DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 19, 2016

Since I didn’t know any better, I figured that I might as well build the recruiting engine in the same fashion that I built a marketing engine, and it turned out the approach worked. Here are the 5 key ways that recruiting teams can leverage sales and marketing tactics to maximize hiring success: 1.

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Hiring Marketing Top of Funnel Cold Calling 222

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

If your go-to-market strategy relies heavily on channel partners, that’s one more step you are removed from your ultimate end-user. Training is essential to having success with channel partners, and just as in-person sales calls shifted to virtual due to the global pandemic, so too has channel partner training.

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Channels Incentives Incentive Travel 136

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Keep reading and learn everything you need to know about referral marketing! What is referral marketing?

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Referrals Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Incentives 197

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. Therein lies the power of word-of-mouth marketing.

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Social Media Referrals Marketing Influencer 210

Zoominfo

AUGUST 25, 2020

But what does it mean to actually be productive when it comes to marketing? Obstacles to Marketing Productivity. Either way, there are a host of obstacles to marketing time management that can impede productivity. Lack Of Strategy And Alignment: Sales and marketing alignment is imperative for efficient time use.

Marketing 221

Marketing Campaigns ROI Scale 221

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

This is why there is such a push for compelling content marketing strategies these days. As the Sales Leader, you have high expectations for Marketing to deliver. Are you prepared to defend yourself if Marketing places the same accountability on you? This can provide further insight into what motivates prospects to act.

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Social Selling Social Media Eloqua Twitter 308

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. Social Triggers TV Up first on today’s list is a channel called Social Triggers TV. The philosophy behind this channel reads as follows: Smart entrepreneurs who want to thrive in today’s marketplace must master the fields of psychology, marketing, and human behavior.

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Channels Marketing Outsourcing Services Lead Rank 100

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

As more people permanently transition to home offices, companies will need to change how they motivate and recognize employees. In April, Echo Market Research and Tango Card asked 500 newly remote employees how engaged they were feeling. Cindy Mielke is the director of channel marketing, incentives at Tango Card.

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Incentives Incentive Travel Cancellation 317

SBI Growth

JANUARY 31, 2013

Pinpointing exactly how to communicate your brand message to a target audience can be one of the most perplexing challenges in marketing. In today’s modern digital world, messaging is an important element in motivating a target audience to act. Pre-Internet, marketing communications is where messaging mattered most.

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Buyer Persona Customer Demand Generation Agencies Scale 330

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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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Author: James Hooker, CEO, Televerde Within the discipline of marketing, various tactics and strategies come into play for prospecting, branding, content development, social marketing, video, events and other channels. But how do these strategies and tactics vary when marketing a product vs. marketing a service?

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Outsourcing Services Marketing Top of Funnel Scale 189

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

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Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 192

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This doesn’t bode well for your long-term reward and recognition strategy, and doesn’t do much to excite and motivate your team to help you reach your business sales goals. The excitement of a cash reward wears off quickly when it is spent on bills and other daily expenses. Not all sales incentive programs are the same.

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Incentives Incentive Survey Sales Qualified Lead 340

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 12, 2018

Marketing is a strategy that makes or breaks a business. Learning tactics to market products that a startup has created can be gained from big brands that have penetrated the market and made a name for themselves. Startups need to be creative in how they market their products. Content Marketing. Give Freebies.

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Marketing Social Media Penetration Advertising 180

Steven Rosen

JULY 15, 2024

In today’s competitive business landscape, aligning sales and marketing teams is crucial for organizational success. Here are five key strategies to ensure your sales and marketing teams work together seamlessly, driving growth and enhancing overall performance.

Marketing 156

Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Case Study 156

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As a Marketing Leader, you pay attention to mobile trends. Best in class marketers evolved beyond mobile optimized websites. Mobile adoption as a marketing tool became readily apparent as we watched the latest Super Bowl commercials. There are valuable B2B marketing lessons to take away from the B2C Super Bowl of marketing.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing. Add your own analysis.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Author: TJ Macke For marketers, obsessing over outbound strategies isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Intense, self-driven passion promotes innovation, creativity, and motivation. You may notice that your campaigns move too quickly or slowly, indicating that your marketing team has become distracted. Switch Out Your Obsessions.

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Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Cold Calling 177

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt – shifting and aligning priorities (SUPPORT), implementing new, more impactful channel strategies (ENABLE) and leveraging the right solutions (ENGAGE).

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Engineering Revenue Incentives Incentive 207

SBI Growth

JANUARY 9, 2013

If your company uses channel partners, Channel Management is a needed skill. Integrating with Marketing functions. Give HR a solo checkpoint 90 days in to gauge the candidate’s motivation. For complex sales, you’ll want Sales leaders to understand solution development. Managing multi-generational sales forces.

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Sales Leadership Buyer Persona Exercises Course 310

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2017

That’s a great start, because great salespeople are money motivated and also crave recognition for their outstanding efforts. Target the right market segments: Decide which sales organizations, geographies and channels will deliver maximum performance for your incentive budget. reaction you want.

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Incentives Incentive Strategy Penetration 195

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2018

Modern customers demand authentic, valuable content over more traditional marketing content that resembles a sales pitch. So, how can marketers deliver the content buyers crave? 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

JULY 10, 2018

While this undoubtedly makes for an ideal buying situation, it makes the job of a marketer significantly more difficult. Enter data-driven marketing. What is Data-Driven Marketing? If you’ve worked in marketing over the last few years, you’re likely familiar with the concept of data-driven marketing. Keep reading!

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Data Buyer Persona Marketing Lead Rank 153

Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2020

Sales and marketing often speak different languages: Convert vs Close, Prospect vs Leads, Sales cycle vs Marketing funnel. And using it collaboratively can help alignment and improve go-to-market results from a campaign planning standpoint. Want to learn more about what motivates target customers to buy other products?

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Data Intent Data How To Intent 246

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling prospective customers is vital to ensuring that a marketing campaign is targeting the right people with the right message. Marketers can attract and retain prospective customers more effectively. Profiling prospective customers also enables sales and marketing teams to predict larger problems before they arise.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout 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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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 147

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. Online chat tools are a cornerstone of this approach, more broadly known as conversational marketing. What is Conversational Marketing? Real-time communication: Messages that are sent and received instantly.

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Account Based Marketing Buyer Conversion Marketing 130

Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

When it comes to B2B marketing tactics, no strategy has stood the test of time quite like the trade show. A recent survey done by the Content Marketing Institute shows 75% of respondents believe in-person events are an effective marketing tactic. The suspense is sure to motivate them to stop by come show time.

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Trade Show Marketing Social Media Lead Rank 187

Zoominfo

MAY 18, 2023

That’s because smart recruiters have learned to apply marketing principles to their talent acquisition process, helping them fill and nurture robust talent pipelines they can hire from at a moment’s notice. Here are the key components your talent team should have in place to make recruitment marketing work for them.

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Paid Content Webinar Metrics Hiring Top of Funnel 130

SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. And if marketing-related sales issues are being fixed, Marketing foots the bill. I mentioned department-aligned efforts (HR = Talent or Learning; Marketing = Lead Generation or Sales Enablement; Sales = Sales Process or Sales Management.) Who Should Pay?

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Benefit 288

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 28, 2019

Author: Mike DeLeonardis, President, North America at beqom Generation Z graduates, or those born between 1997 and 2012, are flooding the workplace, and with a flowing economy and tight labor market, it can be difficult for companies to recruit and retain these entry-level employees.

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Lead Rank Salary Compensation Commission 166

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2020

Author: Kris Belau Is there anything more quaint in sales and marketing than the door-to-door salesperson? As was common at the time, the main sales channel was an on-the-ground sales force. Once they have the knowledge and tools to make the change, your team just needs incentive and motivation. Inspire them.

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Face-to-face Social Media Channels Lead Rank 194

Zoominfo

AUGUST 25, 2020

But what does it mean to actually be productive when it comes to marketing? Obstacles to Marketing Productivity Even the most disciplined employees face productivity roadblocks. Either way, there are a host of obstacles to marketing time management that can impede productivity. So, You Want to Improve Marketing Productivity?

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Marketing Campaigns ROI Scale 130

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Instead they were market leaders and wanted to expand the distance between themselves and the pack, their only “Pain” was that there wasn’t more distance between them and number 2. One reason many default to pain is that they spend too much time with the wrong segment of the market. Passively looking (15%). Status quo (30%).

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Vendor Objections Buyer Guarantee 282

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2019

For example, a sales rep may be serving two separate channels within an industry, and managing this manually with spreadsheets not only takes time, but there’s also a great likelihood of human error. Real-time reports and incentives provide another level of transparency and reduce admin costs, improving relationships across all channels.

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Strategy Compensation Commission Incentives 223

Vengreso

JULY 29, 2024

Have you heard about how important channel sales partners are? In this article we cover different kinds of channel sales partners, why they’re good, and how to work well with them. With the help of these partners, businesses can enter new markets better and faster. Each one has a special job in selling products.

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Outsourcing Services Channels Webinar Metrics Strategy 68

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

are increasingly using gift cards as a reward tool for multiple groups (channel, sales, employee and customer), and that investment in gift card rewards is both significant and growing. adds to their popularity, explains Theresa McEndree, vice president of marketing at Hawk Incentives, another leading gift card provider. businesses?—?fully

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