Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Online reviews and company websites are the two primary platforms for research, but other channels such as social media can provide valuable information, too. Because marketers live on the very channels the customers are engaging with, clever marketers harness these channels to reach potential and loyal customers.

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Education Buyer Buyer Persona Social Media 330

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

The front-runners focus on data hygiene and ensuring they have accurate and holistic customer information across sales, marketing and service departments. Also, data from channels such as chat, social media, phone, web and more must come together into a single view of the customer. Automated sales prospecting.

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Trends B2B Social Media Telemarketing 297

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. None of us stands out during prospecting. When they get introductions from people their prospects know and trust, they walk straight into meetings with your ideal clients. Not getting the ROI you expected from your lead-gen tactics?

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 397

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

This approach helps in turning profitable prospects into long-term, lucrative clients. Also, the CPM or cost per impression of digital campaigns coupled with stringent global compliance laws and email regulations has made targeted marketing solutions an irresistible avenue to reach prospects. Utilize Intent Data. This is a no-brainer.

Demand Generation Agencies 271

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets B2B 271

Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sales team success often hinges on the quantity and quality of leads routed from marketing campaigns and organic channels. Lead capture software is a vital tool that enables companies to identify, collect, and manage potential customer information across various channels.

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Lead Capture Software Software Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales 2.0

JULY 28, 2020

We asked respondents how the sales process itself has been transformed by this experience, particularly with regard to sales channels. We asked our respondents which sales channel , prior to the crisis, had been their most effective. The rest reported improvement.

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Outsourcing Services Pipeline Social Media Channels 286

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 11, 2019

Data has become one of the most useful tools for both marketers and sales, but the two teams often don’t share this information or optimize it to help each other’s performance. As each team gathers data, it must share that information with the other. Most important, marketers should be able to see the CRM data the sales team collects.

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CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Data 289

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Customers do their research, ask questions, and even address customer service issues on social channels. B2B social selling is an important and viable channel for B2B marketers and sales professionals. B2B social selling is the process where salespeople use social media to connect with prospects. What is B2B Social Selling?

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Social Selling B2B Social Media Top of Funnel 263

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Attempts to get sales enablement right are on the rise , as organizations grapple with the idea that shorter product life cycles, a more informed customer base, and global competition make the way they sell just as important as what they are selling. So what can we make of all of this information? Two things.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Analyze Prospect And Customer Data. This way, you have a well-rounded understanding of who your actual prospects and customers are. Imagine being able to prospect whenever, wherever. With ZoomInfo's new Mobile App, you have fresh, updated information on your key opportunities in your back pocket. Check it out!

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Top of Funnel 264

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. A lead is defined as any prospect who indicates interest in a company’s product or service. What is a Lead?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Attribution models don’t just give marketers credit for the sake of credit—they also help assess the effectiveness of various campaigns and channels.

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Lead Rank B2B Top of Funnel Marketing 236

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

By breaking down the fourth wall, our goal is to inform others about what we learned, what works, and what doesn’t work – in a really authentic and transparent way. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. So, how are we approaching this account-based everything plan? We’re using a simple framework.

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Account Based Marketing Account Ideal Customer Profile Outbound 307

Zoominfo

JUNE 13, 2018

Social media has completely transformed the way people interact with each other—including the way sales professionals interact with customers and prospects. Sellers who’ve embraced social media are creating new opportunities that totally bypass traditional sales channels. Keep reading! Click to Tweet! Click to Tweet! Click to Tweet!

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Social Selling Social Media Channels Media 244

Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. This insight will give you valuable information about timeliness and urgency.

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B2B Closing Guarantee Scale 252

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. So, they rely on outdated tactics that fail to engage the 21st-century buyer—tactics like cold calling, sending cold emails, and stalking prospects on social media. That’s still true, but cold calling has evolved as sales channels have evolved.

Sales Qualified Lead 269

Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The traditional sales funnel is a stage-based approach to turning prospective leads into buyers. This is a perfect analogy to what actually occurs in the sales process, where information starts out broad in the beginning and gets incredibly granular towards the end. Prospects have access to more information than ever.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Data 246

Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. It is a marketing channel that enables two-way communication between buyers and sellers to provide critical buying information that accelerates their path to purchase. What is conversational marketing?

Conversion 246

Conversion Marketing Lead Capture Face-to-face 246

Zoominfo

JULY 27, 2023

You might start creating ABM campaigns with simple personalization, such as using the contact’s first name across channels or sending new content that specifically speaks to a challenge they’re facing. Decide which channels to prioritize and how you will track the effectiveness of those campaigns.

Account Based Marketing 246

Account Based Marketing Scale Data Strategy 246

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. The goal is to target the right prospects, as well as bring them along the buyer’s journey. Demand generation is programmatic.

Demand Generation Agencies 225

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 225

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 23, 2018

Kill lead generation channels that don’t convert. Modern buyers are just better informed. They don’t need a salesperson for whitepapers or tech specs – all that information is easily available online (and if it’s not – forget it). Fit factors for lead scoring : Firmographic information. Tag-team at events.

Lead Rank 257

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 257

Zoominfo

JULY 4, 2018

62% of employees at large companies say social selling enables them to build stronger, more authentic relationships with customers and prospects. And yet, most prospects end up with a flood of messages from sales reps eager to sell them their latest product or service. Alternative: Research prospects before you contact them.

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Social Selling Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Media 233

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

To be actionable, your content must make tactical use of calls to action, offers, promotions, demos, and free trials that move prospects along the buyer’s journey. While your industry has likely been affected by this too, building out a strategy for virtual events can be a great way to attract prospects. So you did it!

Paid Content 264

Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2021

A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020. Last year, however, many stopped using events for prospecting, instead adopting old-fashioned methods like (gasp!) Prospecting in the event-less landscape.

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Survey Top of Funnel Scale Fashion 246

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

An ideal client profile should inform teams about potential clients that would make good prospects, as well as which ones aren’t. Client profile information can tell you who to go after, as well as how to go after them. What information is relevant to the client/agency relationship? Client Data Collection.

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 246

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Marketers can now offer highly-targeted campaigns based on a person’s buying preferences, demographic information, web activity, and more. The most basic way to leverage contact data for personalized marketing is through prospect list segmentation. But as marketing technology has advanced, so too has personalization.

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B2B Marketing Segment Scale 246

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 22, 2019

It’s not enough to have company-specific information; sellers need a working knowledge of their customers’ industries as well. Sellers need to gather in-depth information about prospects and customers. Sellers need to gather in-depth information about prospects and customers. Competitors? Customers they serve?

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Decision Maker Face-to-face Demographics Call-back 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2021

Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. A good bot-to-live-agent exchange will help reduce your lead response time and create a seamless experience for prospects. Chatbots can help you engage quickly with prospects and customers.

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B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

Zoominfo

JULY 23, 2020

For example, maybe they: Opted in to receive a piece of gated content on your website Submitted a contact form requesting more information about a product or service Followed your company on various social media channels Signed up for an email newsletter Were referred by a friend. What is a Hot Lead? Create Compelling Content.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 246

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience. For Roberts, this means accurate data is mission-critical.

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Prospecting Hiring Face-to-face Intent Data 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. By analyzing vast amounts of information in real time, these tools provide a competitive edge that manual processes simply can’t match. The downside?

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Software Software Tools Hubspot 211

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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Tools Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data 128

Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

He looks for candidates with a proven track record of success in B2B sales, particularly those with experience in cold calling and prospecting. He understands that prospecting takes confidence, persistence, and the ability to handle rejection, making it a key indicator of a candidate’s potential success.

Lead Rank 228

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Leads 228

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

My definition of a cold call is any attempt to reach a prospect who doesn’t know you and doesn’t expect to hear from you. Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you. What Is Cold Calling?

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Cold Calling Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation 269

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On average, an SDR takes about 42 hours to get in touch with their prospect — but that doesn’t have to be you. This not only allows you to filter your qualified leads ; it also increases the likelihood that your prospect will show up to the call. In this image, Amy (prospect) and Leo (AE) were previously chatting on email.

Sales Qualified Lead 236

Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2018

Here’s how it works: A user creates content featuring your company or products and shares that content on their personal channels, review websites, and social media platforms. Social media platforms are particularly popular channels for UGC, as they allow users to share quick content to large audiences.

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Social Media Survey Media Channels 221

Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2018

Engagement metrics can tell you more about what’s working, what’s not working, and what information you need to test further. Just by digging into the data, you’ve zeroed in on actionable information to guide your social media efforts. Use this information as a benchmark to measure and understand your own performance.

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Social Media Marketing How To Campaigns 234