Marketing Interactions

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most marketers treat content like a tactic, not a product offering. Links to the next part of the story, process, or thinking about how to solve the problem or, in the case of customers, what to do now that they’ve solved the original problem. The Job of Sales Content. For this post, let’s focus on content’s job for sales.

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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. See How Manufacturers Can Use Content for Differentiation and Create a Competitive Edge ).

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Rev

JULY 26, 2023

Our budgets are roughly 75% of what they were in 2022,” reports Kendrick Shuler, Outbound Marketing Manager at Tipalti. When demand gen organizations were flush with resources, we could afford tactics that today might feel reckless and random. This reality has generated what Howard refers to as more sales-oriented tactics.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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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?

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Martech

APRIL 10, 2024

The market is saturated with me-too products, copies of copies with little to differentiate them. Marketing this then becomes a conversation, not a sales pitch. Think about it: The power to tell compelling stories and the ability to forge relationships are the emotional aspects that differentiate your product. See terms.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s buyers come to the sales process more informed than ever, looking for in-depth information specific to their needs. In fact, 81% of sales reps say buyers increasingly conduct research before they reach out, according to the latest State of Sales Report. But not always. The next step?

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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.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What you need is an easy-to-understand sales playbook to guide your team to victory. We’ll walk through everything you need to know to create the right mix of winning plays that guide your sales team to big wins. What you’ll learn What is a sales playbook? Learn more What is a sales playbook?

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Outreach

JANUARY 6, 2020

Cold lists, faulty information, meeting no shows: the sales representative’s day can sometimes feel like you’ve taken two steps forward and then three steps back. Here are three proven tactics using data that helped improve our sales engagement. #1: 1: Use Data Enrichment Tools to Prioritize "Best Fit" Accounts.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. Drop the 18 tactics below. 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

In sales, as with any other field or practice, sometimes you need to think outside the box to come out on top. Knowing the rules for a sales call is vital; so is knowing when to break those rules. Our research has shown how much sales calls have changed in the last year. Longer sales cycles.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sales development representatives and gatekeepers. If you're in sales, chances are you've encountered plenty of situations in which you're trying to reach a CEO or C-level executive to pitch your product or service. But experienced sales reps know that gatekeepers don't have to be a roadblock in your sales process.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 3, 2023

Table of Contents The Challenges of Selling AI Products Today How to Sell AI Products in a Competitive Market Best Practices from Sales Experts The Challenges of Selling AI Products Today The ever-growing interest in AI would have anyone believe that selling an AI product would be straightforward. Focus on the benefits to the user.

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The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

Understanding B2B Digital Marketing Strategies Unlike B2C marketing, which focuses on reaching individual consumers who can often make an immediate decision, B2B marketing typically involves multiple decision makers, longer sales cycles, and higher price points. Understand their needs, pain points, and decision-making processes.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.”. Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. Align and Build Ongoing Partnerships with Sales.

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Tiecas

APRIL 5, 2024

Implementing hit-or-miss content marketing tactics is not likely to produce the results you want. The hurdles in industrial marketing strategy for manufacturers can seem daunting because the long and complex sales cycles involve many stakeholders, from engineers to purchasing and executives.

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Varicent

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Today’s conversation is with Bill Mahoney , VP Customer Services at SalesLoft , about using key sales tactics in customer success. Beyond that, I spend time on figuring how to scale the business as we grow, involving people, process, and technology so we can do that with the greatest impact on the customer.

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PureB2B

MARCH 5, 2019

As anyone in sales or marketing knows, there are plenty of issues that can derail everything from a campaign funnel to a prospect’s buying decision. Check out these follow-up tactics to revitalize your cold leads. You’ll also have to find out where you lost them along the sales funnel , so you can pick up where you left off.

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Navigate the Channel

JUNE 29, 2023

Consider these methods to start: Differentiate Positively To catch a prospect’s attention, you must stand out in a remarkable way, which means discarding—or avoiding—the same spiel and catchphrases your competitors have offered a thousand times. But don’t look to your product or service features for differentiation.

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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. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

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Martech

APRIL 19, 2024

Regardless of the company or purpose, advertising on a local scale has different tactics than on a national scale. Leverage customized audience segmentation Customized audience segmentation is the process of dividing a market into distinct groups based on specific demographic criteria. New competitors.

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Seismic

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In the past year alone, the sales process has undergone significant changes. As more business takes place in digital environments, customers are changing the way they interact with sales teams. Champion training for new sales activities.

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 14, 2023

In this blog, we’ll delve into five powerful paid ad tactics that not only align with your CFO’s financial mindset but also help you unleash the full potential of your marketing campaigns. It is a powerful tool at the bottom of the funnel when potential customers are interested and looking for solutions to their needs.

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Directive Agency

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

But first, we will break down precisely what SEO reputation managment is, and how you can address it. What is Online Reputation Management (ORM)? Online reputation management (ORM) is the practice of strategically influencing the public perception of a business or person’s brand, service, or product on the internet.

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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

In one sense, SaaS marketing is similar to other kinds of traditional marketing—it’s about targeting potential customers across one or more channels with a view to growing your sales. If you’re offering a CRM solution, for example, it would make sense to approach the directors of sales departments at B2C companies.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Marketing to professionals, such as doctors or lawyers, will often involve tactics borrowed from both sides. Companies that are looking for products or services with which to assist their own operations will typically have or assign a “product champion” to conduct research on solutions and manage the sales relationship.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 6, 2022

McKinsey and Company recently published a report titled, “The New B2B Growth Equation,” and research indicated organizations that personalized marketing and sales initiatives more closely to the individual customer were likely to have gained market share in 2021. This was through tactics, such as direct one-on-one communication.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

In sales, as with any other field or practice, sometimes you need to think outside the box to come out on top. Knowing the rules for a sales call is vital; so is knowing when to break those rules. Our research has shown how much sales calls have changed in the last year. Longer sales cycles.

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Navigate the Channel

MARCH 17, 2023

You may depend heavily on referrals and word-of-mouth to grow your business, but as much as WOM and referrals form the foundation of a successful business, those tactics alone won’t sustain the growth needed to meet your long-term sales goals. The trouble lies in thinking only tactically, instead of strategically.

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Sales Engine

MARCH 31, 2016

In a B2B context, that means that content marketers must stop thinking in terms of fragmented, segmented tactics and view the buyer’s journey holistically, unbound by an imperative to stick to only one approach. But (and this is an important caveat) marketing software alone will not deliver enough sales-ready leads.

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Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Most of the recommendations for improving Marketing and Sales alignment revolve around how these two organizations need to work together. Regardless of various approaches taken by companies to address this issue, the lack of alignment and collaboration between Marketing and Sales persists. Go-to-market strategy, process, and planning.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2020

Now, sales and marketing want to increase customer engagement to make sure that their program is not cut as the C-suite looks to conserve cash. But, sales and marketing’s focus should have always been balanced between new and existing customer as sales cycles in existing accounts are at least 50% shorter than new accounts.

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Walker Sands

MARCH 13, 2024

Former KoMarketing Managing Partner Derek Edmond recently stepped into a new role overseeing our Demand Generation function, which includes paid media, SEO and marketing operations. Tell us about transitioning from Managing Partner at KoMarketing to your new role as SVP of Demand Generation at Walker Sands. How are things going so far?

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PureB2B

MARCH 5, 2019

As anyone in sales or marketing knows, there are plenty of issues that can derail everything from a campaign funnel to a prospects’ buying decision. Check out these follow-up tactics to revitalize your cold leads. You’ll also have to find out where you lost them along the sales funnel , so you can pick up where you left off.

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Mereo

APRIL 1, 2021

Each competitor had created a marketing tool that might attract mid-level influencers online — but would never influence real action in a sales cycle. Salespeople need to cut to the chase with the benefits that differentiate them from the competition and drive the buyer to act. The calculations need to drive home the sale.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. Pop into any social media feed or read industry publications, and you’ll invariably hear about unsolicited phone outreach as a spray-and-pray tactic from yesteryear.

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