The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

These are our best tips for helping you focus on what matters. Understanding B2B Digital Marketing Strategies Unlike B2C marketing, which focuses on reaching individual consumers who can often make an immediate decision, B2B marketing typically involves multiple decision makers, longer sales cycles, and higher price points.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Most of the advice I’ve heard about upselling is about making the sale. Maximize upsell opportunities with AI Learn how the AI insights and real-time data of Sales Cloud can help you identify upsell opportunities by surfacing relevant customer signals. Let’s say a customer hires me to do a one-time sales training session.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

At GroupHigh, I have worked with both brands and agencies on blogger outreach strategy. No matter the goal or the end result, a blogger outreach strategy that works has key components and crucial ingredients. If you want to dive in deeper, check out this curation of blogger outreach facts. Why Bloggers?

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Hubspot

MAY 24, 2021

Exceptional sales reps — the ones who are prepared to both dedicate and deliver — don't grow on trees. They're tough to find, and in many cases, it's hard to distinguish them from reps who might wind up exhausting your time and resources — only to fizzle out and leave before making an impact. Let's take a look!

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BenchmarkONE

AUGUST 18, 2021

Creating this relationship is crucial for any business – and lead generation is an essential part of this process. Leads are at the top of your sales funnel , at the broadest part, and have probably just become aware of what it is your company does and offers. Here’s a breakdown of the process: . Cold Outreach.

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Only B2B

MARCH 30, 2022

B2B sales is a highly competitive environment that differs significantly from traditional B2C interactions. According to Statista , over 25% of all e-commerce sales in the United States are for B2B products or services. Maintaining a consistent outreach strategy assures you don’t miss out on a sale.

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Valasys

APRIL 19, 2023

Still, with changing times and evolving market trends, knowing what sales-qualified leads tactics will work best can be challenging. To stay ahead in 2023, you must know the best sales-qualified leads tactics to ensure that your SQLs are high quality and more likely to convert.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

But to crush cold email outreach, you have to do it right. We looked to one of our internal experts, our Sales Development Rep with the 60% response rate, to show you how (and when) to write a perfectly personalized BASHO email. Because—let’s face it—Googling someone is more fun and less risk than actually reaching out!)

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Vidyard

APRIL 19, 2021

In the B2B world, managers and team leaders have developed tried and tested programs for onboarding new hires in the office, but the shift to a remote workforce has shaken up the sales onboarding process as a whole. Is the Virtual Sales World Here to Stay? Is the Virtual Sales World Here to Stay? Contents 1.

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Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. So, what can this post offer that you couldn’t find with a simple Google search? Gartner’s prediction that 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur digitally by 2025 underscores this shift.

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Martech

APRIL 26, 2023

In this article, you’ll find some risk-free tips on outsourcing link building effectively, so you can sit back, relax and watch your website rise to the top of search engine rankings. Saves time and resources According to Seotribunal, 65% of marketers affirm link building is the most challenging SEO tactic.

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Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2022

Instead, check out these 13 tactics to get back on track from a slow season. If you notice these trends with your own business, continue reading to learn the best tips for increasing sales in the summer. How to Bounce Back From a Summer Slump, According to Sales Leaders. Remember — sales isn't all hunting, all the time.

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Hubspot

JULY 27, 2023

In fact, it’s practically impossible to find a department that wasn’t affected by AI, with sales being no exception. According to HubSpot’s 2023 State of AI survey, 24% of sales professionals use AI in their daily work. Let’s take a look at how it can help your sales team. Drafting up sales reports.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like prospect research, sales outreach, and professional development. Today, we do the same for sales reps.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Prospects — the potential customers you want to sell to — are the fuel for the sales pipeline. Double your prospecting speed with the help of AI Sales Cloud includes AI features that help you create content, draft emails, and surface key prospect insights that make outreach easy. Sales nurtures prospects into opportunities.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We have a debate between our marketing and sales teams on whether the best approach is marketing emails, sales outreach, or something else. More times than not, however, the best approach is a segmented strategy that combines targeted sales outreach complemented by marketing support. Curious as to your opinion?”.

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B2B Digital Marketer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

From sophisticated lead nurturing tactics to refining your sales funnel, we will explore how top marketers and sales teams bridge the gap between quantity and quality. Joe’s understanding of CPCL from his sales and advertising experiences. It requires new business processes.”

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Velocity Partners

APRIL 9, 2024

At most B2B companies, the marketing/sales relationship has taken a wrong turn. They’re emailing prospects, investing heavily in third-party intent platforms like 6Sense, and generally doing their own messaging and outreach. You can see the results of this in the growing lack of trust between sales and marketing teams.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I've written about the importance of sales and marketing alignment before, but the point can't be understated: businesses undeniably have better success when they align sales and marketing teams. Which is why we've reached out to eight brands to learn how they mastered marketing and sales alignment.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 5, 2017

It’s the one aspect of sales that just never changes. As we’ve all experienced, sales essentially boils down to two things: Numbers. While we (or our team) are racing to hit quota against that clock, though, we can save time and maximize our numbers by investing in the right processes, activities, and skills. Sell, sell, sell.

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Only B2B

MARCH 10, 2022

You know how difficult it is to boost sales with B2B lead generation tactics. Overhyped case studies from huge firms that might raise sales. More sales = more leads. Are you ready to discover the best B2B lead generating tactics for your company? The Process Of Generating B2B Leads.

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Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 5, 2022

Thought leadership offers ideas, steps and tips that solve those problems. . Further, strategic content supports sales and business-development. before engaging with a sales rep. . Where and with what audience outreach? In fact, 47 percent of buyers view? three to five pieces of content ?before

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BenchmarkONE

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

One of the most critical aspects of a successful business is the alignment of sales and marketing. How is your marketing team expected to deliver quality leads to the sales team if they don’t know leads’ pain points? And how are they supposed to know leads’ pain points without insight from the sales team? . Use Smart Tools.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Inbound salespeople see the need to personalize the sales experience to the buyer's context. Meanwhile, inbound sales teams recognize they must transform their entire sales strategy so they're serving the buyer. Inbound Sales Methodology. Use cold outreach and lead with a generic elevator pitch to qualify on budget.

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FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

From B2B SaaS to high ticket sales, video is the perfect format for providing richer content to keep fans engaged. From B2B SaaS to high ticket sales, video is the perfect format for providing richer content to keep fans engaged. Check out our tips and best practices in this post. How can your business tap into B2B video?

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Rev

JANUARY 11, 2023

When most B2B companies set out to find new customers and increase sales, they rely on an outdated ideal customer profile, use one-size-fits-all marketing tactics and hope for the best. Well, you’d have found a more predictable way to increase sales without wasting time and resources on unqualified leads. You’re not alone.

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The Point

MAY 19, 2020

Immediate, quick-fire response to new leads (ex: 2-3 emails over 7 days) to complement BDR follow-up and increase sales engagement, potentially leveraging AI technology like Conversica to optimize lead qualification via automated, two-way conversations. Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash.

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NetLine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This data enables sales teams to focus marketing spend on prospects who are actively ready to buy. How to leverage intent data in 8 steps Gone are the days when banner ads on a popular review website could funnel hundreds of leads to your business. Fortunately, intent data has become a mainstay among business analytics to do just that.

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EveryoneSocial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Colding calling has been around for a while, especially as a sales tactic and it’s pretty obvious what it means. Now if you talk to many leaders in sales or marketing, you may have also come across the debate: is cold calling dead? A quick Google search will also drum up a ton of articles for either side of that argument.

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Belkins

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Eager to make your B2B sales lead generation more efficient and less time-consuming? How to Find a Perfect B2B Sales Lead? Resort to various automation tools mentioned below to streamline this process. Update Your Existing B2B Sales Leads Database. Boost Website Traffic With Google AdWords.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The last thing you want from a sales email is sleazy, spammy… or even sales-y copy. That might sound counterintuitive, but I interviewed Yuval Ackerman , email strategist, who shared her top tips for writing sales email marketing that don’t give you the ick! Gaudio’s sales emails receive: 36.3% click-through.

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The Point

JANUARY 24, 2017

Tip: always limit response; it caps your expense and drives urgency.). Email Signatures – design a custom HTML email signature banner promoting the show and provide it to your sales, pre-sales, and customer support team, along with instructions on how to add the signature in popular email clients.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like sales prospect research , sales outreach, and professional development.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 17, 2019

Although relationships are still a key ingredient of sales, they are no longer the only ingredient. Technology has become entrenched in the sales process, changing sales from just an art to both an art and a science. However, there are some prospecting tips and tricks that can help your sales.

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Outreach

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As a sales rep with closing responsibilities, I practically live out of my inbox, sending follow-up emails after meetings, scheduling next steps, answering questions and objections, sharing supporting collateral, and working through technical reviews and contract processes. 5 Tips To Streamline Your Inbox.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 15, 2024

However, sales and marketing teams play a pivotal role in guiding customers through the sales funnel by addressing the unique demands and obstacles t customers encounter at each stage of the B2B buyer journey. Research by Gartner shows that the typical B2B buying process involves six to ten decision-makers.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 15, 2024

However, sales and marketing teams play a pivotal role in guiding customers through the sales funnel by addressing the unique demands and obstacles t customers encounter at each stage of the B2B buyer journey. Research by Gartner shows that the typical B2B buying process involves six to ten decision-makers.

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