Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The sales and marketing go-to-market frameworks weve relied on for decades staples like the funnel, the flywheel, and the buyers journey are fast becoming obsolete or are out the door already. But generative AI tools have empowered them in ways GTM teams can scarcely imagine. Sell Smarter. Win Faster.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Author: Annie Reiss, Chief Marketing Officer, CloudShare While businesses determine how to safely return to something resembling a pre-COVID world, software sales teams are still racing to meet their quotas and keep business moving. Virtual Demos and PoCs. Today, the stakes are higher than ever for them to make a good impression. .

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 7, 2025

This article explores the cutting-edge tools and methodologies that will define the future of video sales mastery, with a spotlight on Vengreso’s FlyMSG Sales Pro Plan for teams , the top choice for salespeople seeking to elevate their video sales performance.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Getting virtual sales right involves far more than using digital tools. Reimagining Sales Coverage.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar, Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. 2: New sales or marketing leader play. 4: Customer technology play. Filtering criteria stays the same.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Author: Adam Ortman Each year, it seems like the list of marketing conferences grows exponentially, which isn’t a bad thing. At conferences, you can learn about best practices, the latest technologies, and upcoming tools in the marketing world. Think SEO, SEM, and marketing analytics all rolled into one. SMX Advanced.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to reconsider your tech stack when markets shift, and now CRMs are top priority for customer engagement. Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond. Share the same goals and tools between sales and marketing teams. Future Trends in CRM.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 21, 2019

There’s no denying it — sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. The two departments may see eye-to-eye and share unified goals, but it’s less common for sales to proactively help marketing perform better, or vice versa. But in today’s digital world, the line between sales and marketing is increasingly blurred.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Marketing Case Study 241

Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

If you were a marketer twenty years ago, you would have given anything for this scenario. In 2021, digital marketers are segmenting audiences and focusing on quality over quantity. Years ago, marketers primarily segmented their audiences by age range—mainly because the data to get super granular didn’t exist back then. “As

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned? You can track their buying signals.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Weve witnessed sellers become their best, most efficient selves and seen marketers fully realize their TAM and identify messaging that really drives leads. But with our new WebSight Buyer ID capability, enterprise marketers and sellers can know exactly whos interested in their solutions even if theyre anonymously visiting a website.

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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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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2024

In fact, when you’re tenacious enough to book a call, data from Marketing Wizdom suggests that a mere 2% of sales leads will close on the first meeting. Fortunately, AI tools like Conversica can fill in the gaps and analyze current and historical data to deliver personalized messages that inspire confidence in your prospects.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. Pick out the right email automation tool. Technical Steps.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

How many emails, how many calls, how many meetings, how many demos how many proposals, how many bathroom breaks……… And the gurus reinforce and intensify this. And every performance issue is addressed by running the numbers setting new goals; more emails, more calls, more meetings, more demos, more activity.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Example 4 – Cold LinkedIn Message : Hi Dave, My name is [withheld by me], I am with a pay-per-performance marketing company. I’m one of those AI SDRs – how’s that for a demo? He doesn’t even tell us what is on that channel, what he does, or why we should care!

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Instead, qualified opps became demos on the calendar around the clock. To meet your quota (and stay sane), it’s important to leverage AI tools and techniques that can unlock the following benefits. There have never been more ways to implement AI tools and work smarter. 5 Ways to Use AI to Close More Sales 1.

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Closing Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 115

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

Every data point helps your revenue team (sales, marketing, and customer success) determine if this lead fits your ideal customer profile (ICP). When marketers look over a lead’s qualifications, they examine their engagement with the brand along with their b udget, a uthority, n eeds, and t imeline (BANT). Instead, it’s a chase.

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Lead Qualification Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 246

Highspot

MARCH 12, 2025

Top B2B companies maintain a GTM Efficiency Factor below 100%, meaning they spend less than $1 in sales and marketing to generate $1 in new ARR. Does your sales team spend countless hours working on leads that marketing swore were qualified, but most fizzle out before a demo even takes place?

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Nutshell

APRIL 26, 2023

What is a CRM system in marketing? But with the right Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you can optimize your marketing to suit the unique needs of every customer, just like you might in a small independent business. What is a CRM system in marketing? What are some CRM marketing examples? What is CRM?

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Marketing SugarCRM CRM Lead Rank 171

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 7, 2025

They were curious about leveraging some AI based tools as part of the transformation. More as part of their learning process, they arranged meetings with a few leading companies to see if these types of tools might support what they were trying to achieve. How are people leveraging AI tools to accelerate this?”

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. Whether it’s a live demo or a training session, people need to see best practices in action.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

And to get there, you have to ramp up your visibility and engagement with your best sales, marketing, and recruiting teams. B2B Tips for Sales, Marketing, Recruitment, and More. These signals alert sales and marketing teams to recognize their pain points and take the next step in putting them through the pipeline.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

But for business, AI is having an early transformative effect on sales and marketing by helping people make better decisions and serve customers more effectively. The sales function is uniquely well-suited to be transformed by AI tools. AI can diagnose diseases faster than human doctors. It helps supply chains run more efficiently.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2024

Today I'll walk you through the most popular SaaS CRM solutions on the market to help you find the best tool for your needs. 85% of customers say they‘re willing to spend more on a SaaS tool if there’s good customer service. The CRM market size is expected to grow to $262.74 But what is the best CRM for SaaS companies?

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Tenbound

JANUARY 28, 2025

With an ever-growing market of tools designed to tackle everything from lead generation to pipeline management, choosing the right sales technology can feel overwhelming. Keep in mind the potential ROI; a higher upfront cost may lead to greater long-term benefits if the tool significantly improves productivity or revenue generation.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

One of the many benefits of conversational marketing is its ability to accelerate your sales cycle. After all, it is built for and used by both your marketing and sales teams to drive pipeline and generate revenue. Sync your HubSpot fields into your conversational marketing platform to make this happen. Speed to Lead.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 19, 2021

But if you thought that gifted reps and some targeted marketing would get your team to the top, pull up a chair. It helps you dominate the market by turning your team members into superstars and your go-to-market function into a revenue-generating beast. Tons of software came along to do that quite effectively in recent years.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Automation is a great way to speed up your marketing operations. Embed scheduling into your contact and demo forms. Integrating your calendar with your contact and demo forms lets your leads move the process forward themselves. Read on to find some fool-proof ways to increase your speed-to-response time when it matters most.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Finding sales coaching tools that align with your needs and goals is important. In this post, well examine 9 of the top sales coaching software tools today. Best sales coaching platforms on the market Without further ado, heres a list of the 10 best sales coaching software solutions on the market today.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? Marketing Funnel vs. Sales Funnel Resources. Through consistent processes, leaders derive quick insights on how its sales organization attacks their market. Related blog: How to Manage Expectations Around Marketing Vanity Metrics. What is a Sales Funnel? Enter, data.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Choosing the best-fit revenue operations tools can dramatically enhance cross-departmental collaboration, enabling unified platforms where sales, marketing, and customer service teams are able to access and share critical data. To help with the vetting process, here are some suggestions of the top RevOps tools worth considering.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 25, 2025

Its a combination of marketing tactics that can make your offer unique and irresistible without coming off as loud or gimmicky. Heres how to do it right: Embed a product demo or trial upfront. Ensure your demo or trial showcases your products core benefits in seconds. And if they dont see it, they move on.

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MarketJoy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In today’s competitive B2B landscape, the divide between sales and marketing teams drains revenue potential. Research shows that companies lose more than 10% of their annual revenue due to misaligned sales and marketing efforts, yet this challenge persists industry-wide. Creating a Unified Revenue Engine The solution?

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