Martech

APRIL 10, 2024

Redefining martech: From hype to authentic innovation Here’s the truth bomb: Success in martech isn’t about the pitch but the product. The market is saturated with me-too products, copies of copies with little to differentiate them. User-friendliness should be the cornerstone of every martech product.

Work Management 106

Work Management Marketing Management Product Differentiation 106

Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2019

True sales productivity boils down to two things: numbers and time. More specifically, how can you increase your numbers (calls, email, sales, deal size) during the time you spend working each day? If you’re ready to learn how high-quality sales data can make a huge impact on your success as a sales rep, keep reading!

B2B Sales 193

B2B Sales Contacts Process Paid Search Agency 193

Martech

MAY 24, 2024

As a result, the most significant differences between B2C marketing and B2B marketing involve the number of people involved in the purchase decision and the length of the sales cycle. Marketing automation in B2B circles helps marketers nurture leads by sending them information about products and services.

Marketing Automation Services 82

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Tactics 82

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to revamp an existing sales strategy, creating campaigns based solely on instincts or assumptions is no longer acceptable. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme.

Marketing Automation Services 130

Marketing Automation Services Marketing & Strategy Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 130

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.

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. Some of them are free while others are paid – but all bring in enormous value to the sales process. Investing in a random sales tool is a waste of time, money and effort. What are Sales Tools?

Marketing Automation Services 97

Marketing Automation Services B2B Sales Enterprise Management Work Management 97

ClearVoice

JANUARY 8, 2024

In business strategy, where the tides of change ebb and flow, a perennial debate echoes through boardrooms and marketing departments: content marketing vs traditional sales tactics. Here, we pull back the layers of the content marketing vs. traditional sales comparison so you can decide how to use each — or both simultaneously.

Top of Funnel 64

Top of Funnel Analysis Tactics Content Marketing 64

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. But why do these B2B sales strategies falter?

Sales Management 95

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 95

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Amid an overly-optimistic marketplace outlook for AI, growth leaders — across marketing, sales and customer success — are increasingly turning to AI and/or AI-enhanced technology tools. Our research suggests that a fifth of current sales-team functions could be automated,” claims McKinsey. What are they tackling?

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing AI Sales Management 130

Hubspot

AUGUST 24, 2023

Imagine a sales representative who never sleeps, never gets tired, and possesses an uncanny ability to analyze vast amounts of data in seconds. This is the promise of AI sales reps, and their potential to revolutionize the sales industry is undeniable. The application of generative AI in sales is diverse.

Marketing AI 57

Marketing AI Allocation Work Management Lead Scoring 57

Scoop.it

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Sales productivity is a critical element of your company’s performance. Sales team productivity can be defined as a measurement of how well a sales team meets the demands of their customers, achieves their goals, and satisfies their expected outcome from working with the company they have chosen.

Ideal Customer Profiles 93

Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel Product Lead Ranking 93

Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

And if you jump into it without a solid strategy in place, you aren’t going to see game-changing results (or a happy sales team). In addition to marketing and sales, Suzy Balk, our Sr. Marketing Campaigns Manager, advises that product teams should be included in lead scoring. “If So let’s break it down.

Lead Ranking 194

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 194

Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a perfect world, sales and marketing would be tightly aligned , working toward the same goals and achieving the best possible results. But marketers and sales teams know this isn’t always easy. From this challenge, sales enablement was born. As a result, B2B companies are investing heavily in sales enablement tools.

Sales Cycle 228

Sales Cycle Practices Marketing Automation Services Buyer Personas 228

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

SalesGrape

JANUARY 4, 2024

Mastering Outbound Appointment Setting: Nurturing Leads Through the Sales Funnel In the dynamic landscape of sales, effective lead nurturing is paramount to success. Among the myriad strategies available, outbound appointment setting stands out as a powerful tool to guide leads through the sales funnel.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 52

Unbounce

JUNE 28, 2022

Online sales are expected to make up 22.3% of retail sales overall by 2023. If you’re a chronic social media scroller, you’ve probably seen typical social media ads that include an embedded link that takes you to the product page. In reality, ecommerce and social commerce are two very different sales techniques.

Tactics 144

Tactics eCommerce Landing Pages Cross-Selling 144

PureB2B

JUNE 9, 2022

In this post, we’ll look at the importance of developing and launching personalized campaigns using demographics to achieve your marketing goals. Personalization also has benefits outside of the additional conversions and sales it brings. These are the people you want to reach when marketing your products and services.?.

Demographics 62

Demographics Personalization Campaigns Funnel Advertising 62

Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. Many marketers view MQL as flawed because less than 1% of these leads typically reach the final stage of the buying process, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’ll convert.

Marketing Qualified Leads 71

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 71

Outreach

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

What is Sales Management? Behind every successful sales team is a strong sales management process: One that relies greatly upon effective managers and leaders. Implementing the right strategy and process can help a business ensure its health and drive further growth. What is sales management?

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Forrester Demographics Training 52

Martech

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

John Leonelli is head of sales, B2B Americas, at Babbel, a company that provides subscription-based language learning software and an e-learning platform. We spoke at HubSpot’s Inbound conference where he gave us a sales-side view of working with marketing, what tools are important to him, what he worries about and the impact of AI.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel Marketing Automation 120

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2020

Sales territory maps serve as the game boards for outside sales, which makes field sales reps the game board pieces. Though it can be tedious, sales territory mapping provides a framework for strategic planning — ensuring that sales reps don’t go into meetings blind. What is Sales Territory Mapping?

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Zoominfo Budget Programs 130

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.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Rev

AUGUST 30, 2023

A disorganized sales process. That’s why sales enablement can be an invaluable tool to help you navigate the choppy waters ahead and build a more efficient sales department. What is the goal of sales enablement? Endless meetings. Communication that lacks clarity. Let’s get started. Think about it.

Practices 78

Practices Work Management Marketing Management Best Practices 78

SmartBug Media

JULY 28, 2023

In today's competitive business environment, it's crucial to find effective tactics that speed up lead-to-opportunity conversion in the deal pipeline. If you're looking to maximize your sales potential and close deals faster, this blog post is for you. Get ready to take your sales game to the next level!

Conversion Rate 98

Conversion Rate Lead Ranking Tactics Ideal Customer Profiles 98

seo.co

MARCH 28, 2021

You can have the best product in the world. In most industries and product categories, it’s rare that you’ll engage with a customer who is ready to buy the first time they hear about your product. Typically, you have to let them gently slide down the funnel. Quick Funnel Primer. In other words, you need leads.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Work Management 100

Pam Didner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

That means managing content for a company can feel like herding cats – blog posts have been written, Facebook pages have been updated, sales collateral has been created, and product information has been uploaded to websites. No matter the size of a company or management commitment, we can always start with a baby step.

Planning 90

Planning Work Management Product Content 90

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Your sales team has one priority: secure new revenue. However, with admin work and repetitive tasks taking up hours every day, it can be hard to stay productive. In fact, sales reps spend less than 36% of their time selling. You need to ensure your sales team make the most of their time on the job. DemandScience.

Product 62

Product Tools Work Management Best Practices 62

Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

But there are a lot of factors littering the path of lead conversion [time, sales, team, and more]. But generating qualified leads isn’t – because the number of qualified leads is the most immediate result of your effective B2B lead generation strategy or tactics.

Lead Qualification 71

Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring 71

BenchmarkONE

JANUARY 12, 2022

The journey your customers take when interacting with your brand is synonymous with the sales funnel. Your sales funnel is essentially the way your inbound leads identify your brand, interact with it, and consider it to solve their problem (but more on that in a bit). . What Is a Sales Funnel? Consideration.

Top of Funnel 65

Top of Funnel High Quality Lead Funnel Advertising Work Management 65

Valasys

APRIL 19, 2023

Still, with changing times and evolving market trends, knowing what sales-qualified leads tactics will work best can be challenging. To stay ahead in 2023, you must know the best sales-qualified leads tactics to ensure that your SQLs are high quality and more likely to convert.

Sales Qualified Leads 52

Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking 52

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

To ensure you’re using the combination of organic content and Facebook ads effectively, I recommend creating a sales funnel specifically for Facebook. But before we get into how you can develop it, let’s first understand what a Facebook sales funnel is. The funnel is divided into three parts: Top of the Funnel (ToFu).

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Facebook Advertising Funnels Funnel Advertising 100

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.

Sales Management 74

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 74

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. But why do these B2B sales strategies falter?

Sales Management 52

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 52

Choozle

AUGUST 27, 2021

The marketing funnel is a modern way to visualize the process of turning brand awareness into leads and leads into converted customers. Jump to: What is a full-funnel marketing strategy? The stages of the marketing funnel. The value of full-funnel marketing. How to deploy a full-funnel marketing strategy.

Top of Funnel 72

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Paid Content Work Management 72

SalesIntel

JULY 28, 2023

While this has created opportunities for companies to reach their clients at nearly every touch point, it’s also driven them to put the customer at the center of sales, bringing on board new channels, tech, and incentives to drive business. Getting a product or service to sell, requires awareness thereof, before anything else.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Cost Buyer Personas Digital Marketing Funnels 52

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

What’s the perpetual challenge in every sales funnel? You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion. This emphasizes the critical need to identify sales-qualified leads primed for conversion. But how does it work?

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s no different in sales — only instead of game rules, you use a sales cycle to make sure you’re following the right steps at the right time. Let’s take a look at the stages of a sales cycle, and how you can use it to secure regular deal wins. What you’ll learn: What is a sales cycle?

Sales Cycle 110

Sales Cycle Optimization Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Proposals 110