The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

Email, as one example, plays a very different (and less dominant) role in the marketing mix than it did only a few years ago, having migrated from acquisition to nurture and customer marketing. When Account-Based Marketing (ABM) first arrived on the scene, vendors were quick to pronounce traditional, funnel-based marketing obsolete.

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Martech

MARCH 1, 2024

As buying shifts online and marketing takes on some traditional sales roles, retaining existing customers is essential for driving growth and profits. B2B retention marketing finally has its day For as long as I’ve been in B2B marketing (don’t ask), lead generation and new-account acquisition have been the top priority for marketers. (It

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Growth Marketing movement (aka growth hacking ) – now nearly ten years old – has had a significant and positive impact on the efficacy of demand marketing. This is how (tactical) growth hacking for a product evolves into (strategic) growth marketing for the enterprise. Yet ‘first generation’ Growth Marketing has hit a wall.

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Growth Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Enterprise Management 247

Martech

MAY 29, 2024

For more than a decade of my career, I held various demand generation titles at multiple companies, and the function has evolved greatly in that time. Increasing volumes of leads to hit SQL outcomes as the tactic becomes increasingly saturated. The need to start pushing back on this antiquated approach was long overdue.

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Lead Ranking Demand Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Gen 121

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 10, 2024

Sales are one of the most vital aspects of running a business and aren’t something you’ll want to take lightly. Every transaction represents revenue and growth, and luck isn’t enough because boosting your sales requires insight, strategy, and precision. Testing your findings helps you stay ahead of the competition.

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Analytics Top of Funnel Marketing Analytics Tools Product 226

Only B2B

JUNE 5, 2024

Demand Gen: Casting a wide net to catch potential fish, then selecting only the best and discarding the rest. Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is a highly focused approach where marketing and sales teams collaborate to target high-value accounts rather than a broad market. What’s Account Based Marketing?

Account Based Marketing 71

Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand 71

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

These are just a few pillars that define demand generation. Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. What is Demand Generation? Demand generation is programmatic. Does demand generation sound similar to lead generation?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo Since the start of Covid-19, in-person events, conferences, and tradeshows have come to a halt. So, what happens when the conference seat your marketing and sales team offers is your registrants’ preferred chair at home?

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Trade Show Acquisitions Top of Funnel Enterprise Management 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Human resources professionals now rank recruiting and hiring as top concerns , and they are embracing new recruiting technology to meet those demands — tools that may become permanent parts of the HR toolbox. Sales reps engage prospects based on specific needs and requirements, then encourage them through a sales development funnel.

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Top of Funnel Marketing AI Optimization Digital Marketing Funnels 130

SmartBug Media

JANUARY 10, 2024

Navigating the sales funnel can be complex for any business. Developing a journey from prospect to customer acquisition demands a specific sales process—and, often, sales and marketing teams aren't sure of which responsibilities they hold during that process.

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Process Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 64

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 21, 2020

How to know if your marketing and sales efforts are eroding your growth. How would you describe your current marketing and sales motion? Do you have a finely tuned, highly repeatable, highly predictable model for generating demand and closing business? Could you easily turn the dial for demand up or down? Build a brand.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Budget Programs 238

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Now more than ever, trust is important in the buying process as prospects continue to carefully consider purchases. ANNUITAS Research conducted interviews with sales leaders across industries to see how this change has impacted both sales strategy and day-to-day life. 1: Hire and train more inside sales. Ease of scale.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It does double duty, educating prospects while accelerating sales, and so the tool has grown in popularity over recent years. By that I mean, how does chat work with both your engagement channel strategy and Demand Process to strategically meet a prospect where he or she is in the funnel? We’ve seen it many times before.

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Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

B2B Demand generation is changing. 59% of marketers attribute revenue growth to marketing-generated leads , so demand-generation tactics remain a non-negotiable among marketing teams. Higher ROI- By bringing in higher-quality leads and shortening their time in the sales funnel, you’ll see higher returns on your marketing spend.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2020

Business leaders and marketing and sales teams are struggling now, more than ever, to not only drive new demand, but to replace the loss of existing demand in the marketplace. Here are our top four recommendations to (re)focus demand marketing through this current crisis and beyond: 1. Website [4.03%]. Nurture [2.65%].

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Top of Funnel Planning Demand Elasticity 232

Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the realm of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), two terms frequently arise that B2B marketers often struggle to comprehend – demand generation and lead generation. Yet, understanding the difference between demand gen and lead gen is crucial to the success of your marketing efforts. Unlike demand gen, lead gen is more transactional.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation Demand 105

SalesIntel

APRIL 25, 2024

With this in mind, Chelsea Madden, VP of Customer Success and Partnerships at SalesIntel, and Kara Smith Brown, CRO & Founder of LeadCoverage , partnered on an in-depth webinar to provide supply chain marketers with key sales and marketing tactics to create a commanding presence market presence in 2024. Yet, it is often overlooked.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2022

Henry Schuck, the founder and CEO of ZoomInfo, was recently on the M&A Science Podcast , hosted by Kison Patel, where he talked about his experience with mergers and acquisitions. Since 2015, ZoomInfo has made 12 acquisitions with multiple purposes in mind. Here’s the criteria they consider with every potential transaction: 1.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 19, 2021

What is demand generation? Demand generation encompasses a wide range of sales and marketing initiatives designed to develop interest in a company’s products or services and convert leads into customers. Our guide introduces you to demand generation, a dynamic and evolving marketing tactic.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 19, 2023

What is demand generation? Demand generation is a marketing strategy that marries your sales and marketing teams through initiatives designed to generate interest in your product or service (read: demand) and ultimately convert leads into customers. Why is demand generation important?

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Sana Commerce

JUNE 3, 2024

Let’s face it, wading through sales metrics might not top your list of thrilling activities. But here’s the thing: your sales data is a goldmine of insights that can supercharge your B2B e-commerce performance. How data drives e-commerce sales improvement Knowledge, as the old saying goes, is power.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 27, 2023

In this content, we will delve into the working methodologies of B2B lead generation companies, their techniques of acquiring leads, and the benefits of working with them, thereby highlighting their processes and value. By gathering their contact information and adding it to your sales funnel, you can start to spark interest.

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Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2022

In an ideal world, B2B revenue teams would run with lightning-fast lead response times, streamlined operations, and an aligned sales and marketing team. A sales funnel powered by volume and velocity is vital to stay competitive in today’s market. Intelligent lead routing is a key component of that effective, speedy sales motion.

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Martech

APRIL 12, 2024

As a supporter of the program perspective for initiatives, I recognize the value of managing related projects, products and activities as a unified entity. Let’s explore the essential role of programs in product management, project management and marketing operations, bridging technical details with business priorities.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Without it, software and platforms just aggregate information that might be correct and might help a rep find the next best buyer. Businesses need a clean, complete, and actionable data asset to inform engagement and drive intelligent automated workflows that increase sales efficiencies and close more deals.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 28, 2020

In it, Scott offered four actionable ways to quickly and effectively shift your demand marketing plan to accommodate the changing business environment. He and another colleague, Lee Anne Wimberly, have been leading the effort to uncover the real world results of these recommended demand marketing strategy shifts during the COVID-19 crisis. .

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The Point

JUNE 24, 2022

The TrustRadius report focuses primarily on how technology vendors should adapt their selling process to these new buying habits, but it’s also worth considering some of the key findings and their implication for the demand marketer. Key Finding 2: Buyers leverage sales reps for information less (and later) than ever.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2022

The value proposition of intent data vendors is typically that will combine their data (which is third-party data from your perspective) with your website analytics data (your first-party data) to identify companies that are actively looking to buy what it is you sell, and where they are in the buying process.

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Inbox Insight

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Understanding the key performance indicators (KPIs) or metrics associated with B2B demand generation can be a pivotal factor in the success of your marketing efforts. Demand generation refers to any way of creating demand. Why should B2B marketers focus on demand gen KPIs?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2022

To ensure the quality of their data, some organizations hire data quality managers. Also called quality assurance or quality control managers, this person is responsible for coordinating activities to attain the organization’s standards of quality for their database. What is a Data Quality Manager?

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Business process automation is, hands down, one of the best technological innovations to come along in decades. But how do make the best use of it (or get started, if you’re still stuck in manual processes)? This makes your customer acquisition more efficient and helps boost overall marketing performance.

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Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Efficiency Marketing Automation 163

Hubspot

MARCH 7, 2018

KPIs for Sales Managers. Client Acquisition Rates. Sales Volume by Location. Sales managers -- and particularly field sales managers -- can often feel like they are trapped in a fog. Download our free report here to learn the top 3 metrics ranked by sales professionals.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But whether we are talking about well-thought-out ‘growth marketing’ programs or haphazard ‘inside-out,’ interruptive go-to-market tactics, random acts of marketing and sales are at a breaking point. Our ability to succeed through haphazard marketing and sales acquisition efforts is rapidly coming to an end.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 130

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

This is why it’s imperative for B2B tech marketers to shift their focus from buying journey funnels to full-on customer lifecycle management. However, customer acquisition is where most marketing strategies stop. The traditional funnel is focused on net-new customer acquisition as the means to drive growth.

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Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Work Management 134

FunnelEnvy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence is the big news for B2B SaaS marketing and sales in 2024. Yet while generative AI is transforming B2B SaaS marketing, the other big news is not about tech disruption but about people – specifically about the sales experience buyers want now.

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Marketing AI B2B Sales Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies 62

PureB2B

JANUARY 28, 2020

What is the value of a lead if it cannot be converted into a sale? One of the biggest challenges in sales is converting potential customers to actual customers. The challenge most teams encounter in getting MQLs to sales development representatives (SDR)and then having these leads cycle through the sales funnel.

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