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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Specifically, both B2C and B2B companies who view branding and advertising as a top two growth strategy are twice as likely to see revenue growth of 5% or more than those that don’t (67% to 33%).

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Lead Scoring in B2B Sales: Transforming the Process with Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

Lead Scoring in B2B Sales: Transforming the Process with Design Thinking Lead generation and qualification is a critical aspect of B2B sales success, but it’s also a time-consuming and complex process. Example Use Cases There are several examples use cases for lead scoring using Design Thinking in a B2B environment.

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Are Bots Overtaking Your B2B LinkedIn Campaign?

Brunner

When running a social media campaign for a B2B client, the first platform you probably think of is LinkedIn. LinkedIn provides the most premium audience in B2B. These channels, on the other hand, are less tightly targeted for B2B but still hit the right people if the strategy behind the targeting is tactical.

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Masters of Marketing 2023: It’s Time to Stop Thinking B2B and B2C Marketing are Different 

Brunner

Tony Ezell strode to the ANA conference stage and posed a provocative question for marketers: “Are B2C and B2B marketing and brand evolution really any different?” Ezell shared the successes BD has had due to its more unified B2B/B2C approach and an integrated brand architecture strategy.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. As buyer expectations to receive this type of relevant engagement continues to heighten, database management strategies are of high importance.

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How Influencer Marketing Can Drive Business Impact for B2B Brands

Brunner

B2B companies in all types of industries can team up with influencers to boost their growth and drive impactful results. Influencers can help B2B brands by providing a unique point of view that resonates with target audiences — and builds both brand awareness and credibility. How Can B2B Brands Benefit from Influencers?

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Unlocking B2B Sales: The Magic of Empathy, Storytelling, and Problem Solving

Tullio Siragusa

Unlocking B2B Sales: The Magic of Empathy, Storytelling, and Problem Solving In the realm of B2B sales, navigating the intricate web of clients’ needs, identifying their pain points, and offering them appropriate solutions requires a perfect blend of skill and art. What strategies have you tried so far?”

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What We Learned From Our Own Data-Driven ABM Strategy

However, ABM practitioners have evolved the strategy from development to implementation. Instead of wading through a series of vague “how-to kick-start your ABM strategy!” ZoomInfo has created the following eBook to help other B2B organizations gain insights on how to launch their own data-driven ABM strategy.

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ABCs of Data Normalization for B2B Marketers

In this eBook, we’ll break down the ins and outs of data normalization and review why it’s so critical for your marketing strategies and goals! Well, marketers rely on this grouping to reach their goals.

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Your Guide to Using Conversational Marketing to Drive Demand Generation

According to Bold 360, “81 percent of B2B buyers have left a page because they didn’t want to fill out a form.”. This guide will examine the market forces at play, shifting buyer trends, what conversational marketing is, how to leverage it, and the tactics involved in adopting conversational marketing for a B2B demand generation strategy.

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Best Practices for Accelerating the Sales Process

Think about it: with outbound prospecting, requests from management, scheduled demos, and inbound calls, chaos can quickly work its way into your strategy, deeming a “speed wins” selling mentality downright ineffective. The bottom line is that, in B2B sales, speed is useless without control. Efficient outreach strategy.

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

That’s why we’ve gathered some of the best go-to-market plays from our own B2B sales and marketing pros and packaged them here for you. Try them in your next salesflow or use them as inspiration to formulate your own winning sales engagement strategy. These 16 plays are aligned to different stages of the sales funnel.

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B2B Pocket Playbook: End-to-End Guide to Sales Enablement

And if sales teams want to continuously sell better -- and faster -- their sales enablement process must have a game-winning strategy. It's time for you to start selling smarter - and hitting your sales number - with the best B2B database in the market. Get started today.