Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

Prospecting 208

Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Strategy 208

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Marketing has certain data needs. Sales and Marketing may have different data needs, but there’s a lot of overlap. When both teams have access to the same deep data, they can speak the same language. A 2019 Demand Gen Report asked: What are your biggest challenges to maintaining data quality in your contact database?

Ideal Customer Profile 202

Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

We have trade show prospecting down to a science. Blog: How to Prospect at Trade Shows: The Ultimate 10-Step Sales and Marketing Checklist. Set specific prospecting goals. Connect with prospects in the moment. On-demand Webinar: How to Maximize Your Trade Show ROI. Lots of warm leads. Get a map of the event.

Trade Show 174

Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker 174

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline, and provides important context to future sales conversations. What is B2B Sales Prospecting? Let’s start at the beginning.

B2B 212

B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Prospecting 212

SBI Growth

APRIL 26, 2013

The insights gathered and analyzed help inform and shape your marketing strategies: Demand Generation, Content Creation, Branding and Lead Nurturing. Analysis: The information and data gathered must be analyzed. CALL TO ACTION: If your buyer research is limited to customer & prospect surveys, there’s a gap.

Customer 316

Customer Buyer Persona Survey Demand Generation 316

The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

As they were at about 60% of their buying process, they needed some comparisons, some additional data that was not available on the company’s web site or the common social outlets, and some quotes so they could make their choice, So they reach out to the facilitator, happy to spew stats and facts, and quotes, that they are willing to negotiate.

Demand Generation Targets 295

Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Sales Cycle Comparison 295

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is Lead Generation? 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. The Lead Generation Process. What is a Lead? Lead Scoring.

Lead Generation 240

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Chatbots are a lead generation machine capable of driving forward conversations, which are the start to a great customer relationship. It’s the very thing you need between your sales team and future prospects. You can then use the performance data to optimize and deliver better results. What are You Looking for Out of This?

Demand Generation Targets 130

Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Engineering Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. At ZoomInfo, we require sales to follow up on all prospects who hit our MQL threshold within 90 seconds of the conversion.

Lead Rank 246

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

What channel of Demand Generation can yield the highest return and sustained success? Today you are likely used to seeing activity reports with vast amounts of data that seems to point to success. Non-Brand Keywords represent a richer source of net new leads of prospects searching by an area of interest. In Summary.

Top of Funnel 276

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Funnel 276

SBI Growth

APRIL 29, 2013

Marketing has plans to help with better Demand Generation and Lead Management. Through more effective prospecting! How can you get your team to prospect more effectively right now? Get your Executive Overview of Linkedin Prospecting Capabilities here. I don’t believe my prospects are using Linkedin.

Hiring 276

Hiring Demand Generation Agencies LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead 276

Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

The last thing you need is for prospects to reach your site and bounce right off because they can’t find what they’re looking for, they get confused by your messaging, or even worse, their search is riddled with multiple form fields and gates to navigate. It’s the very thing you need between your sales team and future prospects.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Engineering Top of Funnel 100

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Data-driven decisions are the backbone of any thriving sales or marketing team, shaping strategies and influencing customer and prospect communications on a daily basis. The ZoomInfo integration provides HubSpot CRM users with the real-time data they need to get their jobs done, regardless of the data’s original source.

Hubspot 130

Hubspot Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring 130

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2012

LeadFerret , the world’s largest B2B database offering a full range of information one needs for prospecting success. You have full access to complete data, including an email address for every record. You don’t have to upload any data, earn any points, or pay anything. For Social Sellers and Sales 2.0

Sales Qualified Lead 275

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 275

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

What your sales rep is really saying is that many of their prospects and customers are out-of-office (OOO) — more so than any other time of the year. I remember thinking: “If there was data that rejected this idea of the summer slump, it would be so great to splash it everywhere during the sales all hands!”. You get it.

Demand Generation 189

Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sports Trends 189

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Every once in a while, the conversation with a prospect is going to die down and never pick back up — but you don't have to take those fizzle-outs lying down. There are some strategies you can leverage to give yourself a fighting chance at re-engaging a prospect who seems like a lost cause. Let's see what they had to say!

Demand Generation Agencies 115

Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Strategy Follow-up 115

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ability of generative AI to automate routine tasks, analyze data, and generate content is already freeing up valuable time that entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals can use to instead focus on more strategic decision-making. The results, however, are irrelevant if AI systems are fueled by low-quality data.

Data 130

Data Scale Lead Rank Marketing 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. At ZoomInfo, we require sales to follow up on all prospects who hit our MQL threshold within 90 seconds of the conversion.

Lead Rank 195

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What Is Lead Generation? 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. Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more!

Lead Generation 177

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2022

Your go-to-market actions are only as good as the data they run on. You can hire the best sales and marketing talent and outfit them with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools , but without high-quality data, their efforts will fall short of your targets. What is poor data quality? Poor quality data is inaccurate data.

Data 130

Data Outsourcing Services Churn Buyer Persona 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Using data culled from ZoomInfo’s sales intelligence platform, TentCraft was able to steer into new areas of the company’s total addressable market. This concept represents the full amount of companies or consumers that could become customers or the total revenue possible for a product to generate. Follow our go-to-market series.

Ideal Customer Profile 264

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 23, 2019

Even so, trade-show events are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. Trade shows are an expensive way to generate leads, even if you don’t have a booth. f their entire budget.

Trade Show 227

Trade Show Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 227

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. 22% of B2B businesses reach out to prospects with lead nurturing on a weekly basis ( source ). 3 Creative B2B Lead Generation Tactics.

Lead Generation 243

Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 243

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

Key players from our sales and marketing teams jointly (yes, jointly) identified the best 50 good-fit companies that were ideal prospects for our new HR data set. The Scoop also includes a direct-dial phone number and verified email address , so it’s a piece of data they could take immediate action with.

Account Based Marketing 46

Account Based Marketing Account Video Decision Maker 46

Pointclear

MAY 29, 2012

The new demand waterfall recognizes several new sources of opportunity: inbound AND outbound, rep generated, multi-touch nurture programs. True demand generation health is all about balance (it is not all inbound and not all outbound). Synchronize the client/prospect/employee experience across all channels.

Revenue 174

Revenue Demand Generation Agencies SAP Webinar Metrics 174

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These powerful apps help businesses of all kinds address critical gaps in their technology stacks, grow quickly while maintaining data quality, reach new markets and new industries, launch new products, and keep growing sustainably in the face of stiff competition.

SalesForce 130

SalesForce Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Intent Signal 130

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

Pipeline 145

Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

DiscoverOrg also cuts down our prospecting time and removes most of the ‘guess’ work in finding the right prospects for engagement. Larry Anderson, Director, Demand Generation, Adapt Telephony Services, LLC. Dominique Catabay, Demand Gen Specialist. Daniel Rich, Sales Development Rep.

Demand Generation Agencies 0

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Lead Rank 0

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Poor data quality leads to targeting the wrong accounts at the wrong times and in the wrong way. The World’s Best Dynamic Real-Time Account Data Strong data is the foundation of any successful ABM program — and our data is the best in the world. Don’t just take our word for it: ZoomInfo’s B2B intent data is ranked No.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Account Data 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

By leveraging the power of data and advanced analytics, marketers are able to develop targeted lists of accounts that perfectly align with their ideal customer profiles. This not only maximizes ROI, but also minimizes wasted time and resources on low-potential prospects. This is the value of marketing account intelligence software.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Account Software 130

SBI

JULY 10, 2018

Traditional demand generation methods just aren’t cutting it anymore. Many modern B2B companies select their target account tiers using fit data from a data intelligence solution , and engagement data from their marketing automation solution. But we know in B2B, luck isn’t a scalable tactic.

Intent Data 138

Intent Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 138

The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Create campaigns for the sales team that, rather than offering “once-in-a-lifetime” discounts or “check-in,” instead offer a report with valuable data. Everyone thinks of social selling as a way to understand the prospect (it is), but it is also important to think about social selling in terms of your online persona. Demand Generation.

Report 244

Report Pipeline Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 244

Zoominfo

MARCH 28, 2022

To gain their prospects’ trust, sales teams need to understand the customer and leverage all of the tools at their disposal to deliver value before their competitors. Here are three tools to help you connect with prospects and hit your number. How to Connect with Prospects 1. That’s where intent data comes into play.”

Ideal Customer Profile 100

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Sales Tools Prospecting 100

Emissary

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Your demand generation strategy will help you position your company ahead of competitors and amplify your message to prospects. Financial services deal with a wealth of data, beyond clients’ actual monetary assets. Demand Generation vs Lead Generation. Demand Generation vs Lead Generation.

Demand Generation Agencies 52

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Strategy 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

In fact, consider these statistics ( source ): Companies who exceed lead and revenue goals are 4 times as likely to use personas for demand generation compared to those who missed lead and revenue goals. Your 5 Sales Prospect Personas [Infographic]. 56% of companies have created higher quality leads using buyer personas.

Buyer Persona 165

Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Lead Gen 165

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Now, imagine two prospects working for different organizations. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.” Each prospect visits your company’s website. Neither prospect converts. One business is an ideal fit. Not so much.

Ideal Customer Profile 147

Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 147

Pointclear

JANUARY 4, 2018

(see marketing charts analysis of HubSpot’s “2017 Demand Generation Benchmarks Report” ). Look at this data from an actual PoinClear teleprospecting client: One source of leads was PointClear—we sent them only qualified leads and nurtured leads—at an average cost of $1,357.25. You can read more here.

Cost per Lead 170

Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Lead Scoring 170