Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 18, 2021

Misalignment between your marketing and sales departments can cost your business money, waste valuable B2B content, and cause lead-to-sale conversions to fail. Conversely, aligning your sales and marketing can lead to increased marketing revenue, better close rates, and higher customer retention. Source: SuperOffice.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Those who don’t risk misallocating marketing budgets by focusing on the wrong tactics. The 63-page study provides a wealth of insights for B2B marketers and product managers. As shown in the Venn diagram below, there is a mismatch between the top information sources used by tech buyers and the top tactics B2B marketers focus on.

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Seismic

MARCH 28, 2024

Sales coaching programs provide critical guidance that helps organizations maximize the potential of individual sellers, drive team performance, and meet sales goals. Behind every sales coaching program is a sales manager, and it should come as no surprise that effective coaching requires effective managers.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About 69% of sales professionals say selling is more difficult now than in previous years, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales report. Even though it’s harder to sell, reps still need to hit their numbers. To keep your sales team motivated when things are tough, you need to reward them for their victories.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 20, 2023

AI has taken the world by storm, and especially since the launch of ChatGPT just over a year ago, it has significantly changed the way we work – and sales teams are no exception. But don’t worry, the rise of AI in B2B sales will not replace you. AI can simply empower you with extra help to reach your sales quota.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s buyers come to the sales process more informed than ever, looking for in-depth information specific to their needs. In fact, 81% of sales reps say buyers increasingly conduct research before they reach out, according to the latest State of Sales Report. But not always. The next step?

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ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), seamless coordination between sales and marketing is essential for sustainable growth. Unfortunately, many SMBs face a common challenge: siloed data and processes. Book a Demo: Unify Your Sales and Marketing Team with ClickDimensions PowerPack 5 Siloed Data Problems 1.

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Rev

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Need help building the perfect sales tech stack so you can easily hit your revenue targets? There are hundreds of options for sales tools, and it can be tough to know which ones are the best fit for your team. We’ll also share recommendations on 10 of the best sales tools that you can use to streamline your sales processes.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Leading off our list is sales consultant and coach, Jeb Blount. Jeb carries his sales wisdom over to all his social media channels and spreads his expertise to the masses.

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Hubspot

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales team plays an essential role in driving revenue and reaching goals that stretch across the organization. Your seasoned, super-star reps lead the way. So should you be worried about churn in your sales department? Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units. In short, yes.

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Sana Commerce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Learning how to improve sales performance is the key to driving organizational focus and success. Great sales seasons are inevitable but turning them into sustainable strategies that can steady your business requires more effort. This blog explores 16 actionable steps that can help you enhance sales performance.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

Pop into any social media feed or read industry publications, and you’ll invariably hear about unsolicited phone outreach as a spray-and-pray tactic from yesteryear. As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. Think of B2B cold calling as simply jumpstarting the sales journey. Our answer?

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 18, 2022

Consider the fate of business mammoths like Kodak that tried and failed to ignore it, and you’ll understand why you must master change management. According to Gartner, the average organization underwent five significant changes in just the past three years. We have to ask, “is there a missing piece to change management?”

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Vision Edge Marketing

MARCH 26, 2024

Gartner’s survey reveals a whopping 75% of B2B buyers prefer self-service, versus interacting with sales representatives, during the initial stages of the buying process. Lack of Emotional Intelligence : While technology excels in data processing, it often falls short of grasping the nuances of human emotions.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 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 The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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Martech

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Leading customer relationship management (CRM) and other marketing platforms are integrating sophisticated AI capabilities that promise to assist with key functions like gauging customer sentiment, training employees, making product recommendations, enriching data and even auto-generating targeted campaigns.

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Seismic

MARCH 29, 2019

Sales enablement is a popular topic this year and rightfully so. Organizations that have implemented a sales enablement solution have seen a 350% increase in content usage, 275% boost in conversions and 65% more revenue generated by new reps. Seismic Sales Enablement City Tour. When : 2019. Where: San Francisco, CA.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2022

The question is what can employers do to mitigate the impact of this trend and keep employee turnover at manageable levels. The Great Resignation: Behind the Numbers MIT’s Sloan School of Management partnered with Revelio Labs to analyze more than 34 million online employee profiles to determine the true extent of shifts in the workplace.

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Only B2B

JULY 27, 2023

In the dynamic world of B2B sales, the pursuit of success necessitates a precise approach to identify and engage high-quality leads. Enter the BANT framework – a beacon of hope for sales professionals seeking mastery in lead qualification. Need: Does the prospect possess a genuine need for the solutions you offer?

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DiscoverOrg

MARCH 3, 2017

Evaluating and hiring a winning Sales Team is not unlike the process of evaluating character attributes in a video game. No sales rep is perfect in every category. Sales Team Attributes. The sales team attributes we assessed were: Adapting to change. Sales Skill. It’s a game of give and take.

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Martech

MAY 17, 2024

It’s going to transform B2B sales and marketing, right? According to Gartner, while 90%+ of enterprise organizations are mulling over their AI strategy, only 11% have deployed an AI solution. Rain Group also found a substantial training gap: 85% of sales professionals do not receive formal training on using AI in their roles.

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NetLine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In a previous post, we covered how to get the sales handoff right and why first-party and validated buyer data is essential in this process. It’s important to realize that although intent data has played a major role in discovering and nurturing leads before being handed over to sales, its job isn’t finished at that handover.

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Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2023

There are many things to consider if you are interested in starting your career in sales. You’ll also need a thorough knowledge of sales trends and stats to succeed. With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 10, 2021

Maybe this situation sounds familiar: A company with a sales team of 50 reps decides its data is stale and its customer relationship management (CRM) features don’t meet business needs. market share in the CRM industry, according to prior analysis from Gartner. Source: ZoomInfo. Salesforce holds about 19.5%

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Martech

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketers are using only one-third of their martech stack’s capability, according to Gartner’s 2023 Martech Report. of their marketing budget on technology, says Gartner. The reasons for this are skills, governance and stack sprawl and complexity, according to Gartner. That’s down from 42% last year and 58% in 2020.

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Velocity Partners

APRIL 9, 2024

At most B2B companies, the marketing/sales relationship has taken a wrong turn. You can see the results of this in the growing lack of trust between sales and marketing teams. Fatigue, a dry hacking cough and s**t-talk When the B2B sales and marketing relationship is unwell, you’ll see some very clear symptoms. We have thoughts.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 18, 2017

According to Gartner, the average enterprise technology buying team now includes more than 13 people ! This means connecting, engaging and convincing different stakeholders during the earlier exploration phases, and then doing it all over again for others more heavily involved in the evaluation and selection process.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

For sales teams on the early edge of digitizing their operations, big data sounded like a way to get every piece of information needed on prospects. Today, smart sales teams still see potential in big data. So much data rolled down to sales teams that they weren’t ready for it. What Can Sales Teams Do with Small Data?

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Engagio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Demandbase was recently named a 2023 Gartner ® Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Account-Based Marketing Platforms and I couldn’t be prouder. That’s why we come alongside our customers, share our expertise, and ensure they have the training and resources they need to get the most out of Demandbase One.

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ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the fast-paced world of B2B sales and marketing, the landscape of complex and costly tech solutions can be overwhelming but also the key to success for small to medium businesses (SMBs). For SMBs, streamlining processes and ensuring that systems work seamlessly together is crucial. Did you know?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As a practice, sales enablement occurs when marketing teams create materials or share information that helps sales teams better convert prospects. However, certain marketing technologies called sales enablement platforms can help marketers to do just that. Capabilities of sales enablement platforms. Content management.

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Only B2B

JUNE 19, 2023

In the current highly competitive business environment, generating high-quality leads and expediting the sales journey is of utmost importance. BANT qualification, a well-established approach in lead assessment, has revolutionized the game by offering a framework to evaluate prospects and identify sales-ready leads.

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ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the fast-paced world of B2B sales and marketing, the landscape of complex and costly tech solutions can be overwhelming but also the key to success for small to medium businesses (SMBs). For SMBs, streamlining processes and ensuring that systems work seamlessly together is crucial. Did you know?

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Martech

APRIL 3, 2023

To build your strategy, identify your audience, select tools, create a messaging framework, train your team and measure results. More than half of demand and account-based marketers use conversation automation technologies , according to Forrester’s State of Demand and ABM Tactic Survey.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 28, 2020

Cultivating meaningful marketing and sales messaging for SaaS—something that has no physical presence—is daunting. Critical differences exist in the world of SaaS that make the approach to marketing and sales messaging deserving of care, directness, and tact. How Are Your Sales and Marketing Efforts Going?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 31, 2023

Industry experts at Gartner estimate that poor data quality costs businesses about $13 million a year. A data silo is a specific collection of data owned, managed, and accessed by one group of users within a business. Not only is all that rework time-consuming, it also introduces the opportunity for errors to creep in.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 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 The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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