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Survey: How sales reps adapted to the pandemic

Zoominfo

The pandemic changed the day-to-day processes of the B2B sales organization practically overnight when the world went 100% digital. A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020.

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Integrate Sales and Marketing Software to Streamline Processes

Act-On

Technology can’t solve every problem between sales and marketing. But once you get aligned on the principles , sales and marketing software integrations can bring shared processes to life much easier. Use software as a tool to align sales and marketing departments.

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How Sales Funnel Management Is Changing

Lead Forensics

So how is the sales funnel – and the way it is formed, used, and managed – changing? And what are the most effective sales and marketing teams doing to optimize their chance of achieving success? Then during the final decision-making stage the sales pipeline will kick in.

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Lead Scoring: Tools and Tactics to Convert Customers

Act-On

Lead scoring is a process and a framework, not a tool — but technology makes it possible to implement at scale. Lead scoring tools: lead enrichment Lead enrichment tools like ZoomInfo supplement your first-party data (like form fills and website tracking) with third-party information. Lead scoring is a type of segmentation.

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Unveiling the secrets of top influencers – This is how they beat their sales competition

Positioning your business and boosting its sales in the cutthroat competition is quite challenging. However, if you use the right tactics, the journey gets a bit easier.

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Five Sales Enablement Tactics B2B Marketers Need to Master

Webbiquity

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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Ultimate Guide to the Data-Driven Sales Funnel

Zoominfo

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. What makes the difference between a high-performing sales funnel and one that isn’t ready for the needs of a modern B2B sales motion?

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A Pragmatic Guide to ABM Success

Speaker: Howard J. Sewell, President of Spear Marketing Group

Your Exclusive Step-by-Step Guide to the Opportunity-Based Marketing (OBM) Framework That Will Enhance the ABM Strategies Used by Your Marketing and Sales Teams. These steps encompass setting the right goals with selecting the appropriate tactics and channels however, what is the best way to get started?

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Win Sales Calls with Webinar Production

Speaker: Dawn Baron, President, Passion Profits Consulting, and Shelley Trout, Webinar Producer, Aggregage

As a B2B marketer in 2020, you are constantly asked to fight for attention in crowded markets with limited resources. Smart webinars are one of the best way to address these challenges, efficiently reach your target audience and generate highly qualified sales leads.

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Why B2B Contact and Account Data Management Is Critical to Your ROI

64% of successful data-driven marketers say improving data quality is the most challenging obstacle to achieving success. Businesses are realizing that it isn’t just about the volume of data they have available; it’s about the accuracy of information. The digital age has brought about increased investment in data quality solutions.

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The Customer-Powered Enterprise Playbook

In order to win the market, organizations need to leverage their customers not only to inform their business strategy, but also to fuel it. Leveraging customers to enhance all aspects of your business strategy will accelerate sales, reduce churn, and increase customer lifetime value.

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Loyalty Auctions: The Next Reward For B2B Markets

Or create a completely new currency like ‘auction credits’ which only have a value for tactical auctions activity (no liability). With only one winner per auction your ability to control reward expenses is tightly managed and accurately budgeted within known/fixed parameters (unlike other rewards). Going once, going twice, gone!