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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Lead response time can make or break your sale. Embed scheduling into your contact and demo forms. Integrating your calendar with your contact and demo forms lets your leads move the process forward themselves. Integrating your calendar with your contact and demo forms lets your leads move the process forward themselves.

Sales Qualified Leads 236

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 236

SalesIntel

JULY 10, 2023

Understanding buyer intent has become crucial to marketing, sales, and revenue operations (RevOps) strategies in the current competitive business climate. Why Intent Data is Crucial in Modern Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales professionals face an uphill battle in reaching and converting potential customers.

Top of Funnel 71

Top of Funnel Intent Data Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2021

But a more detailed set of sales scorecards can complement a leaderboard and provide AEs with a better view of achievements, said Dylan Conant, former associate chief of staff to the chief revenue officer at ZoomInfo. With that additional information from the scorecard, a sales director may view the $1 million total differently.

Lead Scoring 130

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Zoominfo Ad Building 130

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

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

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

Lead Ranking 64

Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 64

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

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

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations. What Is B2B Sales Prospecting?

B2B Sales 100

B2B Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Buyer Personas 100

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. Get a Demo What Are The Benefits Of Email Automation?

Automation 130

Automation Zoominfo Auto Responder Touchpoints 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 25, 2021

Lead response time can make or break your sale. Embed scheduling into your contact and demo forms Integrating your calendar with your contact and demo forms lets your leads move the process forward themselves. Need proof? Read on to find some fool-proof ways to increase your speed-to-response time when it matters most.

Sales Qualified Leads 130

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

While it’s undeniable that generative AI is already changing how businesses engage with the world, sales and marketing leaders are quickly realizing that AI alone isn’t the solution to all their problems. Acting upon increasing amounts of data in a timely way to capitalize on emerging opportunities is difficult to impossible.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Generation Zoominfo B2B 130

Madison Logic

MARCH 6, 2024

Wide-approach B2B marketing tactics revolve around aiming for the accounts you and your company think are a good fit. But tight budgets, limited resources, and longer, more complex sales cycles require you to work more efficiently.

Demand Generation 52

Demand Generation Sales Management Ideal Customer Profiles Buy 52

Vidyard

JUNE 15, 2020

Once your sales organization is sold on the idea of using video , it’s up to you to get everyone using—and succeeding with—it. Create a detailed sales rollout plan, launch it, measure it, and incorporate feedback. Create Your Sales Rollout Plan for Video 1.1 Identify One or Two Initial Use Cases for Sales Videos 1.3

Planning 91

Planning Video Marketing Effectiveness Case Studies 91

DemandBase

MAY 26, 2020

Welcome to the first installment of Sales Scoop , a monthly series that gives the amazing members of our Sales team a platform to share their perspectives and successes. Our goal is to provide a bit of inspiration to our peers in the larger sales and marketing communities. ABM for Sales, because it takes two wings to fly.

Account Based Marketing 133

Account Based Marketing ABM DemandBase Peer-to-peer 133

Vidyard

MARCH 15, 2022

Managing a growing remote sales team is filled with challenges. It’s also your #1 tool for supporting and engaging your remote sales team. It’s a fantastic fit for any schedule, whether a rep is stuck in a sales call or working in a time zone halfway around the world. Humanizing Sales Enablement 1.1

Video Marketing 90

Video Marketing Enterprise Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 90

Albacross

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This was the perfect complement to our low touch pricing model, where leads could sign up for a trial directly on the website without having to talk to a sales rep. Afterall, a sales team is only effective when it’s busy and ours had quiet periods. Here’s the process we used to automate our outbound sales using Albacross.

Ideal Customer Profiles 105

Ideal Customer Profiles Automation De-duplication Lead Ranking 105

NetLine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This data enables sales teams to focus marketing spend on prospects who are actively ready to buy. How to leverage intent data in 8 steps Gone are the days when banner ads on a popular review website could funnel hundreds of leads to your business.

Intent Data 64

Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles 64

xiQ

OCTOBER 18, 2019

B2B buyers no longer move through a funnel one step at a time. Their demands and expectations of sales representatives have also evolved. Successful B2B Sales reps have also evolved into highly informed and educated domain experts who act like business partners, not sellers. Account-Based Sales and Marketing (ABM).

Account Based Marketing 76

Account Based Marketing ABM Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services 76

Vidyard

JUNE 15, 2020

Once your sales organization is sold on the idea of using video , it’s up to you to get everyone using—and succeeding with—it. Create a detailed sales rollout plan, launch it, measure it, and incorporate feedback. Create Your Sales Rollout Plan for Video 1.1 Identify One or Two Initial Use Cases for Sales Videos 1.3

Planning 65

Planning Video Marketing Effectiveness Case Studies 65

NetLine

JUNE 21, 2022

B2B lead nurturing is the process of advancing marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) through your marketing funnel, engaging prospects with your business at multiple touchpoints before passing them to your Sales team. So what does the Consumption Gap mean for the Sales process? No, thanks, pal. hours to 33.3

Lead Nurturing 126

Lead Nurturing Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 126

Engagio

JANUARY 14, 2021

In our ABM Master Class Sales Secrets for Pipeline Hyper-Growth , we shared some of our best-kept secrets on how to prioritize prospects to smash revenue growth. Examining today’s Sales challenges. Success in Sales can only be achieved by first understanding the challenges we face in our industry. And we’re in good company.

Ideal Customer Profiles 118

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking DemandBase Sales Qualified Leads 118

xiQ

OCTOBER 18, 2019

B2B buyers no longer move through a funnel one step at a time. Their demands and expectations of sales representatives have also evolved. Successful B2B Sales reps have also evolved into highly informed and educated domain experts who act like business partners, not sellers. Account-Based Sales and Marketing (ABM).

Account Based Marketing 62

Account Based Marketing ABM Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services 62

Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2021

Unclear sales goals are costly. vague or hard-to-define objectives can be the biggest barriers to a rep’s success. These are metrics that prioritize and improve sales performance and yield valuable specifics like percent of team meeting quota, average on-target earnings, and sales cycle length. Sales Rep Activity.

Sales Management 227

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 227

DiscoverOrg

MARCH 25, 2016

It’s the exact same bargain in sales. So when they agree to show up for your demo, or stay on the phone longer when you call, a duty is owed to hold their interest, to engage their emotions, to make it worth it. And isn’t it just her luck that Excel is acting up at that very moment? Quid pro quo. People are busy.

Storytelling 120

Storytelling Fulfillment Sample Sales Cycle 120

SmartBug Media

MAY 13, 2022

Let’s take a closer look at different ways your marketing team can leverage intent data to help sales close more deals—and close them faster. Tactic #1: Easily Prioritize Accounts. Using intent data to prioritize accounts leads to higher conversion rates, better alignment with sales, and shorter sales cycles.

Intent Data 98

Intent Data Work Management Intent Marketing Management 98

Hubspot

JANUARY 13, 2021

I will always be a believer in sales mentorship programs. Eventually, I took those learnings and taught them to sales reps I was mentoring. As I've seen firsthand, mentorship programs accelerate the learning and promotion processes on a sales team. Sales Mentoring: What's in It for You (the Mentor)?

Peer-to-peer 73

Peer-to-peer Training Wiki Organic Leads 73

Vidyard

MARCH 15, 2022

Managing a growing remote sales team is filled with challenges. It’s also your #1 tool for supporting and engaging your remote sales team. It’s a fantastic fit for any schedule, whether a rep is stuck in a sales call or working in a time zone halfway around the world. Training Your Remote Sales Team 2.1

Video Marketing 65

Video Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking FAQ 65

Vidyard

MARCH 15, 2022

Managing a growing remote sales team is filled with challenges. It’s also your #1 tool for supporting and engaging your remote sales team. It’s a fantastic fit for any schedule, whether a rep is stuck in a sales call or working in a time zone halfway around the world. Training Your Remote Sales Team 2.1

Video Marketing 65

Video Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking FAQ 65

SalesIntel

JANUARY 24, 2024

When it comes to Software as a Service (SaaS), optimizing your sales funnel is what will make or break your sustained growth and success. One key metric to always be on top of and responding to is sales efficiency—a measure of how effectively your company converts resources into closed deals. What is Sales Efficiency?

Efficiency 40

Efficiency Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Allocation 40

Marketing Interactions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to Wikipedia , “A leap of faith , in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something outside the boundaries of reason.” And buyers will be the first to tell you it’s unreasonable to deliver random acts of content that aren’t meaningful to them. Grouping random content by stage.

B2B 149

B2B Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Content 149

KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 7, 2018

After you’ve maxed out the performance of all the little elements on your website or in your sales funnel, is that as far as you can go? But we can share some ideas and principles that could help you re-imagine how your sales funnel works, or how people think of and interact with your brand. Your boss is happy.

Conversion Rate 162

Conversion Rate Conversion Top of Funnel Landing Pages 162

Ledgeview Partners

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Salesforce Sales Cloud vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales: A Day in the Life Comparison. This week, we’re putting all of the teachings together and taking you through the entire sales process in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Salesforce Sales Cloud , comparing them back-to-back. Lead management.

Comparison 86

Comparison Enterprise Management Sales Qualified Leads Work Management 86

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Think of things like downloading white papers, requesting demos, or attending webinars related to your offerings. Streamlined Sales Process: Equip your sales team with valuable insights into prospects that allow them to tailor their outreach, shorten sales cycles, and close deals faster.

Intent Data 71

Intent Data Intent B2B Sales B2B Marketing 71

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Learn data-driven strategies that support each stage of the sales funnel, along with key performance indicators (KPIs). Contents What is a Sales Funnel? What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? Marketing Funnel vs. Sales Funnel Resources.

Sales Management 246

Sales Management Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Work Management 246

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most companies in the technology sector evolve in a very competitive environment, and leads generated by Marketing represent more than 50% of the opportunities signed by sales representatives. What content do you have at your disposal (white paper, thought leadership , demo videos, etc )? How often do you publish new content ?

Marketing Automation Services 129

Marketing Automation Services Multi-Touch Attribution Marketing Automation Relevance 129