Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Personalization, precision and performance are the keys to modern B2B marketing. And account-based marketing software is what helps your team nail all three with perfection. Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving.

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Account Based Marketing Account Software Software 130

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2025

In B2B marketing, context is king. Without the right context, marketers risk burning time, budget, and internal goodwill on campaigns that just dont drive results. Understanding Intent Data: From Noise to Opportunity Intent data is a familiar concept to marketers, but it has evolved significantly in the past several years.

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Intent Intent Data Intent Signal Account Based Marketing 130

SBI Growth

JANUARY 31, 2013

Pinpointing exactly how to communicate your brand message to a target audience can be one of the most perplexing challenges in marketing. In today’s modern digital world, messaging is an important element in motivating a target audience to act. Pre-Internet, marketing communications is where messaging mattered most.

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Buyer Persona Customer Demand Generation Agencies Scale 330

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When we launched ZoomInfo Marketing in 2022, our goal was to bring ZoomInfo’s unparalleled B2B data and insights to demand generation and marketing teams. We believe this rapid journey both validates our initial vision and reinforces our commitment to innovation as we continue to grow and serve B2B marketers everywhere.

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Account Based Marketing Intent Data Vendor Intent Signal 147

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

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Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 192

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Ignoring Content Marketing. Otherwise, you end up with an expensive system that acts as a frustration multiplier. Take the simple example of Marketing Automation technology. It can be wonderful for helping you stimulate and manage latent sales demand. You have to charge more to achieve the desired profit margin.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The year I first introduced the methodology for creating buyer personas specifically for marketing and sales. Buyer personas can be a big help in aligning marketing and sales around a launch. You Have Entered New Markets. Have you expanded into new geographic or vertical markets? What trigger events cause them to act?

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Buyer Persona Buyer Lead Nurturing Lead Rank 312

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. Unfortunately there are also many sales and marketing reasons. Implementing the program is the key to marketing success. Avoid Ad Hoc Marketing.

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Small Business Small Business Pipeline Marketing 253

SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

Demand Generation and Lead Management. Don’t skip this topic assuming that it is “marketing’s job.” To capture these lost opportunities, you’ll need to reach across the aisle to marketing. Build a tight sales process that matches the stages of their buyer’s journey. So at the moment they were ready, you weren’t there.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 308

The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. Marketing and Sales become unified around one process, instead of each focusing only on their respective ends of the revenue pipeline. March 2008. February 2008.

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Manticore Pipeline Marketing Lead Rank 217

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

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. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Book Notice.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 223

Pointclear

JUNE 7, 2011

There are some big reasons why lead generation campaigns fail that must be dealt with at the outset, before sweating the small stuff. Here are my 5 reasons your lead generation campaigns may not be working: No start-to-finish process: The best lead/demand generation programs are "always-on," systematic processes.

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Lead Generation Campaigns Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 229

Corporate Visions

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Why is Most B2B Marketing So Forgettable? Every marketer wants to make an impact. Your buyers interact with your marketing in one moment, but they make the decision to buy in the future. Unfortunately, most marketers don’t believe their content is memorable or actionable. Why Most B2B Marketing is Forgettable.

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B2B Marketing Top of Funnel ACT 134

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Every industry has something that’s top-of-mind,” says Demand Generation Specialist Dominique Catabay. For example, we sell to sales and marketing, so the fiscal calendar year drives decisions for our prospects. XX email marketing trends you must know.” I like to use puns in marketing emails.”. Seasonality.

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B2B Hubspot Marketo Account Based Marketing 243

The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2011

It is no surprise that people often hide behind words, or get very different results than they set out to achieve, based on what and how they communicate, then act. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Tibor Shanto. Book Notice. Book Review.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 235

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel Scale Marketing 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ability of generative AI to automate routine tasks, analyze data, and generate content is already freeing up valuable time that entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals can use to instead focus on more strategic decision-making. Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI.

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Data Lead Rank Scale Marketing 130

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

When your unveiling a new product, the last thing you want is to waste time and resources bringing a product to market where or when it’s unnecessary. So, here’s my step-by-step guide to building your own go-to-market strategy using the strategies I’ve implemented to build multiple companies throughout the years.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 145

The Pipeline

JANUARY 6, 2012

Take a read, and feel free t comment, but most importantly, take action, cause the only thing with worse consequences than acting, is taking n action at all. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 215

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

Marketing 120

Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 120

Emissary

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For tech companies that specialize in cybersecurity for the financial services industry, the demand for the product is already there. Your demand generation strategy will help you position your company ahead of competitors and amplify your message to prospects. Demand Generation vs Lead Generation.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel 52

The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2011

This session will present the basics of buying modes, strategies and tactics on how to prepare for and act on key events that will advance your sales. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Cold calling.

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Social Selling Webinar Metrics Pipeline Social Media 216

The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

Her company’s sales training had focused on helping customers find emerging markets, gaps in an industry’s solutions to challenges and areas where IT should be entering in order to take advantage of the latest and most sustainable trends. Is the market the customer is in ideal? Demand Generation. Simple enough.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 227

Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

There’s one thing that you may not have yet realized is gaining in popularity as a result of the pandemic: outbound sales and marketing. In many industries, COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator requiring organizations to get better at their weaknesses, and to get better at them fast. Marketing emails are up. What did they find?

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Outbound Company Webinar Metrics Demand Generation 195

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

GTMnow shares insight around the go-to-market strategies responsible for explosive company growth. Given how tough this market is, I figured it would be valuable to break down exactly how we did it. You cannot openly market or solicit the fact that you are raising a fund. The other major hurdle? Another major differentiator?

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Outsourcing Services Scale Marketing How To 80

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

B2B sales prospecting is the act of looking for potential buyers, customers, or clients to convert into new business. Although buyer personas are typically considered marketing territory, they’re also critical to the sales prospecting process. What is B2B Sales Prospecting? Let’s start at the beginning.

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B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Prospecting 212

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 28, 2018

Every industry has something that’s top-of-mind,” says Demand Generation Specialist Dominique Catabay. For example, we sell to sales and marketing, so the fiscal calendar year drives decisions for our prospects. XX email marketing trends you must know” This email subject line from Sumo got a 64% open rate by teasing a new trend.

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B2B Hubspot Marketo Account Based Marketing 89

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This is a special Wednesday edition of The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by over 52,000 revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date on go-to-market and scale their companies and careers. It was launched back in 2016, which given the rapid pace of go-to-market innovation, is becoming obsolete.

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Account Based Marketing Account Lead Rank Demand Generation 111

SBI

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In the B2B marketing arena, Account Based Marketing (ABM) is on fire these days, and it isn’t showing signs of cooling off anytime soon. You can achieve a higher close rate with an ABM strategy if 1) you’re focused on best-fit accounts, and 2) your sales and marketing teams are aligned. then you’re cheating yourself.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Inbound Lead Rank 132

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

Armed with this information, you now should be able to list what issues people were looking to address when buying from you, what specific value they saw in you offering that made them act, (in exploring your losses you will also surface issues you missed or ignored that you should be incorporating into your discussions). Demand Generation.

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Pipeline Lead Scoring Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 267

The Pipeline

APRIL 8, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactivity , Trust , execution. We went from a sweep and report fighting force, to one that had to watch the way we act, make sure we have a friendly appearance, and present a message of peace and support to the native Iraqi people. December 2007. Gain Trust and Rapport.

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Pipeline Meeting Webinar Metrics Strategy 216

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. Here are four ways our new platform empowers marketers to effectively and efficiently land their target accounts.

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Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Account Data 100

SBI

APRIL 17, 2013

DemandCon’s purpose is to offer education and insight into the art of aligning and accelerating the sales and marketing funnel. Meagen Eisenberg , VP of Demand Generation at DocuSign described how she accelerates the pipeline with a content marketing and lead nurturing system. You do have an end-goal defined, right?

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies InsideView Demand Generation 127

The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2011

Now, in order to “act” properly and make good and even excellent cold calls you have to learn how to. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. The sooner addressed, the better. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Twitter Social Media 240

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Bottom line: There are no “stress management pills” that help you take control of your life, so go ahead and share your feelings, don’t act on them. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Are they in the foods you eat?

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