Resources

The 5 Stages of Account-Based Marketing — and How to Win Them All

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The benefits of account-based marketing are clear: internal alignment, shorter sales cycles, higher conversion rates. But none of this is possible without the most important element of a successful ABM program: good data. Data is the fuel that powers your ABM engine. Without it, you can’t find and reach your target accounts. Running an ABM program on data you don’t trust means wasted time, resources, and lost revenue.

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

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Nurturing leads through your sales funnel is a daunting task for many business development teams, especially at the scale required to achieve lofty growth goals. But personalized prospecting is possible at scale with the right resources in place. At ZoomInfo, we’ve found that a rock-solid go-to-market playbook is key. 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.

The Ultimate Guide to Executive Recruiting

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It's no secret that hiring for a senior management position is a tough task for recruiters, and remaining open to changes and seeking better ways to source candidates is critical. That is why building a strong framework for executive hiring that maximizes efficiencies while minimizing cost and time to hire is important. In this eBook, learn: The Discovery Processes.

Attrition & The Contact Center Workforce

Attrition is a vital issue at contact centers: every year, nearly half of the contact center workforce leaves for voluntary or involuntary reasons. We surveyed over 2,000 agents and asked them to share what they need in order to stay in their role.

Should Customer Marketing Align with Customer Success?

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With outcomes and metrics that align directly, find out why customer success should be the foundation of a customer marketing strategy. Customer Success teams actively track KPIs and metrics that directly align with customer marketing outcomes. Including a customer marketing foundation to the customer success roster of tasks isn’t adding extra responsibilities, it’s using existing initiatives to win in new ways.

12 Plays to Kickstart Your Recruitment Process

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Good people are the foundation of any organization. That means placing the right people in the right roles can be the difference between your business growing or stagnating — and the competition is getting fierce. According to Harvard Business Review, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated seismic shifts that were already rocking the talent market. With remote work making white-collar jobs more flexible and talent more mobile, a rebound in hiring meant the race for quality candidates had become even

2021 State of Customer Service Experience Report

The Northridge Group's State of Customer Service Experience report provides a clear message to businesses. Today’s consumers are shopping online more now than ever, but find the service experience inadequate. Report highlights include: Online shopping is the new normal – 68% of customers increased their online shopping during the pandemic and plan to continue this trend post-pandemic. 63% of customers tried digital apps and tools for the first time and 75% will continue to prefer digital apps po

Why Product Led Growth is a Customer Success Responsibility

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As the eyes and ears of an organization, Customer Success can drive acquisition, expansion, and retention. But without a clear understanding of a product’s capability, or the value it creates for customers, churn is unavoidable. Customer success should be leading the Product Led Growth (PLG) initiative by adding weight to customer feedback, offering actionable, data-driven insights throughout an organization, and better serving customers.

The Power of Conversation Intelligence

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Looking for tools to surface the voice of your customer? Has Conversation Intelligence (CI) been discussed in your organization, but you don’t know where to start? Generally curious about the CI space? This eBook will answer all your questions and more by providing a complete overview of Conversation Intelligence and its importance in Revenue organizations, delivering impact from your Sales Development Representatives all the way to the C-Suite.

12 Tips for Selling to the C-Suite

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Members of the C-suite are the key decision-makers when it comes to making major investments in their organizations. That’s why every salesperson’s goal is to make their pitch directly to a senior executive—ideally, sooner rather than later. The question for sales pros is this: Are you ready for the challenge, and opportunity, of selling to the C-suite?

How Self-Service Can Drive Down Costs and Improve CX

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Self-Service can be a polarizing topic. Many people think that self-service is a low-end experience and would much rather offer their customers “personalized attention.”. But those in the know understand that self-service is, in fact, a white glove offering. Best-selling author and customer experience thought leader Blake Morgan has put it all down on paper for you.

Driving Excellence Using Work From Home Agents

If one clear point has emerged in the last couple of years, it is that massive changes are taking place in the CX delivery space. Enterprises no longer need to deliver their services in large facilities and in many locations. Instead, remote work is now mainstream in customer experience management. This practice is providing end-users with the support they need through engaged and motivated agents, building loyalty to your brand, and it will continue to grow in 2022 and beyond.

The State of Customer Success Pt. 1

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In conjunction with Gain Grow Retain, we sat down with some of the most influential Customer Success Leaders out there. Together, Vanilla etched out the State of Customer Success in 2022. What does it look like? How can you prepare? Is your Customer Success team as prepared as they should be? This two-part eBook encompasses all the areas of Customer Success set to change this year.

100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

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Hit your number with 100 Pipeline Plays. For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company. Use our proven data-driven plays to grow your pipeline and crush your revenue targets. Close more deals with these winning plays! Meet your modern sales playbook - See how high-performing sales and marketing teams increase pipeline year-over-year.

Research Study: Customer Perceptions of the Community Experience

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What do consumers expect when it comes to CX? Rather than assume that branded communities meet the expectations of the consumer, we wanted to figure out the “want behind the want” by asking if customer expectations around CX align with community offerings. To answer this, we surveyed more than 600 consumers from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to gain an understanding of their perceptions of the community experience.

The Ultimate Guide to Agent Retention

It’s hard to deliver amazing customer experiences when agents feel disengaged and unmotivated to stay. In this guide, MaestroQA outlines a framework to increase agent retention built on 4 concepts: alignment, engagement, recognition, and progression.

Community Predictions 2022

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Welcome…to the 7th Edition of Vanilla Forums’ Community Predictions eBook. We sat down with 22 experts to discover what's coming for community in 2022. Together, we worked out ten key takeaways for the coming year. If you run a community, are part of a community, or are debating whether or not to launch one, this eBook is for you. Check out the ten predictions we make for 2022 and prepare your community for the future.

Your Guide to Using Conversational Marketing to Drive Demand Generation

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Conversations have always been at the heart of our most authentic relationships. Whether it’s a business deal or a personal connection, they are a driving force to solidify a foundation of trust. Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. Studies show the return on investment (ROI) of conversational marketing helps your marketing team drive revenue.