Adding little clocks or other emojis before and after B2B e-mail subject lines like “Quick call next week” have a negative impact on reply rates, according to tests conducted by sales enablement firm Outreach. Using seven different variations featuring emojis that were subject to an A/B split, Outreach found an overall 42 per cent decline […]
The rising interest in understanding not only the challenges customers face but the technology they’re using in-house has led Forrester to partner with HG Insights to provide continuously updated technographic data to its research services. Based in Santa Barbara, Calif., HG Insights announced the partnership on Tuesday, whereby its data on technology adoption trends across […]
B2B contact and lead generation provider DiscoverOrg on Monday said it would acquire its competitor ZoomInfo and create a combined platform serving marketing and sales professionals over the next year. Financial terms of the deal between DiscoverOrg, which is based in Vancouver, Wash. and Waltham, Mass.-based ZoomInfo were not disclosed. The two firms said ZoomInfo […]
ZoomInfo CEO Derek Schoettle is following up a whirlwind tour of talking with customers by acquiring firms with expertise in areas such as technographics, product development and security operations. The company on Wednesday will announce it has bought San Mateo, Calif.-based Datanyze, a company that gathers information on the technology that has already been purchased […]
As the martech landscape continues to explode, far too often, B2B organizations that invest in the next “big thing” are left with empty promises and sunk costs. While the reasons why may vary, in a vacuum, marketers are constantly looking for the next best solution to help identify and scale existing and emerging channels, engage […]
ZoomInfo is getting a jump on next week’s Dreamforce conference by launching a data-as-a-service suite that integrates its B2B database tools into Salesforce’s flagship customer relationship management system. The Waltham, Mass.-based company said its ZoomInfo Salesforce Suite would include access to more than 88 million professional e-mail addresses, 47 million direct-dial phone numbers and nearly […]
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Data-Driven Marketing, or the process of making decisions that arise from the analysis of data, is in the news (again). Let’s review the topic’s latest headlines from the likes of Forbes and Aberdeen. Data-driven organizations are: 3x more likely to have increased revenues 6x more likely to achieve competitive […]
Account-based marketing (ABM) – you’ve likely read all about it. Chances are, if you’re not utilizing this particular brand of marketing, you know someone who is. After all, the number of companies using an ABM strategy increased by 21% in the past year alone (source). Let’s back up a little bit. What is Account-Based Marketing? […]
