The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. How do sales leaders create and balance the core element of a fine-tunes prospecting machine?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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. Here’s how leading companies are leveraging AI to harness the right signals, develop compelling go-to-market strategies, and seize the opportunities that spur sustained growth.

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Zoominfo

JULY 16, 2018

Seasoned B2B marketers know a well-executed webinar is a goldmine for sales leads. Just consider these webinar lead generation statistics: 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say a webinar is the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ). 44% of marketers have hosted or participated in a webinar.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Are you thinking about increasing sales with a webinar? Start with your webinar funnel. What Is a Webinar Funnel? A webinar funnel works a lot like a sales funnel or marketing funnel. The goal is to attract prospects to your brand and convert them to customers — by hosting a webinar. Run a “So What?”

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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.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. It’s that time of the year when new objectives drive marketing teams to come up with strategies and initiatives to reinvigorate lead generation efforts.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. 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.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2019

But, if you were to declare the webinar the ‘king’ of marketing content , you wouldn’t be alone. After all, 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say webinars are the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ). There’s no arguing the fact that webinars are an effective form of content. If not, keep reading.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

As opposed to whole blog posts, webinars, eBooks, and other digital content, the landing page is a simple design to bring the reader to a call to action. Let’s get into the importance of landing page content marketing, and how to build them for your digital marketing strategy. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing?

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Nutshell

APRIL 14, 2025

With the new Meta integration in Nutshell Engagement, your business can engage with prospects and customers through Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs to expand its omnichannel engagement strategy even further. Discover everything you can do with Facebook and Instagram in Nutshell Engagement!

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Anne Miller

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

You present your service to a qualified prospect. Bogdan helps service businesses sell more in less time with “done-for-you storytelling” webinar presentations that your prospects access online. The same goes for your webinar strategy. How often have you been in this situation? Pay only for results.”

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2024

As a B2B salesperson for companies like IBM and Open Text, scheduling in-person meetings or phone calls was often challenging, regardless of my prospect or client’s industry or business size. Aggressive, generic offers were just as fruitless, especially when the prospect hadn’t already confirmed their interest in what I was offering. (In

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

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. Customers have become highly accustomed to using email when communicating with a brand, and email performance is a critical factor in the success of digital marketing campaigns.

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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.

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MarketJoy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A good sales strategy is an important part of any B2B business. It allows your business to grow along with your customers, plan for the future, and create a sustainable business model that thrives in the market. In this article, we are going to take a look at how B2B lead generation services can transform your sales strategy.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 27, 2020

You need systems and strategies that can create momentum, fuel progress, and provide hope that each step we take is a step closer to payday. Get a referral introduction from someone your prospect knows and trusts, and you get the meeting every time. The Small Business Stimulus Webinar. No more struggling to get the right people.

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Zoominfo

JULY 30, 2024

Revenue operations (RevOps) professionals are an increasingly important voice on go-to-market teams, with analysts predicting 75% of the highest-growth companies will soon employ a RevOps strategy. For ZoomInfo VP of RevOps Tessa Whittaker , that work has to start with the business strategy long before diving into a list of tools and vendors.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Communication is the basis of any solid sales platform and a handful of VoIP strategies can help to maximize your current efforts. The customer journey needs to be made abundantly clear from the very beginning. Webinars and Conference Calls. So, what utilities should be employed and what are the benefits associated with each?

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. Gartner experts shared their research on seller access in a recent webinar, “ The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021.” Gaining seller access was hard enough before COVID. Suddenly it became almost impossible.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Why does a customer remain loyal to a particular brand? But it’s more pertinent than ever before in today’s crowded digital landscape, where businesses struggle to build customer loyalty in an ever-expanding field of competitors. Today’s customers have an abundance of good options, so why should they stick with your brand over another?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance. ITServices.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If you’re not already implementing it in your content marketing strategy , then you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to reach potential customers while positioning yourself as an expert in your industry. Contributing high-quality content to industry websites should be an integral part of your product-agnostic content strategy.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The modern B2B customer journey is more complex and multilayered than ever before. In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in a number of digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re armed with your prospect’s buying signals, right? What are customer buying signals? By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar , Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. This play significantly eases the cross-sell and upsell motion to the ZoomInfo customer base. #5:

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. Your content marketing — think blog posts, email sequences, and whitepapers — nurtures the target lead, getting them interested in your product or service. When the prospect is ready to buy, your sales team carries them over the finish line to close the deal.

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

Oftentimes, this is due to a lack of strategy. These tools not only perform day-to-day marketing functions like email, social media, and website updates but they also provide valuable insights into the types of campaigns and content that resonate with their audience. Establish goals and KPIs. The ultimate goal?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 13, 2023

Learn more about the science (and art) of referral selling in my new webinar with Finlistics. In the summer of 2015, I got an urgent call from Barry, a colleague who was working with Dr. Stephen Timme and Finlistics on their sales strategy. We discussed why every company should be using referrals in their sales strategy. (In

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 25, 2025

Below are the key insights from our conversation, along with practical strategies to multiply your lead count and build a system that secures face-to-face meetings with the right buyers. Why a Multi-Channel Strategy Matters Theres rarely a single magic trick that opens the floodgates of perfect leads.

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Tenbound

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

To succeed in this new landscape, sales leaders must adapt their strategies and equip their teams with the skills and tools needed to thrive. One of the most significant changes is the shift towards a customer-centric approach. So what exactly are customer intent signals?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

Regardless of whether you’re using automated chatbots, your sales development reps (SDRs) as live agents, or a combination of both, it’s important to identify who your qualified prospects really are. Elsewhere, we’ve classified the prospects that visit your site into six high-level categories. Steps to Strengthen HubSpot Integration.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Let’s start with that dream customer. Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. In fact, the majority of B2B buyers (64%) conduct research on vendor websites before they ever contact a sales rep. Top: At the broadest part of the funnel, prospects interact with your content.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 21, 2020

As a founder and leader, when was the last time you thought about sales strategy? However, many CEOs are focused on cost-cutting and survival , not on the strategy needed to get profitable sales grow th. . Look up, and let’s get focused on sales strategy. . A re you? . Have you been in survival mode?

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