SalesFuel

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Your clients are likely missing out on the advantages of audio advertising, and its time to set them straight. The State of Audio WARC and Audacy recently published a white paper on the state of audio advertising. Its clear that some marketers see the advantages of audio advertising. If you answered audio, youre right.

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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. With Pocus, sales and marketing teams can confidently build pipeline and consistently close more revenue.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 15, 2014

You are a progressive Sales VP in a medium size company. You know today’s buyer is time starved and media saturated. Social Selling Sales Leader Prospecting LinkedIn Small Company Sales Leader Resources Advertising and Marketing Social Prospecting' You know how hard it is for your reps to prospect today.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The conversation delved into the evolution of sales strategies in response to changing buyer behavior, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence. 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.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

They will also invest more heavily in CTV advertising, especially at the local level. The heated political campaigns drove much of the advertising growth. billion) Advertising Outlook For 2025, Winterberry analysts expect a 6.1% Regardless of the uncertainty, CTV advertising will be a star in the media universe.

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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.

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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 ). So, how do you intercept buyers in the early part of their journey? Unfortunately, sales does not reward second or third place.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Your credibility with the sales leader will quickly dwindle. 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? You should optimize every offline channel to continue your buyers journey online to declare themselves.

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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

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. Your message is mostly drowned out by tons of noise from competitors.

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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. . Your message is mostly drowned out by tons of noise from competitors.

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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. Increase In Digital Advertisement Spending. Prioritize Buyer Enablement. ABM isn’t a tactic or a trend.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If one of your goals in 2021 is to grow your online sales, you’re not alone. Use the hard data to come up with a buyer persona that informs your marketing strategy going forward. Content marketing generates more than 3x the leads as advertising and costs 62% less. , and businesses were no exception. Never fear. Informational.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Marketing leaders must prove their contribution to Sales Revenue. Advertising and tradeshows are not enough. Making matters worse, the sales team steps up their complaints about marketing’s contribution & effectiveness. The downside to outsourcing is lack of buyer knowledge. The pressure is on.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 21, 2013

Generating New Sales Leads – Move leads through early stages of buyer’s journey, nurturing them until sales-ready. Educating Buyers – Commercial Insight that educates buyers on issues your firm is uniquely positioned to solve. STEP 2 - PICK THE TARGET BUYER PERSONA. PPC advertising. For example….

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

B2B social selling is an important and viable channel for B2B marketers and sales professionals. In today’s post we’re diving into what social selling is, why it’s important to B2B sellers, and how to use it in your sales strategies. It’s not advertising. Nobody likes advertising, and people look for ways to avoid it.

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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 end result for B2B Marketing leaders is higher quality leads for the sales force.

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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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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

No need to go to the gutter right away, there is a lot to be said for words in sales before we have to go blue. As long as companies fill their sales people’s heads with more “Product Knowledge” than business skills, the challenge will persist. Vendors overemphasize selection criteria that aren’t important to buyers.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

As a Sales & Marketing Leader, you are responsible for driving lead generation. To be effective, carefully consider how you drive social media through the sales field. To be effective, carefully consider how you drive social media through the sales field. Buyers have become even more evasive. What does your buyer do?

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2017

Account-based sales reps know better than to treat people that way in real life, so why treat people that way on social media? And considering account-based sales is all about relationships, perhaps a different approach is in order. In the “Mad Men” days, the people with the biggest advertising budgets sold the most product.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 13, 2025

ZoomInfo equips marketing teams with data-backed insights that make it easier to refine messaging, target the right buyers, and scale impact through AI-driven automation. To put these plans into action, Smartsheet needed a way to better segment its audience and target high-intent prospects while ensuring marketing and sales alignment.

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 19, 2022

In between that I took a total detour for three months where all I did was paint and restore second hand furniture (and loved it – was even approached by the paint company to advertise their paint! Ask us how to STAND OUT and mitigate a buyers perceived risk in saying YES! Ahhh… thanks, but no thanks!).

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Pipeliner

MARCH 24, 2025

He notes that successful e-commerce businesses often have a dedicated community that nurtures relationships and drives sales. Matthew highlights the impact of recent economic challenges, including inflation and rising advertising costs, making it more difficult for brands to capture consumer attention. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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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? Buyer personas. Sound good? Share industry scoops.

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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

JULY 16, 2018

Seasoned B2B marketers know a well-executed webinar is a goldmine for sales leads. Just consider these webinar lead generation statistics: 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say a webinar is the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ). 79% of buyers say they will share information in exchange for webinars ( source ).

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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. SALES: They weren’t a good fit anyway. 7-quick-wins-sales-marketing-alignment. Sales and marketing have always relied on each other.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

We believe this recognition validates the hard work our team has put into rapidly expanding the capabilities of ZoomInfo Marketing, delivering a solution that meets our customers’ high standards: Trusted Brand: ZoomInfo’s data foundation and long track record with sales leaders means your entire team can go to market with confidence.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 17, 2025

They might understand the need to advertise. But the Valpak research reveals that business owners fear the cost of advertising will outweigh the benefits. If they do advertise, they arent sure of how to measure performance. Other big advertisers in the second quarter include nail salons, motor speedways and farm supply stores.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Lead generation is the practice of capturing interest from potential buyers to purchase your product or service. Lead generation is the process of advertising, optimizing brand reach, engaging with nurture campaigns, and maximizing digital channels. Why is Lead Generation Important for SMBs?

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

These predictions from B2B sales and marketing experts may impact decisions you make as 2019 comes to a close and 2020 looms. Programmatic advertising. Programmatic advertising essentially automates the bidding process using analytics data, as opposed to using traditional ad buying methods to purchase ad spots. Video marketing.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. Conduct Qualitative Sales Research. When a buyer has a pain point, they typically do some preliminary research on how they can fix it.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2019

In decades past, the world of marketing was dominated by print advertisements in newspapers and magazines. Consider these statistics ( source ): 71% of B2B buyers who see personal value will purchase a product. Use humor: Don’t underestimate the power of a good joke in an email, advertisement or any other marketing initiative.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Adding a sales blog to your shared content has many benefits. 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. Buyers want to work with vendors that they like and respect.

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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In fact, there’s still a big place in the market for traditional advertising. New research shows that 84% of vehicle buyers are heavily influenced by the dealership experience. In new findings by ChangeUp , younger buyers were far more likely than older buyers to rely on dealership assistance. They will spend $12.5

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