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The Big Shift: How the Economy, AI, and Privacy are Changing Everything We Know About Marketing

Act-On

As organizations tighten budgets and headcount, marketers tend to experience those downstream impacts as longer sales cycles and lower conversion rates. These new requirements have been a non-issue for us and for most of our Act-On customers as well. If people opt out, we respect that.

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Top 10 Sales Intelligence Tools to Use for Your 2021 Campaigns

Zoominfo

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. It’s no wonder that 43% of salespeople in 2020 used sales intelligence tools, compared to 28% in 2018. What Should My Sales Intelligence Tool Include?

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How Social Media Changed the Sales Cycle into the Buying Cycle

Webbiquity

Buyers would tell each sales rep all about their company, industry and problems, and each sales rep in turn would then explain why his or her product/service was absolutely the best fit to meet the buyer’s needs. The sales process benefited from electronic communications, but remained largely the same. Post this on Diigo.

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B2B vs. B2C Influencer Marketing: Platforms, Practices, and Packaging

Webbiquity

I think and talk and work a lot on the “big four” of the social networking world: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Affiliate sales support independent publishing. I love LinkedIn. James Creech has a unique perspective on influencer marketing. So, a few questions related to the business of influencer marketing.

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GTM-Ready Data: the Backbone of B2B Generative AI

Zoominfo

Acting upon increasing amounts of data in a timely way to capitalize on emerging opportunities is difficult to impossible. According to ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck, ensuring data accuracy is one of the greatest challenges faced by companies evaluating generative AI technologies. Today, the problem has been reversed.

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B2B Is Not an Industry: Here’s Why

BOP Design

No matter what the industry under the B2B umbrella, there are unique characteristics of the B2B marketing and sales process and this will be outlined below. B2B marketing is unique because it typically involves multiple decision-makers, a longer sales cycle, and higher-priced products or services (compared to B2C).

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4 Sales Email Templates that Get Opens

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

The goal of your outreach is not to ask for an appointment or make a sale right away. If your prospect is interested, the first thing they’ll likely do is check out your LinkedIn profile or company page to get more information. Your sales email template should always end with a clear CTA that urges your prospect to act.

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