Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Author: Anand Srinivasan The traditional approach to marketing involves brand building, advertising, participating in trade shows, launching mailers, and so on. Truth be told, these two strategies are not disjointed and a successful organization must establish a balance between both the marketing strategies.

Marketing 214

Marketing How To Segment Trade Show 214

Pointclear

JUNE 6, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. B2B Trade Show Marketing Circa 2013: Everything is the Same, Everything is Different.

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B2B Buyer Trade Show PointClear 190

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. We tried to tackle every aspect of event marketing. From event planning to trade show design, there’s a little something for everyone. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts!

Webinar Metrics 113

Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

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?

Marketing 98

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Campaigns 98

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. Assess customer data and market trends to lay down the attributes of your ideal customer. Improve your content marketing with valuable and informative blogs, white papers, and e-books.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 18, 2018

Author: Matt Sunshine Sales and marketing belong on the same side of the negotiating table. On one hand, you have the marketer with his definition of a lead. Of course, that leads to frustration, not to mention a belief that future marketing leads will be equally terrible. Not surprisingly, miscommunication.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 195

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Author: Dario Priolo and Jeff Myers Last year presented unthinkable challenges to marketers and event organizers. From last March forward, virtually every trade show was canceled, from behemoths like Dreamforce to local association meetings. In total, we sponsored five virtual trade shows and six webinars.

Trade Show 136

Trade Show Segment Pivotal Conference 136

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example. Information like this will tell you a lot about how to streamline your sales and marketing efforts as well as which companies have the greatest likelihood to buy. . Employ Technology Wisely.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel—meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team. What does a “good lead” look like anyway? What is a Lead?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Emissary

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This trend results in additional pressure on sales and marketing organizations to speak the business language of their prospects and customers, not just demonstrate technical expertise. Most vertical marketing strategies are light in nature consisting of tabs on websites, vertical-oriented stock photos and key words added to headers.

Marketing 52

Marketing Strategy Collateral Case Study 52

Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. But what are the most effective outbound marketing channels for kicking off a business relationship? billion on search marketing for the same purpose. billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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Media Direct Mail Trade Show Prospecting 233

SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2012

I hear from sales and marketing leaders on a regular basis that they need more leads. The most common marketing efforts to drive leads include paid search, SEO, social media, outbound email, teleprospecting and trade shows. It is non-interruption marketing. Content marketing is a new muscle for most organizations.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 306

Pipeliner

MARCH 9, 2020

The world of tech is quickly changing as market preferences evolve. Indeed, this is how the tech market works. Startups that have just entered the arena are in for a real challenge as they struggle with improving their brand awareness and getting more people to buy their products in a highly competitive market. Join trade shows.

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Trade Show Case Study Constant Contact Enterprise 78

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Share links to your company’s latest case study with your prospects. Update your followers on the trade shows you attend, the courses and seminars you take for continuing education credits and any time you receive company or industry recognition. . But don’t merely accept digital, learn to use it effectively. Host webinars.

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Sales Goal Meeting Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile 312

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Local Events in Selling to Small Businesses For those of you in the sales department of a digital marketing agency, selling to small businesses may seem intimidating. To learn how other industry leaders are effectively utilizing local events, check our blog post Networking Tips for Digital Marketers.

Small Business 52

Small Business Small Business Networking Case Study 52

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2023

If you’re interested in becoming a lead generation specialist or are considering hiring one, let’s explore what a lead generation specialist does and how they contribute to an organization’s sales and marketing efforts. Study your prospects. Table of Contents What is a lead generation specialist?

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Hiring Leads 88

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The statistics I share below are from SBI’s 2012 Sales & Marketing Research. But the time studies SBI has conducted have revealed more noble culprits (See Exhibit B). Analyze your time study results to pinpoint yours. Analyze your time study results to pinpoint yours. No good leads coming from marketing?

Lead Rank 324

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Referrals Trade Show 324

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There are four forever changes transforming sales training and enablement from here on out: Marketing is the sales development team. Marketing is the sales development team. All selling is inside selling. Enablement is now a series of sprints. Customer success is customer selling. How will websites change to encourage more interaction?

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B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel—meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team. What does a “good lead” look like anyway? What is a Lead?

Lead Generation 177

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Pointclear

DECEMBER 17, 2013

B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title. My colleague Bernice Grossman and I recently conducted a new study indicating that B2B marketers now have the opportunity to target prospects more efficiently than ever before.

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Harte Hanks Lead Rank B2B Data 232

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing. Demand generation is a joint effort between a business’s marketing and sales organizations.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 225

SBI

OCTOBER 6, 2019

ZoomInfo powered by DiscoverOrg is a powerful sales prospecting and go-to-market solution for salespeople, marketing, and even C-Level execs. ZoomInfo powered by DiscoverOrg is a powerful sales prospecting and go-to-market solution for salespeople, marketing, and even C-Level execs. Case Studies. Video Reviews.

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Video Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics 92

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

However, I have developed a genuine deep interest in studying and understanding SALES in a systemic way. I then studied Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, specializing to the max. In my naivety, I did not exclude taking a role in marketing if this would make me such a person.

Lead Rank 111

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Customer 111

Increase Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Back in the Mad Men days, marketing was just paid advertising. Now you must craft a marketing plan that attracts attention in an entirely different way. Networking including trade shows. The challenge is so many small businesses engage in marketing without having a written strategic plan in place. Direct mail.

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Advertising Advertising Marketing Small Business 70

SBI Growth

APRIL 20, 2013

An article written by Jenna Cheng cites the following: “Several research studies reveal the growing importance of social technologies to competitive and marketing strategy. LinkedIn Groups and Connections allow for: Following Specific Trade Groups (ie: Sales / Marketing Executives ). For instance: Trade Shows.

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Social Media Competition Media Eloqua 316

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 2, 2018

It’s not exactly what gets marketers excited to get out of bed in the morning. But if lead generation, reporting, and measuring ROI are important to your marketing team, then data normalization matters. In this blog post, we’ll review why data normalization is so critical to marketing strategies and goals. Data normalization.

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 113

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 30, 2020

They show up at conferences and trade shows–real or virtual? They find (or try to find) our company websites–reading articles, case studies, even product pages. What if we started mirroring what they do–showing up where they do. They search the web. They look at what their competitors are doing.

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Outsourcing Services Prospecting Customer Harvest 106

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Studying an industry or market completely different—and distant from the markets you normally focus on can give us new ideas to consider applying to what we do. If you normally read books on sales/marketing; try reading history, philosophy, great works of literature.

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Sports Trade Show Groups Travel 84

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing Demand generation is a joint effort between a business’s marketing and sales organizations.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 130

Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

Lead Generation 225

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 225

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If you gave up after your first one or few calls or lost your marketing steam at any point, it’s time to re-ignite the conversation with your leads. Use these tips: Study your previous conversations and find a pattern for insight. Case Study: Jake Jorgovan. RELATED: Don’t Be a Trade Show Vulture! Source: Unsplash.

Lead Rank 101

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics Leads 101

Increase Sales

JUNE 23, 2016

This is when bumps in the business road happen a new CRM, a new sales manager, whatever is brought in to overcome or really re-start sales to even marketing activities. ” A unified and proactive sales mentality is the result of reflection and studying data, information and knowledge beyond daily, weekly or monthly sales revenue numbers.

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Direct Mail Trade Show CRM Facebook 70

MarketJoy

JUNE 25, 2018

Outbound Marketing – Brief Overview and Facets Around it. Ever been curious as to what exactly is “outbound marketing?” It is a marketing & sales procedure adopted by many companies to share information regarding their products & services. The Relevance of Outbound Marketing. Written By. Rahul Thakur.

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Paid Content Outbound Top of Funnel Marketing 56

PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The inbound route leans on different outreach efforts: content marketing, social media marketing (often using LinkedIn as the most popular professional social media), email-drip campaigns that are usually within the purview of the marketing department, and any sales pitches, as well. Urge to buy. Leverage referrals.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

Chorus.ai

JUNE 7, 2019

One growing trend we’ve observed is that marketing teams at forward-thinking companies like Guru , Bugcrowd , and Mavrck are using Chorus.ai, and the AI-based insights it provides, directly in their processes. So, here’s a look at 10 specific ways that marketing teams — including product marketing teams — can use the Chorus.ai

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Conversion Customer Marketing Top of Funnel 48

SalesHandy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

But, the sales statistics frequently change depending on the buyer’s behavior and sellers’ persona, economic conditions, and market sentiments to reflect trends. 53% say content engagement is the biggest obstacle to lead nurturing, whereas 44% say it’s personalization in marketing efforts. Sales prospecting statistics. Facebook: 4.7%

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Cold Calling Lead Nurturing Outbound Sales Qualified Lead 131

HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

  I would like you to pretend that you are in an elevator at one of your industry’s trade shows. They believe their company’s own marketing pitch, which makes claims that are not considered entirely true by the listener. You are heading down to the lobby when the doors open on the thirtieth floor.

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Trade Show Telecommunications Case Study Study 146