Zoominfo

MARCH 13, 2025

These stories of real companies that have used ZoomInfo to grow, retain, and expand their customer base show how an intelligent approach can drive measurable success: higher conversions, stronger sales alignment, and more predictable growth. Intent data to prioritize high-value accounts and improve lead scoring.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Account-based marketing with limited account insight is like trying to hit a piñata blindfolded. The foundation of any great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy requires a deep understanding of who your target customer is and an ability to execute on a customized approach to address their needs.

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Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

Industry surveys show that account-based marketing is consuming an ever-larger share of B2B budgets, and it’s easy to see why: smarter targeting, increased efficiency, and better ROI are enough to make any CMO’s eyes light up. Bottom line: intent data is gold. The good news?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By uniting the two, B2B marketers can transform a traditional account-based marketing strategy into a comprehensive go-to-market approach that can scale across an entire company. It also limited the scalability of ABM efforts. What’s the difference?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 30, 2023

Buyers who are in the market today probably haven’t asked for a meeting. Intent data is the key that helps B2B sales and marketing leaders separate the ready from the rest. Here’s how to make the most of the intent data advantage — and how to distinguish the best B2B intent data provider for your business.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

By carrying out a feasible demand generation plan, you’ll not just scout new opportunities but also create them, from marketing and sales alignment to data-driven growth for businesses. Demand generation enables you to make smart marketing decisions for your company. Utilize Intent Data.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The upsides of account-based marketing are no mystery to anyone running a B2B go-to-market team. However, the gap between developing an account-based marketing strategy and actually aligning teams to win over their target accounts isn’t always easy to bridge.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 23, 2019

In most cases, we address this by showing our customers how to really leverage Intent Data. Use Intent Data to prioritize accounts. Intent Data is valuable because it lets us know which prospects are actually in market for your solutions. Buyer intent as a sales engagement trigger.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

When combined with AI, these signals become powerful tools that reach potential customers much earlier in their journey — giving go-to-market teams a massive advantage over competitors who rely solely on ideal customer profile matches, traditional intent data, or account-fit scores. “Think about signals as triggers.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

For instance, types of customer segmentation in B2B marketing might include industry, business size and location, and technology stack. Marketers then use this information to guide their lead nurturing campaigns and GTM strategies. For behavioral segmentation, intent data plays a significant role in understanding lead behaviors.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Account-based marketing is used by most B2B companies, and it’s easy to see why: it promises to bring marketing and sales closer together, target accounts as one revenue team, and drive bottom-line results. But despite the rapid adoption of ABM tools, its promise remains largely untapped. The reason?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

At its core, intent data helps marketing and sales teams identify the companies and individuals most likely to make a purchase, especially in the near future. But not all intent data is created equal. There are many types of intent data, and an array of providers. 1 for buyer intent by G2.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2021

But they’re not asking your sales team for help. That’s the goal of buyer intent data, a cutting-edge sales intelligence tool that cues you into prospects’ subtle buying signals , positioning you to be first in the door to make your pitch. GTM Plays Automated go-to-market plays that can rapidly scale your business.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data , and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner Inc. Intent data isn’t a red carpet to a signed contract.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

Many go-to-market professionals already use intent data to spot prospects that are interested in their products or services. Let’s break down a few examples to show how intent can be your crystal ball. ZoomInfo covers over 4,500 topics, ranging from sales enablement tools to M&A to private equity.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Investing in buyer intent data is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself — now, more than ever. As we move into 2021, buyer intent data will help you gain ground on competitors and connect with prospects. The remote sales landscape is getting stuffy. How to Use Buyer Intent Data for Differentiation.

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LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 8, 2019

If your primary marketing strategy has been to “cast a wide net”, consider only going after your white whales – your ideal accounts – instead. Known as account-based marketing (ABM), companies that treat individual prospects like an entire market can generate 208% more revenue than those who don’t according to MarketingProfs.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 7, 2023

Building a technology stack to support your account-based marketing (ABM) strategy is no easy feat. Whether you’re new to ABM or want to give your existing strategy an edge, evaluating the strength of your tech stack is essential. When it comes to ABM strategies , that’s a common question.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Intent data can change how you prospect, manage the sales cycle, and close deals. And the right data can be the difference between success and failure. And while there are many types of intent data, let’s dig into three that you may not have thought about in the past. What is Intent Data.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

Even the most driven sales teams require the right resources to effectively target prospects, nurture relationships, and close deals. Theres certainly no shortage of sales tools available to help your team master every step in the modern sales process. These represent the key software platforms for your sales team to evaluate.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. The health of companies’ data will become imperative.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Historically, sales professionals and marketers spent a lot of time chasing down prospects with a scant probability of getting an appointment, let alone winning business. Join us as we examine 7 specific ways that this kind of intelligence impacts marketing and sales processes. Account-based strategy requires a clear ICP.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

B2B sales pros and marketers swim in an ocean of information. A large part of our day is spent trying to find data that is relevant to our jobs, and what we can ignore – because we don’t have time to digest it all. But in this sea of data, which individual data points predict purchase intent?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Unlike basic analytics, this software bridges the gap between raw traffic data and actionable sales intelligence. Here are some of the benefits: Lead Generation : Detailed visitor data can improve lead quality and conversion rates. Faster Sales Cycles : Access to detailed visitor data shortens the sales process.

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SBI

JULY 21, 2020

PETER: Enterprise B2B sales is a complex process of which the buying experience is one very important attribute to closely understand. Failing to appreciate the buying experience will likely result in failure, as you may target the right account at the wrong time. Q: SHOULD SELLING BE VIEWED AS A BUYING EXPERIENCE AND WHY.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 30, 2022

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a growth tactic and revenue accelerator, but many sales reps and even sales leaders are skeptical about this approach. ABM doesn’t work without tight sales and marketing alignment. To get there, sales needs to be all in. ABM and change management.

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Zoominfo

JULY 3, 2020

When it comes to identifying accounts to target for marketing campaigns, you have a lot to choose from. The answer: data. But not just any kind of data. Behavior and intent data are two of the obvious choices, but there are different sources of data that can tell you a whole lot more about an account.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Sales intelligence. For many years, sales and marketing teams turned to list providers for prospecting and lead generation. The answers to these questions — and many others — can be found in sales intelligence. Grab our new ebook: The Power of Marketing and Sales Intelligence – 7 Ways to Fuel Faster Growth.

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Lead411

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

B2B Sales Process: 9 Steps to Avoid Failure Succeeding in B2B sales heavily depends on using data strategically to target the right leads, personalize outreach, and close deals efficiently. If you have the wrong data, outdated data or missing data, the time wasted will be tremendous.

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Lead411

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Key Metrics : With refined audience targeting, you can measure ROI through metrics like customer acquisition cost (CAC) and customer lifetime value (CLV) , both of which improve with accurate data-driven targeting. Data-Driven Account-Based Marketing (ABM) An Account-Based Marketing strategy is only as effective as the data that fuels it.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Let me translate the excerpt in simple terms: Let’s start here: Data is a fickle beast. This isn’t exactly a hot take; yet, still, the world is increasingly data-driven. Not just in ZoomInfo’s sales and marketing technology bubble, but everywhere. Why circle back and polish up a brand new intent engine?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2021

Sales and marketing teams start their account-based sales (ABS) and account-based marketing (ABM) programs with strategic intentions. They target those that are in-market and those that should be showing intention. They focus on their ideal customer profile.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2018

Sales and marketing event season just ended. Account-Based Marketing orchestration – sure, that sounds great,” you may think. The availability of data is truly democratizing growth. You need to get your sales and marketing engine firing quickly, efficiently, and without a 50-person team behind it.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 12, 2021

This requires collaboration across the company, working with multiple teams from sales to product development. How to Avoid Enterprise Marketing Pitfalls. Getting ahead of enterprise marketing challenges will help keep your marketing strategy (and funnel) on track. Personalize at scale.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Trend #2: Intent-first, account-based targeting By now, most marketers are well acquainted with account-based marketing (ABM ). In fact, 70% of marketers reported using account-based marketing (ABM) in 2021, and we expect that number to grow in 2022.

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