Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

While the world of B2B can be perceived as lacking in warmth and perhaps even superficial at times, there are tremendous opportunities to create bonds of loyalty between two B2B organizations. It is, after all, the dream of many B2B leaders to forge such connections with buyers. Increase Value With Buyer Insights. Innovations.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If you can successfully execute the following b2b marketing strategies , you’ll outshine your competitors, build lasting connections with customers, and win more leads and sales in 2021. You can build powerful connections and profound loyalty by: Viewing your organization as a “human entity”. Nurture leads. Personalization.

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Seismic

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This year, organizations have had to navigate a tricky sales environment. Buyer needs have changed, budgets are tight, and sales cycles are longer and more complicated than ever. In order to be successful in this dynamic landscape, go-to-market (GTM) teams need to operate as effectively and efficiently as possible.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re about to get that hot lead on the phone. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both. When B2B buyers need to solve a problem, they start researching online. Target your most valuable leads.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The goal of small business marketing is to attract leads to your business. You attract leads by providing content online (e.g., Consider this: 12% of smaller organizations agree that creating compelling content for digital experiences is the most exciting experience for their organization (15% for overall B2B organizations).

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

We’re talking about key stuff like: Pulling in new customers Growing your business organically Making your sales and marketing more productive (and cost-effective) Getting the kind of data that powers smart, data-driven decisions And let’s not forget about giving your customers a consistently awesome experience.

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Biznology

MARCH 23, 2018

An interview with one of Hubspot’s former sales chiefs actually made their call center sound like a pretty well-managed and productive organization. Here’s another: Google and Facebook are leading the digital marketing revolution. Even Hubspot realizes that you can’t get all the B2B business you deserve using inbound marketing alone.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

If your company isn’t harnessing the potential of content marketing , then you could be losing valuable opportunities to attract, interest, and convert buyers. If you haven’t shifted to an all-in perspective on content, you’ll want to know about these proven ways that content supports sales and leads to higher profitability.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

It’s often referred to as if it was the same as lead generation. Here is Gartner’s definition of demand generation: “Demand generation is a data-driven marketing strategy focused on driving awareness and interest in an organization’s products and services, with the ultimate goal of developing long-term customer engagement.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 1, 2023

As a result, you’ll more successfully convert leads into customers. Check out this example of a prompt for defining the language of your target audience: How would the eco-conscious buyer describe their challenges in their own words?

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Nearly 75 percent of organizations using sales enablement tools say it greatly influenced sales growth over the past 12 months. A sales organization improves its effectiveness when it speaks the language of prospects. Enablement can be seen as the medium for marketing to serve the sales organization. Guest post by Mary Ade.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A third MOps professional announced firmly that a certain (very well known) platform’s lead scoring was simply “cr*p.” Brinker sees in the immediate future the use of AI for lower level tasks leading to significant time-savings; but there’s likely to be a precipitous slope to higher level use cases. The danger?

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

With first-party data, organizations can future-proof their content marketing with a reliable supply of accurate audience data. That’s why B2B marketers should shift their focus to content pieces that accelerate the self-guided buyer’s journey, especially for products and services requiring much research.

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Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It’s no wonder that companies are increasingly turning to Finance and/or Procurement to lead the Marketing accountability and measurement effort. Our research and that of others find that CMOs and Marketing organizations that achieve alignment are better able to crack the code on accountability. Alignment to Strategy.

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6sense

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Having been privy to the lead management processes of hundreds of B2B organizations of every stripe, I would estimate that at least half have internal demand funnel (AKA waterfall) stages that combine stages of their sales process with what are really stages of the buyer journey.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Businesses need more content and have become publishing machines as a result. Proliferation, however, leads to saturation. The shift to research online by buyers also fueled the boon. But publications, association, and organizations that write about your industry are types of indirect competition as well. We can help.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 20, 2021

Once a lead was ready for sales, it would be handed off and in many cases, never hear from marketing again. As responsibilities and roles become more detailed and complex, having separation is good but too much separation leads to miscommunication and misalignment. In order to support sales, marketing must: Educate buyers.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In today’s post, read about building a B2B sales funnel that sales teams can deploy now to bring more qualified leads over the finish line. Bottom: The funnel narrows, guiding the leads toward a purchase. Post-demo, the rep follows up; leads buy the product and leave the funnel as new customers. What Is a B2B Sales Funnel?

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BOP Design

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As such, in this blog, we are taking a high-level view of what B2B marketers should consider when crafting a lead generation strategy. We know the genesis is always, “We need more leads!” so this article provides quick tips on how to get started with a new lead gen strategy or how to revamp your existing approach.

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 21, 2020

Since then, COVID-19 has compelled restructuring in many B2B organizations and marketing teams’ approaches and strategies for the foreseeable future. Why is it important that B2B organizations continue to offer new products and services? That means new products and innovations that support those needs.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But just in case you’ve been living under a rock, we’re talking about profiles of your ideal buyer that is a culmination of quantitative research, anecdotal observation, and existing customer data. Is it centered around what you do, or is it focused on how what you do can actually address customer needs?

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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2024

But is open source the right route for your marketing organization to take? Open-source software is released by a community or organization with a license that allows users to view, modify and distribute the source code freely. That means it can be modified and customized by users who need additional features and functionality.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 16, 2020

But most business leaders and sales and marketing teams did not look at their profiles to see how they can better connect with their buyers and show them that they understand their current situation. They are not providing the education buyers need to overcome today’s challenges so they can buy again.

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LeanData

MARCH 14, 2023

A common refrain is being heard from revenue teams across the B2B space — Where have all the inbound leads gone? If an organization creates the right type of valued content and custom, personalized experiences, site visitors — and, in time, prospective customers — flock to them. It’s becoming a topic of great importance.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 10, 2023

By industry, we’ve seen high engagement for collaboration-related content from Finance and Manufacturing organizations, but we’ve also noticed that those in Healthcare amped up their research behavior. According to Forbes, the global clinical and collaboration market forecasts a 17.3% compound annual growth rate by 2027.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 15, 2018

As a result, most B2B buyers are the majority of the way through the buying process before they even interact with a sales representative, making it more important than ever for B2B organizations to have valuable content on their websites. Here are a few key steps to consider: Step 1: Research Buyer Needs.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Today, I'll explain my rank-and-win process I used to help a leading content collaboration company (which I'll call "Brand X" for our purposes). Using this quirky voice, we managed to create content engaging enough to spark interest without pushing leads away with a sales-y tone. Develop a content strategy for organic blog traffic.

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Seismic

JULY 12, 2022

If this is the case for your organization, it might be time to embrace new tactics and strategies to better engage with buyers. If you’re unfamiliar with social selling , examples include your sellers using their personal social media accounts to establish meaningful relationships with buyers. Enter social selling.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

And learning how to collect b2b intent data helps in generating more quality prospects and increase the chances of getting more qualified leads. Lead Forms and Downloads: Analyze form submissions and content downloads to gather insights into prospect interests and pain points. So, how will you leverage intent data?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In today’s post, read about building a B2B sales funnel that sales teams can deploy now to bring more qualified leads over the finish line. Bottom: The funnel narrows, guiding the leads toward a purchase. Post-demo, the rep follows up; leads buy the product and leave the funnel as new customers. What Is a B2B Sales Funnel?

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Martech

OCTOBER 27, 2023

CDPs are especially useful when organizations cannot implement their own cloud-native customer data store and can more easily implement a commercial off-the-shelf solution, or “packaged” CDP, that helps them realize the benefits of cloud technologies by managing and decisioning on its customer data. Architectures are composable. Get MarTech!

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Martech

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Coverage : How well does the data set you will sell cover the market segment or use case the buyer needs? Then, you need to evaluate your expected revenue against the expense to package, market and monitor the sale of data. Selling a company’s data requires full support from across the organization.

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Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

B2B marketers who are capable of threading this needle and providing innovative, sustainable marketing solutions that elevate their organization despite budget cuts will find themselves winning prestige and authority within their enterprise like never before. But as Einstein once said, “within every crisis, lies great opportunity.”

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Content4Demand

JANUARY 5, 2021

View your web pages as content, serving many of the same functions as your individual assets: Messaging needs to address the specific needs and pain points of your target personas; i.e., they need to be buyer-centric. Buyer-centricity. Do headlines and page copy focus on buyer needs and pain points?

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Enter the world of B2B intent data, a tool that will revolutionize the way you generate leads in 2024. Hyper personalization: Using intent data, B2B companies can personalize content and messaging to specific buyer needs, leading to a 5x increase in engagement- according to Forrester. Prioritize Leads Do you know?

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Seismic

JUNE 30, 2021

But, even as organizations prioritize customer experience, customer success (CS) teams are often not fully integrated with the broader go-to-market (GTM) engine. A Deloitte study on customer success found that only 45% of organizations considered CS a critical function to achieve business outcomes. The key is trust.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2020

Instead of going dark when clients and prospects need us most – or filling the digital space with the same content, Lisa is advising that marketing teams get creative with their lead gen and demand gen programs, get bold with their brand and involve interactive content. When you are an asset, you do not make cuts.

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