Oktopost

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

While some B2B brands are still committed to more traditional sales methods, social selling can be even more efficient. If your sales strategy doesn’t include social media, leads who could have been brought to your business are likely going to your competitor. Which Channels Are Best for B2B Social Selling? Key Takeaways.

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Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership Brand Identity Branding 171

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Vice President of Sales at ZoomInfo, Steve Bryerton, shares his thoughts on how to implement a Team Lead within your organization. Picture this: You’re a sales leader, currently responsible for a team of nearly 10+ sales development reps. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise.

Sales Management 169

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 169

SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The efficiency and effectiveness of your sales team directly reflect on the success of your company. In the face of fierce competition, B2B companies are often sensing that their SDRs are unable to convey a compelling brand story that will set themselves apart. Long sales cycles. Wasting time on unqualified sales leads.

Sales Management 98

Sales Management Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 98

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You can probably guess the top two social networks for B2B marketing pretty easily, but do you know which platform is #3? What the biggest missed opportunity is for B2B marketers? How your social media marketing budget stacks up to your peers and competitors? The Biggest Challenge in B2B Social Media Marketing.

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Social Media Allocation Social Marketing B2B Marketing 238

Trade Press Services

MAY 6, 2024

The B2B trade show market was $10.2 While digital programs can bring together global experts and peers, 95 percent of marketers say in-person events are vital to fostering real-life connections with target audiences. Cristina Danila , global marketing manager of Backbase, agrees.

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Trade Show Marketing Management Planning B2B Thought Leadership 82

Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B companies is the fact that the last person a buyer speaks to is a salesperson.

Marketing Management 78

Marketing Management Vendors Studies Top of Funnel 78

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In this article, we look at some B2B content marketing data to point to the biggest trends. The State of B2B Content Marketing Let’s look at why most B2B companies are using content marketing. You may assume B2B companies are all in with content marketing. It is a top tactic.

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Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 255

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

By Karla Sanders , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. Marketing Prof’s most anticipated B2B event is here and I’m so glad I’m attending! For more than 15 years, leading B2B marketers have gathered at B2B Forum for insights, networking, and good times. Reason #1 Develop your business thanks to the B2B expert speakers.

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B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Planning Peer-to-peer 114

Integrated B2B

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

There’s a seat for everyone at the Thought Leadership table, says Morten Floee Knudsen, Thought Leadership Content Manager at global engineering company FLSmidth. In a highly competitive market with discerning buyers, thought leadership is an important tool in the B2B marcomms toolset.

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Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Peer-to-peer Top of Funnel 52

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2020

Could this be why I’m hearing about 50-80%+ sales and revenue drops? C-19 is stopping virtually everything in its tracks to create what Roger Sanford (Co-Founder of Stop the Sales Drop) coined as the “Great Pause.”. Below is a sneak preview of some of our marketing experts’ thoughts.

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Webinar Metrics Peer-to-peer Co-Registration Paid Search Agency 237

Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2023

For over 22 years , TopRank Marketing has had the honor of helping a diverse selection of the world’s top B2B marketers and major global brands elevate beyond merely being competitive, to truly standing out from the crowd with creative and award-winning successes.

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Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 98

Trade Press Services

APRIL 29, 2024

All things being equal, people buy from those they know, like, and trust,” says Peter Cotton, founder and president of Best Sales Talent and The Cotton Group and co-founder and vice president of the networking group NeXco National. NeXco National promotes B2B networks with 250 vetted, professional members and 22 chapters.

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B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Ad Building Peer-to-peer 76

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sales prospecting on LinkedIn is preferred by most salespeople. Sales reps also understand how to conduct prospect searches and narrow outcomes by sector, business, venue, and other criteria. Sales reps also understand how to conduct prospect searches and narrow outcomes by sector, business, venue, and other criteria.

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Sales Management Linkedin Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel 52

Pam Didner

JANUARY 5, 2020

I hope this list of the best B2B marketing conferences helps you identify those that fit your business and career needs. One of the primary reasons people attend conferences is to meet like-minded people and industry peers. One of the primary reasons people attend conferences is to meet like-minded people and industry peers.

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Conference Marketing AI Peer-to-peer B2B Marketing 105

Hubspot

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. B2B Growth Show. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio. The Sales Podcast.

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Enterprise Management Startups SMB B2B Thought Leadership 101

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) tenures have often shrunk to 2 years while B2B marketing has morphed away from a function responsible for events, creatives, and messaging that pushes product or service messages to drive awareness with prospects and customers. The CMO should partner closely with key functional peers. More on that below.

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CMO Relevance Enterprise Management Peer-to-peer 111

Seismic

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Is sales enablement a good career? We could bore you with our thoughts on the matter, but the numbers speak for themselves. In 2022, 77% of B2B companies worldwide listed employees with sales enablement job titles which is more than double from 2015. The time couldn’t be better to start a sales enablement career.

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Peer-to-peer Budget Programs B2B Thought Leadership Deliverability 64

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

In this article, we look at some B2B content marketing data to point to the biggest trends. The State of B2B Content Marketing. Let’s look at how much B2B companies are using content marketing. Let’s look at how much B2B companies are using content marketing. It is a top tactic. Quick Takeaways.

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Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Trends Lead Scoring 279

Marketing Interactions

AUGUST 24, 2021

And they benefit from B2B content that shows them how to do those things. There’s a lot more to B2B content marketing than thought leadership, industry trends and infotainment. And, for those of you going there, helping buyers set a future vision isn’t always thought leadership. We need to. Jobs to complete.

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B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership B2B Gartner 62

Onalytica B2B

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The concept of your employees being influencers may sound odd to some. When most hear the term ‘influencer’ they think of the social media influencers on platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and YouTube endorsing consumer products to their audience in return for a pay cheque. Employees don’t quite fit this definition.

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Peer-to-peer Thought Leadership Social Media Work Management 279

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We talk to some of the best leaders in B2B sales and marketing every day.

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Forrester Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Lead Ranking 123

PureB2B

APRIL 26, 2022

Finding in-market leads for B2B businesses is crucial to achieving revenue goals. The problem is that the B2B market is enormous. And in today’s buyer-focused sales landscape, it’s important for reps to always be developing new techniques and strategies for effective prospecting. Defining “In-Market” Buyers.

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In-market Buyers Marketing Prospects Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Leads 62

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I cannot exactly remember when I started working with ITSMA, and leveraging their work in B2B solutions and services, but it was sometime in the mid-2000s when I led the SAP Services Marketing team for SAP North America Field Marketing. For me that is ITSMA , a confluence of all three.

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Account Based Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Planning Thought Leadership 227

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2020

While in SAP Global Marketing we launched several thought leadership efforts, and one of the analyst partners I leveraged was IDC, and specifically their CMO Advisory Service. Digital also altered marketing’s relationship with sales and increased the importance of marketing to the business.

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CMO Marketing AI Paid Search Agency Work Management 201

Hinge Marketing

MARCH 11, 2021

However, more and more folks are realizing that they can leverage research as an investment for an outward function: teaching target audiences about industry and peer behaviors, priorities, trends, and perceptions. How many other marketing tactics that you use can be documented as helping companies grow faster and be more profitable?

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Marketing Budget Research Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 93

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

While it’s great to see a motivated sales team working hard day in and day out, it’s important for them to take a step back and regroup every once in a while. Sales professionals thrive when given the opportunity to learn, develop new skills, and interact with one another. How to Create a Great Sales Kickoff.

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Zoominfo A/B testing Best Practices Cross-Selling 182

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 29, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. This time we are talking about sales management intelligence. .

Sales Management 123

Sales Management Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Sales Qualified Leads 123

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 1, 2013

Last month, Content Marketing Institute (CMI) released its report , “B2B Software Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America,” sponsored by the International Data Group (IDG). The report, which highlights responses from more than 1400 B2B software marketers across the U.S. Percentage of the Pie.

Marketing Management 120

Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs Peer-to-peer 120

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 4, 2017

As marketing technology and information access continues to evolve, B2B buying behavior changes as well. For example, recent research suggests that marketers may want to shift to shorter pieces of content to reel in B2B buyers. B2B buyer personas become critical in connecting the dots of this process.

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Buyer Personas Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership B2B 121

Strategic-IC

JANUARY 13, 2021

90% of B2B decision-makers “never” respond to cold outreach, which means traditional sales methods like cold calling simply aren’t going to cut it! Social platforms, particularly B2B social networks such as LinkedIn, are ideal for professionals of all niches to build personable, engaging interactions and trust with others.

Account Based Marketing 101

Account Based Marketing Linkedin ABM Webinar Metrics 101

Metadata

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We’ve experimented with new forms of storytelling to really humanize the typically stale world of enterprise sales, SaaS, and B2B.” “We’ve experimented with new forms of storytelling to really humanize the typically stale world of enterprise sales, SaaS, and B2B.” A great product helped, but that’s only half the story.

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Paid Content Advertisements Advertising Peer-to-peer 52

Circle Studio

JANUARY 10, 2020

As firms look to optimize their marketing efforts in 2020, it’s imperative that business-to-business (B2B) marketers are laser focused on doing what is most likely to drive growth and make an impact. Here are five to consider: Myth 1: B2C marketing has little relevance in B2B. Myth 2: Content marketing = thought leadership.

Work Management 79

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Automation Services 79

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

All too often, it’s assumed that marketing exists solely to support sales, or that we throw fancy parties with nothing to show for our work. With the pressure increasing, it’s time for marketers to take control of the revenue process. The time is now to earn the respect of our organizational peers.

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Analytics Peer-to-peer Planning Thought Leadership 133

Content4Demand

OCTOBER 27, 2020

E ven with B2B purchases, we now have one-click access to peer reviews and insights. The question for you is: A re you creating that seamless connection between your buyers and your community of partners, peers and customers? That’s where community-driven content comes in. Are you using these platforms to collect intelligence?

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Top of Funnel Communities Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership 85

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.” Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies.

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Resource Management Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management 100

Rev

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Manuel has witnessed these transitions firsthand for the past two decades in B2B demand marketing. People know the process. How could you know that giving out your email address would result in a sales attempt? People know the process,” Manuel says. Trust is shifting from brands to peers. Now, it’s beyond given.

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Demand Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management 60

Oktopost

MAY 24, 2020

The working relationship between marketing, sales and information technology is growing. Technology evolutions have impacted people and companies profoundly over the last decade leaving many B2B marketers in a beautiful world of so much tech. A Few Take-Aways from Graham Porter: Marketing and Sales Must Unite. Be transparent.

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Planning Enterprise Management Peer-to-peer Advertising Agencies 147