No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Marketing isnt a strategy. When everyone from your marketing department, to your IT department, to your janitorial staff is mining their networks for sales referrals, growth isnt just possible; its inevitable. Compensation structures should reward not just deals closed, but also client retention and satisfaction.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

Sales analytics software tools typically leverage AI, automation, and advanced reporting to analyze B2B go-to-market data and sales activities. These tools offer visibility into every stage of the sales pipeline, helping teams track performance, identify opportunities, and refine their approach.

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Analytics Software Software Tools 246

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2024

Benefits of Using Sales Demo Environments How to Create a Demo Environment That Closes Deals I like to think of it like this: it’s common knowledge that Super Bowl halftime performances are mostly pre-recorded. How to Create a Demo Environment That Closes Deals Step 1: Formulate a narrative. How closely were you able to follow it?

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Closing How To Call-back Software 104

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

On-Demand Webinar “Think of the 70% of tasks that don’t directly contribute to closing deals — updating CRM records, scheduling follow-ups, sorting through data,” Blount says. Leverage the same B2B data that fuels go-to-market for 60% of the Fortune 100 Start Your Free Trial! Sell Smarter. Win Faster.

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Scale Sales Qualified Lead Intent Data CRM 235

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business world, sales and marketing teams need to align to drive revenue. However, these two interdependent departments often operate in silos, which leads to misunderstandings, inefficiency, and missed opportunities. Proper alignment between sales and marketing can strengthen brand messaging.

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Buyer Persona Marketing Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 105

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Personalization, precision and performance are the keys to modern B2B marketing. And account-based marketing software is what helps your team nail all three with perfection. Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The sales and marketing go-to-market frameworks weve relied on for decades staples like the funnel, the flywheel, and the buyers journey are fast becoming obsolete or are out the door already. AI-driven platforms and third-party research shape their decisions before you even know theyre in the market. Sell Smarter.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, these powerful solutions automate a wide range of tasks and processes, allowing sales teams to focus on what they do best: building relationships and closing deals.

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Software Software Tools Hubspot 211

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Funding Funding rounds are among the strongest signals for both sales and marketing teams.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It can make it hard to predict what B2B marketing and sales will look like when we enter the post-COVID-19 era. . With that in mind, here are four things you can expect to occur in B2B markets as things reopen. Marketing spends will be lower. This is an excellent time to double down on your automated content marketing.

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Trends Marketing Lead Rank Conference 333

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Every founder, business strategist, revenue focused executives, product management executives obsesses on Product Market Fit (PMF). Competing in this market tends to be feature, function, pricing focused. ” As a side note, this presents a very interesting challenge of early stage companies presenting solutions in mature markets.

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Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Comparison Strategy 95

SMEI

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As we approach the end of 2022 and look towards 2023, it’s clear that the world of marketing is constantly evolving. Here are a few significant aspects of marketing that will be advancing in 2023. This is especially true for marketing, as digital channels and tools have become central to reaching and engaging customers.

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Trends Social Media Marketing Airlines 61

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A steady stream of sales opportunities is foundational for revenue growth. But properly managing those sales opportunities isnt always easy. They also struggle to stay on top of all the sales opportunities in the pipeline , which leads to low conversion rates and inaccurate sales forecasts. What is sales opportunity management?

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Opportunity Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 52

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Weve witnessed sellers become their best, most efficient selves and seen marketers fully realize their TAM and identify messaging that really drives leads. We believe these innovations will continue to revolutionize how teams identify opportunities, engage prospects, and close deals. privacy laws. privacy laws.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of marketing, the importance of building genuine relationships cannot be overstated. Carter , a seasoned expert in relationship marketing and podcasting. Understanding Relationship Marketing What is Relationship Marketing? For more insights and practical advice, visit Mark J.

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Video Lead Scoring Lead Rank Marketing 98

Vengreso

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Mastering Objection Handling Effective objection handling is crucial in sales, requiring sales teams to navigate challenges and turn objections into opportunities. In this episode, you will be able to: Master objection handling techniques to close more sales and boost team performance. to establish a personalized connection request.

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Objections Opportunity Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 73

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

For frontline go-to-market (GTM) professionals, the struggle is real: Too much administrative work, too little selling time, and too many missed opportunities. We surveyed over 11,000 revenue professionals to uncover exactly how GTM teams use ZoomInfo to expand markets, accelerate sales cycles, and drive revenue. The results?

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Report Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Customer 130

Sales 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I have been looking through the old dusty files to see if the previous salesperson left any qualified opportunities that could be quickly closed. I found a few clues from the odd call note and the salespersons name attached to certain contacts in the CRM; however, nothing that would represent an opportunity ripe for closing.

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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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Channels Sales Tools Tools Closing 374

Allego

DECEMBER 24, 2024

She nailed every call, delivered exactly what her buyers needed, and closed deals faster than ever before. According to Allegos latest AI in enablement research , 62% of sales and marketing leaders already use generative AI tools to improve efficiency , and 71% believe AI will become essential to enablement within two years.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. But there are only a few milestones in ZoomInfo’s history that have had a game-changing impact on our trajectory and transformed how businesses everywhere go to market. We acquired Clickagy and launched Streaming and Custom Intent.

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Conversion Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Rank 70

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In the crowded arena of GTM demand generation, most organizations are laser-focused on optimizing whats already known: nurturing interest in established markets, identifying accounts actively searching for solutions, and meeting familiar challenges head-on. The lesson: Latent demand exists before the market realizes it. Lets see how.

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Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Scale 130

Pipeliner

JANUARY 21, 2025

Traditional publishers typically focus on their bottom line, often prioritizing their most lucrative titles and leaving lesser-known authors to fend for themselves in terms of marketing and promotion. This illustrates the point that a book can serve as a powerful marketing tool, opening doors that may not have been accessible otherwise.

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Lead Rank Video Lead Scoring Marketing 92

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

Sellers across every industry are under intense pressure to deliver ambitious results in tightly competitive markets, and it’s much more than a passing trend. Luckily, sellers of every stripe now have access to AI-powered tools that can help them excel in a challenging market.

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Churn Face-to-face How To Buyer Intent 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Go-to-market teams are constantly looking for integrated solutions that can help them work faster, smarter, and more effectively. Accelerate Sales Cycles and Close Deals Faster The ZoomInfo-Clari Groove integration isn’t just about saving time — it’s about delivering consistent, accurate, and scalable results.

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Lead Management Leads Marketing Qualified Lead SalesForce 147

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

During these pandemic times, there are fewer opportunities and more competition going after the same exact business. A salesperson closes a deal, hands it off to the customer success team, and then chases after new business. But when salespeople give away client relationships, they also give up future sales opportunities.

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Lead Generation B2B Lead Scoring Lead Rank 409

SalesFuel

JANUARY 15, 2025

Sellers have many options when it comes to closing a deal. One popular technique is the trial close in sales. This type of close has many benefits, and its also one that provides clear value to the buyer. And as SalesFuel points out, its a non-risky approach to a close. [It] What is a trial close in sales?

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 3, 2025

Marketing Spend Outlook, 2024, from Plural Strategy Group , supplies some answers. Anticipated Spending Increases B2B versus B2C Plural Strategy Groups data encompasses the entire marketing budget. they estimate the B2B market at $106 billion and the B2C market at $656 billion. CMOs are giving a thumbs-up to the U.S.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For more than a generation, customer relationship management (CRM) systems have been the unquestioned core of virtually every go-to-market strategy. Your CRM is too often a mirage of the true market, hindering frontline GTM teams, slowing revenue growth, and limiting opportunities across the board. Bottom line?

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CRM Data Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 130

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. If deals are moving too slowly, there’s a risk of losing momentum, and opportunities may slip away.

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Pipeline Face-to-face Compensation Sales Qualified Lead 98

SalesFuel

JANUARY 13, 2025

Taking time to consider new closing tips for phone sales can refresh your strategy. The words you choose can make or break how the rest of the sales opportunity plays out. Effective closing tips for phone sales The first suggestion is to use call-closing statements when the end of the conversation is near.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This approach led to more consistent, meaningful engagement, even with those we didn't close. In many cases, maintaining occasional contact resulted in new opportunities later on. “At Utilize a framework like SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) to make your feedback straightforward and impactful.

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Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Strategy Follow-up 115

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2024

That‘s why I’ve put together this handy guide that covers some key strategies to help on both of those fronts — a resource that will help ensure your team sells effectively through the remainder of the year and that your business remains top-of-mind with buyers as Q4 comes to a close. Q4 Sales Strategies 1. Leverage unique end-of-year offers.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Many organizations may closely meet your company’s ideal customer profile (ICP) criteria and warrant sales reps to proactively reach out to them. Leads are often categorized and managed through these different stages: Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs). Opportunity. Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs). Evangelist.

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 118

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Wes stresses the importance of standing out in a crowded market by being creative and authentic in your approach. Close The midway point in the process is the actual closing of the sale. Wes highlights that closing is about creating a win-win scenario where both parties feel satisfied and excited about the partnership.

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