The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

One proven way is to use analogies from different yet relatable practices. All measurable, all quantifiable and can be improved with skills and the right tools. And while strategy and skills are paramount, you need to select the right tools to support them. This again puts a focus on the tools you use and how.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Role of AI in Sales Leadership Enhancing Efficiency AI tools can significantly enhance sales efficiency by automating routine tasks, allowing sales leaders to focus on more strategic activities such as coaching and change management. AI should be seen as a tool to augment human capabilities, not replace them.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 30, 2025

And we could step up to that through the same tried and true methods: hire more people, leverage more tools and technology. But no problem, we weren’t constrained by cost, hire more people, buy more tools, outsource demand/lead gen… We just ran the mathematical equations. It was natural to look at tools and technologies.

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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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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For instance, the new generation of AI tools like ChatGPT can threaten knowledge-based products or courses. Effective Measures to Manage Technical Debt: Audits: It is essential to carry out technology audits regularly to detect obsolete technology and tools. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2019

Basic implementation tools can be found for free online. Select appropriate promotional mix channels. The promotional mix channels you choose to employ depend on many variables including your message, the market and your resources. You are just documenting products, value points, markets, channels and frequency.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 27, 2024

Tracks competitor pricing and customer behaviors across multiple channels to dynamically adjust prices to attract price-conscious customers while maintaining profitable margins. Many configure, price, and quote ( CPQ ) tools in the marketplace provide some level of AI pricing functionality.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a business grows, so will its lead generation channels and strategies. With this in mind, it’s important to identify the best tools to automate lead generation and why your team should invest in them. We’ve rounded up some must-have tools to automate lead generation across the following categories. PPC marketing tools.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Relating to Childhood Experiences : Todd draws a parallel to how children naturally negotiate and communicate their needs without the pressure of traditional sales tactics. Curiosity as a Sales Tool: Engaging Clients Meaningfully The Role of Curiosity Curiosity is highlighted as a crucial trait for successful salespeople.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Leveraging tools, ChatGPT, social channels. We now have the time to change the mode of prospecting, engaging them through higher impact channels, rather than getting lost in spam filters (regardless how tailored the message.) My various inboxes are filled with with offers for “more.” we have 92-89% win rates.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 6, 2025

The contemporary competitive market poses a formidable challenge to maintain profitability across multiple sales channels. Without the right tools, pricing strategies can quickly become inconsistent, reactive, and prone to errors, leading to lost revenue and missed opportunities.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Yet, despite the exponential growth of social media in the past five years, B2B companies remain skeptical of its effectiveness as a lead generation tool. Focus your efforts on the appropriate channels. Focus your time and budget on the channels that will best help you meet your goals. Check out our top 7 tips below.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 3, 2025

They discuss the common pain points faced by sales leaders, particularly in relation to ineffective CRM systems. Personal Anecdotes John shares a personal anecdote about his experience with CRM systems, illustrating the frustration many sales leaders face when dealing with ineffective tools. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2020

However, AI tools can only be helpful if you utilize quality and reliable data. If you target a single channel, you are not just limiting the audience set but also risking the loss of potential buyers. As a b2b marketer, you need to use multiple marketing channels and prioritize those platforms that your buyers spend their time on.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 24, 2025

This creates relatable narratives that resonate with your audience. AI tools can empower store owners to achieve efficiencies that were previously only available through agency services. Operational Efficiency: Implement AI tools, such as inventory management and customer service chatbots, to streamline operations.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 2, 2018

While the stats vary by source, (what a surprise), it seems that today’s workers get over 60% of their learning outside of the formal process and channels provided by their companies, one source had it 76%. As always, when the tool and process become the focus, the purpose is usually lost. Get’s Better. Learning Is Local.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook have become essential tools in a recruiter’s strategy. Recruiters often treat social media as a supplementary tool; they post sporadically, engage with passive candidates when they have the time, etc. You don’t have a social recruiting strategy.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? Related infographic: Ultimate Guide for Sales Outreach in 2020! Related blog: How to Manage Expectations Around Marketing Vanity Metrics. Success at this stage requires go-to-market teams to decipher which channels and messaging turns prospects into customers. Interest Stage.

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Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more. These channels can range from a brick-and-mortar storefront to a company website to a text messaging app.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

The following types of tools are used to track, measure, and share KPIs: Web analytics CRM systems Data dashboards Business management platforms Data visualizers Business intelligence software. Listed below are a few sales-related KPIs, but they’re just as important to measure since sales and marketing are intertwined. Web Analytics.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Finding sales coaching tools that align with your needs and goals is important. In this post, well examine 9 of the top sales coaching software tools today. Later on, well dive deeper into each sales coaching tool so you can better understand which coaching tools may be right for you.

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Zoominfo

MAY 27, 2019

All sales and marketing tools make big promises—more leads, more engagement, higher click-through rate, better sales—but none more so than marketing automation. For those who aren’t familiar, marketing automation tools are exactly what they sound like—tools that automate certain marketing practices. Buyer Stage: Consideration.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Distribution: It is critical to determine which distribution channels are the best way to reach your target audience. Demand generation is programmatic.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Their tone should be approachable and relatable. Practicality and cost-efficiency are key—bearing in mind that maintaining a strong presence across multiple channels demands resources. Successful salespeople approach their social selling as a tool that complements their traditional selling methods and can really enhance results.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2018

Develop clear channels of communication. Communication doesn’t just happen – it requires intentionality and the development of clear channels of communication. With clear channels of communication in place, sales and marketing can begin to collaborate on specific projects.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. From software that leverages your partner ecosystem to prospect databases, every tool on this list can help you fill your sales pipeline. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2025

Well, valued reader, we here at the HubSpot Sales Blog the literal hub and/or spot that every last sales professional can (and should) rely on for sales-related insight online were really stewing on those questions and more. As per our survey: 24% of respondents say their sales orgs leverage cold calling as a primary sales channel.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2018

Here’s how it works: A user creates content featuring your company or products and shares that content on their personal channels, review websites, and social media platforms. Social media platforms are particularly popular channels for UGC, as they allow users to share quick content to large audiences.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 30, 2019

As with other companies of their size, Philips found that traditional marketing channels were no longer an effective way to market to their B2B audience. Salesforce offers a suite of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools used across nearly every industry to simplify, automate, and organize companies’ business contacts.

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Vengreso

JULY 29, 2024

Have you heard about how important channel sales partners are? In this article we cover different kinds of channel sales partners, why they’re good, and how to work well with them. Plus, working with channel sales partners has other benefits like growing your market. Each one has a special job in selling products.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 9, 2021

Social channels are increasingly cluttered and ineffective. With all the channels becoming less effective than they have been in the past, our responses seem to be to do more—which, inevitably, exacerbates the issue. Marketing continues to optimize SEO and traditional/technology enables channels.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2019

Not only do prospects have an unprecedented amount of information available to them, but they’re also spread out across innumerable channels and websites– making them much harder to reach. Here are a few tips to write copy that sounds human: Know your audience: You want your customers to relate to your marketing efforts.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. That’s still true, but cold calling has evolved as sales channels have evolved. All these technologies lure many sales pros into scaling back their personal interactions and relying on tech tools to surface easy “qualified” leads.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 23, 2025

She explains that many successful businesses leverage debt as a tool for growth. Audrey’s message is clear: financial literacy is essential for all entrepreneurs, and with the right mindset and tools, anyone can master their financial journey. Strategic Use of Debt Audrey also addresses the stigma surrounding business debt.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Marketing Engaged Lead: Prospect who interacts with a company via a marketing channel. Outbound prospecting is a direct marketing channel where salespeople identify target customers and then directly reach out to them in order to introduce them to their company or product. The interactive nature of the channel?—it’s

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Act!

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Because they are useful for lead generation and relationship building, social media channels are an indispensable part of any sales strategy for starting and growing a business. All you have to do is identify your target audience ’s preferred social media channels and become active there. Then there’s X.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

It's no wonder, then, that many folks turn to tools like HubSpot AI to streamline their cold outreach processes. For a start, these AI sales tools can help you quickly draft and personalize prospecting emails. The fact that the tool made me think about my offer's key selling points when I tested it was a big win.

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