Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Author: Shawn Finder Ask sales and marketing leaders what digital channels they leverage to generate leads and help their teams hit quota and you’ll likely get the same answer over and over: cold calls and emails. These are useful tools, but we’re long past the era where companies can rely solely on them to drive business.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 22, 2025

He works with small business owners to show them how to use smart digital tools to grow and run their businesses better. Smart Tools Arent Just for Big Companies Years ago, only large companies could afford the kind of research and support needed to stay ahead. Smaller companies now have access to powerful tools too.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

Theres certainly no shortage of sales tools available to help your team master every step in the modern sales process. There are way too many of these tools, and their competing claims and different overlapping use cases make it challenging to assemble an effective GTM tech stack. The bad news?

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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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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

SMBs need to focus on local marketing tools to promote their offerings and sales to meet their sales goals. Local Marketing Tools are Critical for SMBs in 2025 The Competition Never Tires A study by Valpak says that SMBs shouldn’t decrease their ad efforts because of inflation and higher cost of living.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 10, 2025

That is where channel sales or indirect sales comes into the picture. What is a channel sales? A channel sales strategy allows sales teams to leverage third parties to sell products and services. Many organizations adopt the channel sales strategy which offers a viable and game-changing opportunity to grow sales figures.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

By integrating with other account-based marketing tools, CRM systems, and customer data platforms, marketing account intelligence software creates a unified and comprehensive view of each customer. Built on the D&B Cloud, this solution offers a comprehensive suite of tools for data management , visualization, and benchmarking.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Before ChatGPT and similar tools became mainstream, few business leaders explicitly sought AI-enhanced content creation solutions. This demand immediately surfaced once AI tools demonstrated what could be accomplished. These insights can inform immediate changes to targeting, messaging, or channel allocation automatically.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 2, 2022

As the opportunities for closing sales through multiple channels continue to broaden, ensuring that your team is up to speed with the latest smart sales tools is critical to success. The post 5 Digital Skills to Blow Past Sales Targets appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales Gravy

APRIL 16, 2025

Ross from Houston faces a common challenge in channel sales: how do you create brand preference for your product when youre selling through distributors who carry multiple competing lines and competitors who undercut your price? Why Pull-Through in Channel Sales Matters When you sell through distribution, you lose a lot of direct control.

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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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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Beyond Basic CRM Functionality While standard CRM tools offer basic lead routing, dedicated solutions excel at managing complex workflows. By integrating seamlessly with your CRM, these tools enhance functionality and boost team efficiency. Chili Piper Chili Piper combines form routing, chat, lead distribution, and scheduling tools.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Top Website Visitor Identification Software Tools 1. Built for accuracy, the platform provides up-to-date information with integrated tools like conversation intelligence, sales engagement, and data orchestration. Warmly Warmly integrates data from sales enablement tools to automate and enrich lead engagement.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Benefits of affiliate management How to start an affiliate program Strategies for successful affiliate management Tools for affiliate management What is affiliate management? These influencers, bloggers, or specialists in the industries can be great channels for promoting your products. Table of Contents What is affiliate management?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These tools not only help teams track performance, but improve engagement strategies and optimize sales workflows. But how can you choose the right tool for your team? These tools typically include features such as click-to-call functionality, local number generation, automated follow-ups, and call recording.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

When combined with AI, these signals become powerful tools that reach potential customers much earlier in their journey — giving go-to-market teams a massive advantage over competitors who rely solely on ideal customer profile matches, traditional intent data, or account-fit scores. “Think about signals as triggers.

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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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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. The Hidden Costs of Efficiency: How to Counteract AI’s Impact on Sales Skills AI and automation tools promise efficiency, but they also come with unintended consequences. Leverage AI as a tool to support efficiency while reinforcing skill-building. Product-led SEO.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Video technology tools like Zoom and Slack were reported helpful in fueling connection and engagement. No longer considered nice-to-have resources for a subset of workers, these tools have become vital to all employees and will continue to support formal and informal functions for both remote and in-office workers.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By integrating with tools that incorporate target data from external sources and providing seamless communication between sales and marketing, these solutions provide a comprehensive view of target accounts and enable data-driven decision-making across the customer journey. By automating this aspect of the sales process, Align.ly

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 1, 2025

Onthis episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Harriet Mellor shares proven strategies for maximizing trade show ROI with personalized outreach, leveraging CRM tools, and building lasting relationships that convert leads into valuable long-term customers.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

B2B Buyer Stats First and foremost, B2B buyers are users of the tools they buy. One surprising result of the 2024 B2B Buyer survey was the revelation that buyers are predominantly discovering new software tools on social media. Ninety-five percent use the software to some degree, 78% use it regularly, and only 5% don’t use it at all.

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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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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

as this channel has become saturated. Automate : There are more and more tools on the market that remove the need for sales people to do non-selling tasks. The key to automation is to clearly understand the task being automated before applying a tool. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed.

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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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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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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Example 3 – Cold LinkedIn Message: Hi Dave, Can I trouble you to like my YouTube channel. Here is a link to the channel [link] If you have a page or anything you want me to like or subscribe to, just reply with details and I will return the favour. Why would anyone want to subscribe to his YouTube channel? Stay tuned!

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These tools are now essential for companies looking to maintain a competitive edge in a demanding market. They equip teams with tools for automating tasks, tracking engagement, and accessing real-time data, all of which accelerate the sales cycle and improve overall performance. What Are Sales Acceleration Platforms?

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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

MARCH 2, 2025

It needs to include a deep understanding of the audience, messaging, and channels for engagement. Tip: Create a clear plan that outlines your audience, key messages, content strategy , and marketing channels. Tip: Use tools like Google Analytics or HubSpot to track conversions, customer acquisition costs, and lead quality.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2025

CPQ Tools: The Smart Alternative to Traditional Quoting If traditional quoting methods are a roadblock, Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software is the fast lane. By replacing outdated quoting methods with CPQ tools , businesses gain speed, accuracy, and efficiencygiving sales teams the edge they need to close more deals.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

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. Yet many want me to change my execution in order to use their ill-conceived tool.

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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

JULY 27, 2023

You might start creating ABM campaigns with simple personalization, such as using the contact’s first name across channels or sending new content that specifically speaks to a challenge they’re facing. Decide which channels to prioritize and how you will track the effectiveness of those campaigns.

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