Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to reconsider your tech stack when markets shift, and now CRMs are top priority for customer engagement. 2020 forced B2B organizations away from tech-focused goals and toward customer-focused initiative. Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond.

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Trends CRM Top of Funnel Marketing 246

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 25, 2013

A top trend in B2B marketing is the adoption of the Marketing Operations role. Innovative CMO and CIO pairs will throw out the rule book when it comes to IT''s support of Marketing. The best marketers will understand that "Content Marketing" does not equal "Thought Leadership".

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B2B Enterprise Enterprise Analytics 325

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

If you are reading this article and you work in the B2B space, you have most likely been inundated with buzzwords surrounding Digital and how it is disrupting your industry: Digital strategy, digital transformation, eCommerce, big data, IoT, AI, and.

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Channels Strategy B2B Data 315

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world. . Marketers—us included—continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But what does developing an actual personalized marketing strategy actually entail?

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B2B Marketing Segment Scale 246

Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2021

My firm surveyed 103 sales and marketing professionals on their lead generation efforts in 2020 and found conclusive patterns amongst the best performing businesses that mirror Stephen’s story. Successful Firms Diversified Their Channels. CrewHu started by recreating their best channel, trade shows, virtually.

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Trade Show Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 195

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

If you were asked last year how your day was, your answer would have been: “It’s 2020.” Companies that thrived in 2020 had a different mindset. Every client I worked with in 2020 had a singular client focus. My phone rang off the hook the last half of 2020. They freaked out. They were smart. How do I know this?

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Referrals Cold Calling Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 371

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Innovaxis Marketing, e-commerce for our B2B clients has risen from 5% to 15% or more of total sales. Over the past three years, we’ve seen a 20% to 30% e-commerce annual growth rate, especially in 2020, as in-person prospecting proved difficult if not impossible during the pandemic. potential conflict with their channel partners.

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Outsourcing Services Channels B2B Incentive 156

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. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI. You’ll get high ROI.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Traditionally, marketing plans lay out 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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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Strategy Marketing 246

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Author: Jen Smith, VP Marketing, MarketingProfs In the “Before Times” – way before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – virtual events were often seen as lesser-than to in-person, bigger-budget events. UBA Trends Day planned to host its in-person event in Brussels in March 2020. Organizers and speakers are reinventing virtual events.

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Demand Generation Agencies Face-to-face Lead Rank Conference 358

Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. But, how can marketers comply with the varying preferences of their individual buyer? Enter: Multichannel marketing. And the best part?

Marketing 189

Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 189

Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo. So, what happens when the conference seat your marketing and sales team offers is your registrants’ preferred chair at home? Lessons learned from virtual events.

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Trade Show Top of Funnel Funnel Conference 264

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. Businesses must take aggressive action to spur an economic bounceback in 2020. to April 2020, the number of active business owners in the United States plunged by 3.3 The impact of these changes is highlighted in the marketing segment.

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Small Business Small Business Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 317

Zoominfo

AUGUST 28, 2020

Going over email metrics in the morning, analyzing what didn’t work mid-day, testing new templates and list cleaning in the afternoon — the life of an email marketer is a busy one. For every dollar you spend on email marketing, you can expect an average return of $42 , it is also the third most popular distribution channel.

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Email Marketing Marketing B2B Campaigns 237

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2021

A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020. Flash forward to 2020: 41 percent of sales respondents stopped using events for prospecting and 19 percent started using video calls for the first time.

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Survey Top of Funnel Scale Fashion 246

Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2020

Putting together a B2B marketing team kind of feels like assembling a superhero group. An essential step towards building this powerful pack is recognizing which areas in your marketing structure currently come up short. to marketing team structure. Marketing team structure by audience segments.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

My phone rang off the hook the last half of 2020. The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Are your buyers clamoring to talk to you? Why the sudden interest in referral sales? Problem solved.

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 323

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Author: Jo Barnes 2020 was a year of turbulence in almost every aspect of life (understatement of the century?), But what if you’re a small business and don’t have extra marketing dollars (or time) to spend on massive engagement-boosting campaigns? Zero in on Your Target Market. Have a Content Marketing Strategy.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Google Analytics Scale 301

Hubspot Sales

MAY 15, 2020

If the first few months of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s that uncertain times can call for quick pivots to sales and marketing plans. Let's review the latest eCommerce technology trends to focus on as we move through 2020. mobile retail revenue is expected to be $339 billion in 2020, up from $207 billion in 2018.

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Trends Retail Social Media Consumer 145

Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2020

Sales and marketing often speak different languages: Convert vs Close, Prospect vs Leads, Sales cycle vs Marketing funnel. And using it collaboratively can help alignment and improve go-to-market results from a campaign planning standpoint. The whole point of data collaboration is to promote sales and marketing alignment.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectible.

Pipeline 239

Pipeline Marketing Top of Funnel Hiring 239

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

work force experienced the most significant drop in employee engagement in 2020. Sales incentive programs can establish, build and deepen relationships with your sales team and your channel partners, which leads to achieving your business sales goals and strengthening your bottom line. According to Gallup, the U.S.

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Incentives Incentive Survey Sales Qualified Lead 340

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan As with everything else in 2020, many B2B companies’ relationships with channel partners, which are critical to their success, have been disrupted. The “surprise and delight” treatment that is widely used to keep internal employees engaged is equally effective with channel partners.

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Channels Trade Show Closing Incentive 120

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

31% of marketing, creative, and IT professionals worldwide plan to invest in AI technology in the next 12 months ( source ). 31% of marketing, creative, and IT professionals worldwide plan to invest in AI technology in the next 12 months ( source ). billion in 2021, according to market research firm IDC ( source ). 46% of U.S.

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B2B Telecommunications Forecasting Scale 247

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Despite the fact that most companies have marketing automation solutions, targeted outreach by SDRs, and intense social media strategies, account execs are still missing quota en masse. Reps cold call, send cold emails, do cold outreach on social media, and rely on marketing to nurture prospects and send them qualified leads.

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 397

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. Social Triggers TV Up first on today’s list is a channel called Social Triggers TV. The philosophy behind this channel reads as follows: Smart entrepreneurs who want to thrive in today’s marketplace must master the fields of psychology, marketing, and human behavior.

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Channels Marketing Outsourcing Services Lead Rank 100

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Author: David Satterwhite In 2020, I reached my 30th year in business-to-business technology sales. A growing market suddenly became an uncertain one. Then, we demonstrated how our solution helps businesses manage risk while finding new or alternate revenue channels along with improving existing digital channels and experiences. . .

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Face-to-face Lead Rank Vendor Guidelines 317

Zoominfo

MARCH 27, 2018

And, even though customer engagement is only a piece of the marketing puzzle, it shouldn’t be ignored. 63% of marketers agree customer engagement includes renewals, repeat purchases, and retention ( source ). More than three-quarters of marketers say engagement occurs in the middle or end stage of the marketing funnel ( source ).

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Customer Consumer Channels Customer Service 196

Nutshell

APRIL 17, 2020

On March 6th, 2020, Nutshell hosted BOUNDLESS 2020, our second annual virtual conference. (If BOUNDLESS 2020 also featured some new elements—including sponsorships and an awards ceremony—which gave the event a big-show feel, even if they created some additional headaches. JACK VIRAG, CONTENT MARKETING ASSOCIATE. “I

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Conference Top of Funnel Promotion Social Media 127

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sales Reps hear through the grapevine about a sales or marketing improvement project. Sales or Marketing leadership thinks there’s a problem and decides to fix it. Uses fancy phrases like “an initiative that implements world-class capabilities to keep our market-leading presence in an enviable position”. It never fails.

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Majestic How To Channels Territories 302

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 12, 2018

Marketing is a strategy that makes or breaks a business. Learning tactics to market products that a startup has created can be gained from big brands that have penetrated the market and made a name for themselves. Startups need to be creative in how they market their products. Content Marketing. Give Freebies.

Marketing 180

Marketing Social Media Penetration Advertising 180

Salesmate

JANUARY 28, 2020

19 best sales influencers to follow in 2020. Gary covers a variety of topics like entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, motivation and many more. He shares valuable insights and tips on sales, marketing, business, startup and much more. His Twitter account is constantly ignited with sales, marketing, and growth hacking tips.

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Influencer Twitter Social Media Hiring 143

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It’s tough to name a marketing tool more powerful than the mobile phone. This means that mobile marketing has become more important than ever. If you’re not convinced, or you want a refresher on why mobile marketing is so critical to your business’s success, read on! Let’s get into it! More than 5.6

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B2B Marketing Social Media Penetration 100

Salesmate

MAY 12, 2020

Being a startup, you have to push your idea forward into the market, and before you get noticed you need to market yourself in front of everyone. And by marketing, I am talking about displaying your product or service in front of people with money. Not everyone has a natural knack of a seasoned sales or marketing professional.

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Paid Content Marketing Social Media Advertising 103

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs).

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Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 264

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 8, 2018

Author: Jason Kulpa Successful B2B marketing is all about saying the right thing through the right channel at the right time. In fast-paced marketing, the right time usually means right away. By 2020, consumers will mainly engage with companies they already know and trust, according to a report by Walker Information.

Sales Qualified Lead 257

Sales Qualified Lead B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 257

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2020

Author: Kris Belau Is there anything more quaint in sales and marketing than the door-to-door salesperson? As was common at the time, the main sales channel was an on-the-ground sales force. Content can cover everything from your blog, your social media channels, or even the imagery you use to showcase your product.

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Face-to-face Channels Social Media Lead Rank 194