Ledger Bennett

MAY 7, 2020

Have you ever wondered how sales and marketing fit together? What someone meant when they talked about the funnel? Well, we’ve put together a complete guide for you to learn all about the two different types of funnels we utilize daily. What is a Marketing Funnel?

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Contently

MARCH 26, 2021

Want to feel depressed about marketing? So why are marketers still pumping nearly $100 million in display ads this year? While traditional advertising—television, billboards, radio, sponsorships—could only be correlated with sales, display advertising promised marketers the dream of something that had long eluded them: precision.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 18, 2020

In the world of digital marketing, there is a wide and growing range of digital marketing tools designed to help you to be more organized and efficient. This wealth of choice is great news for marketers, but it can also be quite overwhelming. The best digital marketing tools we use: DivvyHQ.

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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. Industrial marketing for manufacturers offers solutions that allow us to maximize our resources.

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The Marketing Blender

JULY 19, 2022

How To Build A B2B Marketing Funnel. When you’re in the business of marketing B2B products or services, it’s crucial to create a B2B marketing funnel that will guide potential customers through the buying process. That’s why it’s so important to have a well-defined digital marketing funnel in place.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels This also applies, of course, to B2B marketing. Ideally, marketers focus their time on performing high-impact tasks that need our knowledge, expertise, and experience. So, why not let B2B marketing automation take care of the rest? What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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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. But the long-running effects of digital disruption, coupled with the sudden shock of COVID-driven remote work, have changed the game.

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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.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Having a distinct B2B sales advantage over your competitors in that environment can be challenging. But with so much competition targeting your prospects on these platforms, your sales team has their work cut out for them. . The goal with this strategy is not overnight success that leads to an immediate sale.

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Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 18, 2020

The question of why Sales and Marketing need to be in sync is a no-brainer. Studies have shown that companies with “good” sales-marketing alignment achieve. 108% more acceptance of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). But how exactly can sales-marketing alignment benefit YOUR organization? Increase CLTV.

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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. Contents 1. Humanizing Sales Enablement 1.1 Types of Enterprise Sales Tools 2. LinkedIn Sales Navigator 2.3

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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. This knowledge forms the foundation of your digital marketing efforts.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 24, 2024

Launching new products and exploring new markets is like embarking on an exhilarating adventure. But like any journey, success depends on having the right tools. Software with go-to-market (GTM) strategy tools offers powerful benefits such as automation, machine learning, and meticulous keyword research.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 30, 2020

Are you using efficient Instagram tools to boost your sales? Here’s why you need various tools to support your Instagram marketing efforts, along with guidance to help you determine which tools are likely to work best for you. Social media marketing. Eight top Instagram tools to boost marketing.

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Seismic

MARCH 25, 2022

Sales reps are always looking for new ways to attract and engage new buyers. But with fewer networking events and in-person conferences, sellers are finding creative ways to engage buyers. Social media plays a role in our personal lives, but it’s also a powerful tool for every business. What is social selling?

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Biznology

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Always on the lookout for new ways to identify prospects and generate leads in business markets? This year I’ve come across a handful of services and tools that demonstrate and welcome creativity and innovative by using digital marketing. Ramp up your LinkedIn outreach. Outsource your top of funnel.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

When it’s time to launch a B2B marketing campaign on social media, LinkedIn seems like the obvious platform of choice. There’s no mystery why B2B marketers keep flocking to it – it simply works. By the numbers , LinkedIn is supposedly the best social media platform for B2B lead generation. . Not so much.

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Learn from the Pros

JUNE 12, 2024

Sales & Marketing Leaders, if you are looking for a competitive edge to keep your sales professionals top of mind and establish them as trusted advisors with their target audience, then a social selling strategy could be the answer. In today’s digital age, social selling has become a crucial component for B2B success.

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Martech

MAY 16, 2024

Brands are interested because of the deep penetration that CTV and digital video have with U.S. Dig deeper: IAB NewFronts rings in the age of digital video dominance Here are three key reasons behind this growth in digital video and the numbers behind them. Image: IAB, “2024 Digital Ad Spend & Strategy Report.”

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Optinmonster

AUGUST 8, 2022

Want to build a challenge funnel that packs your list with qualified leads? In this article, we’ll show you how to create an online challenge funnel, step by step. What is a Challenge Funnel? Challenge funnels start with the contest to build up a list of email subscribers or social media followers.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) and strategic content creation and distribution mesh perfectly. However, strategic content creation and distribution are great solutions to these challenges. It is the polar opposite of running generic, one-size-fits-all marketing campaigns. Sharing relevant data points and case studies.

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Seismic

JANUARY 21, 2021

As organizations prepare to navigate 2021 and beyond, the ability to deliver exceptional digital customer experiences will be critical for success. The acceleration of digital transformation in sales will only continue. By 2025, Gartner projects that 80 percent of sales interactions will occur in digital channels.

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Scoop.it

JUNE 15, 2021

eBooks, whitepapers, and blogs – all these terms come to mind whenever we think about content marketing. But have you ever pondered about using PowerPoint presentations as a tool to market your content? Wondering how presentations can help you achieve your content marketing goals? The Inference.

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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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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. And if you need help getting your virtual event up and running, we’ve also included a list of tools for hosting and live-streaming virtual events.

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Hinge Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

That means professional services firms need to adapt their marketing strategies to address a fickle, evolving marketplace. We’ve selected five key findings from the study that firms like yours can use to compare against your own marketing strategy as you drive toward sustained growth. Why the change?

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Visitor Queue

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As I am sure you are all aware (those of you reading this), digital marketers and salespeople are making/have made the very fast transition to using LinkedIn for their needs. This is typically done through an automation tool to generate leads into a funnel for them to contact.

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MKT1

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you don’t adopt AI as a marketer, you won’t be efficient or effective enough to compete—we’ve all heard this many, many times at this point. Kathleen and I are marketers and investors. suggest which tools to use. Good news: This is basically our full-time job at MKT1.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 24, 2022

Growing small- or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — those with a 1% increase in revenue or more in a six month period — are 59% more likely to use marketing automation. Growing SMBs are also 23% more likely to use email marketing software. Get more sales and marketing best practices for small businesses.

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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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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.

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

B2B buyer behavior has shifted dramatically to independent, online research. Due to the volume of content and online resources in nearly every industry, most people on your buying committees can perform their own research on their own time and are likely to make a decision before ever talking to your sales team.

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Stevens & Tate

MARCH 31, 2024

Step right into our March 2024 of “What’s Trending,” your gateway to the latest in marketing trends and insights. Stay informed and ahead of the game with our collection of marketing trends and reports for the 2024 year. These changes mean marketers and SEO experts need to rethink how they do things online.

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Strategic-IC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

How can you drive value at every stage of the buyer's journey, with video content? Our Head of Sales, Fes Askari details how marketing and sales teams can use a variety of video formats at different stages to drive value and help both prospects and customers. You can also view the full video here.

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Valasys

MAY 9, 2024

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, there is one standout individual who has set the bar high for sales excellence – Steven Khanna. With a unique blend of skills and strategies, Steven has consistently achieved success in the competitive field of digital marketing. What is Digital Marketing?

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