Zoominfo

MAY 12, 2016

Yes, best performing salespeople learn from experience and develop “grit” without the help of sales books. The Sales Development Playbook by Trish Bertuzzi “As you well know, arousing curiosity, generating interest, and getting prospects to open up about their priorities is about as easy as potty-training a coyote.” Sound interesting?

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

How to Enable Smart ABM Plays in Turbulent Times. With the shift to inside sales, marketing and B2B teams are being pulled in different directions. In the current market, sales and marketing must work together to be effective. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Velocify

JULY 12, 2017

Sales has been targeting contacts at key accounts for decades. On the marketing side, account-based marketing (ABM) has gained major traction, becoming a key strategy to better align with sales and close quality deals. At its core, ABM is focused on personally connecting with your buyers.

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Mereo

JANUARY 22, 2025

Combine this skill with a solid sales process and training, and you give your team an environment they need to succeed. Taking that definition and using it to prioritize accounts is even better. However, a list of prioritized accounts by itself will not help you meet your sales goals.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For years, sales and marketing teams have been spending money to buy lead generation tools and contact data to grow their email marketing database. Unfortunately, the days of just filling your marketing system with the most names, emailing them indiscriminately, and seeing a flood of responses is long gone.

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Chorus.ai

APRIL 27, 2018

Talking about “the buyer” no longer makes sense for most B2B sales organizations. Account Based Marketing (ABM) is the latest buzz word but it is not a silver bullet. Account Based Marketing (ABM) is the latest buzz word but it is not a silver bullet.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

TechTarget Launches Prospect-Level Intent to Dramatically Accelerate Technology Marketing and Sales Engagements. This new release focuses on Prospect-Level Intent TM data, unique in the industry, that enhances understanding of individual prospects based on their research, engagement and buying team associations.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales has others. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When targeting high-value accounts, a broad list of generic leads won’t cut it. For account-based marketing (ABM) to succeed, you need a highly targeted list based on your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). Why Focused List Building Matters for ABM One thing to remember: companies don’t buy—people do.

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Allego

JANUARY 24, 2019

Alex Mackenzie is Director of Sales at Allego. Event participation is even more important for us in advancing our account-based marketing (ABM) efforts because we get to meet our buyers face-to-face at event venues. Top 5 Sales Events in 2019. Here are the 5 events that we think are a must-attends this year.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

MARCH 8, 2019

I was calling to setup up appointments for a small sales training company. I was trying to sound experienced and professional calling people who had way more knowledge about sales than me. My Sales manager Julie said to me, “ just be people with people.” In my first two weeks, I had zero meetings booked. The result?

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

A few years ago I created a list of the best books sales people should read to become a badass. What made that list so special was the surprising number of books that WEREN’T sales books. This list is all sales books. A lot has changed in the sales world in the last 13 years. You can see the list here.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The best sales conferences enrich your team, build knowledge, and offer plenty of networking opportunities (and fun)! Bad sales conferences just feel like a huge waste of time away from you prospects. Unleash is the ultimate Sales Engagement conference. TOPO Sales Summit. Go ahead and add these to your calendar now.

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A Sales Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

If you’re a sales person and you give a s**t about your clients, your personal development, your career, and your company, then I have a message for you. Too many of us are operating from 20th-century sales rules that no longer apply, and it’s not longer OK or acceptable. Sales management is about leadership.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Want free access to 9 in-depth interviews from industry experts and data from 3,400 global marketers? ” As a modern digital magazine, Sales POP!

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Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Scoring 98

OutboundView

JUNE 12, 2019

The separation between sales and marketing is always a hot topic of discussion. There is also a big debate as to whom the inside sales teams should report to. There is also a big debate as to whom the inside sales teams should report to. What exactly do these inside sales reps do?

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 20, 2016

We generate, qualify and nurture leads using Account-Based Marketing processes. At the start of 2016, we were brought in to support a group of sales reps who did not make their numbers in 2015. Only 42% of marketing generated leads were accepted and worked in those same years. Their “reward”?

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Markempa - Inside Sales

JANUARY 27, 2020

Learn how helping potential customers with an empathetic approach to demand generation and ABM created triple the sales opportunities.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

A few years ago I created a list of the best books sales people should read to become a badass. What made that list so special was the surprising number of books that WEREN’T sales books. This list is all sales books. A lot has changed in the sales world in the last 13 years. You can see the list here.

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Account Based Marketing Social Selling Hiring Decision Maker 60

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Best Sales Podcasts for You This 2021. The ability to listen to an almost inexhaustible supply of training, case studies, and applicable tips via sales podcasts shouldn’t be taken for granted. From individual sales reps to Founders, there are so many great “shows” to help you become better at your job.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

OutboundView

JUNE 12, 2019

The separation between sales and marketing is always a hot topic of discussion. There is also a big debate as to whom the inside sales teams should report to. There is also a big debate as to whom the inside sales teams should report to. What exactly do these inside sales reps do?

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InsideSales.com

MAY 18, 2020

It doesn’t matter how good a product is if you don’t have a great salesman to market it. RELATED : 5 Must Read Sales Books for Inside Sales Reps . Before you even start thinking about your sales pitch, you need to get to know the product you’re selling very, very well. Listen and Remember.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 7, 2020

Read this article to find out more about sales influencer Grant Cardone’s seven simple tips to help you improve your sales follow up technique. RELATED: Infographic: Sales Follow-Up Guide – How To Talk To Customers So They Listen. Seven Tips to Help Improve Your Sales Follow Up Technique. Leave a Message.

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Green Lead's B2B

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are so many demand gen vendors out there, and if you are a demand gen professional in sales or marketing, we've probably called you. Words of wisdom from two industry leaders: Trish Bertuzzi, I nside Sales Expert , @bridgegroupinc : "Hiring a third party lead gen vendor is like dating… the chemistry is either there or it is not.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

That’s why a while back, we presented our top five books and blogs for inside sales folks. That’s why we love the power of video to quench our thirst for knowledge and enlighten us in the field of sales. These 8 principles can apply to many areas of business, but in the field of sales, they are especially vital.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

JUNE 27, 2019

About five years ago, someone sent me a video on a Tulsa, Oklahoma business that changed the entire way I approach sales and marketing. The next day in our Monday morning I talked with our CEO and then my sales team. We watched the video together as a sales team. “ Wait,” I thought. Why is this helpful to me?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who sales development should report to [22:16].

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What are the best sales conferences and events of the year, where you’ll find plenty of networking opportunities , training, and career-changing tips? Here are the 26 sales events in 2020 (organized by the season of the year) that we’re most excited about. Best 26 Sales Conferences in 2020. The Surf and Sales Summit.

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Velocify

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Demand generation marketers are focused on supporting sales teams, and a large part of their role is ensuring that carefully curated leads are moving through the funnel effectively. To that end, aligning with your sales team is critical to building an effective lead management process that drives results and helps achieve shared goals.

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Nudge.ai

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Going into the New Year as a B2B sales professional, you’ll likely have some software subscriptions coming up for renewal, so we wanted to prepare you for those decisions. Base: Next-generation CRM software for leading B2B sales teams. Close.io: The inside sales CRM of choice for B2B startups and SMBs.

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InsightSquared

JANUARY 16, 2019

This is especially true of Sales Development Reps, SDRs, as they are such an integral part of your sales process. When we talked about hiring new sales reps , we showed the “cash trough” that each new rep starts with. Page one shows the three things that are expected of any new sales hire: Ask questions. Extending Costs.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 30, 2019

How can you use data to build and iterate your go-to-market strategy? What’s the number one mistake made at annual sales kickoffs? What are the top qualities of a great sales rep? For me, the first big objective was to have a vision of what the sales team and processes would look like over time.

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Velocify

MAY 3, 2017

Just as we’ve seen the iPhone improve, with advancements like nearly 3x more talk time, I’ve seen the Velocify sales team grow into the best team on the planet. Here are five differentiators that motivate me everyday, and set us apart from other sales organizations. As sales professionals, we are passionate about our craft.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

MARCH 4, 2019

In this episode, Barb talks to Kristina McMillan , VP of Research at TOPO about why it is so important to FOCUS on the right activities if you want to achieve the right sales results. Sales activities should be driven by current data, trends and buyer expectations. SalesLoft , the leading sales engagement platform.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

AUGUST 30, 2011

Longer selling cycles and stalled deals are impeding sales funnels everywhere.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 52

Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

Unlocking the power of sales might seem like a Herculean task, but with the right approach, it can become an achievable goal. Sales goes beyond merely selling products or services; it involves comprehending the desires of your customers and providing tailored solutions that meet their individual needs. What is Sales?

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