Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. That won’t change. Keep reading.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Assertive businesses have taken the lead and have handled the crisis with resilience. Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. 57% of professionals surveyed are generating fewer leads, with an average decrease of 20%. Roughly half of the respondents are experiencing a 60% drop in leads.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

And for a small to medium-sized business (SMB) to maintain that success, they need to focus attention on growth strategies, including lead generation. Lead generation is the practice of capturing interest from potential buyers to purchase your product or service. Why is Lead Generation Important for SMBs?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Given its rising popularity, podcasting is now an avenue marketers can explore to publish more branded content and reach new audiences. But, it’s also a great resource for marketers who simply want to learn new tips and strategies or find a bit of motivation for their day-to-day efforts. 1. This Old Marketing Podcast.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

Imagine showing your advertisement to a stadium of 50,000 people. If you were a marketer twenty years ago, you would have given anything for this scenario. In 2021, digital marketers are segmenting audiences and focusing on quality over quantity. For marketers, that’s essentially six days too late.”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

Author: Robert Jordan Demand generation, unlike traditional marketing strategies, refers to a data-driven marketing approach that aims to create awareness or interest for your company’s service or product first before selling them. Demand generation enables you to make smart marketing decisions for your company.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This strategy encompasses shopper marketing tools such as trade promotions and co-op advertising programs. The Value of Retail Media The increasing investment in retail media programs leads some analysts to predict an annual commitment exceeding $50 billion before long. Analysts point out thats a significant jump from last year.

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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

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 ). 44% of marketers have hosted or participated in a webinar.

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SocialSellinator

APRIL 18, 2024

Explore the power of content marketing advertising to boost visibility and leads. Learn the strategies and benefits today!

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 2, 2021

Marketing Executive Gets It. In comparison, when faced with the same challenges, marketers will bring in an outside advertising agency. They will insist that their marketers join marketing associations to network and gain insights. You’ll ask, isn’t this the responsibility of the marketing executive?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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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. You guys take forever to follow-up on our leads – and you wonder why they don’t convert? Agreement on what a “qualified lead” is.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Marketing mistakes are costly. 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.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

For quality leads — that are more effective in the long-term — inbound marketing undoubtedly provides better sources for lead generation than outbound. Well, for starters, inbound prospects, by definition, choose themselves as leads. What is Inbound Lead Generation? Inbound vs. Outbound Lead Generation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Author: Adam Ortman Each year, it seems like the list of marketing conferences grows exponentially, which isn’t a bad thing. At conferences, you can learn about best practices, the latest technologies, and upcoming tools in the marketing world. Microsoft Advertising Partner Summit. Google Marketing Live. SMX Advanced.

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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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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. Target them!

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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. In fact, studies show it takes an average of 6 to 8 touchpoints to simply generate a lead ( source ). Enter: Marketing attribution.

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2019

Author: Lonny Kocina A well-executed marketing plan is like a GPS. Done right, your marketing should result in more leads, higher sales and a stronger brand. Thankfully marketing your business can be simple, if you have a system in place that everyone on your team wants to use because it makes their jobs less stressful.

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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. Explore YouTube advertising. We say yes! Let’s get into it!

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 15, 2025

Challenge: Helping a company understand the HVAC digital marketing space Devin Burtley, an account executive at KXRM , has been on the job for a little over two years. In that time, he has been able to show how AdMall can assist a local business in understanding the ins and outs of the HVAC digital marketing world.

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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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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

JANUARY 22, 2021

There’s a saying in marketing that goes, “if you’re targeting everyone, you’re targeting no one,” and for the most part, I agree with it. There are a million reasons why personalized content is widely promoted as a sales and marketing best practice, one of them being that it’s more effective than any kind of ‘spray and pray’ method.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 11, 2019

Author: Warren Fowler Sales teams and marketers focus on digital communication so much that they seem to forget the power of offline promotion channels. While online tools are often more convenient and practical than traditional marketing techniques, the fact remains that the latter usually perform better. Let’s take a look!

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. They take an internal focus, instead of recognizing that lead generation—referral lead generation in particular—is their ticket to the C-Suite. (Or So, what do you do?

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Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2020

Putting together a B2B marketing team kind of feels like assembling a superhero group. An essential step towards building this powerful pack is recognizing which areas in your marketing structure currently come up short. to marketing team structure. Marketing team structure by audience segments.

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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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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

More often than not, it leads you to new frontiers. As the person responsible for Innovation at ZoomInfo, a core part of my job is understanding markets where we do not currently offer a solution — but might want to in the future. Recently, I was trying to understand how we could venture into the advertising space.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Even so, they 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. But giving away pricey swag increases the cost per lead. Enterprise, mid-market, or startup/small business? Target them!

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 2, 2024

Marketing budgets plummet, yet marketers are expected to do the same if not more with less. Many marketers are turning to SEM paid search to get results. Between 2023 and 2024, the average marketing budget has decreased from 9.1% Only 24% of CMOs say that their budget is enough to execute their marketing strategies.

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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. These accounts dont hesitate to spend money to generate leads. Website design 67.8%

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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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Nutshell

MAY 18, 2023

A CRM can help you gather, store, organize, and analyze data about your customers, which then helps you improve your sales and marketing efforts. It can also integrate with different tools, including social media and advertising platforms. Table of Contents What is CRM social media and advertising integration?

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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. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.”

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