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

SBI Growth

MAY 24, 2018

Market coverage, growth, speed, revenue, retention, and customer success are factors for all companies. With the rate of venture funding being poured into companies increasing yearly, companies are popping up everywhere and competition is more prevalent than ever.

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Channels Retention Revenue Competition 159

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. at a business’ direct sales team) or toward indirect sales channel partners (or both). My answer: sales training initiatives.

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Incentives Incentive Training Channels 295

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

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Recruiting and marketing may be two separate fields—but in today’s digital world, the lines between the two have become increasingly blurred. In fact, 86% of HR professionals agree that recruitment is becoming more like marketing ( source ). The recruiting landscape is now a candidate-driven and highly competitive environment.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. Today we’re covering how sales teams can benefit from both sales and market intelligence along the buyer’s journey. What is Market Intelligence? What is Sales Intelligence?

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Top of Funnel 207

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

It’s a topic you’re likely familiar with if you work in marketing— and especially if you’ve read our blog in the past. Consider these statistics ( source ): 62% of organizations rely on marketing and prospect data that’s up to 40% inaccurate. It’s safe to say personalization is the defining trend of our modern era of marketing.

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Retention 178

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Despite the fact that most companies have marketing automation solutions, targeted outreach by SDRs, and intense social media strategies, account execs are still missing quota en masse. Reps cold call, send cold emails, do cold outreach on social media, and rely on marketing to nurture prospects and send them qualified leads.

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Leads 397

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

Zoominfo

MARCH 27, 2018

And, even though customer engagement is only a piece of the marketing puzzle, it shouldn’t be ignored. 63% of marketers agree customer engagement includes renewals, repeat purchases, and retention ( source ). Omni-channel shoppers have a 30% higher lifetime value than those who shop using only one channel ( source ).

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Customer Consumer Channels Customer Service 196

SBI Growth

JUNE 15, 2021

Your CEO and board are asking you to quantify the impact of your marketing budget. As a CMO, your time, attention, and budget have competing priorities. You and your team are focused on building a strong and credible brand.

Marketing 250

Marketing Strategy Distribution Top of Funnel 250

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 18, 2018

Author: Matt Sunshine Sales and marketing belong on the same side of the negotiating table. On one hand, you have the marketer with his definition of a lead. Of course, that leads to frustration, not to mention a belief that future marketing leads will be equally terrible. Not surprisingly, miscommunication.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 195

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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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer 130

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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Analytics Software Software Data 246

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 26, 2020

Sales organizations and teams that embrace diversity have a more solid footing in the market, achieve higher customer and employee retention and earn more wins. One of the best ways I’ve found is to encourage and reward employees for doing something that was inclusive is a simple note through a chat channel or email.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale Retention 227

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Account Management—executing retention, cross-sell and upsell inside the customer base. He modified his channel partner methodology every quarter by using a flexible framework. He took a new product to market by executing his own aggressive strategy. Look at these two processes by examining the 3 levers that drive their success.

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Groups Follow-up Retention Examples 324

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. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing. Demand generation is a joint effort between a business’s marketing and sales organizations.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 225

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Author: Rachel Downey Modern marketers are no stranger to showing a return on investment for their campaigns. With 17% of marketers planning to adopt podcasting into their efforts, podcasts are a rising marketing channel for companies today. Podcasts have metrics surrounded by ambiguity, causing marketers frustration.

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ROI Top of Funnel Channels Lead Nurturing 177

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 26, 2019

Author: Steve Norman I recently saw the CMO of a high-profile company present at an international marketing conference. The CMO said this “breakthrough” strategy was the foundation of the company’s sales and marketing plans. I was surprised to hear him talk about the fact that his company was now embracing specialist sales roles.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Customer Lead Rank 229

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

Pipeliner

JANUARY 10, 2025

The episode delves into the intricacies of building and scaling sales teams in competitive markets, addressing the challenges that sales leaders face today. Challenges in Sales Recruitment and Retention John and Matt discuss the current landscape of sales recruitment , highlighting the difficulties in finding and retaining top talent.

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Scale Competition Video Hiring 98

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 13, 2024

Gil Miner’s 20+ years of marketing experience span prominent names like American Express, Digitas, and Weber Shandwick. The importance of post-sale marketing and customer lifecycle management. Applying B2C marketing strategies to enhance B2B customer engagement and retention.

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Marketing Scale Outbound B2C 106

Connext Digital

JUNE 28, 2022

Having your marketing campaign only utilize one channel may cause your business to miss out on endless opportunities! With so many channels to choose from, you may find yourself intimidated. Let our team help you understand why you should make your marketing strategy a multichannel approach this year and in the years to come!

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Strategy Marketing Channels Loyalty 98

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Mapping the Customer Journey Is Complex – but It’s Worth the Effort.

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Customer Marketing Channels Retention 257

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. Marketers structure their entire strategy around moving prospects through the funnel, towards the ultimate goal of winning a new customer. The result?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 228

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 16, 2018

When products don’t move smoothly and seamlessly between manufacturer and end-user, they become exponentially harder to bring to market. In 2018, businesses can’t afford to fall behind the market, and they can’t afford not to maximize their operational efficiency. Customer retention and loyalty.

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B2B Company Hiring Discount 195

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

What focus areas should Chief Revenue Officers be asking themselves as they plan out go-to-market motions. How Do You Improve Retention Rates for B2B Sales Teams? Lack of growth from sales professionals and low retention is specifically caused by: 1. Which Channels are You Having the Most Success In? Today, we review.

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

With new models and solutions aligned with customer expectations and needs, sales professionals are focusing on high-value activities that directly impact their customers and are using automation and digital channels to move the business forward. . Companies continue to digitally transform in hopes of becoming industry leaders.

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SAP Compensation Face-to-face Analytics 207

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2019

This is a marketer’s worst nightmare. Internet service providers (ISPs) constantly come up with new ways to block spam- creating a never ending battle for marketers who just want reach their intended audience and protect their company’s sender reputation. The likely culprit? A bad email reputation. Be engaging.

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B2B Email Marketing Campaigns Channels 200

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Sales leaders that are finding success training sellers virtually plan a variety of activities to improve learning retention, such as: Providing a mission document that sellers complete as they attend sessions. Also, sales leaders should encourage sales managers to create team chats as a back-channel during all-hands calls.

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Education Film Channels Cancellation 194

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Author: Randy Stark The relationship between customers and marketers has changed drastically, mainly due to the widespread use of digital assets in marketing. The transactional relationship that is part of traditional marketing is now a thing of the past. But it is crucial to understand the difference.

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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Customer Loyalty 177

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2017

Author: Mark Magnacca A distributed workplace is increasingly becoming the norm in most organizations, particularly with sales and marketing departments – a trend that is enabled in part by technology advancements that have made it viable, though not necessarily ideal, for teams to work together while being geographically dispersed.

Video 180

Video Face-to-face Distribution Hiring 180

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The disconnect between marketing and sales is an age-old story. Research shows that 90 percent of sales and marketing professionals believe their strategy, processes, content, and culture are not aligned. This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in.

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Hacker

MAY 14, 2024

Holly Chen is the Managing Partner of ExponentialX, a Marketing and Growth Advisory Collective for high-growth SaaS startups, advising companies like Miro, Loom, ServiceNow, Appsflyer in their growth journeys. Previously, Holly was the Global Head of Digital Marketing at Slack, helping it grow $100M to $700M ARR and going public.

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Customer Penetration Account Based Marketing Retention 118

Apptivo

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Lifecycle marketing is the holistic approach of getting new buyers and converting them to be customers. Marketing is as much an art as it is a science! A master marketer understands the nuances of customer behavior and establishes an emotional connection with them, therefore it is an art. What is Lifecycle marketing?

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Loyalty 98

Pipeliner

AUGUST 21, 2023

Harnessing AI in Content Marketing: Insights from John Golden and Kyle Stout Hello everyone, I’m John Golden, your host for this enlightening discussion on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in content marketing. I had the pleasure of hosting Kyle Stout, the founder of Elevate and Scale, a leading email marketing agency.

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Scale Strategy Marketing Lead Rank 97

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nowadays, it can be easier to market on social media than via email, and we may think that social media has a far better reach. However, email marketing can be a far more invaluable tool, raising the issue that it is always best to examine all perspectives upfront. Email marketing works well for almost every part of the funnel.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Funnel Comparison 181