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10 B2B Sales Strategies for Building a Better Sales Pipeline

SalesIntel

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?

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Forrester B2B Summit Showed Me the Power of Aligning Sales and Marketing

Televerde

Aligning sales and marketing is more than just a strategic move—it’s essential for success. This became especially clear to me at this year’s Forrester B2B Summit, where my colleague Lorena Hathaway and I had some eye-opening discussions about the critical need for these two functions to work together seamlessly.

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How to Grow Your B2B Firm by Making Every Employee a Sales Rep

Marketing Craftmanship

Providing all employees with basic marketing and sales skills can help your B2B firm to grow and succeed. From the front desk to the corner office, “Every Employee a Sales Rep” should be fully ingrained as part of your company’s operating culture.

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Insight-powered sales aims to bridge the B2B revenue chasm

B2BMarketing.net

FT Longitude and CogniClick , in alignment with B2B Marketing, have joined forces to enhance the effectiveness of thought leadership programmes, which are becoming increasingly essential for B2B brands to stand out in a competitive media environment.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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10 Best Sales Tools to Boost Your B2B Sales

SalesIntel

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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What are Trigger Events in B2B Sales — and Why Does Your Team Need a Strategy to Use Them Effectively?

Webbiquity

Today’s B2B buyers are time-strapped and overwhelmed with information, making sales harder than ever. Being able to communicate with the correct context and timing is essential as a sales representative. Market volatility, environmental or economic adversity, and reputation concerns are all possible trigger events.

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Marketing and Sales Alignment for A Supercharged LinkedIn Strategy

Speaker: Candyce Edelen, CEO, PropelGrowth

Used properly, LinkedIn is the ultimate prospecting tool for B2B sales. It feeds a customer-centric sales process and enables a human-to-human interaction with very low cost compared to other prospecting methods. LinkedIn prospecting BLOWS AWAY the results from typical email marketing campaigns.

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Intent Signal Data 101

B2B buyers spend just 15% of their time interacting with brands before making a purchase decision” (Gartner). That means B2B marketers miss out on 85% of a buyer’s journey! How can B2B marketers reach active buyers sooner in the sales cycle and influence their purchase decisions?

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3 Mistakes Organizations Make While Developing ABM Programs

The benefits of Account-Based Marketing are clear, so what’s holding B2B professionals back? While B2B research suggests organizations are thriving through successful ABM programs, getting just one campaign off the ground is more difficult than it seems. Inadequate contact inventory within universe.

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New Ways to Reach, Influence, and Close More Deals with Intent Data

Speaker: Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist and CEO of Marketing Interactions

Most buyers today spend approximately two-thirds of their journey digitally and anonymously before contacting vendors directly. Intent data can help B2B marketers reach active buyers earlier, influence their journey, and close more deals. However, not all intent data is created equal.

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Best Practices for Engaging Your Go-To-Market Sales Teams

Speaker: Ruth Stevens, President of eMarketing Strategy

As a B2B marketer, lead generation is likely your Job One. But guess what: It’s after the sales team has gotten into the act where marketing can have an even bigger impact on results. Ways to craft a personalized contact strategy for each buying role at each stage in the buying process.