Inbox Insight

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

But with mounting pressure to demonstrate impact through hitting MQL targets, it’s easy for B2B marketers to overlook quality and become fixated on the latter. According to our first party research conducted among our IFP audience, lead quality is the key focus for 40% of senior B2B marketers.

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Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Qualified Leads 108

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

Tiecas

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Industrial marketing for manufacturers is complicated, with many moving parts that must mesh together to produce measurable and sustainable results, i.e., generate better quality leads that turn into sales opportunities. These challenges are common among companies of our size and often require strategic solutions to overcome.

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Top of Funnel Lead Generation Advertising Agencies Lead Scoring 104

Top Rank Marketing

JUNE 5, 2024

B2B SaaS content marketing can be notoriously complex. Your SaaS company’s solutions are built to solve problems for a highly select subset of a professional audience. No matter how niche your SaaS solutions are, however, content marketing can and will work for your brand. Follow these key tips for great SaaS content.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Long Tail Marketing Content Marketing 61

Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. While these leaders come from different industries, company sizes, and backgrounds, a few common themes emerged. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

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Lead Ranking Privacy Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 191

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

Conversica

JANUARY 24, 2019

A guest blog by Michael Hanson, VP of Marketing at CloudTask – CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for growing companies looking for B2B Sales, Sales Chat and Customer Support solutions. But it’s not just important to keep the length of your sales cycle tight.

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Sales Cycle Marketing AI Conversion Top of Funnel 109

Martech

MARCH 2, 2022

Well, it’s here – and not only is it the future of selling in saas, but sales teams are using it today to engage with prospects in the earliest stages of the dark funnel. The dark funnel explained: Did you know 75% of buyers are already halfway through their buying journey before they even speak to a salesperson?

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FunnelEnvy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There’s a lot for marketers today to consider when it comes to tactics for bringing in new business, but your sales pipeline is what ultimately defines the success of all your funnels, marketing campaigns, and other efforts to add new clients and revenue consistently. Click To Tweet.

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Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 114

The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

A robust B2B digital marketing strategy can and WILL drive growth in revenue, reputation, and resilience for your business. Otherwise, you’ll get overwhelmed by ALL the options available for marketing online. Understand their needs, pain points, and decision-making processes.

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Paid Content Sales Management B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy 97

Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, B2B marketers face unique challenges and opportunities. With digital transformation, shifting consumer expectations, and a mobile-first mindset, the world of B2B marketing is undergoing a significant transformation.

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Tactics B2B Marketing Multi-Touch Attribution B2B 73

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.

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Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Hubspot

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI.

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Marketing AI Creativity Top of Funnel Work Management 59

Outreach

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What is B2B Sales? A B2B company is one whose target customers are other businesses. market research) + companies that use such services to support their business goals. market research) + companies that use such services to support their business goals. CRM) + companies whose teams use those softwares.

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Top of Funnel B2B Sales Process B2B 71

Vidyard

JANUARY 8, 2021

Your next sales kickoff or training event is going virtual for 2021. And as with any year, you’ll likely focus on soft skills, the sales process and using new technologies. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine. Virtual Sales Training Resources. Sales Gravy: Virtual Selling Skills Bootcamp. Get the Kit.

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Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 141

LeanData

JUNE 15, 2022

If you’ve spent more than three months in a marketing capacity, you’ve undoubtedly encountered the mysterious, and most often problematic, phenomenon of lead leakage. For those of you who have yet to have had the pleasure, simply stated, lead leakage is the progressive and cumulative loss of leads as they progress through the sales funnel.

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Lead Management Sales Qualified Leads Work Management Marketing Management 97

Conversica

JUNE 26, 2020

A collaborative blog post with contributions from Michael Hanson, VP of Marketing at CloudTask – CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for growing companies looking for B2B Sales, Sales Chat and Customer Support solutions. But it’s not just important to keep the length of your sales cycle tight.

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Sales Cycle Marketing AI Top of Funnel Work Management 52

Lattice

JULY 19, 2016

And since Q4 is historically the biggest quarter for most sales teams, now is the time for companies to identify any issues with their revenue funnel, and determine ways to fix those problems so Q4 is a runaway success, not a flop. But what happens if there are multiple issues with a company’s revenue funnel?

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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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B2B Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Learn how you can plug scorecards into your marketing funnel. Marketing is filled with a sheer amount of noise. For the last decade, marketers have become expert broadcasters – from blogs, articles, podcasts, videos, social media, ads, and websites. 04:04 – Misinformation on quiz funnel marketing.

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Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Advertising Funnels 52

Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

During the digital transformation of marketing and the shift to digital channels for communications since COVID, webinars have become a cornerstone for many B2B marketers. This new study highlighted the challenges marketers face with webinars as well as their potential.

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Webinar Metrics Forrester Top of Funnel Research 115

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. It’s not intuitive, then, that these two functions often exist in silos, each having their own systems and processes.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 74

FunnelEnvy

JUNE 13, 2022

The same idea can apply to your inbound marketing funnel. Like people, B2B marketing funnels are extremely complex, and each is slightly different. However, based on experience, there are common mistakes to avoid if you want your funnels to run as smoothly as possible. Not Knowing Your Numbers.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Buyer Personas Marketing Funnels 80

Seismic

MARCH 25, 2022

Sales reps are always looking for new ways to attract and engage new buyers. Maybe your organization is in the early stages of its social selling journey or looking to take things to the next level—we’d like to help you develop best practices to drive sales on LinkedIn and social media. Build trust at scale.

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Social Media Linkedin Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 98

Martech

MARCH 27, 2024

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market.

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Account Based Marketing Spending B2B Marketing ABM 105

SnapApp

JULY 18, 2018

Businesses today know that the longer it takes to close the sale, the greater the chance is of losing prospects to the competition. In addition, a longer sales cycle requires more time and resources. By sharing content prospects want to engage with, marketers can nurture leads along a path to drive conversions.

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Sales Cycle Top of Funnel B2B Sales Lead Ranking 70

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. Low search volumes: Relevant industry keywords may have less search traffic compared to broader consumer markets.

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Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 64

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. This digital shift has welcomed a new era in sales: social selling. Expanded reach: People follow people rather than companies.

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Sales Management Examples Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 136

Only B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Over a long time, the sales and marketing operations in B2B organizations were thought to be discrete. Nevertheless, as companies throughout the world focus on stabilization following the Covid-19 pandemic interruption, harmonizing the two activities will become even more important. The Sales Funnel. Sales Funnel.

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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 118

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JULY 28, 2022

While some companies will likely wait to see how it shakes out, they may face budget cuts, profit losses, layoffs, and more. Fortunately, sales leaders can work to avoid these hardships by acting now. Here are detailed tips to guard against recession chaos, curated from sales experts who’ve been there: 1.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Engagio

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It comes as no surprise to anyone in Sales that there’s been a dip in the meetings we can generate when we use the same old tactics quarter after quarter. The activity is still there from reps, but conversion rates aren’t — and we aren’t booking as many meetings as we used to. My tips for Sales teams. Go beyond the sale.

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Top of Funnel Sales Management B2B Sales DemandBase 130

SendinBlue

APRIL 19, 2021

Successful B2B marketing automation requires thought and preparation but once up and running, can do serious heavy lifting for your sales funnel. Now you might be wondering how exactly one should use marketing automation for B2B. What are the most effective B2B automation techniques and tactics for nurturing leads?

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Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Marketing Automation B2B Sales 95

Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

The tenure for a sales VP is much shorter, at around 19 months. Since the beginning of COVID, sales within tech companies has experienced massive attrition with an average tenure for all sales professionals at 21 months. Think Beyond the Funnel. Funnel imagery permeates marketing.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management Paid Content 62

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 52

Oktopost

MARCH 23, 2020

B2B marketing and sales professionals are fighting a daily battle to convert a finite number of leads. This is why automation of B2B marketing and sales activities appears inevitable. It’s clear that organizations looking to scale up embrace automation tools and solutions to boost their marketing and sales operations.

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Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Automation 98

Madison Logic

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

According to LinkedIn’s 95/5 rule , only 5% of your target accounts are in-market, which means that 95% of accounts aren’t ready to buy just yet. While it’s important to invest in efforts that target the 5% of people who are “in-market” today, you need a full-funnel strategy that delivers persistent messaging with the other 95% as well.

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Multi-Channel Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Advertising Channels 52

Conversica

JUNE 26, 2020

A collaborative blog post with contributions from Michael Hanson, VP of Marketing at CloudTask – CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for growing companies looking for B2B Sales, Sales Chat and Customer Support solutions. But it’s not just important to keep the length of your sales cycle tight.

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Sales Cycle Marketing AI Top of Funnel Work Management 40