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How to Create Engaging Videos Using Buyer Personas and States of Being

Cintell

And this is why buyer personas are so important. They provide a clear picture of who your ideal customers are, what challenges and pain points they experience along the buyer’s journey, and exactly what they need to be able to take the next step towards your solution. Personas and States of Being.

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Lead Scoring Model: Building a Framework to Drive Conversion

Act-On

Blog Learn More Know your persona First things first: make sure your sales, marketing, and other relevant teams (like product) are in agreement on what your ideal customer looks like. This means having well-documented and up-to-date ideal customer profiles (ICP) and buyer personas, which will be essential in step five.

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How Sales and Marketing Alignment is your Key to SMB Success

ClickDimensions

Many small to medium businesses (SMBs) often grapple with one common challenge: disjointed sales and marketing communications. Implement a Unified CRM System Utilize a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that integrates both sales and marketing functions/data.

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6 Decision Intelligence Tools You Should Be Using Right Now

Marketing Insider Group

Running a business is a quick way to push your decision fatigue to the limit. A McKinsey survey showed that most business leaders believe that most of the time they spend on decision-making is ineffective. CRM software, buyer intent data, competitive analysis, automation, CMS, and web analytics are vital decision intelligence tools.

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Tackling Bad Data: How Poor Data Quality Impacts Your B2B Bottom Line

Zoominfo

You hire talented sales and marketing professionals and set them up with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools. Businesses depend on data to fuel business growth. 30-50% of CRM and ERP data is inaccurate,” says Henry Schuck, Founder, and CEO of ZoomInfo. Buyer personas don’t hold up.

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Sales and Marketing Alignment: Why it Matters

Act-On

Sales and marketing alignment is no small task, but it’s not a mystery. Sales and marketing alignment isn’t easy, but it’s one of the most efficient ways to improve your business. Today’s buyers are more reliant on digital information to move them along their journey. Inconsistent methods of measuring success.

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How to develop a winning B2B ideal customer profile

Martech

ICP vs. buyer persona: Which is the way to go? ICP is more of a big-picture strategic direction or target market and high-potential accounts, while buyer persona is more of the people behind it and closing deals with specific individuals. The table below outlines the key differences between an ICP and a buyer persona.