Zoominfo

MAY 22, 2024

But in today’s go-to-market environment, data isn’t enough. It’s not enough to know who your buyer is — you need to know what they care about, exactly when they are in the market, and what problems they’re facing right now. Modern sales is becoming a science. Sell Smarter. Win Faster.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If you work in sales or marketing, chances are you’ve recently heard the term sales enablement. There is a greater need for sales teams to be flexible and responsive and to align more closely with their marketing teams. 4 Sales Communications / Marketing Alignment. Are marketing and sales on the same page? 5 Coaching.

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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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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world. . Marketers—us included—continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But what does developing an actual personalized marketing strategy actually entail?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Any seasoned marketer knows that demonstrating the connection between intent topics and tangible ROI can be difficult, if not impossible. That’s exactly what Guided Intent for ZoomInfo Marketing can do for you and your team. Guided Intent is a new AI-powered dashboard within our ZoomInfo Marketing solution.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2020

In theory, your sales and marketing departments should be the best of friends. What if I told you that misalignment between sales and marketing technologies costs B2B companies 10% of revenue or more per year? Why is Sales and Marketing Communication Important? Sure, it’s a problem, but your company is doing well.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2020

Until this change, there has been a healthy long-term battle between marketing and sales. Marketing has been saddled with delivering leads to sales. Sales has perennially complained that the leads were inferior, while marketing complained that the salespeople were inferior at closing leads. . Questions That Matter.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Traditionally, marketing plans lay out these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Be upfront and transparent with your prospects. Consider these following tips to get more success in your cold calls — before, during, and afterward: Do: Research your prospect (Who are they? Don’t: Waste your time calling unfit, or barely fit leads — find out exactly who’s in your market. Reason for Calling. or whichever time].

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 30, 2019

Ask salespeople what their number one issue is and you’ll probably hear, “getting good prospects.” So what does it take to successfully prospect? Have a dedicated time on your calendar to prospect. The most successful salespeople are those who commit their time to prospect and stick to it. Qualify quickly.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 4, 2019

He told me that he was reaching and having brief conversations with some prospects but those conversations went nowhere. He said he was trying to be consultative, to elicit details and to drill down on prospect objections. But no matter what he said or did, he would hear, “I’m not interested,” and a click as the prospect hung up.

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SalesFuel

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Writing for Sales Marketing & Management, Paul Nol a n points that traditionally, it was the seller who focused on qualifying buyers. And having a third party vouch that you have those qualities can really boost your credibility to prospects. But don’t forget: Make sure case studies you share are relevant to the prospect.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 13, 2024

For nearly 20 years, ZoomInfo has been fueled by an unwavering belief in the power of data to transform markets, companies, and careers. Today, ZoomInfo has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™ : Marketing And Sales Data Providers for B2B, Q1 2024. Marketers tell us they’ve grown their pipelines by 1.5X

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. Finding the best prospects goes beyond surface-level details like company name and phone number. What is Market Intelligence? That’s where market intelligence comes in.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world. Marketers — us included — continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But what does developing an actual personalized marketing strategy actually entail?

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As the person responsible for Innovation at ZoomInfo, a core part of my job is understanding markets where we do not currently offer a solution — but might want to in the future. My research landed me squarely on Bizo, a company that once aspired marketers to “precisely target business people by specific business demographic criteria.”

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Nutshell

AUGUST 20, 2024

Prospecting is an essential part of the sales process, but if you want to strike gold, you need to have a well-thought-out strategy in place. In this guide to sales prospecting, you’ll get everything you need to know. Table of Contents What is sales prospecting? Table of Contents What is sales prospecting?

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 147

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

No matter how many times we’re told email marketing is dead, the channel continues to be an effective way to generate revenue. In fact, studies show that email marketing has a 4400% return on investment ( source ). Enter email list segmentation—the key to successful email marketing. But, that’s only if you do it correctly.

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BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Merging Buyer Insights with Business Need for Personalized Sales Conversations What if you could know not just who your prospects are, but how they think, communicate, and make decisions? But now, we’re taking prospecting a step further. But even after nailing down the business’s needs in your outreach, the prospect still doesn’t bite.

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Selling Energy

JULY 27, 2023

It may sound simple, but one of the best strategies for determining the ideal sales approach for a given prospect is to get into their shoes. There is no universal sales strategy that works across the board, so you need to figure out exactly what each prospect cares most about and work that angle into your proposal. Talk to people.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

TechTarget Launches Prospect-Level Intent to Dramatically Accelerate Technology Marketing and Sales Engagements. This new release focuses on Prospect-Level Intent TM data, unique in the industry, that enhances understanding of individual prospects based on their research, engagement and buying team associations.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Marketing and Do It! Through asking penetrating questions and providing valuable resources, consultants and salespeople can establish themselves as experts and earn the right to have pivotal conversations with their top prospects. Target a specific market instead of trying to target everyone. Marketing and Do It!

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Product reviews provide an effective way for prospective customers to understand real experiences with products and/or services. Yet third-party product reviews often fail to be considered a top marketing priority. Let’s explore the reasons why product reviews should be part of your go-to-market strategy for 2021 and beyond.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Account-based marketing (ABM) is time-consuming; getting it right takes hard work, consolidation of resources and alignment on the part of both sales and marketing. I Zoom’ed with Hussam AlMukhat, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at ZoomInfo, for all the details. No other account managers have the same treatment.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2019

And how can you determine what type of content is going to resonate with your prospects? The answer to each of these questions and the key to content marketing success is something called content mapping. The first step to effective content mapping is analyzing your buyer’s journey—or the path a prospect takes to become a customer.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 17, 2019

But you can certainly take steps today to act on the second -- introducing automation into other parts of your sales process , like an automated email prospecting system (just make sure your emails are still relevant and personalized!). Reps spend a third of their time finding or creating content to send to prospects.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2020

Marketing and sales intelligence data is dynamic, which is to say frequently and continuously refreshed. But a lot of marketing, sales, and recruiting professionals don’t know how much data has changed over the past few years! Time to plan your next marketing campaign or start prospecting into your top accounts!

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Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In marketing, it’s common knowledge that lead quality is generally more important than lead quantity. And yet, marketing lead qualification remains a sticking point for many organizations. In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ). Let’s get into it!

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Yet, it can actually give us a better understanding of our prospects, making that human connection stronger. Here, I spoke with top sales leaders to learn how to AI to better understand your prospects, lead more effective conversations, and drive more results. How AI Can Help You Better Understand Your Prospects 1.

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Zoominfo

MAY 18, 2023

That’s because smart recruiters have learned to apply marketing principles to their talent acquisition process, helping them fill and nurture robust talent pipelines they can hire from at a moment’s notice. Here are the key components your talent team should have in place to make recruitment marketing work for them.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2020

Yeah, cold outreach is never ideal, but if you're only trying to reach cold prospects, your hand is kind of forced. But the spectrum of prospect interest isn't exactly binary. There's a middle ground between cold and qualified prospects known as warm prospects. Cold Prospect. Warm Prospect.

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Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2020

When it comes to sales and marketing, building a prospecting list of target accounts and contacts may feel like a good place to start, but identifying and analyzing the total addressable market should come first. Total addressable market (TAM) is the total available opportunity for your product or services.

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