Who hasn’t been on the receiving end of an unsolicited sales call? We all get them, and usually, we don’t want them. It can seem intrusive, distracting, and even awkward for recipients who aren't in a position to make a decision. The fact is, 90% of top-level B2B decision-makers say they don’t even...
By Robert Leonard, Senior Content Specialist In a survey of 159 B2B decision-makers, only 8.1% of B2B leaders reported having “very effective” messaging, and 30% of marketers said speaking to buyer’s pain points is the most important part of marketing and sales messaging. Struggling with messaging...
By Robert Leonard, Senior Content Specialist Almost half (49%) of DemandGen’s 2020 Lead Nurturing Survey respondents indicated that their lead nurturing efforts need improvement, and only 8% of them claimed their lead nurturing efforts were “excellent.”1 Lead nurturing is a challenge even in the...
For clean energy companies, increasing demand for renewable solutions should feel like a win—but the reality is more complex. The surge in market entrants has made it more challenging to stand out, leaving even innovative providers fighting to avoid...
B2B buyers are inundated with repetitive marketing messages and surface-level content. Generative AI has contributed to this oversaturation by enabling brands to produce content faster. However, are brands considering how this oversaturation impacts...
Hiring great talent is vital to business success, but it’s not an easy feat. Many companies turn to recruiters to help fill open roles. It’s expensive, and it doesn’t foster a strong connection between the company and the candidate. But what if...
Navigating the evolving landscape of technology can be like traversing a veritable minefield. This is especially true in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). For business leaders, understanding and implementing IT transformation in the age of AI...
Your pipeline looks full, but deals aren’t moving. Competition is intense. Decision windows are shrinking. Buyers see feature sameness across vendors. Sales cycles drag on. Marketing generates awareness, but target accounts don’t convert into...
B2B buyers are flooded with irrelevant content. Most teams respond by producing more. More blogs, more campaigns, more noise. But buried inside your CRM and lead forms is the most underused tool in marketing: buyer language. When you combine raw...
Despite decades of evidence showing its diminishing returns, Ironpaper's research found that 74% of B2B leaders still purchase cold lists to feed their pipelines. For many, this seems like an easy answer to pipeline pressure: push more messages, get...
The traditional B2B lead generation funnel is built on a simple, comforting idea. Awareness leads to interest, interest leads to action, and action leads to revenue. But today's buyers don't behave like that anymore. "Buyers only spend 17% of their...
It's not your offer. It's not your CTA. It's not even your form length. Regulated industries like healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and government face a hidden conversion killer. And it's not visibility. It's one often overlooked factor:...
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