Zoominfo

JULY 11, 2018

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers– Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. The Importance of Content Marketing. B2B Content Marketing Strategy.

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Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Social Media 255

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 18, 2020

Sales reps have a lot on their plate, so having to hunt down information or search through messy tools can be a major barrier to connecting with prospects. In fact, sales reps spend up to 15% of their time on administrative tasks including responding to emails and looking for resources and documents. Uploading a Document to HubSpot.

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Sales Process Hubspot Collateral CRM 137

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 4, 2020

Author: Nick Lisette Email remains one of the best marketing tools at our fingertips, and yet it’s also one of the most underutilized. If you’ve been dabbling in email marketing or using email for sales purposes, it’s no surprise you’re ending up disappointed by the results. It’s annoying your intended audience.

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Email Marketing Marketing Follow-up Course 265

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. One of the main reasons for this low close rate is that sales people miss decisionmakers in the prospect company. Sales management.

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Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In today’s marketing landscape, personalization has quickly become the gold standard—and for good reason! In this content-saturated marketplace, personalized marketing is the only way for companies to stand apart from the competition. Luckily, as technology advances, it’s easier for marketers to personalize their efforts. .

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B2B Marketing Retail Consumer 214

Zoominfo

APRIL 3, 2018

Discord between marketing and sales departments is an age-old story. The marketing team gets annoyed at the sales team for failing to follow up on leads and in return, the sales team is annoyed with the marketing team for generating low-quality leads in the first place. 5 Ways to Facilitate Better Marketing and Sales Alignment.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing 223

Zoominfo

APRIL 22, 2018

If you’ve worked in sales for any amount of time, you know the standard sales process looks something like this: You identify a prospect and conduct research, you figure out what pain point or challenge they’re trying to solve, and then you offer your product or services as the solution. Why don’t some buyers admit they need help?

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Prospecting Case Study Direct Mail Sales Cycle 235

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2018

May 25, 2018 is a date on the minds of many sales and marketing professionals: the day the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. Download a PDF of this document. So, if you are simply processing business contact data and using it to reach out to prospects, that would not appear to constitute monitoring.

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Data Marketing Ideal Customer Profile B2B 215

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

You’ll receive business guidance, marketing assets, training, and much more. This is where a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) comes into play. Here, we'll get a clearer picture of what this document is, review what it's used for, and offer some advice on when it's fit to sign. What is a Franchise Disclosure Document used for?

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SMEI

MARCH 10, 2022

Learn To Create A Marketing Strategy That Gets Your Products And Services In Front Of Motivated Buyer With This 13 Step Guide. A marketing strategy is a plan of action that will help you achieve your business goals. A great marketing plan will give you a sustainable competitive advantage. Determine Your Marketing Objectives.

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Paid Content Strategy Marketing Buyer Persona 194

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate. Location data (Marketing loves).

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 23, 2024

They have also introduced a number of innovative features that can be leveraged to increase your prospecting effectiveness and this includes on LinkedIn and other social networks. A Suggested LinkedIn Prospecting Process Discover, evaluate, document, engage, nurture and in this order. Here’s how!

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LinkedIn CRM Prospecting Lead Qualification 62

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a hot topic of conversation, and momentum is building to expand this person-first approach from Marketing to Sales and beyond, breaking down department barriers with shared goals: Enter account-based everything (ABE). Recently, we brought a new HR dataset to market.

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Account Based Marketing Account Ideal Customer Profile Outbound 307

Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2018

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here and mandates major changes to the modern marketer’s B2B lead generation efforts. Most marketers are (or should be) well on their way to GDPR compliance when it comes to website and landing-page form language, data transfer procedures, and documentation.

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Lead Generation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Gen 217

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 29, 2018

GDPR: It’s the 4-letter word keeping marketers up at night. There’s a lot of confusion and anxiety surrounding the upcoming General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which goes into effect May 25, 2018, l eaving a lot of people wondering how it impacts them as a B2B marketer. Direct marketing as a legitimate interest.

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Marketing Outbound Government Data 198

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Information like this will tell you a lot about how to streamline your sales and marketing efforts as well as which companies have the greatest likelihood to buy. . Marketing technology guru Scott Brinker has been tracking and documenting the growth of the marketing technology landscape for almost a decade.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Why Businesses Need Sales Coaching Software Today, customer expectations are higher than ever, and market conditions can change in the blink of an eye. And with shareable call snippets, sales can bridge team silos by looping in marketing, product, and engineering, amplifying the voice of the customer across the business.

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Sales Coaching Software Software Coaching 130

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before starting my career in marketing, I worked in business development. Boo, you were ghosted by a prospect you thought for sure would convert. According to HubSpot’s 2024 State of Sales Report , 23% of sales pros find cold emailing the best way to reach prospects. Draft cold outreach emails. Understatement of the year, right?)

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 72

Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

B2B marketers manage a number of competing tasks throughout the day. We’ll let you in on a secret: Your marketing technology stack makes a world of difference when it comes to marketing productivity and efficiency. In today’s blog post, we discuss 30 B2B marketing tools you can’t live without. Keep reading!

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B2B Tools Lead Scoring Lead Rank 178

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2023

Sales prospecting is arguably the most critical part of a sales professional’s workflow. Sales prospecting is a foundational element for a revenue team — it’s the practice of identifying and connecting with potential customers to initiate the sales cycle. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Buyer Persona 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2025

Marketing Automation : Executed independently of upstream data sources, which limits personalization and weakens campaign performance. However, its important to recognize that these elements form an interdependent ecosystem where actions in one area cascade throughout the entire go-to-market motion.

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System Enterprise Enterprise Data 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is all the rage in the B2B sales and marketing world … and it’s evolving into something more : Account-Based Everything (ABE) aligns sales and marketing teams with multi-touch campaigns on target accounts. We based call cadence on engagement in our marketing automation tool. New to ABM?

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Account Based Marketing Account Video Decision Maker 46

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2024

But one area that escaped me was how businesses marketing by phone could continue to do so. After jumping into the fine print , I learned there are two legal bases that businesses can use to justify processing personal data for direct marketing: legitimate interest and consent. Was B2B cold calling still legal?

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Cold Calling How To Guidelines Hubspot 80

criteria for success

MAY 4, 2025

Usually, they dont know who or how to hire, rush into the process without a plan, or lack the documented tools necessary to onboard new team members quickly and effectively. To identify whether your company is suffering due to a lack of documentation, ask yourself the following questions: Is your sales process all in different peoples heads?

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Collateral Buyer Persona 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2019

This GDPR for marketing post is informational only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. GDPR: The 4-letter word that kept marketers up at night. If you’re still wondering how it impacts you as a B2B marketer, a year later, read on. It may appear that #2 applies to you if you are marketing to EU contacts.

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Marketing Government B2B Data 165

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the key promises of generative AI for business is the ability to eliminate time-consuming, manual research and prospecting tasks for frontline go-to-market professionals. This indicates upcoming investments in software development, data science, and marketing — along with competitive intelligence for competing providers.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Cold calling is legal in most places, it remains a legitimate practice within the realms of ethical sales and marketing strategies. Consent can be obtained through a signed written document, a recorded phone call, or an electronic signature. This should include call logs, consent forms, and any other relevant documentation.

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Cold Calling Telemarketing B2C Guidelines 104

Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

Profiling prospective customers is vital to ensuring that a marketing campaign is targeting the right people with the right message. Marketers can attract and retain prospective customers more effectively. Profiling prospective customers also enables sales and marketing teams to predict larger problems before they arise.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2018

Sales and marketing event season just ended. Account-Based Marketing orchestration – sure, that sounds great,” you may think. But I’m doing the job of demand generation, AND customer marketing, AND product marketing, AND the sales development team … with a bare minimum of tools to make that all happen!”.

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Pipeline Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 270

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Prospects who soon become paying clients may find annoyance with products and services that perform poorly as promised. On the backend, when one puts disclaimers in documentation upfront and advises prospective clientele on expectations, it all works to the benefit of those on the receiving end and, ultimately, to the benefit of the business.

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Lead Rank Policies Hiring Motivation 109

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2019

Author: Rory Christian According to IDC , despite a "typical" $1 billion company spending a large amount of resources devoted to training for customer-facing people, poor sales enablement results in around $14 million of wasted sales and marketing expenses, and $100 million in lost sales opportunities. Where could they be going wrong?

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Hiring Decision Maker Energy Face-to-face 233

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Author: Michael Nørregaard When prospects are evaluating your company, they’re looking to ultimately maximize their return on investment. You can have the best and most user-friendly offering on the market. Create a community that is their go-to place for tech support, product documentation and networking. It’s a win-win.

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Loyalty Customer Face-to-face Video 274

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Sellers and their manager should take care not to jeopardize future orders with prospects by closing too early and aggressively. Have I documented the buyer's goal(s)? Have I diagnosed and documented the buyer's current situation? Have I documented how the buyer's goals can be achieved using my offering?

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Top of Funnel Proposal Quota Pipeline 224

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 11, 2019

Senior leaders might have certain doubts about specializing teams because they want to give salespeople the opportunity to touch multiple activities, from prospecting, to social selling, to managing new business, to participating in events, and more. Specialize teams. The list is long. Create access to information.

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SME Social Selling Territories Follow-up 209

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

For quality leads — that are more effective in the long-term — inbound marketing undoubtedly provides better sources for lead generation than outbound. Well, for starters, inbound prospects, by definition, choose themselves as leads. Inbound lead generation is a part of inbound marketing. Sounds great, right?

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Lead Rank Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 246