PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2022

While online B2B buying habits have changed dramatically in the past decade, today's B2B buyer journey looks a lot different than it did just a couple of years ago. Therefore, as Forrester states, the role of B2B marketing is “no longer to attract and persuade; it’s really to engage buyers and help them through their journey.”.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels This also applies, of course, to B2B marketing. Ideally, marketers focus their time on performing high-impact tasks that need our knowledge, expertise, and experience. So, why not let B2B marketing automation take care of the rest? What is B2B Marketing Automation?

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Webbiquity

MARCH 1, 2022

The way B2B buyers consume content has changed significantly in the past two years. But fascinating new research quantifies those changes, and points the way forward for B2B content marketers. B2B tech buyers most highly value product demos, factual product information, and free trials. No surprise there.

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Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

And if you jump into it without a solid strategy in place, you aren’t going to see game-changing results (or a happy sales team). It’s only useful when all the relevant players are aligned, bought-in, and using the framework on a daily basis. In addition to marketing and sales, Suzy Balk, our Sr. So let’s break it down.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2022

Below are nine vital observations, from the report and other sources, for any marketing leader interesting in taking advantage of intent data to drive revenue. Allocating scare marketing resources to the acquisition and utilization of intent data is probably not for you if: Your company is a small, early-stage startup.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

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NetLine

APRIL 23, 2024

Technology and data—specifically buyer-level intent data —take a lot of the guesswork out of sales prospecting, making it more precise. How can intent data help sales teams identify high-potential prospects more effectively? It tells you what buyers have been searching for, where they are searching, and why.

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SendX

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Marketing tools easily come to mind when you think of how to scale your business. CRM and email marketing tools are popular choices. While some compare to settle for the best, others dig deep to identify a CRM email marketing tool that'll offer both solutions. An email marketing tool feeds data to the CRM.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The digital era has led to changes in the way brands market their products and services. You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. The Shift to Customer-Centric Marketing. In 2019, 90% of all U.S.

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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. But in today’s highly digitized world, competition is fierce, and leads are practically a dime a dozen. It was that simple. Enter intent data. Overwhelming Lead Volume.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Author: David Svigel Buyer behavior has changed; contact with your prospects occurs later in the sales cycle, and your leads come armed with more information than ever before about your products and services. What does this mean for marketing? Get Conversions to the Middle of the Funnel.

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The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

A robust B2B digital marketing strategy can and WILL drive growth in revenue, reputation, and resilience for your business. Otherwise, you’ll get overwhelmed by ALL the options available for marketing online. This knowledge forms the foundation of your digital marketing efforts.

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Martech

MAY 1, 2024

Rapidly advancing generative AI models promise to help scale marketing and sales functions by automating customer conversations. Are brands willing to trust digital assistants to take over the reigns for part of the customer journey? As a result, the company improved customer engagement leading to revenue growth.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) and strategic content creation and distribution mesh perfectly. However, strategic content creation and distribution are great solutions to these challenges. It is the polar opposite of running generic, one-size-fits-all marketing campaigns. Sharing relevant data points and case studies.

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Lead Forensics

MAY 16, 2024

1) Optimize your CRM A CRM is something you’re likely to be using on a daily basis, so the more streamlined your processes can be the more you’ll benefit. Also make sure your emails are automatically passed into your CRM, if that doesn’t already happen. Look at your sales funnel and spend time optimizing it.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 20, 2023

By Sarah Threet, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketin g What is Purchase Intention and Intent Data? Purchase intention (or buyer intent) is a measure of each shopper’s propensity to buy a product or service. Intent data is the dataset that provides insight into the customer’s journey.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

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Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

Novel formats, channels, and technologies like TikTok and ChatGPT are now driving forces behind buyer interest, opening up new ways for B2B brands to raise awareness about their products. 59% of marketers attribute revenue growth to marketing-generated leads , so demand-generation tactics remain a non-negotiable among marketing teams.

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Sharpspring

JANUARY 28, 2021

When it comes to marketing, it’s not enough to churn out content and hope for the best. You need to be able to offer relevant, personalized content that your audiences want to engage with. The best way to do that is through the effective use of CRM software. What is CRM Software? Benefits of CRM Software.

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Oktopost

JULY 15, 2020

Not a bad zinger, but here we are four years later and LinkedIn is widely acknowledged as an invaluable resource not just for headhunters and job seekers, but for marketers and sales professionals too. For B2B marketers, the importance of LinkedIn cannot be overstated. Why LinkedIn Lead Generation is Perfect for B2B Marketing.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 23, 2024

In B2B marketing, with the constant pressure to “do more with less,” optimizing return on investment (ROI) is crucial, especially regarding brand awareness. Image credit: Pixabay on Pexels You’ve probably seen studies and statistics on the enormous ROI (return on investment) that email marketing for B2B delivers compared to other tactics.

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Oktopost

APRIL 29, 2024

When you do, you will be able to be more relevant, become a more trusted brand, and build authority in your field. Doing this helps to drive your leads that you are in contact with further down the funnel. Intent Data that includes social media activity and engagement of your leads will be more precise and helpful to your sales team.

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Seismic

JANUARY 21, 2021

As organizations prepare to navigate 2021 and beyond, the ability to deliver exceptional digital customer experiences will be critical for success. The acceleration of digital transformation in sales will only continue. By 2025, Gartner projects that 80 percent of sales interactions will occur in digital channels.

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

B2B buyer behavior has shifted dramatically to independent, online research. Due to the volume of content and online resources in nearly every industry, most people on your buying committees can perform their own research on their own time and are likely to make a decision before ever talking to your sales team.

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Martech

MARCH 4, 2022

There is no sale without a customer. This metric alone is not the measure of success, but it is a milepost on the way towards figuring out the return on investment (ROI) of the marketing spend. This can generate leads, conversions, sales, and eventually lifetime value. So how much does it cost to find one? One number among many.

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Oktopost

MARCH 23, 2020

B2B marketing and sales professionals are fighting a daily battle to convert a finite number of leads. This is why automation of B2B marketing and sales activities appears inevitable. It’s clear that organizations looking to scale up embrace automation tools and solutions to boost their marketing and sales operations.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds.

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6sense

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We talk a lot here about the data-realm of hidden buyer intent data we call the Dark Funnel. And we often talk about the Dark Funnel within the context of how this buyer information, when properly de-anonymized, can dramatically increase new-logo signings and revenue. But the Dark Funnel isn’t just for prospects.

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6sense

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We talk a lot here about the data-realm of hidden buyer intent data we call the Dark Funnel. And we often talk about the Dark Funnel within the context of how this buyer information, when properly de-anonymized, can dramatically increase new-logo signings and revenue. But the Dark Funnel isn’t just for prospects.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. This digital shift has welcomed a new era in sales: social selling.

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GreenRope

AUGUST 9, 2021

5 Step Guide for Developing a Strong Sales Pipeline. A sales pipeline is a reliable and efficient tool for growing your revenue. It represents how prospects move through the sales process, usually depicted visually by a CRM. In GreenRope, you can create unique phases that make up a path or sales pipeline.

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Lead Forensics

MARCH 5, 2024

Optimize your CRM use A CRM is something you’re likely to be using on a daily basis, so the more streamlined your processes can be the more you’ll benefit. Also make sure your emails are automatically passed into your CRM, if that doesn’t already happen. Look at your sales funnel and spend time optimizing it.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Always on the lookout for new ways to identify prospects and generate leads in business markets? This year I’ve come across a handful of services and tools that demonstrate and welcome creativity and innovative by using digital marketing. Then it takes over the LinkedIn accounts of the client’s sales reps.

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SnapApp

JUNE 7, 2018

In a world where marketers are constantly being asked for more, how do you resist the urge to send over every Maybe-Qualified-Lead to sales to hit your numbers? The answer: Because, ultimately, it doesn’t work for marketing OR sales. Interactive Content for Leads at Different Stages. So now you’re stuck.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Sales and PR have a lot in common—even if both sides are reluctant to agree. But there are still elements that can be borrowed from sales and repurposed for success within PR. How can you leverage the traditional sales funnel and tried-and-true sales techniques to lend powerful insight to your PR efforts?

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Martech

MARCH 27, 2024

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market.

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