Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2019

In the world of B2B sales, company research is a critical aspect of any successful rep’s daily duties. In fact, access to the right research tools and information can make or break your ability to identify target accounts, personalize a sales pitch, and ultimately, close deals. Let’s get into it! DiscoverOrg. It’s free!

B2B Sales 233

B2B Sales Research Paid Search Agency Tools 233

Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

We also introduced you to some of our favorite B2B marketing influencers —including the socially-savvy Ann Handley, Joe Chernov, and Joe Pullizi, just to name a few. However, the B2B marketing world isn’t the only industry boasting some big names in the social sphere. The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own.

B2B Sales 188

B2B Sales B2B B2B Thought Leadership Zoominfo 188

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

For businesses, understanding the nuances of B2B SEO is essential, as it significantly differs from B2C SEO. The Distinct Focus of B2B SEO B2B SEO operates within a distinct paradigm, primarily due to the nature of the target audience. Content tailored for B2B audiences. Relationship building and lead generation.

SEO 243

SEO B2B Work Management Long Tail Marketing 243

Martech

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The B2B sales cycle is lengthy and complex. Sales isn’t easy. But after 15 years in relationship-based sales and management, I can tell there’s a solution to close deals 25% to 30% faster. But after 15 years in relationship-based sales and management, I can tell there’s a solution to close deals 25% to 30% faster.

Sales Cycle 88

Sales Cycle Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Top of Funnel 88

Only B2B

JUNE 23, 2022

The terms leads, prospects, and opportunities are frequently used synchronously in B2B sales, despite the fact that they truly have distinct meanings. We will define each term and go through how they vary in terms of B2B sales in this blog article. Leads, prospects, and opportunities in B2B sales.

Top of Funnel 118

Top of Funnel B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads Leads 118

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 30, 2020

In B2B Marketing, it’s all about finding leads that convert to sales. The good ‘ole weekly Blog with consistently published articles is the proof your prospects are looking for. The good ‘ole weekly Blog with consistently published articles is the proof your prospects are looking for.

B2B Sales 285

B2B Sales B2B Marketing Agencies 2 Sales Qualified Leads 285

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. Target Audience? Investment?

Sales Management 52

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 52

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 18, 2020

The question of why Sales and Marketing need to be in sync is a no-brainer. Studies have shown that companies with “good” sales-marketing alignment achieve. That’s enough for any B2B company to run with and give it their all. That’s enough for any B2B company to run with and give it their all. Or so you think.).

Sales Management 290

Sales Management Lead Ranking B2B Sales Top of Funnel 290

Sword and the Script | B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

The company says they polled some 900 respondents who had been part of the “buying process for a B2B purchase of greater than $10,000 in annual value within the last 24 months.” The study had a range of B2B statistics that ought to resonate with anyone who’s spent time in B2B marketing or sales.

B2B Thought Leadership 69

B2B Thought Leadership B2B Sales Studies Thought Leadership 69

Heinz Marketing

MAY 6, 2023

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. You Need to Nail These 3 Things by David Priemer Email prospecting is one of the simplest and most widely-used strategies for generating sales leads. Prospecting via Email?

B2B Sales 87

B2B Sales Marketing & Strategy B2B Marketing Prospects 87

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 15, 2023

If you’re a business owner, marketing professional, or digital enthusiast, you already know how important it is to perfect your B2B digital marketing strategy. If you’re ready to perfect your B2B digital marketing strategy, you’re in the right place! What Is B2B Digital Marketing?

B2B Marketing 310

B2B Marketing B2B Buyer Personas Mobile Advertising 310

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2018

Sales reps often refer to receptionists, assistants, and phone operators as gatekeepers—and for good reason. Essentially, gatekeepers hold the key to B2B sales success. If you can’t convince a gatekeeper you’re important, you can kiss that sale goodbye. If this is something you struggle with, have no fear. Keep reading!

B2B Sales 203

B2B Sales B2B Cold Calling Zoominfo 203

Only B2B

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving B2B marketing landscape, the key to unlocking success lies in the strategic harnessing of your B2B list. This blog serves as your comprehensive roadmap, equipping you with the knowledge and strategies required to master the intricate art of generating B2B leads from B2B list.

Sales Qualified Leads 62

Sales Qualified Leads B2B Sales Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 62

Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2019

True sales productivity boils down to two things: numbers and time. More specifically, how can you increase your numbers (calls, email, sales, deal size) during the time you spend working each day? If you’re ready to learn how high-quality sales data can make a huge impact on your success as a sales rep, keep reading!

B2B Sales 193

B2B Sales Contacts Process Paid Search Agency 193

Act-On

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Like the unhappy families of Anna Karenina , no two B2B marketing teams are exactly alike. And you can use this article as your guide. But by and large, these are the high-level, functional areas that most B2B marketing departments use when structuring their teams.

Paid Search Agency 180

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Analytics Tools 180

Thinkers360

MARCH 31, 2024

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 B2B thought leaders, analysts and influencers you should work with in 2024 (APAC). To find out more about how we calculate the rankings, please visit our article: Understanding the Thinkers360 Leaderboards. Congratulations to all who participated! Join us today !

Work Management 144

Work Management B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Enterprise Management 144

ANNUITAS

JULY 21, 2022

Spoiler alert: The ‘classic’ B2B go-to-market organization and approach is fundamentally broken and out-of-date; moreover, trying to course correct by working on ‘sales and marketing alignment’ is inadequate and unattainable. 1 – Orient Around End-to-End Customer Lifecycle – Pre- and Post-Sale.

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Work Management Marketing Management 130

Martech

JANUARY 13, 2023

To help B2B marketing, sales and customer success teams power through the current and foreseeable choppy macroeconomic environment, this article dives into core strategies and tactics to turn GTM efforts into results. Dig deeper: How ABM strategies can accelerate marketing and sales velocity.

Marketing Analytics Tools 131

Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Sales Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 131

Marketing Craftmanship

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Unfortunately, most B2B firms fail to achieve a return on their PR investment, for 3 reasons: Most B2B firms are focused on the quantity, rather than the quality, of their media placements. Most B2B firms are seeking the WRONG kind of earned media. It should be the most important metric.

PR 130

PR B2B Marketing & Strategy Sales Cycle 130

Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

B2B marketing has never been more personalized and to continue to be effective, it must incorporate many trending and emerging tactics moving forward. As the world continues to adopt new technologies and incorporate them, it is instrumental to evolve yet keep customers the focal point of marketing efforts.

Resources 136

Resources B2B Marketing Planning B2B 136

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This year, the ZoomInfo team published nearly 250 blog posts related to sales, marketing, recruiting, and business growth. It is our hope that our content helped spark your creativity, allowed you to discover something new, or made your life as a sales professional easier in some way. 20 Motivating Sales Quotes to Empower Your Team.

Peer-to-peer 185

Peer-to-peer Cold Calling Zoominfo B2B Sales 185

Webbiquity

MARCH 1, 2022

The way B2B buyers consume content has changed significantly in the past two years. But fascinating new research quantifies those changes, and points the way forward for B2B content marketers. B2B tech buyers most highly value product demos, factual product information, and free trials. No surprise there.

Research 349

Research B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel 349

Thinkers360

MARCH 22, 2024

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 B2B thought leaders, analysts and influencers you should work with in 2024 (Europe, Africa & Middle East). To find out more about how we calculate the rankings, please visit our article: Understanding the Thinkers360 Leaderboards. Congratulations to all who participated!

B2B Thought Leadership 141

B2B Thought Leadership Work Management Thought Leadership B2B 141

Heinz Marketing

JULY 23, 2022

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. The Power of Storytelling in B2B Marketing. In this article, Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio , Taha Masood , and Andy Ouderkirk analyze what exactly makes pushes for innovations work.

Storytelling 85

Storytelling B2B Sales Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing & Strategy 85

ClickDimensions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The past few years have brought about major changes to the way businesses operate, but SMBs that sell to other businesses are largely still reliant on the same B2B marketing and sales strategies they’ve always used. Learn more about the Simple-Account Based Sales and Marketing Approach by accessing our special report.

B2B Sales 52

B2B Sales Marketing Budget B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy 52

Binary Demand

MAY 2, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]In B2B sales, generating leads is only half the battle. The real challenge is converting those leads into actual sales. That’s where B2B sales qualified leads (SQLs) strategies come in. As a B2B company, generating leads is crucial to your success.

Sales Qualified Leads 59

Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel 59

The Lead Agency

APRIL 2, 2024

How to improve SEO for B2B blog writing In the digital marketing landscape, nothing stays the same for too long. Search engine optimisation (SEO) may still be paramount to business-to-business (B2B) blog writing, but my oh my, how the rules are constantly changing. B2C strategies are all about the purchase.

Lead Scoring 118

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking SEO B2B 118

Martech

MARCH 27, 2024

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). Increased sales and revenue: By concentrating efforts on high-value accounts, ABM can lead to higher conversion rates and increased revenue.

Account Based Marketing 113

Account Based Marketing Spending B2B Marketing ABM 113

Thinkers360

MARCH 8, 2024

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 B2B thought leaders, analysts and influencers you should work with in 2024 (North America). To find out more about how we calculate the rankings, please visit our article: Understanding the Thinkers360 Leaderboards. Congratulations to all who participated! Join us today !

B2B Thought Leadership 128

B2B Thought Leadership Work Management Thought Leadership Enterprise Management 128

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 116

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

Martech

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer retention is becoming more of a priority for B2B marketers lately. As buying shifts online and marketing takes on some traditional sales roles, retaining existing customers is essential for driving growth and profits. But, at last, B2B marketers are beginning to grasp the importance of retention marketing for profit growth.

Tactics 130

Tactics Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 130

Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 17, 2022

Deals in B2B are increasingly complicated and more likely to be scrutinized by top executives and the finance department. Each survey polled at least 800 people making B2B purchases. The comparison over time illustrates how the buying process in B2B is changing. B2B buyers require more interactions from sales and marketing.

Sales Cycle 75

Sales Cycle B2B Sales Studies Marketing Management 75

Binary Demand

MARCH 1, 2024

Among the latest innovations, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands out, causing quite a stir in B2B demand generation companies. Its potential for storytelling and marketing is undeniable, making AI in B2B marketing and sales a transformative force, reshaping interactions with brands, information, and services.

Ideal Customer Profiles 97

Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services 97

PureB2B

MARCH 30, 2022

The B2B technology solutions market is demanding, highly competitive, and a challenge to sell into. For one thing, B2B tech solutions tend to be very expensive. If you want to boost your bottom line when it comes to selling B2B sales technology, you have to get creative. . Companies struggle with B2B purchases.

B2B Sales 62

B2B Sales Practices Marketing Management Ideal Customer Profiles 62

SalesIntel

JULY 21, 2023

Business-to-business search engine optimization, or B2B SEO, is an online marketing strategy with two closely connected goals. B2B SEO is important, and there are statistics to back it up. B2B SEO is important, and there are statistics to back it up. But to reach the right audience, getting insights from the sales team is vital.

B2B Sales 52

B2B Sales SEO Buyer Personas Marketing & Strategy 52

Martech

MARCH 18, 2024

Only about 5% of B2B buyers are in-market at any given time, so focusing marketing efforts on those active is an incredibly alluring idea. This article is not about demonizing intent data but rather trying to reposition what it can and cannot do for a marketing program. It may only shine more light on it. In your inbox.

Intent Data 116

Intent Data Intent B2B Peer-to-peer 116

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 26, 2020

It is typical for companies to be given a marketing budget before setting sales goals for the year. According to the article B2B Budget Benchmarks: how much should you be spending on average 9-10% of the company’s annual revenue is allocated towards marketing efforts. Forecasting Sales Leads. Benchmarks.

Forecasting 135

Forecasting Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency 135