Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There are two dovetailing arguments for using TikTok, the fastest-growing social media platform, as a B2B marketing tool: Its generous algorithm and its lack of polish. Third-party reports show that companies advertising on TikTok are getting significantly higher ROI than legacy social media advertising.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 25, 2019

Author: Brad Soper, Andree Radloff and Mark-Daniel Rentschler What will sales divisions look like in the future? There are five developments that companies should pay attention to if they want to be competitive: Traditional sales forces will be cut in half. Sales will become too complex to stay a one-man show.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

The platform supports the integration of these insights directly into CRM and marketing automation systems, ensuring that marketing efforts are aligned with sales strategies for improved lead conversion rates. Lead Forensics Lead Forensics is a B2B marketing solution that improves how businesses engage with their website visitors.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Personalization, precision and performance are the keys to modern B2B marketing. ABM traditionally relies heavily on targeted advertising, but can also include email, social, events, and any other relevant channel that can influence a key account’s buying behavior. What is Account-Based Marketing Software?

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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. Here are nine effective B2B demand generation strategies you can follow to boost your marketing campaign’s efficiency in 2020: 1. Utilize Intent Data.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it. Identifying customer pain points is crucial to the success of both your sales and marketing strategies. In other words, they have pain points they need fixing.

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2019

In a recent blog post, A Corporate Guide to Pride— Companies Who’ve Gotten it Right (And Wrong) , we briefly touched on the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in advertising. Although more advertising campaigns feature members of the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month, the numbers are still shockingly low.

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Zoominfo

MAY 1, 2023

Every marketing team looks to leverage advertising channels to their fullest. In order to drive awareness, MQLs, pipeline — and ultimately revenue — from B2B advertising, you need to track the best success factors and strike a balance between top, middle, and bottom of funnel metrics.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The notion dates back to the 1940s when advertisers started to explore the ways in which their marketing propositions influenced customers to buy from one company over another. . And, defining your unique selling point is equally paramount in the B2B world. . Freshworks – “Your Sales Force Needs a Better CRM”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. Whether you’re managing inside or field sales, gut instinct needs to take a back seat to data-driven insights. Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 17, 2018

Brand storytelling is a staple of B2C content marketing, but it’s less common in the B2B world. Storytelling may seem more difficult to pull off in the B2B world, but it’s no less effective. After all, 50% of B2B buyers are more likely to make a purchase if they connect emotionally to a brand ( source ). Keep reading!

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

It goes without saying that B2B consumers look for new products in order to make their lives a bit easier. Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it. Identifying customer pain points is crucial to the success of both your sales and marketing strategies. In other words, they have pain points they need fixing.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Although B2B display advertising isn’t an exact science, enough experimentation can teach you valuable tricks of the trade. Top Display Advertising Targeting Mistakes Getting your audience right is paramount to increasing conversion rates and spending efficiently. Yet marketers often struggle with this crucial step.

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SalesFuel

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Do you know how to create a B2B advertisement that will drive the ROI that your client is looking for? Creating an Effective B2B Advertisement Prioritize Digital Display and Video Ads According to a study by MAGNA Media Trials , there are two types of B2B advertisements that work consistently.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The modern B2B customer journey is more complex and multilayered than ever before. In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in a number of digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It can make it hard to predict what B2B marketing and sales will look like when we enter the post-COVID-19 era. . With that in mind, here are four things you can expect to occur in B2B markets as things reopen. Any B2B company that keeps its advertising budget the same (or even increases it) will reap multiple benefits.

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 3, 2025

Is the advertising glass half empty or half full? The 2025 advertising outlook includes a spending increase of 5% more than 2024 for a total ad spend of $384.6 Anticipated Spending Increases B2B versus B2C Plural Strategy Groups data encompasses the entire marketing budget. CMOs are giving a thumbs-up to the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2021

Unclear sales goals are costly. These are metrics that prioritize and improve sales performance and yield valuable specifics like percent of team meeting quota, average on-target earnings, and sales cycle length. KPIs should match the specific needs of your sales team. The Sales KPIs You Need to Know.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2018

While it may be known for its popularity among celebrity influencers, it also is an important channel for brands that use it to advertise their products. But what does the introduction of this new tool mean for B2B marketers? What this means for B2B marketers. What Is IGTV? Your first IGTV campaign. Product demonstrations?— ?

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Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2020

Putting together a B2B marketing team kind of feels like assembling a superhero group. It all goes back to supporting growth through personalization in strategy, and partnership with sales. Using pods creates agility within marketing and enables the team to more closely align with sales goals. In-house marketing services.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Unlike basic analytics, this software bridges the gap between raw traffic data and actionable sales intelligence. Informed Sales Strategies : Sales teams gain insights into visitor behavior, enabling more effective outreach. Faster Sales Cycles : Access to detailed visitor data shortens the sales process.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

If you’ve never hosted a B2B event, or if you simply want to improve your event content strategy, today’s blog post is for you. Targeted advertising programs: Invest in an advertising strategy to promote your event and event-related content. 5 Critical Tips for Planning a B2B Conference. What are you waiting for?

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 16, 2025

Similarly, it takes a cohesive team effort to efficiently move product and service for a B2B sales organization. By integrating PR and marketing activities into B2B sales techniques you can reach a wider audience and enhance your credibility. If I dont know is your answer, then youre doing sales all wrong!

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 7, 2018

But they’re not asking for help from your sales team. The average B2B buyer is 67% of the way through the buyer journey before they ever engage with a salesperson ( SiriusDecisions ). 47% of buyers viewed 3-5 pieces of content before engaging with a sales rep. Unfortunately, sales does not reward second or third place.

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Zoominfo

JULY 9, 2019

Welcome new readers and ZoomInfo regulars to the latest edition of our B2B Blog Post Round-Up series. For those of you who are new to the ZoomInfo blog, we regularly publish monthly round-ups to feature top B2B content from industry professionals, leading brands, and subject matter experts. . Let’s get into it. Continue reading.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Your credibility with the sales leader will quickly dwindle. There are valuable B2B marketing lessons to take away from the B2C Super Bowl of marketing. With that said, the smart advertisers were mobile ready. Which advertisers used call to actions in their commercials for viewers to go online right then?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2021

Modern digital advertising can feel a lot like trying to speak to a stadium full of people from center field without a microphone. So at the end of the day, the audience is your buyer,” says Jim Donovan, vice president of sales at ZoomInfo. . According to eMarketer , 80 percent of advertisers admit that third-party data is unreliable.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

We can’t promise anything groundbreaking or innovative, but we do promise the most comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to creating a content calendar for your B2B organization. A comprehensive content calendar takes all buyer personas, marketing channels, and stages of the sales funnel into consideration. Analyze your sales cycle.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

It’s clear that podcasting isn’t going away anytime soon—so it’s time for B2B marketers to explore podcasting as a new marketing avenue through which they can build their brand, reach new audiences, and scale overall business growth. Today’s blog post breaks down B2B podcasting into a few easy steps. The Benefits of Podcasting for B2B.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2021

Modern digital advertising can feel a lot like trying to speak to a stadium full of people from center field without a microphone. So at the end of the day, the audience is your buyer,” says Jim Donovan, vice president of sales at ZoomInfo. According to eMarketer , 80 percent of advertisers admit that third-party data is unreliable.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. Salespeople continually struggle with reaching B2B decision makers.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Recently, I was trying to understand how we could venture into the advertising space. There must be a way that we can activate it in the advertising space to drive value for our customers.”. If ZoomInfo’s business data “belonged” in the advertising audience world back in 2008, why wouldn’t it belong there now? The results?

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. What will change, however, is this: Marketers who fail to adapt to the changing B2B landscape will fall behind. The average cost of a B2B sales lead varies by industry.

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MarketJoy

MARCH 24, 2025

Your sales team is always on the hunt for leads, but only a few convert from leads to business? This is a classic pain point for all B2B companies: how to populate their sales pipeline with leads that are actually qualified and do convert. What Are B2B Lead Generation Services? What Are B2B Lead Generation Services?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When most marketers think outbound marketing, they think emails, paid advertising, and other digital campaigns aimed at engaging their target audience. 5 Unique B2B Direct Mail Campaigns from Topline Film. As a video production company that sells to other businesses, we have been doing B2B outreach for almost a decade.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

And for better or worse, this change is sure to have quite the impact on your B2B marketing strategy. How will Facebook’s new algorithm impact your B2B business? Since the emergence of social media, Facebook has never been the platform of choice for B2B marketers. Keep reading! How is Facebook’s new algorithm different?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

After all, the B2B buyer’s journey has become increasingly complex, as each prospect engages with a number of digital touchpoints on their path to becoming a customer. Over the past year, multi-touch attribution has become the predominant form of attribution modeling ( source ): Of B2B marketers who have adopted marketing attribution, 45.3%

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