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.

B2B 180

B2B Retail Segment Scale 180

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.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Top of Funnel Hiring Case Study 52

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.

Top of Funnel 170

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 170

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

B2B social selling is the process where salespeople use social media to connect with prospects. You can use social networks like LinkedIn, Twitter, and even Instagram to find your best prospects, form relationships with them, and build trust. It’s not advertising. Nobody likes advertising, and people look for ways to avoid it.

Social Selling 263

Social Selling B2B Social Media Top of Funnel 263

SBI Growth

AUGUST 21, 2013

B2B Marketers have tested many forms of social advertising. Marketing leaders must challenge past assumptions of how to leverage social advertising opportunities. Marketing leaders can use this blog post as a blue print to guide your marketing team to success. The best B2B option until now has been LinkedIn ads.

LinkedIn 323

LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead B2B Tools 323

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2012

A definition of latent demand is a prospect is unaware of a problem. When the prospect becomes aware of the problem, you win a sale. Active demand is when a prospect is going to buy something. The prospect’s task is to determine who to buy from. They want to buy online advertisements. Step #2 Department Design.

Demand Generation Agencies 314

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Outsourcing Services 314

Pipeliner

JANUARY 29, 2025

In a recent episode of the expert insight interview series, John Golden delves into the transformative world of geofencing advertising with marketing professionals Barbara Wardell and Ernest Kulhari. Barbara and Ernest agree, noting that the messaging in advertisements must align with the actual customer experience in-store.

Video 95

Video Advertising Advertising Marketing 95

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.

Video 116

Video Strategy Top of Funnel Direct Mail 116

Smooth Sale

MARCH 27, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Prospects Can Direct Us to A Better Path for Sales Long ago, salespeople were advised to generate many cold calls daily to find one or two interested parties. Its critical to realize that we are each unique individuals, prospects included, with varying thinking and abilities.

Prospecting 78

Prospecting Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 78

Salesmate

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You are your customer’s favorite advertising agency because you have original ideas, and you know the right ways to implement them. In this article, you’ll find ways to make your business a success with the help of a CRM for advertising agencies. Challenges faced by advertising agencies. Lead capturing. Lead management.

Advertising 119

Advertising Advertising CRM Ideal Customer Profile 119

Predictable Revenue

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The only reason a prospect will hire you is because they trust you can solve the problem they have. The post How To Attract High-Quality Clients Without Wasting Money On Advertising And Techy Funnels appeared first on Predictable Revenue. Learn how to hook them with solid proposals.

Advertising 149

Advertising Advertising Top of Funnel Funnel 149

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Many people are under the impression that LinkedIn is generally only used as a recruitment tool, as it is very common to find job advertisements posted all over the site, and obviously LinkedIn’s main function is to provide each member with a professional (and searchable) profile. Prospecting On LinkedIn. You should be. Happy Selling!

LinkedIn 154

LinkedIn Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker 154

Score More Sales

MARCH 18, 2014

We have always had to communicate with potential buyers, ask for referrals, work trade shows, and advertise / market for new business. This blog will be looking into all of the ways – easy ways, that a sales professional can get “more social” with his clients, prospective clients, and strategic partners.

Trade Show 250

Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 250

No More Cold Calling

JULY 11, 2013

Bob reached out to me, offered to help anyway he could, and invited me to guest blog for him. But all too often, this ‘cut to the chase’ mentality precludes sales reps from taking the time to first establish relationships with their prospects—something even the one-call-close salesperson can and should do. The Person Behind the Sale.

Call-back 286

Call-back Small Business Small Business Enterprise 286

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

BLOG] Read it: Matt, Kyle, and the Less-Traveled Road to Customer Satisfaction. Target your best-fit prospects. In order for your message to be relevant, it has to speak to a prospect’s specific situation. And no one has resources to waste on poor-fit prospects. You can use video, blog posts, e-books, or infographics.

Lead Rank 196

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 196

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Marketing teams know plenty about the customer; the sales team has more direct interaction with customers and prospects than any other department in your organization. Create a blog for your website that you can push out through email newsletters and social media. Marketing should ask sales about the customer.

Education 330

Education Buyer Buyer Persona Social Media 330

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. A first-touch attribution model assigns all credit to the first touchpoint that leads a prospect to an eventual conversion.

Lead Rank 236

Lead Rank B2B Top of Funnel Marketing 236

Pointclear

JANUARY 10, 2018

According to Wikipedia: “a reader service card or bingo card" was a reply card inserted in a magazine and used by readers to request free samples and literature from businesses who advertised in the issue. Many advertisers were listed on the reply card. There would be, assuming you could find them, some real prospects.

Sales Qualified Lead 173

Sales Qualified Lead Cost per Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 173

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A 2024 HubSpot Blog Survey of 422 B2B professionals in the U.S. While the pandemic normalized remote work, I still find in-person meetings at conferences and tradeshows crucial to building real relationships with your prospects and gaining their trust. The largest age group (38%) of B2B buyers is 35-44.

Hubspot 116

Hubspot B2B Buyer Data 116

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

There are way too many budgets that include bloated dollars for things like trade shows, promotion, sponsorships and advertising. Your marketing budget has to reflect the new buying behavior of your customers and prospects. If done correctly, the LDR is the first human contact a prospect has with your company.

Outsourcing Services 293

Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293

Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2014

Companies try to dutifully engage with customers and prospects on all the main social channels, plus as many of the secondary ones as possible. Following in 2nd through 7th place are paid search, email, branded communities and word-of mouth (tied), branded blogs, and online display advertising.

Paid Content 252

Paid Content Social Media Survey ROI 252

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. Let’s get into it! Use natural language.

Marketing 202

Marketing Advertising Advertising Face-to-face 202

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2020

Yeah, cold outreach is never ideal, but if you're only trying to reach cold prospects, your hand is kind of forced. But the spectrum of prospect interest isn't exactly binary. There's a middle ground between cold and qualified prospects known as warm prospects. Cold Prospect. Warm Prospect. The short answer?

Marketing Qualified Lead 131

Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 131

Vengreso

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This is especially important if you are going to have a call or a virtual meeting while sales prospecting — you’d want to get their names right. You and your sales team can use the 10-second audio recording to provide a custom sales prospecting message to the people who visit your profiles. Vengreso.com. Vengreso.com.

LinkedIn 127

LinkedIn Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile How To 127

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, ZoomInfo discussed the emergence of video as an effective vehicle for B2B marketing communications. B2B Vlogging: As we discussed in a previous post, B2B blogging is an effective way to drive organic traffic to your website, engage potential buyers, and generate high-quality leads for your sales team.

Webinar Metrics 157

Webinar Metrics Video Strategy Marketing 157

The Sales Hunter

APRIL 23, 2019

Frankly, I first wanted to be a radio DJ but assuming that that wouldn’t go well for me, I decided to go into advertising. Sales Motivation Blog. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Sales is what I fell into.

Sports 269

Sports Advertising Advertising Sales 269

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. And marketers need to understand pain points so that they can effectively advertise and create content around their solution in a way that will appeal to and entice potential customers.

B2B 277

B2B Intent Signal Customer How To 277

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2023

Sales prospecting is arguably the most critical part of a sales professional’s workflow. Sales prospecting is a foundational element for a revenue team — it’s the practice of identifying and connecting with potential customers to initiate the sales cycle. What is Sales Prospecting?

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Buyer Persona 130

Zoominfo

JUNE 20, 2018

Think B2B data companies, corporate contact database services, sales prospecting tools, data maintenance services, and much more. That’s why bad data is such a common issue for marketing and sales professionals – 62% of organizations rely on marketing and prospect data that’s up to 40% inaccurate ( source ). Advertising.

Marketing 170

Marketing Social Media Advertising Advertising 170

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company. These are real prospects interested in your content. This includes SEO, digital advertising clicks, email responses, social clicks, etc.

Sales Qualified Lead 276

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. For B2B software marketers, however, the top sources of new business are organic search, SEM/PPC advertising, and word of mouth referrals ( source ). 22% of B2B businesses reach out to prospects with lead nurturing on a weekly basis ( source ).

Lead Generation 243

Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 243

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Your digital content marketing strategy encompasses everything from producing high-quality lead magnets such as e-books, whitepapers, blogs, and optimized landing pages. To be actionable, your content must make tactical use of calls to action, offers, promotions, demos, and free trials that move prospects along the buyer’s journey.

Paid Content 264

Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

JULY 16, 2018

Today’s blog post answers this question and more! Product demos: Later-stage prospects want more in-depth information about your product. Paid advertising: The amount of money you spend advertising your webinar will depend on your specific marketing budget and goals. 1. Create a profile of your ideal buyer.

Lead Rank 209

Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 209

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 19, 2018

To improve quality of marketing leads, here are three key pieces of information sales must share with the marketing team: Raw feedback from customers and prospects. Sales professionals have access – in between your cold calls and rejections – to priceless data that other teams do not: raw feedback from real life prospects.

Buyer Persona 214

Buyer Persona Marketing Collateral Scale 214

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

So, I’m committing to spending time on-camera answering your questions and sharing powerful tips and methods to revolutionize your prospecting. In the meantime, check out this past blog post for a taste of preview of what you’ll learn. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect?

Gatekeeper 265

Gatekeeper Cold Calling Referrals Telemarketing 265

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. And marketers need to understand pain points so that they can effectively advertise and create content around their solution in a way that will appeal to and entice potential customers.

B2B 246

B2B Intent Signal Customer How To 246

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2018

Moreover, the vast majority of prospects will visit a local business after they have acquired the information they need through mobile search. Make sure that your website looks well and performs flawlessly regardless of the devices that prospects are using. Optimize Your Website for Mobile.

Paid Content 185

Paid Content Small Business Small Business Marketing 185