Marketing Insider Group

JULY 10, 2023

Image Source Key Takeaways: Decision intelligence tools process data to give you predictive analysis and solid recommendations. CRM software, buyer intent data, competitive analysis, automation, CMS, and web analytics are vital decision intelligence tools. Another example is inventory management software.

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Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services CMS Development Marketing Budget 233

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

A MQL is the foundation of processes within a marketing funnel — namely, an inflection point of engagement met that drives expectations for sales intervention. We can all agree that the process almost always improves results. Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. How do you define a lead?

Lead Ranking 246

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 246

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Product 201

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

You hire talented sales and marketing professionals and set them up with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools. However, if that data isn’t clean, your marketing and sales efforts take a hit. 30-50% of CRM and ERP data is inaccurate,” says Henry Schuck, Founder, and CEO of ZoomInfo. How Does Dirty Data Affect Sales?

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Data Hygiene Buyer Personas Churn Rate B2B 251

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, we have things like automation, data, and buyer personas to fall back on. People want personalization — in fact, in a recent survey, 97% of professionals said it was important to them that vendor websites have relevant content that spoke directly to their company. What Are Buyer Personas? Check it out!

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Ideal Customer Profiles Buyer Personas Planning Zoominfo 264

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Increasing sales with enterprise customers starts here — find out how to build custom solutions. ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust. Case in point: 40% of CMO Council members agree that improving GTM processes are top priority. GTM strategies also help with maximizing customer lifetime value (CLV).

Enterprise Management 147

Enterprise Management Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Analytics Tools Work Management 147

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating B2B marketing content is a significant investment of time and money. That’s why it’s essential to understand the reasoning behind all that content. That’s where your content marketing strategy comes in. What Is a Content Marketing Strategy? How to Develop a Content Marketing Strategy. ” test?

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Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Content Marketing Planning 257

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

A MQL is the foundation of processes within a marketing funnel — namely, an inflection point of engagement met that drives expectations for sales intervention. We can all agree that the process almost always improves results. Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. How do you define a lead?

Lead Ranking 195

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 195

Zoominfo

JULY 27, 2023

Businesses in virtually every industry are being pushed to modernize their go-to-market strategy, with a premium on the data-driven, automation-enabled convergence of sales, marketing, and operations. Here are the key strategic goals to focus on at every step of the process.

Account Based Marketing 246

Account Based Marketing ABM Marketing Analytics Tools Automation 246

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales. These detailed descriptors give a framework for marketers (and sales reps) to address specific challenges from prospects, attract them to your brand, and craft tailored messages.

Ideal Customer Profiles 162

Ideal Customer Profiles Profiling Enterprise Management Work Management 162

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

Similar to your ideal customer profiles (ICPs) , ideal client profiles allow you to construct marketing materials and content that are highly relevant to top-of-funnel clients. Below are some of the key benefits of using ideal client profiles in your sales and marketing strategies: Personalization: Everyone’s favorite buzzword.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Profiling Account Based Marketing Buyer Personas 246

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. What is Demand Generation?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

When you get customer segmentation right, you not only show leads content that makes sense to them, but you get your audiences excited about buying from you. Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that organizes buyers into groups. Demographics might focus on gender, income, and ethnicity (handy for building buyer personas ).

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Segmentation Account Based Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 204

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.

Demand Generation Agencies 204

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Social Media Demand 204

Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2020

personas based on poorly sourced data, or worse, no data at all), they can be highly misleading and result in failed product launches, subpar marketing campaigns, and lost sales. They don’t serve a whole lot of purpose when it comes to making personas the best they can be. So what, exactly, does a data driven persona look like?

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Ad Building Buyer Personas Zoominfo Paid Search Agency 213

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

From poorly thought out plans to unidentified buyer personas, a small crack in the foundation can lead to the crumbling of the entire structure. Rather, it identifies the specific factors that will impact the way a product is received, such as target audience, marketing plan, and sales strategy. . What is a GTM Strategy?

Marketing Analytics Tools 189

Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles Zoominfo Marketing & Strategy 189

Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2019

As a result, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has stepped into the spotlight as a vital digital marketing tactic. In fact, we’ve reached a point where many once-effective SEO tactics no longer work. But, just because SEO is still a viable marketing tactic, doesn’t mean certain outdated SEO tactics aren’t dead.

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Tactics Cost SEO Lead Scoring 189

Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2018

If you’re not familiar with the ZoomInfo blog, these monthly round-ups feature blog posts, articles, and guides the ZoomInfo team has contributed to outside publications. This month’s round-up features topics like content marketing, managing prospect expectations, lead generation, and more. Let’s get into it!

Account Based Marketing 113

Account Based Marketing Zoominfo B2B ABM 113

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

If you don’t understand your target audience, how will you produce effective content? 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?

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Buyer Personas Paid Search Agency Companies B2B 100

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For the typical B2B organization, sales and marketing alignment is the ultimate goal. If you’re struggling with sales and marketing alignment, here are a few compelling reasons to get these teams on the same page: Companies with strong sales and marketing alignment achieve 20% annual growth rate. Not sure where to start?

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Practices Planning Allocation Best Practices 160

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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. Who are they?

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B2B Sales Top of Funnel Cold Calling Buyer Personas 100

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.

Sales Management 223

Sales Management Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 223

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today, we have solutions like automation, data, and buyer personas to fall back on. What Are Buyer Personas? Basically, personas ensure that everything you do in terms of lead generation and customer acquisition is tailored to your targeted buyers’ needs. This is where personas come in. Check it out!

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Buyer Personas Planning Zoominfo 130

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2018

Using these clues, the salesperson then tailors their sales presentation to each prospective customer’s particular wants and needs. Ultimately, door-to-door sales representatives and marketers have the same goal—to understand each prospect’s wants, needs, and pain points in order to sell them a product. Let’s get into it!

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Top of Funnel Planning Buyer Personas Multi-Channel 150

Zoominfo

JULY 4, 2018

Social selling has quickly become one of the most popular and effective selling tactics. As social media platforms grew in popularity, businesses began to recognize how essential social media is to the sales process. Social Selling Mistake #1: Leading with a sales pitch. Keep reading! This can lead to several problems.

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Peer-to-peer Zoominfo Blast Campaigns B2B Sales 233

DealSignal

MARCH 17, 2023

While ZoomInfo tops out at max 70% data accuracy, DealSignal offers fresher, more accurate, dynamic data at a market-leading 97% + thanks to our dynamic, multi-step verification process that uses AI and machine learning algorithms, robots, and human researchers to reverify your data just before it’s delivered to you.

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Zoominfo Comparison Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2017

Sales and marketing alignment should be one of your organization’s top priorities. Check out these 20 sales and marketing statistics: Sales and Marketing Alignment Statistics Organizations with tightly aligned sales and marketing functions enjoy 36% higher customer retention rates ( source ). Still not convinced?

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Statistics Zoominfo Buyer Personas Work Management 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Successful sales professionals know exactly who to target, how to engage with them, and most importantly, how to close the deal. They build deep connections with their prospects by initiative relevant conversations and sending targeted content. Buyer Personas: The Missing Piece to Your Lead Generation Puzzle [Infographic].

Lead Scoring 157

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Zoominfo Buyer Personas 157

Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2019

Long before cloud-based CRM systems, companies largely relied on manual data entry and cleanup processes. How can it be that technology has come so far, and yet data quality issues still plague sales and marketing professionals What is Data Hygiene? So make CRM hygiene maintenance a part of your sales and marketing strategies!

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Data Hygiene Zoominfo Practices Marketing AI 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Zoominfo

APRIL 18, 2019

As a sales professional, you know how difficult it can be to reach decision makers. Whatever it may be, if you’re looking to shorten the sales cycle, you need to understand who your best buyers are in order to fuel your pipeline with new contacts. Fastest sales cycles? Bridge the Gap between Sales and Marketing.

Top of Funnel 140

Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 140

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Creating customer profiles for these prospects is crucial for your marketing campaigns—and in the end, your sales. These detailed descriptors give a framework for marketers (and sales reps) to address specific challenges from prospects, attract them to your brand, and craft tailored messages.

Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Ideal Customer Profiles Profiling Enterprise Management Work Management 100

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We use this monthly post to highlight the great work the ZoomInfo team has contributed to outside publications. The February edition features content about recruiting nightmares, inadequate buyer personas, key considerations for technology buying, and so much more. 5 Reasons Your Buyer Personas Aren’t Good Enough.

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Buyer Personas Zoominfo B2B Work Management 150

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In order to generate more of the right leads, you need to capture information about potential buyers. After that, you can use targeted marketing campaigns to nurture your leads with relevant content. First, you need to understand your buyer personas. Demand generation content focuses on positioning and brand awareness.

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Generation Demand 130

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AUGUST 4, 2020

An MQL is the foundation of processes within a marketing funnel — namely, an inflection point of engagement met that drives expectations for sales intervention. We can all agree that the process almost always improves results. Plus, let’s not forget, every customer starts out as a lead. How Do You Define A Lead?

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 100