Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Build a comprehensive go-to-market (GTM) strategy that combines careful research with tailored messaging that hits on the right buyer pain points. Find ready-to-buy prospects faster Learn how Sales Cloud can help you score your best leads and prioritize them by how likely they are to close.

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The Number One rule in B2B marketing: Never, ever, pass an unqualified lead to your sales force. Because they’ll hate you in the morning… But seriously, if the role of B2B marketing is to provide leverage to sales, then burdening a sales rep with a prospect who is not a realistic potential buyer is no help.

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Velocity Partners

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But it’s also the hardest to pull off — you need one clear story that wraps its arms around your platform and your point solutions and signals to customers: “the problem we solve is real, clearly defined, and we’re experts in it.” It’s certainly not a guaranteed path to speed up the sales cycle.

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Seismic

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This year, organizations have had to navigate a tricky sales environment. Buyer needs have changed, budgets are tight, and sales cycles are longer and more complicated than ever. In order to be successful in this dynamic landscape, go-to-market (GTM) teams need to operate as effectively and efficiently as possible.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 10, 2023

Execute a Personalize Campaign Strategy at Every Stage of the Sales Cycle  Personalization in ABM is important; when content speaks to buyer needs and stages of the buying journey, it keeps accounts interested and moving in their pursuit of a solution. We recommend the three V’s: pipeline volume, value, and velocity.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 20, 2021

In the past, there has often been a division between sales and marketing. Segmented from one another, marketing would work the top of the funnel and sales would work the bottom. Once a lead was ready for sales, it would be handed off and in many cases, never hear from marketing again. Nurture and qualify leads.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 2, 2023

B2B buyers need more attention and information to make a purchase decision, ideally, a personalized buying experience. Why Personalization Matters Today’s buyers no longer want a personalized experience; they demand it. This could be the changes in pipeline volume, velocity, and the measurable value an account provides.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2020

For example, before you may take 3 weeks to promote a webinar, now one of her clients gained 150 webinar registrants in 3 days which led to new sales cycles. Once sales and marketing has those internal communications, teams can then move forward together.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

Tune in to hear more about prioritizing the customer experience and learn: the difference between the infinite loop of prospect experience and lead management. And so, thankfully, I hear more companies talk less about lead management and more about prospect experience. the risk of aggressive over-marketing. Alan : Exactly.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This results in missed sales targets and lost revenue — not to mention a frustrated sales team. How do sales pipelines work? A sales pipeline follows the journey prospects take from first contact to purchase. You can also offer additional training for your reps on how to lead effective demo calls.

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6sense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As a company, 6sense benefits from more stickiness and sales adoption when customers have both 6sense and a companion SEP. And 6sense generates higher customer lifetime value by embedding 6sense insights and predictions within companion SEPs. Rank prospects to boost revenue. Where are our leads coming from?

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Hubspot

APRIL 12, 2021

However, enterprise sales strategy differs vastly from self-service, SMB (small-medium business), or mid-market sales. The method for engaging customers and moving through the sales cycle will depend on what type of sales process your company is running. Finding Leads. Ease of Purchase.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 27, 2017

Generally in PPC, we target high value keywords to inform and acquire new customers based on need, specific pain points, or keywords associated with products or services. As B2B marketers, we face a myriad of challenges unique to this space: More specific buyer personas. Products or services tailored to specific buyer needs.

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Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Almost six out of ten (57%) of the buyers Wunderman Thompson surveyed for their report admitted that they felt “less loyal” to B2B sellers than they did pre-pandemic. B2B buyers need innovative solutions to keep up and get ahead, too, and, according to the research, they’re more willing to look to new sources for these solutions than ever.

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Madison Logic

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Locating potential buyers isn’t easy, but the real challenge is converting high-value accounts into real customers. The organization may need more education on a problem they’re facing, why they must address that problem now, and who is best suited to partner with in solving that problem.

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SalesIntel

JULY 22, 2022

In order to stand out from the competition, you need to identify your unique selling proposition (USP). It’s what makes you unique and provides value to your target market. Your USP should be clearly communicated in your sales message. You need to understand your costs, as well as the prices charged by your competitors.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 28, 2018

You think you used the right language , prepared for the call, and worked hard on understanding what to offer a particular lead. The painful truth of the matter is that these situations arise merely because you didn’t do enough research about your lead. Why It’s Important to Research Your Sales Leads.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 12, 2013

In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. There's a lot of discussion in the marketplace about articles you've written, including "The Lead-Nurturing Payoff For The Tech Industry." Twenty years ago, people would just buy a list and call it leads.

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Digital B2B Marketing

JULY 31, 2012

Sales cycles are long, measurement can be convoluted, and segmentation, lead scoring and sales and marketing alignment take traditional marketers into uncomfortable spaces. However, buyers don’t need content. Buyers need information. B2B marketing is complex.

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Madison Logic

JANUARY 18, 2023

But it’s more than just repeating our value proposition in various ways; it’s about connecting with the customer and getting them to trust us. . Because buyers, not sellers, have all the power in B2B. For example, y our sales teams have daily conversations with current and prospective accounts. What they’re searching for .

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Mereo

MAY 6, 2021

Your buyers, especially the C-suite executives ( who have become even more invested in sales cycles ) , care about their long-term outcomes. It is long past due time to modernize your value messaging strategy and focus on the customer first and foremost. Embrace A Foundation of Long-Term Value Messaging.

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Binary Demand

MAY 17, 2024

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]Every marketer’s obvious dream is to convert leads into customers. During lengthy B2B sales cycles, certain leads may not be prepared to purchase at any stage of the funnel. Differentiating yourself and gaining new customers is possible just through B2B lead nurturing.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 28, 2018

You think you used the right language , prepared for the call, and worked hard on understanding what to offer a particular lead. The painful truth of the matter is that these situations arise merely because you didn’t do enough research about your lead. Why It’s Important to Research Your Sales Leads.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

With all the choices available to buyers, it is important to communicate how your solution is unique. What your marketing and sales enablement teams might not fully realize is that: Product / service differentiators are fleeting, especially today where new product launches are faster than ever before and solutions are quickly commoditized.

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Mereo

MARCH 30, 2023

When accepted, adopted and incorporated into sales enablement programs, sales leaders start generating more-interesting questions and conversations that can lead to deeper outcomes. What can I take from the CI solution we already have invested in (and adopted) to capture more value from our investment?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Recently we had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Ninivaggi, the Practice Director for Sales Enablement with leading sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions. What is the Value Gap? The value articulation issue revolves around improving sales productivity.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The Sales and Marketing Blind Spot. However, when it comes to sales and marketing, very little has changed despite significant changes in buyer behaviors—the result of which has decreased the volume of leads that sales receives. Generating more leads isn’t a short-term, “one and done” campaign.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The bad news for B2B sales cycles everywhere is that 84% of B2B buyers report that purchase decisions take longer than expected – twice as long for most. One reason for the delay is that modern B2B buyers want help accelerating the decision process and assuring decision success.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of the biggest challenges b2b marketers face is what to do with all of those “names&# that come into your system that aren’t really “leads&# yet; contacts collected from white paper downloads, webinar registrations, trade shows and other activities. How do you separate hot leads from long-term leads from tire-kickers?

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Cintell

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Christina also shared some fantastic impact statements at various organizations who have measured the impact of personas in terms of marketing and sales metrics. Various clients have seen results such as a 28% higher campaign response rate, 2-3 month shorter sales cycle, and 25% increase in marketing influenced revenue.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2018

We addressed this for our own sales reps, creating an interactive Discovery Tool to automate the gathering and analysis of needs for our own prospects (developed using our Alinean Value Cloud platform). As a result, we develop proposals that specifically cover these needs and are perfectly aligned.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2010

Leading Lights: Marketing and PR Strategist David Meerman Scott – video interview. "Effective content for either technical or business buyers needs to address issues that keep them awake at night" Tom Pick's Bio. into the business metrics they need. Ardath Albee Recommends. Tom Pick's Tip.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Author: Vyoma Kapur If you’re a consumer marketer, you may have heard of “ lead nurturing ” and simply dismissed it. After all, a “lead” is exclusive to B2B marketing that typically involves long sales cycles and complex deals, right? But guess what, individual buyers need to be nurtured as much as businesses do.

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6sense

JANUARY 14, 2016

This view makes marketing qualified leads not a metric for measuring campaigns, but a product delivered to sales development reps and executives. The benefit of this approach is twofold: Marketing doesn’t assume that their sales team will immediately value, understand and act on the leads they provide.

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A Better Jones

AUGUST 3, 2018

Marketers need to view sales, not as just an ally (and definitely not as an adversary - which is way too common), but as a customer, as someone you serve. And just like I advocate companies be downright obsessive about serving their buyers, I encourage marketers to be the same with about serving their sales team.

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