Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. You’re more likely to sell a solution with the right content than with aggressive sales tactics. B2B Buying Isn’t Linear.

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Content4Demand

AUGUST 11, 2020

The Challenger Sale has turned sales on its head in some ways since Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson wrote it nearly a decade ago. What Is the Challenger Sale? What Is the Challenger Sale? Beyond this, it recognizes the complexity of today’s B2B buying process, with buying committees made up of an average of 5.4

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ClickZ

JUNE 15, 2023

Ecommerce websites are more about engaging their traffic in direct sales, creating an outreach list, and making sure to reach and connect with potential customers. Ecommerce websites are more about engaging their traffic in direct sales, creating an outreach list, and making sure to reach and connect with potential customers.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 14, 2022

Effective face-to-face client sales meetings, whether online or in person, are critical to your B2B operation. Image credit: LinkedIn Sales Solutions on Unsplash. The less-experienced members of your sales team may think they need to revamp their presentation strategy to truly wow clients. Plan Well Ahead of Time.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Crafting an impeccable B2B sales journey isn’t straightforward. Many sales reps struggle with it, as if stumbling in the dark. Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels On one hand, there’s a sales quota you need to fulfill within a short span of time. What is B2B Sales Experience? Guest post by Eduard Klein.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 12, 2020

The power in the buying and selling process has shifted from the seller to the buyer. The buying process is transformed. And that means to keep up with today’s empowered buyer, the sales process needs to transform too. What is inbound sales? Inbound sales is a personalized, helpful, modern sales methodology.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 16, 2020

Buying an existing eCommerce store is sometimes a better option than starting up. Buying an eCommerce store is not a simple process, as you need to be extremely tactical and switched on to ensure you invest in a worthwhile business. Benefits of buying an eCommerce store. When not to buy. Existing customer base.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2018

Unfortunately, in spite of the sales-conducive environment of a trade show, sales are by no means a guarantee (imagine if they were!). B2B customers don’t fly solo when making buying decisions. She enjoys sharing her thoughts through blogging and social media. First, understand what factors motivate buyers.

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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. But why do these B2B sales strategies falter?

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Before your organization spends hundreds or even thousands of dollars on new marketing, sales, and customer service tools in the coming year, visit Amazon and spend $4.99 The post Marketing Technology Buy The Book appeared first on B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity.

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Drew Neisser

APRIL 21, 2023

B2B buying trends are changing and the old marketing playbook isn’t working anymore. What does this mean for your marketing strategy? Tune in to today’s episode with the expert marketing execs Jon Miller of Demandbase and Allyson Havener of TrustRadius as we examine the implications of these notable trends and what marketers can do about it.

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 27, 2020

Perhaps none more important than – how will buying change? Will we know how buying will change? We simply do not know how buying will change. Buyer personas based on sales data, account profiling, customer AI data, and the likes will not help you now in an existing and post-coronavirus pandemic world. Not immediately.

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Navigate the Channel

JUNE 27, 2023

In general, your customers are likely to buy from you for one of three reasons. Each of the following three reasons-to-buy has distinctive strategies linked to those conscious and subconscious influences you can implement to help advance your sales and form meaningful connections with your customers.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. But how do you find leads and prime them for buying? Your content marketing — think blog posts, email sequences, and whitepapers — nurtures the target lead, getting them interested in your product or service. You can track their buying signals.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2020

But automation is just as useful in the world of B2B sales. Here’s why, and four ways to apply automation to improve the sales process. More sophisticated personalization can drive increased sales, but has to be weighed against the cost and complexity of the software required. It’s great for long sales funnels.

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 3, 2022

One of the biggest challenges content marketers face is having to get executive buy-in. This doesn’t mean that you can’t get them to buy into your content marketing strategy — however, it does mean that you should not (and must not) assume they appreciate content marketing the way that you do.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

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. Blog vs. Podcast: Which Is the Best Choice for Your Business? A look at the differences between blogs and podcasts to help you decide what your business might benefit most from.

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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. Many marketers view MQL as flawed because less than 1% of these leads typically reach the final stage of the buying process, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’ll convert.

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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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Martech

JANUARY 11, 2022

It can come from product reviews, message boards, blog comments, case studies, general news articles and more. Here are three ways marketers can better understand and leverage this valuable intent data to improve the customer buying cycle. Review your brand’s customer buying cycle. Source: Hussam AlMukhtar. “94%

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SalesIntel

JANUARY 26, 2023

Companies use B2B data to understand other firms better, make better decisions, develop new business prospects, and support marketing and sales teams. Whether you are just exploring B2B data or thinking about buying it, this article will help. Let’s get started with a quick understanding of B2B data. What is B2B Data?

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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? Why Use Sales Tools?

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SalesIntel

JULY 21, 2023

While purchasing phone number lists can provide a convenient solution, weighing the pros and cons before buying is essential. This blog discusses the advantages and disadvantages of choosing whether or not to buy a phone number list for cold calling and prospecting, helping you navigate the potential benefits and challenges.

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Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This massive disruption to traditional buying behaviors also impacts the effectiveness of go-to-market and selling tactics. During the traditional B2B buying journey behaviors of the 2010s, B2B companies would expect an inbound lead to be at the consideration stage. This new path has quickly become the preferred journey.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This massive disruption to traditional buying behaviors also impacts the effectiveness of go-to-market and selling tactics. During the traditional B2B buying journey behaviors of the 2010s, B2B companies would expect an inbound lead to be at the consideration stage. This new path has quickly become the preferred journey.

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SalesIntel

JANUARY 15, 2024

Companies use B2B data to understand other firms better, make better decisions, develop new business prospects, and support marketing and sales teams. Whether you are just exploring B2B data or thinking about buying it, this article will help. Let’s get started with a quick understanding of B2B data. What is B2B Data?

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

By Karla Sanders , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing In the fast-paced world of B2B marketing, businesses often face difficult times characterized by slowing win rates and longer buying cycles. One key strategy that can significantly impact B2B success in such times is sales enablement.

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2021

Among the various types of content that one can create and distribute, blogs can be one of the simplest, yet most effective avenues. When compared to articles, eBooks, white papers and other long-form written content, blogs are typically the shortest in length, making them helpful for releasing tidbits of information about a new product.

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Stevens & Tate

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

It means that they’re more likely to engage with your brand, resulting in stronger customer loyalty even after you’ve closed the sale. Nobody is going to share a video or a blog post that is purely informational. Not only does emotional advertising make more of an impact on audiences, but it also makes your content more shareable.

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Marketing Interactions

OCTOBER 8, 2020

One of the assumptions that marketers and sales reps make when people show interest in your website, content, or booth at a virtual summit or trade show is that they’re buyers. Be intent on solving the problem by buying a solution. Attempting to reconcile different perspectives in the buying group.

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Forrester B2B

AUGUST 31, 2023

Accounts, buying groups, opportunities, oh my! Find out how they’re all connected in this week’s Saying Goodbye to MQLs blog.

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Madison Logic

MARCH 6, 2024

But tight budgets, limited resources, and longer, more complex sales cycles require you to work more efficiently. Account-based marketing (ABM) takes a more strategic approach to audience targeting that uses data to move away from a generalized dream list of ideal clients to instead focus on the accounts ready to buy or engage.

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Lead Forensics

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As your business grows, you might need to find new B2B Rockstars to expand your sales team. And when it takes just seven seconds to make that all-important first impression, it’s crucial your new sales gurus are clued up and ready to impress. Did they check out pricing or read a blog post?

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DemandBase

JULY 16, 2020

Phrases like “hyper-personalization” and “personalization at scale” are tossed around frequently in the sales community, but what does it mean and how do you do it? The Demandbase sales team has achieved considerably higher results from personalized outreach than with generic blasting. Personalization: It’s Not Just Jargon.

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Velocity Partners

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

So let’s say, hypothetically of course, that it’s late 2023, your revenue is down and there’s mounting pressure on you to increase sales. For complex B2B businesses, one common move is to try and make it easier for customers to buy by simplifying your offering. Just, y’know, for instance.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 7, 2022

But while you’re busily wearing every hat under the sun, there’s something that often gets placed on the digital back-burner: creating a blog for your business. If you’ve ever wondered if a business blog is for you, the answer is yes. And with the right blog content, this seemingly small thing could result in big growth.

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