Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Understanding the Stages: MQLs, SALs, and SQLs Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) and Sales Accepted Leads (SALs) might sound similar , understanding the distinctions between these lead types is crucial to boosting up your marketing funnel.

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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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NetLine

APRIL 23, 2024

Technology and data—specifically buyer-level intent data —take a lot of the guesswork out of sales prospecting, making it more precise. How can intent data help sales teams identify high-potential prospects more effectively? These signals can help later on when your sales team approaches a potential buyer. The good news?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Experiences like these often contribute to a strong work ethic, high motivation, and better job performance — one key reason that a diverse and inclusive sales culture has far-reaching benefits. Diverse Sales Teams Outperform Their Competitors As sales leaders, we care about our teams hitting their quotas.

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PathFactory

JUNE 23, 2022

After 7+ years as a SiriusDecisions then Forrester analyst leading B2B content research, I joined PathFactory as SVP of Product Marketing and Research. In its 2021 B2B Buying Study study, Forrester benchmarked that over 80% of B2B purchases involve three or more people in a typical buying group.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sales account management, like sales, is selling. For the sales account manager, getting processes down can mean the difference between achieving massive growth and losing customers to the competition. What Is the Difference Between Sales and Account Management? Let’s do a quick overview. Let’s do a quick overview.

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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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Modern B2B

OCTOBER 20, 2023

How organisations measure value is not the same as how customers perceive value – so consider integrating customer-driven metrics into evaluation processes. Whether it’s website experience, post-sales journey, customer onboarding or renewal, every touchpoint needs consideration from the customer’s perspective.

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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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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 26, 2015

The buyer’s journey and the selling process terms are often confused. However, the sales process focuses on how to push the customer to get them to buy from you. So, are you creating your business strategy based on the selling process or the buyer’s journey? Forrester). Forrester). B2B buyers engage with 11.4

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

Forrester analyst Lori Wizdo wrote those words eleven years ago. All these years later, a new report by 6sense, penned largely by a former Forrester analyst, has come to the same conclusion: when buyers first contact a seller, they are “69% of the way through a buying cycle.”

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Full Circle Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Our first official fall webinar focused on uniting marketing and sales to drive revenue growth. I mean, how many times have we all talked about marketing and sales “interlock”? This webinar addresses some of the underlying issues that sales and marketing teams encounter when working together. So many times, right?!

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6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caroline Robertson , Vice President, B2B Marketing and Sales Research Director. 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. In our study, we examined some of the systemic biases women in B2B sales face.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 11, 2021

If your sales team hasn’t dealt with enough upheaval over the past 15 months, get ready for even more adjustments in the upcoming post-pandemic world. Exploring post-COVID-19 sales strategies will be necessary as we bounce back from economic hardships. Evaluate These Changes to the Sales Process. Rely more on automation.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 11, 2021

If your sales team hasn’t dealt with enough upheaval over the past 15 months, get ready for even more adjustments in the upcoming post-pandemic world. Exploring post-COVID-19 sales strategies will be necessary as we bounce back from economic hardships. I think COVID has humanized people. By comparison, from 2018 to 2019, there was a 0.3%

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. My life would be a nightmare without it,” says Wing, a ZoomInfo global sales manager who focuses on Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. But she also knew she needed to get up to speed very quickly. Luckily for her, that era is over.

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Sales Engine

MARCH 31, 2016

But (and this is an important caveat) marketing software alone will not deliver enough sales-ready leads. Through this process, marketers can reestablish trust—by recognizing context and creating relevant, engaging content. You have to build what Forrester calls a contextual marketing engine.

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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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Seismic

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the global leader in enablement, we’re committed to shaping the role of AI in sales enablement and helping our customers leverage AI now and in the future. How AI presents an opportunity for enablement leaders Forrester predicts that the global demand for AI software will reach $37 billion by 2025. Here are the top three findings.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There’s a line in Forrester’s latest report on content marketing platforms, or CMPs for short, that I love. Remote approval: Content marketers often need to involve occasional stakeholders such as legal teams and subject matter experts in the content process. Click here if you want to stay updated.

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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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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. Some sales professionals even believe that they can't get qualified leads from marketing.

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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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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

But there are a lot of factors littering the path of lead conversion [time, sales, team, and more]. However, lead generation and lead qualification are often used interchangeably- they represent distinct yet interconnected stages within the marketing and sales funnel.

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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?

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Vision Edge Marketing

MAY 2, 2019

In their report, B2B Buyers Mandate A New Chart for Marketing and Sales, Forrester Research posited that, “The misalignment between sales and marketing teams continues to be a hot topic, even after a decade of B2B firms trying to solve this problem.” higher levels of sales and marketing alignment than other companies.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Sales enablement significantly drives higher conversion rates and revenue. Nearly 75 percent of organizations using sales enablement tools say it greatly influenced sales growth over the past 12 months. Since it promotes an integrated approach to selling, sales enablement involves both marketing and sales teams.

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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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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Furthermore, buyers also claim that their relationship with a company improves when they have the option to schedule in-person or virtual meetings to ease the buying process. B2B marketers are not always delivering on this front. Customer Obsessed” Marketers See More Success.

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Influitive

APRIL 22, 2015

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. The Forrester report stresses that B2B marketers are under as much pressure as their B2C peers to become customer-obsessed.

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Biznology

MAY 31, 2017

But most video content for sales engagement (or any other purpose) is not skim-able. The “basic” requirements, as depicted by Forrester ’s Lori Wizdo , are shown below. Customer journey mapping can generate lots of ideas for structure video content for sales engagement. To scope out a solution, you can skim text. Like this post?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sales account management, like sales, is selling. For the sales account manager, getting processes down can mean the difference between achieving massive growth and losing customers to the competition. What Is the Difference Between Sales and Account Management? Let’s do a quick overview. Let’s do a quick overview.

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Martech

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Our goal was to identify the current state of the relationship between sales and marketing, quantify the impact of martech — specifically ABM — and identify any gaps and opportunities,” said Neisser. Image: For sales and marketing teams to be effective, they need to work together to engage contacts in personalized ways.

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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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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

However, partnering with a best-intent data solutions company offers you a real competitive advantage in your sales and marketing efforts. Read on, this blog provides you with a step-by-step guide for increased sales and marketing ROI. Boosts Efficiency & Saves Resources: Eliminate guesswork and manual lead qualification processes.

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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.

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