Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

“Using marketing-sourced pipeline as a KPI oversimplifies the complexity of the B2B buying cycle,” she says. “Looking at account-based marketing metrics, such as target account progression, is a much more aligned approach,” says Mitchell Hanson, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 24, 2014

Gartner research showed that Sales came in last place after Technical and Industry Expert, Service and Support and Senior Executives as ‘the most influential personal interactions across the entire buying cycle’.

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Showpad

MAY 3, 2019

After all, these are the teams interacting with buyers on a daily basis and developing content and experiences to effectively reach them at all stages of the buying cycle. Some demand generation programs are jointed owned and managed. Sales and Marketing Alignment. Stage 4: Guided Selling.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Quantitative content can be established to communicate unique the benefits and value of proposed solutions, and could include: Estimations on derived benefits Configuration and pricing estimates Quick ROI calculations T CO competitive comparisons.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The question any marketer needs to ask - Are your marketing efforts adding to the clutter, or driving a valuable dialogue and as a result, connecting meaningfully with prospects to advance the buying cycle? These three issues are having a measurable impact on marketing.

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InsightSquared

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Organizations with strong communication enjoy increased sales, higher customer retention rates, shorter buying cycles, increased hot leads, and higher sales win rates among many other benefits. Marketing can answer questions like “What demand generated by marketing is sales following up on and ultimately being converted to revenue?”

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In fact, I would argue that all the broad-based demand generation work many companies are doing is the real distraction if their sales model and growth targets focus on a defined universe of accounts. It's not a distraction. It's a marketing strategy dictated by the sales go-to-market model.

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Pointclear

JULY 7, 2015

Lead scoring can definitely play an integral role in increasing the value of marketing programs and demand generation, but it needs to be implemented in a more thoughtful way that reflects the progression of intent to move toward actually buying from you. If not, why not? What can be changed to start aligning those factors?

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Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Filling the funnel, driving pipeline, and acquiring net-new customers will always be the sexy, swashbuckling side of B2B sales—which is why so many sales meetings are overwhelmingly focused on preparing salespeople for success in exactly this stage of the buying cycle. What sales kickoff isn’t about maximizing profitability?

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InsightSquared

APRIL 12, 2018

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This means keeping a pulse on and optimizing the buying cycle, competitive environment and your very solution with your sales process and related activities. This phase focuses on: Aligning the sales process to the buying cycle. They were facing demand generation issues. AXWAY’S DEMAND GENERATION WINS.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It’s especially effective when those target accounts are enterprise companies, which have complex and large buying committees and long buying cycles. But for larger buying cycles and enterprise deals, ABS is an excellent way to hone your sales and marketing efforts and drive intentional wins during market uncertainty.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

From our research of what buyers want, the relevant dimensions to pivot on, in priority order are: Role in buying decision (persona) Stage in buying cycle (discovery, consideration, selection) Pa in points / opportunity / analysis I ndustry Size Geographic Location.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2010

Successful reps know that establishing credibility and providing value to a prospect or customer throughout the buying cycle is the difference between closing the deal and losing it,” wrote SiriusDecisions, a leading source of business to business (B2B) sales and marketing best-practice research and data.

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Jonathan Farrington

MAY 13, 2012

Adapt to shifts in buying cycles and customer behaviors. CSOs, VPs of Sales, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales Operations, Directors of Sales/Marketing/Sales Operations/Demand Generation, or other executive-level leaders in sales and marketing). Enhance sales force effectiveness by leveraging key technology solutions.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Content may indeed be King to the Internet fueled buying cycle.

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SugarCRM

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Demand Generation is one of the most common uses for ABM, but if poorly aligned to sales, can often result in low conversion or regression into basic “MQL” programs. This can even move beyond advertising aircover and include customized landing pages, personalized website experiences across the team, and even connection to email!

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Green Lead's B2B

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Craig Rosenberg hosted the Demand Gen centered discussion, with a panel of Adam Needles of Left Brain Marketing , Cody Young of Reach Force , and Tom Searce of Searce Market Development and myself. We talked a lot about what isn't working in b2b demand generation, and shared some stories about things that are working.

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Jonathan Farrington

MAY 7, 2012

Adapt to shifts in buying cycles and customer behaviors. CSOs, VPs of Sales, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales Operations, Directors of Sales/Marketing/Sales Operations/Demand Generation, or other executive-level leaders in sales and marketing). Enhance sales force effectiveness by leveraging key technology solutions.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

For example, early in the buying lifecycle, executive decision makers could be guided towards a diagnostic assessment, to help pinpoint opportunities and provide prioritization advice / build urgency.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Typically these are limited to: Role in buying decision (persona) Stage in buying cycle (discovery, consideration, selection) P ain points / opportunity sizing Industry Organization Size Geographic Location Every effort should be made to balance the data points needed versus the need to have more data points for more thorough personalization.

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The Bridge Group

MARCH 9, 2018

Those in the top right quadrant were deemed AB-appropriate, while those in the top left were better suited to traditional demand generation. Whitepapers, eBooks, webcasts, blogs, regional events, and annual customer conferences are all good reasons to engage, build trust, and accelerate a buy-cycle.

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Highspot

JULY 18, 2023

Today’s marketing professionals are specializing in specific areas, including demand generation, social media marketing, email marketing, product marketing, and field marketing. Companies once sought marketing generalists that were jack-of-all-trades, but now they seek functional experts.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Providing the decision support early in the buying cycle is essential to engagement success- illuminating issues, identifying improvement opportunities and delivering strategic roadmap recommendations. view the tool A webinar on this topic can be found at: https://alinean.webex.com/alinean/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=44424232&rKey=435a40c76fd43920

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Who should use it: Because inbound selling relies heavily on content and numerous touch points, it is best suited to businesses with strong marketing teams that can support content generation and demand generation activities across many channels.

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Costello

DECEMBER 25, 2018

The pre-existing demand in the market for their product/service. And the overall natural buying cycle. We work hard to determine the ‘game’ our customer is playing, look at their overall demand generation and customer activation approach, and analyze the actual team that will be working with us.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions. Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Transferring knowledge to sales representatives, and then helping these reps more effectively share this knowledge with customers and prospects is the mission of sales enablement, and it has become a vital best practice to overcome Information Overload, fight Frugalnomics and take control of Internet driven Buying Cycles.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Todays buyers are challenged, suffering from Information Overload and Frugalnomics, and are changing buying cycles through Internet fueled decisions. Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and. Most important, is that the Leaders indicate the importance of a dialogue with buyers. Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

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