Biznology

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Content marketing takes time and effort. If you’re constantly struggling with your business blog and exasperated with the lack of qualified leads, you may be missing key points in your content strategy. Simply posting a blog per day won’t amount to anything if you’re not taking your customers’ sales cycles into account and adjusting your marketing strategy accordingly. What’s a sales cycle, you ask? Understanding Sales Cycles.

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Seismic

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Today’s sales and marketing teams are operating in the age of the customer. To be successful, these teams must focus their strategies and actions on the buyers’ problems and opportunities. Marketers are tasked with generating high-quality leads for the sales team.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

After navigating your complex conversion funnel filled with quality content, they purchase right there on the first visit. With 87% of all shoppers beginning with an online search, it takes more effort for brands to stand out with the right content that engages and converts.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 5, 2023

The software buyer's journey has shifted dramatically over the past few years. As G2's Director of SMBs, Mike Buscemi , puts it: "Software buyers today act like B2C consumers because they have so many options. Buyers have an abundance to pick and choose from.".

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RockContent

JUNE 18, 2020

By adopting interactive content to accelerate the sales cycle, companies are nurturing their businesses’ roots with fertile soil. No wonder it quickly began to trend among best practices of Content Marketing ! Download for free our Interactive Content Guide

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SmartBug Media

MAY 26, 2022

Incorporating video in your sales cycle can be daunting. Whatever the reason, it’s time to step out of your comfort zone and press record because video in your sales strategy has many benefits. Ready to push past the fear and start using video in your sales process ?

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Biznology

AUGUST 23, 2017

Because we find that sales and marketing leaders focus on lead generation instead of demand generation and full funnel marketing, I have interviewed our resident challenger social selling expert, Ian Addison , on how more LinkedIn leads can be bad for your organization. Almost every sales organization I speak with says they are coordinating with either their internal marketing team or exploring outsourced marketing groups in order to drive more leads.

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Marketo

JANUARY 22, 2020

The middle of the demand generation funnel receives way less attention than it deserves. At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 29, 2019

In the face of increasing goals and changing preferences of B2B buyers, sales and marketing teams alike are being forced to evolve in order to meet the needs of their prospects today. And on top of those changes, they’re being asked to hit lofty revenue-based KPIs, so it’s not shocking that ways to drive faster sales cycles are a hot topic today. Better Qualification, Shorter Sales Cycles.

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Walker Sands

AUGUST 8, 2022

Imagine you’re trying to learn a new card game, but instead of reading the instructions, you decide to just watch a few rounds. Understanding Your B2B Buyers. A deep understanding of your B2B audiences goes beyond simply knowing their title and industry.

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LeadCrunch

MARCH 23, 2018

When it comes to traditional sales, it seems the standard method is to push as many prospects through the funnel as quickly as possible until they make a purchase, fill out a form, subscribe to a newsletter, or whatever “call to action” goal may be. Once they’ve made their way through the cycle, there’s typically little to no interaction until it’s time to run them back through the sales funnel all over again. B2B Sales

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ClearVoice

MARCH 29, 2021

What is bottom-of-funnel (BoFu) marketing? Bottom-of-funnel marketing is a strategy that aligns with the latest “decision” stage of the buyer’s journey. Funnels have become ubiquitous in a marketer’s day-to-day life.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 21, 2015

We were in control of the supply and the sales cycle. The Buyer’s Journey back then was from 37th and 6th (or as many blocks as it took to make our pitch and gain a commitment). Technology has certainly made it easier to market and sell your products, but at the same time the process for gaining and maintaining buyer interest and commitment has become increasingly difficult. Your prospects are appearing, consuming content, engaging and then disappearing.

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SnapApp

JULY 18, 2018

Businesses today know that the longer it takes to close the sale, the greater the chance is of losing prospects to the competition. In addition, a longer sales cycle requires more time and resources. To address this, B2B marketers have turned their attention toward content marketing—increasing demand generation, engagement, and overall leads through quality content that provides value to the prospective buyers. Quality Content Isn’t Enough.

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SmarkLabs

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Plenty of things you do as a marketer each day fall under the “demand generation” umbrella. Think of it as any activity that brings attention to your B2B company to bring people into your sales funnel. It’s about keeping in mind where people are in their buying journey when tailoring your marketing materials to them. . Demand generation is truly your sales and marketing teams working in tandem. How demand generation fits into the sales cycle .

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The B2B sales cycle has always been complex and multifaceted—and it’s grown even more complicated in recent years. Thanks to modern technology, more decision-makers are involved in the average B2B purchase and, as a result, the way buyers find and consider products has changed dramatically. Given the complex nature of the modern buyer’s journey, it should come as no surprise that the typical B2B sales cycle is longer than the typical B2C sales cycle.

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Conversica

JANUARY 24, 2019

A guest blog by Michael Hanson, VP of Marketing at CloudTask – CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for growing companies looking for B2B Sales, Sales Chat and Customer Support solutions. The length of a sales cycle, though it varies greatly by industry and whether your business is B2C or B2B, is a great indicator of the efficiency of your sales team. The growth and power of AI. of their time actually selling.

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Computer Market Research

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Every salesperson’s dream is to shorten the time between generating a lead and closing the sale. But the quicker you get your customers through the sales funnel, the better for your business. A shorter channel sales cycle frees up time for your sales team and your channel partners to generate more leads. Long and short, a shortened channel sales cycle will basically contribute to the overall growth of your business.

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B2B Lead Generation

JUNE 17, 2012

Tweet CSO Insights , which interviews thousands of chief sales officers to benchmark B2B sales best practices, has tracked an alarming trend. Jim Dickie, CSO Insight’s managing partner, says this should make any sales leader cringe. “It’s No deal = broken sales cycle. He says the escalating number of “no decisions” is a sure sign that sales cycles are broken. And your sales cycle must take that into account.”. Sales

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Square 2 Marketing

JUNE 13, 2019

Here’s How To Simplify The Measurement Of Your Efforts Toward Scalable Revenue Generation. Since we published our latest book, Smash The Funnel , the response has been unexpected, to say the least. People are recognizing the challenges associated with the outdated traditional funnel and embracing today’s buyer journey metaphor, the cyclone. What should we be expecting in terms of business outcomes, and what should we be measuring if we’re using this methodology?

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Madison Logic

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Madison Logic ABM Success Series Spotlights Enterprise Marketing Teams Accelerating the Buyer Journey. Customers share first-hand accounts of pipeline impact and marketing ROI of multi-channel ABM strategy. 42 of them have been on the website 25% more frequently.

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6sense

OCTOBER 18, 2021

With data science and machine learning, RepTrak measures and analyzes sentiment across the world so companies can understand and protect one of their most valuable assets — their reputation. Ali Jawin, RepTrak’s VP of Global Marketing recalls. A tale of two quarters.

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Conversica

JUNE 26, 2020

A collaborative blog post with contributions from Michael Hanson, VP of Marketing at CloudTask – CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for growing companies looking for B2B Sales, Sales Chat and Customer Support solutions. The Growth and Power of AI.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Setting new goals and budgets to figure out how to get out of the trenches built over the last three years from the pandemic and a looming recession. The Predictable Pipeline is an integrated strategy to find, reach, and convert prospects into customers that aligns sales and marketing efforts.

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Directive Agency

MAY 19, 2017

B2B marketing timelines and sales cycles can be confusing. The B2B buyer’s journey is a long and winding road. You should be creating content that educates and nurtures your audience about your service. But depending on where they are in the B2B sales cycle, how you approach them will differ. Think of it this way. It may seem like an easy solution to publish content that generates demands and leads (ideally).

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B2B Lead Generation

APRIL 15, 2013

Tweet Traditional marketing practice presumes the more you invest in driving leads through the top of the sales funnel, the more revenue will come out the other side. But, when Certif-A-Gift Company, a sales incentive company, reversed this presumption, they ended up increasing sales by 14% and moving prospects through the sales cycle 23% faster. They developed features-and-benefits content, went to trade shows and made office visits. “We

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Conversica

JUNE 26, 2020

A collaborative blog post with contributions from Michael Hanson, VP of Marketing at CloudTask – CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for growing companies looking for B2B Sales, Sales Chat and Customer Support solutions. The length of a sales cycle, though it varies greatly by industry and whether your business is B2C or B2B, is a great indicator of the efficiency of your Sales team. The Growth and Power of AI.

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Vidyard

MAY 25, 2018

Today’s sellers are facing longer, more complex sales cycles than ever before and buyers that are harder than ever to reach. Not to mention that the idea of buyers and sellers undertaking a single, harmonized journey is a distant memory: buyers frequently come armed with their own research and preconceptions, and it’s up to salespeople to keep up as they jump around to different points in the sales cycle.

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Outreach

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Time is a sales leader’s most valuable commodity — especially now as massive global change disrupts well-established business norms. You’re likely experiencing challenges with building pipeline, onboarding reps, measuring performance, and coaching and motivating a newly remote sales team.

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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. Click Funnels.

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Walker Sands

JUNE 25, 2020

In today’s digital world, the B2B buyer journey is increasingly complex, with a growing list of channels and touchpoints to track and measure. Understanding the Buyer Journey. What types of content do they consume?

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Hubspot

MAY 5, 2021

Conversion funnels are a fundamental concept in sales. Personally, I like to visualize the funnel as that big scary slide you wanted to try as a kid. And then the benefits of having fun outweighed your fear, so you climbed up and flew down. Customer Journey.

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Biznology

MARCH 18, 2015

My webinar yesterday was about how to make your content different from your competitors. Maybe you’ve jumped on the Content Marketing bandwagon, but are finding it rather crowded. If everyone just pumps out more and more content, how will audiences have time to read it all? You’ll learn several ways of segmenting your content for your audience so that your content isn’t the same old stuff shoved at the same old people.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Recently, I was doing some SEO keyword research, and it showed people are confused between the sales funnel and sales pipeline; many people believe they are the same based on search behavior. Understanding the difference is important for B2B sales and marketing. Companies will spend many resources to fill a sales funnel with leads, but forego the fundamental elements that create a predictable pipeline. Importance of understanding the sales funnel.

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Vidyard

JUNE 7, 2017

As a salesperson, no matter how long your sales cycle, one of the most important things that you need to build with your buyer is trust. On LinkedIn today, you tend to see a lot of articles being written about spammy sales tactics, cold calling ineffectiveness, outbound sales fails etc. As buyers become more sophisticated and well-researched, maintaining trust throughout your sales funnel is more important than ever.

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Terminus

JULY 7, 2017

Jenny Coupe , VP of Customer Acquisition and one of our Top 45 ABM Superheroes , explains why SOASTA decided to implement account-based marketing and why Terminus was the first ABM tool they added to their tech stack. She also explains how implementing Terminus has made their digital efforts more efficient, decreasing the sales cycle for digitally sourced deals from 95 days to 57 days. Of that 70%, half is display advertising.

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Every year thousands of us crowd around the Charles River to watch boats gracefully glide along the river as they race at the Head of the Charles Regatta. What most casual spectators don’t realize is all the components that go into making one of those rowing shells move as quickly down the river as possible (and it’s not nearly as graceful as it may look). Similarly, key components factor into one phenomenon that can show the health of your overall sales process.

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FunnelEnvy

JANUARY 23, 2023

Now that the digital marketing space is maturing, the focus is increasingly on the finer details of digital experiences. Most marketers already recognize the importance of major pillars like email, social media, and web design. Of course, the B2B world can be a little different.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 20, 2021

Overflowing the sales funnel with leads doesn’t necessarily guarantee more paying customers in the end. Abundant lead conversion can happen when sales reps practice meaningful engagement with them throughout the sales funnel. What is Funnel Mapping?

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B2B Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Learn how you can plug scorecards into your marketing funnel. Marketing is filled with a sheer amount of noise. There is no shortage of information. It seems like you have to be a master of psychology to stand out and make a difference.

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