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.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

By Sheena McKinney , Business Operations & Marketing Assistant at Heinz Marketing In the fast-paced world of B2B sales and marketing, the role of a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is both demanding and critical to a company’s success. Stress Management : The CMO role can be highly stressful.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts. Listen here.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 26, 2023

As online communities continue to thrive in a post-2020 world, B2B marketers have leaned into the power of community-led growth to cultivate trust and credibility. As you begin to build or reinvigorate your online community, here are 3 strategies to inspire member engagement and drive meaningful conversations.

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Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A study from Search Engine Journal reports that 54% of B2B professionals engage with a webinar on a weekly basis. During the digital transformation of marketing and the shift to digital channels for communications since COVID, webinars have become a cornerstone for many B2B marketers.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Conversations are key to relationship development—and in the B2B world, they fuel business and the exchange of crucial information. But not everyone in business development or sales can be 100% available to every existing or potential customer seeking answers, insight, and support at any given moment. No, but it can be. Let’s discuss.

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Oktopost

MAY 12, 2021

It turns out that creating a brand community for your B2B company can give you that type of mouthwatering ROI. . B2B businesses need to foster a strong spirit of community to serve their clients and customers better. The biggest benefit for B2B companies is developing genuine relationships with your customers. .

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The spread of eCommerce has dramatically changed B2B marketing and distribution. While B2B vendors were initially slower to embrace eCommerce than consumer marketers, B2C actually represents a much smaller share of total online sales today. The B2B ecommerce market, however, accounted for $1.8

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The Point

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. And yet, at most B2B companies, social media is still relegated to a role loosely defined as awareness, community-building, or even PR. Are B2B marketers ignoring a huge opportunity?

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Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Traditional support methods include training, data-sharing, co-marketing campaigns, rebates, MDF (market development funds), and sales enablement, like content, events and sales playbooks. These ideas are organized into three categories: strategies, tools and tactics.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 5, 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 Problem With How Our Industry Understands Project Management. Project management isn’t traffic and it’s different from account management.

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FunnelEnvy

MAY 1, 2023

Robert Rose , a strategy executive with the Content Marketing Institute, frequently talks about the problematic concept of the content team operating as a “vending machine” – you need a piece of content for a funnel, so you push a button and the staff member, team or contractor produces it.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2020

Sales territory maps serve as the game boards for outside sales, which makes field sales reps the game board pieces. Though it can be tedious, sales territory mapping provides a framework for strategic planning — ensuring that sales reps don’t go into meetings blind. What is Sales Territory Mapping?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 18, 2021

Misalignment between your marketing and sales departments can cost your business money, waste valuable B2B content, and cause lead-to-sale conversions to fail. Conversely, aligning your sales and marketing can lead to increased marketing revenue, better close rates, and higher customer retention. Source: SuperOffice.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What does the future of B2B influence look like, and how will top global brands succeed with B2B influencer marketing in 2024 and beyond? Let’s jump right in and take a look at the future of B2B influence from 12 top subject matter experts. No one wants to buy from an AI that hasn’t done the work or used the product.

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Launch Marketing

APRIL 8, 2022

Public relations (PR) can be a challenge to some B2B marketers who get caught up in the mainstream of typical media relations and interactions with the public. While this is still important, B2B public relations tactics have slightly shifted focus to include things beyond sales-focused intentions.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The sales funnel represents the theoretical customer’s journey to making a purchase. The Sales Funnel.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 5, 2023

Image credit: George Milton on Pexels However, managing these assets can be daunting, especially for businesses with large content volumes. That is where Digital Asset Management (DAM) software comes in. This post provides practical guidance for choosing the right digital asset management software for your business needs.

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Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

B2B Demand generation is changing. Novel formats, channels, and technologies like TikTok and ChatGPT are now driving forces behind buyer interest, opening up new ways for B2B brands to raise awareness about their products. At any given time, most of your best prospects aren’t in the market to buy what you’re selling.

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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). Help us grow the Thinkers360 community by participating and sharing your own content and experience today! Congratulations to all who participated! Join us today !

Work Management 144

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Sana Commerce

AUGUST 24, 2023

For B2B businesses that sell online, e-commerce returns management is a crucial component of the customer experience. A poor returns process can tarnish your business’s reputation and erode trust with valuable clients, not to mention lead to profit losses, inventory mismanagement, and increased operational costs.

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The Lead Agency

JUNE 7, 2023

Lead nurturing is a powerful B2B marketing strategy for companies to create meaningful connections and drive engagement with customers and prospects at every stage of the sales funnel. Almost 80% of marketing leads don’t actually convert into sales. What is lead nurturing?

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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). Help us grow the Thinkers360 community by participating and sharing your own content and experience today! Congratulations to all who participated! Join us today !

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Martech

JANUARY 4, 2023

B2B marketing is as direct and personalized as it gets. You’ve also got to know their company’s processes, organization and purchasing cycles. Then you have to communicate with them in the best possible way, at the right time and with the information they’re looking for. Here’s our list of the top B2B marketers to follow.

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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). Help us grow the Thinkers360 community by participating and sharing your own content and experience today! Congratulations to all who participated!

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Oktopost

MARCH 4, 2024

In this highly competitive and saturated market, SaaS companies must continuously meet their KPIs, drive customers down the B2B funnel, and ensure they stand out from their competition. 60% of B2B SaaS companies reported their biggest marketing problem is a lack of time and resources. What is B2B SaaS Marketing?

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Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

Must Read: 5 Common B2B Demand Generation Pitfalls to Avoid What is Demand Generation? It’s a continuous process focused on reaching and engaging potential buyers outside of your existing market. Contribution to pipeline and sales impact. But before we dive into that, let’s break down each in detail.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It’s comforting to know you have a sales funnel in place: a series of steps to take a prospective customer from a position of unfamiliarity with your brand to the point of being ready to pay your asking price for your services and/or products. But what if you have a sales funnel that simply isn’t performing as required?

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 30, 2024

By Win Salyards , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing When delving into B2B marketing, understanding the pivotal role of technical personas such as programmers, engineers, and IT professionals is key. This necessitates a strategic approach that transcends traditional marketing tactics.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 26, 2023

As online communities continue to thrive in a post-2020 world, B2B marketers have leaned into the power of community-led growth to cultivate trust and credibility. As you begin to build or reinvigorate your online community, here are 3 strategies to inspire member engagement and drive meaningful conversations.

Communities 52

Communities Marketing & Strategy B2B Guidelines 52

Martech

APRIL 10, 2024

Marketing this then becomes a conversation, not a sales pitch. Here are some B2B tech brands that are getting it right: HubSpot: HubSpot’s social media presence is a masterclass in infusing humor and personality into B2B marketing. Move beyond traditional sales tactics.

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Vidyard

JANUARY 24, 2022

There’s a whole world of great free sales content out there to help you do your job better. So much so that it can be overwhelming, and as a busy sales professional, you probably don’t have a lot of extra time on your hands to keep on top of it all. Maybe you prefer a curated sales newsletter delivered straight to your inbox each day.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Channel sales — or selling through partners — represents 75% of the world’s commerce, according to Forrester. This approach helps companies accelerate sales and grow revenue without adding to their headcount, a move that’s increasingly important during economic uncertainty. What you’ll learn: What is channel sales?

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Confessions of a B2B Marketer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Follow Jared on LinkedIn Check out RevGenius Confessions of a B2B Marketer is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so Follow Jared on LinkedIn Check out RevGenius Confessions of a B2B Marketer is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so hit 200k MRR?

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 8, 2022

Of course, you could refer them to your sales or support team for more information, but many people aren’t ready for that. So, why not let them turn to your community? The Value of Community Learning. While anyone can go down a Google rabbit hole to learn something new, communities present an opportunity for group learning.

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Televerde

MARCH 20, 2024

Previously Published on SalesAndMarketing.com It’s tempting to believe that the more likes, shares and comments you rack up, the fatter your sales figures will soar as well. There’s no quick-fix way to make your social media platforms direct paths to sales conversion. But let’s face it, the equation isn’t that simple.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s buyers come to the sales process more informed than ever, looking for in-depth information specific to their needs. In fact, 81% of sales reps say buyers increasingly conduct research before they reach out, according to the latest State of Sales Report. But not always. The next step?

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