DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 1, 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. This wealth of data comes from DiscoverOrg’s own primary research based on surveys conducted with mid- to high-level professionals in the Marketing Department.

Trends 184

Trends Advertising Advertising Survey 184

Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

Imagine showing your advertisement to a stadium of 50,000 people. You’re better off getting your advertisement in front of 100 people in a single row of that stadium—as long as they’re good-fit prospects. If you were a marketer twenty years ago, you would have given anything for this scenario. But times have changed.

Segment 246

Segment Lead Rank Trends Marketing Qualified Lead 246

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

Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2014

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness.

Social Media 223

Social Media Media B2B Decision Maker 223

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? When you receive referral introductions from people your prospects know and trust, they (and their gatekeepers) will happily take your call. Think again. You’re not fooling anybody. Get the List That Counts The Web 2.0 Cold or hot?

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Gatekeeper Cold Calling Telemarketing Referrals 303

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

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.

Direct Mail 59

Direct Mail Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 59

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? They are a component of campaigns where individual readers (who could be possible prospects) are sent crafted messages after they set off a configured trigger. ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust.

Prospecting 130

Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 130

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

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2018

Prospects who trust your brand are much more likely to develop a lasting relationship with your company and products. 92% of consumers trust word of mouth more than any type of advertising. Research shows UGC converts prospects to customers at a higher rate than marketing content created by a brand.

Social Media 221

Social Media Survey Media Channels 221

Zoominfo

JULY 16, 2018

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. Many prospects will appreciate the convenience of webinar information in a downloadable PDF.

Lead Rank 209

Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 209

SalesFuel

JANUARY 16, 2025

PR is valued for its content Advertising is purchased, while PR is earned due to the value of its content. Quoting a 2024 TrustRadius Survey , Moss found that mindshare and credibility are critical for earning serious consideration and winning sales. In the end, the survey found, buyers go with their first choice 71% of the time.

B2B 59

B2B Hiring Journal Survey 59

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Your content’s topic, product tie-ins, and format should be geared towards meeting prospective customers’ needs where they are in the purchase process. A good way to go about this is to survey your customers. And in order to get the most survey responses, incentivize the process. You don’t have to break the bank. Social Media.

Strategy 191

Strategy Social Media Top of Funnel Survey 191

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2018

If we had more money, we’d purchase $30,000+ in advertisements or sponsorships. Here's how we did it: Step 1: Find prospects who are mentioned in the news. Other websites we’ve gotten new customers from are TEDmed.com, Ad Week, and Advertising Age. Check out our patient advertising and brand campaigns here.

Hubspot 145

Hubspot Advertising Advertising Survey 145

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Product reviews provide an effective way for prospective customers to understand real experiences with products and/or services. Over time, advertising has become flashier and exaggerated. More Trusted Than Advertising. According to our recent survey , marketers note a significant decrease in traffic and leads due to COVID-19.

Scale 177

Scale Strategy Top of Funnel Marketing 177

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. As I survey some of the forces flowing through our economy, and witness the way in which they impact my clients, I have to agree. Maybe a media representative suggests a new advertisement. So, “pop” off they go with new advertising.

Small Business 166

Small Business Small Business Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 166

Zoominfo

JULY 17, 2018

This format allows companies to engage with prospects and customers and receive feedback in real-time. For example – let’s say you spend a large portion of your advertising budget on paid search ads. Send all attendees a survey that asks a variety of questions regarding the webinar. Attendee feedback.

Paid Content 255

Paid Content Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Promotion 255

Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Discover his three tactics that will have prospects running to your inbox. Meet AJ Wilcox AJ Wilcox is a seasoned expert in LinkedIn advertising. Initially an SEO and Google Ads specialist, AJ transitioned into LinkedIn advertising while working for a SaaS company. Try it for yourself at hubspot.com/sales.

Account Based Marketing 40

Account Based Marketing LinkedIn Strategy Hubspot 40

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Although each prospect is unique, your target audience will have some traits in common, based on industry, location, company size, etc. Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales. Survey your best customers. 5 Steps to the Customer Profiling Process.

Ideal Customer Profile 162

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 162

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 8, 2019

A Harvard Business School alumni survey found that 37 percent of Millennial women (42 percent of those married) and 13 percent of Millennial men expect such career pauses. The prospect trusts them, and that trust is transferred to you. There’s an even bigger problem for women in tech sales. The same is true when someone refers you.

Hiring 247

Hiring Referrals Networking Conference 247

SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

According to the Local Advertising Sellers Index report, sellers in the western U.S. The tool automatically generates presentations for prospects. The survey data reveals which media formats resonate with specified target audiences. And you should be able to discuss these topics credibly with prospects.

Face-to-face 59

Face-to-face Media Industry Hiring 59

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 10, 2019

After all, the B2B buyer’s journey has become increasingly complex, as each prospect engages with a number of digital touchpoints on their path to becoming a customer. They recognize every channel and piece of marketing content a prospect interacts with. . Multi-touch attribution models are much more realistic.

Trends 160

Trends B2B Marketing Channels 160

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The same surveys show that 55% of corporate leaders distrust their own data assets. Good, Better, Best: Writing a GenAI Prospecting Email Modern GTM teams have figured out how to get in touch with the right people, at the right time, at scale. Write a follow-up prospecting email. just downloaded a ZoomInfo platform datasheet.

Data 147

Data Scale Lead Rank Hiring 147

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Your pre-event content and advertising builds hype for your event, attracts new audiences, and ultimately generates event registrations. The latest and greatest in technology use AI and machine learning to analyze prospect data and tailor campaigns to each person you contact. Here’s how: 1. Personalize event promotion with AI.

Lead Rank 196

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

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 11, 2017

Not long ago, large enterprises—with deeply entrenched incumbent business relationships, rolodexes, and enormous advertising budgets—wined, dined, and golfed with their customers more than any small business could ever afford or imagine. Launching and growing a business has never been easy, but it used to be a lot harder.

Data 154

Data Scale Oracle Ideal Customer Profile 154

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Now, imagine two prospects working for different organizations. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.” Each prospect visits your company’s website. Neither prospect converts. How to Retarget Your Audience with Digital Advertising.

Ideal Customer Profile 147

Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 147

Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

Imagine showing your advertisement to a stadium of 50,000 people. You’re better off getting your advertisement in front of 100 people in a single row of that stadium—as long as they’re good-fit prospects. If you were a marketer 20 years ago, you would have given anything for this scenario. But times have changed.

Segment 130

Segment Lead Rank Trends Marketing Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

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. All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. You get it.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Advertising Advertising 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

When a company’s marketing is inconsistent, their prospects and customers quickly become confused. Therefore, a well-organized marketing content calendar is necessary to prevent prospect and customer confusion. Maintaining a well-organized content calendar will allow you to manage and run these advertising efforts with minimal effort.

Top of Funnel 189

Top of Funnel B2B Buyer Persona How To 189

Zoominfo

JULY 9, 2019

Because customer-created content is an effective way to convince an audience of a product’s value and thus, convert more prospects into paying customers. The Harvard Business Review recently conducted a study and among the retail enterprises they surveyed, only 5% qualified as data-driven organizations ( source ).

B2B 180

B2B Retail Segment Scale 180

Zoominfo

AUGUST 23, 2023

To do this right, we knew that we needed a deep understanding of our prospects and customers. We conducted a survey of roughly 500 B2B sales and marketing leaders and asked them about their thoughts, feelings, and emotions experienced before and during the GTM purchasing process.

Campaigns 130

Campaigns Collateral B2C Intent Signal 130

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. Example: A prospect sees a paid Facebook advertisement for a recent blog post about essential tools for modern sales reps.

Paid Content 130

Paid Content B2B Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A PR Week survey reported that 39% of marketers do not feel confident about choosing the right influencers to work with. All advertising and marketing seeks to move people emotionally. As such, product seeding is one of the most effective ways to get prospective influencers to understand your product, brand and values.

Influencer 194

Influencer Marketing How To Face-to-face 194

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Now, imagine two prospects working for different organizations. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.” Each prospect visits your company’s website. Neither prospect converts. One business is an ideal fit. Not so much.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 130

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Magnet marketing is the use of peer-centric best practices studies to engage buyers in moderated prospect meetings. Conde Nast leveraged this program to reach its top 100 prospects. GTMP conducted the formal interview, and the Conde Nast team had 15 minutes of direct interaction and discovery with each prospect. Benchmarking.

Referrals 123

Referrals Lead Rank Lead Scoring Vendor 123

Vengreso

JANUARY 3, 2025

Additionally, tools like FlyPosts AI for social posting and thought leadership, along with Fly Engage AI for social engagement and faster networking, are revolutionizing how sales reps interact with prospects, making it easier to build meaningful relationships and enhance their online reputation.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Social Selling Funnel Social Media 52

LeadFuze

OCTOBER 1, 2021

What Does Prospecting Mean? Sales prospecting techniques are important matters in sales but before we dive directly into them, let’s get to know what prospecting means first. Historically, prospecting refers to the hunt for resources such as gold. 25 Prospecting Techniques In Sales . Likewise, for prospecting.

Prospecting 95

Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 95