Zoominfo

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As the process of hiring talent becomes increasingly digitized, savvy recruiters are using technology and strategies common in sales and marketing, to power a stronger recruitment process. Sales reps engage prospects based on specific needs and requirements, then encourage them through a sales development funnel.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Optimization Digital Marketing Funnels 130

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A sales funnel, stretching from early-stage brand discovery to final purchase, represents the customer journey. Most companies use the funnel to track prospects as they move through sales stages, adjusting strategies and marketing methods in response to their behaviors. In real life, the buying process is never so linear.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing AI Digital Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking 98

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. Some of them are free while others are paid – but all bring in enormous value to the sales process. Investing in a random sales tool is a waste of time, money and effort. What are Sales Tools?

Marketing Automation Services 97

Marketing Automation Services B2B Sales Enterprise Management Work Management 97

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When it comes to sales forecasting , it’s a simple truth: if you can see what’s coming, you can prepare and react accordingly. Sometimes you have to react on the fly, act on the best information you can find, and just give it all you’ve got. Sales Forecasting Step 1: Get a CRM Reality Check. Don’t you believe it!

Forecasting 156

Forecasting Top of Funnel CRM Act-On 156

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

December around the corner also means your sales year is coming to an end. Therefore, it’s important to manage your time and plan accordingly. So, as a sales leader or manager, what do you do? I’ve faced this challenge as a senior sales executive, sales enablement executive and outside sales enablement specialist.

Sales Management 196

Sales Management Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Marketing Management 196

Sprout Social

MAY 5, 2021

As a marketer, you know getting customers’ attention can be tough, but actually closing those customers is just as much of a struggle for sales reps in your org. That’s because the average sales process is more complex than ever. What is sales enablement, anyway? The list goes on.

Paid Search Agency 115

Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Work Management Sales Qualified Leads 115

Act-On

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That’s where marketing analytics software comes in. Most of the major marketing automation platforms have some form of analytics built into the user experience. That’s where a true analytics engine is required, to enable you to dive deep into your data, segment according to your business needs, and bring in custom data.

Marketing Automation Services 146

Marketing Automation Services Analytics Software Deliverability 146

Vidyard

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’re failing to close sales. Every sales pro hits these roadblocks. But there’s good news: You already have the tool you need to beat them — sales analytics. Think about your sales career. How can we make the most of our sales resources and cut the cost of selling? How can you process them into insights?

Analytics 95

Analytics Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 95

Seismic

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of sales, success isn’t just about closing deals — it’s also about optimizing your team’s performance. As a sales leader, your role is crucial in ensuring that your team meets and exceeds expectations quarter after quarter. Sales performance measurement involves quantifiable metrics and numerical data.

Peer-to-peer 113

Peer-to-peer Customer Satisfaction Conversion Rate Training 113

Vidyard

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’re failing to close sales. Every sales pro hits these roadblocks. But there’s good news: You already have the tool you need to beat them — sales analytics. Think about your sales career. How can we make the most of our sales resources and cut the cost of selling? How can you process them into insights?

Analytics 80

Analytics Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 80

Martech

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Call analytics software manages the inbound phone channel (including both landlines and mobile phones), handling tasks from assigning call tracking numbers to measuring, monitoring, analyzing and reporting the resulting caller data and campaign results. Capabilities of call analytics platforms. AI-driven speech analytics.

Enterprise Management 107

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Analytics 107

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

Creating a global sales strategy is one of the most important and challenging exercises for a business. However, it’s not a simple rinse-and-repeat process across different countries, where culture and resources will differ as much as the local cuisine. When we built ZoomInfo’s global sales team, we gained some valuable insights.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Webinar Metrics 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2020

At ZoomInfo, we care about the sales numbers, but we know to get there we must: Always. When you rush to close a sale, you don’t have the time to harness key insights about your prospects — leaving you high and dry during your sales calls. These tidbits can be the difference between an average sale and a humongous deal.

Cold Calling 207

Cold Calling Zoominfo Work Management Effectiveness 207

Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2024

Enter AI analytics. In this article, we take a deep dive into AI analytics and how it differs from traditional data analysis methods for brand intelligence. What is AI analytics? What is the difference between AI analytics and traditional analytics?

Analytics 111

Analytics Enterprise Management Work Management Business 111

Vidyard

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’re failing to close sales. Every sales pro hits these roadblocks. But there’s good news: You already have the tool you need to beat them — sales analytics. Think about your sales career. How can we make the most of our sales resources and cut the cost of selling? How can you process them into insights?

Analytics 65

Analytics Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 65

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 19, 2023

More than ever, you’re constantly competing against others for attention and eventual sales. Winning the battle means developing a solid strategy and tactics in operations and marketing. Use this process to identify a competitor’s messaging, structure, and tone. At least, we don’t think you are. (If

Analysis 287

Analysis Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies Content 287

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. It’s not intuitive, then, that these two functions often exist in silos, each having their own systems and processes.

Sales Management 75

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 75

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. Probably the most common complaint that I hear from Sales is that “Marketing just doesn’t understand engineering problems, and they generate ‘crappy’ leads that are not ready to buy.” Need proof?

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

LeanData

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Push the old marketing sales funnel aside. Or, rather, flip the funnel upside down and re-label: Identify targeted accounts, acquire leads and engage, and then land and expand across the organization and its buying committee. . So, the data suggests we’ve seen ABM processes move from theory into practice.

Account Based Marketing 98

Account Based Marketing ABM Analytics Marketing Analytics Tools 98

Act-On

OCTOBER 11, 2023

So let’s break them down into key responsibilities, as well as the sub-teams and specialists who manage them. Consider your GTM motion Before you start sketching out your org chart, stop to think about your go-to-market (GTM) or sales motion. Do you rely on a sales team to handhold prospects through a lengthy buying process?

Paid Search Agency 177

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Analytics Tools 177

Outreach

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Managing a successful sales team requires a thoughtful, strategic approach: One that’s built upon a foundation of rep engagement, a collaborative culture, and achievable goals. Inefficient workflows, limited transparency, and inadequate tools all threaten a manager’s ability to leverage a strong strategy.

Work Management 52

Work Management CMS Development Transparency Budget Programs 52

DiscoverOrg

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

This is second installment detailing DiscoverOrg’s TiLT Sales Development Challenge and it’s 10 core learning modules. Are you leaving money on the table by not empowering your sales development teams with the ability to connect with prospects? Modern sales teams are now more data-driven than ever before. You Say “Tomatoes”.

Top of Funnel 229

Top of Funnel Conversion Cold Calling Storytelling 229

Hubspot

JULY 7, 2023

As technology advances and becomes more accessible, businesses are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their sales processes. AI has the potential to revolutionize the way sales teams operate, giving them valuable insights and predictive analytics to drive more revenue. Are sales teams investing in AI?

Marketing AI 83

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Hubspot User-Generated Content 83

MKT1

JUNE 5, 2023

“The marketing funnel is dead,” they say. I agree the marketing funnel isn’t exactly funnel shaped–it's sort of an hourglass. So, I still strongly recommend B2B marketing teams map their funnels. This funnel mapping process is one of the key foundational elements of your growth strategy.

Top of Funnel 64

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 64

Martech

APRIL 15, 2022

The other marketing team devours the report by noting trends in web interactions, analyzing attendees’ reactions to their last podcast and checking the number of sales-closed opportunities. They will know which market segments will be most impacted by the “event” and what tactics will need to be adjusted. See terms.

Analytics 111

Analytics Work Management Marketing Management Click Rate 111

ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2020

Growth Marketing must evolve past optimizing individual tactics and become a discipline of orchestrating the entire marketing, sales and product ecosystem – driving and optimizing enterprise demand – and thus growth. This is how (tactical) growth hacking for a product evolves into (strategic) growth marketing for the enterprise.

Growth Marketing 247

Growth Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Enterprise Management 247

Brandpoint

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Chat with sales reps at the water cooler to better understand customer concerns, or sit-in in on a sales call or two. There are so many opportunities for content to fill a sales strategy. How can you as a digital marketing help guide these potential clients through the sales funnel? It’s like dominoes.

Work Management 62

Work Management Top of Funnel Content Marketing Planning 62

Hubspot

AUGUST 30, 2023

But what changes will it bring to the sales industry? Will it be the end of salespeople, or will it become the secret weapon to help sales reps work more efficiently? Furthermore, we’ve interviewed leading sales teams to collect 11 AI sales predictions that you should watch in 2023.

Marketing AI 63

Marketing AI Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Work Management 63

ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But whether we are talking about well-thought-out ‘growth marketing’ programs or haphazard ‘inside-out,’ interruptive go-to-market tactics, random acts of marketing and sales are at a breaking point. Random acts are costly and fail to drive real, sustainable lift to sales and revenue.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 130

Zoominfo

MAY 30, 2018

The more customer data you capture, analyze, and act upon, the better you get at creating influential marketing narratives. Today we give you a guide to content marketing and predictive analytics—what this means, how to use predictive analytics, and other important considerations. What is Predictive Content Analytics?

Analytics 167

Analytics Content Lead Ranking Buying Cycle 167

Varicent

MARCH 24, 2022

Ask any sales manager their most important job, and they’ll likely answer, “Hitting target.”. The smart ones will answer by adding, “Securing the sales pipeline to hit the target after that.”. What Exactly Is a Sales Pipeline? The Stages of Sales Pipeline. What’s the Importance of a Sales Pipeline?

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Top of Funnel 52

Martech

APRIL 17, 2024

It’s been just over a year since Google Analytics 4 (GA4) replaced Universal Analytics (UA). Even so, because it’s part of the Google-verse and its price point (free) can’t be beat, it is still the dominant digital analytics platform. In March of last year, Google automatically migrated all UA properties to GA4.

Marketing Analytics Tools 116

Marketing Analytics Tools Analytics Google Pricing 116

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 8, 2023

From unraveling the intricacies of data enrichment tools to deciphering the profound impact on lead quality, segmentation, and personalized engagements, this guide is your compass to amplifying B2B lead generation and mastering lead management through the prism of enriched insights.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

Martech

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Given that customers’ journeys to purchase and beyond are growing increasingly complex due to the ever-increasing number of devices, channels and options at their fingertips, businesses are seeking solutions like customer journey analytics tools to help them get a handle on what customers are experiencing. Do we have management buy-in?

Work Management 112

Work Management Marketing Management Analytics Tools 112

LeanData

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In LeanData’s guide to lead management, we unpack exactly how B2B revenue teams are extracting value from revenue assets, and what great lead management looks like. We think of lead management as an end-to-end process across Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success (all revenue-producing teams.) .

Lead Management 98

Lead Management Work Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 98

ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), seamless coordination between sales and marketing is essential for sustainable growth. Unfortunately, many SMBs face a common challenge: siloed data and processes. Inaccurate Reporting and Analytics 5. Page Contents Toggle 5 Siloed Data Problems 1.

SMB 98

SMB Work Management Marketing Management Customer Satisfaction 98

Hubspot

MARCH 19, 2022

The goal of any sales organization is, ultimately, to increase revenue. Which means the goal of any effective sales leader is to inspire and motivate their sales team to hit, or exceed, their revenue targets. Creating a healthy, effective goal-driven sales environment is vital for long-term success and employee satisfaction.

Effectiveness 88

Effectiveness Cold Calling Lead Ranking Work Management 88