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Using Buying Groups to Accelerate Your Sales Process

InsightSquared

Yet Another Marketing Buzzword? Every few years there is a new buzzword in B2B marketing. A few years ago it was “Inbound Marketing.” The inbound philosophy advocates publishing content through digital channels to entice qualified individuals to consume the content and enter the sales cycle. Now, we have “Buying Groups.”

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Integrate Sales and Marketing Software to Streamline Processes

Act-On

Technology can’t solve every problem between sales and marketing. But once you get aligned on the principles , sales and marketing software integrations can bring shared processes to life much easier. Use software as a tool to align sales and marketing departments.

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How Sales Funnel Management Is Changing

Lead Forensics

So how is the sales funnel – and the way it is formed, used, and managed – changing? And what are the most effective sales and marketing teams doing to optimize their chance of achieving success? Then during the final decision-making stage the sales pipeline will kick in.

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Five Sales Enablement Tactics B2B Marketers Need to Master

Webbiquity

Sales enablement significantly drives higher conversion rates and revenue. Nearly 75 percent of organizations using sales enablement tools say it greatly influenced sales growth over the past 12 months. Since it promotes an integrated approach to selling, sales enablement involves both marketing and sales teams.

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Your Recipe for Inbound Success

Speaker: Jen Spencer, VP Sales and Marketing, SmartBug Media

Recent studies have shown what a lot of B2B marketers already know - it’s hard to build a successful inbound marketing program. And the best part is, it can apply to content for all stages of your funnel! How to secure organizational buy-in (and cooperation!). How to develop benchmarks for your inbound culture.

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Lead Scoring: Tools and Tactics to Convert Customers

Act-On

Lead scoring is a process and a framework, not a tool — but technology makes it possible to implement at scale. Lead scoring tools for marketing can help you build better relationships with prospective cusotmers. You can also use lead scores to deliver more relevant and targeted marketing campaigns. As Suzy Balk, Sr.

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Ultimate Guide to the Data-Driven Sales Funnel

Zoominfo

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. What makes the difference between a high-performing sales funnel and one that isn’t ready for the needs of a modern B2B sales motion?

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Outrun Your Competition: Best Practices for Accelerating Sales Processes

Longer sales cycles. Larger buying committees. Every go-to-market team knows the frustrations that come from a drawn-out sales process. Slow-moving compliance reviews. How can you speed it up?

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Best Practices for Engaging Your Go-To-Market Sales Teams

Speaker: Ruth Stevens, President of eMarketing Strategy

As a B2B marketer, lead generation is likely your Job One. But guess what: It’s after the sales team has gotten into the act where marketing can have an even bigger impact on results. During this webinar, you’ll learn: The nature of the buying group and how to reach the individual members.

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. Now add the fact that we're facing a global pandemic and it could add an extra 2 - 3 months or more to a sales cycle. How to tap into growing markets for new sales opportunities.

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Best Practices to Boost Marketing Efficiency while Decreasing Cost Per Sale

Speaker: Kristin Hess - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Drift; Will Lyon - Head of Vertical Marketing, 6sense

Join Drift’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, Kristin Hess, and 6sense’s Head of Vertical Marketing, Will Lyon, to learn: Why a digital buying experience doesn’t have to (and shouldn’t) feel so different from an in-person buying experience How to leverage first-party data for better brand experiences How to create more seamless marketing-to-sales (..)

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B2B Distribution Roundtable: The Challenges & Solutions of Buying and Selling

Speaker: Jonathan Meyer, Kyle Mitzner & Jacobi Zakrzewski

In today's B2B marketplace, revenue is generated through sales, marketing, and relationships. The missing links in the buying/selling relationship. How to perfect a buying strategy when dealing with manufacturing data. Carving out a sales path for a product.

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Seven Things Marketers Need to Know About Lead Generation

Speaker: Douglas Burdett, Host of The Marketing Book Podcast, Founder/Principal of ARTILLERY

Lead generation is the process of attracting and converting strangers and prospects into someone who has indicated interest in your company's product or service. One of the biggest responsibilities and challenges for marketers is generating leads. The most effective lead generation tactics.

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Buyer Intent Data Guide: How to Find Prospects Already Looking to Buy

Teams of all sizes can utilize buyer intent data to more effectively identify where prospects are on their purchase journey, and thus adapt marketing messaging and sales pitches to align with those specific interest signals collected. How intent data is effectively collected (And what to be wary of). 5 effective intent data use cases.

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AI for Marketing: What It Is, Why You Need It & What You'll Lose Without It

Speaker: Chris Newton, VP Marketing & Business Development, Intellimize, Mark Kilens, VP Content & Community, Drift, Nick Edouard, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, PathFactory, Randi Barshack, CMO, RollWorks, & Lucas Welch, VP Corporate Marketing, Highspot

Marketers know artificial intelligence is the future. It’s time to lower the barrier of entry around AI and empower marketers to take control of their future. In this rapid-fire webinar, you’ll hear from powerhouse marketers at companies Intellimize, Drift, PathFactory, RollWorks, and Highspot.