Zoominfo

MAY 11, 2021

“With today’s clutter in the digital space, often the relevancy of your offer is the only differentiator you have,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Once you have a list of relevant accounts—let’s say 500 of them—identify the key decision-makers at each of those companies.

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Top of Funnel ROI Campaigns Maximizer 130

Zoominfo

MAY 11, 2021

“With today’s clutter in the digital space, often the relevancy of your offer is the only differentiator you have,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Trick #1: Target (and reach) key decision-makers. Let’s say you want to go after key decision-makers in your campaign.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel ROI Campaigns Maximizer 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

At ZoomInfo, we use gift-giving with our customers no matter where they are in the demand generation funnel. Direct mail gifting is a demand generation tactic that assists other channels by cleaning up after them,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. 3 Quick Gifting Tips 1.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Direct Mail 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

I’ve spent 12 years in demand generation and event marketing and know how to avoid the pitfalls (and live my best life). How to find and identify the decision makers within the companies. BLOG] How to Use Sales Intelligence for Event Lead Generation. How to efficiently follow-up with prospects after the show.

Trade Show 174

Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker 174

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Implementing AirCover into their GTM motions has also led to longer-term benefits for MassPay: the increased engagement from prospects at key accounts is supporting their larger brand awareness efforts, building a voice in the market that can influence conversions down the road and building brand equity with future decision-makers.

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Account Based Marketing Scale Strategy Marketing 147

MarketJoy

JULY 22, 2022

Demand Generation: B2B demand generation is a form of marketing that creates interest in a product or service. Identify the companies and decision-makers you want to target. Now, let’s briefly look at the challenges to building an effective sales pipeline and how you can avoid them. Over to you.

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Ideal Customer Profile Pipeline Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation 111

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “ buyer’s journey.” And keep in mind, these decision makers will most likely be from different departments.

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Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Strategy 208

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2023

.” – Robert Kulewicz, Chief Growth Officer, MarketSpark Challenge #3: Automating account-based selling motions According to Gartner , today’s buying committees can be as large as 11 decision-makers — sometimes increasing to as many as 20 different contacts.

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Demand Generation Targets Ideal Customer Profile Scale Lead Rank 130

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Generates meetings with decision makers inside of your target prospects. Social Selling provides expanded access to decision makers. First and foremost is your team’s ability to drive effective Demand Generation results. Social Prospecting Guidance. In Summary. Author: Vince Koehler.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 23, 2019

We asked Jake Shaffren, DiscoverOrg’s Director of Sales, and Nina Wooten, our Director of Demand Generation, about their favorite tips for generating sales leads at trade shows and events. Nina Wooten, Director of Demand Generation. To generate leads at trade shows, you have to start strategizing in advance.

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Trade Show Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 227

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

Your demand generation team may be high-fiving themselves for activity, not results. It’s easy to pad demand generation numbers with bulk buys. For example, an ‘A Grade’ can be the perfect decision maker title from the ideal target organization. Assess Demand Generation Best Practices.

Sales Qualified Lead 276

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Failing to Do Your Homework Aaron Whittaker , VP of Demand Generation & Marketing at Thrive Digital Marketing Agency , says, "One of the most significant mistakes I‘ve seen is neglecting preparation. Imagine stepping into a conversation without knowing the company’s background or the decision-maker's name.

Cold Calling 87

Cold Calling Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Follow-up 87

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

For new customers, build it into the Demand Generation phase. Understand the ways in which the purchase decision will impact the decision-maker. Understand happens if the decision-maker fails to make a decision. Build the job aid into specific points of your Sales Process. Personal Impact.

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Buyer Decision Maker Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 293

Zoominfo

MARCH 30, 2023

Whether they’re building a brand, fueling revenue generation, or supporting the customer journey, marketers are constantly looking for ways to highlight their value and increase ROI.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead 130

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Targeting c-level decision makers can involve low early conversion rates. That''s where SBI''s demand generation programs benefit from ProForma Lead Source assessment tools. Demand Generation teams should focus on these metrics: Cost per qualified Sales Ready Lead.

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Cost per Lead Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Leads 282

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

Your demand generation team may be high-fiving themselves for activity, not results. It’s easy to pad demand generation numbers with bulk buys. For example, an ‘A Grade’ can be the perfect decision maker title from the ideal target organization. Assess Demand Generation Best Practices.

Sales Qualified Lead 239

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

TJ Macke is the SVP of strategy at Sapper Consulting , which replaces the cold call to secure quality sales meetings with decision makers. After years of perfecting its outbound demand generation technique, Sapper Consulting developed REGIE, proprietary software that designs data-driven prospecting sequences in under three minutes.

Sales Qualified Lead 194

Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Scale Top of Funnel 194

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If your sales and marketing teams are not aligned, it’s going to be much more difficult to hit your number,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Mimic the workflow that sales would have to do if they didn’t have any support,” says Nina Wooten, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo.

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 27, 2022

“As we’re talking about chat, our teams started talking about the client’s website and what they’re trying to accomplish from a demand-generation perspective. the client was also about to sign with a competing demand-generation platform when ZoomInfo got a chance to present MarketingOS.

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Closing Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 100

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I’ve heard it takes at least seven to 10 touches for sales teams who cold call and cold email prospects to connect with decision-makers. New research from demand generation firm Vorsight paints an even more dismal picture of cold calling, suggesting it takes 60 to 90 dials to actually get meetings. Delete, delete, delete.

Cold Calling 120

Cold Calling Decision Maker Referrals Wireless 120

Zoominfo

MARCH 7, 2023

High-quality data minimizes the risk of targeting companies that aren’t a good fit for your business or contacting people who aren’t key decision-makers. Accurate data can also ensure that you see and understand the accounts that match your ideal customer profile (ICP).

Account Based Marketing 130

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 130

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Lead Rank 40

Emissary

JUNE 6, 2022

With the pandemic curtailing events and other traditional demand generation tactics, ABM was pushed even further into the spotlight, with many coining 2021 as “ the year of ABM.” Technology purchases of less than $250,000 take over eight months on average and involve five or more cross-functional decision-makers.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Enterprise Enterprise Demand Generation Targets 52

Product Management University

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Execute the demand generation plans that open doors for salespeople at the decision-maker level where the value messaging will resonate best and engage those decision makers in meaningful conversations at the start of the sales process. Remember, customers don’t buy because they understand you.

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Revenue Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Segment 52

Product Management University

JANUARY 13, 2020

Solution positioning is the buyer’s (decision-maker/influencer) version of a value story, their vision for success. Demand Generation. Demand generation in a product marketing model usually forces you to be generic in your messaging because your products target buyers across multiple market segments.

Marketing 52

Marketing Decision Maker Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 52

Product Management University

AUGUST 20, 2018

It identifies where the best opportunities are relative to the strength of your existing solutions, articulates the value positioning (bait) required to reel them in, then turns the salesforce loose on those opportunities via demand generation programs.

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Decision Maker Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets SalesForce 45

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

decision makers for every sale who have a say in whether a product is purchased. Decision maker: gives final approval for the purchase. Evaluation: The decision makers in the organization weigh the cost of the product to the results they achieved during the business case. Generate interest.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 141

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Consider the following 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. In fact, 78% of decision-makers have taken an appointment or attended an event that came from a cold call ( source ).

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B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Prospecting 212

Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Start with decision-makers who have influence over the next phase of your relationship. Be sure your QBRs include discussions of effectiveness (including product development, customer experience, demand generation , branding, and bookings) and/or efficiencies (cost reduction, risk reduction, elimination of rework, and more).

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Exercises How To Demand Generation Agencies ROI 245

SBI

JANUARY 18, 2018

Penetrate Target Accounts for More Sales-Ready Leads – Because reply emails are coming from accounts you’re already targeting, the alternate and replacement contacts LeadGnome finds are not only within the account, but more than likely influencers and decision makers within the opportunity.

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Penetration Account ROI Demand Generation Agencies 114

Pointclear

JULY 21, 2011

Many C-level decision makers have not yet embraced—and may never—the role of self-education via social media. He responded to a proven outbound lead generation methodology driven by an experienced prospect development professional. SQLs and closed deals) at risk. Executive work styles and late adopters.

Inbound 184

Inbound Outbound Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 184

Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

people needed to formally sign off on each purchasing decision. Because of this, salespeople are commonly pressured to get familiar with the personas of several different decision-makers, and tailor multiple messages to each person’s specific needs. In 2015, an average of 5.4

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Buyer Persona Buyer Decision Maker Demand Generation Agencies 100

Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Lead generation can be a mix of inbound or outbound techniques aimed at attracting potential customers to your product or service. Most B2B companies use some combination of sales development , demand generation, SEO , conversion rateoptimization, affiliate marketing and eCommerce to maximize their lead gen efforts.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

According to Gartner, the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves six to 10 decision-makers. Evaluation: The decision-makers in the organization weigh the cost of the product to the results they achieved during the business case. These people make up what is called the "buying center." You must optimize.

Paid Content 98

Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

MAY 24, 2019

When organizations think of sales and marketing alignment, they often focus on demand generation. Marketing must agree to move beyond demand generation content and build content designed to be used in the sales process. Like demand generation, content won’t be successful without alignment. Sound familiar?

Marketing 90

Marketing Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 90

Mereo

JUNE 6, 2024

As a knowledgeable partner, guiding the buyer through an effective discovery process — helping them identify issues, understand the impact of them and the value derived by solving those issues — is fundamental to mapping out the story or vision that will energize decision-makers to move away from the status quo.

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Revenue Decision Maker Proposal Lead Rank 45

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Most complex decisions are made in a group decision. This involves multiple roles, each key role requiring a Persona; Ultimate Decision Maker – Final approval of the decision. Step 5: Map Potential Demand Generation Opportunities. SBI executed Persona engagements typically include 6-10 Personas.

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Exercises Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing 310