Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

B2B buyers utilize both marketing- and sales-led channels throughout the buying process. Marketing and sales can work in silos, but ultimately, they do their jobs better by working together. The post How Marketing Leaders Can Align with Sales for Net Positive Results appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

For today’s marketers, data is more than just numbers on a dashboard — it’s the key to unlocking new opportunities and staying ahead of the competition. But here’s the catch: many marketing teams are flooded with disconnected data points and siloed insights, struggling to understand what truly drives customer behavior.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Co-sponsoring an incentive program with a channel partner not only distributes the financial load but also enhances the program’s impact. The post Stretch Your Incentive Budget with Channel Partner Co-Sponsorship appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

As marketing leaders, it makes sense to explore multiple channels to reach your target audience. How do you decide which channels will be worth the. With so many options, it quickly becomes not only expensive but also difficult to manage.

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SBI Growth

MAY 14, 2020

You Chose to Work With Channel Partners for a Reason. At some point in your company’s evolution, you made the strategic decision to work with channel partners. Maybe these partners had better brand recognition. Perhaps you needed to scale without the.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2025

In a recent interview, host John Golden talked with Chris Peer , the founder and CEO of Sinc Show, a top B2B online marketing agency. Chris has over 30 years of experience in marketing, sales, and client communication. He also wrote a book called The Great Eight Pillars: ROI-Driven Marketing for Manufacturing Companies.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In the latest episode of the Expert Insight Interview, host John Golden engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Kasper , a marketing visionary based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kasper is the founder of a company that helps brands build in-house marketing capabilities and the author of the bestselling book “Moving In-House.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2022

Channel partnerships are an effective means of putting more qualified leads in your pipeline and expanding to new markets, but only if the strategy is approached smartly. The post Are Your Channel Relationships Where They Need to Be? appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

If you are reading this article and you work in the B2B space, you have most likely been inundated with buzzwords surrounding Digital and how it is disrupting your industry: Digital strategy, digital transformation, eCommerce, big data, IoT, AI, and.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 2, 2024

As we’ve introduced more ways to communicate, we (and more importantly our customers) have spread our communication over many channels, leaving less concentration on any one channel. When we only had a desk telephone, you could reach more people on it, as that was the primary channel for communication.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

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

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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 and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

Author: Robert Jordan Demand generation, unlike traditional marketing strategies, refers to a data-driven marketing approach that aims to create awareness or interest for your company’s service or product first before selling them. Demand generation enables you to make smart marketing decisions for your company.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of marketing, the importance of building genuine relationships cannot be overstated. Carter , a seasoned expert in relationship marketing and podcasting. Understanding Relationship Marketing What is Relationship Marketing? Reciprocity Good networkers will naturally reciprocate your efforts.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. What is conversational marketing? Conversational marketing is the strategy of leveraging 1:1 engagement between you and your customer in the form of real-time conversations. Problem #2: Pushy marketing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 14, 2022

Capturing the attention of the increasingly elusive B2B buyer has become harder than ever as more sales interactions happen in digital channels, buying committees continue to grow and buyers conduct more self-guided research. The answer lies in building a full-scale, comprehensive sales enablement strategy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In the crowded arena of GTM demand generation, most organizations are laser-focused on optimizing whats already known: nurturing interest in established markets, identifying accounts actively searching for solutions, and meeting familiar challenges head-on. The lesson: Latent demand exists before the market realizes it. Lets see how.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 29, 2025

In a recent episode of the expert insight interview series, John Golden delves into the transformative world of geofencing advertising with marketing professionals Barbara Wardell and Ernest Kulhari. Wrap-Up In summary, this episode offers valuable insights into the transformative potential of geofencing in marketing.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world. . Marketers—us included—continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But what does developing an actual personalized marketing strategy actually entail?

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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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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

But the sheer volume of information available paired with a growing number of outreach channels and tools mean that the real power lies in drawing insights from that pile of data. Sales analytics software tools typically leverage AI, automation, and advanced reporting to analyze B2B go-to-market data and sales activities.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Traditionally, marketing plans lay out these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to reconsider your tech stack when markets shift, and now CRMs are top priority for customer engagement. Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond. CRM systems wear many hats, including channel management, customer insights, communications, engagement, and more.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. Landing pages serve as a litmus test to digital marketing campaign success — you get to see who is interested in your content and how many. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing? An example of a landing page design.

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Prospecting Marketing Top of Funnel Segment 246

Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI. You’ll get high ROI.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 2, 2022

As the opportunities for closing sales through multiple channels continue to broaden, ensuring that your team is up to speed with the latest smart sales tools is critical to success. The post 5 Digital Skills to Blow Past Sales Targets appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Force Management

AUGUST 31, 2023

Channel organizations are an often overlooked, but critical component to increasing market share for complex B2B sales organizations. During my time as VP of PTC’s Worldwide Channel Program, I leaned on a core formula : Productivity x Capacity = Growth.

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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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Direct Mail Tools Marketing Ideal Customer Profile 93

Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2025

Every marketing team should clearly understand whether its efforts are yielding results. However, many marketing departments struggle to define their key performance indicators (KPIs) or establish effective analytics tracking, which can make their marketing reports less useful. Table of Contents What is a marketing report?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 17, 2024

Many B2B companies are building better-balanced partner programs that can maximize channel revenue. The post Tips for Building a Strong Partner Ecosystem appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. They're not abandoning underperformers, they're building them up. Here are three ways to build a stronger partner ecosystem.

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