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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B2B Marketing Segment Scale 246

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We’ve previously written about the four quadrants that make up the go-to-market framework for businesses. Those quadrants include building loyalty; expanding offers; expanding markets; and company transformation. Allocate resources: Hire needed staff and purchase, equipment, software, and other tools.

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Churn Marketing Loyalty Software 179

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Your world-class marketing machine is not delivering the return on the investment. The marketing lead conversion rate is not even close to a 30% revenue contribution. The competencies required by Sales for Marketing to be successful are just not there. Does the CSO/VP of Sales even understand how Marketing works?

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Referrals Incentives 312

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales reps can easily lose a successful sale if they don’t have the right tools or framework to work with. Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. What is Market Intelligence? That’s where market intelligence comes in.

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Top of Funnel 207

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

Of all the B2B lead generation tools at your disposal, referral selling is the most effective and least expensive. How’s that for attracting new clients in a highly competitive market? But only if your salespeople nurture their existing relationships, get referrals to other divisions in client enterprises, and build customer loyalty.

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Lead Generation B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Keep reading and learn everything you need to know about referral marketing! What is referral marketing?

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Referrals Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Incentives 197

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Author: Jim Ewel This should be the golden age of marketing. We have more tools at our disposal to implement and measure marketing, and, until the pandemic hit, advertising budgets were at record levels. The traditional marketing plan is broken. The traditional marketing organization is broken. How do we fix this?

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Marketing Advertising Advertising Twitter 207

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2020

Instead, enter conversations with the intention of building relationships with your prospects, being mindful of their realities and their evolving needs so that you foster their loyalty and forge connections that you can act on post-pandemic. By removing impediments, prospects will see your product only as a tool for moving forward.

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Loyalty Cancellation Churn Face-to-face 296

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2018

While this undoubtedly makes for an ideal buying situation, it makes the job of a marketer significantly more difficult. For seasoned marketers, the practice of personalization – or the process of tailoring marketing efforts to a specific individual or group of people – is not a new concept. Enter, personalization.

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Marketing Scale Segment Channels 194

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The map shows the literal market expansion T-Mobile achieved from the purchase. Market expansion strategy is one of four quadrants that make up the go-to-market framework for businesses. The other quadrants include customer loyalty , offer expansion , and company transformation. Let’s explore some examples.

Lead Rank 211

Lead Rank Company Apparel Lead Scoring 211

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 20, 2019

Author: Conner Burt The current labor market remains among the tightest in modern history. Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within. Moreover, looking at upskilling as a last-ditch effort neglects the many persistent benefits of this approach.

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Face-to-face Smart Company Loyalty Benefit 296

Zoominfo

AUGUST 29, 2018

The goal of this tactic is to leverage the sentiments of customers to improve your marketing strategy. As a marketing technique, sentiment analysis can be as complex or as simple as you make it. But, we encourage you to learn more about social listening by reading the following post: Social Listening Best Practices for B2B Marketers.

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Analysis B2B Airlines Marketing 176

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s no secret, the Internet has changed the way customers buy products and the ways marketers engage with their audiences. But, despite the constant change, the following statement has held true for hundreds of years: No marketing tactic can match the influence of word-of-mouth. Therein lies the power of word-of-mouth marketing.

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Social Media Referrals Marketing Influencer 210

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

So let’s get into how CLV plays into sales and marketing campaigns and how to calculate it. And this requires your sales and marketing teams to prioritize retention strategies over acquisition strategies. Sales and marketing teams must collaborate in order to calculate CLV and implement retention strategies. Average Lifespan.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Revenue Customer 246

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But what if you’re a small business and don’t have extra marketing dollars (or time) to spend on massive engagement-boosting campaigns? Zero in on Your Target Market. First, make sure you understand who you’re target market is. First, make sure you understand who you’re target market is. Have a Content Marketing Strategy.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Google Analytics Scale 301

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2017

With those numbers in mind, if you are a sales manager, HR director, marketing manager or other executive charged with increasing employee engagement or driving customer loyalty, what tools do you think make sense to use as your starting point? One company that has recently expanded into new markets, including the U.S.,

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Incentives Incentive Retail Loyalty 209

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Market expansion.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 23, 2018

Increasing sales via social media content, campaigns and outreach is really important part of a marketing strategy these days. Consider paid social media marketing. When considering paid social media marketing you should ensure there is a call to action somewhere in your ad. Create interesting content.

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Social Media Channels Media Advertising 233

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business world, sales and marketing teams need to align to drive revenue. This article examines the importance of aligning sales and marketing , the challenges that hinder this alignment, and strategies to foster a more collaborative, effective partnership. However, their methods and priorities often differ.

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Buyer Persona Marketing Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 105

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Make sure you have the right mix of people on these calls – including support, engineering, product management and in some cases, marketing. Bringing a cross functional group of your best people shows the customer that you care and can attend to all of their needs and can foster loyalty through any rough patches ahead.

B2B 207

B2B Customer Vendor Enterprise 207

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You manage a small business and its marketing. Maybe your marketing efforts are more ‘throw it at the wall and see if it sticks’ than a fine-tuned ROI machine. What is small business marketing? The goal of small business marketing is to attract leads to your business. How to Grow Your Small Business with Marketing.

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Small Business Small Business Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 145

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

One of the most effective reward tools is a non-monetary point system. Without precision, the incentive – as a tool to deliver motivation – fails. This approach can act as a motivational tool. As Gallus notes, rewards improve performance and they also enhance the loyalty the reps feel for the company and their boss.

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Incentives Incentive Travel Motivation 323

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Those changing expectations are today’s major hurdle for SMBs in terms of building customer engagement and long-term loyalty. With more opportunity than ever to market and sell to a global audience, SMBs are also exposed to a customer base whose expectations are continually shifting. Let’s look at an example from my own life.

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PeopleSoft Social Media Customer SalesForce 254

Nutshell

AUGUST 21, 2020

With over a hundred and one different things that could kill your cloud software business, poor marketing is the slow poison that can put it to sleep for good. With every SaaS market crowded these days— G2 lists over 2,800 solutions for “ CRM ” alone—there’s little room for error in your marketing. Product complexity.

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Campaigns Marketing Social Media How To 142

Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Tools for Store Owners to Provide Better Customer Service Do you want to run a successful store ? Delivering excellent customer experiences is critical but requires using the right tools to streamline your operations while building a loyal customer base.

Customer Service 101

Customer Service Tools Customer Hiring 101

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?

B2B 130

B2B Marketing Segment Consumer 130

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. You’ll get high ROI According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI.

Email Marketing 130

Email Marketing Benefit Webinar Metrics Marketing 130

Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2020

Although typically perceived as software for salespeople, CRMs are the secret sauce behind most successful marketing initiatives. A CRM is an integral piece of software for marketers and salespeople. We’ve got your back, marketers! Discounts, offers, loyalty clubs. Newsletters are near the top of the marketing funnel.

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Top of Funnel CRM Webinar Metrics Marketing 155

MTD Sales Training

APRIL 2, 2019

The real benefits of a CRM system occur when you’re able to categorise the information you glean about a business into one integral tool that allows anyone in your company to access sup-to-date information at the touch of a button. As discussed above, the benefits of a CRM tool bring valuable information into one place.

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Benefit CRM System Loyalty 185

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Make sure you have the right mix of people on these calls, including support, engineering, product management and in some cases, marketing. Bringing a cross functional group of your best people shows the customer that you care and can attend to all of their needs and can foster loyalty through any rough patches ahead.

B2B 177

B2B Customer Vendor Enterprise 177

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

Now more than ever, sales and marketing leaders should be looking to bolster those strategic partnerships in meaningful ways to solidify their channel. In addition to strategic alignment, now is the time to invest in partner success programs – providing them with resources, knowledge and tools to achieve those established objectives.

Engineering 207

Engineering Revenue Incentives Incentive 207

Smooth Sale

AUGUST 12, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Leverage Email Marketing to Build Customer Relationships for Growth Email marketing can be a cornerstone for building and maintaining strong customer relationships in today’s digital landscape.

Email Marketing 106

Email Marketing Customer Marketing Loyalty 106

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Author: Randy Stark The relationship between customers and marketers has changed drastically, mainly due to the widespread use of digital assets in marketing. The transactional relationship that is part of traditional marketing is now a thing of the past. But it is crucial to understand the difference.

Ideal Customer Profile 177

Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Customer Loyalty 177

SocialSellinator

AUGUST 28, 2022

Did you know that social media personalization can increase your marketing ROI by up to 400% ? When customers feel like a business knows them personally, they are more likely to respond positively to marketing initiatives. What is Personalization in Marketing? Consider a sales presentation.

Social Media 138

Social Media Campaigns Media Strategy 138

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

They were also able to use analytical and predictive tools to determine which clients or prospects were most at risk and better develop mitigation plans. In today's digital-first market, disconnected interactions are signs that a company is not capable of delivering the holistic, "always-on" relationship that customers expect.

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SAP Compensation Face-to-face Analytics 207