Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2022

Your go-to-market actions are only as good as the data they run on. You can hire the best sales and marketing talent and outfit them with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools , but without high-quality data, their efforts will fall short of your targets. What does bad data actually cost businesses?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Welcome back to our B2B Blog Post Round-Up series. The February edition features content about recruiting nightmares, inadequate buyer personas, key considerations for technology buying, and so much more. 5 Reasons Your Buyer Personas Aren’t Good Enough. Bad buyer personas. What is a buyer persona?

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DealSignal

APRIL 27, 2023

ABM intent data is about ABM marrying Ideal Customer Profiles, Buyer Personas, high-quality contact information, and intent data into a strategic go-to-market strategy for B2B firms. While both look to define your buyers, ICPs are account-based while Buyer Personas are lead-based.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2018

In modern business, data is a hot commodity. Everywhere we look there’s talk of data-driven sales, data-driven marketing, predictive learning, data hygiene , and so on. Data is a critical component of business success—no matter the industry, the size of the business, or how the business operates.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, 63% of marketers report spending more on data-driven marketing and advertising last year, and 53% said that a demand to deliver more relevant communications/be more customer-centric is among the most important factors driving their investment in data-driven marketing. Must Read: What Is Data Cleansing And Appending 7.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2021

The B2B selling process is slow but steady. On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Today we’re sharing tips and tricks to shorten the sales cycle, broken down by stage.

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2018

We cover topics related to sales, marketing, recruiting, and business—just as we do on our own B2B blog. 6 Ways to Be a Better B2B Designer. But, businesses vary drastically regarding branding, products, sales cycles, and much more. Today we make the critical distinction between B2C design and B2B design.

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DealSignal

MAY 6, 2019

ABM marries Ideal Customer Profiles, Buyer Personas, high-quality contact information, and intent data into a strategic go-to-market strategy for B2B firms. Use Ideal Customer Profiles to define your best-fit buyers. While both look to define your buyers, ICPs are account-based while Buyer Personas are lead-based.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Account Based Marketing ABM Intent 94

DealSignal

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What Is Sales Prospecting? Sales prospecting tools are important in identifying potential buyers (prospects) and then building a business relationship with them. It’s the first step in the overall sales process—and a very important one. But, note the key word here: likely customers.

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Zoominfo

JULY 9, 2020

Although most companies have now adopted some version of a data hygiene strategy, dirty data is still very much alive and well. How can it be that technology has come so far, and yet data quality issues still plague sales and marketing professionals? What is data hygiene and why is it important?

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DealSignal

JULY 27, 2023

Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What Is Sales Prospecting? Sales prospecting tools are important in identifying potential buyers (prospects) and then building a business relationship with them. It’s the first step in the overall sales process—and a very important one. But, note the key word here: likely customers.

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Top of Funnel Generation Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Leads 52

Zoominfo

APRIL 15, 2018

The importance of data cannot be understated in the modern sales landscape. Now, data and analytics reign supreme when it comes to running a successful sales organization. But here’s the thing– the world of data and analytics has made massive strides in recent years and many organizations have yet to catch up.

Marketing & Strategy 170

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DealSignal

MAY 6, 2019

ABM marries Ideal Customer Profiles, Buyer Personas, high-quality contact information, and intent data into a strategic go-to-market strategy for B2B firms. Use Ideal Customer Profiles to define your best-fit buyers. While both look to define your buyers, ICPs are account-based while Buyer Personas are lead-based.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Account Based Marketing ABM Intent 40

Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2019

Although most companies have now adopted some version of a data hygiene strategy, dirty data is still very much alive and well. How can it be that technology has come so far, and yet data quality issues still plague sales and marketing professionals? None of it would be possible without data. Click to tweet.

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SalesIntel

MAY 17, 2021

Not everyone at your target account is going to be a buyer persona. Data Hygiene Is the Key. Given that data decays every 12-14 months, you must preserve data hygiene to maximize the effectiveness of your email campaign efforts. Monitor Your Analytics: No email list is 100% accurate.

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Content4Demand

MAY 21, 2020

Written by Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria & Michael Rodriguez Republished with permission from Demand Gen Report With in-person engagement on hold this spring and possibly into summer, B2B marketers continue to pivot their strategies to make up for lost leads, maintain relationships with clients and attract new business.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2019

If you’ve worked in sales for any length of time, you know your success is dependent on the quality of your sales prospect lists. Think about it- you might be the most skilled salesperson at your company, but if you’re reaching out to the wrong people, your sales skills will have no impact on their desire to purchase your product.

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DealSignal

MARCH 17, 2023

Static DealSignal’s Dynamic Data ZoomInfo’s Static Data Who Has Better Data, DealSignal or ZoomInfo? DealSignal vs. ZoomInfo: Make the Right Choice When it comes to B2B lead generation platforms, choosing the right one can make all the difference. One of the key benefits of DealSignal is our commitment to data quality.

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Zoominfo

JULY 10, 2018

It’s no secret: The B2B content landscape is more crowded than ever before. And, as a result, today’s B2B buyers are faced with many different buying options. Enter data-driven marketing. What is Data-Driven Marketing? Data-Driven Marketing in 2018. Up to 25% of B2B database contacts contain critical errors.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 29, 2019

And, because contact and account data is a high-value form of currency in the corporate world, it often feels like the human element of B2B is gone. But, the rapid influx of available data seems to be shifting businesses back to the basics and back to the who of it all. The difference between data and intelligence.

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Zoominfo

JULY 30, 2019

There’s no universal set of rules for successful B2B branding, as much as we marketers would love for such a thing to exist. In fact, 77% of B2B marketing leaders say branding is critical to growth ( source ). In today’s blog post, we break down the most common B2B branding mistakes and help your business avoid them.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Yet, when you look at the impact data has on the average business, things become slightly more complicated. Here’s what we mean: In the past, organizations mainly relied on static data to conduct sales, marketing, and operations. Meanwhile, the data they’d collected began to decay at an unprecedented pace.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2019

If you’ve worked in sales for any length of time, you know your success is dependent on the quality of your prospect lists. Think about it- you might be the most skilled salesperson at your company, but if you’re reaching out to the wrong people, your sales skills will have no impact on their desire to purchase your product.

Ad Building 182

Ad Building Peer-to-peer Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management 182

DealSignal

MARCH 22, 2023

Marketers know this but often feel at a loss about what to do because they don’t want to miss out on relevant data points, like company size, job title, and other important attributes for sales to know. According to Forrester, companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales-ready leads at 33% lower cost.

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DealSignal

JUNE 3, 2021

Marketers know this but often feel at a loss about what to do because they don’t want to miss out on relevant data points, like company size, job title, and other important attributes for sales to know. According to Forrester , companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales-ready leads at 33% lower cost.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

For more information about setting clear, attainable marketing goals, check out the following articles: 5 B2B Marketing Metrics that Matter. Learn more about B2B branding in the following blog posts: Contact Data Hygiene and the Future of Branding. 9 Great Examples of B2B Brand Storytelling.

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Leadspace

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

There are a number of uses for your marketing data that can exponentially help your sales and marketing teams to generate more leads, customers, and revenue for the company. Let’s dive into a few of the top use cases for your marketing data. Sounds great, right? Develop laser-focused customer profiles. And they take time.

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Webinar Metrics Lead Ranking Marketing Management Lead Scoring 48

SnapApp

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The B2B sales funnel has changed a lot. . Until recent years, the traditional selling process looked something like this: Marketing would hand leads off to the sales team. The sales team would attempt to close those leads. . Sales did their thing. stakeholders involved in any given sale.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Yet, when you look at the impact data has on the average business, things become slightly more complicated. Here’s what we mean: In the past, organizations mainly relied on static data to conduct sales, marketing, and operations. Meanwhile, the data they’d collected began to decay at an unprecedented pace.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Best of B2B Marketing. The richness of insights that can be gained with a deep understanding of how buyers are using search is nearly without parallel. True Confession: I Don’t Have a Social Media Strategy - Dianna Huff - B2B MarCom , July 22, 2010 Social media gurus tell you to have a strategy. July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 30, 2018

Pacific for an episode of Sales Pipeline Radio. It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities heading into and throughout the year.

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