Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Loyalty is one of the four building blocks that creates a core go-to-market framework for businesses. Figure 1 : Various loyalty-related job titles have risen steadily at companies since 2010. More swipes equaled more deals for customers — and brought in more data for businesses. Loyalty marketing has evolved over the years.

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The Forward Observer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Content marketing is one of the most important pieces of the marketing plan, but many businesses do not approach it strategically. Content Marketing Strategy explains what top brands are doing to streamline their content and how marketing strategists can scale their methods to create business success.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Marketing Sherpa last week released its 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark report. Among the key findings from the report: Despite the lingering economic malaise, companies across virtually all industries plan to increase budgets for social media marketing in 2010. Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 100

Martech

MAY 1, 2024

Rapidly advancing generative AI models promise to help scale marketing and sales functions by automating customer conversations. Our objective is to handle the volume of communications to redirect a visitor to the correct support team, or to qualify them for a sales opportunity.” Email: Business email address Sign up now Processing.

Marketing AI 88

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Webbiquity

JUNE 10, 2021

Before the pandemic, some business owners were slow to shift budget dollars to digital marketing, even as others reallocated budgets toward digital more aggressively. Coming out of the pandemic, even those companies have now realized that an increased focus on digital marketing is necessary to keep up with competitors and drive sales.

Work Management 256

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 10, 2016

I am a huge proponent of utilizing innovative technologies to streamline business processes and I am fascinated by the history of technology. Eleven years later, in 2010, marketing automation became its own category with over 110 known vendors in the space. Enter, the era of Sales Enablement.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 23, 2020

Any business that experiences growth at home, looks further afield to expand their success. Considering localization as a key factor for global growth is essential and businesses looking to grow need to dedicate time, energy and capital to truly knowing the areas they are hoping to expand into. Apple shows its value to China.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 26, 2019

While every business enterprise exists to fill a need, organizations differ in their secondary mission. Amanda LaGrange helped found Tech Dump as a board member in 2010, while working at General Mills in Corporate Finance. She’s created a high-growth business that benefits the environment while addressing poverty and injustice.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2010

This inspired me to do a quick 10 Best Posts of 2010 as we slide into the New Year. Using Content to Build Trust in B2B Marketing – In the recent Edelman Trust Barometer report they detail out how trust is rebounding in a handful of Western countries especially in the United States where trust in business jumped 18 points to 54 percent.

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Best Practices Social Media Paper Public Relations 100

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That move led me to become a director of sales operations — a dream role for me! The first time someone offered me a job in sales operations, I wasn’t sure what the role entailed. It was 2010, and I had been working for a software company in Singapore, where I was initially a solutions engineer and then a client renewal sales manager.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

Last year alone, CPG online sales in the U.S. billion, which accounts for 11% of total CPG retail sales. That same McKinsey study reported that in 2010, the percentage of online CPG purchases was already at six percent. That number will only rise as they turn online to do business. billion in business during 2022.

Marketing AI 557

Marketing AI Stats Planning Case Studies 557

Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

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Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads Activities Lead Ranking 246

B2B Marketing Directions

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Since launching this blog in 2010, I've written about various aspects of sales-marketing alignment 26 times. Yet, sales-marketing alignment remains a hot topic and an ongoing challenge for marketing and sales leaders. Yesterday, I performed a Google search using the term "sales and marketing alignment."

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InsideView Account Based Marketing Business Demand Generation 40

Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s become pretty impossible to escape those themes, particularly if you’re a small business owner or on a sales team. Companies around the world are trying to figure out how to address these challenges while continuing to grow their business. The Case for Taking Your Business (& Sales Transactions) Online.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

LinkedIn is firmly ensconced among the “big 3″ social networks for marketing and business purposes, and though its base of 80 million members is far smaller than the 600 million users of Facebook, its impact in B2B marketing is larger. So how can you get the most out of this business-oriented social network?

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Teradata today announced it plans to sell its Marketing Applications business. There was no clue of a pending sale, although I strongly suspect the people briefing me had no idea it was coming. Well, Marketing Applications is still a $200 million business, which makes it a major player in B2C marketing automation.

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Enterprise Management Planning Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

ViewPoint

JULY 17, 2013

Josiane Feigon is President of TeleSmart Communications and author of the business bestseller, Smart Selling on the Phone and Online. To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales? Or just go with inside sales?

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B2B Thought Leadership Skype Work Management Thought Leadership 120

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The following excerpt is certainly important to sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. I have been a student of selling and sales management for more than twenty years, and I have used a grand total of five “closes” during that time. The prospect’s answer will tell you what you need to do to advance the sales cycle.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

They recently updated their “State of Social Business Maturity” report for 2013. Companies with more than 100,000 employees have moved from around 20 to almost 50 people dedicated to social media since 2010. Content wasn’t even on the list of the 2010 survey conducted by Altimeter. Social Media'

Business 100

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, we state that in order to stay viable, B2B companies need to hire a social media manager. In 2010, a search for social media managers on Indeed.com returned 7,100 results. And 24% of businesses report an increase in revenue when they utilized social media for lead generation ( source ).

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Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 174

Biznology

MARCH 23, 2018

Turns out Hubspot’s own growth as a software company has been driven via cold calling through an inside sales team. Even Hubspot realizes that you can’t get all the B2B business you deserve using inbound marketing alone. Back in 2010, I was invited to become a contributor to Harvard Business Review ’s online publication.

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B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Opt-out 190

Tomorrow People

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Remember 2010? 2010 saw the inception of the Content Marketing Institute , and a growing realisation that content was the way forward. But let’s face it — it’s not 2010 anymore. You know more about your business than anyone else. In the world of content marketing , as in current affairs, big changes were afoot.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

You can be a leader by starting with those big business challenges and present a strong business case on how to solve them. And this makes me want to scream: whatever happened to the business case? Building a business case is hard because it starts by questioning the conventional wisdom. Sales projections?

Business 100

Business Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Customer Satisfaction 100

Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 years , down by half from 2010.

Work Management 86

Work Management Marketing Management Training Allocation 86

Ambal's Amusings

MAY 3, 2010

Why will small businesses get better and better at content marketing and do more and more of it in 2010 and beyond? We asked Newt Barett "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Newt Barrett's Marketing Action for 2010. Newt Barrett.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

2010 has been another tough year for the industrial sector but I’m encouraged by all the good news that I’ve heard throughout the year about a modest rebound in U.S. In keeping with that spirit, here are my five most popular industrial marketing blog posts from 2010. 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Read on to learn how social media is changing PR, how pitching bloggers is different from traditional media outreach, how to optimize press releases for search and online distribution, which tools should be in your social PR toolbox and more here in some of the best articles and blog posts on social PR of 2010 so far.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

Jonathan's experience with white papers is also coupled with over 25 years of enterprise business experience with leading industry innovators such as Apple Computer, Microsoft, Digital Equipment Corporation, and J.D. This experience included a variety of sales, marketing, business development, and management positions.

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management B2B Thought Leadership Case Study 100

ViewPoint

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. That has pros and cons, Nick said.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Social Marketing Paid Search Agency Leads 120

The ROI Guy

MARCH 18, 2010

A recent IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010, results of a survey of 40+ worldwide technology sales executives, indicates that sales enablement is one of the top priorities, and the highest expected investment growth area over next 12 months.

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Tools Sales Cycle Comparison ROI 40

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 20, 2013

And many businesses are struggling to keep up. In an attempt to tell that story, I have covered the future of marketing and now I’m looking for the best quotes, studies and predictions on the future of business. Peer recommendations drive sales. The world has changed. Thanks for your help!

Business 100

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 6, 2021

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. Personalization today certainly has a different look than the ‘personalized’ emails from brands back in 2010. 11 Webinar Etiquette Tips for Presenters & Attendees.

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Intent Data Intent Webinar Metrics B2B 132

Buffer

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

It might seem counter-intuitive to think that closing all your retail stores on the busiest shopping day of the year will be good for business. Since launching #OptOutside, we’ve watched more than 200 retailers go out of business,” Stritzke told BestBlackFriday.com. “We’ve But that’s exactly what REI has found.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In Defy Gravity: Propel Your Business to High-Velocity Growth , Rebel Brown shows business owners and executives how to shed the weight of legacy baggage, filter out the noise and focus on those opportunities which provide the best potential for profitable growth… Social Media Marketing by Liana “Li&# Evans. Happy shopping!

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Emarketing Media 100

Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? So we’ve listed a few tips and tricks for establishing a solid social listening plan to meet your higher level business objectives. They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales.

Branding 59

Branding Brand Identity B2B Eye-Tracking 59

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2020

The future of marketing and business will be more diverse, inclusive, and connected to real customer needs. Generation Z consists of people who were born from 1995 to 2010. But smaller businesses can market globally too. But some things are certain. Source: [link]. The key to success is embracing diversity from the inside.

Trends 337

Trends Planning Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 337

Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Every November, National Entrepreneurs Day recognizes and celebrates the contribution of newly minted business owners. Read on for: Six tips for entrepreneurs and new business owners. If you are an entrepreneur or the owner of a small business/growing startup, this day celebrates your role and potential.

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