Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A recent study by the Relational Capital Group revealed that 89% of senior leaders believe that relationships are the most important factor in their success year over year. However, most haven’t done what it takes to be a world-class customer service organization. . That asset is the customer. . .

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Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

Industry surveys show that account-based marketing is consuming an ever-larger share of B2B budgets, and it’s easy to see why: smarter targeting, increased efficiency, and better ROI are enough to make any CMO’s eyes light up. Bottom line: intent data is gold. The good news?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When we launched ZoomInfo Marketing in 2022, our goal was to bring ZoomInfo’s unparalleled B2B data and insights to demand generation and marketing teams. We believe this rapid journey both validates our initial vision and reinforces our commitment to innovation as we continue to grow and serve B2B marketers everywhere.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

And with generative AI taking hold in the sales and marketing professions, these numbers will only get worse, as more emails are generated, and buyers get even more inundated with unsolicited messages. Phone call connect rates (i.e.

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Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2023

But today’s best-performing go-to-market (GTM) teams are increasingly using intent data to focus their efforts on the accounts that are the most likely to close a deal. This information can be analyzed to identify account intent, or how likely prospects at a particular company are to engage with a particular vendor.

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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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Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Investing in buyer intent data is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself — now, more than ever. As we move into 2021, buyer intent data will help you gain ground on competitors and connect with prospects. How to Use Buyer Intent Data for Differentiation. Companies that were unable to make the switch have suffered.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 3, 2018

What does it TAKE to sell to the Chief Marketing Officer? Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio , formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Engagio is a B2B SaaS software company focused on helping marketers and salespeople drive the best business value for their company.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2014

In a recent LinkedIn group discussion asking if cold calling is dead or not , the comments were absent of the usual posturing about how cold calling was bad or dead. Accountability Action Attitude Cold calling execution Intentions Leadership Objection Handling Objective Based Selling Objectives Proactive Prospecting Prospecting Sales 2.0

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Lead411

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Buyer Intent Best Practices: How to Build a Successful Buyer Intent Process. You know buyer intent is important. So what are the first steps to get the most out of buyer intent data? It is easy to get overwhelmed at first with the thousands of topics available to choose from within the buyer intent platform.

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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. Today we’re covering how sales teams can benefit from both sales and market intelligence along the buyer’s journey. What is Market Intelligence? What is Sales Intelligence?

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Lead411

OCTOBER 23, 2023

8 Types of Bombora B2B Buyer Intent Signals? Lead411 partners with Bombora for B2B buyer intent signals built into the Lead411 platform. Bombora is a company that specializes in providing the most useful B2B intent data and buyer intent signals. Recent Posts 8 Types of Bombora B2B Buyer Intent Signals?

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2020

Sales and marketing often speak different languages: Convert vs Close, Prospect vs Leads, Sales cycle vs Marketing funnel. And using it collaboratively can help alignment and improve go-to-market results from a campaign planning standpoint. We’ve all been hearing about buyer intent data for several years. But what is it?

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

If you were a marketer 20 years ago, you would have given anything for this scenario. In 2022, 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, 2020

If you’ve been given the task of setting up your company’s sales and marketing database, you’re probably not overly excited … especially if it’s something you’ve got to build from scratch. But setting up a sales and marketing database from scratch is not as difficult as you may think. How big is your overall market?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

While I am sure that this is not limited to sales people, they are the group I get to observe most, thousands to date in fact. There are countless companies that waited to perfect only to miss the window or blow up when they came to market. They understand that waiting for perfection will only leave them lagging in the market.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Yet while 82 percent of buyers accept meetings with sellers who proactively reach out, 58 percent of them say these meetings are not valuable, according to Rain Group. Marketing teams.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Through a nomination process, a select group of high achievers would be given a couple of days off from their normal jobs, flown to a nice venue, and asked to participate in a series of “think tank” exercises with senior management on how the company could operate more effectively. Mix tangible and intangible rewards. 12 at 11 a.m.

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 15, 2025

Challenge: Helping a company understand the HVAC digital marketing space Devin Burtley, an account executive at KXRM , has been on the job for a little over two years. In that time, he has been able to show how AdMall can assist a local business in understanding the ins and outs of the HVAC digital marketing world.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 7, 2014

The top of the funnel group is responsible for generating leads and/or scheduling calls and meetings for more traditional salespeople. Inbound, the newest group, where salespeople work the contacts generated by websites, social sites and from getting found. Are inside sales and consultative selling mutually exclusive?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

But the remaining 74% - the group that basically sucks - battles the fear of failing on a daily basis. Here are some symptoms you might be able to recognize: When salespeople have good intentions but lousy follow through. Fear of failing doesn''t affect everyone that sells. Asking about competition. Getting past happy ears.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that organizes buyers into groups. The groupings allow marketing teams to nurture leads with personalized content and convert them to customers. Marketers then use this information to guide their lead nurturing campaigns and GTM strategies. Behavioral Segmentation.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

The digital nature of our current business landscape has caused a dramatic shift in the way companies market their products. As a result, SEO has become an essential skill for all modern marketers. Marrying the creative side of content marketing with the more technical parts of SEO is an art form many have yet to master.

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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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SalesFuel

JANUARY 31, 2025

Here are the anticipated levels of market share that specific formats will hold by the end of year: Digital video (with CTV/OTT) 23.2% On the other hand, only around 20% of marketers will increase their brand advertising. The resource will show the media formats that consumers use, along with their purchase intent.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2019

The answer to each of these questions and the key to content marketing success is something called content mapping. If you don’t understand the prospect’s path to becoming a customer, your marketing will always be subpar. How do you prefer to receive marketing content from companies—email, social media, etc.?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

We evolved into humans in groups. sales and marketing at Intel, told Bloomberg. Set an intention to move to a more positive place and exercise choice in doing so.”. Be more intentional with your energy, noticing as soon as negativity leads to a dark mood and actively choose something different. We are social animals?—?it’s

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2019

Chris Voss is the Founder and CEO of the Black Swan Group Ltd and author of Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. Check out our Q&A with Chris as he discloses marketing communication tactics for better communication in any scenario: Question One: Difficult Scenarios. So what do we do?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Marketing mistakes are costly. Yet marketers often struggle with this crucial step. Sure, your cost per lead might be cheap, but your cost per marketing-qualified lead (MQL) will skyrocket,” says Colin Chang, a marketing programs manager at ZoomInfo. Keep your intro text where you can see all of it in the preview.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 15, 2019

Author: Kurt Nelson PhD & Tim Houlihan It’s important to begin by acknowledging that teams are different from work groups. We often use “teams” to describe groups of people who work together, like sales teams. However, sales teams are typically work groups formed by the hierarchy of the organization, not the work they’re doing.

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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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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2020

As much as I appreciate these hot topics, they are each connected to digital marketing. Digital Marketing. Let's start with digital marketing. Simply put, digital marketing involves connecting with and influencing your potential customers in the online space. Digital Selling.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

According to Marketing Insider Group , 78 percent of U.S. internet users said that personally relevant content increases their purchase intent. . And as a marketing professional, doesn’t it give you just a slight twinge of guilt?). . This mistake begins with marketers’ failure to understand their audiences.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Growth – more opportunities, higher sales velocity and expanding market segments – is the prize of victory and the successful growth hacking tactics of business to consumer (B2C) companies are becoming more popular in B2B. Identify a common set of target accounts for sales and marketing. AI is a game-changer for truly agile marketing.

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SBI

AUGUST 24, 2021

5 Reasons Why Sales Doesn’t use Content from Marketing: and What to do About it. Your company has invested a lot of time and money creating content for Sales Reps, so why isn’t Sales using the content from Marketing? 1: Sales can’t find the content Marketing creates. By Lee Mayfield, Presentek. So why don’t they?

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The Pipeline

JULY 30, 2019

I’d like you to take a look at the marketing material or collateral you use to prospect and sell. For many, you will find one piece or set aimed at your market. Depending on your industry, and who is measuring, it usually is 10% or less of a given target market. By Tibor Shanto. And that’s when they are on their own.

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Mereo

MARCH 5, 2025

But with so many moving pieces, how do you bring your solution marketing teams efforts together to best support the revenue motion? This cannot be an assumed source of truth or disjointed resources you hope your marketing and sales professionals will pick up on. With it, you develop a common understanding of market and buyer dynamics.

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