Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 17, 2022

“Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. More people are involved in today’s buying process as well, with executives playing a greater role than in the past.”. That’s up from 17 interactions in 2019.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Hitting targets and meeting sales quotas has become harder for most sales teams over the past year. The impact of the economy has slowed down the pace of B2B sales, leaving sales teams wondering how to meet their KPIs. So, in order to efficiently guide prospects to closed-won, nurturing relationships is key.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Sales enablement is a continuous business development discipline that equips salespeople with the process, tools, and content to help them sell more effectively. According to statistics, sales enablement’s adoption ballooned by a whopping 343% over the past five years. Common Challenges for SDRs. Bad lead quality.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Conventional lead generation tactics for B2B marketers will not work in 2022. According to a 2020 McKinsey research , 90% of B2B sales have switched to digital channels. According to a 2020 McKinsey research , 90% of B2B sales have switched to digital channels. As an example—. Adopt An Omni-Channel Marketing Strategy.

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Strategic-IC

APRIL 23, 2023

24 Account-based Marketing statistics you need know in 2023. Account-based Marketing , Account-based Sales. added one more) Account-based Marketing statistics to help your 2023 thinking. ABM is about Sales, Customer Success, Demand Generation, the C-Suite, and every other team that keeps your organization running.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

.” – Mary Meeker, Partner at Kleiner Perkins With the ocean of customer data at your fingertips, identifying the right buying intent aligning your business offerings is critical to driving sales. This article explains the intent data and why it is crucial to include it to hit your sales goal in 2024. CMI, 2022).

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We recently gathered 10 intent data experts and power users and collected their tips and insights in The Content + Data Connection: 10 Top Marketing Executives Explore the Rewards of Integrating Intent Data into Content Strategies. Informing Content Based on Interest. Second-party data is someone else’s first-party data.

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Only B2B

JUNE 19, 2023

In the current highly competitive business environment, generating high-quality leads and expediting the sales journey is of utmost importance. BANT qualification, a well-established approach in lead assessment, has revolutionized the game by offering a framework to evaluate prospects and identify sales-ready leads.

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Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 62

NetLine

JUNE 21, 2022

B2B lead nurturing is the process of advancing marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) through your marketing funnel, engaging prospects with your business at multiple touchpoints before passing them to your Sales team. Regardless of much content is requested, each subsequent registration requires more time to digest. .

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Lead Nurturing Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 126

ClickZ

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Enterprise content marketing platform Percolate, in collaboration with ClickZ, presented a webinar focused on explaining how B2B marketers can drive sales enablement by using content as the catalyst to streamline the relationship between sales and marketing teams. Content produced in collaboration with Percolate.

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Digital Asset Management Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management 69

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

So, what does this “Woodenism” (famous insightful quotes from the “Wizard of Westwood”) have to do with sales enablement? It is that consistency that Wooden became famous for and it is why you should be interested in sales enablement. What is B2B Sales Enablement? More Than Just “Sales” Enablement. Predictable.

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Top of Funnel Planning Enterprise Management Webinar Metrics 91

NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 24, 2011

Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. It’s why I continually promote the entire lead management cycle, from email capture to sales. Sirius Decisions. CSO Insights. Think about it.

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 24, 2011

Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. It’s why I continually promote the entire lead management cycle, from email capture to sales. Sirius Decisions. CSO Insights.

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Lead Nurturing Statistics Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2022

Buyers now navigate much of their journey solo, with almost half of them taking at least three months to conduct self-guided research into new vendors before reaching out to a sales rep. Key B2B Buyer Journey Statistics to Learn From . Attempting to push them further down the funnel at this stage will only alienate them further.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 23, 2014

Earlier this week a colleague forwarded along Bizo’s latest infographic in partnership with Eloqua , highlighting the B2B buyer’s journey from discovery through sales completion. B2B Email Marketing – 2013 Statistics. Content Marketing 2014 Projections. 25 Outstanding Content Marketing Tools For Your Brand.

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Only B2B

JULY 5, 2023

This blog aims to provide insights into the landscape of demand generation in 2023, backed by relevant intent data and statistics, while highlighting the best strategies to excel in this competitive environment. It encompasses various marketing and sales activities designed to create awareness, generate interest, and drive actions.

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Demand Generation Demand Sales Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 62

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 24, 2014

Since Twitter has significant effects on business in the social space, we’ve taken the time to identify twelve B2B companies that are effectively managing their Twitter profiles by looking at not only the number of followers they have, but taking a deeper dive into effective tactics they’ re using to drive engagement.

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Televerde

JANUARY 30, 2018

In this series, we’ve touched on the value of marketing technology , engagement planning , data intelligence , and content attribution in your quest toward increased revenue generation, and now we’re going to wrap things up with a look at the more human element of modern marketing — inside sales. People buy from people they like.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Lead Qualification Forrester 67

Porch Group Media

JANUARY 14, 2023

Email personalization refers to the process of sending hyper-targeted emails to your audience using the insights you have about your customers or prospects. Email Personalization Statistics Campaigns that use email personalization perform better overall. What Email Personalization Strategies are Most Effective?

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Email Campaigns Personalization Campaigns Marketing & Strategy 98

Seismic

JANUARY 23, 2019

While Sales always has hard targets in mind, Marketing’s focus is a little more ethereal. Sales and Marketing both require different skill sets, ways of thinking, and planning. If Sales can track everything down to the last cent, why can’t we see exactly how much money Marketing is driving? Being a marketer isn’t easy.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 12, 2017

To gain more insight into how this may have changed and why ABM is growing in prominence among marketers, we spoke to Brianna Watts, content coordinator for #FlipMyFunnel. Forrester research shows that less than 1 percent of leads turn into customers. How is ABM helping with sales and marketing alignment? ABOUT BRIANNA WATTS.

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Account Based Marketing Planning ABM Forrester 177

Walker Sands

AUGUST 8, 2022

In the era of content overload, only marketing strategies that reach buyers at the right time with the right message and approach will drive ROI. Your CRM likely houses information on everything from your most commonly closed industries, average sales cycle length, frequent reasons for lost opportunities and more.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 5, 2021

I speak daily with product, marketing, and sales professionals about the impact that social media can have on developing buyer personas, launching a product, building a brand, or even on individuals standing in their respective marketplace. Our colleagues in digital marketing pick them up and utilize them to help inform and direct content.

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Buyer Personas Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Marketing Budget 131

PathFactory

MAY 2, 2019

That’s the question at the heart of an October 2018 report by Forrester: AI Will Enable B2B Marketers To Deliver Customer-Driven Engagement At Scale. Forrester defines AI as “the umbrella term for a variety of techniques and technologies for collecting, applying self-learning statistical techniques to, and acting on data.”

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Forrester Marketing Report Lead Ranking Work Management 40

Mereo

JUNE 29, 2023

Content marketing is an important strategy but can be challenging to master. Your buyers desire meaningful content that is shares keen insights and is backed by facts (statistics, client testimonials). On top of this, content marketing is notorious for consuming valuable resources.

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Top of Funnel Content Marketing Case Studies Case Study 36

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 14, 2018

To find out, PwC recently surveyed 15,000 people from 12 countries to gauge customer attitudes toward brands and the buying process. The Complexities of B2B Sales Require Thinking Beyond Today’s CPQ” study produced by Forrester Consulting and FPX honed in on buyer expectations and how B2B marketers are adjusting accordingly.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Naturally, B2B marketers are looking at more ways to capitalize on the sales opportunities found online and look at e-commerce as an opportunity to build the sales and revenue funnel. In fact, the whole buyer consideration process is changing – especially as you look at it from the customer buyer journey.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Top of Funnel 120

Strategic-IC

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

But today, improvements in technology and strategy have allowed that process to evolve. Related: We’ve created a roundup of ABM quotes and statistics to give you an overview of the ABM landscape. It’s just aiming at a more well-defined area of that funnel, and treating your best buyers in a much more personal way.

Account Based Marketing 62

Account Based Marketing ABM Stats Top of Funnel 62

Influitive

JANUARY 15, 2016

With Halloween just around the corner, we decided to center our campaign around the message “ Buying Is Scary ”, using imaging from classic horror movies to address four of our most common sales objections. Content Team: Wrote website, email and direct mailer copy; organized targeted social media campaign.

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Martech Advisor

APRIL 6, 2020

Michael Ethan, Manager of Blue Mail Media says, predictive analytics is powerful than any other email marketing technique in terms of creating a long-term relationship with the audience. It helps you better manage your customer base and increase the sales rate, all at the same time. Recognizing the Customers and their Interests.

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Analytics Marketing AI Email Marketing Planning 112

Seismic

APRIL 30, 2019

In order to stay on top, telecom providers need to prioritize the following: Insight and value-oriented sales engagement Agile and collaborative sales and marketing alignment Engagement across the entire buying committee. We believe the answer lies in sales enablement. Building a Sales Enablement Business Case.

Marketing Management 49

Marketing Management Ad Building Business Forrester 49

Valasys

MARCH 30, 2020

ABM maturity and B2B sales revenue are intertwined, with ABM contributing to shorter sales cycles, optimized customer experiences and pulsation of other account-specific strategies for fueling and driving the demand generation engine. What does ABM stand for in B2B Sales and Marketing? ABM stands for Account-Based Marketing.

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B2B Digital Marketer

MARCH 14, 2024

They kick off by highlighting a startling statistic: only 1% of marketing leaders believe their content planning and execution strategies are seamlessly integrated. How only 1% of marketing leaders feel their content planning and execution strategies are seamless. ” “Marketers are editors in the age of AI.”

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Planning Marketing Management Allocation Marketing & Strategy 52

BenchmarkONE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If you’re confused about why you should invest time and effort into creating one, look at the following statistics: As per Forrester , customers prefer knowledge bases over all other self-service channels. How to Effectively Draft Knowledge Base Content . Step 4: Look at the Existing Forms of Content.

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thePoint

APRIL 4, 2019

For a lead to be one where immediate and thoughtful action can be handled by sales, it should provide not only enough contact information to be delivered to the right person for response (name, title, company, email, phone, zip code, etc.), At the top of the sales funnel, there are just leads. So what are “actionable” leads?

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Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Qualified Leads Leads Lead 40

Launch Marketing

MAY 8, 2018

As B2B demand generation and buyer behavior continue to evolve, engaging your buyers requires various strategies, tactics and tools. Content management system (CMS) based website. Solutions to help manage social media and paid search efforts. Leverage your customer’s voice in your content strategy.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 48

SnapApp

AUGUST 24, 2016

So you know that an ROI (return on investment) calculator improves the customer experience with 100% user-driven content. What you might not know is that an ROI calculator can actually boost your sales in three ways. CEB found that the average B2B buyer is 57% through the purchase decision before engaging a sales rep.

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