Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. A few years back, someone in Wing’s position might have faced a long slog full of trial and error and manual research. For sales professionals, conversations aren’t just about closing deals — they’re also about cultivating relationships.

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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.

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The Point

JUNE 5, 2018

Earlier this year, Forrester Research conducted a detailed survey of more than 150 B2B marketing decision-makers with the intent of benchmarking the maturity of B2B marketing best practices, focused on revenue marketing and marketing automation. for lead management to 3.35 Read more about the survey results on Lori’s blog.).

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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 The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We talk to some of the best leaders in B2B sales and marketing every day.

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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?

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases. What’s wrong with the status quo of siloed teams and random acts of sales and marketing ?

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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.

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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. Virtual Sales Training Resources. Sales Gravy: Virtual Selling Skills Bootcamp. Get the Kit.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 12, 2013

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. Of course, that’s still nowhere near what a sales person would consider a lead.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

More Time to Gather Insights Conversation intelligence provides reps with a deeper understanding of sales calls by recording, transcribing, and analyzing these meetings to deliver AI-based insights. Research firm Forrester found that 57 percent of B2B sales leaders intended to invest more on AI and automation tools in 2021.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The last time sales teams were offered real change in their tech offerings was back in the early 2000s, when cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) systems came into vogue. That technology permanently shifted the way sales teams operated. Source: High Growth Study 2021, published by the Hinge Research Institute.

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Lead Forensics

APRIL 16, 2024

This blog explores 10 ways AI and beyond can supercharge your sales game, from identifying high-potential leads to crafting personalized outreach and automating tasks. Get ready to leverage data-driven insights, improve forecasting accuracy, and become a sales superstar in the age of AI.

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Terminus

MARCH 11, 2024

In our recent webinar, Anne Murlowski VP of Marketing at Terminus, sat down with Seth Marrs, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, to delve into the evolving landscape of how to unify go-to-market strategies. This integration faces challenges however, especially when marketing and sales do not work together as one cohesive unit.

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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. Requesting quotes or proposals.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2023

Whether it’s a cold call/email from a sales rep or a promotional email from a brand you follow, there’s so much digital noise to sift through. Some try to carve a niche in their category and one of the best ways to generate interesting and relevant content is by regularly doing industry research. How do I get started?

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Mereo

MARCH 28, 2024

Building relationships in sales offers a myriad of benefits. Some of these challenges come from buyers’ internal processes and the increasing number of decision makers engaged in the buying journey. Learn to Seek to Serve, Not to Sell ® The post The Research is Here: Relationships Help (and Hurt) in Sales appeared first on Mereo.

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Informing Content Based on Interest. A buyer “interest” set can be developed, similar to a persona, where intent data can inform what content to target based on the interests of the buyer at that time or, in some cases, based on actual articles consumed (and when exact article consumption is known to the seller).

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Seismic

JULY 2, 2019

Buyers today can obtain product information without ever talking to a salesperson, embarking on as much as 57% of the buyer’s journey alone before ever speaking to a sales rep. Because prospects and buyers are savvier and more educated, they expect salespeople to act as trusted advisors and present them with information.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Hitting targets and meeting sales quotas has become harder for most sales teams over the past year. The impact of the economy has slowed down the pace of B2B sales, leaving sales teams wondering how to meet their KPIs. So, in order to efficiently guide prospects to closed-won, nurturing relationships is key.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With conversational marketing, sellers and buyers can exchange content and critical information at the right moment, accelerating the customer journey. 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.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 31, 2023

And here’s the hard truth: Even businesses with high-quality data can still lose ground if that critical information is stuck in silos. A data silo is a specific collection of data owned, managed, and accessed by one group of users within a business. Data silos make it difficult to share information across an entire company.

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Sales Engine

MAY 24, 2016

With directives from above to grow revenue through sales, groups as varied as marketing, products, human resources, and even sales itself will rally to find ways to support the sales team. Sales reps are left to wade through this mountain of information, and they respond to it in one of two ways: 1.

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6sense

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We all leave “footprints in the snow” as we traverse the web to shop, research, socialize, and more. But to the right sleuths, these tracks might be the next big sale. We refer to this world of anonymous buyer intent data as the Dark Funnel. 70% of today’s buying process occurs undercover without engaging sales .

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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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Hubspot

AUGUST 30, 2023

But what changes will it bring to the sales industry? Will it be the end of salespeople, or will it become the secret weapon to help sales reps work more efficiently? HubSpot conducted research on the “State of AI,” with over 1,350+ specialists reporting on how AI affects their business.

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6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caroline Robertson , Vice President, B2B Marketing and Sales Research Director. Jennifer Zhang, Research Associate. Although women make up more than half of the global workforce, they represent fewer than one-third of all B2B sales and one-quarter of all B2B tech sales roles. Matthew Flug. JAN 26 2021.

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Content Marketing Institute

MAY 4, 2018

It’s the representation of marketing process and efficiency. You work to put aggregate customer segments – audiences – into this funnel. But if you’re in sales, you likely see something different. Sales people would say “I see a gateway.”. Classic battle between sales and marketing. It controls flow.

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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.

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Training Top of Funnel Resources Work Management 74

Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 17, 2022

“Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. More people are involved in today’s buying process as well, with executives playing a greater role than in the past.”. Sales complexity continues to grow.

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Seismic

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Analyst firm Aragon Research recently awarded Seismic the 2021 Innovation Award for Sales Enablement. At last week’s Aragon Transform , the annual Aragon Research awards ceremony, Seismic was formally presented with the 2021 Innovation Award for Sales Enablement.

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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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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Conventional lead generation tactics for B2B marketers will not work in 2022. According to a 2020 McKinsey research , 90% of B2B sales have switched to digital channels. According to a 2020 McKinsey research , 90% of B2B sales have switched to digital channels. As an example—. The answer is both.

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Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“The buyer process is changing a lot and it’s not going back to the way it was. With the buying process not heavily digitized and with people working remotely on a range of devices, lines are blurring between B2C and B2B buying behaviors. We have to meet them where they are and how they want to show up in the buying process.”

Account Based Marketing 71

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. It’s a systematic approach that quantifies the quality of leads , allowing sales and marketing teams to prioritize their efforts. This is where lead scoring enters the picture.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Conversion Rate Sales Qualified Leads 62

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

Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

Forrester predicts that “marketing leaders will turn to smarter (more autonomous and automated) solutions with complex tech stacks” — and we couldn’t agree more. Forrester also predicts that marketing tech budgets will increase from 19% to 25% in 2022. You give them air cover and ping it back to sales. And it goes on and on.”

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Madison Logic

JANUARY 5, 2023

Now—more than ever—marketers must focus on the buyer experience and leverage data to create full-funnel, always-on strategies to engage and convert their best accounts. . Additionally, Forrester cautions on heavily focusing on customer acquisition, and instead expanding investment toward the later stages of the customer lifecycle.

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