Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2020

LinkedIn’s State of Sales Report shows that 44% of sales and marketing teams are seeing a significant drop in responsiveness to social and email messaging. So, why are sales and marketing teams challenged to build strong social relationships so they can overcome sales plateaus, sales drops, and sales troughs?

Top of Funnel 249

Top of Funnel Linkedin Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Search Agency 249

NuSpark Consulting

MARCH 3, 2016

You’ve written, designed and produced a white paper. If you subscribe to the theory of “if you build it they will come,” your white paper is dead in the water. There is a myriad of methods to promote your white paper, generate interest, and help it climb Google’s search engine rankings. Now you can relax.

Paper 100

Paper Lead Generation Promotion Paid Search Agency 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

They must manage multiple campaigns simultaneously, while working effectively with partners across the globe. They need to manage their marketing budgets prudently and make sure every dollar is spent wisely. Your launch is just the beginning of an ongoing process of continual improvement. Guest post by Sumeet Anand.

Marketing Budget 287

Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Sales Management Work Management 287

NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Well, your firm has written and produced a white paper. A quality white paper can one of the most important content marketing vehicles to generate leads within your internet marketing plan. Your ultimate goals with white papers are typically the following: . . Now what? How do you promote it? Newsletter.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Paper Lead Generation Promotion 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In uncertain economic times, Market Development Funds (MDF) can be a precious resource for channel partners (resellers, distributors, ISVs) looking for budget to fund sales and marketing activity. For some, it may be the hassle of navigating an onerous MDF approval process. Why are channel partners leaving so much money on the table?

Demand Generation Agencies 147

Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies CMS Development Work Management 147

Writing on the Web

APRIL 4, 2011

It doesn’t matter what you call your information (white paper/eBook, microsite/landing page), what matters is using information wisely to get found, get known and get clients. Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise? Guest Post by Lauren Carlson, SoftwareAdvice.com. So, now what? Alternatives.

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Paper Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Microsite 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2023

But organizations typically seek to accelerate this process as much as possible. To that end, here are nine recommendations for strategies and tactics to get the attention of both search engines and your prospective customers or website visitors. Sites like Inc., Slate, and Thrive Global regularly publish syndicated content.

Paid Content 243

Paid Content Aggregage Marketing Websites Paid Search Agency 243

ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

B2B Sales 148

B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management 148

Brandpoint

MAY 18, 2020

In today’s digitally focused business environment, it’s more important than ever for sales and marketing departments to work together to create content and collateral that’s effective in driving sales. The new reality is that sales and marketing are continuously and increasingly integrated.

Top of Funnel 149

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Work Management 149

ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

B2B Sales 128

B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management 128

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 27, 2017

However, marketing platforms and tactics continually evolve to provide new ways to nurture customers. Sales cycles that span multiple months, potentially even year-long in duration. Contact and lead nurturing; moving top of the funnel leads down the sales pipeline. LinkedIn Account Targeting.

Paid Content 120

Paid Content Account Based Marketing Tactics B2B Marketing 120

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 Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management Gartner B2B Sales 98

FunnelEnvy

MARCH 18, 2024

Studies prove that B2B prospects now prefer a digital buying journey over sales calls. Understanding your target audience is more important than ever for lead generation and improving the ROI of marketing and sales. You might assume they are only active on LinkedIn, but they’re actually building a large audience on TikTok.

Buyer Personas 57

Buyer Personas Marketing AI Ideal Customer Profiles Webinar Metrics 57

Hubspot

DECEMBER 26, 2017

And from where I stand -- as the manager of an inside sales team -- one thing is clear. The standard process for SDRs or BDRs (whatever your organization calls them) of sending out sequenced emails, calling, leaving voicemails, rinse and repeat? And if you’re a manager, here’s what you should be teaching to your team.

Marketing Automation Services 99

Marketing Automation Services Allocation Work Management Peer-to-peer 99

Only B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Over a long time, the sales and marketing operations in B2B organizations were thought to be discrete. At some point throughout the sales cycle, marketers must transfer over marketing qualified leads (MQLs) to sales teams as sales qualified leads (SQLs). The Sales Funnel. Sales Funnel.

Marketing Qualified Leads 118

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 118

Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Modern marketing is constantly expanding, and your audience will change, requiring new marketing strategies and tactics. Target Through LinkedIn LinkedIn has been proven to be the most effective of all the major social platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. It makes sense to go where the leads are.

Social Media 122

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Marketing Attribution 122

Strategic-IC

MARCH 8, 2021

As Account-based Marketing continues to transform the world of B2B Marketing, LinkedIn becomes an increasingly critical tool for reaching your target accounts in an effective way. But what is the secret to ABM success on LinkedIn? In this article we’ll outline: What makes LinkedIn such an invaluable tool for Account-based Marketing.

Account Based Marketing 62

Account Based Marketing Linkedin Sales Management Top of Funnel 62

Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. This trend has certainly added more twists and turns to the buying process. Peer Influence and its Effects on the B2B Buying Process.

Peer-to-peer 285

Peer-to-peer Buy Sales Cycle B2B Sales 285

Brandpoint

MARCH 25, 2023

One of the great things about digital marketing for manufacturing is that it generates so many assets that sales can use and repurpose to showcase your value. To get more value from your digital marketing efforts, these are some tactics you can try to to support sales with your digital marketing assets.

Planning 62

Planning Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 62

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

This can be a difficult challenge, as they are responsible for creating and executing marketing strategies that drive sales and revenue growth. Focus on Low-Cost Marketing Tactics The first thing to consider when faced with budget cuts is to re-evaluate your current marketing strategies.

Marketing Budget 107

Marketing Budget B2B Thought Leadership Top of Funnel Allocation 107

PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2020

Reps can often feel overwhelmed with multiple tasks, putting out fires with clients, and staring down what seems like a massive quota. The goal is almost always enablement and improvement , however, it can oftentimes be frustrating for the reps. The goal here is to gain knowledge of what the sales reps do with their time.

Work Management 62

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Sales Contact Marketing 62

BOP Design

JANUARY 7, 2022

No matter what the industry under the B2B umbrella, there are unique characteristics of the B2B marketing and sales process and this will be outlined below. B2B marketing is unique because it typically involves multiple decision-makers, a longer sales cycle, and higher-priced products or services (compared to B2C).

B2B Thought Leadership 117

B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership 117

Vision Edge Marketing

MARCH 16, 2021

Peer engagement is a business and Marketing strategy and encompasses a myriad of tactics. In this instance, the Marketing team produced all the content assets – from blogs, to videos, to white papers, to emails, to LinkedIn articles, even LI invites, and so on. No more Sales or Marketing titles authoring the content.

Peer-to-peer 257

Peer-to-peer Paid Search Agency Work Management Guidelines 257

Ontraport

JUNE 7, 2020

It’s one of the most difficult parts of growing any business and, even though it gets a bit easier over time, it’s still a constant thorn in the side of most sales managers, business development executives and small business owners. The biggest challenge for modern sales teams: consistent follow-up.

Automation 111

Automation Top of Funnel Marketing AI Lead Scoring 111

Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 5, 2022

Thought leadership content comes in all types of medium, such as blogs, white papers, bylined articles, videos, podcasts, and social media content. Further, strategic content supports sales and business-development. before engaging with a sales rep. . It’s less about the medium and more about the content.

Thought Leadership 215

Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Peer-to-peer Lead Scoring 215

PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2020

Reps can often feel overwhelmed with multiple tasks, putting out fires with clients, and staring down what seems like a massive quota. The goal is almost always enablement and improvement, however, it can oftentimes be frustrating for the reps. The goal here is to gain knowledge of what the sales reps do with their time.

Work Management 62

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Sales Contact Marketing 62

PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2020

Reps can often feel overwhelmed with multiple tasks, putting out fires with clients, and staring down what seems like a massive quota. The goal is almost always enablement and improvement, however, it can often times be frustrating for the reps. The goal here is to gain knowledge of what the sales reps do with their time.

Work Management 62

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Sales Contact Marketing 62

The Point

APRIL 19, 2017

Is it aligned with where your audience is in the purchase process? Content can work at every stage of the funnel – early, mid, late. In broad terms, early stage content tends to work best for top-of-the-funnel lead generation, when not everyone is interested (yet) in ROI, case studies or vendor comparisons.

Top of Funnel 214

Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paper 214

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 8, 2009

What impact does this have on the readers of our white papers? How do we ensure that our white paper is not only read but also acted upon? Jonathan Kantor addresses this question and more in his new book Crafting White Paper 2.0: Crafting White Paper 2.0 Tell us about The White Paper Company.

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 100

SmarkLabs

JUNE 13, 2022

Feeling bamboozled by marketing tactics, channels, and buzzwords? In this B2B marketing strategy framework, we provide insights on how to develop a manageable strategy for an early market team. Having ICPs clearly defined helps your sales and marketing teams to understand which businesses would make great prospects.

Paid Search Agency 97

Paid Search Agency Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Management 97

Heinz Marketing

JULY 27, 2020

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. But a sales rep is going to have a different goal than the SVP of Sales.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing ABM 100

ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

B2B Sales 78

B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management 78

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 Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

Ideal Customer Profiles 59

Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management Gartner B2B Sales 59

Sprout Social

JULY 20, 2016

Unlike social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram where users sign up for a variety of purposes, a majority of LinkedIn users are there for business. Most people sign up for LinkedIn for one of three reasons: Networking. LinkedIn lead generation is a mystery for a lot of companies. Job hunting. Lead generation.

Lead Generation 97

Lead Generation Linkedin Paid Content Generation 97

6sense

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Of all the digital advertising networks for B2B revenue teams, LinkedIn is one of the most relevant and effective. Let’s look more closely at four ways LinkedIn advertising can level up your ABM B2B marketing strategy. Let’s look more closely at four ways LinkedIn advertising can level up your ABM B2B marketing strategy.

Account Based Marketing 62

Account Based Marketing ABM Linkedin Advertisements 62

The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Conclusion The Fundamentals of Account-Based Marketing Discover the basics of account-based marketing (ABM) , a highly targeted approach to B2B sales and marketing that uses personalized communication to win new business from specific companies.

Account Based Marketing 97

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management 97

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 21, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities.

Work Management 80

Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs Marketing Budget 80