Zoominfo

MAY 15, 2019

There are so many factors that can stand in the way of exceptional B2B sales performance—poor leadership, lack of organization, no sales process—the list goes on. Continue reading to learn how you can solve your biggest B2B sales problems and improve your performance today! You Don’t Have Enough Training.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Hiring How To 224

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Sales enablement technology and training can help in this area; however, a tremendous gap remains in resources for indirect sellers. A Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Mediafly reports that the B2B companies surveyed work with an average of 176 partner companies. times lower rates than direct sellers.

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Sales Technology B2B Sales Enablement Enterprise 218

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. And they require the tools that allow them to leverage that data in ways that differentiate your business from the rest of the pack. The number of tools is growing because they are useful and in demand. They need data.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Vengreso

OCTOBER 22, 2024

But before we begin, ask yourself: Are you using the right tools to measure your sales team’s success? Discover the surprising method top leaders use to identify the most effective sales tools, and how it saved a business a quarter million dollars. It’s time to rethink your sales tool strategy.

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Tools Social Media Channels Sales Methodology 71

Smooth Sale

MARCH 22, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: How to Avoid the Invisible Bottlenecks of B2B Sales Success in B2B sales depends on more than just a strong product and a well-trained sales team. Our guest blog offers insights on how to avoid the invisible bottlenecks of B2B sales.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

Sales enablement is the process of providing content, guidance, and training for sales teams to effectively onboard, interact with buyers, shorten the sales cycle, and ultimately win more deals. Sales engineering, customer success, and support teams all require content and training. What is Sales Enablement?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

Author: Luke Kreitner The element of surprise has been proven to be a powerful motivational tool. You can use them as a tool of instant engagement to make the reward experience more meaningful, which in turn can motive sales teams more effectively. In short, surprise incentive rewards are powerful because they’re universal.

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Incentives Incentive Motivation ACT 394

Vengreso

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our list of the best sales training blogs offers expert tips and practical advice to help you succeed. Introduction to Sales Training Blogs Sales training blogs are an essential resource for sales professionals looking to improve their skills, stay up-to-date with industry trends, and learn from experienced sales leaders.

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Training Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile SalesForce 75

Vengreso

MARCH 26, 2025

Whether you’re new to the field or looking to close more sales, online sales training offers a flexible and effective path to success. Through virtual instructor-led training, professionals can now master the intricate selling process without the hefty price tag of traditional programs.

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Training Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 63

Zoominfo

JANUARY 21, 2025

The rapid adoption of GPT-based AI tools isnt simply a technological evolution in sales; its a fundamental restructuring of how teams work. And emerging solutions such as AI agents and AI SDRs are already accelerating time-to-market, enhancing team productivity, and delivering better ROI on tools and resources for early adopters.

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Zoominfo

JULY 28, 2020

Putting together a B2B marketing team kind of feels like assembling a superhero group. It’s about doubling down in the right areas — design, content, operations, and lead-to-management tools — and taking sound bets in the unknown to continually expand inbound marketing efforts. This didn’t happen overnight.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2025

The landscape is being transformed by innovative tools designed for sales acceleration, optimize processes, and enhance productivity through an accelerated sales process. While many may be familiar with mainstream solutions, there are several sales acceleration tools flying under the radar that can provide a significant edge.

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Tools Top of Funnel Lead Rank Forecasting 68

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

In this article, I will discuss the challenges in the B2B SaaS customer experience and how to tackle these potential barriers upfront – rather than trying to do damage control months into the implementation when the customer is annoyed, disappointed, and on the path to churn. Top Risk Factors in B2B SaaS Customer Success.

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B2B Customer Vendor Enterprise 207

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 6, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads. Don’t believe me?

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Scoring Lead Rank 209

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

Salespeople continually struggle with reaching B2B decision makers. Without the introduction, you’re just another cold caller, and cold callers don’t usually get to talk to B2B decision makers. What’s Standing Between Sellers and B2B Decision Makers. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 20, 2024

One way to improve this situation is to use the best B2B market intelligence. The B2B Marketing Outlook Surveyed business leaders also have downgraded their performance scores on customer acquisition and brand value in the past six months. This tool, available on AdMall , offer real-time B2B market intelligence.

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B2B Top of Funnel Marketing Decision Maker 59

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Salesforce AppExchange is a marketplace that makes it easy for busy IT and go-to-market professionals to find and leverage cloud computing and software solutions that work with Salesforce s industry-leading CRM tools and services. Integration: Tools that integrate smoothly with existing Salesforce workflows, minimizing disruption.

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SalesForce Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Intent Signal 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 30, 2025

Heres how some of todays top experts use AI to sidestep common challenges, encourage experimentation, enhance sales training, and create smarter prospecting lists. Just as you coach a team member to improve, AI systems need consistent training to provide better insights. This innovation takes sales training to a new level.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Intent Signal Conversion 130

Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2025

Heres how some of todays top experts use AI to sidestep common challenges, encourage experimentation, enhance sales training, and create smarter prospecting lists. Just as you coach a team member to improve, AI systems need consistent training to provide better insights. This innovation takes sales training to a new level.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Conversion Prospecting 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

On building a sales organization as sophisticated as contemporary B2B buyers …. Every B2B trade publication, analyst, and even company (Hi!) But what does the structure of a B2B sales organization look like as we enter the next decade? How Do You Improve Retention Rates for B2B Sales Teams? Today, we review.

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Making the Case for Latent Demand Gen The daily lives of B2B sellers and marketers rarely operate on an industrys fringes but they should, at least some of the time. Before ChatGPT and similar tools became mainstream, few business leaders explicitly sought AI-enhanced content creation solutions. Lets see how.

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Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Scale 130

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Most choose tools to plug holes in execution rather than build and enhance.

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Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Your top rep just completed a high-impact sales training session. This rapid decline in knowledge retention leads to inconsistent sales execution, wasted training investments, and a constant struggle to keep teams aligned on best practices. times more likely to provide ongoing reinforcement training compared to less effective teams.

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Training Hiring Retention Exercises 62

Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 12, 2025

Im grateful for this because, particularly with all of the available AI and automation tools, there are only about a gazillion to choose from. So far, I have not felt the need to invest in any other AI tools. Right now, and with me being focused strictly on B2B, it does what I need. These are my go-to’s, my daily drivers.

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B2B Hiring Google CRM 71

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 20, 2025

With no automated tool at his disposal, John had to manually configure the product, referring to spreadsheets for pricing, and email engineering for compatibility checks. The CPQ tool instantly validates the configurations, applies the correct pricing based on quantity and region, and ensures all components work together.

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B2B Closing Scale Discount 48

Lead411

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sales Tools for 2025 Top 5 AI Sales Tools for 2025 AI tools are revolutionizing the sales landscape, empowering teams to work smarter, personalize outreach, and close deals faster. Heres a look at the top 5 AI sales tools in 2025, complete with real-world examples of use and pricing. Top 5 Best A.I.

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Tools Tools Intent Signal 52

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Let’s take a closer look at the challenges in the B2B SaaS customer experience and how to tackle these potential barriers upfront rather than trying to do damage control months into the implementation, when the customer is annoyed, disappointed and on the path to churn. Top Risk Factors In B2B SaaS Customer Success. Measure and refine.

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B2B Customer Vendor Enterprise 177

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 22, 2017

Do sales organizations really need a B2B sales strategy? Based on my experience with thousands of solution selling training program participants, here are a few signs that your B2B sales strategy needs a review and re-work: Lagging Growth: You are not growing as fast as your competitors or your industry.

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Account Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Hiring 291

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Today’s blog post provides a comprehensive guide to building a talent pool for your B2B organization. Prioritize ongoing training and development. Even after you’ve hired candidates from within your pipeline, you should invest in their ongoing employee training and development within your organization.

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Pipeline Hiring B2B Referrals 193

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2024

Over the last decade in B2B, I’ve been on both sides of the equation as a seller and a buyer, and I can promise you that it’s a huge problem there as well. In the case of something like buying B2B software, consider your budget, the business objective you’re trying to fulfill, integration needs, etc. Provide a comparison tool.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Rise of Virtual Sales Programs As we enter 2025, the landscape of sales training programs is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. In an age where agility is crucial, companies can no longer afford the time and expense of conventional training sessions that require physical attendance.

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Webinar Metrics Selling Skills Sales Cycle Coaching 98

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2025

And with the popularity of this term, there are endless tools that claim to provide coaching. There is no aspect of what we do as sellers in which there is some tool that claims to coach. Let’s start with what coaching is not: Training isn’t coaching. We have very rich conversational intelligence tools.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this environment, your sales operations tools and platforms can’t just be effective — they need to be transformative. If you’re looking to assemble a new sales operations tech stack — or simply want to upgrade your existing tools — this comprehensive guide to the key categories can help. What Are Sales Operations Tools?

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Sales Operations Tools Scale Lead Scoring 130

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Use all the tools in your toolbox.

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers.

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 128

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In fact, only 16% of B2B companies reach sales and marketing alignment. GTM AI Advancements for Better Conversion Rates: Smarter Tools for Smarter Selling Artificial intelligence continues to transform the sales process. Account Reached Signal Sales and marketing alignment has always been hard to achieve and maintain.

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