Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. This digital shift has welcomed a new era in sales: social selling. However, since social selling is a relatively new concept, few sales teams manage to get it right.

Sales Management 62

Sales Management Examples Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 62

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From banking and wealth management firms to independent insurance brokerages, virtual selling for financial services is next for any financial services team looking to connect with new clients or grow existing ones. Where to Use Video in the Sales Cycle 4.1 Top of the Funnel 4.2 Further Down the Funnel 4.2.1

Enterprise Management 139

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Sales Management 139

Vidyard

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Modern sales professionals are struggling to cut through the noise with traditional tactics like traditional emails and phone calls. By incorporating personalized videos into their outbound communications, top-performing B2B sales teams are increasing their connect rates by more than 300% and progressing sales deals faster than ever.

Sales Management 50

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing 50

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The first ever banner ad earned a 44% click-through rate —that’s a story almost every marketer knows, but few are aware that the first marketing email makes that look like a vanity metric. 86 percent of marketers rate their lead nurture campaigns as “average or worse” according to a Demand Gen Report.

Sales Management 105

Sales Management Top of Funnel Banner Ads Lead Nurturing 105

Vidyard

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Modern sales professionals are struggling to cut through the noise with traditional tactics like traditional emails and phone calls. By incorporating personalized videos into their outbound communications, top-performing B2B sales teams are increasing their connect rates by more than 300% and progressing sales deals faster than ever.

Sales Management 50

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing 50

Outreach

AUGUST 24, 2021

Email marketing is a core element of the buyer journey, serving as one of the earliest touchpoints in the sales cycle (at Outreach, we refer to the optimized series of such touchpoints as Sequences). As a result, most enterprises consider a high email open rate a barometer for gauging campaign success. What is Email Open Rate?

Open Rate 98

Open Rate Advertising Benchmark Opt-out Top of Funnel 98

KEO Marketing

JUNE 28, 2016

The sales funnel is the process that a prospect goes through from initial contact to final conversion. The “location” in the funnel corresponds to the stage of the sales process of the prospect. This is known as sales funnel analysis. Landing Pages Response Rates.

Top of Funnel 48

Top of Funnel Analysis Stats Landing Pages 48

Vidyard

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As buyers become more sophisticated and well-researched, maintaining trust throughout your sales cycle is more important than ever. Spammy tactics and spray-and-pray messaging evaporates trust and kills your credibility as a salesperson, and it is nearly impossible to recover from that first impression.

Video Marketing 94

Video Marketing Ads Sales Cycle Deliverability 94

Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

So before jumping into the purchase process, we recommend starting with a comprehensive self-assessment of your organization’s business needs, staff capabilities, management support and financial resources. Click here to download! Do your sales reps need real-time access to marketing data? What are our goals?

Marketing Automation Services 95

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 95

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The first ever banner ad earned a 44% click-through rate —that’s a story almost every marketer knows, but few are aware that the first marketing email makes that look like a vanity metric. 86 percent of marketers rate their nurture efforts as “average or worse” according to a Demand Gen Report.

Sales Management 79

Sales Management Top of Funnel Banner Ads Sales Cycle 79

KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Many companies and their executives recognize the power of B2B marketing to drive sales and conversions, but marketing actually has a lot of benefits beyond just bringing in revenue. The sales funnel for B2B marketing is usually longer than a traditional B2C purchase: Salesforce reports that the average B2B sales cycle takes 84 days.

Lead Generation 123

Lead Generation B2B Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 123

Martech

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Marketing automation platforms are a critical part of the martech ecosystem for many businesses, offering many benefits by streamlining manual B2B marketing tasks, including lead management, email campaign development and landing page creation. Do your sales reps need real-time access to marketing data? What are our goals?

Marketing Automation Services 94

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 94

Vidyard

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Why is using video for sales emails a smarter way to engage prospects and advance deals? They are overwhelmed and busy and sales videos allow them to quickly learn what your company has to offer—along with a host of other benefits we’ll explain below. Watch and Learn Want to learn about using video in sales emails via video?

Video Marketing 65

Video Marketing Cold Calling Lead Ranking Enterprise Management 65

Vidyard

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Why is using video for sales emails a smarter way to engage prospects and advance deals? They are overwhelmed and busy and sales videos allow them to quickly learn what your company has to offer—along with a host of other benefits we’ll explain below. What is Video for Sales? Benefits of Video for Sales Emails 2.1

Video Marketing 65

Video Marketing Cold Calling Lead Ranking Enterprise Management 65

Hubspot

OCTOBER 5, 2017

It’s the one aspect of sales that just never changes. As we’ve all experienced, sales essentially boils down to two things: Numbers. While we (or our team) are racing to hit quota against that clock, though, we can save time and maximize our numbers by investing in the right processes, activities, and skills. Sell, sell, sell.

Budget Programs 101

Budget Programs Top of Funnel Tools Work Management 101

Only B2B

AUGUST 21, 2023

This evolution has led to the rise of virtual prospecting, a strategic process that harnesses the power of intent data for more meaningful engagement. It provides insights into the online behavior of potential buyers, helping sales and marketing teams identify prospects who are actively researching solutions similar to what they offer.

Intent Data 62

Intent Data Intent Intent Signal Account Based Marketing 62

Digital B2B Marketing

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

However, sales cycles are long. Here we will look at how to measure and optimize your program effectively in the face of long sales cycles. The measurements you use have to support the active management and optimization of your programs as well. Pipeline and Sales. Nurture Response Rate.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Vidyard

MARCH 9, 2017

Today we’re excited to announce that, in partnership with SalesLoft, the platform for modern day sales engagement, we’re launching a new integration that will help sales teams supercharge sales emails with personalized, custom videos boosting response rates by 8x! 2017 could be the hardest year for sales reps.

Video Marketing 51

Video Marketing Personalization Terms and Conditions Response Rate 51

The Point

JANUARY 13, 2015

As a B2B agency , our firm creates and executes dozens of email campaigns every month, and that experience tells me that a large percentage of B2B marketers, even at companies that otherwise do a very sophisticated job at demand generation , fail to measure or compare email campaign performance using any metrics other than opens and clicks.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads ROI Sales Qualified Leads 100

Cintell

MARCH 10, 2016

You’re about to present to your board/boss/someone about the budget you need for next year, and a big part of that is persona development, maintenance, or persona management technology. Instills shared understanding between marketing, sales and product. Improves sales productivity. We’ve all been there.

Lead Scoring 100

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 100

Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

Customer relationship management (CRM) is the technology brands use to nurture relationships with their customers. These solutions are designed to help sales and service agents communicate with customers more effectively. How a CRM platform helps sales and marketing teams collaborate effectively. Process scaling.

Enterprise Management 93

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 93

SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For marketers—especially those in B2B and/or who have a long sales cycle— campaign attribution is critical to understanding which channels are winners and which are dead weight. Without knowing which of your campaigns are driving sales, you don’t know which marketing channels you should be adding budget to or subtracting budget from.

Multi-Touch Attribution 105

Multi-Touch Attribution Lead Ranking Marketing Attribution Full Circle Insights 105

Sprout Social

AUGUST 19, 2020

Alternatively, you can also set up ads that will lead clicks to Messenger and nurture them into valuable leads. For this strategy to work, keep in mind that you have to create a highly compelling Facebook ad copy that draws prospects in and makes them want to click the Messenger prompt. Providing exceptional customer service.

Facebook 142

Facebook Business Paid Search Agency Work Management 142

Kapost

APRIL 18, 2016

Likes, shares, and impressions help pave the way to a sale, but there’s no second act if marketing efforts don’t translate into a positive customer experience. With B2B organizations struggling to manage value-add tracking and consistent processes, marketing becomes more of a gamble than a strategic investment.

ROI 48

ROI Top of Funnel Planning Enterprise Management 48

Vidyard

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This year’s edition of the Video in Business Awards recognizes 12 marketing and sales teams using video in creative ways to deliver some incredible results. Synthio is using in-house created videos to fuel the success of everything from inbound marketing to outbound sales to customer communications. No problem!

Video Marketing 139

Video Marketing Generation B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management 139

Vidyard

MARCH 11, 2019

Right now, less than 10% of sales teams are using video as a part of their sales strategy and connecting to prospects by spamming impersonal and irrelevant spray-and-pray messages just isn’t working anymore. “You don’t have to be great on camera, you just have to be helpful.”

Video Marketing 75

Video Marketing Personalization Ad Exchange Barriers 75

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Lead nurturing is a crucial part of your marketing and sales success. With lead nurturing , however, you can bring those leads through your sales funnel and garner 4-10 times the response rate compared to a regular email blast while doing it [Source: SilverPop/DemandGen Report]. Understanding the Buying Cycle.

Sales Cycle 28

Sales Cycle Lead Nurturing Top of Funnel Buying Cycle 28

Hubspot

MAY 28, 2012

Planning meetings and informal discussions go a long way toward repairing the rifts between sales and marketing, but both teams need to see the impact of those conversations to really establish trust. Passing those unqualified leads directly to your sales team is one of the reasons sales hates marketing.

Work Management 28

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management Lead Scoring 28

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40

GreenRope

MARCH 8, 2016

Sales people have to constantly follow up with their leads, engage in conversation, show them the benefits of their product/service, and try to close deal after deal. Now, with automation and the amount of data we have at our fingertips, marketers are able to map content to fit every buyer’s needs at any point in the sales cycle.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Automation Services Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 40