Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. We won’t go so far as to say you should skip important meetings or spend half of your day reading blog posts—but we definitely recommend that you spend a few minutes every day catching up on industry news and sales blogs. 2. Hubspot Sales Blog.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2018

A little bit of humor can go a long way– even in the marketing world. Today’s marketing professionals must juggle a number of high-priority tasks throughout the day, and often, they find themselves under a significant amount of stress. In these cases, a few lighthearted jokes can ease the tension of the day-to-day marketing job.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2018

Brands that market directly to consumers recognize YouTube as a powerful tool. But can B2B marketers use YouTube to the same effect? Today’s blog post offers an in-depth guide to YouTube success for B2B marketers. Benefits of YouTube for B2B Marketing. 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

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. Enter: Marketing attribution. What is marketing attribution? 6 Types of Marketing Attribution Models.

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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. . Continue reading. Continue reading.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2019

In decades past, the world of marketing was dominated by print advertisements in newspapers and magazines. These antiquated marketing tactics had one thing in common: They put the product front and center, with clever presentations intended to entice prospects to become paying customers. Evoke emotions through storytelling.

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The Pipeline

JULY 24, 2014

In the past, word of mouth was always considered the best form of advertising for business. Another way that companies have been able to generate revenue from word of mouth type advertising is through referral and affiliate programs. There are really very few downsides to referral marketing. Image via Shutterstock.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 23, 2018

We hear a lot about sales and marketing alignment: How important it is for B2B, and how so few of us are doing it right. SALES: Marketing leads are crap. MARKETING: Sales is lazy. MARKETING: Maybe if you actually followed up the same day. Hyper-focus on marketing-qualified leads. Rolls eyes.] Tag-team at events.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Adding a sales blog to your shared content has many benefits. Blogging isn't just about posting company updates or news. Crystal Mackling of Peer Sales Agency believes blogs are a must for any sales professional. Why having a sales blog makes sense Reps can use their blogs to build and boost their brand.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 3, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Want and Know How to Get Free Advertising? Advertising is a crucial component of any successful marketing strategy, but it can also be expensive, especially for small businesses and startups. Design shirts that catch the eyes of others will feature your logo.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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. The modern B2B customer journey is more complex and multilayered than ever before.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

But if the person doesn’t seem interested, many sales and marketers turn their attention toward existing customers. You have to bring in more marketing qualified leads. BLOG] Read it: Matt, Kyle, and the Less-Traveled Road to Customer Satisfaction. BLOG] Read it: How to Heat Up Cold Emails with Personalization.

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SBI Growth

JULY 16, 2013

Every Marketing Leader has asked the question: “Can Facebook be leveraged to drive leads?” LinkedIn is the gold standard for B2B social marketing. You need a marketing strategy and approach that works. Facebook entered the search engine market with the launch of “graph search”. What about for B2B? Why Leverage Facebook?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 21, 2013

As a Sales & Marketing Leader, you are hungry for high quality B2B leads. B2B Marketers have tested many forms of social advertising. Marketing leaders must challenge past assumptions of how to leverage social advertising opportunities. The best B2B option until now has been LinkedIn ads. Case Study.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 11, 2018

Author: Kostas Chiotis Guest blog posting is arguably the best method of inbound marketing that your team can employ. However, only 6 percent of marketers are using guest posting as the majority of their original content strategy. But that’s not the only benefit of guest blogging. Strengthen Your Backlink Profile.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

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. First, make sure you understand who you’re target market is. First, make sure you understand who you’re target market is. Have a Content Marketing Strategy.

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 20, 2025

Every business wants to grow, but throwing money at marketing without knowing what works is a gamble. Thats where digital marketing audit services come in. A digital audit provides a detailed, data-driven look at your clients marketing activities across digital channels. Why Conduct a Digital Marketing Audit?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we regularly remind readers on the ZoomInfo blog—the inception of the Internet brought about the sharing of information at a never before seen rate. Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. So, if you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. Go check it out!

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Their laser focus on their content marketing cycle explains some of their success. Market Conditions The Hinge Research Institutes 2025 study of High Growth firms includes input from 770 businesses representing a wide cross-section of industries. They allocate an average of 10% of revenue to marketing activities. Around 46.7%

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2018

As such, mobile marketing is not just an option anymore. One way to boost your visibility and drive qualified leads to your mobile site is through paid advertising, such as Google AdWords or social media marketing. So, if you haven’t invested in mobile advertising already, then it may be high time to do so.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s no secret, the Internet has changed the way customers buy products and the ways marketers engage with their audiences. But, despite the constant change, the following statement has held true for hundreds of years: No marketing tactic can match the influence of word-of-mouth. Therein lies the power of word-of-mouth marketing.

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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?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 19, 2018

Let’s agree that the goal of your marketing team should be to help your sales team. But as sales professionals, how can you feed your sales intelligence in to your marketing team and how can they use that intelligence to better help you close sales? Read it: 7 Quick Wins for Sales and Marketing Alignment. Sound good?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Let’s face it—it’s not easy to build a perfect marketing team. A comprehensive marketing strategy includes a number of different tactics and initiatives—which means your team must include members with a wide variety of skills. However, only 23% of B2B marketers claim to have a customer-centric organizational structure ( source ).

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Marketing Social Media B2B Scale 187

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Because marketers live on the very channels the customers are engaging with, clever marketers harness these channels to reach potential and loyal customers. More than ever before, the new reality of sales must rely on marketing to a higher extent. Marketing should ask sales about the customer.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It’s no surprise to see more and more marketers explore and invest in attribution modeling in 2019 and beyond. It’s imperative for marketers to understand their customers’ journey and the role that each touchpoint plays in an eventual purchase — and marketing attribution is the one tactic that helps them do so.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

B2B social selling is an important and viable channel for B2B marketers and sales professionals. The most effective way to use B2B social selling is to create thought-leading content like blog articles (like this one), videos, and podcasts, and then share them to your social networks. It’s not advertising.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 7, 2018

B2B Marketers take note: Instagram has more than 800 million monthly active users ( source ). In today’s blog post, we’ll teach you a few easy ways to effectively promote your B2B company on Instagram. The visual nature of Instagram provides B2B marketers with an opportunity to tell compelling stories through photos.

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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. to go viral?—?or

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SMEI

MARCH 10, 2022

Learn To Create A Marketing Strategy That Gets Your Products And Services In Front Of Motivated Buyer With This 13 Step Guide. A marketing strategy is a plan of action that will help you achieve your business goals. A great marketing plan will give you a sustainable competitive advantage. Determine Your Marketing Objectives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 23, 2018

Increasing sales via social media content, campaigns and outreach is really important part of a marketing strategy these days. Remember new regulations means sponsored posts and advertisements must be listed as so in some way. Consider paid social media marketing. Kostas Chiotis is a blogger and a content marketing specialist.

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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?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Today, we’re taking a deeper look at one of the most effective word-of-mouth marketing strategies: referral marketing. Keep reading and learn everything you need to know about referral marketing! What is referral marketing?

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Author: Josh Carlyle Since you’re representing a brand, you need to market yourself to your audience and potential clients. A media kit is a promotional tool that contains useful information about your product or service, website, current partners, advertising, or marketing opportunities. Mind your target advertisers.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 17, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: The Underrated Marketing Methods To Be Considering. Our collaborative blog provides insight regarding ‘The underrated marketing methods to be considering.’. Some marketing methods, such as social media marketing, advertisements, and SEO, are likely to be part of most modern strategies.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This blog post will break down the key insights and actionable advice shared by Wes, focusing on his five proven steps to making every sale. Attract The first step is to attract potential customers through various means, such as: Advertising: Utilize targeted ads to reach your ideal audience.

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