Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the 15 years since originating the concept of buyer personas in 2001, there has been one issue that continues to plague fully understanding exactly where, how, and why buyer personas can be beneficial. This is where buyer profiling can be helpful. Buyer Profiling. Confusion by Adam Gale.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

“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. Align and Build Ongoing Partnerships with Sales.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations. Why do they buy?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Influence their buying decisions? The only way to join the 30-40% of people who do understand their buyers is to create buyer personas. Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. What is a buyer persona? Or form productive relationships with them?

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Tony Zambito

JANUARY 22, 2017

One means for the last sixteen years to understand customers and buyers have been the use of buyer persona development. It is time to rethink buyer persona development in this new era of digital disruption. When the concept of buyer personas was first launched in 2001, the world was a very different place.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 3, 2018

Discord between marketing and sales departments is an age-old story. The marketing team gets annoyed at the sales team for failing to follow up on leads and in return, the sales team is annoyed with the marketing team for generating low-quality leads in the first place. 5 Ways to Facilitate Better Marketing and Sales Alignment.

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LeanData

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Every organization needs a sales playbook, a set of motions and best practices that help move a prospective customer through various stages of the buying journey. Great playbooks are the foundation of an efficient sales pipeline, keeping marketing and sales aligned on converting leads into customers.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). In turn, social demand generation can be defined simply as the process of generating demand through the use of social media platforms. 75% of B2B buyers are significantly influenced by social media.

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 2, 2016

To create content that boosts lead and demand generation, you need to construct B2B buyer personas that give you a clear picture of your customer, mapping their journey from when they decide to solve a problem to their purchase decision. Many companies create personas, and not one itsy-bitsy thing changes. It’s simple.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 23, 2024

Image credit: Pixabay on Pexels You’ve probably seen studies and statistics on the enormous ROI (return on investment) that email marketing for B2B delivers compared to other tactics. One of the best sources for B2B email marketing is to get emails from LinkedIn Sales Navigato r because the users regularly update their data there.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 15, 2018

The importance of data cannot be understated in the modern sales landscape. Now, data and analytics reign supreme when it comes to running a successful sales organization. Maybe you’re new to data-driven sales, or maybe you just need to brush up on how to leverage data as part of your sales strategy.

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SalesIntel

JUNE 29, 2021

With this article, we want B2B businesses to learn how to streamline the sales process. Implementing sales processes can streamline any task, whether simple or complex. This can make sales reps more effective, reliable, and precise both in their roles and in their customer interactions. Make a buyer persona.

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The Lead Agency

MARCH 17, 2024

Every click, like, view and interaction brings us insights and edges buyers at every stage of the sales cycle toward the ultimate goal: the purchase. Combining B2B and B2C statistics, the average conversion rate from web forms is 1.7%. .” And each of your ideal buyer personas will have different ways of engaging.

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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? Optimizing your funnel based on this difference maximizes your ROI. Matching your ideal buyer persona.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Here are some statistics related to edtech marketing: According to GlobalData estimates , the EdTech industry will grow from US$183.4 The top 3 barriers to effective implementation of marketing strategies were considered to be lack of brand awareness, lack of leads generated and lack of automation of processes. from 2022 to 2026.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). In turn, social demand generation can be defined simply as the process of generating demand through the use of social media platforms. Social media accelerates the sales pipeline. Don’t believe us?

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Exo B2B

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Did you know that 72% of marketing professionals use B2B personas to guide their marketing content? This statistic highlights the growing importance of understanding exactly who the decision-makers are in the B2B world. Take the one who determines the budget associated with buying a solution like yours.

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Sana Commerce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Learning how to improve sales performance is the key to driving organizational focus and success. Great sales seasons are inevitable but turning them into sustainable strategies that can steady your business requires more effort. This blog explores 16 actionable steps that can help you enhance sales performance.

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Sharpspring

AUGUST 26, 2022

Many pointed to the fact that the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Customers (CPI-U) was unchanged for July and claimed that the U.S. No, inflation is at roughly 8.5%, the CPI-U statistic only indicates that inflation did not increase in the month of July. No two buyers are the same.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 19, 2023

These include account-based marketing, artificial intelligence, local SEO, persona marketing, podcast marketing, social media, and video marketing. Here are some important 2023 content marketing statistics related to ABM: 46% of B2B marketers are still experimenting with piloting, measuring, and refining their ABM approach. (

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ClearVoice

MAY 12, 2024

This, in turn, increases sales and gives you a significant advantage over competitors that rely only on generic messaging. Here are some examples: Personalized emails use automation to refer to customers by name, remind them of cart abandonment, and reference recent purchases to encourage further buying.

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PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2022

While online B2B buying habits have changed dramatically in the past decade, today's B2B buyer journey looks a lot different than it did just a couple of years ago. Therefore, as Forrester states, the role of B2B marketing is “no longer to attract and persuade; it’s really to engage buyers and help them through their journey.”.

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Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ). This statistic highlights a huge discrepancy. As a marketer, how do you know if a lead is truly ready to buy? And, how can you generate more high-quality leads for your sales team?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This month’s round-up covers a variety of topics including email marketing, sales reporting, storytelling and so much more. Consider these statistics: In 2017, global e-mail users amounted to 3.7 In the simplest of terms, an email marketing audit is the process of analyzing each of the factors that influence email marketing success.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 4, 2023

LinkedIn Sales Navigator has evolved into an indispensable tool for the majority of sales teams. With the strong presence of B2B buyers on LinkedIn, sales teams are now leveraging the platform to optimize their prospecting efforts, moving beyond solely using cold calling and traditional outreach methods.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 5, 2019

Even though it might seem easy to define who your audience is, in reality this is a process that should be done very carefully. There are multiple templates that can help you create your buyer personas, one of my favorite is Hubspot’s interactive “ Make my persona tool ” and Marketo’s cheat sheet for creating your marketing personas.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2018

In an ideal world, all incoming leads would be ready to buy—unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Yet, up to 80% of those prospects will be ready to buy from you – or a competitor – within 24 months ( source ). Lead scoring assigns a numerical value to a lead that pinpoints how close the person is to being sales-ready.

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Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2023

AI technologies like natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), sentiment analysis and others guide decision-making, so you stay ahead of competitors and are prepared for the challenges of a dynamic marketplace. This leads to stronger connections and loyalty that stimulate your sales.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

List segmentation is exactly what it sounds like – the process of breaking up an email list into several smaller, more targeted lists. So, before you get started, it’s important to consider each of your buyer personas and the characteristics that set them apart. This tactic is particularly influential for e-commerce websites.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Consider these statistics ( source ): 71% of buyers who see a personal value in a B2B product will make a purchase. Personal value is two times more influential on buying decisions than perceived business impact. 68% of buyers who see a personal value in a B2B product will pay a higher price. Improve your buyer personas.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 29, 2018

Consider these statistics ( source ): 71% of buyers who see a personal value in a B2B product will make a purchase. Personal value is two times more influential on buying decisions than perceived business impact. 68% of buyers who see a personal value in a B2B product will pay a higher price. Improve your buyer personas.

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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. Spend 10% of Revenue on Marketing.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2019

If you’ve worked in sales for any length of time, you know your success is dependent on the quality of your sales prospect lists. Think about it- you might be the most skilled salesperson at your company, but if you’re reaching out to the wrong people, your sales skills will have no impact on their desire to purchase your product.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 30, 2023

1 on Google, if visitors to your website aren’t converting down the sales funnel into customers, there is a problem that needs solving. Consumers haven’t changed, but how they find products and services has, and those marketers who can prime their digital “shop” toward the buyer will win more business over the competition.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 23, 2017

That’s where sales qualification comes in. This guide will walk you through the fundamentals of sales qualification, five different frameworks you can use, and provide pointers on disqualification and conversational tip-offs to listen for. MEDDIC, CHAMP Sales, & 3 More Qualification Frameworks. What Is BANT? back to top).

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Marketing Interactions

AUGUST 24, 2021

Buyers need to complete specific jobs before consensus can be reached for a buying decision. I agree with Gartner that this is a huge opportunity for marketers to help buyers by creating content that assists them with job completion. Think about what your buyers have already gone through before they engage with your sales reps.

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Hinge Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

So, what does this “Woodenism” (famous insightful quotes from the “Wizard of Westwood”) have to do with sales enablement? It is that consistency that Wooden became famous for and it is why you should be interested in sales enablement. What is B2B Sales Enablement? More Than Just “Sales” Enablement. Predictable.

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