Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We invited a trusted outsider—an expert on the sales and marketing technology landscape—to join us and share a unique perspective. The intersection of our ideas resulted in a renewed focus on delivering massive value to our customers through the best B2B intent data the market has to offer. The Leader in Buyer Intent.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Suit over Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Big Marketing Ploy In an earlier post I wrote about ZL Technologies lawsuit over Gartner Group’s Magic Quadrant, over what it considered “multitude of illegalities&#.

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Engagio

MAY 14, 2021

All this information can actually hurt the chances of closing a sale, as noted by Cristina Gomez, Managing Vice President of Gartner, “Information that once enabled customers to forego meeting with a sales rep has now made it significantly harder for B2B buyers to make an effective decision on their own.”.

Work Management 126

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services B2B Thought Leadership 126

Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

Some even record data in the form of lead scoring based on internal analysis systems. Analyst firm Gartner put together a CRM system ranking for its 2021 Magic Quadrant for the CRM Customer Engagement Center report , highlighting the most impactful players in the field. Businesses with dedicated marketing teams.

Enterprise Management 98

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

You’ve turned a hesitant browser into a sales-ready lead. For instance: You are selling marketing automation software but find it challenging to reach the right prospects. Third-party data- a huge pool of potential leads, but fish responsibly! As a B2B marketer, you are likely to wear multiple hats.

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Martech

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In order to manage a successful digital transformation, marketing leaders have to assemble the team and technologies that will deliver the end goal, according to Michael McCune, Senior Director at Gartner, who spoke at our recent MarTech conference about the key components to the always-on marketing machine.

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DealSignal

AUGUST 3, 2023

Most marketers are concerned about bounce rates that go beyond 5%-10%. High bounce rates quickly degrade marketing campaign performance, or worse, put their marketing automation system or email domain at risk. Analyzing the audience segments in your verified email marketing campaigns helps drive conversions.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Providing the content customers need when they’re ready for it ultimately leads to better outcomes for marketers. Content marketing is closely linked to inbound marketing and other customer experience -based approaches. Still, it can also be used to nurture existing relationships and convert leads into customers.

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Digital Asset Management Paid Content Work Management Marketing Management 136

Madison Logic

JANUARY 18, 2023

Content marketing is the way we speak to our customers about our brand and our solutions. 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. . Gartner finds that only 17% of buying groups’ time is dedicated to meeting with potential providers.

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Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

This is no small task, especially when B2B buyers, barraged by untimely automated messages, random cold calls and lackluster outreach from both sales and marketing, are opting out of vendor conversations. B2B marketing expert Tony Zambito calls this the “ Great Buyer Resignation.” We know the facts.

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Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Check out the tech and tactics fueling the above mentioned shift: Intent data Account-based marketing (ABM) Personalization Marketing automation Predictive analytics Adapting to the merging of modern B2B buyers and the trends driving B2B demand generation strategies is crucial for thriving in today’s evolving B2B landscape.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Gartner Group is known in the technology industry as a heavyweight analyst group that influences a lot of purchasing decisions. Big companies all turn to Gartner’s reports to help them on emerging trends and technologies. Gartner's Magic Quadrant is now on trial The problem? A Judge Will Decide. Stay tuned!

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2014

Things really started to get serious when Laura McClellan from Gartner said that thing about marketing technology. It reminds me of a post I wrote while at Demandbase called Marketing is a Mix Tape which still stands up and speaks to the problem of the perceived “ease” of marketing automation and other marketing technologies.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 100

ClickZ

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

It serves an international client base of more than 3500 brands including Fortune 500 companies, providing digital marketing, marketing analytics, content management, personalization, mobile marketing and marketing automation solutions. That push is resulting to some early success for Acoustic.

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Intent can be used as an ingredient in the determination of a Marketing-Qualified Account (MQA). If an account is showing high interest based on topics, it could qualify or score high enough to become an MQA for sales to further qualify. Targeted content syndication is typically found at the top of the funnel (Pre-MQAs or leads).

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nDash

MAY 26, 2022

With trends changing rapidly in the digital space, identifying technologies B2B marketers should use for managing their content marketing is challenging. In this guide, you’ll learn the importance of B2B marketing tools and technologies B2B marketers should use today. Why are B2B Marketing Tools Important?

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Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

” Data from Gartner suggests that 17% of time in the buying cycle is now spent with a salesperson — representing, said Cavanaugh “a massive decrease.” “Marketing leaders have flipped their strategy and gone after accounts,” Cavanaugh acknowledged. Account-based marketing: A snapshot. What it is.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 10, 2011

The continuing growth of B2B marketing and marketing automation is indeed good news for those of us in the B2B marketplace. Despite the claim by some that automation is “floundering”, marketing automation is clearly gaining steam and poised for even more growth in 2011.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 9, 2017

This type of data can help you identify in-market buyers who haven’t yet engaged with you, prioritize your existing leads, nurture leads with personalized emails, invest in advertising more strategically, personalize your website, and more. A Nascent and Confusing Market.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along Talk to marketing mangers and sales managers about their biggest complaint and you will likely hear “They don’t follow up on leads!&#

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Outreach

MAY 16, 2019

Out in the field, bigger and more agile players are competing against you to chase down the same leads. According to Gartner, B2B buyers spend 66% of the buying journey finding and processing information without any help from a sales rep. They want to be engaged by B2B vendors in the manner they prefer. And that’s just at home.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 5, 2021

We are all familiar with such statistics from people much smarter than I am, the likes of CEB, Forrester and Gartner. In fact, Gartner tells us that B2B buyers will, on average, only spend 17% of the buying cycle meeting with potential suppliers. Some more interesting statistics: of the 7.81 billion, are active social media users.

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Lake One

JULY 29, 2020

Solution: Marketing automation. On average, most leads (at least half) that come through your CRM aren’t ready to buy. See the Gartner illustration again to see why). A marketing automation plan for your manufacturing firm can fill the gap. Solution: Account based marketing. It also allows for errors.

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Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

And MarTech is loaded with benefits for marketers: it empowers them to better listen to and engage their target audiences; it helps to amplify their reach; it allows them to build smarter and more effective campaigns; and it ultimately helps them to better measure the success of their efforts and the contribution to the bottom line.

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Enterprise Management Digital Asset Management Work Management Marketing Management 84

Single Grain

MARCH 9, 2021

B2B SEO refers to getting your business site ranked higher in the SERPs in order to drive more traffic and sales to you. The way you do this is via content creation, content marketing, link acquisition, and UX optimization of your website. 57% of B2B marketers say that SEO generates more leads than any other marketing strategy.

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chiefmartech

MARCH 27, 2017

For marketing executives and their teams, building an effective marketing technology stack is a daunting prospect. Marketing executives are having to consider innovation, scalability, and a clear balance between short-term revenue impact vs long-term competitive advantage. The customer experience for high-value segments.

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Madison Logic

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gartner research finds that 70% of the buying journey is complete before a buying group reaches out to a provider. You need demand generation to create a sense of urgency to solve their problem and to motivate them to choose you to fix it. For instance, track how many accounts move from initial awareness to consideration and conversion.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 20, 2017

Author: Hila Nir The value of account-based marketing (ABM) is undeniable. According to MarketingProfs, companies that have aligned sales and marketing teams generate 208% more revenue. The beauty of ABM is that it inherently eliminates what sales may deem as “noise” from marketing’s broad-reaching lead generation initiatives.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

In a recent blog post from Software Advice's Lauren Carlson , this emerging CRM analyst indicates how hot the market for marketing automation software has become, and although the niche was timid several years ago, marketers are now adopting these systems aggressively. Sales cycles are longer in a down economy.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 29, 2008

Note that while this seems obvious, it’s quite different from how analyst firms like Gartner and Forrester set up their classifications. Their ratings are based on market positions, with categories such as “leaders”, “visionaries”, and “contenders”. For many marketing departments, that’s plenty.

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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. For most buyers it’s easier to do-nothing, than to change.

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Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

For vendors whose fiscal year coincides with the calendar year, end of year means reps are under pressure to meet annual quotas, giving you significant leverage for discounting. You may be sitting on uncommitted budget, facing a ‘use it or lose it’ scenario; which if left unspent, can lead to lower budgets in future quarters.

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Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Purchase 48

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Ardath Albee's blog Marketing Interactions. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale.

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chiefmartech

DECEMBER 27, 2016

While each of these terms has a slightly different meaning, (a) there’s tremendous overlap between them and (b) even the leading researchers in these disciplines argue over their boundaries. For our purposes of considering the disruption this will all bring to marketing, the distinctions between these variants are inconsequential.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Carlos is a recognized thought leader in B2B marketing and known for his keen insights on the development and implementation of lead management processes, as well as marketing automation. He is a frequent speaker, blogger and contributor to many B2B marketing publications.

Demand 120

Demand Process Work Management Marketing Management 120

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

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.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

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.

Work Management 40

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