can: Identify and target your best prospects Access up-to-date company and contact information Prioritize leads Close more sales.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. . But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. One side deployed code; the other deployed prospecting campaigns. “On

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SBI

APRIL 1, 2020

TechTarget Launches Verified MSP Targeting Powered by Priority Engine Purchase Intent Platform. Nasdaq: TTGT), the global leader in B2B technology purchase intent data and services, today announced the release of Verified MSP Targeting powered by Priority Engine TM , TechTarget’s SaaS-based purchase intent insight platform.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You manage a small business and its marketing. Maybe your marketing efforts are more ‘throw it at the wall and see if it sticks’ than a fine-tuned ROI machine. What is small business marketing? The goal of small business marketing is to attract leads to your business. How to Grow Your Small Business with Marketing.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 17, 2021

Getting past the first stage of revenue growth and building an initial customer base is the easy part, but what happens when you hit a revenue plateau and can’t seem to take that next step? Combatting missed revenue growth for second-stage startups. 5 revenue growth mistakes second-stage startups make.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In today’s marketing landscape, personalization has quickly become the gold standard—and for good reason! In this content-saturated marketplace, personalized marketing is the only way for companies to stand apart from the competition. Luckily, as technology advances, it’s easier for marketers to personalize their efforts. .

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

Reasons to Be Tracking Sales Activity 3 Steps to Implementing Sales Activity Management Top 10 Sales Tracking Software Reasons to Track Sales Activity Increased Revenue Sales activity management can help your team increase revenue. For example, let’s say you missed last quarter’s revenue goal. Analyze best practices as well.

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SBI

JUNE 19, 2019

TechTarget Priority Engine Named Best Account Based Marketing and Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution by SIIA. Priority Engine provides B2B marketing and sales teams the real, observed purchase intent they need to act with speed and confidence. TechTarget, Inc. Michael Cotoia, CEO, TechTarget.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

But during the last few years, new nomenclature has emerged, such as proof of value (POV), pilot, guided trials, and workshops that can cause confusion both with prospects and account executives as to what should be used to win the opportunity. Sellers rely on pre-sales professionals to manage this evaluation process from beginning to end.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2021

What happens when your most important go-to-market machines sync up? For many companies, ZoomInfo serves as the information engine that powers how they go to market. How are go-to-market teams more productive with ZoomInfo and Salesforce? You fuel your CRM with powerful deal-making data.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We delved into the concept of a revenue engine and its implications for sales organizations. The Revenue Engine: A New Paradigm Julie and I started our conversation by discussing the concept of a revenue engine. The revenue engine is not just about the sales organization anymore.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 22, 2022

I’ve been reviewing some key books in sales and marketing to refresh my knowledge of some of the fundamentals to building world-class “revenue engines”. Latané’s book covers an area of marketing that I have long wondered about: Should you “gate” or should you not “gate” your content? I’m sharing my summaries here.

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. You’ll get high ROI According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

PartnerOps (or ChannelOps) is newer than sales and marketing ops , but it is important to driving growth in the age of the ecosystem. Building the right partner tech stack can dramatically increase the revenue flowing from your partners, even if your partnership team is small. The growing role of partnerships in driving revenue.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Explaining How Digital Marketing Can Have a Transformative Effect on Small Businesses Digital marketing continues to transform, providing significant advantages for small businesses. Digital marketing is revolutionary because it allows small businesses to compete with larger enterprises. Your business growth relies on it.

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Zoominfo

JULY 14, 2023

When your business is serving the incredibly diverse array of mid-market companies in the U.S., The information you need for effective go-to-market is out there. But the challenge is chasing down the data — company size, revenue, location, industry and more — across a mishmash of state and local sources.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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