The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2014

Let’s look at one of the biggest slices of crap peddled in sales these days: “60% of the sales cycle is over before a buyer talks to a sales person” , as quoted by James Wood, on Earnest About B2B Blog , Slide number 5, attributes the quote to Kieran Flanagan, Hubspot. Happy New Year! Tibor Shanto. Tibor Shanto'

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SugarCRM

JANUARY 23, 2019

The Sales Velocity equation looks at four things: 1) number of opportunities in pipe, 2) average opportunity value, 3) historical percentage win-rate and 4) average length of sales cycle. In this post, I’ll dive deeper into the latter: average length of sales cycle. How can you drive your sales cycle length down?

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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 does a “good lead” look like anyway? Outbound Prospecting.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

In fact, consider these 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. 36% of companies have created shorter sales cycles using personas. Your 5 Sales Prospect Personas [Infographic].

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Lead Gen 165

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling customers allows you to better understand the problems your would-be buyers are attempting to solve, which helps revenue professionals do their jobs more effectively at every stage of the customer buying cycle. With better profiles, demand generation teams can craft stronger advertising campaigns.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“As we established trust with our sales team, we started to have more conversations around how we process leads, how we move prospects through the sales cycle, and how we send feedback to marketing regarding poor-fit accounts or accounts that need more nurture.

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Account Based Marketing Scale Strategy Marketing 147

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you’re one of those B2B marketers looking for leverage, here’s what you should know about conversational marketing and how it could enhance your demand generation strategy. According to Salesforce , close rates are three times higher if a sales development rep can schedule a meeting with a lead the same day.

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Account Based Marketing Buyer Conversion Marketing 130

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 does a “good lead” look like anyway?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

A more nuanced understanding of marketing’s effect on the sales cycles, a better case for increased budgets, and another step forward in the age-old struggle for better sales and marketing alignment. “It’s marketing helping sales in the way sales wants to be helped. The result? Everyone’s happy.”

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Account Based Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 14, 2022

“The key is to make the number you ask for a function of what leadership asks you for first,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. “As a general guideline, your budget should be 20-35% of your gross revenue target. Generally, paid social can be expensive but convert well.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This has major consequences for both the marketing team and their sales counterparts. “If 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. What does the sales team need from the marketing team?

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Do you have enough sales people to cover the new quota? Set up a planning session with your sales managers immediately. Sales Managers and Reps need to have the first 30-60 days focused on actions. Actions that generate revenue.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

ZoomInfo ZoomInfo Marketing is a powerful solution designed to revolutionize demand generation and account-based marketing strategies. The platform leverages proprietary data to pinpoint accounts with the highest purchase intent, enabling marketers to maximize engagement across various channels and accelerate sales cycles.

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Bigtincan

JULY 17, 2015

A complaint we often hear from sales teams is that they don’t have the content they need to support them throughout their conversations with prospects.

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SBI

JANUARY 14, 2014

In a recent article on Forbes, “You’re Doing It Wrong: Demand Generation,” Patrick Spenner, Managing Director at CEB’s Marketing & Communications Practice , makes a strong argument for why this approach is taking B2B marketers in the wrong direction. The first vendor in the door wins the deal 63% of the time. Geoff Rego. .

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SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

For example, how long is your sales cycle? For many of our clients, the average sales cycle exceeds 6 months. In this situation, the sales leader better be evaluating net new leads NOW. Build a tight sales process that matches the stages of their buyer’s journey. Demand Generation and Lead Management.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 308

Mindtickle

MAY 16, 2024

Team selling has become increasingly the norm for high-touch B2B sales, and with more folks involved in the sales process, it becomes increasingly important to align your selling team step-by-step throughout the sales cycle.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 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. Demand Generation. Sales Cycle.

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Pipeline Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation 216

The Pipeline

APRIL 17, 2013

Ability Accountability Action Attitude Buying Process Change Management Communication Strategy Demand Generation EDGE Sales Process execution Funnel management Hunter Interactive Selling Managed Print Services Managed Services Order Takers Planning Play to Win Productivity Referrlas Sales Cycle Sales Mistakes Sales Strategy Sales Success Selling to (..)

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When they change their demand generation and outbound programs to focus on the business issues and opportunities customers may be unaware of or unconscious to. But the most interesting and counterintuitive thing is the total sales cycle is significantly reduced over our traditional approaches.

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Outbound Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Face-to-face 107

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

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. Reduced overall sales cycles. Demand Generation - Comprehensive View of Content Marketing. Higher close rates of from inbound leads. No worries.

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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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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 223

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The most strategic salespeople use the org charts throughout the sales cycle to ensure they have the buying committee fully engaged. These were super high-value contacts for us that had a high likelihood to already be in the area for Dreamforce. Watch it: 5 Ways to Leverage Org Charts: Installed technologies (the “tech stack).

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“Using intent, and particularly technographics — insight into the technologies a company currently has installed and the technologies they’re actively researching — can really help tailor your messaging,” says Ashley Eleveld, senior manager of international demand generation at ZoomInfo. Cultural do’s and don’ts.

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Webinar Metrics Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 130

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Once a lead falls into the decision stage, the sales team takes over and the lead enter the sales funnel. The stages of the sales cycle are as follows (Note: The sales funnel has also recently been reinvented as a more modern Flywheel ): Contact: Communication between the lead and sales rep begins.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 142

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Use a wide variety of relevant demand generation content to nurture folks during every stage of the buying process and/or sales cycle. Ensure you have full visibility on all marketing and sales activity in your CRM, and update the data at regular intervals. Always be qualifying all lead types.

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Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 68

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , Sell Better , Shorter sales cycle , execution. Demand Generation. Sales Cycle.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Most importantly this will ensure your sales force improvement project is one that matters. The Common Sales Problems #1 - Metric — Longer Sales Cycles or Declining ASP. There is a best practice to get the sales force ready to sell the new product. These need to be connected in a Sales & Marketing Supply Chain.

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Promotion Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Intent 310

SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have seen firsthand the power that customer advocates wield in B2B buyers’ decisions in our own sales cycles, as well as those of our customers. The advocate program is simply a case study/customer testimonial video factory to appease Sales leadership. It shouldn’t come as any surprise.

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Account Based Marketing Customer Demand Generation Agencies Case Study 122

The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

Work Your Cycle not the Calendar. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Demand Generation.

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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. 36% of companies have created shorter sales cycles using personas.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Your GTM approach determines the type of sales roles you hire, the technology you implement, and your overall approach to demand generation. Sales Cycle Length. The Sales Cycle Length tells you how long it typically takes your company to close a deal, measured from the first meeting until the contract is booked.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

This works best for simple products with a low-cost point and high volume of sales. It’s difficult to build, but, when successful, it sees a short sales cycle, zero cost to hire salespeople, and is highly profitable. While you won’t need a sales team, you will need a marketing team to drive traffic and conversions to your site.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

Pointclear

AUGUST 23, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Tim sees two primary focal points for marketing and sales alignment: the lead generation/demand generation element and the content/sales enablement piece. Demand Generation Recommendation: From PDFs to Visuals and Video. I think I’m OK.’

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Tool.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Hiring 245

Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

During the sales process, your organization did a lot of hard work to uncover your client’s needs and link a range of possible solutions to those needs. Over the course of a many-month sales cycle, that was refined into an acceptable solution. Don’t lose sight of those original business drivers.

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