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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

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Our latest eBook shows you how to navigate your book of business, craft a well-calculated marketing plan, add more places of interest on the map, and direct potential customers to inroads back to your company. The marketing plan lays the groundwork for your team to go forth and execute. Get started with our free eBook !

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Account Based Marketing Data Ideal Customer Profile eBook 181

Zoominfo

MAY 27, 2019

All sales and marketing tools make big promises—more leads, more engagement, higher click-through rate, better sales—but none more so than marketing automation. For those who aren’t familiar, marketing automation tools are exactly what they sound like—tools that automate certain marketing practices.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing 197

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Author: Ryan Gould In the context of content marketing, a product-agnostic approach is one that focuses on your expertise and knowledge around a product, technology or service rather than your brand. The product-agnostic approach to content marketing has been around for a long time. 4 Examples of Product-Agnostic Content. Whitepapers.

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Top of Funnel B2B Webinar Metrics Marketing 237

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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. You’re better off getting your advertisement in front of 100 people in a single row of that stadium—as long as they’re good-fit prospects.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in a number of digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. Enter: Marketing attribution. What is marketing attribution? 6 Types of Marketing Attribution Models.

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Lead Rank B2B Top of Funnel Marketing 236

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

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Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 192

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

We have trade show prospecting down to a science. Members of DiscoverOrg’s sales and marketing teams attend about 30 events per year. Blog: How to Prospect at Trade Shows: The Ultimate 10-Step Sales and Marketing Checklist. Set specific prospecting goals. Connect with prospects in the moment.

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Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker 174

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

60% of the buyer’s journey now happens before your Account Executive interacts with a prospect. This is why there is such a push for compelling content marketing strategies these days. Blogs, ebooks, webinars, social media. As the Sales Leader, you have high expectations for Marketing to deliver. Who owns the other 60%?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. As opposed to whole blog posts, webinars , eBooks, and other digital content, the landing page is a simple design to bring the reader to a call to action. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing?

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Prospecting Marketing Top of Funnel Segment 130

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 28, 2012

This post is for the marketing leader trying to bootstrap their department. Are you able to track the online behavior of your prospects and leads? Are you able to scale personalized communications to your prospects and customers? Can you automatically manage the targeting, timing and content of your outbound marketing messages?

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 317

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I’m a big fan boy of David Meerman Scott dating back to his (in my opinion) classic book The New Rules of Marketing and PR. David pretty much defined content marketing about the same time Hubspot were thinking that way and now Hubspot is a newly-minted public company. I read that book in 2008 and it rocked my world.

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Lead Rank Cold Calling Lead Scoring eBook 300

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both. Let’s break that down. How to spot buying signals.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309

Zoominfo

JUNE 30, 2019

So, in an effort to demystify the term, we recently took to our blog to discuss marketing creativity —what it is, what it isn’t, and how to achieve it. We also thought it would be helpful to provide our readers with examples of truly creative marketing. Three Incredible Examples of Creative B2B Marketing Initiatives.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

It starts with the Marketing departments buyer centered marketing strategy. Doing so will assist your reps to spot where their prospects are in their buyers journey. They can then locate the right marketing collateral needed assist in the buying process. Quality content moves a prospect along the decision making process.

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Outsourcing Services Buyer Persona Infusion Exercises 317

Sales 2.0

MAY 8, 2023

If you’re taking a new job in sales or marketing, read this book first. I love the “bullseye framework” developed by Louis Gudema and explained in his book Bullseye Marketing —just out this week in its second (updated) edition. But so many marketers and salespeople don’t do this and do not do it in the right order.

Marketing 39

Marketing Intent Data Social Media eBook 39

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2012

A definition of latent demand is a prospect is unaware of a problem. When the prospect becomes aware of the problem, you win a sale. Your marketing department must be skilled at stimulating latent demand. My bet is your marketing department is terrible at this. Active demand is when a prospect is going to buy something.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Outsourcing Services 314

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 7, 2018

Your prospects are out there right now, hunting for a solution to a problem you can solve. Marketers can expand their reach by buying leads from some content publishers or advertising on some third-party sites, but budget and accessibility to third-party sites can limit reach. But they’re not asking for help from your sales team.

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Intent Data Intent Data Lead Rank 313

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Many companies and organizations have entire teams dedicated to finding new business prospects. This comes in handy when trying to maintain a pipeline of marketing-qualified leads (MQL) all year long! Join us as we examine 7 specific ways that this kind of intelligence impacts marketing and sales processes. This is part 3.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 193

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it. Identifying customer pain points is crucial to the success of both your sales and marketing strategies.

B2B 277

B2B Intent Signal Customer How To 277

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Marketing leaders can finish the year strong by shifting ad dollars to LinkedIn Advertising. In my last post, I provided marketing leaders a summary of the new LinkedIn features. The purpose of this post is to educate Marketers on how to drive even more leads through LinkedIn. Promote Content such as eBooks or Whitepapers.

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LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead 296

Zoominfo

APRIL 12, 2018

If you aren’t diligent about database maintenance , you’ll run your email marketing program into the ground. 62% of organizations rely on marketing and prospect data that’s up to 40% inaccurate ( source ). This includes blog posts, whitepapers, and eBooks. Have a whitepaper or eBook that’s performing exceptionally well?

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How To eBook Discount Email Marketing 202

DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 5, 2017

It could be a target prospect account you’re already researching, or a current client you’d like to expand. A sales rep or account manager “owns” the Novartis whale account on the sales side, and Marketing “owns” anything defined as a campaign. Read our Ultimate Sales Effectiveness Toolkit ebook. Who owns the global campaign?

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Account Campaigns Engineering Harvest 289

Zoominfo

APRIL 21, 2021

For this exercise, pretend you work at a digital marketing agency that helps healthcare organizations digitally transform their practices to improve patient satisfaction. Understanding hyper-specific terms and key performance indicators is the first step — then you should incorporate prospects’ pain points into your sales strategy.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

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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Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2021

As a marketer, you know how to get your audience’s attention. Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. downloading an ebook), you want to be proactive with your responses. Provide Your Best Prospects with the Fast Lane to Sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

If you’re reading this post, you already know it’s important to keep a finger on the pulse of marketing for new, innovative tactics. B2B influencer marketing. Proven to increase brand awareness and drive lead generation, influencer marketing is a vital marketing tactic for many B2C brands. One such tactic?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it. Identifying customer pain points is crucial to the success of both your sales and marketing strategies.

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B2B Intent Signal Customer How To 246

The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

I have written about the importance of time to sellers, including an eBook you can grab , the focus here goes beyond that. Consider travel, time understanding the clients and market, generating leads, and more. They not only give away their time; they pay the prospect for the privilege of doing so. Giving It Away. Well you can.

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Wireless Discount Face-to-face Scale 264

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2019

Marketing and sales intelligence data is dynamic, which is to say frequently and continuously refreshed. A lot of marketing, sales, and recruiting professionals don’t know how much data has changed over the past few years! This is an introduction to the use and impact of marketing and sales intelligence data on business decisions.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 150

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JUNE 16, 2021

Once he and his team identified their ideal prospect, they did some research and found that one of his first jobs was at an apple orchard. When it comes to prospecting emails, the importance of that first outreach cannot be underestimated. How to Personalize Your Prospecting Emails. Sure enough, he responded.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Scale Guidelines 130