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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eGrabber

MAY 21, 2020

Did you know with COVID layoffs, pre-built lists from vendors like DiscoverOrg are losing value? Massive COVID related management layoffs – including companies like Uber, Airbnb and others – have left pre-built lists from vendors like DiscoverORG being vastly out-dated week after week. eGrabber has a Job-Change Finder tool.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A term like “brand activation” is almost guaranteed to inspire skepticism among modern marketers. In the age of information overload, marketers face the challenge of separating flash-in-the-pan trends from truly valuable business tactics. But, we’re here to tell you this: brand activation is much more than an industry buzzword.

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Trade Show Campaigns Face-to-face Promotion 130

eGrabber

MAY 21, 2020

Did you know with COVID layoffs, pre-built lists from vendors like DiscoverOrg are losing value? Massive COVID related management layoffs – including companies like Uber, Airbnb and others – have left pre-built lists from list-vendors like DiscoverORG being vastly out-dated week after week. eGrabber Tip! eGrabber Tip!

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Vengreso

JULY 17, 2020

Hang develops and delivers a strategic framework for consistently onboarding new sellers, continuous talent nurture, and implementation of best practices in sales programs and tools. For example, in the last few years, a salesperson relied on trade shows for prospecting and lead generation. 31:09] Tools and technology.

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Zoominfo

JULY 15, 2019

A term like “brand activation” is almost guaranteed to inspire skepticism among modern marketers. In the age of information overload, marketers face the challenge of separating flash-in-the-pan trends from truly valuable business tactics. Experiential marketing. Enter, brand activation. .

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Trade Show Campaigns Face-to-face B2B 246

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

No B2B buyer wants to hear that from a vendor when they place an order the old-fashioned way, by phone. At Innovaxis Marketing, e-commerce for our B2B clients has risen from 5% to 15% or more of total sales. One of our clients, a manufacturer of induction heating tools, was plagued by online resellers selling at prices far below MAP.

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Outsourcing Services Channels B2B Incentives 156

Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2012

As a member of the Executive Advisory Group, he delivers CMO and Sales Advisory Services that provide senior technology marketing and sales executives with insights into how to improve productivity and efficiency in their organizations. My PowerViews guest today is Rich Vancil, IDC Group Vice President for Executive Strategies.

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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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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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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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SBI

AUGUST 14, 2018

“I’m a salesperson by training and by enthusiasm,” says Nancy Nardin, founder of Smart Selling Tools and co-founder of Vendor Neutral. “I NN: Many organizations started with marketing tech, which has gone from 300 solutions a few years ago to more than 6000 solutions today. NN: CRM is the classic example of that!

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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. Salespeople can quickly discover when a company is evaluating new vendors. Nancy Nardin, Smart Selling Tools. More ZoomInfo Resources. Prospect Intelligence. Video Reviews.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Zuant Quantifies ROI for Event Marketers Worldwide; Kicks Off 2020 with Record Client Growth. Zuant’s success is based on the very real need to quantify event marketing investments. CMOs, event marketers and sales reps are spending considerable time and budget exhibiting at shows. Zuant CEO, Peter Gillett. Industry News.

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ROI Industry Chemicals SAP 68

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 177

Alice Heiman

JULY 10, 2019

That might be at a trade show or event, at their office, on the phone, via email or on social media. That means we need to use all the tools available to do that. businesses are using social media for marketing purposes. Where Are Your Prospects? . We need to meet our prospects and customers where they are.

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Prospecting Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Trade Show 114

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

How to Make a Go To Market Strategy With Our Proven Template. The Winning by Design Blueprint Series provides a step-by-step go to market plan for every part of the sales process, including developing a go to market strategy. First, we will define what “go to market” really means. Go To Market Strategy.

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SBI

MAY 1, 2012

Marketers, as we all know and understand, are responsible for many critical business tasks. Today’s post is not to delve into those many responsibilities, or even their significance, which we invariably place on Marketing’s broad shoulders. And selling is Sales’ responsibility, not that of Marketing. Tweet Sales-ready leads.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 13, 2013

Can you remember back to that time, perhaps not so long ago, when you had an amazing trade show booth opportunity to showcase your company and for whatever reason you did not capitalize on it? Maybe you did everything right, but your marketing colleagues dropped the ball and follow-up happened months later.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Here are 5 quick tips to help you save a lot of budgeting cost, and a bit of sanity, when you’re working with Sales & Marketing. Clean, strategically defined, data is your best friend as a marketer these days. Do you run trade shows? Do salespeople give marketing lists? It’s useless to your marketing.

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Trade Show Campaigns Face-to-face Data 52

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 27, 2021

If you’re referencing a tool workflow like your CRM system, use screenshots or embed videos for an even better reading experience. If you create a wiki, like we did, you can insert hyperlinks to your vendor’s help documentation whenever possible. But being organized goes beyond the internal layout of the guide.

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Sales Evangelist

JUNE 27, 2022

Marketing and sales alignment is pivotal in the modern era of sales, and building credibility and rapport in your communication for all departments is essential. Good CMOs think about marketing campaigns. Buyers no longer attend trade shows to talk with peers; they organize entirely through online forums.

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Trade Show Lead Rank Lead Scoring LinkedIn 40

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Dreamforce, like many other user conferences, CES and other trade shows gets a technology geek’s, like me, head spinning! One sees and hears about all sorts of technology–each apparently the answer to every sales/marketing person’s and executive prayers. A BI tool is meaningless without thoughtful questions.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-based marketing isn’t new anymore. You need specific, account-based marketing tactics, and I’m going to let you in on 5 tactics that we use at Belkin that you can use to boost your sales. Once considered innovative, account-based marketing (ABM) has become standard practice, a natural part of the B2B sales culture.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 107

eGrabber

MAY 21, 2020

For companies who are currently driving their sales and marketing thru COVID, prospecting to outdated lists drains morale like nothing else. Marketing to lists & people who don’t exist, getting email bounces and dropped phone calls drain the precious energy which sales and marketing teams badly need at this point in time.

Energy 52

Energy B2B Hiring Decision Maker 52

eGrabber

MAY 21, 2020

For companies who are currently driving their sales and marketing thru COVID, prospecting to outdated lists drains morale like nothing else. Marketing to lists & people who don’t exist, getting email bounces and dropped phone calls drain the precious energy which sales and marketing teams badly need at this point in time.

Energy 52

Energy B2B Hiring Decision Maker 52

SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This isn’t a bad trade-show practice. Ideally, her marketing department would have pre-qualified the leads for suitability and this company is certainly big enough to have the resources (i.e. tools and technology) to do that. Had marketing pre-qualified the leads, I would not have been on the call list.

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Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show Enterprise Enterprise 123

Showpad

OCTOBER 28, 2020

80% of B2B marketing qualified leads (MQLs) come from LinkedIn. Strategic sales and content marketing alignment enables your business to earmark every piece of content for a specific audience, goal and sales initiative — no dollar goes to waste. Not just any marketing asset will do, though. High-value content distribution.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 18, 2019

Obviously, you still want to provide excellent customer service and support to promote word-of-mouth marketing and high retention rates.). Imagine your customer has narrowed down their choice of vendor to you and one another company. Can you "land and expand"? a key account strategy may be a good investment. Do you have the capacity?

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SBI

JUNE 25, 2013

The event was deemed the world’s largest virtual sales trade show with a record setting, 15,000 registered participants. Gamification is just a fancy word for marketing tactics (specifically games and contests) that get people to engage with a company or a brand in a more personal, social way.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

The SaaS industry has different selling techniques , key metrics , and sales process activities compared to the ones you’d encouter while selling a tangible physical product or a more traditional service like a marketing consultation package. Essential Software Tools for SaaS Sales. What’s the Length of a SaaS Sales Cycle?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

We're already working with another vendor.". We’re already working with [Vendor X].”. Ask them point-blank how the relationship is going to determine whether they’re actually happy or are itching for a vendor switch. Check with Marketing to see if there’s any collateral you can leverage on your prospect’s behalf.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The past decade has seen an exciting and dramatic increase in new digital marketing channels including Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, search engines, webinars, virtual trade shows and more. email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

For that fact neither you or I are that different when looked at specifically from a sales standpoint, what you might sell can be a little different from the alternatives, but studies have shown that most products in the market place share many of the same features and attributes. Sales Tool. When Sales Met Marketing.

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Which is a shame because LinkedIn is still one of the most powerful sales tools out there, especially if you are in B2B sales or marketing. 82% of buyers are consuming 5 or more pieces of content from the vendor they ultimately select. more deals. 84% of B2B buyers start the purchasing process with a referral. That’s the goal!

Sales Qualified Lead 53

Sales Qualified Lead LinkedIn Conversion Strategy 53

Crunchbase

JULY 29, 2022

There are a number of types of software solutions that tech sales reps sell to customers, including SaaS products that are provided on a subscription basis and run through the vendor’s servers, and owned programs that are licensed or sold to a customer and installed permanently on their hardware.

Hiring 52

Hiring How To Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 52

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2020

Marketing and sales intelligence data is dynamic, which is to say frequently and continuously refreshed. But a lot of marketing, sales, and recruiting professionals don’t know how much data has changed over the past few years! Time to plan your next marketing campaign or start prospecting into your top accounts! JUST KIDDING.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 189