Contently

JANUARY 26, 2023

Any organization can deliver thought leadership content if it has a system for generating ideas and a process for turning them into engaging assets. The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. What is thought leadership?

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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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Zoominfo

APRIL 12, 2021

How do you scale your marketing strategy to enterprise-level and keep leads flowing into your funnel? An SMB digital marketing strategy, meanwhile, will typically focus on a customer base that best fits the product or service rather than exponential growth. What Is an Enterprise Marketing Strategy?

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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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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JULY 28, 2022

Fortunately, sales leaders can work to avoid these hardships by acting now. To ensure your company is recession ready, develop a game plan for your sales organization that focuses on investments in tools, training, and effective sales tactics. A resilient sales org can nimbly respond to market changes whenever they arise.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 24, 2024

When considering outsourcing your lead generation , selecting the appropriate partner is not just imperative—it’s critical for fueling your sales pipeline and enhancing your ROI. Without vetting potential vendors, there’s a tangible risk of allocating budget towards low-quality leads, affecting your sales funnel.

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Vidyard

MARCH 30, 2022

If you’re in sales, chances are you’re hungry to find the top sales experts to follow. Anything from best practices, new tactics, and really, anything that will help you get better at booking more meetings and closing more deals. There is no shortage of great sales resources out there. Contents 1. Sales Hacker 2.3

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If you’re sitting on customer intelligence in your CRM or database — is your marketing team making the most of it? Customer intelligence allows marketers to understand leads and current clients more in-depth, and gain better insights. There are also customer data platforms (CDPs) and data management platforms (DMPs).

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Sana Commerce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Learning how to improve sales performance is the key to driving organizational focus and success. Great sales seasons are inevitable but turning them into sustainable strategies that can steady your business requires more effort. This blog explores 16 actionable steps that can help you enhance sales performance.

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Zoominfo

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. What Is B2B Sales Prospecting?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Increasing sales with enterprise customers starts here — find out how to build custom solutions. Get a Demo Why Do You Need a Go-to-Market Strategy?

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Sage Marketing

JUNE 12, 2024

Are you a startup struggling to streamline your marketing and sales processes? Finding the right solution can be daunting in a digital world overflowing with tools and platforms. The process of implementing HubSpot may be both thrilling and stressful. Task Management: HubSpot CRM makes managing tasks easy.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

At ClearVoice, we understand that not all people are content people. Heck, not all marketing people are content people. Marketing is the tip of the spear for driving growth and new customer acquisition. Even in mature businesses, it’s tempting to funnel a lot of budget into short-term, paid campaigns for quick wins.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 8, 2024

.” While that, unfortunately, maybe the case with a good number of personal resolutions as the year wears on, in business, setting sound marketing goals — and following through — is a primary ingredient for success. Markets ebb and flow. User behaviors evolve — and so do marketing goals. Technologies come and go.

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Choozle

JUNE 2, 2022

Engaging, insightful, captivating content is at the core of effective digital advertising. Successful advertising content needs to create an experience that engages users quickly while providing them with the value they are seeking. What if they were instead at the center of the marketing strategy?

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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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Content Standard

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Content strategy pivots have been a normal response in the wake of COVID-19. As physical marketing spend shifts to digital channels, brands are looking to sales enablement and demand generation. As the Harvard Business Review (HBR) notes, presenting with empathy and transparency is key. Eliminate jargon.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Jason Miller, Marketing Director at CreativeX takes the hot seat on slaying mediocrity. Watch the recording: Want to hear more from renowned marketing leaders? Jason is currently serving as the Marketing Director at CreativeX , an AI-powered technology company that helps organizations measure the impact of creative decisions.

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Learn from the Pros

MARCH 11, 2024

The digital marketing landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as we move towards a world without third-party cookies. For years, marketers have relied on cookies to track user behavior, target ads, and personalize experiences across the web. The image below illustrates this process.

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From customer service to new client contracts, everything is going digital—even selling. But in a market that’s been heavily reliant on in-person interactions to drive new business, making connections and nurturing clients can be hard in a virtual selling world. Contents 1. Where to Use Video in the Sales Cycle 4.1

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Vidyard

JANUARY 6, 2022

In the last couple of years, we have seen an accelerated need for digital transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic which has driven the need for practical and scalable enterprise sales tools. And while there are many great solutions and clever product managers to market them, it can be hard to find the right fit for your business.

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Oktopost

MAY 20, 2024

Marketing professionals are always deep in discussion about the most effective strategies, measurements, and tactics for success. And specifically in social media marketing, the question has always been which measurement matters more, creating engagement with our audience or bringing new visitors to the company website?

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DivvyHQ

JULY 16, 2019

Most companies today deploy a mix of paid advertising and organic content tactics to drive traffic, engagement and revenue through digital channels. But what about the hundreds or thousands (depending on your market size) of anonymous, cold website visitors that also click on one of your ads to learn more about your company?

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Learn from the Pros

MARCH 21, 2024

As a B2B marketer, you’re no stranger to the challenges of adapting to a rapidly changing landscape. B2B marketing is moving towards a cookieless future, making first-party data crucial. Failure to shift to a first-party data culture could hinder marketing effectiveness and business growth. Source: Contentlift.io

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If you’re sitting on customer intelligence in your CRM or database — is your marketing team making the most of it? Customer intelligence allows marketers to understand leads and current clients more in-depth, and gain better insights. There are also customer data platforms (CDPs) and data management platforms (DMPs).

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Brandpoint

APRIL 13, 2023

It’s no secret that video content is the name of the game when it comes to generating social media impressions, engagement and traffic. These metrics eventually yield results with lead generation and sales. Marketers have been preaching its rising value for years, and the statistics overwhelmingly affirm the medium.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Digital marketers must comply with laws protecting consumer data, regardless of whether those rules originate in Europe (GDPR) or California (CCPA). Allay the suspicions of that consumer and you may get their sale. Good marketers put compliance optimization first. The rules of the game are changing. A private affair.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 31, 2024

With global forecasts predicting economic downturns, businesses, especially larger ones, faced tightened budgets affecting marketing efforts. According to Marketing Week , nearly half (47.7%) of marketing teams reported experiencing reduced budgets in the last 12 months, underscoring the need for marketers to adapt and innovate.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Sharing information, being active on social media, and creating interesting content can all help people get to know who you are and what you do. Propel them further down the sales funnel with white papers and webinars. You can get people to like you by making sure your content is timely and relevant.

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Digilant

MARCH 6, 2024

Welcome back to our journey through the evolving digital advertising landscape as we venture towards a cookieless future. As described by Farris, first-party data has emerged as the cornerstone of future digital marketing strategies.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

My most recent blog posts have proposed a new approach for B2B go-to-market teams — a Converged Growth organizational model. This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases.

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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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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Marketing of any kind is all about finding ways to stand out from the crowd.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Influencers play a growing role here—these digital trendsetters help brands establish credibility with target audiences while extending their reach. Let’s cover three reasons why influencer marketing ROI matters: 1. Let’s cover three reasons why influencer marketing ROI matters: 1.

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Oktopost

MAY 24, 2020

The working relationship between marketing, sales and information technology is growing. Technology evolutions have impacted people and companies profoundly over the last decade leaving many B2B marketers in a beautiful world of so much tech. But in today’s digital landscape, should marketers be better IT trained?

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Digilant

MARCH 6, 2024

Welcome back to our journey through the evolving digital advertising landscape as we venture towards a cookieless future. As described by Farris, first-party data has emerged as the cornerstone of future digital marketing strategies. Short on time?

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Go Beyond SEO

MARCH 9, 2023

I can’t be the only one who remembers waiting for a website to load for 5+ minutes, and when it finally did, the only way you could interact with the site is by scrolling and ingesting all of its content. the digital marketing industry will need to shift along with it. Your content will be more personalized for your customers.

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