Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? The Lead Generation Process.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

These are just a few pillars that define demand generation. Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. What is Demand Generation? Demand generation is programmatic.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As a Marketing Leader, you are expected to contribute to the revenue goal. Mature marketing organizations ex pect this number to be upwards of 30%. Do you have enough leads to hit this number? The popular answer is “content marketing”. There are several roles within your marketing department. Are they quality?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct. That won’t change.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

One of the top reported problems plaguing sales forces is the lack of quality leads. Without a comprehensive lead generation strategy, sales rejection of leads sticks around like a bad rash. Companies are treating the symptoms of poor quality leads without getting to the root cause. Grading sales qualified leads.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The purpose of this blog post is to provide marketing leaders with a five minute executive summary explaining the new offering and what it means to your business. Now is the time to double down on your LinkedIn Lead Generation efforts by engaging these new features: Endorsements. Influencers (Content from Thought Leaders).

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The purpose of this blog post is to provide marketing leaders with a five minute executive summary explaining the new offering and what it means to your business. Now is the time to double down on your LinkedIn Lead Generation efforts by engaging these new features: Endorsements. Influencers (Content from Thought Leaders).

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

B2B marketers have long since understood the benefits of social media—yet many still struggle to leverage its full potential as a demand generation tool. In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). Don’t believe us?

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SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

B2B Chief Marketing Officers are enthusiastic about sharing tangible results. There is a strong desire to connect marketing spend to revenue. Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. The decks show a healthy growth curve of leads being generated for Sales.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

As next year’s new plans take shape, the VP of Sales will be leaning on CMO's for more leads. What channel of Demand Generation can yield the highest return and sustained success? Getting the most out of SEO is low-hanging fruit to drive qualified leads into the top of the funnel. Natural Link Growth.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2023

At ZoomInfo, our demand generation team engages hundreds of thousands of global customers and prospects every month using our MarketingOS platform. Decrease Your “Toggle Tax” While Nurturing Leads Effectively In today’s technology landscape, there’s seemingly a solution for every marketing motion imaginable.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Identify any gaps and work to close using the following: Social prospecting - if you don’t think you will have enough leads from marketing, generate your own. Sales can’t rely on marketing alone. Today’s sales leader should be generating about 70% of revenue through sales prospecting.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. In the pas I have posted about leads being a renewable resource.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 5, 2013

When you ask why the number is getting missed: Sales tells you they aren’t getting enough leads from marketing. Marketing says sales can’t convert leads to orders. Demand Generation – Creating interest and attracting new potential customers. Lead Management – Converting leads to qualified opportunities.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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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. Track referrals.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2012

In fact, sales leaders are tired of hearing about traffic stats when all they care about is if any of it is generating leads for the sales force. In addition, you are probably using a marketing automation system that tracks leads and viewing history. Reveals your prospects' interests. Why do you care?

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. In fact, we’ve coached clients through a number of simple steps that have helped them double or triple their prospecting email response rates virtually overnight. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

I’ve been involved in sales enablement and lead generation since the term was just getting popularized in the B2B tech sector around 2006. Successful sales enablement starts with ensuring marketing and sales are aligned , which isn’t always easy, but pays its dividends many times over. Marketing-generated awareness.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Content Marketing works. B2B Marketing teams are seeing fruit from their investment in content marketing to fuel Lead Generation efforts; 2-3x increase in the quantity of inbound leads. Higher close rates of from inbound leads. More leads that close quicker and at a higher rate of success.

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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.

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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. You’ll spin your wheels and get frustrated, leading to turnover, lost productivity, and reduced budget because you can’t get a return on investment.”

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While there are countless KPIs you could track, we’re laying out the ones specifically tailored for demand generation marketers. Leads sent to nurture : Number of cold leads you engaged and added to your nurture program. Demos : Number of MQLs that sign up for a scheduled demo. Intent lift.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

All attendants expect to see a return on that investment: leads. Lots of warm leads. We have trade show prospecting down to a science. Members of DiscoverOrg’s sales and marketing teams attend about 30 events per year. For walk events, we get about 400 leads per walk event, of which half are “hot” (sales accepted) leads.

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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.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL ) an antiquated, vanity metric? Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. No matter where the lead was sourced. Glad you asked!)

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As a Marketing Leader, you are expected to contribute to the revenue goal. Mature marketing organizations ex pect this number to be upwards of 30%. Do you have enough leads to hit this number? The popular answer is “content marketing”. There are several roles within your marketing department. Are they quality?

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Distribution How To 180

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue. An LDR is not a sales rep either.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Simple ROI calculations based on lead source have muddied the waters. A more robust framework for the ROMI (Return on Marketing Investment) calculation is required at the campaign level to provide a reliable picture of Lead Generation efforts. The ProForma is used for Demand Generation campaign pre-planning.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 4, 2018

I review a lot of content on this topic and am amazed at what I find written about lead cost. For example: “The average cost per lead across all the companies surveyed is almost $200 ($198.44).Admittedly, see marketing charts analysis of HubSpot’s “2017 Demand Generation Benchmarks Report” ). per gross lead).

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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.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 5, 2013

Great questions make for worthwhile listening; crappy questions lead to… well you know. Or any other question of this sort, they develop a standard canned answer, which if not deflected by the seller, will lead to the same predictable outcome, no sale or discounted sale, I guess that’s the penalty for bad questions. Tibor Shanto.

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SBI Growth

MAY 14, 2013

Understanding what your prospects are asking themselves, and when, is critical work. The best marketing leaders are building Buyer Process Maps for their key Buyer Personas. The benefits to using BPMs to produce Contextual Content are twofold: Demand Generation – Relevant content attracts visitors to your site.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 16, 2014

The best sales organizations are those who excel at executing their sales process; from demand generation, to prospecting to closing and growing accounts. The best sales processes are those that evolve and reflect the changing nature of their clients and markets. Learn how: Execution based selling beats and other selling.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2018

And while thousands urgently indulge in Cyber Monday, we cringe every time a prospect responds with, "Can you get back to me in a month?". It's very likely that your prospect forgets your name by the time you reach out a month later. Once goals are established, explore why it's critical for the prospect to address the pain now.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

Insufficient Marketing-Provided Leads. Sales Reps depend on a continual flow of quality leads to work as opportunities. They find leads themselves through prospecting. The Marketing department is also supposed to provide leads. They lack a lead nurturing program. Call to Action.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

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