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

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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Marketing Face-to-face Buyer Persona Lead Rank 297

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Marketing leaders can gain a competitive advantage by executing a high value exercise Develop a Persona Ecosystem. For marketing leaders tasked with acquiring new customers this is the most valuable exercise you will perform all year. Dive in head first to enhance your 2013 Marketing Plan. Step 1: Identify the Market.

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Exercises Lead Scoring Lead Rank Marketing 310

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Pointclear

MAY 8, 2013

Andy Gray is a senior marketing professional with proven expertise in directing, centralizing, and strengthening how customers are acquired and retained as well as how companies are positioned through marketing strategies, demand generation, sales support and enablement programs, market research and product development.

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Quota Cost per Lead Marketing Salary 201

Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2025

In B2B marketing, context is king. Without the right context, marketers risk burning time, budget, and internal goodwill on campaigns that just dont drive results. Understanding Intent Data: From Noise to Opportunity Intent data is a familiar concept to marketers, but it has evolved significantly in the past several years.

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Intent Intent Data Intent Signal Account Based Marketing 130

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

To help you out on that front, we here at The HubSpot Sales Blog — the Internet's definitive, ultimate, unimpeachably authoritative authority on all things sales-related and sales-adjacent — tapped some experts for strategies they use to get an unresponsive prospect talking again. Let's see what they had to say!

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

Yet there’s little attention within marketing teams on developing quality offers. DMA studies show Offer is the #1 determination of success for customer marketing. Marketing plans are well underway. Chief Marketing Officers are monitoring their team’s campaign metrics as a leading indicator. Strategic Offer Assessment.

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Campaigns Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Outside Sales 310

SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2013

These also relate to Sales Rep turnover. Insufficient Marketing-Provided Leads. The Marketing department is also supposed to provide leads. Unfortunately, many marketing organizations confuse demand generation with providing leads. Sales Reps leave when no support for leads comes from Marketing.

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Lead Nurturing Demand Generation 326

Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Whether it’s to access fast customer support, resolve a technical issue, or simply connect to a sales representative, more and more companies are adopting chatbots and conversational marketing platforms to their websites. Chatbots are the perfect tool to improve your website conversion rates while seamlessly fitting into your demand engine.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Engineering Top of Funnel 130

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 24, 2012

This one is also related to the Buyer’s Journey. Ignoring Content Marketing. Take the simple example of Marketing Automation technology. It can be wonderful for helping you stimulate and manage latent sales demand. The process defines your demand generation and lead management workflow. Author: Mark Synek.

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Hiring Lead Rank Collateral Case Study 326

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. B2B Lead Generation Sources.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

Whether it’s to access fast customer support, resolve that technical issue, or simply connect to a sales representative, more and more companies are adopting chatbots and conversational marketing platforms to their website. Chatbots are the perfect tool to amp up your website while seamlessly fitting into your demand generation engine.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Engineering Top of Funnel 100

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The year I first introduced the methodology for creating buyer personas specifically for marketing and sales. Buyer personas can be a big help in aligning marketing and sales around a launch. You Have Entered New Markets. Have you expanded into new geographic or vertical markets? You know this already.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Lead Nurturing Lead Rank 312

Pointclear

MAY 20, 2016

Make marketing accountable for sourcing revenue is the third of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Measuring marketing’s contribution to revenue. Tier 3: SMB/Channel Accounts.

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 133

SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2013

Sales leaders recognize that marketing has a role. The purpose of this article is for Marketing leaders to; 1. Marketing dollars spent with agencies are multitudes greater than what a sales leader typically spends with 3 rd parties. The sales leader has difficulty seeing the marketing spend as prudent.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Advertising Top of Funnel 306

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Every marketing team should have specific KPIs that align with their department’s goals and the organization’s goals at large.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 130

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Stored in Appointments , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Groups Lead Rank 218

The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

We covered a number of topics relating to sales and success. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. In the segment below we discussed the importance of “actioned information”, and its role in sales success. Book Notice. Book Review. Cold calling.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 253

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Demand generation and lead generation are two strategies that make up a large part of inbound sales but are often referred to interchangeably despite being two different practices. What is demand generation? The process helps you increase brand awareness, educates audiences, and generates trust.

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Lead Gen Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation 130

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. On Monday I posted about assumptions and the pitfalls of assuming that the buyer has the same understanding of a subject you do, or that they mean the same thing you do when they use a specific word. Tibor Shanto.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

Lead Rank 195

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

When your unveiling a new product, the last thing you want is to waste time and resources bringing a product to market where or when it’s unnecessary. So, here’s my step-by-step guide to building your own go-to-market strategy using the strategies I’ve implemented to build multiple companies throughout the years.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 145

The Pipeline

MARCH 9, 2011

Related videos: The EDGE Sales Process. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. In that way all in the sales organization own it and its value is reflected and determined in the strength of its execution. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEj8TDuwvok.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 238

Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

Marketers use buyer personas to inform every piece of their marketing strategy and ultimately generate more revenue for their respective companies. We hope you use it to create your own personas and scale your marketing efforts. We talk about buyer personas a lot on the ZoomInfo blog— for good reason!

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Lead Gen 165

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Earlier this week, I posted on two related or intersecting topics sales leaders need to manage and improve. First, their view of, and approach to sales training ; second the alignment of their sales assets with clearly identifiable market segments. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Book Notice.

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Webinar Metrics Pipeline Hiring Face-to-face 210

The Pipeline

JUNE 8, 2011

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Go ahead, do it, its good for you and your sales! click here now! What’s In Your Pipeline? Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 224

The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Too many reps feel the need to say a whole bunch of things not related to the key issue for the recipient of the call, dealing mostly with who they are, who their company is, and a bunch of other that lead to one of three things from the potential prospect: Rejection. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 255

The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

Ian Brodie is a Marketing Speaker and Coach who helps consultants, coaches and other professionals attract and win more clients. Small Business Sales and Marketing Magic. There’s a subtle change that’s taken place fueled by the Internet and an increased availability of information in general. About Ian Brodie.

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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 Is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. What is a Lead? Pretty simple, right?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

With this data, your marketing team can personalize emails and other content , your sales reps can anticipate customer needs and proactively pitch them, and your commerce team can personalize web content. Lead and Marketing Automation Your CRM should help you easily capture and nurture leads. Pros of HubSpot Robust freemium plan.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Hubspot Scale 105

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Look at the specifics of the content and how it relates to your accounts, you sales. The market is changing, are you? Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. There are a number of other ways and benefits, the key is to adopt and foster a culture of learning and improvement.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Real Estate 253

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

GTMnow shares insight around the go-to-market strategies responsible for explosive company growth. Given how tough this market is, I figured it would be valuable to break down exactly how we did it. You cannot openly market or solicit the fact that you are raising a fund. The other major hurdle? Another major differentiator?

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Outsourcing Services Scale Marketing How To 77

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. Marketers are definitely at the forefront of experimenting with GenAI.

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Data Lead Rank Scale Marketing 130

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Your company’s products and related services are utilized by companies of all types and sizes, Fortune 50 to mom and pop basement operations. For a great view on SMB, Social Media and internet marketing, just check out “ SMB’s, social media and reality intersect ” a post earlier this year on the SMEBS-B2B Blog.

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Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 226

The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

To get more insight on that, you can read a related article “ Working Backwards From Your Goal To Get Ahead “ Look forward to your comments, and invite you to visit our YouTube Channel to view other SellBetter sales videos. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog.

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