SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. Building a robust B2B Lead Generation program requires the adoption of best practices in two areas; Demand Generation and Lead Management. The decks show a healthy growth curve of leads being generated for Sales.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Opportunity Demand Generation 325

The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

Let’s look at one of the biggest slices of crap peddled in sales these days: “60% of the sales cycle is over before a buyer talks to a sales person” , as quoted by James Wood, on Earnest About B2B Blog , Slide number 5, attributes the quote to Kieran Flanagan, Hubspot. Happy New Year! Tibor Shanto. Tibor Shanto'

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sales Cycle Comparison 295

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. When a prospect finally lands on your website, those efforts have reached a critical moment: you have their attention, and it’s time to build a relationship.

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Buyer Conversion Marketing 130

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations.

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B2B Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Prospecting 100

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What Is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. What is a Lead?

Lead Generation 177

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

In fact, consider these statistics ( source ): Companies who exceed lead and revenue goals are 4 times as likely to use personas for demand generation compared to those who missed lead and revenue goals. 36% of companies have created shorter sales cycles using personas. Your 5 Sales Prospect Personas [Infographic].

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Lead Gen 165

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. Prospecting.

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Webinar Metrics Pipeline Strategy Prospecting 193

The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Last week I talked about prospecting, why some like it when most don’t, rejection, and managing them.

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Pipeline Prospecting Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 222

SugarCRM

JANUARY 23, 2019

The Sales Velocity equation looks at four things: 1) number of opportunities in pipe, 2) average opportunity value, 3) historical percentage win-rate and 4) average length of sales cycle. In this post, I’ll dive deeper into the latter: average length of sales cycle.

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Sales Cycle Influencer Lead Rank Demand Generation Agencies 34

The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Cold Calling 216

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

A more nuanced understanding of marketing’s effect on the sales cycles, a better case for increased budgets, and another step forward in the age-old struggle for better sales and marketing alignment. “Using marketing-sourced pipeline as a KPI oversimplifies the complexity of the B2B buying cycle,” she says.

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If If your sales and marketing teams are not aligned, it’s going to be much more difficult to hit your number,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. What does the sales team need from the marketing team?

Lead Rank 130

Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Pointclear

AUGUST 23, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Tim sees two primary focal points for marketing and sales alignment: the lead generation/demand generation element and the content/sales enablement piece. Demand Generation Recommendation: From PDFs to Visuals and Video. I think I’m OK.’

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Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 124

The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , e-mail , execution. Go ahead, do it, its good for you and your sales!

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter B2B 286

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This information may be found using a combination of prospect websites, social profiles, public financial documents, and press releases. Sales often uses Location data for territory planning, but Marketers love Location data because it has so many use cases: be more targeted with event promotion (like the Dreamforce happy hour example above).

Ideal Customer Profile 202

Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

B2B Marketing teams are seeing fruit from their investment in content marketing to fuel Lead Generation efforts; 2-3x increase in the quantity of inbound leads. Reduced overall sales cycles. Demand Generation - Comprehensive View of Content Marketing. Only focusing on acquiring a prospect early is too limited.

Direct Mail 319

Direct Mail Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 319

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Do you have enough sales people to cover the new quota? Set up a planning session with your sales managers immediately. Sales Managers and Reps need to have the first 30-60 days focused on actions. Actions that generate revenue.

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Quota Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Negotiation 296

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Go ahead, do it , click here now!

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile 243

The Pipeline

APRIL 17, 2013

Again this is not to say that being an AD does not require skills, is easy or any other “better/worse” comparison, but does speak to the fact that getting to the right person to have the right conversation with, is still the biggest challenge in sales.

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Demand Generation Agencies Top of Funnel Territories Demand Generation 296

The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Sales Cycle , Sales Success , Time Allocation.

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Pipeline Face-to-face Cold Calling Sales Cycle 209

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 223

Hubspot Sales

JULY 28, 2021

When looked at holistically, sales execution includes everything leading up to the close of a sale. That can mean anything from your customer experience to the way that your sales team generates interest and reaches out to prospects to the nuances of your sales funnel. Keeping your sales cycle short.

Top of Funnel 119

Top of Funnel Churn Face-to-face Pipeline 119

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Adjust and optimize messaging per testing and feedback from your customers, prospects, and suspects. Use a wide variety of relevant demand generation content to nurture folks during every stage of the buying process and/or sales cycle.

Lead Rank 68

Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 68

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

Sales enablement really boils down to how marketing can help make sales more successful, and this can be accomplished through a range of program areas including technology, intelligence, content, analytics, training, and demand generation. Marketing-generated awareness. Marketing-generated demand.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 194

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. Voice mail continues to be a topic of discussion whenever sales people get together. Demand Generation.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Hiring 245

Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Here are some common B2B display advertising mistakes: Remarketing: Just because someone landed on your website doesn’t mean they’re a good-fit prospect. “Native targeting is okay in some cases, but there are so many ways to make it better,” says Mitchell Hanson, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo.

Advertising 130

Advertising Advertising Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 130

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Lead Rank 40

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , Sell Better , Shorter sales cycle , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting.

ACT 244

ACT Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring 244

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13.

Pipeline 220

Pipeline Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Compensation 220

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

There’s this tendency for sales professionals (including myself) to focus on the sales cycle, and the prospect that you’re trying to sell something to, in a negative way. ” Instead, look at it as, “What if my prospect doesn’t get my product?” ” Let me explain.

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Video Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Top of Funnel 139

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Sales professionals (including myself) will usually focus on the sales cycle, and the prospect that you’re trying to sell something to, in a negative way. ” Instead, look at it as, “What if my prospect doesn’t get my product?” ” Let me explain. It’s typically inaccurate.

Video 120

Video Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Top of Funnel 120

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Sales Roulette – Are You A Player? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Metrics , Next Steps , Proactive , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process.

Pipeline 240

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 240

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Planning , Prospecting , Sales Leadership , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. Demand Generation.

Sales Qualified Lead 231

Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 231

SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2020

Manager of Demand Generation at Limeade, believes that executing on an account-based strategy first requires establishing good organizational health. In fact, there should never be a handover between marketing and sales once a prospect becomes a lead. Lindsay Gates, Sr. Want to hear more? Account-Based at Limeade.

Account 52

Account Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 52

The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Metrics , Proactive , Productivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Wednesday I posted a piece about the importance of working your sales cycle, not the calendar.

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Pipeline Cancellation Sales Cycle Cold Calling 224

SBI

JANUARY 18, 2018

With the Gartner Group finding that it takes an average of 7 people in an organization to make a B2B buying decision, your current accounts should be a high priority when it comes to prospecting for new leads. For other tips and tricks I recommend reading our B2B Demand Generation eBook. The key in every case is timing.

Penetration 114

Penetration Account ROI Demand Generation Agencies 114

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Prospecting , Sales Technique , Video , Voice mail , execution. Two weeks ago I in a post title Prospecting and the “Last Inch” , looking at key thing to consider at that final moment when you have to reach out and engage directly with your prospect.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Cold Calling Compensation Hiring 223