SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

And by the way, your CMO partner is going through that exact same exercise. Start at the highest level and work your way down to make sure that both you and your CMO get to enjoy this success: Productivity Costs (Demand Generation, Lead Management, Training, Sales Ops). Sales and Marketing Teamwork = Success.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? Lead Scoring: What is it and why is it important?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Larry Anderson, Director, Demand Generation, Adapt Telephony Services, LLC. Dominique Catabay, Demand Gen Specialist. Dominique Catabay, Demand Generation Specialist, DiscoverOrg. I’m thankful to be exactly here. Exactly now. With a wonderful family, living in the Pacific Northwest.

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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. What’s the difference between lead generation vs. demand generation?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2012

To learn more about how buyers are changing and how this affects demand generation, see the CMO's Guide To Stimulating Demand ). Hundreds, if not thousands of CMO’s across the globe make similar comments. It can make the difference between getting your marketing strategy right – or not. (To

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2012

Just go to LeadFerret.com , search for the records you want and you’ll soon be viewing them on your screen without paying a dime, or jumping through any hoops. Other than rejection, the biggest challenge sellers talk to me about is sourcing quality leads, with accurate data, in a cost effective way. LeadFerret offers exactly that.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Chris is an experienced technology business development & marketing executive, with deep domain expertise in the areas of online and inbound marketing, strategic alliances, demand generation, and corporate development/M&A. Chris originally published this post on November 14, 2011, and it is republished here with his permission.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? Lead Scoring: What is it and why is it important?

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

Demand Generation. A friend of mine affectionately refers to Starbuck as Fivebucks, as he never seems to leave the place spending less than that, but hey it’s coffee, so I get it. Jonathan and Top Sales World have organized the biggest ever online conference, 2011 Sales & Marketing Success Conference. Book Notice.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

We started by developing personas forthe Heads of Sales, Head of Marketing, Business Development, Sales Development, Demand Generation, Sales Ops, andInside Sales – since our outreach is persona-based for ABE. On the Sales side of the house: For our experimental group, we performed account-based everything plays.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

But this abundance demands a focused, strategic approach to lead generation that minimizes wasted spending and drives meaningful results. Demand-Gen vs. Lead-Gen: The False Dichotomy The debate between demand-gen and lead-gen has become quite polarized.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

Demand Generation. Sales 2.0 , Sales Technique , Success , Tibor Shanto , Video. This post has 2 comments. Wim @ Sales Sells. May 4th, 2011. E-mail is still very effective exactly because people have a very personal relationship with their e-mail inbox. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling.

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SBI

APRIL 17, 2013

Meagen Eisenberg , VP of Demand Generation at DocuSign described how she accelerates the pipeline with a content marketing and lead nurturing system. If you don’t have the staff, then pencil the more compelling ideas into your demand generation strategy. What if you could get 20 or 30% of prospects to talk with you?

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Zoominfo

MAY 11, 2021

Something people tend to forget is content becomes stagnant really, really quickly,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Let’s cut to the chase: When it comes to digital advertising, intentionality is everything.

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Zoominfo

MAY 11, 2021

Something people tend to forget is content becomes stagnant really, really quickly,” says Hussam AlMukhtar, senior director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Let’s cut to the chase: When it comes to digital advertising, intentionality is everything. Your content will have a greater impact if it aligns with your audience’s pain points.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

While there may not be an exact number, there is a pattern and if you track it, you can quickly arrive at that number. Demand Generation. First discipline is to understand the average length of your sales cycle, and by definition the average and optimal length of each stage of the sale. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

Demand Generation. Hey Kevin, I really enjoyed hearing your unique perspective on this… Dan. Reply to this comment. Leanne Hoagland Smith. March 19th, 2011. Dan – Great article and defining the word helped people to understand exactly where you were going. Saying the Naked Emperor is the salesperson is necessary.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 25, 2018

For example, when we we did demand generation as a small company, we’d build random list of people, cleanse the data, load it into our Marketing Automation Platform … and whatever came in – great. DiscoverOrg investor] TA Associates came on at the exact right time. That’s where a board is helpful.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It’s not exactly a new element of B2B digital marketing, but the numbers are staggering, says Amanda Foushee, a demand generation associate at Marsden Marketing. Video soars. Check out these stats on video marketing from Forbes: Video is projected to claim more than 80 percent of all web traffic by 2019.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 14, 2012

They have a sales process, they have hired the right people, they have a good organizational structure, they have a compensation plan, they have training, they have demand generation programs, they have marketing and nurturing programs, they have CRM and other Sales 2.0 In one sense they are exactly the same.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

Demand Generation. ” Or, if I’m completely confused, I may ask, “Are you asking me to do something?” ” That’s the pivotal moment when I learn what their hopeful outcome is. If I hear, “I just need to vent.”I ”I know exactly where we are in our exchange and what my role is.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Let me use a DiscoverOrg example: We work with a particular client, and because of the quality and the accuracy of the data and the sales intelligence that we provided, the demand generation team at this particular client was able to take a very meaningful metric in their world and improve it 14x over. Be a change catalyst.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

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. Although buyer personas are typically considered marketing territory, they’re also critical to the prospecting process.

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InsightSquared

JANUARY 29, 2018

During a recent analysis of the available “operations” jobs on LinkedIn, we discovered a significant number of “revenue operations” jobs — 59,110 to be exact. It sparked the question, “Is revenue operations just another word for sales operations, or are the roles fundamentally different?”.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This is the exact experience of an overwhelming number of respondents to our recent survey. Essentially, this prospect is screaming, “Sell to me!” And yet, sellers often let that prospect slip away without ever receiving a response. Impossible to believe? Consider this your H2H selling wake-up call.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Throughout my career, I’ve seen and have had a lot of real-world experience with Lead Generation Departments (Market Development, Account Development, and Business Development Departments) that have reported to Sales, to Marketing, and wildly…to both at the same time. Albert Einstein].

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Corporate Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Anyway, the other thing I remember about olden times was that demand generation and marketing campaign professionals used to be experts at direct response copywriting! Unfortunately for many demand generation professionals today, their inability to write a compelling, cohesive story is no exaggeration. In Conclusion.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Demand Generation. So to borrow from Marshall and Bill Clinton, “it is the buyer, stupid, not the medium” At about this point many of you should be asking what’s the point? Exactly, and for those that didn’t ask, thank you and good selling. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto. Book Notice. Book Review.

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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. workplace scenarios.

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InsightSquared

JANUARY 23, 2019

Whether your sales and marketing teams are crushing their numbers or they are struggling to generate sufficient pipeline, there is always a desire for more leads at the top of the proverbial funnel. However, capturing the exact reason why a lead was disqualified can be very helpful. But first, let’s get some things straight.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

This runs the full gamut of revenue and customer lifecycle from marketing and demand generation, to sales, to customer success, to renewal. And this is exactly why you hired them! Previously known as President, Executive Vice President, or Senior Vice President, the CRO is responsible for the growth of the company’s revenue.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If we told you just one direct dial phone number could help your sales team generate a million dollars in revenue, you probably wouldn’t believe us. Today we explain exactly how direct dial phone numbers can improve your team’s connect rate, their productivity, and ultimately the amount of revenue they generate for your company.

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A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

It’s not just he who is directly managing the team, but also the creative and content needs to support their prospect follow-up, the CMO or VP who needs to tighten coordination across a broader swath of the demand generation waterfall, etc. Few marketing organizations plan for or expect this kind of time commitment.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2018

We talk about how to align marketing and sales with demand generation to drive scale. How to align Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Demand Gen. The right way to think about demand generation and what data to use to make decisions. 6) What really is demand generation? [25:53]. What You’ll Learn.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

SALES STRATEGY STEP 5: REVERSE ENGINEER A DEMAND ENGINE. Demand generation: Getting leads in the pipeline. Building that demand “engine” is critical to moving the sales train (see what I did there?). These teams break down the exact number of prospecting hours per sales rep in order to generate expected opportunities. .

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Because he was an independent agent, he didn’t get a lot of support — so he had to figure things out for himself, create a lot of his own demand generation programs, and drive the business. He got the most difficult territory. In a couple of years, he had built a pretty nice little business.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Richard Conn is the Senior Director for Demand Generation at 8×8 , a leading Communications as a Service platform with integrated contact center, voice, video, and chat functionality. Listening to your prospects: Always pay attention to your prospect’s tone, word choice, and attitude when you are talking with them.

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