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How to Turn Your Suspects Into Qualified Prospects

No More Cold Calling

Focus on winning prospects. Ben confided in me about the four types of people in his database: suspects, prospects, clients, and the dead. Curious, I asked Ben to clarify the difference between suspects and prospects. Suspects, he explained, were just names pulled from a list his company had purchased. Prospects, though?

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Getting Salespeople to Prospect When They Aren’t Prospecting

Understanding the Sales Force

When prospecting doesn’t take place on a daily basis, salespeople fail to build their pipelines. Whether you call it cold-calling, prospecting, outbound, or hunting, the name doesn’t change what it is or how difficult it is.

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Sales Signals: How to Leverage Data & AI to Reach Prospects First

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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. Most go-to-market teams understandably focus on new funding rounds as a signal when prospecting.

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Sales prospecting made easier

Sales 2.0

I picture how a company in the high tech chip business could survive when only 1 in 100 of their chips was usable (or 1 in 1,000). Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. You want to deal mostly with the companies that spend a lot of money with you and are easier to deal with.

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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity

While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal. Take the following stats into consideration: It takes 5 minutes to connect with a prospect via direct dials, but takes 22 minutes using company switchboard numbers.

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Transforming Sales with AI: Smarter Prospecting, Faster Conversions

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Heres how some of todays top experts use AI to sidestep common challenges, encourage experimentation, enhance sales training, and create smarter prospecting lists. Lead Scoring and Intent Analysis: AI ranks leads and identifies intent signals to prioritize the prospects most likely to convert. Take email prospecting, for instance.

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Lead Capture Software: Top Tools for Converting Sales Prospects

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Lead capture software is a vital tool that enables companies to identify, collect, and manage potential customer information across various channels. Impact on Business Growth Effective lead capture software can significantly impact a company’s bottom line.

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Buyer Intent Data Guide: How to Find Prospects Already Looking to Buy

Teams of all sizes can utilize buyer intent data to more effectively identify where prospects are on their purchase journey, and thus adapt marketing messaging and sales pitches to align with those specific interest signals collected. How to incorporate buyer intent data into your outbound prospecting.

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100 Fastest-Growing eCommerce Companies to Boost Your Competitive Edge

Looking to sell your product to emerging eCommerce companies? To succeed, you need to know which companies are leading the way. That's why we've compiled a list of the 100 Fastest-Growing eCommerce Companies in North America & Europe, showcasing those with impressive year-over-year traffic growth.

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Buyer’s Checklist: How to Evaluate a B2B Contact Data Provider

Leveraging a data provider to help identify and connect with qualified prospects supports company revenue goals by alleviating common headaches associated with prospecting research and empowers sales productivity. So what’s the problem? Many organizations fail to properly evaluate vendors during the selection process.

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Essential Guide to Sales Engagement – Overcome the Challenges of Remote Selling

Sales teams are trying to prospect, connect, and manage an effective sales cycle, yet many companies are falling short of hitting their sales numbers. Sales engagement takes a broad view, leveraging process, tools, training, and a host of other capabilities to ensure that your efforts align with each prospect along their buyer journey.

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Boost B2B Sales Productivity & ROI Growth with Automation

However, by leveraging the power of Workflow & CRM automation System, companies can boost sales productivity and drive ROI growth. Automation allows companies to streamline their sales processes, reduce manual errors, and improve communication and collaboration among teams.

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How to Transform Training with Conversation Intelligence Technology

Speaker: Jonathan Carlson, Senior Director of Marketing, Allego & Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Imagine if you could go back and review every phone or video conversation at your company: training sessions, conferences, sales calls - anything and everything - and have a teachable analysis ready almost instantly. Enhance experiences for groups across the organization, from prospects to customers to employees.and much more.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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How COVID-19 is Impacting B2B Marketing Plans

Speaker: Tom Pick, Chief Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity

You'll come away with an understanding of what other B2B marketing professionals are doing and actionable insights such as: How marketers in your industry and company size are adjusting marketing budgets and event plans to drive lead generation in spite of COVID-19. By registering, you will get access to the full survey report.