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How to leverage intent and engagement in the buying cycle

Martech

“Buyer intent signals are a collection of indicators that tells me whether the account that I am targeting is relevant to my brand or relevant to one of my offerings,” said Hussam AlMukhtar, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing for B2B intelligence platform ZoomInfo, at our recent MarTech conference. Source: Hussam AlMukhtar.

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Drawn-Out Sales Cycles: What to Do When Selling Stalls

Zoominfo

This often leads to larger buying committees, more avenues for approval, and elongated buying cycles. Vendr, a SaaS buying platform, recently found that sales cycles for software have settled at about 46 days, a 40% increase since 2020. And above all, know how your product or service can make their jobs easier.

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How to Recognize and Respond to Buying Signals (and Close More Deals!)

Zoominfo

Read on to discover how your marketing and sales teams can close more leads by recognizing and responding to prospects’ buying signals. How to spot buying signals. They visit websites where they read blog posts, watch product videos, or download a guide. How to respond to buying signals.

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How ZoomInfo Helped Three Customers Propel Their GTM Strategies

Zoominfo

At the recent Forrester B2B Summit North America, ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck sat down with leaders from Smartsheet, Sendoso, and BlueOcean to talk about the practical ways ZoomInfo has helped them optimize productivity and align their sales and marketing goals.

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The state of intent data in 2023 and beyond

Martech

Mike Burton, co-founder and head of commercial sales at intent industry pioneer Bombora, puts it this way: “Because sales sit so close to revenue, intent data can galvanize action and increase sales productivity. Intent plays an essential role in exposing account timing and need to prioritize account and buyer engagement.”

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Is Your Ad Tech Fluent in B2B?

Engagio

In the B2C scenario, you do one of two things, either mass branding to a large population of people who fit a certain profile or retargeting to people who’ve shown interest in your product. It only serves ads to people associated with a target account, and prioritizes impressions to the buying group members in an active buying cycle.

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How to Guide Your Ideal Buyers Through Their B2B Buyer’s Journey

SalesIntel

Lengthy Sales Cycles Unlike B2C purchases, which often involve smaller transactions with fewer decision makers, B2B transactions typically entail longer and more complex sales cycles. Closing substantial deals with large decision-making teams results in protracted sales cycles. Here’s how it can help at each stage: 1.