Valasys

JUNE 4, 2020

On the 2 nd of June 2020, LinkedIn through its marketing blog announced some new retargeting options to allow the marketers to make their customer interactions more personalized and turn more clicks into actual customers. How Retargeting by Video Views & Lead Generation Forms will Help the Marketers Reach the Right Professionals.

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Marketing Interactions

AUGUST 15, 2021

I read an interesting exchange on LinkedIn recently. The sales folks who answered the post leaned toward the feeling that their time was valuable, and they weren’t inclined to waste it on those not ready to buy. Especially if the notion shared by those sales folks above holds true across the majority. Lack of Agreement.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Funnel metrics Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) : Number of leads that an email converts from engaged to marketing-qualified. Demos : Number of MQLs that sign up for a scheduled demo. MQL to demo rate : Percentage of MQLs that turn into scheduled demos.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Whether you conduct your sales outreach by phone, social media, or email—it’s undeniably an essential aspect of B2B sales. Today we’ll cover a list of insights around sales follow-up productivity, channels, cadences, and effectiveness. B2B Sales Follow Up Statistics Sales Follow Up Productivity 1. emails, 35.9

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Coordinate with Sales and Other Key Players from the Beginning. You’ve probably seen plenty of articles about Marketing and Sales team alignment. B2B firms no longer have room for Sales and Marketing to be out of sync. Without Sales, your ABM program may well fail. So try to think of ABM as a partnership.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

By Sheena McKinney , Sales Pipeline Radio Producer If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We’ve seen that with the form and the MQL.

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Why is using video for sales emails a smarter way to engage prospects and advance deals? They are overwhelmed and busy and sales videos allow them to quickly learn what your company has to offer—along with a host of other benefits we’ll explain below. Watch and Learn Want to learn about using video in sales emails via video?

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Why is using video for sales emails a smarter way to engage prospects and advance deals? They are overwhelmed and busy and sales videos allow them to quickly learn what your company has to offer—along with a host of other benefits we’ll explain below. What is Video for Sales? Benefits of Video for Sales Emails 2.1

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Marketing 261

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The original video interview with Alex Field highlighting how to reverse engineer your marketing funnel lives on Leadsift’s Linkedin page. Reverse Engineer Your Marketing Funnel. Spinning up a reverse funnel will instill that sales, marketing, and the company are working towards the same thing — that BIG revenue number.

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Sales and marketing have always been a bit of an odd couple – think Tom and Jerry. Sales people tend to have Type A personalities and we marketers tend to be Type B. Despite the contrasts, sales and marketing rely on each other to do their jobs, making the relationship both transactional AND emotional.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities.

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2023 and beyond, it’s imperative to keep everyone’s favorite tactics in mind but only invest in the ones putting closed-won deals in your pocket. Using these tactics without regard for company dynamics and marketing maturity is reckless. To start wrapping your head around that answer, build out MQL-to-Close reporting.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 26, 2018

The other day I was talking to yet another marketing operations manager who has “a duplicate problem*” and “just needs a one-time dedupe job.” (“*Duplicates”—multiple records for the same person and/or company in CRM/Marketing Automation platforms.) Then, Ann replies to your sales rep’s email, and they schedule a demo.

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Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Wil also offers an exclusive preview of his presentation, “ Houston, We Have a Landing Page Problem—and ChatGPT Might be the Solution ,” at the upcoming MarketingProfs B2B Forum event. How to Connect with Wil: Wil Reynolds on LinkedIn Wil Reynolds on X See Wil Speak at #MPB2B: October 6 — 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

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Directive Agency

JANUARY 9, 2019

You’re in luck because I have five tactics you can test today targeting those companies you want to get in front of (results may vary)! Before we get into the tactics, we need to understand the basics. This makes ABM a powerful tactic to keep in your back pocket. Tactic #1: Make Waves on LinkedIn. Not convinced?

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MKT1

JULY 13, 2023

This newsletter began when I saw a web project shared on LinkedIn from early-stage startup, Anrok. So I asked the creators, Devon Watts and Halley Johnson , to join me for a talk to explain very tactically how they created their recent project and how they’re adapting to the fast-changing, wild world of marketing in 2023.

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6sense

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Whereas a marketers’ primary goal was once to generate sufficient leads for sales teams to meet corporate revenue goals, the silos between sales and marketing are breaking down rapidly. Distinguishing marketing tactics from marketing goals. The responsibilities of B2B marketing teams have shifted dramatically in recent years.

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Directive Agency

JANUARY 9, 2019

You’re in luck because I have five tactics you can test today targeting those companies you want to get in front of (results may vary)! Before we get into the tactics, we need to understand the basics. This makes ABM a powerful tactic to keep in your back pocket. Tactic #1: Make Waves on LinkedIn. Not convinced?

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Directive Agency

JANUARY 8, 2019

You’re in luck because I have five tactics you can test today targeting those companies you want to get in front of (results may vary)! Before we get into the tactics, we need to understand the basics. This makes ABM a powerful tactic to keep in your back pocket. Tactic #1: Make Waves on LinkedIn. Not convinced?

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Account Based Marketing Tactics Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 40

SnapApp

MAY 29, 2018

No matter which way you skin it, an efficient sales process is what fuels the high-growth B2B companies. Product planning, marketing funnels and sales enablement will only get you so far — after that, it’s all about scaling the sales machine. If done correctly, it can catapult the bottom line.

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OutboundView

JANUARY 19, 2024

Selling to HR and have an inside sales function or are considering an inside sales function? SDR teams are expensive and tough to manage. When they’re working, it’s an amazing engine bringing new talent into the organizations and deals into the sales pipeline. If so, this article is for you.

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The Marketing Blender

MAY 4, 2021

When MQLs are nurtured to the point where interest triggers a conversation with a salesperson who validates they are able and interested in making a purchase, they become a “Sales Qualified Lead” or an SQL. Once you have identified the key metrics for each level of your funnel, take a look at each ratio with a wide lens.

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. . This is evident by the number of B2B companies who are still unable to answer the most critical sales and marketing performance questions. . .

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Conversica

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Next, we hosted prospects and customers alike in our Conversica Tap Room at OpsStars, serving refreshing demos of our Conversica Sales AI Assistants , alongside icy cold beer and pretzels. It was a delight to meet with so many Operations superstars across Sales, Marketing, Revenue and Customer Success!

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PathFactory

MARCH 6, 2023

In my opinion, B2B content plays two roles: first, it’s responsible for enabling the buyer to self-nurture; second, it’s critical to the sales touchpoint. It’s no longer enough to just have someone click and view, you need to show that your content is engaging people and driving them through the funnel.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The majority of B2B marketers still think about demand generation as a series of tactics, rather than a larger marketing strategy. The overarching goal is to not only build interest, but channel that interest into a sales pipeline that you can analyze, predict, and utilize to grow your business. Hosting your own event?

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The Marketing Blender

MARCH 15, 2021

When MQLs are nurtured to the point where interest triggers a conversation with a salesperson who validates they are able and interested in making a purchase, they become a “Sales Qualified Lead” or an SQL. Once you have identified the key metrics for each level of your funnel, take a look at each ratio with a wide lens.

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Metadata

APRIL 25, 2023

We interviewed two Metadata customers to look at things like their evaluation process, how they got leadership buy-in, and, most importantly, the good, bad, and ugly of using Metadata. The same thing happened for Andrew Harder, Senior Paid Media Manager at Webex Events by Cisco. More like tech mountains.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

Today, many of your buyers do their own research long before they enter an active sales cycle. They go to industry publications and social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn to learn about and discuss issues in their industry. Talk to your marketing and sales team to figure out what your target audience cares about.

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Terminus

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

That brief history of my MarTech journey still lives on LinkedIn , but in essence, I declared that I wanted to make things easier for marketers. . The idea of actually “aligning with sales” was still, for the most part, just that — an idea. . Throughout the process, we noticed a few recurrent themes: .

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SalesIntel

JANUARY 12, 2023

Actionable data can be a decision-maker’s mobile number allowing sales to call the same day a decision-maker clicked on several sent email links. SalesIntel’s intent data will provide you with valuable insights into where accounts are in the buying process, enabling you to know what actions to take next. become an MQL).

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SnapApp

MAY 10, 2017

. If you think about the typical sales cycle, who usually gets credit when the deal is won? The Account Executive and the BDR/SDR involved in the process usually receive applause and congratulations from their co-workers. . How can content marketing help drive quality leads into the funnel and ultimately increase ROI? .

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 9, 2017

According to SiriusDecisions’ recent blog post , ”third-party intent data can help determine which demand units not only are in ‘shopping’ mode, but also have experienced an identifiable event that means they could be in-market. On LinkedIn, you can find potential buyers by looking at their job titles, companies, group affiliations (i.e.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Late in 2015 we started producing a bi-weekly radio program called Sales Pipeline Radio , which runs live every other Thursday at 11:30 a.m. It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2023

Those rapidly evolving challenges are only exacerbated by a long-standing problem among sales and marketing teams: misalignment. Inaccurate data means leads aren’t routed properly to sales. And disjointed platforms are painful to integrate and manage. Limited automation means many RevOps tasks are still done manually.

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SWZD

MARCH 15, 2018

In part II of our interview with Lynn Teo, VP of Digital Marketing at CA Technologies , ( part 1 published last Thursday in honor of International Women’s Day) we look at market segmentation, alignment between marketing and sales, and a discussion of the various channels for communicating with customers and prospects.

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In addition to helping host the event, I got to put on my modern marketing hat, attend some sessions, and learn from some the best in the universe. Here’s my mission de-brief on some of the most inspirational learnings that I took away from the event. Video is helping sales teams get noticed and close more deals, for reals!

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