Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

In 2017, email marketing turned half a century old. Yet, B2B marketing professionals continue to rank the channel high on their list of preferred marketing tactics. Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 28, 2020

Going over email metrics in the morning, analyzing what didn’t work mid-day, testing new templates and list cleaning in the afternoon — the life of an email marketer is a busy one. For every dollar you spend on email marketing, you can expect an average return of $42 , it is also the third most popular distribution channel.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

This is the value of marketing account intelligence software. By leveraging the power of data and advanced analytics, marketers are able to develop targeted lists of accounts that perfectly align with their ideal customer profiles.

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Zoominfo

JULY 11, 2018

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers– Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. The Importance of Content Marketing. B2B Content Marketing Strategy.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. Finding the best prospects goes beyond surface-level details like company name and phone number. What is Market Intelligence? That’s where market intelligence comes in.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. But with hundreds of sales intelligence tools on the market, which ones are right for your teams? With D&B Hoovers, customers can use its data for more efficient prospecting.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2021

If only you could clone the best customers produced from your account-based marketing campaigns… Well, you basically can, using a well-known and effective trick in the B2C toolbox that B2B types should be eager to adopt: lookalike audience targeting. Along with targeted ads , B2C marketers utilize Facebook for lookalike modeling.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

But for business, AI is having an early transformative effect on sales and marketing by helping people make better decisions and serve customers more effectively. Sophisticated data analytics can spot hidden behaviors, triggers and patterns that salespeople can’t perceive on their own. It helps supply chains run more efficiently.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both. Let’s break that down. How to spot buying signals.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sales team success often hinges on the quantity and quality of leads routed from marketing campaigns and organic channels. Integration : Most lead capture tools seamlessly integrate with CRM systems and other marketing automation platforms, creating a cohesive ecosystem for lead management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Information like this will tell you a lot about how to streamline your sales and marketing efforts as well as which companies have the greatest likelihood to buy. . Marketing technology guru Scott Brinker has been tracking and documenting the growth of the marketing technology landscape for almost a decade.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Personalization, precision and performance are the keys to modern B2B marketing. And account-based marketing software is what helps your team nail all three with perfection. Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. Enhanced Pipeline Management : These tools provide real-time insights and predictive analytics, helping sales teams prioritize leads and optimize their sales pipeline.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2020

This week we have a We The North edition of The Scrum, we welcome Darryl Praill, Chief Marketing Officer at VanillaSoft. To what extent do CRMs and Marketing Automation tools help in achieving the results? Darryl will guide us through a tour of the “fundamental pillars” of running Inside Sales and Engagement practices!

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Chorus leverages next generation natural language processing and voice analytics to give clients a full picture of every digital interaction. Marketing teams. Sales teams.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

“Lead Scoring” systems seem to work, according to a study by The Aberdeen Group, which found that a well-configured lead scoring tool could increase lead-to-prospect conversion rates by up to 19%. So why can’t we apply these lead scoring concepts and techniques to opportunities and increase our prospect-to-customer conversion rates?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the key promises of generative AI for business is the ability to eliminate time-consuming, manual research and prospecting tasks for frontline go-to-market professionals. This indicates upcoming investments in software development, data science, and marketing — along with competitive intelligence for competing providers.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sales acceleration platforms provide a powerful solution, helping businesses optimize workflows, engage prospects, and convert leads more efficiently. These tools are now essential for companies looking to maintain a competitive edge in a demanding market. Advanced Search Functionality : Pinpoint prospects with precision.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The upsides of account-based marketing are no mystery to anyone running a B2B go-to-market team. However, the gap between developing an account-based marketing strategy and actually aligning teams to win over their target accounts isn’t always easy to bridge. This is where sales and marketing alignment can make a difference.

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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. Inbound lead generation is a part of inbound marketing. Sounds great, right?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Salesforce AppExchange is a marketplace that makes it easy for busy IT and go-to-market professionals to find and leverage cloud computing and software solutions that work with Salesforce s industry-leading CRM tools and services. With ZoomInfo, exporting enriched data into Salesforce is quick and easy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For B2B sales and marketing teams, having a 360-degree view of customers and prospects is key. Industry classification remains a foundational component to achieving ABM (account-based marketing) success. 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. 4251 Wholesale Electronic Markets & Agents & Brokers.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

Think about this way, if you don’t make prospecting a daily habit and only focus on the deals at hand, how will you meet your goals next month or the month after that? If prospecting becomes part of your day-to-day routine, each call becomes less stressful and the stakes are lowered. Look into prospecting tools. Hire new talent.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Especially if you’ve just been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer. Extending far beyond traditional marketing tactics, today’s CMO shoulders vast and complex responsibilities that now span technology, analytics, revenue and—above all—measurable impact. Don’t forget to show the ROI of your marketing team. This will 1.)

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

At the onset of COVID-19, single cloud platforms that allowed the integration of CRM solutions and effective analytics offered a light of hope for sales and service representatives that realized customer success depended on how they serviced them rather than just relying on siloed solutions. Adapting and Shifting with New Processes.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 3, 2019

The Value of Predictive Analytics. Predictive analytics, captured through an onboarding assessment, have been proven to increase productivity, reduce turnover, and ensure ROI on the cost of the hire. That’s why, from an organizational standpoint, it’s critical to match the right skill set to the task at hand.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Just as sports teams use playbooks to map out potential in-game scenarios, the best go-to-market (GTM) teams rely on playbooks to map out their revenue-generating strategy across sales and marketing. Plenty of companies have sales and marketing plays, but not all plays are created equal. What is a Play?

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

5. Know your prospects. Find the problem, discover solution, present why solution is best for prospect. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. 6. Know your competition. Solve their problems. Know your company story. Build rapport. Understand the buyers needs and KPIs. Networking. Storytelling.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s what it will mean for go-to-market teams. One of the best go-to-market use-cases of AI is predictive analytics,” Greene says. However, in order for predictive analytics systems to make accurate, reliable recommendations, it’s vital those systems are working with the very best data possible. “Do Greene says. “If

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Working at a digital marketing agency, you might hear this often from your small business prospects… “I’m doing everything in my power to extend my online reach but still not garnering enough response from our digital ads.” You know what makes your prospect tick online.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales forecasts are critical for guiding business decisions such as go-to-market strategies, hiring, and budget planning. The sales projections allow you to manage market change effects. Revisit and adjust the forecast as markets change. Step 1: Align your sales and marketing teams. Optimize for maximum wins.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Author: Michael Nørregaard When prospects are evaluating your company, they’re looking to ultimately maximize their return on investment. You can have the best and most user-friendly offering on the market. So work with your marketing departments to create compelling customer testimonials. Analytics are your friends.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. BDR achievement has remained steady.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Two colleagues complained they were so involved in their work, they didn’t have time to prospect. One guy even said he was thinking of cold calling (shudder) and doing more marketing. People are so focused on their projects, and they don’t make time to prospect. Why didn’t he think to ask for referrals? Yes, you must make time.

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