Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

Lead Ranking 165

Lead Ranking Privacy Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 165

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 21, 2020

How to know if your marketing and sales efforts are eroding your growth. How would you describe your current marketing and sales motion? Do you have a finely tuned, highly repeatable, highly predictable model for generating demand and closing business? How do you know if you engage in random acts of marketing?

Ideal Customer Profiles 238

Ideal Customer Profiles Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Budget Programs 238

xiQ

MARCH 27, 2024

The Winning Formula in Sales In the high-speed world of Formula 1 racing, precision, strategy, and agility are paramount. These principles also lie beneath all sales, where professionals navigate the fast-paced market, leveraging insights and technology to cross the finish line ahead of their competition.

Marketing Management 126

Marketing Management Analysis Forecasting B2B Sales 126

ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Growth Marketing movement (aka growth hacking ) – now nearly ten years old – has had a significant and positive impact on the efficacy of demand marketing. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall. The State of Growth Marketing.

Growth Marketing 247

Growth Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Enterprise Management 247

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Let’s be honest, your lead generation strategy might need some work if it’s not producing ROI. The whole point of lead generation is to generate leads that close! In modern times, B2B and B2C consumers are overwhelmed by sales, advertising and marketing teams vying for their attention. Direct marketing.

Lead Generation 219

Lead Generation ROI Demand Generation Agencies Lead Ranking 219

Act-On

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Marketing and sales teams are famously frenemies. Sales and marketing alignment is no small task, but it’s not a mystery. Real or imagined cultural clashes (“Marketers are mired in process and research.” Sales only cares about hitting targets, by any means necessary.”).

Work Management 147

Work Management Planning Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 147

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. One thing is clear — lead generation has never been more central to a business’ success. Content is an essential pillar of any lead generation strategy.

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Lead Generation Lead Ranking Paid Content Lead Scoring 264

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In the words of Viviana Fargo, Operating Partner at venture capital firm Emcap, “ one of the biggest reasons that many startups fail: Founders launch companies with great ideas, but with no go-to-market expertise.” ” Insufficient go-to-market (GTM) expertise has a crippling effect on growth. They are different.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Analytics Tools Demand 299

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies.

InsideView 264

InsideView Enterprise Management Top of Funnel Tools 264

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Even before the pandemic, a far more fluid, labor-driven hiring market meant the time-tested methods for interviewing and hiring candidates were becoming outdated. Here, we examine the digital recruiting funnel and identify tech strategies that recruiters can adopt to drive better outcomes for their business.

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Top of Funnel Marketing AI Optimization Digital Marketing Funnels 130

Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2017

What is a Sales Funnel? Sales funnels are everywhere. Prospective purchasers don’t see the funnel, but rather an interactive brand, an awesome product, or the long awaited solution they need. This is the power of a sales funnel that’s ultimately designed to get sales.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Digital Marketing Funnels Landing Pages 243

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Now more than ever, trust is important in the buying process as prospects continue to carefully consider purchases. ANNUITAS Research conducted interviews with sales leaders across industries to see how this change has impacted both sales strategy and day-to-day life. 1: Hire and train more inside sales.

Work Management 246

Work Management Marketing Management Ad Building Sales Qualified Leads 246

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Sure, content is a necessity, but the end goal is to see these readers act and make a purchase, download a document, or give us their contact information for later use. The only way to fix the situation is to start practicing CRO tactics that actually work. Today’s consumers know the game that marketers play. Quick Takeaways.

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Conversion Rate Tactics Optimization Conversion 307

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The potential use cases for artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), in go-to-market (GTM) are perhaps too numerous to count. Amid an overly-optimistic marketplace outlook for AI, growth leaders — across marketing, sales and customer success — are increasingly turning to AI and/or AI-enhanced technology tools.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing AI Sales Management 130

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

Manufacturing lead generation is a perennial top priority for most manufacturers. 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.

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 52

InsightSquared

MARCH 6, 2018

Sales operations has been around for quite some time, but lately the function has been gaining momentum. Instead of behind-the-scenes sales support, sales ops now acts as a strategic partner for sales VPs and leadership. Start building out your sales operations department by hiring someone to own your CRM.

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Top of Funnel Ad Building Work Management CRM 299

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The rapid rise of generative AI has become the most captivating trend in the tech industry today. The ability of generative AI to automate routine tasks, analyze data, and generate content is already freeing up valuable time that entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals can use to instead focus on more strategic decision-making.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Lead Ranking Generation Work Management 130

ANNUITAS

JULY 20, 2021

For most companies, the challenge of regularly delivering enough leads and opportunities to hit growth targets has historically meant building a strategy around producing high volume, low quality marketing and sales campaigns. Shifting to a strategic demand marketing state allows you to perpetually drive scalable, sustainable growth.

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Top of Funnel Campaigns Enterprise Management Work Management 147

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?

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Marketing Automation Services B2B Sales Enterprise Management Work Management 97

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. But if you layer generative AI on top of bad data, it’s going to get you to bad results real fast.”

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Generation Zoominfo B2B 130

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.

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Top of Funnel Intent Data Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles 71

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.

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Lead Generation Lead Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The new era of B2B demand generation companies brings a personalized revolution powered by AI’s insight. Data’s secrets unravel, crafting precise marketing strategies that create trends and seize opportunities with impeccable timing. But how does AI enable B2B demand generation in full swing?

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Demand Generation Agencies Marketing AI Demand Generation Demand 98

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. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? The result? Messages hit home every time.

Sales Management 71

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. If you’re a marketer at a manufacturer, distributor, or engineering company, you know this firsthand.

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Basically, intent data allows marketing and sales teams to focus on the accounts that are in the market for a product or solution,” said Dan Tabaran, CMO of account-based advertising company N.Rich, in his recent MarTech presentation. 3 ways marketing and sales teams can generate buyer interest.

Top of Funnel 113

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Generation 113

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About 69% of sales professionals say selling is more difficult now than in previous years, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales report. Even though it’s harder to sell, reps still need to hit their numbers. To keep your sales team motivated when things are tough, you need to reward them for their victories.

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Marketing Budget Examples Practices Best Practices 104

Launch Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

As software as a service (SaaS) solutions grow in popularity, so does the number of competitive solutions, which means taking new developments to market in an impactful way is more critical than ever. That is why organizations need an effective go-to-market strategy. Determine Marketing Activities. Identify The Target Audience.

Tactics 118

Tactics Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Webinar Metrics 118

Choozle

JANUARY 7, 2022

Full-funnel marketing campaigns consist of several different stages with each stage demanding its own marketing tactics, activities, and goals to ensure it fuels conversions in the final stage. Brand awareness goals in full-funnel marketing. Tactics for brand awareness. Connected TV.

Sales Management 63

Sales Management Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Funnel Advertising 63

Martech

MARCH 19, 2024

How do we as marketers meet those expectations and set our brands apart?” ” asked Talisha Padgett, Microsoft’s general manager, martech platforms and AI, in her keynote kicking off Day 1 of The MarTech Conference. Generating more leads with genAI Marketers should adopt an experimental attitude toward new AI tools.

Marketing AI 98

Marketing AI Conference Generation Loyalty 98

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Do you wish to increase your lead generation business in 2022? But, in 2022, what are you going to do better to enhance your B2B lead generation strategies? Conventional lead generation tactics for B2B marketers will not work in 2022. Lead Generation Techniques That Will Flourish in 2022. As an example—.

Lead Generation 118

Lead Generation Marketing Budget Generation Webinar Metrics 118

Seismic

MARCH 22, 2022

At most organizations, sales is responsible for generating revenue. But sales is becoming more difficult as the buyer’s journey evolves. We understand that the sales process is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Here’s the short answer: sales training and coaching. What is sales training and coaching?

Training 52

Training Outreach Sales Qualified Leads Forrester 52

Martech

APRIL 7, 2023

Customer indecision is now a leading reason for missing B2B marketing and sales pipeline and revenue targets. But there are things B2B marketers can do to help sales teams and their prospects overcome purchase indecision and win more customers faster.

B2B Sales 111

B2B Sales B2B Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools Top of Funnel 111

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 7, 2022

Are your sales reps spending their time selling? According to our latest State of Sales report , sales reps only spend one-third of their time on revenue-generating tasks. Sales operations can help automate those extra to-dos, getting your reps back to doing what they do best: selling.

Enterprise Management 98

Enterprise Management Lead Ranking Work Management Lead Scoring 98

Optinmonster

MARCH 27, 2024

The way most business owners do lead generation is wrong. They focus on getting as many “leads” as possible into their funnel. And they use that data to contact people with generic messages in hopes of making sales. Lazy marketing brings poor results. Lazy marketing brings poor results.

Lead Generation 72

Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 72

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

By Cameron Katoozi , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Sales outreach has become almost exclusively digitalized, as new software and process automation make lead generation efforts so much simpler. The Process. Not all automation strategies have to be generic and cookie cutter. Wrapping it up.

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