HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. Martin: The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive Team. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. Categories.

Software 103

Software Software Strategy Hiring 103

Prima Resource

MARCH 9, 2022

If our daily shopping habits are any indication, and also based on what is so frequently written by digital marketers and many software companies in the martech environment, then purchase habits have changed dramatically.

Decision Maker 83

Decision Maker B2B Software Software 83

SBI

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Congratulations go to the hardworking people at the following companies: Access Mobility (Video Marketing Center) Allego Bigtincan Brainshark Chorus.ai Congratulations go to the hardworking people at the following companies: Access Mobility (Video Marketing Center) Allego Bigtincan Brainshark Chorus.ai Still, it’s a lot.

Top of Funnel 169

Top of Funnel Sales Tools Tools InsideView 169

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Teaser: As the blathering bozos in Congress say (when they’re not reading from Dr. Seuss books), I yield my column this month to the distinguished gentleman Michael Chasen, who helped build the education software startup Blackboard into a booming business that sold for $1.64 billion in 2011. billion in 2011. read more'

B2B 214

B2B Education Software Software 214

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Lauren Carlson is a write and market analyst out of Austin, Texas. You can see her articles regularly on the Software Advice blog. February 2012.

Pipeline 275

Pipeline Hiring Travel Twitter 275

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2017

With those numbers in mind, if you are a sales manager, HR director, marketing manager or other executive charged with increasing employee engagement or driving customer loyalty, what tools do you think make sense to use as your starting point? Software is eating the world,” stated Marc Andreessen in a 2011 Wall Street Journal article.

Incentive 209

Incentive Incentives Retail Loyalty 209

SBI Growth

AUGUST 25, 2013

The software company’s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. The software company VP of Sales missed the shift in buyer power. In 2011, the Sales Executive Council reported the average B2B buyer engaged with a vendor 57% of the way through their buying cycle. The software company was among them.

Buying Cycle 314

Buying Cycle Collateral Software Software 314

Zoominfo

JULY 3, 2020

When it comes to identifying accounts to target for marketing campaigns, you have a lot to choose from. The same way that demographics provide information about human characteristics, firmographic data provides information about firms or companies that allow you to group them into market segments. So how do you narrow it down?

Data 195

Data Account Based Marketing Demographics Segment 195

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

I’ve often said that the problem with a “social media strategy” is that it really should be called a “business marketing strategy.” I encourage you to read Lauren’s article and then actually apply some of the insights she offers to your business marketing strategy. Risk of Social Media Marketing?

Social Media 189

Social Media Media Strategy Prospecting 189

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. Because of the broad scope of prospecting, it requires varying sales and marketing techniques. For instance, software can be used to search and manage a prospect list.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Scoring 111

The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. I had a call from Bob, a director of sales with software company. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. February 2012.

Pipeline 224

Pipeline Cancellation Sales Cycle Cold Calling 224

Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2019

As a result, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has stepped into the spotlight as a vital digital marketing tactic. This has led many marketers to question whether or not SEO is dead. 57% of B2B marketers state that SEO generates more leads than any other marketing initiative.

Lead Scoring 189

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Engineering Google 189

Close.io

JULY 2, 2018

Everyone loves to complain about how competitive their market is. Here’s one great example: Every year, an industry report analyzes every company in the marketing technology space. Here’s one great example: Every year, an industry report analyzes every company in the marketing technology space. This isn’t meant to scare you.

Competition 111

Competition B2B Ideal Customer Profile Marketing 111

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? 50-250 beds.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Government 100

Increase Sales

APRIL 11, 2012

It isn’t that the ploys are believable on their own, but that they are marketed as a fix to a problem you didn’t have until they said you had the problem. What it doesn’t tell you is that the software you are purchasing to remove the bug, actually put the bug on your machine. Let me set the record straight on this.

Licensing 188

Licensing Marketing Microsoft Face-to-face 188

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 3, 2011

Alinean today announced the addition of three new customers and four new strategic partners during the second quarter of 2011. Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based marketing and sales tool campaigns for customers including Quest Software, Polycom and Finlistics.

Demand Generation Agencies 51

Demand Generation Agencies Marketo Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 51

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

For 2011 Q3, we are delighted to announce the addition of six important new customers , two major partnership s, and several significant awards during the third quarter of 2011. During the quarter, Alinean also expanded its partner community to include leading IT publisher IDG, and leading marketing automation firm Marketo. "As

Eloqua 51

Eloqua Marketo NetSuite Lead Scoring 51

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011 Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 With social media spending continuing to increase this year, CMOs are being tasked to justify the investment. Rising dramatically for 2011 is the quantification of conversion and revenue as a result of social media efforts.

Social Media 60

Social Media ROI Media B2C 60

Score More Sales

JULY 4, 2011

Marketers: Should Salespeople ONLY Focus on Closing Sales? by Lori Richardson on July 4, 2011. “Salespeople should just focus on closing sales, and let the marketers do the rest through automation.” OK, so back to the contest and e-book you can contribute to on marketing automation. Consulting.

Closing 174

Closing Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 174

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. A variation on the familiar “oh no, it is not the hardware, it’s a software issue” ya right. When Sales Met Marketing. Guest Post.

Pipeline 227

Pipeline Customer Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 227

The ROI Guy

MARCH 23, 2011

With the economic recovery in 2010, top advertising firms and interactive agencies were finally able to report the return of healthy growth, according to BtoB Magazine's 2011 Top Agency Report. At Alinean, we were very pleased to be recognized by BtoB Magazine as one of the Top Agencies for 2011.

Sage 58

Sage Microsoft Advertising Advertising 58

Vendor Neutral

JUNE 15, 2021

He has held a variety of leadership roles and has leveraged sales enablement and customer experience disciplines to help grow several startup companies that became successful public software companies. iCentera was acquired in 2011 by Callidus Software. He's best known as an early Outreach employee that helped them scale from.

Siebel 59

Siebel B2B Demand Generation Agencies Webinar Metrics 59

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010 CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugalnomics Focus According to a survey from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), there has not been much to cheer about this holiday season as a public sector CIO. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. Martin: The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive Team. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. Categories.

Marketing 113

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Cycle 113

Gong.io

JANUARY 27, 2022

The first half of 2021 produced 291 new unicorns — more than 2011-2015 combined. Software as a service (SaaS) companies, which represent more than a third of all unicorns , lead the trend. Back in the 1980s, we had to sell each customer a CD or hard drive containing the software. Verticalization — easy access to niche markets.

Company 62

Company Lead Rank Software Software 62

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 12, 2012

It’s time we kill the term “social media” and replace it with “business marketing.” If we think in terms of developing a business marketing strategy, we’re going to be far more effective in building our business rather than thinking of building a social media strategy. Risk of Social Media Marketing?

Social Media 157

Social Media Media Motivation Prospecting 157

Zoominfo

JULY 3, 2020

When it comes to identifying accounts to target for marketing campaigns, you have a lot to choose from. The same way that demographics provide information about human characteristics, firmographic data provides information about firms or companies that allow you to group them into market segments. So how do you narrow it down?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Data Demographics Segment 100

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Dec 15, 2011. It’s time we kill the term “social media” and replace it with “business marketing.” If we think in terms of developing a business marketing strategy, we’re going to be far more effective in building our business rather than thinking of building a social media strategy.

Social Media 152

Social Media Media Motivation Hiring 152

The Spiff Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Marcello Albuquerque, Software Engineer. Dave started his career in sales and marketing prior to falling in love with the balanced left/right brain usage of product management. Having recently returned to the UK with his wife and daughter, he can be found spending his weekends exploring London’s markets, parks, and attractions.

Meeting 62

Meeting PeopleSoft Engineering Travel 62

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2015

Or at least that’s what a recent report by Forrester Research, an independent and leading research company in the marketing and technology space, has predicted. Consider Marketing Technology vendors and their target audience: marketers. By 2020, the B2B SALESMAN WILL BE DEAD. Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ).

Lead Rank 120

Lead Rank B2B Education Research 120

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 12, 2011

Gitomer | May 12, 2011 | 3 Comments. What software will I need to view the webinars? Ron Harvey says: May 14, 2011 at 12:16 am. Dave says: May 17, 2011 at 2:02 am. uswah says: June 19, 2011 at 3:51 pm. There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! Hire Jeffrey.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Social Media Customer 220

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 17, 2019

From his time at Marketo to his presence on LinkedIn and his current role as VP of Marketing at EverString, Matt Amundson is probably a name you have heard before. What you might not have heard is his thoughts on data-driven prospecting and marketing, the new wave of data around intent, or the best way to get a hotel upgrade.

Marketo 59

Marketo Marketing Trade Show Eloqua 59

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We’re a premium global player in the market. You’re not calling because you sell software that monitors fleets of trucks. Not that someone is selling software. What does this have to do with sales? Well, consider a cold caller we’ll call Joe. He phones a prospect out of the blue and says, “Hi, I’m Joe from XYZ Co.

Cold Calling 52

Cold Calling How To Transportation Journal 52

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2012

Are you spending time with your IT staff to see the hoops they have to jump through to make sure your web site, computers, and software are up to speed? Sit in on a strategy session with your marketing team or a weekly budget update with a project manager. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011.

Motivation 168

Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation 168

SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

The market outpaced him. From 2003-2011, Dave was on a rocket ship. Paul went on to lead worldwide sales at a global software company. He had failed to evolve at the same pace as the market. If you know how to listen to the market, you will be able to stay ahead. Dave was once an ‘A’ player. Below is a true story.

Promotion 310

Promotion Fashion Trends B2B 310

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

ROI 40

ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 9, 2021

Investment in cybersecurity companies has increased more than thirteenfold since 2011, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record year for cybersecurity with over $7.8 Founded in 2012, the company’s recent $120 million Series A will be used to expand its growth in the global market. billion invested in the industry globally.

Company 107

Company CRM Hiring Microsoft 107