SBI Growth

OCTOBER 30, 2012

However, if you think you need a highly experienced marketing strategist to take your company from $50M to $100M, think again. CEOs of emerging growth companies need ‘doers’ leading marketing. They help create sales enablement tools, sales value prop messing, demos and presentation decks to ensure the success of your sales team.

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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? The Lead Generation Process.

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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 ).

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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

JANUARY 5, 2023

At ZoomInfo, our demand generation team engages hundreds of thousands of global customers and prospects every month using our MarketingOS platform. Since these audiences update automatically, new leads are funneled directly into the appropriate tiered list and receive the offers most relevant to their stage in the buying journey.

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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

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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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Strong demand generation effort is required throughout the year to maintain a steady flow of leads to the sales field. Marketing leaders need a proven framework to unlock the potential of your marketing team. Marketing leaders are under pressure to drive new customer acquisition. Expected cost per lead.

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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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SBI Growth

APRIL 8, 2013

DEMAND GENERATION. You also need someone responsible for launching, measuring and optimizing all demand generation channels. What are the best demand generation levers to pull to stimulate inquiries? Measuring – Marketing automation delivers the ability to measure campaign effectiveness.

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LeadBoxer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Business-to-business (B2B) demand generation is important for any business. Awareness of your business’ products and services involves demand generation marketing strategies. You can skip some parts of the post and jump ahead: What is Demand Generation Marketing?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. Marketing team structures too often are remnants from the days of print ad dominance. Evolution is constant in today’s world-class B2B marketing teams. Building World-class Lead Generation programs begins with assessing current state.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

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SBI Growth

MAY 5, 2013

She has helped build the company with superb demand generation efforts. She has been trying to reduce her cost per lead, but have not been able to get below $360 per qualified lead. I reminded Kathy that she’s not focused enough on Lead Management. This is 54% more leads than traditional outbound leads.

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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?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2012

Marketing, do you have a sales quota tied to Lead Generation ? Do you wait for it to come or will you lead on this issue? B2B companies are assigning their Marketing teams with lead quotas tied directly to a percentage of the corporate sales goal. Determining Total Deals Required from Demand Generation.

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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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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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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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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 130

SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

Included is a tool that helps pinpoint your root cause of turnover. $25 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.

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SBI Growth

MAY 1, 2013

She inherited a legacy B2B marketing team, no marketing automation or lead generation program. Sales leadership continues to hammer marketing for support. They are looking for help generating qualified leads. At this point sales sees no value in marketing and why would they?

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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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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Impacting a marketing team’s output in that short period of time requires a quick start. B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. Marketing contribution as a % of Pipeline Opportunities. Marketing contribution as a % of Revenue.

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

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

Marketing plans are well underway. Chief Marketing Officers are monitoring their team’s campaign metrics as a leading indicator. Click metrics are presented by the marketing team without much dialogue about the Offer. CMO’s can lead their team to greater results through Offer improvement. But that’s not enough.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

The quantity of qualified leads is down, despite more call volume. Find a different way to generate high quality leads. The office telephone is a dying demand generation tool. They bring binders, sales tools, and laminated glossy sheets. They use the tools for the first week, then stop.

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SBI Growth

JULY 12, 2013

The one thing Sales and Marketing can both agree on; Marketing is undergoing transformational change! Who’s Got the Leads? Let’s go back to when Heidi took over the marketing organization. The goals of marketing at the time did not include supplying any leads to sales. Why would they? Make It Automated.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Often, lack of time causes content marketing to be outsourced to 3rd parties. This will lead to insufficient leads and the death of you. It utilizes personnel from Sales, Marketing, Product Development and other parts of the organization. This unique tool helps your team focus on producing continuous great content.

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SBI Growth

JULY 7, 2013

A BPM is a tool that maps the decision making process used to purchase a product, service or solution. A BPM provides the marketing team a blueprint for effective demand generation and lead management. Using a BPM means the buyer and marketing are aligned. BLUEPRINT FOR EFFECTIVE LEAD GENERATION.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Get it here along with over 90+ tools by registering for our research tour. Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Actions that generate revenue. Make sure their schedules include: Daily demand generation activities. Everyone must work on generating lead daily.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Over the past year, there have been many great Marketing & Lead Generation blog posts. I offer you an executive summary of key takeaways from SBI’s marketing related posts. I have compiled the top 15 questions to evaluate your performance against best-in-class marketing operations. I created Buyer Personas ?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Chatbots are a lead generation machine capable of driving forward conversations, which are the start to a great customer relationship. That level of attention and traffic needs to convert higher than the typical 1% to 2% averages we often see in B2B marketing. Can Your Team Handle Yet Another Tool?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

This tool allowed him to choose the right team to manage the process. And with a new market, comes the need for qualified leads. Based on his analysis, three initiatives were selected as top priorities: Market analysis and segmentation. Demand generation. Prioritized Success Factors. Ownership Teams.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

If you don’t, lead generation efforts will hit road blocks. Live leads will break away as you reel them in. Best in class marketers evolved beyond mobile optimized websites. Mobile adoption as a marketing tool became readily apparent as we watched the latest Super Bowl commercials.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 29, 2013

Marketing has plans to help with better Demand Generation and Lead Management. Marketing has big plans. People are starting to understand the science of increasing interest and demand. Dollars are being allocated for things like marketing automation tools and lead development reps.

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