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. Let’s get into it!

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Advertising Advertising Survey Scale 188

SalesFuel

APRIL 4, 2025

New advertisement spending forecasting for 2025 indicates a likely pullback by marketers. 2025 Outlook New advertisement spending forecasting for 2025 was issued by major industry watchers last week. Brian Wieser, Madison & Wall , cautioned that media companies will face increased pressure this year. billion to $10.13

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Advertising Advertising Forecasting Account 59

SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2012

I hear from sales and marketing leaders on a regular basis that they need more leads. The most common marketing efforts to drive leads include paid search, SEO, social media, outbound email, teleprospecting and trade shows. In other words, content marketing is communicating with your customers and prospects without selling.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 306

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. Small Businesses Face the Biggest Challenges. Many companies will need to make drastic changes to overcome the challenges they face. Many companies will need to make drastic changes to overcome the challenges they face. During the period of Feb.

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

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Marketing Advertising Advertising Face-to-face 202

SalesFuel

MARCH 12, 2025

They were facing the challenge of expanding their business by building another location in the neighboring town. This expansion is a significant step for them, especially since they have never done any advertising before. Their deep roots in the area and commitment to quality have earned them a loyal customer base.

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Advertising Advertising Campaigns Retail 59

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

One area CEOs can focus on during this period of change is the sales and marketing functions. Modernizing Sales and Marketing during an Industry Shift. The challenge many B2B sales and marketers face, however, is how to transition the legacy team to the new industry. Enter the Talent Assessment. Want to see an example?

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Lead Rank Industry Lead Scoring Scale 288

Zoominfo

MARCH 17, 2021

To better understand what companies are spending money on, ZoomInfo surveyed over 400 CEOs, IT professionals, and marketers to understand patterns of near-term investment and cost cutting. Meanwhile,marketing departments find themselves challenged by how to effectively track ROI and generate more leads. Source: ZoomInfo.

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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. The businesses face numerous key challenges in the coming year.

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Paid Content Outsourcing Services Marketing Social Media 59

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Account-based marketing (ABM) is time-consuming; getting it right takes hard work, consolidation of resources and alignment on the part of both sales and marketing. One of the biggest challenges organizations continue to face with ABM is not having the right, easily accessible data at their disposal to scale ABM campaigns.

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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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B2B Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 217

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 5, 2018

Author: SAM MELNICK VP OF MARKETING, ALLOCADIA At Allocadia, we’re keen on asking the following question: Where will you focus your time in 2018?—?running running marketing, or doing marketing? Doing marketing” refers to the execution of marketing. Doing marketing” refers to the execution of marketing.

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Enterprise Enterprise Marketing Microsoft 214

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Author: Brandon Brown Today, most marketers and salespeople agree that we need to build relationships with our customers. But many of those same marketers and salespeople are implementing old-school marketing tactics that bombard consumers with unwanted ads and clickbait. Two words: influencer marketing.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 22, 2012

The Marketing Executive Gets It. In comparison, when faced with the same challenges, marketers will bring in an outside advertising agency. You’ll ask, isn’t this the responsibility of the marketing executive? Why do marketing executives allow their product managers to work with outside marketing experts?

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Hiring Coaching Comparison Face-to-face 292

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2024

Let’s face it: programmatic advertising is hard. Without the right data, tech stack, or process in place, B2B marketers run the risk of wasting their time and money on subpar results. How B2B DSPs Empower Marketing Teams A B2B DSP overcomes these limitations with features and functionality for the B2B buying journey.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

He notes that while buyers once faced “paralysis by analysis” due to a lack of information, they are now overwhelmed with too much information. 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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Video Strategy Top of Funnel Direct Mail 116

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 capturing.

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Advertising Advertising CRM Ideal Customer Profile 119

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 12, 2018

Learning from those that have been there before can bring a great deal of insight into what to expect and how to tackle some of the main challenges that startups face. Marketing is a strategy that makes or breaks a business. They may have seen an advertisement about the product which peaks their interest. Give Freebies.

Marketing 180

Marketing Social Media Penetration Advertising 180

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker. There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

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. Businesses have started to adopt data-driven strategies to inform their marketing initiatives.

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Marketing Social Media B2B Analysis 187

SalesFuel

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The marketing team in every organization faces a familiar tug of war. Should they adjust their brand message in favor of performance marketing? Brand vs. Performance Marketing Your clients have many ways to spend their marketing budgets. But marketers aren't on board with that message.

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Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Travel Campaigns 64

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. 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.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Last week at Content Marketing World, the Chief Marketing Officer of IBM was asked; What’s the top skill that marketing organizations need to master to be successful? Today's marketing is driven off the written word. In a content driven world, if your marketing team cannot write well, you will not be successful.

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Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Lead Scoring 306

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. 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.

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SocialSellinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Marketing is a tricky game. From an advertising perspective, you're missing out if you don't spend some time on social media platforms looking for potential leads and getting that much closer to the people who matter most-your customers. Facebook marketing for Real Estate Business is a lot like traditional marketing.

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Real Estate Facebook Ideal Customer Profile Marketing 145

SalesFuel

MARCH 17, 2025

A new Valpak study, done with PureSpectrum, uncovers the challenges these accounts are facing. They might understand the need to advertise. But the Valpak research reveals that business owners fear the cost of advertising will outweigh the benefits. These SMB owners dont have time to study the market and their competitors.

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Direct Mail Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 59

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. What are the Benefits of Email Automation? Basic Steps.

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing How To 262

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

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 130

Marketing Advertising Advertising Face-to-face 130

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 5, 2019

Most people who opt for remote working face the challenge of lack of organization. Remote working leads to loss of face-to-face interaction, which is necessary during activities that are more collaborative in nature. What to do: Organize face-to-face meeting at least once per year. Increased employee retention.

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Face-to-face Small Business Small Business Salary 184

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Despite the economic damage this crisis has caused, it has also created opportunities, especially for marketers. of purpose-driven advertising over time. of purpose-driven advertising over time. Of course, brand messaging isn’t the only change that has come as a result of the pandemic.

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Marketing Trends Government Face-to-face 166

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 23, 2019

The average marketing department spends a LOT of money on trade shows and events – to the tune of 32% ?f Even so, trade-show events are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation.

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Trade Show Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 227

Zoominfo

JUNE 17, 2018

In the marketing world, brand storytelling refers to campaigns that use creative narratives to showcase a brand or product. Brand storytelling is a staple of B2C content marketing, but it’s less common in the B2B world. Google Adwords is a web advertising service that most B2B marketers are already familiar with.

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Examples B2B Microsoft Telecommunications 237

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2018

Sales and marketing event season just ended. Account-Based Marketing orchestration – sure, that sounds great,” you may think. But I’m doing the job of demand generation, AND customer marketing, AND product marketing, AND the sales development team … with a bare minimum of tools to make that all happen!”. “But

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Pipeline Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 270

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling prospective customers is vital to ensuring that a marketing campaign is targeting the right people with the right message. With better profiles, demand generation teams can craft stronger advertising campaigns. Marketers can attract and retain prospective customers more effectively.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 130

MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Firstly, it lays out exactly how you plan to get your products and services in front of your customers.This gives you a completely clear approach on how to market your products and business successfully. Determine What Barriers May Be Placed On Your Journey To Market And When Your Team Are Aiming For Sales. Will price be an issue?

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Strategy How To Face-to-face Transportation 169

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Event marketers have always been at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, as they strive to grab and keep attendee interest long after each event is over. For a deeper look at AI, check out the following blog post: Artificial Intelligence and Marketing. If you’re not familiar with AI, it can be difficult to know where to begin.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring How To Face-to-face 196

SalesFuel

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

SalesFuel® , renowned for its comprehensive market research and sales intelligence solutions, today announces the launch of its exclusive B2B BuyerSCAN. B2B BuyerSCAN delivers in-depth intelligence on various aspects of the B2B buying process: • C‑suite worries and concerns: Uncover the top priorities and challenges facing today’s executives.

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B2B Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Advertising 111