InsightSquared

MAY 6, 2021

The metrics that help you get ahead of risks and upside. In the webinar, “From Lagging to Leading: The Essential Sales Metrics You Don’t Want to Miss,” InsightSquared’s, James Davison, Chief Product Officer, and Lynn Herman, Senior Customer Enablement Consultant, share tips on taking advantage of both Lagging and Leading Indicators.

Webinar Metrics 156

Webinar Metrics Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Forecasting 156

Biznology

JANUARY 20, 2022

A 2021 Bain & Company survey found that 92% of B2B buyers prefer virtual sales interactions. They expect to have easy access to sales reps — but they hope they won’t need it. Buyers want to experience B2B products and services through web-based demos and videos, just as they do with consumer products.

Video Marketing 192

Video Marketing Product B2B Sales Webinar Metrics 192

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.

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

But not entirely unlike when a colleague sends you a link to a gated ebook, you give your contact info to download it, and then get a phone call from a sales rep the same day. You don’t want a demo of their software — you haven’t even had time to read their content yet. How inappropriate! Too early, and everyone wastes time.

Lead Ranking 187

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 187

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar, Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. A recent poll conducted by ZoomInfo found that over 85% of respondents actively look for ways to automate their work.

Webinar Metrics 242

Webinar Metrics Zoominfo Automation Marketing & Strategy 242

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you think a B2B sales funnel is an abstract idea, brace yourself. It’s time to build a sales funnel that captures and converts your best buyers. Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. That’s where your streamlined, four-stage sales funnel comes in.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Ad Building 130

Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With higher traffic and more page views, it’s only reasonable to expect a bump in conversions and sales. Lower funnel keywords are an often neglected SEO strategy for marketers. And that brings us to strategically aligning keywords with the marketing funnel and, more specifically, lower funnel keywords.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Keywords Marketing Automation Services 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. Our research suggests that the events of 2020 have made SaaS customers more demanding than ever. It’s about helping your sales organization do what they do best.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Work Management Marketing Automation Services 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing. What is Demand Generation?

Demand Generation Agencies 225

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2023

Image credit: Headway on Unsplash It’s not just consumer brands working with content creators; B2B companies are also increasingly leveraging video content to engage with their target audiences and drive demand for their products or services. Incorporating live demonstrations within your webinars adds an extra layer of impact.

Webinar Metrics 309

Webinar Metrics Demand Work Management Video Marketing 309

Hinge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Educational webinars have emerged as a powerful marketing tool for many professional services and B2B firms. But not everyone is on the same page… As someone who has organized, promoted, and produced over 100 webinars at Hinge, you can imagine that I hold some strong perspectives on webinars as a marketing strategy.

Webinar Metrics 98

Webinar Metrics Education Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 98

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.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

Creating a global sales strategy is one of the most important and challenging exercises for a business. However, it’s not a simple rinse-and-repeat process across different countries, where culture and resources will differ as much as the local cuisine. Registering for an upcoming webinar about customer engagement.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Webinar Metrics 130

Televerde

APRIL 30, 2024

It may feel like it’s easier than ever to find and connect with people in the digital age, but for businesses looking for high-potential clients, the process requires a structured approach. Quick Takeaways: Contact acquisition requires a structured approach to gather prospect data for personalized marketing and sales outreach.

Acquisitions 52

Acquisitions Contacts Paid Content Process 52

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A 2018 study by the University of Zurich found that even a small gift from a sales representative makes customers much more likely to make a purchase. In the study, reps gave customers six tubes of toothpaste — a trivial offering. Below is an example of how we offer gifts to cold leads when encouraging them to sign up for a webinar.

Sales Management 130

Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. It’s that time of the year when new objectives drive marketing teams to come up with strategies and initiatives to reinvigorate lead generation efforts.

Lead Generation 264

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Paid Content Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

One of the many benefits of conversational marketing is its ability to accelerate your sales cycle. After all, it is built for and used by both your marketing and sales teams to drive pipeline and generate revenue. Employ HubSpot sales routing. For example, did visitors recently attend a webinar? Ask them how it was.

Hubspot 195

Hubspot Top of Funnel Conversion Sales Qualified Leads 195

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Overview of ABM and Common Challenges Account-based marketing, or ABM, is a marketing strategy that B2B companies use to attract a select group of high-value customers. Engagement and Conversion Issues Don’t rely on generic conversion funnels. It is the polar opposite of running generic, one-size-fits-all marketing campaigns.

Account Based Marketing 95

Account Based Marketing ABM Tactics Top of Funnel 95

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. Probably the most common complaint that I hear from Sales is that “Marketing just doesn’t understand engineering problems, and they generate ‘crappy’ leads that are not ready to buy.”

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. Our research suggests that the events of 2020 have made SaaS customers more demanding than ever. It’s about helping your sales organization do what they do best.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Work Management Marketing Automation Services 100

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar , Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. Through trial and error, companies adopt “sales plays” that become repeatable and highly targeted.

Webinar Metrics 130

Webinar Metrics Zoominfo Automation Marketing Strategy 130

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). In addition to marketing and sales, Suzy Balk, our Sr. Marketing Campaigns Manager, advises that product teams should be included in lead scoring. “If So let’s break it down.

Lead Ranking 195

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 195

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Is the webinar dead now too? How should we continue generating leads for our sales team while continuing to innovate on the content formats we produce and gate behind a form?". Instead, I’ll make a bold claim: webinars aren’t dead, and neither is the PDF ebook. Webinars Drive Sales. How to Make a Webinar in 2018.

Webinar Metrics 203

Webinar Metrics Co-Registration Top of Funnel High Quality Lead 203

Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Understanding the Stages: MQLs, SALs, and SQLs Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) and Sales Accepted Leads (SALs) might sound similar , understanding the distinctions between these lead types is crucial to boosting up your marketing funnel.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Get a Demo Demand Generation vs Lead Generation: What’s the Difference?

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

Launch Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

That is why organizations need an effective go-to-market strategy. From defining the target market to outlining marketing and sales tactics to reach the audience and more, a go-to-market strategy has it all. Here are four tactics for developing an effective SaaS go-to-market strategy.

Tactics 118

Tactics Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Webinar Metrics 118

Biznology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Tech companies don’t need a “video strategy.” They need tactical videos that support their sales and marketing content strategy. Tactical videos have specific objectives: establish a value proposition in the prospect’s mind, put across a memorable product differentiator, describe a new use case.

Tactics 150

Tactics RFP Top of Funnel Video Marketing 150

Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2020

Online gatherings are no longer limited to team meetings and webinars using same old video calling tools. As noted previously in this list of top webinar tools, what separates compelling must-attend events from ho-hum gatherings is the quality of the content, promotion, presenters, and—increasingly—the underlying technology platform.

Enterprise Management 363

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Webinar Metrics 363

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 52

SalesIntel

JULY 10, 2023

Understanding buyer intent has become crucial to marketing, sales, and revenue operations (RevOps) strategies in the current competitive business climate. Why Intent Data is Crucial in Modern Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales professionals face an uphill battle in reaching and converting potential customers.

Top of Funnel 71

Top of Funnel Intent Data Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Sharpspring

JULY 16, 2020

Creating an effective sales strategy requires you to know your customer journey inside and out. Using models like sales funnels and click funnels can help you build the path you want your customers to take on their way from prospect to buyer. What is a Click Funnel? Click funnels can be short or long.

Top of Funnel 68

Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Advertising Funnels Marketing Funnels 68

Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

In the demand generation, marketers use a mix of active strategies (webinars, email marketing, paid ads) and passive strategies (content marketing, SEO, podcasting, social media marketing) to capture prospects’ interest in making a purchase. Contribution to pipeline and sales impact.

Demand Generation Agencies 71

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 71

Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

But there are a lot of factors littering the path of lead conversion [time, sales, team, and more]. And what creates the curves and turns in the journey is- marketers and salespeople focusing on the vanity metrics like: Impressions and clicks. So, drawing the straight line between the new lead to revenue is the uphill task.

Lead Qualification 71

Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring 71

Ledgeview Partners

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Register for this webinar to see how sales teams are using both Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce to manage their day, connect with customers, move opportunities through the pipeline, and close deals faster. Webinar: Salesforce vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales. Sales Planning Their Week using CRM.

Marketing Management 84

Marketing Management Comparison Webinar Metrics CRM 84

Biznology

AUGUST 5, 2020

Findings from a recent report on lead-gen strategies from Ascend2: Most marketers think their social media tactics are increasing the quality of leads Most marketers are spending more on social media because of COVID-19 Most marketers regard video as the most effective type of content for lead-gen, followed by webinars, and live events/webinars.

Webinar Metrics 177

Webinar Metrics Video Marketing Lead Gen Paid Search Agency 177

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?

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

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.

Marketing AI 62

Marketing AI B2B Sales Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies 62