Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Despite the economic damage this crisis has caused, it has also created opportunities, especially for marketers. Most B2B companies have reduced marketing budgets in the wake of the pandemic, even as the need for impactful customer engagement has increased. In order to be nimble, marketers must react to news and events in real time.

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SMEI

JANUARY 5, 2024

In today’s highly competitive job market, particularly in the dynamic fields of sales and marketing, standing out to prospective employers is more crucial than ever. Keeping Up with Industry Trends The sales and marketing sector is continuously evolving, with new tools, strategies, and market dynamics emerging regularly.

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Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Google Analytics 85

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2020

If you’ve been given the task of setting up your company’s sales and marketing database, you’re probably not overly excited … especially if it’s something you’ve got to build from scratch. How do you find prospects quickly? But setting up a sales and marketing database from scratch is not as difficult as you may think.

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Top of Funnel Marketing How To Inbound 200

Zoominfo

MARCH 31, 2023

Control and governance of business data, especially when there are regulatory and compliance standards at hand, are mission-critical tasks for any enterprise company. Reasons to Break Down Data Silos While data silos may be an inevitable part of modern business, it doesn’t mean your go-to-market (GTM) team has to live with them.

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Data Government Decision Maker Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In marketing, it’s common knowledge that lead quality is generally more important than lead quantity. And yet, marketing lead qualification remains a sticking point for many organizations. In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2019

This GDPR for marketing post is informational only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. GDPR: The 4-letter word that kept marketers up at night. If you’re still wondering how it impacts you as a B2B marketer, a year later, read on. It may appear that #2 applies to you if you are marketing to EU contacts.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Data Governance & Salesforce Objects. In reality, salespeople today are technologically adept and spend up to 30% of their time dealing with the results of inconsistent data governance. Opportunity objects are created when a prospect enters the sales pipeline. Here’s what we’re going to cover: Salesforce objects. Why bother?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and But where to begin?

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Marketing Telemarketing Scale Education 226

PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. In this article, we share how leads, prospects, and customers form the backbone of an effective sales process, enabling sales teams to tackle fatigue and sometimes mundane work.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 29, 2018

GDPR: It’s the 4-letter word keeping marketers up at night. There’s a lot of confusion and anxiety surrounding the upcoming General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which goes into effect May 25, 2018, l eaving a lot of people wondering how it impacts them as a B2B marketer. Direct marketing as a legitimate interest.

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Marketing Outbound Government Data 198

Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2019

GDPR: The 4-letter word that kept marketers up at night. If you’re still wondering how it impacts you as a B2B marketer, a year later, read on. It may appear that #2 applies to you if you are marketing to EU contacts. In any case, assuming it does apply to you, read on to see how GDPR affects marketers. That’s right.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. This contrasts with traditional sales, which typically are associated with shorter sales cycles, fewer stakeholders, and are managed by a sales and marketing department. Expand your pipeline of ideal prospects.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For B2B sales and marketing teams, having a 360-degree view of customers and prospects is key. Industry classification remains a foundational component to achieving ABM (account-based marketing) success. 4251 Wholesale Electronic Markets & Agents & Brokers. 425110 Business to Business Electronic Markets.

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Transportation Chemicals Automotive Marketing 204

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I recently asked fellow industry leaders to weigh in on the rising popularity of Account-Based Marketing among B2B companies. Is ABM the Holy Grail to lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Customers face a significant issue because there is so much information available to prospects before they ever engage with a salesperson. It must be something that is driven by the company, relates to government regulation, and market driven. Be flexible and open to adapting to the situation. “By

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2018

May 25, 2018 is a date on the minds of many sales and marketing professionals: the day the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. We think the GDPR, based on its plain language, does not apply to B2B marketing under this test, because the offer is to the employer, not the employee. The GDPR deadline is looming.

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Data Marketing Ideal Customer Profile B2B 215

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2020

If you’ve been given the task of setting up your company’s sales and marketing database, you’re probably not overly excited … especially if it’s something you’ve got to build from scratch. How do you find prospects quickly? But setting up a sales and marketing database from scratch is not as difficult as you may think.

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Top of Funnel Marketing How To Inbound 100

Zoominfo

JANUARY 12, 2023

As a data privacy specialist in the UK, I often hear this question from customers and prospects: “How do we remain compliant as we expand into new regions?” For example, under the UK GDPR all marketing activities must rely on either “consent” or “legitimate interest.”

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. Thus, successful commercial prospecting will allow your company to increase sales, revenue, and customer lifetime value. Finding prospects through social networks has become essential for salespeople.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. Thus, successful commercial prospecting will allow your company to increase sales, revenue, and customer lifetime value. Finding prospects through social networks has become essential for salespeople.

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Paid Content Channels Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profile 52

The Pipeline

JUNE 30, 2014

And despite the bravado from the Canadian Government that they will pursue these spammers to the four corners of the world (I thought earth was round), I doubt they will be able to stop or even slow the usual abusers. Meaning that most will experience the downside of CASL. Forethought? Let’s look at some of the unintended consequences here.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What’s changed with my markets in 2022 and where are they headed in 2023? I’m not proposing three-day offsites to dive deeply into our markets’ changes. Because strategizing about market changes will not only benefit your future planning but could actually create competitive advantage to help close deals right now. Competition.

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Real Estate Government Face-to-face Transportation 97

Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Multiple sales pipelines are designed to help you set up two (or more) completely different sales workflows to address the individual needs of your prospects. This timeframe fluctuates depending on the market. If it’s a buyer’s market, selling your client’s property will take longer, requiring more outreach, marketing, and negotiation.

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Pipeline Real Estate Government Top of Funnel 52

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 2, 2019

Most conversations around big data reference healthcare data, GPS/location data, data within government and education systems, financial data – all personal information at the consumer level. TOPO’s research suggests that, as Intent Data goes mainstream and becomes more integrated, it will become part of the prospect lifecycle.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 13, 2019

If customers and prospects are also sitting in holiday-themed environments, will they really be in the mood to make a deal? Jack Siney is a leading expert on selling to the government, completing over $1.5 billion in government sales. Get into the holiday spirit. . He can be reached by email at JSiney@GovSpend.com.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 24, 2021

And rightfully so, we’re primarily concerned with our clients and prospects. What’s changed with my markets? I’m not proposing we conduct three-day offsites to dive deeply into our market shifts. So, here’s a simple one identifying five critical market areas for your streamlined brainstorming. Market Patterns.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 5, 2022

At Outreach, I have worked with many customers who struggle with their prospecting strategy. New customers often seek advice on engaging prospects across multiple channels , what to say, and how often. Without a blueprint, keeping prospects engaged and hitting quotas is nearly impossible. Implement governance. No worries!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

The challenges your prospects are going through are the same ones you are. Here are some emails you may be getting, and some suggested wording for your responses to them: Email from Prospect #1: Dear…. “I Email from Prospect #2: Dear…. Email from Prospect #3: “Dear…. “I Email from Prospect #4: “Dear….

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Gong.io

AUGUST 17, 2022

How can you use it to boost your sales and get more out of the marketing content you produce? A sales enablement tool is a system that grants users visibility over the sales lifecycle, including content, marketing materials, and, finally, sales calls. for companies that don’t. . But what is a sales enablement tool?

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It is also because these businesses have to follow stringent regulations, especially in marketing. If you want to leverage your marketing skills in the Life Sciences industry, here are eight common challenges that you need to overcome: Marketing Complex Products and Services in a Compelling Way. Do you often struggle to keep up?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling gives a prospect a compelling reason to hear you out. Early stage prospects often gravitate toward videos and short, educational demonstrations. Closing the deal.

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Real Estate Construction Scale Hiring 243

The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 22, 2019

> A Neglected Marketing Infrastructure Will Lead to Crumbing Revenue Growth — LeadG2. Governments repair and build roads. Sales and marketing organizations have infrastructures as well. Websites, sales collateral, CRM, marketing automation, and email are all examples of marketing infrastructure basics.

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Harvest Collateral Government Prospecting 65

SBI

JANUARY 26, 2021

These include users activated, training progress and competency, viewed content, shared content, prospect engagement and more. Q: What steps can Sales Enablement solutions users take to best facilitate their prospects’ decision-making given that interactions are likely remote? Pam Dearen VP Marketing Communications, Bigtincan.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 21, 2022

How do you respond when a prospect says “no”? Don’t overwhelm your prospect with questions, though — choose 1 or 2 questions that are the most appropriate for the situation and listen carefully to their answers. Or would another one of your products be a better fit for your prospect? What is your main concern with what we offer?

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Pointclear

MAY 23, 2011

Today we're honored to have guest blogger Ruth Stevens share her thoughts on database marketing. Business marketers are always suspicious of the data they are getting from list and data companies, whether its prospecting lists or data elements purchased for “append,” to fill in gaps. Will my mail be delivered?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 9, 2018

And your marketing team is busy too—fully entrenched in holiday messaging and plans for the upcoming year. In many industries, gift giving is governed by a very specific set of compliance laws. Gifts to government officials. Gifts to government officials for expedited service. Don’t stress, we have you covered!

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Highspot

JANUARY 28, 2024

To boost the chances of turning those prospects into actual customers. It involves sales and marketing teams, sales enablement, and subject-matter experts. They use these pieces of content to engage prospects. Prospects are more likely to select a product from a knowledgeable and reliable resource. This can be telling.

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