Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

In a recent post, we explored the qualities that made someone an influencer. We also introduced you to some of our favorite B2B marketing influencers —including the socially-savvy Ann Handley, Joe Chernov, and Joe Pullizi, just to name a few. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

After 18 years in B2B marketing, Ive seen this song and dance before. And lets face it, most B2B marketing teams didnt exactly have a foolproof plan to ensure ROI. Build Awareness Through Pre-Event Campaigns: Start marketing early through multiple channels. Early in my career, events terrified me.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2014

Here’s a nice take on the subject by Jonathan Beaton , a real life sales and marketing director in NYC at startup Organic Motion. (I This post is on the Heinz Marketing website –a great resource for you to check out. Marketing & Sales Integration Prospecting Sales 2.0 Read the full post here.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2021

Improving the way you harness and use big data will benefit your marketing strategy by helping you reach the right people at the best time with relevant content. E-mail remains at the center of the marketing mix for most businesses. This post will highlight the ways that big data influences email marketing.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Affiliate marketing has been a powerful strategy for businesses for years, growing in popularity among marketers and business owners. Affiliate marketing makes a great new revenue stream for a business, but affiliate management is something that must be done effectively to make the program work.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 30, 2019

So, in an effort to demystify the term, we recently took to our blog to discuss marketing creativity —what it is, what it isn’t, and how to achieve it. We also thought it would be helpful to provide our readers with examples of truly creative marketing. Three Incredible Examples of Creative B2B Marketing Initiatives.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Keep reading as we uncover the top 17 YouTube channels for HR and Recruiting personnel! The Recruiting Blogs YouTube Channel offers a comprehensive library of content including relevant news, tools, webinars, and conversations from the RecruitingDaily and RecruitingBlogs team. 1. RecruitingBlogs. Watch here ! 3. Betts Recruiting.

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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

SMBs need to focus on local marketing tools to promote their offerings and sales to meet their sales goals. Local Marketing Tools are Critical for SMBs in 2025 The Competition Never Tires A study by Valpak says that SMBs shouldn’t decrease their ad efforts because of inflation and higher cost of living. They need help.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s no secret, the Internet has changed the way customers buy products and the ways marketers engage with their audiences. But, despite the constant change, the following statement has held true for hundreds of years: No marketing tactic can match the influence of word-of-mouth. What is word-of-mouth marketing?

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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. Build your channel. We say yes! Let’s get into it!

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lead-to-account matching and routing solutions connect new leads with existing account records in your go-to-market data systems, automatically directing them to the right salesperson saving time, reducing errors, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of your sales efforts. Automation of cross-channel marketing tasks.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 10, 2025

That is where channel sales or indirect sales comes into the picture. What is a channel sales? A channel sales strategy allows sales teams to leverage third parties to sell products and services. Many organizations adopt the channel sales strategy which offers a viable and game-changing opportunity to grow sales figures.

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Grant Cardone

OCTOBER 4, 2022

After 15 years of continued social media domination, I guarantee the content marketing tips I’m about to share with you are the best in the game… Way back in 2007, I started this little YouTube channel to get my message out to the world.

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Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. But, how can marketers comply with the varying preferences of their individual buyer? Enter: Multichannel marketing. And the best part?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Author: Andrew Frazier You need to market your small business like a drug dealer. It does until you take a closer look at their marketing and sales strategy. Small business owners can learn a lot from analyzing what drug dealers do in terms of defining their target market, performing marketing activities, and building relationships.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2018

While it may be known for its popularity among celebrity influencers, it also is an important channel for brands that use it to advertise their products. But what does the introduction of this new tool mean for B2B marketers? What this means for B2B marketers. What Is IGTV?

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SBI Growth

MARCH 3, 2014

Their average buyer has little knowledge of his company''s full capabilities in each market. New Effective Referral Channel – Reps are getting more appointments from social referrals. Insight Content Utilization – using insight content in introductions to influence the early stages of the buying process.

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Zoominfo

MAY 27, 2019

All sales and marketing tools make big promises—more leads, more engagement, higher click-through rate, better sales—but none more so than marketing automation. For those who aren’t familiar, marketing automation tools are exactly what they sound like—tools that automate certain marketing practices.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 11, 2019

Author: Tessa Burg In a perfect world, your sales team and your marketing team work side by side to find and close customers. In the real world, however, less than half of companies believe their sales and marketing teams are in any sort of alignment at all. CRM Data that Improves Marketing. How to Bridge the Gap.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The market itself was estimated at $16.4 And its only getting bigger: The Influencer Marketing Benchmark Report 2023 predicted it would grow by another 29% to $21.1 As creators exert a strong influence on their communities, brands leverage them to communicate their positioning to their targeted audience. billion in 2023.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 21, 2021

Those people are most commonly referred to as sales influencers , and we've compiled a list of five that every sales rep should know about. If you're looking for a glass-ceiling-shattering sales influencer with tremendous experience and high-quality insight, consider giving her a follow. Janice Mars. Image Source: Twitter. Jeff Davis.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

A powerful influencer like unexpected rewards leads incentive program participants to find meaning and satisfaction in what they do. It should be noted that if you plan on investing in an incentive program that acts as a long-term sales and marketing tool, you have to be transparent about the program and your intentions.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 12, 2019

Understanding the overall influence and value of a CRM program to the customer experience is a crucial contributor to ensuring it receives the proper funding from the corporate budget. Beyond Sales and Marketing. CRM programs go above and beyond marketing and sales. Connect all channels.

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Lead Rank CRM Lead Scoring Automotive 258

SalesFuel

JANUARY 20, 2025

Every business wants to grow, but throwing money at marketing without knowing what works is a gamble. Thats where digital marketing audit services come in. A digital audit provides a detailed, data-driven look at your clients marketing activities across digital channels. Why Conduct a Digital Marketing Audit?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Harmony Anderson is an entrepreneurial marketing leader with deep expertise in building global GTM strategies at growth startups. She is currently the VP of Growth and Marketing at Superhuman, the most productive email app ever made for teams.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A key benefit of Multi-Touch Attribution Marketing is that it can help marketers fine-tune their strategy. Knowing which content is resonating with different buyers helps them define the types of content and channels that they want to use to target.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last year, HubSpot’s Twitter followers responded to a poll asking them if influencers were more like marketers or salespeople. Out of 255 responses, most believed that influencers are more like salespeople — 54.1%, to be exact. Influencers are more like — HubSpot (@HubSpot). Salespeople vs. Influencers.

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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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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Your clients need to focus on marketing promotions to stay ahead of the competition in coming years. Marketing Promotions: Your Client’s Key to Boosting Sales Promotions Are Highly Influential According to a study by RELEX and Incisiv , 20% of retails sales ($1 trillion) were driven by promotions in 2023. Marketing information (e.g.,

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This perception influences their actions and decisions, ultimately impacting their success. Conclusion: Reflecting on Perception and Reality The episode concludes with a call to action for listeners to reflect on their own perceptions and how they may be influencing their sales strategies and hiring decisions.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2024

Picture – Pixabay License Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Empower Your Influencer Status and Business Growth If you have the charisma, the perspective, and the unique viewpoint to make it work, you might have some dreams of becoming an influencer. The ideas below can stimulate new thoughts for you!

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Organic social marketing has a place in brand building. The State of Organic Social Over half of surveyed marketers remain committed to organic social media. Marketers can quickly place content, especially if they are managing organic social themselves. That fact drives 42% of marketers to limit spending.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. Three Approaches to Finding Product-Channel Fit There are three primary ways to identify product-channel fit: 1.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 20, 2024

One way to improve this situation is to use the best B2B market intelligence. The B2B Marketing Outlook Surveyed business leaders also have downgraded their performance scores on customer acquisition and brand value in the past six months. Market Intelligence This is great news. But there's always room for improvement.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A channel partner is a company that sells products and services for a technology manufacturer or vendor. What is a channel partner? Channel partners basically onboard other people to sell your product for you. But by far, the option that could potentially bring you in the most sales is resellers and sales channel partners.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Leads are often categorized and managed through these different stages: Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Leads who have engaged with your marketing efforts, and are deemed ready for sales review and converting it to an opportunity. Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs).

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There’s little we do in the world of B2B marketing that doesn’t involve thorough planning. And How Can They Help Marketers? How to Build Marketing Personas Marketers can use buyer personas to build content strategies that speak directly to their targeted audience, and therefore build trust and reliability with customers.

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