6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caroline Robertson , Vice President, B2B Marketing and Sales Research Director. Jennifer Zhang, Research Associate. Although women make up more than half of the global workforce, they represent fewer than one-third of all B2B sales and one-quarter of all B2B tech sales roles. Matthew Flug.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The global B2B intent data market is expected to reach a value of USD 2.16 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 22.7% – [ Forbes report ] At this point, where the marketing landscape is full of noise, the most successful B2B businesses are already reaping the benefits of intent data — to maximize revenue.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2023

Whether it’s a cold call/email from a sales rep or a promotional email from a brand you follow, there’s so much digital noise to sift through. Some try to carve a niche in their category and one of the best ways to generate interesting and relevant content is by regularly doing industry research. Well, there’s no one right answer.

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Informing Content Based on Interest. J on Russo , Founder and CMO of B2B Fusion Group , also joined us for a recent panel discussion , sharing even more of his perspective. B2B Fusion has developed industry award-wining ABM experiences for its clients. App usage and product usage data could also be considered first-party data.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There’s a seismic shift happening in B2B buying, and it’s being driven by a powerful force — generational change. A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. These generations have grown up in the age of the internet, making them tech-savvy information seekers.

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Mereo

MARCH 28, 2024

Building relationships in sales offers a myriad of benefits. Building and Fostering Relationships In a recent study, about 75% of B2B buyers deemed their last purchase difficult or complex ( Gartner ). Learn to Seek to Serve, Not to Sell ® The post The Research is Here: Relationships Help (and Hurt) in Sales appeared first on Mereo.

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The Point

JULY 18, 2014

Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“ Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing “) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are making in content marketing. They simply want information of value.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

More Time to Gather Insights Conversation intelligence provides reps with a deeper understanding of sales calls by recording, transcribing, and analyzing these meetings to deliver AI-based insights. Research firm Forrester found that 57 percent of B2B sales leaders intended to invest more on AI and automation tools in 2021.

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Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team? They typically have a deeper understanding of their needs and are actively researching solutions.

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Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

What’s the perpetual challenge in every sales funnel? You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion. But how does it work?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Here are four B2B marketing trends to implement (or at the very least, be on the lookout for) in 2022. B2B Marketing Technology Trends Trend #1: Consolidation of martech systems We see digital marketing headed toward consolidated tech stacks with strong integrations.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 11, 2022

Madison Logic Recognized for Its Mix of Advertising & Content Syndication to B2B Audiences by Independent Research Firm in New B2B Advertising Report. Madison Logic empowers B2B marketers to convert their best accounts faster by finding and engaging with the most influential individuals throughout the buyer’s journey.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

68% of B2B professionals surveyed say it takes longer to complete B2B sales cycles compared to a year ago They say recessions don’t start trends – they accelerate those that are already in motion. The trend has been more of everything in B2B. On the heels of the current slowdown, it seems it’s going to take still more.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Hitting targets and meeting sales quotas has become harder for most sales teams over the past year. The impact of the economy has slowed down the pace of B2B sales, leaving sales teams wondering how to meet their KPIs. So, in order to efficiently guide prospects to closed-won, nurturing relationships is key.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Artificial intelligence may seem like a new edition to the business world– but it’s already transformed the way we sell B2B products and services. The AI market will grow to a $190 billion industry by 2025, according to research firm Markets and Markets ( source ). billion in 2021, according to market research firm IDC ( source ).

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I’ve long observed that B2B marketers focus too much on lead generation, and not enough on current customer expansion and retention, which is, after all, where the bulk of profits lie. When asked, the typical B2B marketer will say that 80-85% of their effort goes to customer acquisition. This is a mistake. What’s that?

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Valasys

MARCH 4, 2019

ProKarma’s strategy and design division, Lenati, was recently named the top B2B marketing agency by the B2B Marketing Agencies, North America, Q1 2019 report conducted by Forrester Research Inc. About ProKarma.

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Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. It means missing out on important buying signals, wasting money on generating leads, and ultimately losing out on potential sales. Benchmarking Your Success: Where Do You Stand?

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Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid. Ah, the never-ending quest for qualified leads!

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Sellers embracing a digital-first and video-first approach to customer engagement see significant gains in 2020; New video-for-sales training tools help every business ramp up their sales teams to embrace video in new ways in 2021 . Free Video-for-Sales Training Tools Help Sellers Embrace Video in 2021.

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Televerde

APRIL 30, 2020

As marketing feels the pinch of reduced budgets and disrupted strategies, sales needs to keep the pipeline full. Enter Televerde , the first and only fully integrated sales and marketing technology organization with a proven execution model for generating demand and accelerating sales, to help companies solve these complex challenges.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

.” – Mary Meeker, Partner at Kleiner Perkins With the ocean of customer data at your fingertips, identifying the right buying intent aligning your business offerings is critical to driving sales. This article explains the intent data and why it is crucial to include it to hit your sales goal in 2024.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With conversational marketing, sellers and buyers can exchange content and critical information at the right moment, accelerating the customer journey. By understanding a prospect’s tone, language, and approach, marketing and sales teams can better grasp where the prospect is in their buying journey and deliver a tailored experience.

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Seismic

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Analyst firm Aragon Research recently awarded Seismic the 2021 Innovation Award for Sales Enablement. At last week’s Aragon Transform , the annual Aragon Research awards ceremony, Seismic was formally presented with the 2021 Innovation Award for Sales Enablement.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. A few years back, someone in Wing’s position might have faced a long slog full of trial and error and manual research. For sales professionals, conversations aren’t just about closing deals — they’re also about cultivating relationships.

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Navigate the Channel

JULY 27, 2023

According to a recent study by Forrester Research, Inc., these strategies have proven highly effective in engaging customers and driving sales. Content Marketing: Crafting Customer-Centric Messages Gone are the days when generic marketing messages could sway B2B customers.

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NetLine

APRIL 23, 2024

Technology and data—specifically buyer-level intent data —take a lot of the guesswork out of sales prospecting, making it more precise. How can intent data help sales teams identify high-potential prospects more effectively? These signals can help later on when your sales team approaches a potential buyer. The good news?

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InsightSquared

AUGUST 14, 2019

For sales professionals, AI is not only impacting your personal life, but it will soon influence your professional work too if it hasn’t already done so. Many of today’s forward-thinking companies have already begun using AI in their sales strategies. Strengthens Communication With Sales Leads.

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New data from Vidyard , the video platform for businesses, suggests that in response to the shift to digital selling, the use of video for sales–both live video conferencing and personalized video messaging–has grown exponentially in 2020, and so too has its impact on sales performance.

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Martech

JULY 14, 2022

B2B marketers have employed account-based marketing (ABM) for well over a decade, of course, but the space has evolved rapidly over the past two to three years. Additionally, the COVID pandemic accelerated fundamental shifts in the B2B buying cycle by forcing events and in-person meetings to go virtual. How B2B buying has changed.

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2023

At the recent Forrester B2B Summit North America, ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck sat down with leaders from Smartsheet, Sendoso, and BlueOcean to talk about the practical ways ZoomInfo has helped them optimize productivity and align their sales and marketing goals.

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Martech Advisor

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Leaders in today’s B2B marketplace are increasingly challenged with combining digital accessibility and the value of human interaction. New research from Accenture Interactive has identified how B2B sellers who embrace an elevated standard of service can transform their business and overall buyer experiences.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The ultimate goal of any sales and marketing team is to increase total sales volume by maximizing the number of lead conversions. But despite their best efforts, some organizations cannot scale up their sales because of underlying mistakes in their lead nurturing system. . Lack of adequate research . Get Started.

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Content Marketing Institute

MAY 4, 2018

But if you’re in sales, you likely see something different. Sales people would say “I see a gateway.”. Classic battle between sales and marketing. The tension created between sales and marketing is one of the most well-documented relationships in the B2B environment. Marketing people would say “I see a filter.”.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We were followed on the Webinar World agenda by both Forrester and SiriusDecisions analysts – organizations I had also worked with for many years. Cheri joined ON24 earlier this year as Head of Strategy and Research. Beyond that, there is certainly a need for there to be consistency in the data across marketing and sales.

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Content Standard

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Buyers are fed-up with irrelevant, unhelpful B2B content. According to Forrester, a whopping 85% of marketers say their content doesn’t deliver business value. According to Forrester, a whopping 85% of marketers say their content doesn’t deliver business value. What can we do to change that? Ardath Albee has the answers.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Our perception is that changes in consumer expectations and buying practices are reflected in similar changes for the B2B buyer. Bruno previously spent almost five years at Forrester on the sales technology and B2B e-commerce beat. “I Digitized B2B selling. This isn’t new.

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