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. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine. Virtual Sales Training Resources. Sales Gravy: Virtual Selling Skills Bootcamp. Get the Kit.

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Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 141

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

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Channel sales — or selling through partners — represents 75% of the world’s commerce, according to Forrester. This approach helps companies accelerate sales and grow revenue without adding to their headcount, a move that’s increasingly important during economic uncertainty. What you’ll learn: What is channel sales?

Enterprise Management 111

Enterprise Management Work Management Advertising Channels Marketing Management 111

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

These upgrades focus on three areas: Easier access to Chorus’ Momentum Insights feature Automatic transcription of calls from ZoomInfo Engage More accurate data feeding into Chorus The integrations help revenue teams develop stronger prospect and customer relationships, make better decisions, and win more business.

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Zoominfo Forrester Forecasting B2B Sales 130

Seismic

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This week Forrester released The Forrester Wave TM : Sales Content Solutions, Q4 2022 report in which Seismic was named a leader. Forrester looks at three major categories – market presence, strategy, and current offering. So, why do we think this matters to our customers and those considering a sales content solution?

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Biznology

JUNE 23, 2021

It’s now common wisdom that the big shift from in-person to on-screen sales engagement is here to stay. Still, according to a 2021 Forrester study , most marketers admit to having a tough time replicating the “compelling storytelling and lead-generating aspects” of in-person events. Greater flexibility to attend multiple sessions.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

That trend is expected to continue this year, posing big questions and even bigger implications for sales leaders. What happens when your top sales rep — along with all their institutional knowledge, leadership, and training — jumps ship? Most importantly, why do reps decide to leave and what can you do to convince them to stay?

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Work Management Customer Surveys Training Forrester 98

Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team? Optimizing your funnel based on this difference maximizes your ROI. Imagine you run a webinar on a complex software feature.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

And while it’s not hard to find basic business data — company names, phone numbers, employee counts, revenue, maybe direct dial numbers and email addresses — today’s complicated sales cycles need more than just names and numbers. What is Sales Intelligence? What Do Sales Intelligence Tools Do?

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Ideal Customer Profiles Budget Programs Enterprise Management Tools 130

Outreach

JUNE 22, 2021

Your sales reps forget about 50 percent of information they have just processed within the first 60 minutes. This isn't just specific to sales reps. It may not be a big deal if your reps forget their Netflix password. So how can you help all of your reps remember critical information on calls?

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Work Management Marketing Management Outreach Sales Cycle 89

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. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine An all-in-one video selling resource to support your strategic planning, SKO, and ongoing enablement.

Training 74

Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 74

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

By understanding a prospect’s tone, language, and approach, marketing and sales teams can better grasp where the prospect is in their buying journey and deliver a tailored experience. According to Salesforce , close rates are three times higher if a sales development rep can schedule a meeting with a lead the same day.

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Martech

JULY 25, 2022

They can retard the velocity of sales, stunt the company’s brand development, jeopardize relations with customers and create opportunities for competitors to gain market share. Gauging the relative success of each of your marketing tactics is important no matter which way the economic winds are blowing.

Marketing Attribution 103

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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. Help Your Remote Sales Team Shine An all-in-one video selling resource to support your strategic planning, SKO, and ongoing enablement.

Training 65

Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 65

ClickZ

JULY 18, 2019

Forrester evaluated and scored the top 11 B2C commerce suites in late 2018 in their Forrester Wave report. The report also breaks down the analysis via a scorecard for each platform in some dozen categories spanning sales channel support, personalization, AI and machine learning, support services, and product vision, among others.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I learned that the firm: Experiences 12 to 18-month sales cycle on enterprise accounts with most efforts leading to RFP automatically reducing margin growth. Sales Is Calling for More Personal Account-Based, Conversational Support to Win, Protect & Expand Specific Accounts. If manufacturers, retailers, distributors, etc.

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Differentiation Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 181

Influitive

APRIL 22, 2015

For years, B2B marketers have largely viewed B2C loyalty tactics as irrelevant in their space. Plus, customer retention has long been seen as the responsibility of those in sales, service, and support. Forrester’s recommendation: Extend and elevate your existing retention efforts. B2B Loyalty, The B2C Way.

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Forrester Loyalty Peer-to-peer Research 100

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. Forrester data shows that these generations prefer getting their information from websites, forums, and message boards over the in-person peer conversations of older generations. They are also quicker to voice their dissatisfaction.

Buy 130

Buy Generation Peer-to-peer B2B 130

Biznology

MAY 31, 2017

But most video content for sales engagement (or any other purpose) is not skim-able. That is, instead of producing videos that stand on their own, make video snippets that amplify or explain specific features and benefits featured on web pages, in white papers, slideware, or webinars. To scope out a solution, you can skim text.

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Paid Search Agency Video Marketing Forrester Webinar Metrics 182

Biznology

JANUARY 13, 2022

All about sales enablement, and organized by Seismic, a producer of sales enablement software. May 2-4, Austin and “digital experience,” Forrester B2B Summit North America. This is the Sirius Decisions conference of yore, now incorporated into the Forrester brand. It serves sales, marketing and product people.

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SnapApp

AUGUST 16, 2018

It isn’t a secret that the B2B sales process that worked a decade or even five years ago looks very different than how successful sales professionals run their ship today. And you only have to look as far as the saddened faces of your sales development team as they get hung up on time and time again, to see the evidence.

Top of Funnel 69

Top of Funnel B2B Sales Paid Search Agency Process 69

Vidyard

DECEMBER 11, 2015

“If ‘mobile-first’ is the new rallying cry for digital design, then ‘sales-first’ should be the mantra by which marketing delivers and distributes content.” – Laura Ramos, Forrester Analyst. Research released by Forrester this month found some shocking information about sales’ use of marketing content.

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Top of Funnel Forrester Relevance Planning 50

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Rated as a leader by The Forrester Wave Report™: Financial Services CRM , Salesforce knows service — of any kind. We weed through the noise to bring you exactly what features you need in a financial services CRM. We weed through the noise to bring you exactly what features you need in a financial services CRM.

Work Management 102

Work Management Marketing Management CRM Service 102

SnapApp

AUGUST 16, 2018

It isn’t a secret that the B2B sales process that worked a decade or even five years ago looks very different than how successful sales professionals run their ship today. And you only have to look as far as the saddened faces of your sales development team as they get hung up on time and time again, to see the evidence.

Top of Funnel 59

Top of Funnel B2B Sales Paid Search Agency Process 59

Martech

APRIL 3, 2023

Conversational marketing offers a more effective way for all types of businesses — ecommerce, real estate, online coaching, brick-and-mortar stores, restaurants and more — to build and manage relationships that drive success. This ultimately leads to higher conversion rates and stronger customer relationships.

Marketing Analytics Tools 122

Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Marketing Conversion Marketing & Strategy 122

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

With so many logistics to handle and compliance regulations to consider when managing pharma events, working with expert pharma event management companies can help reduce stress and ensure you achieve your business goals more easily. You are probably lucky enough to have a great event management team that delivers exceptional events.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 52

Terminus

JUNE 14, 2023

Forrester’s B2B Summit North America proved to be an invaluable gathering for B2B sales, marketing, and product leaders. By centering their strategies and processes around the customer, businesses can gain a competitive edge, boost retention rates, and elevate their roles within their organizations. “So

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Forrester Marketing Analytics Tools Peer-to-peer Marketing & Strategy 26

Terminus

JUNE 14, 2023

Forrester’s B2B Summit North America proved to be an invaluable gathering for B2B sales, marketing, and product leaders. By centering their strategies and processes around the customer, businesses can gain a competitive edge, boost retention rates, and elevate their roles within their organizations. “So

Forrester 26

Forrester Marketing Analytics Tools Peer-to-peer Marketing & Strategy 26

Content Standard

APRIL 5, 2021

To meet these expectations and build lasting relationships with customers, businesses are under greater pressure to align sales and marketing strategy with messaging that centers customer—rather than products—in conversations geared toward converting new clients. ” 2. .

Top of Funnel 103

Top of Funnel Differentiation Paid Search Agency Thought Leadership 103

The Point

JULY 18, 2014

Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“ Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing “) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are making in content marketing. They simply want information of value.

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Forrester Work Management Content Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 100

Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Lead Ranking CMO 97

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Only 23% of businesses have incorporated AI into processes and product/service offerings today ( source ). Forrester predicts cognitive technologies such as robots, AI, machine learning, and automation will replace 16% of U.S. If you’re skeptical about AI, today’s blog post is for you. Keep reading! The State of AI in Business.

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ClickZ

JANUARY 22, 2020

30-second summary: By simply adopting marketing automation technology, a company can significantly free up a marketers time and enable them to focus on more important revenue building projects as these tools can help to automate numerous repetitive tasks such as emails, campaign management, website analysis and social media marketing.

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Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing AI Enterprise Management 144

Martech

JANUARY 4, 2024

Jason is also the executive chairman of the board of directors of the National Retail Federation Digital Advisory Board, has served as an expert witness in Federal Court on e-commerce, and is a guest lecturer on retail and ecommerce at the Kellogg School of Management for Northwestern University. Business email address Subscribe Processing.

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eCommerce Multi-Channel Marketing Analytics Tools Broadcasting 109

Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2013

But the challenge for social media—and for word of mouth marketing—is that they are inherently additive pieces of the conversion funnel, rather than causative. Forrester Research suggests that word of mouth is part of 80% of all purchase funnels. Social Media is a Terrible Ecommerce Tactic – or is it?

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eCommerce Social Media Tactics Word of Mouth 148

SpotMe Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Hopin is sunsetting Boomset, the all-on-one event management for in-person and hybrid events. We’ve compiled a list of the best 10 Boomset alternatives and competitors for event management. 1 SpotMe Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave : B2B Event Management Technology, Q1 2023 report. But don’t worry.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Webinar Metrics Marketing Management Best Practices 52

Outreach

JANUARY 12, 2021

We are using the funding to continue to deliver new revolutionary technologies to drive transformative change in sales. We are already the largest sales engagement company in Europe. Forrester names Outreach a sales engagement leader. Launched the premier interactive community for sales professionals.

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Outreach Forrester Top of Funnel Conference 75