Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Weve witnessed sellers become their best, most efficient selves and seen marketers fully realize their TAM and identify messaging that really drives leads. We believe these innovations will continue to revolutionize how teams identify opportunities, engage prospects, and close deals. Real-time signals are the secret sauce.

Intent Signal 130

Intent Signal Prospecting Intent Decision Maker 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2025

Winning in today’s markets takes more than just raw effort. Thats where Go-to-Market Intelligence enters the picture. The result: a 360-degree view of your customers and markets, no matter how quickly they change. The team leveraged: Comprehensive company and contact data to discover and segment new B2B prospects.

Pipeline 130

Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2021

What happens when your most important go-to-market machines sync up? For many companies, ZoomInfo serves as the information engine that powers how they go to market. With this intel, you can: Identify and target your best prospects Access up-to-date company and contact information Prioritize leads Close more sales.

SalesForce 173

SalesForce Meeting Marketing Lead Rank 173

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2025

The world of B2B sales and marketing is at an inflection point. Traditional go-to-market (GTM) strategies, which rely on fragmented systems, are struggling to keep up with the demands of an increasingly competitive, fast-paced market. In fact, research from Salesforce indicates that a staggering 90% of CRM data is incomplete.

B2B 130

B2B Intent Signal Scale Marketing 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The sales and marketing go-to-market frameworks weve relied on for decades staples like the funnel, the flywheel, and the buyers journey are fast becoming obsolete or are out the door already. Buyers Demand Relevance and Timing Prospecting thats irrelevant or poorly timed can harm deals more than help them. Sell Smarter.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Intent Signal B2B 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sales acceleration platforms provide a powerful solution, helping businesses optimize workflows, engage prospects, and convert leads more efficiently. These tools are now essential for companies looking to maintain a competitive edge in a demanding market. Advanced Search Functionality : Pinpoint prospects with precision.

Scale 130

Scale SalesForce Analytics Hubspot 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

As DiscoverOrg’s Manager of Strategic Accounts, I’m always looking for ways to use personal touchpoints to engage prospects via email. I start with a thoughtful, well-researched cold email that shows just how well I knows my prospect – both the pain points they experience in their job, as well as their personal interests.

Prospecting 258

Prospecting Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Data 258

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.

Sales Coaching 130

Sales Coaching Software Software Coaching 130

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.

Examples 208

Examples B2B Marketing Inbound 208

Zoominfo

MARCH 17, 2025

Revenue operations leaders are confronting complex challenges on two fronts: designing smarter territories for expansion, and maximizing productivity for frontline go-to-market (GTM) teams. Blind spots in your addressable market and missed opportunities from good-fit prospects. The result?

Territories 130

Territories Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. Marketing departments create brand language that resonates with buyer personas.

Sales Enablement 130

Sales Enablement Strategy Scale Hiring 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lead-to-account matching and routing solutions connect new leads with existing account records in your go-to-market data systems, automatically directing them to the right salesperson saving time, reducing errors, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of your sales efforts. Salesforce integration. Learn More about D&B Connect 7.

Account 130

Account Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Account Based Marketing 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 3, 2018

There’s no way around it – prospect and customer data is one of the most valuable assets a B2B organization has access to. Think about it: without accurate information, how can you market, sell, or provide customer service to your target audience? The Impact of Bad B2B Marketing Data. The short answer—everything.

B2B 223

B2B Data Churn Marketing 223

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Discover your best marketing account segments from within your current customer base. Sound familiar?

Account Based Marketing 218

Account Based Marketing Segment Ideal Customer Profile Account 218

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 23, 2018

We hear a lot about sales and marketing alignment: How important it is for B2B, and how so few of us are doing it right. SALES: Marketing leads are crap. MARKETING: Sales is lazy. MARKETING: Maybe if you actually followed up the same day. Hyper-focus on marketing-qualified leads. Rolls eyes.] Tag-team at events.

Lead Rank 257

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 257

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

By centralizing call data, sales teams gain insights into call effectiveness, prospect engagement, and overall campaign success. ZoomInfo ZoomInfos Go-to-Market Intelligence platform enhances outbound sales call tracking by providing unmatched B2B data, real-time insights, and AI-driven automation. Learn More about Close 3.

Outbound 130

Outbound Software Software Buyer Intent 130

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

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Business is more competitive than ever, and conventional prospecting is simply no longer enough. Lead mining is becoming increasingly commonplace among companies seeking to expand into new markets and territories, as well as those hoping to increase profitability. There are many lead mining tools and platforms available today.

Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Qualified Lead Software Software Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Salesforce. Think about it: Traditional sales software applications have long since been deployed in streamlining daily tasks associated with prospecting and pipeline management. Prospecting – It’s harder than ever to find quality B2B contact information, company insights and leads that will ultimately lead to sale or conversion.

Sales Automation 162

Sales Automation Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 162

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

Sellers across every industry are under intense pressure to deliver ambitious results in tightly competitive markets, and it’s much more than a passing trend. Salesforce, for example, now requires 3X pipeline coverage for its sales teams — an increase of 50%. In today’s markets, that’s often a luxury reps can simply no longer afford.

Churn 130

Churn Face-to-face How To Buyer Intent 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The cultural phenomenon that is Dreamforce – the Burning Man of the sales world – is a testament to the influence wielded by today’s sales and marketing professionals. If you’re a B2B sales, marketing, or business development, we’ve got a hand-picked don’t-miss Dreamforce session for you. Sales and marketing alignment.

Account Based Marketing 202

Account Based Marketing SalesForce Top of Funnel Hotels 202

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).

Ideal Customer Profile 202

Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

No issue with that, but I prefer to use investment and the financial markets, primarily because of the focus on value. With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. Smart sellers are similar, value for their prospects, employers and themselves is developed over time.

Lead Rank 352

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Objections 352

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Yet for the last two decades, efforts to automate sales and marketing motions at B2B companies have stalled, often because of bad data. Until recently, just having access to accurate intelligence about all of the companies in a business’ total addressable market was a big gap in go-to-market efficiency.

Data 52

Data Company Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

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!

Ideal Customer Profile 189

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 189

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2019

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. Customer Success is one of our four core values at Salesforce, alongside Trust, Innovation, and Equality. 4 Keys to Consistent High-Quality Engagement for SMBs.

PeopleSoft 254

PeopleSoft Social Media Customer SalesForce 254

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The integrations help revenue teams develop stronger prospect and customer relationships, make better decisions, and win more business. For example, reps can watch for keywords in conversations that historically indicate a prospect is more likely to buy, while sales managers can better coach their teams by reviewing call trends.

Data 52

Data Scale SalesForce Forecasting 52

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For digital sales consultants in competitive sectors like digital marketing, media, and website hosting, high-quality targeting is essential. But as markets evolve, a static ICP alone can sometimes fall short. BuzzBoard’s look-alike prospect identification feature solves this challenge by bringing adaptability to your prospecting.

Ideal Customer Profile 52

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 2, 2018

And still they are expected to prospect and bring leads into the pipe. How do they manage their time when they must do demos, talk to clients, prospect, and simultaneously juggle many customers, all while dealing with a complex solution? A long sales cycle exacerbates the problem. And in some ways, it has….

Data 297

Data Quota Face-to-face Trends 297

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We’ve put together a list of the 10 most important post-event priorities to help you turn attendees into prospects and customers. Set up news alerts in Salesforce for companies you connected with at the event to stay up-to-date on information that may help you land a deal. Notify Sales When a Prospect Visits.

Lead Rank 244

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale Hiring 244

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 25, 2017

Sales and marketing teams that buy into myths about data providers miss out on serious business value. To buyers, these types of interactions may seem serendipitous, but timing sales and marketing interactions requires foresight. Account-based marketing can use sales intelligence for a new level of personalization. Us either.).

Account Based Marketing 241

Account Based Marketing Case Study Data Campaigns 241

Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2021

The sales and marketing landscape has changed dramatically over the last year. Whether you need to access contact information before a call or meeting, want to sift through a list of companies and employees, review account funding history, or check out the social pages of your key prospects, the ZoomInfo Mobile App has you covered.

Buyer Intent 49

Buyer Intent Call-back B2B SalesForce 49

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

But for business, AI is having an early transformative effect on sales and marketing by helping people make better decisions and serve customers more effectively. It can improve effectiveness by suggesting an optimal path to deal closure, and it can provide detailed guidance for approaching each prospect. So, what is AI?

Case Study 319

Case Study Analytics CRM Study 319

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. Define parameters for sales prospecting. Who owns the global campaign? View a video?

Account 289

Account Campaigns Engineering Harvest 289

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 6, 2017

Much like my mom’s BMW, I use personalized emails to catch the attention of my most important prospects. Either I get responses from someone who forwarded my email, or the prospect who received the email responds themselves. So what situations are appropriate for this type of prospecting? When your prospect is a decision maker.

Ideal Customer Profile 248

Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker How To Top of Funnel 248

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Whether you’re in sales or marketing , you’ve probably spent a lot of time thinking about your email messaging. If you’re getting 30%+ of your prospects to reply to you, you can probably stop worrying about it as much, but if you’re getting less than that, then what I am about to share with you could be a game changer. Watch the Video.

Prospecting 120

Prospecting Video SalesForce How To 120

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. A good bot-to-live-agent exchange will help reduce your lead response time and create a seamless experience for prospects.

Sales Qualified Lead 246

Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246