Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. We surveyed nearly 250 marketers , and while 59% of respondents said they either were not adjusting their budgets or weren’t making significant changes, almost 40% said they were cutting back on marketing spend in anticipation of a recession. You get it.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

Imagine showing your advertisement to a stadium of 50,000 people. If you were a marketer 20 years ago, you would have given anything for this scenario. In 2022, digital marketers are segmenting audiences and focusing on quality over quantity. For marketers, that’s essentially six days too late.” But times have changed.

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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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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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SalesFuel

MAY 17, 2024

86% of marketers say that video game advertising is of growing importance to their brand, according to an IAB report. Here’s what your client needs to know about the importance of incorporating video game ads to their digital marketing solutions. It’s so important that spending reached $7.53 billion by 2027.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Yet third-party product reviews often fail to be considered a top marketing priority. Let’s explore the reasons why product reviews should be part of your go-to-market strategy for 2021 and beyond. Over time, advertising has become flashier and exaggerated. More Trusted Than Advertising.

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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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Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2014

Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. And even with concerns over social metrics, the rise of content marketing has rushed in to boost social’s street cred. Some of it is direct marketing, such as email, display, and PPC search. And YouTube in 10th place?

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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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Nutshell

APRIL 26, 2023

What is a CRM system in marketing? But with the right Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you can optimize your marketing to suit the unique needs of every customer, just like you might in a small independent business. What is a CRM system in marketing? What are some CRM marketing examples? What is CRM?

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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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Nutshell

JUNE 5, 2024

With so many people on their phones, it’s no wonder SMS marketing is surging in popularity: According to Statista, worldwide spending on SMS advertising is expected to reach $870 million by 2029. But is SMS marketing worth it for your business? Learn the benefits and best practices for engaging in SMS marketing in this guide.

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Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in numerous digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. Enter: Marketing attribution. We explain the basics of marketing attribution and explore several popular marketing attribution models.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 23, 2023

But that’s only the beginning of how we help businesses go to market. We recently launched a new brand campaign to increase awareness of our broader go-to-market capabilities, which help sales, marketing, and operations teams find, acquire, and grow customers through a unified platform.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. Census Small Business Pulse Survey estimates that less than 20% of businesses have enough cash reserves to cover three months of operations. A SalesHacker survey of a variety of sales professionals highlights the depth of the issue. in the next year.

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SalesFuel

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Brand Lift Studies Marketers spend huge sums to produce entertaining and attention-getting ads. For many years, advertisers have obsessed about the viewability of their digital ads and wanting to be “above the fold.” These studies measure, “how marketing efforts influence consumer perceptions and behaviors towards a brand.”

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 1, 2018

And what are the existing and emerging technologies that marketing teams will be spending more on in 2018? Whether you sell into the Marketing Department or you are marketer, check out our predictions for marketing spend in 2018, based on trends from year-over-year survey results.

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Trends Advertising Advertising Survey 184

Connext Digital

MAY 21, 2024

This is why turning your single channel campaign into a multi-channel one can really benefit your marketing strategy. Understand the Benefits of Multi-Channel Marketing It’s essential to grasp why multi-channel marketing is so beneficial. Email Marketing: A powerful tool for personalized communication and nurturing leads.

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Zoominfo

MAY 18, 2023

That’s because smart recruiters have learned to apply marketing principles to their talent acquisition process, helping them fill and nurture robust talent pipelines they can hire from at a moment’s notice. Here are the key components your talent team should have in place to make recruitment marketing work for them.

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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. In order to be nimble, marketers must react to news and events in real time. Context matters, but content is king.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Advertising, blogging, and content are just the beginning of the marketing ABC’s. In this guide, we’ll cover every marketing tactic your business should be using, from general to specific, from old-school to cutting-edge. If we’ve left out any of your go-to marketing moves, shoot us a tweet @nutshell.

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Act!

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Did you know that 59 percent of marketers believe artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize the marketing industry ? Generative AI tools like ChatGPT , Bard, Gemini, MidJourney, and many others have transformed how marketers think and approach their decision-making and work. Let’s discuss a few real-world examples.

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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. Companies will cut back on MarTech spend and focus on what actually works, says Adam Smartschan, vice president of innovation and strategy at Altitude Marketing. Think about search engine marketing.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

B2B social selling is an important and viable channel for B2B marketers and sales professionals. Learn more about creating effective content – 10 Ways to Improve the Content Marketing You’re Creating. It’s not advertising. Nobody likes advertising, and people look for ways to avoid it.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A 2024 HubSpot Blog Survey of 422 B2B professionals in the U.S. who make purchasing decisions for their teams (hereafter the 2024 B2B Buyer survey) found that half of them find the B2B buying experience outdated. The profile of your buyers will vary depending on your industry, but the 2024 B2B Buyer survey identifies a few key points.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s no secret, data has revolutionized marketing. Where marketers once relied on instinct, they now rely on insights gleaned from careful data analysis. Here on the ZoomInfo blog, we’ve laid out the benefits of data-driven marketing time and time again. Right-brained marketers create exceptional, unique content.

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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. Aligning Sales and Marketing. Email Automation Tools.

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Act!

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In a recent survey by Statista, 86 percent of respondents reported using Facebook for marketing. That makes it the most popular social media platform for marketing—ahead of even Instagram and TikTok. This information helps you fine-tune your advertising strategy and calculate your return on investment.

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BuzzBoard

MAY 8, 2023

Analysys Mason ) We reviewed some of the most prospering and desirable SMB tech verticals that are currently leading the market. Going by Analysys Mason predictions, cyber security will have a “ double-digit growth ” this year while other sources project a USD266 billion market size as per revenue by the end of 2027! reaching USD1.03

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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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Pipeliner

JANUARY 3, 2023

Regardless of what products or services are provided by a company, every business owner needs to know what effective marketing strategy they can utilize to promote their brand. Unfortunately, not many people in the business field know what to do to promote and market their business. How Important is Marketing Strategy for Business?

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Increase Sales

JULY 1, 2017

Sales and marketing research can be interesting and provide some insight as what not to do. The CMO Council and Dow Jones surveyed over 2,000 consumers from North America and the United Kingdom which revealed the importance of feelings in sales and marketing messages. Stupid or irritating TV commercials/videos.

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Pipeliner

MAY 18, 2021

In this Expert Insight Interview, Tyler Elliston discusses marketing to find your product/market fit vs growth. Tyler Elliston is a growth advisor as well as the founder and marketing strategist at Right Side Up, a collective of premium marketing talent. How to market for product/market fit.

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Marketing Video Advertising Advertising 52

Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2022

Inside the ZoomInfo platform, we carefully curate actionable insights sourced through web crawlers, automated surveys, and our in-house research team. Square has entered into an agreement to acquire GoParrot, a digital ordering and marketing platform for restaurants. The integration makes e-commerce more accessible and shareable.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Coupled with the inherent speed of GenAI, you have the very real possibility that even small errors could quickly spread throughout a go-to-market motion, leading your team in wildly wrong directions. The same surveys show that 55% of corporate leaders distrust their own data assets.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Selling your product to the wrong market segment can often feel like barking up the wrong tree, or more specifically, barking up tens of thousands of wrong trees. This must mean that if we market to one million people, 500,000 will buy.”. Skip ahead: What is market segmentation? The 4 most common types of market segmentation.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That’s the idea behind inbound marketing—an essential marketing strategy for today’s businesses. In this guide, we cover everything you need to get started with inbound marketing. Table of Contents What is inbound marketing? Table of Contents What is inbound marketing? How does inbound marketing work?

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