Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just because your marketing team is sending a whole host of Marketing Qualified Leads down to the sales department, that doesn’t mean they are all ready and raring to buy. And if you have a hard time sifting through all of those leads, you might end up letting some sure-fire sales fall through the cracks.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 12, 2021

As a content marketer, there are numerous channels and strategies at your disposal. One of the most critical aspects of using content marketing is managing your paid, owned, and earned media. In this post, we’ll break down each type of media, how to use them in content marketing, and which one provides the best ROI. Retargeting.

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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 is the impact of bad data on sales and marketing?

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SendX

MAY 6, 2021

You know your target audience, ideal buyer persona and have a strong market fit. But now you need leads. A lead is a prospect that you can convert into a paying customer. As simple as it sounds, without leads, you don’t have customers, which means you don’t have a viable business. At least not for long.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 29, 2023

In today's fast-paced marketing landscape, lead generation plays a crucial role in any business’s success. As companies strive to expand their customer base and increase sales, the idea of purchasing lead lists may appear enticing. After all, more leads mean more opportunities for conversions and sales.

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DiscoverOrg

MARCH 8, 2017

However, unless you are getting contact lists that have been verified as qualified leads, you’ll find soon enough that this is your own too-good-to-be-true deal. Here are just a few ways that unverified bargain contact lists can lead to sales drought rather than providing that rainmaker resource you wanted.

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SmartBug Media

JANUARY 10, 2024

Developing a journey from prospect to customer acquisition demands a specific sales process—and, often, sales and marketing teams aren't sure of which responsibilities they hold during that process. Marketing brings in leads; sales closes the deals. Why Should I Have a Process for Our Sales Cycle?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Kicking off 2024 with a bang, HubSpot’s January updates are all about enhancing your team’s capabilities in lead management, content strategy, and data analysis. More robust lead management with leads object updates. Easily route inbound leads with conditional form confirmation pages.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Being at the forefront of marketing sometimes requires shifting resources away from old practices. That’s why 52% of outbound marketers say their marketing efforts are “ineffective”. In fact, inbound marketing is starting to be used more than outbound marketing. What is Inbound Marketing?

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Televerde

JUNE 6, 2022

Because spam messages make up half that number, people are wary about incoming messages, especially from unknown addresses. How can you guarantee your sales email won’t end up in the spam folder alongside that spam email congratulating the recipient on winning a million dollars? In 2020, 306.4 or “Do you want to XYZ?”.

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Sharpspring

JULY 13, 2022

SparkToro conducted a fresh analysis of 44,058 active Twitter accounts and determined that 19.42% fit a conservative definition of fake or spam accounts. As marketing and sales professionals, we experience this conflict all the time when it comes to leads and the transfer of data back and forth between marketing and sales.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 5, 2023

As companies add and reallocate talent, enter new markets and territories, and adopt more security tools, corporate email systems are becoming increasingly complex. Mergers and acquisitions can lead to multiple legacy systems that are tied together for months or even years. That doesn’t mean reaching people has gotten any easier.

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Stevens & Tate

MARCH 31, 2024

Step right into our March 2024 of “What’s Trending,” your gateway to the latest in marketing trends and insights. Stay informed and ahead of the game with our collection of marketing trends and reports for the 2024 year. These changes mean marketers and SEO experts need to rethink how they do things online.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. If your company isn’t harnessing the potential of content marketing , then you could be losing valuable opportunities to attract, interest, and convert buyers. Quick Takeaways. B2B Buying Isn’t Linear. Conversions.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 31, 2023

The companies are segmented by sales rep headcount:: 10+ sales reps for small and medium businesses 30+ sales reps for mid-market 100+ sales reps for enterprise We’re selling to CEOs, vice presidents of sales, sales directors, and sales managers. This can cost hours per rep spent — time that is not spent selling. did in six minutes.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Do you want to prevent spam from getting on your email list but not sure where to start? And one of the biggest challenges is making sure your list contains only qualified leads. Plus, your email campaigns will have higher deliverability rates, and you can drive more profit through email marketing best practices.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 1, 2019

According to a Content Marketing Institute survey , 93% of B2B marketers use email to deliver content. However, 55% of content marketing teams are small and often have just one person creating content for an entire organization. Therefore, fixing the conversion problem requires first fixing the lead generation problem.

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Only B2B

DECEMBER 10, 2020

With the conferences and shows canceled due to global pandemic, we should understand the content marketing is very prominent and every business should implement it strategically. . Many businesses who yet have not adopted content marketing have found themselves between the rock and a hard place. What Is Content Marketing? .

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Optinmonster

MARCH 2, 2023

If you want to improve your conversion rates, one important thing to know is how to qualify leads. When your leads are qualified for marketing and sales, you’ll be more likely to convert them into paying customers. What Does It Mean To Qualify Leads? What Does It Mean To Qualify Leads?

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BOP Design

JULY 27, 2021

A simple and effective rule of 3 to consider when leading prospects through your sales funnel to the finish line. What if I could give you a simple blueprint on how to effectively navigate a qualified lead through your sales funnel and across the finish line? Read more: Three strategies to close B2B website leads.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Everyone knows you need to include forms on your website to capture leads. If you aren’t taking the right steps to optimize your web forms, you’re likely missing out on valuable leads. It’s a question that has plagued marketers and website managers for years. Keep reading! Number of fields. How many fields should a form include?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As a search engine optimization (SEO) marketing manager at Salesforce, I know what works, and how to get eyeballs on your content. Additionally, using related terms throughout the copy in addition to your target keyword can help your SEO rank by preventing keyword spamming or stuffing. It’s an art and a science.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Direct lead generation: Social media platforms offer a direct channel for lead generation, identifying prospects through their online activity. Spammy posts While you may believe your company is the best, constantly posting company content and spamming your customers’ timelines won’t bring positive results.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

[In this article we’re going to look at buyer intent data, what it is, how it’s collected and, how you can use intent data to supercharge your marketing and sales campaigns.]. ‍ Imagine being able to tailor your marketing strategy to a perfect audience at exactly the right time. ‍ Supercharged account-based marketing.

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Optinmonster

JUNE 21, 2022

Despite popular belief, lead generation is more about quality than it is about quantity. Because even though using email marketing as a channel of communication can easily turn into a numbers game… at the end of the day, you’re connecting with people. With… Lead Verification. Stop Spam Attacks.

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BOP Design

JANUARY 7, 2022

Many companies have B2C, B2B, and B2G marketing channels. No matter what the industry under the B2B umbrella, there are unique characteristics of the B2B marketing and sales process and this will be outlined below. Typically, B2B marketing is not mass marketing but much more targeted. Content Marketing.

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The Point

JUNE 7, 2017

Howard, I was intrigued by your position on pre-qualified leads in a recent blog post. Anyhow – I’m reaching out because I’d like to explore partnering with Spear Marketing. My company provides data science consulting to sales/marketing/demand gen organizations.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? In fact, over 20% of marketers in a HubSpot survey say that personalization improves their engagement.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 6, 2017

Based on my experience over the past almost 30-years it seems that everyone has been burned by outsourced lead generation. The main reason for these failures is that there is a LOT of mediocrity in the lead generation industry, which is why some say outbound is supposedly “dead.” There is no strategy in their market approach.

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BOP Design

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Is there a disconnect between your Sales and Marketing teams? Do your monthly reports show a significant difference between leads and closed deals? Want to bridge the gap between inbound leads and closed deals but don’t know where to start? What Qualifies As a Lead? Tips to Qualify and Convert Leads.

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Optinmonster

APRIL 27, 2021

Do you want to learn how to prevent spam registration on WordPress? Attracting new leads and getting new clients is always tough. That’s why, today, we’re going to share 3 surefire methods for protecting yourself against spam registrations in WordPress. Why Spam Registrations (Really) Matter.

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Optinmonster

MARCH 13, 2023

Field mapping is a powerful feature in OptinMonster that lets you add extra fields to your newsletter popups, lead generation forms, and other marketing campaigns. For example, let’s say you’re using ConvertKit for your email marketing. You can map your fields in Monster Leads just like you would for an ESP or CRM.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2020

By Michelle Voznyuk , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. What seemed revolutionary and maybe borderline controversial at first has become widely accepted in the world of marketing today. In plain terms, it’s an account-centric approach to marketing and sales. So what does account-centric approach mean?

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Your most qualified leads don’t come out of nowhere, and your list close rate doesn’t improve by random chance. When it comes to email marketing, most companies conduct business as usual: sending mass, untargeted emails to unsegmented lists and ignoring lead nurturing before moving them on to sales. Read on to find out!

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For decades vanity metrics have been the guiding light for measuring marketing success – largely because the capabilities didn’t exist to measure closed-loop KPIs. As a result, marketing has become thought of as a cost-center with very little measurable output. Here are five vanity metrics your marketing team needs to be wary of. .

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 4, 2022

As marketers, our job is to help our sales teams find high-quality leads. You may use outbound marketing to try and catch your audience’s attention, or you might use inbound marketing to attract leads to your website. These leads are perfect for your sales team because they’re already hot!

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BOP Design

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

B2B marketing metrics are critical components to the success of your organization. Knowing how to correctly measure your marketing efforts can give you a leg up over your competition. Read on to find out five metrics that you should be tracking to ensure your website and B2B marketing campaigns are performing to their full potential.

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