DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

These 30 findings from our extensive study tell salespeople exactly what to do to change this dynamic, and how to win back the respect and partnership the B2B sales-buyer relationship needs to be mutually successful. This objective study pulls from statistics as well as human psychology, as represented by 230 B2B buyers in a 76-part survey.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Survey Ideal Customer Profile 206

Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

**This post is part of a series based on Showpad’s 2021 Modern Selling Study. To dig into all the data, visit the study homepage. Showpad’s 2021 Modern Selling Study found that sales enablement has become more important since the start of the pandemic. In this study summary, we’ll focus on the global data.

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Study B2B Face-to-face Report 111

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

As a marketer, you must have a clear understanding of your audience’s needs and interests to remain current, improve customer experience, and ultimately grow your business. But, we have a simple fix—surveys! Whether you realize it or not, marketers can use surveys to reach important business goals. Ready to learn more?

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Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

Industry surveys show that account-based marketing is consuming an ever-larger share of B2B budgets, and it’s easy to see why: smarter targeting, increased efficiency, and better ROI are enough to make any CMO’s eyes light up. Studies have shown the vendor that responds to a lead first has the best shot of winning the deal.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Intent Intent Signal 130

Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 24, 2020

Take the 2020 Sales Performance Survey. How are sellers responding to changes in the industry and market? By participating in our latest research study, the 2020 Sales Performance Study , sales professionals can help CSO Insights, now part of Korn Ferry, find out the answers to these questions and more.

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Study Penetration Survey Face-to-face 65

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned? You can track their buying signals.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile 246

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 and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Author: Ron Carson Just about every marketer today has been told to listen to the voice of the customer to inform marketing strategy. First, marketing teams only receive this information second-hand – through sales, product management, etc. And it is why I encourage marketers to have regular “voice of the market” conversations.

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Conversion Marketing Customer Trade Show 177

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Case studies. Training webinars.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 99

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey published by PwC in May 2022 highlights the feelings of today’s workers—and the challenges and opportunities for their employers. According to the survey, 29% of workers said their country “lacks people with the skills to do my kind of work.”

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Retention Training Survey Study 120

Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is still causing uncertainty in 2022, but some clear trends are beginning to take shape across the sales, marketing, and recruiting fields. Here’s a list of the go-to-market trends you should incorporate into your 2022 planning. Companies should also be laying out how best to report their metrics.

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Trends Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 100

DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 25, 2017

Martin on a comprehensive study of 270 business buyers to discover why people with purchasing power choose the vendors they do and what they are REALLY looking for when they engage in a sales process. Insights from this study include: Which elements do buyers want to see on vendor websites? Or Download the entire study for free.

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Study Buyer Decision Maker Vendor 120

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Attempting to grow your business without marketing intelligence is a lot like driving without directions. Without a clear understanding of your industry or market, you’ll be ill-equipped to make informed business decisions. Businesses are catching on to the importance of market intelligence. What Is Market Intelligence?

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Data Marketing Scale Analysis 130

Pipeliner

MARCH 19, 2024

CRM and Sales Performance: An Empirical Study Authored by Daniel P. The study’s primary objective was to elucidate the efficacy of CRM systems in enhancing sales performance, with a particular focus on aspects of ownership/account control, system comprehension, and pipeline management.

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CRM Survey System Pipeline 69

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2018

Author: Joe Andrews What defines a mature go-to-market model in B2B companies? Is it having a growth strategy focused on new market segments? Does it include a focus on account-based marketing (ABM), a topic with a lot of buzz today? Does it include a focus on account-based marketing (ABM), a topic with a lot of buzz today?

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing InsideView Lead Rank 204

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. We surveyed nearly 250 marketers , and while 59% of respondents said they either were not adjusting their budgets or weren’t making significant changes, almost 40% said they were cutting back on marketing spend in anticipation of a recession.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Author: Jacob Dillon The marketing environment never sits in one place. As the digital era is here, every marketer and salesman must adapt to the most effective practices that bring the most results. Effective selling is impossible if the marketer/salesman fails to understand his target audience.

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Marketing Social Media Scale Case Study 196

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Just 38% of companies have a content marketing strategy. Econsultancy, the London-based community of digital marketing and ecommerce professionals, recently produced their first ever Content Marketing Report. The report is based on a survey of more than 1,300 digital marketing professionals. You know this already.

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Marketing Survey Buyer Persona Social Media 317

SBI Growth

APRIL 13, 2013

Is my Marketing Strategy broken? In a recent Sales Benchmark Index survey of 312 CMO’s and VP’s of marketing; the majority answered this question “I don’t know”. Download the Marketing Strategy Assessment here and determine if your Marketing Strategy is broken. The list goes on and on. Does Sales ignore my leads?

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Marketing Remedy Face-to-face How To 308

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Advertising, blogging, and content are just the beginning of the marketing ABC’s. In this guide, we’ll cover every marketing tactic your business should be using, from general to specific, from old-school to cutting-edge. If we’ve left out any of your go-to marketing moves, shoot us a tweet @nutshell.

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Paid Content Marketing Strategy Lead Rank 71

SBI Growth

MAY 10, 2013

The demands for content creation on today’s marketing team can take the form of a raging beast. Marketing teams are fighting to keep up. Too often Content Marketing leaves a wake of smoldering bodies as it devours every ounce of capacity. Chief Marketing Officers are struggling with guiding their teams on how to keep up.

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Marketing Case Study Webinar Metrics Harvest 312

Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? Every marketer wants to make an impact. Your buyers interact with your marketing in one moment, but they make the decision to buy in the future. Unfortunately, most marketers don’t believe their content is memorable or actionable. Why Most B2B Marketing is Forgettable.

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B2B Marketing Top of Funnel ACT 134

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Instagram marketing is effective for B2B brands because it’s where the customers are. Also, since Instagram gives marketers access with real-time data for marketing strategy adjustments, brands and businesses are assured that they’re doing B2B marketing right.

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Score More Sales

MAY 30, 2013

The annual “State of Marketing” Global Survey of Marketers has again been completed, and results were announced at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit last week. You can download the complete results from the IBM State of Marketing 2013 Global Survey. Optimizing marketing performance.

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Survey 241

Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Enter: Marketing attribution. We explain the basics of marketing attribution and explore several popular marketing attribution models.

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Paid Content B2B Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

SBI Growth

JULY 7, 2013

Two years have passed since the SEC published its Customer Purchase Decision Timeline study. In this ever-changing environment, how does a marketing leader keep pace with the Informed Buyer? With so much coming at the buyer, how does a marketer stay relevant? Using a BPM means the buyer and marketing are aligned.

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Marketing Lead Nurturing Demand Generation Agencies Social Media 310

Drift

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

At Drift this year, one of our biggest goals is to align our marketing and sales teams. That’s also part of the reason why we partnered with LeadMD on a recent study and subsequent report. The purpose of the study? To find solutions for the growing tension between marketing and sales.

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Marketing Study Survey Report 62

Apptivo

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Lifecycle marketing is the holistic approach of getting new buyers and converting them to be customers. Marketing is as much an art as it is a science! A master marketer understands the nuances of customer behavior and establishes an emotional connection with them, therefore it is an art. What is Lifecycle marketing?

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Campaigns 98

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

While each generation brings its own set of preferences, demands, and expectations to the market, the report shows that younger buyers are much more likely to voice their dissatisfaction than previous generations. Modern GTM Index Modernize your go-to-market strategy with custom recommendations. Take the assessment today!

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

For both B2B and B2C marketers, marketing automation is an essential commodity. CommuniGator has teamed with Smart Insights to conduct a survey on the insights of how B2B marketers make use of this technology and to discover why some businesses are not using marketing automation to its full capacity.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Marketing 80

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

Building out ideal client profiles is the same idea — creating something in the short term that will help you market and sell to your audience in the long term. Ideal client profiles are crucial for any account based marketing (ABM) strategy, and are important for understanding your customers better. Client Interviews.

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 246

Emissary

JUNE 6, 2022

Tech marketers were some of the very first to adopt ABM as a strategy distinct from inbound and traditional lead generation. In the beginning, account-based marketing for enterprise tech marketers was simply an account list and a high-value direct mail campaign. Download the Guide. Download the Guide.

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Account Based Marketing Enterprise Enterprise Demand Generation Targets 52

Xactly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In a recent survey with Salesforce and the CFO Alliance, we found that when faced with incorrect compensation payments and increased turnover, 50 percent of companies don’t adjust their forecasting or compensation plans. Compensation and incentive pay plays a big role in the success of a sales organization.

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Incentives Incentive Study Compensation 58

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Discover your best marketing account segments from within your current customer base. Sound familiar?

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Account Based Marketing Segment Ideal Customer Profile Account 218

LeadFuze

JULY 23, 2023

Whether you’re a startup founder, small business owner, or marketing professional, understanding how to find your target market is crucial for your success. According to industry studies, businesses that effectively identify and cater to their target audience see significantly higher conversion rates.

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Demographics Marketing Segment Social Media 52

Nutshell

MAY 4, 2020

In order for B2B companies to adapt, survive, and succeed in it, marketing and sales teams must take a page out of the zen playbook: To support themselves, they should first strengthen the team seated across them at the table. Then, pass this data on to marketing so they can create relevant content and accurate ads.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 119

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The platform offers a unique and untapped goldmine of market research. If used correctly, Reddit can help marketers demystify their target audience, perform keyword research, and spark new campaign ideas—today we teach you how. Traditionally, conducting market research is expensive and time-consuming. Keep reading!

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