The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. How do sales leaders create and balance the core element of a fine-tunes prospecting machine?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In Q4, we released enhancements to Copilot, our GTM Intelligence platform, that further empower enterprise GTM teams to engage prospects and customers with greater precision, speed, and intelligence. We believe these innovations will continue to revolutionize how teams identify opportunities, engage prospects, and close deals.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Because I wanted to focus on a specific question, I glossed over the question I am sure many had as I set out a scenario, specifically when we ask sellers: “Who is your best prospect?”. What’s scary right off the top, is that there are multiple definitions of what is a “best” or a good prospect. They are the furthest down the pipe”. “I

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Prospecting Forecasting Call-back Pipeline 274

Sales Gravy

APRIL 23, 2025

Kyle, a field sales rep from British Columbia is struggling with a common prospecting challenge: how to consistently prospect when you're constantly on the move. He had read my book, Fanatical Prospecting, where I advocate for dedicated time blocks for prospecting. Sound familiar? So what's a field rep to do?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 11, 2019

Most important, marketers should be able to see the CRM data the sales team collects. CRM Data that Improves Marketing. CRM data allows marketers to more accurately target and influence all the stakeholders involved in the sales process. Here’s how you can start integrating CRM data into your marketing strategy today: 1.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In the past I, have highlighted how many sellers are limiting if not sabotaging their opportunities while telephone prospecting. This would work great if a large segment of the market had needs they were willing to act on, but the reality is that most potential prospects do not. Rejection in prospecting is a result of two factors.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

This not only maximizes ROI, but also minimizes wasted time and resources on low-potential prospects. 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.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2018

If you’re at a small company or startup, you were probably impressed and inspired by the highly sophisticated and advanced techniques that your peers at large companies with big teams are using to build lead pipeline. You have all the info you need to start building your pipeline strategy. That’s perfect!

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sales acceleration platforms provide a powerful solution, helping businesses optimize workflows, engage prospects, and convert leads more efficiently. Enhancing Customer Engagement : Email tracking and meeting management improves communication with prospects. Advanced Search Functionality : Pinpoint prospects with precision.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. Given the uncertain times we’re living in, ineffective sales pipeline management can easily grow from being something that holds your business back to actively endangering it.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This post is about an interesting place you can look for “suspects” when you are prospecting. This is a place that is super-obvious, but as with many real world things, often not utilized: your company’s own CRM/old contact lists. Where they don’t go is their company’s own CRM. But in this messy CRM may lie some great nuggets.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? Just under a third result in a competitive loss, and nearly a quarter result in the prospect deciding to do “nothing” ( source ). Keep reading for our top tips to increase sales forecast accuracy and speed up your pipeline. Ditch the weighted sales pipeline.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Time flies and I’m guessing that it has been close to 10 years since LinkedIn decided to close its access doors to most third-party applications including Nimble CRM. Shortly thereafter, they did authorize limited access to a few enterprise level CRMs providing that you have the right LinkedIn premium account. Here’s how!

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Outbound sales call tracking software enhances your sales team’s efficiency by automating call logging, providing real-time analytics, and integrating with customer relationship management (CRM) systems. By centralizing call data, sales teams gain insights into call effectiveness, prospect engagement, and overall campaign success.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Nutshell has recently been recognized by Research.com as one of the top CRM software companies providing B2B solutions, solidifying its place among the industry’s best. Being listed among the top CRM companies is a testament to Nutshell’s ongoing commitment to improve customer relationships and drive sustainable growth.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 12, 2020

This includes your prospects. Do not be surprised if deals in your pipeline don’t close. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Prospecting can feel pretty similar. What is a prospecting workflow? Prospecting workflows are established so that sales reps don’t spend their whole day looking for prospects. Typical prospecting workflows involve researching and then connecting to prospects via cold calls, cold emails, and beyond.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 264

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

Even the most driven sales teams require the right resources to effectively target prospects, nurture relationships, and close deals. Built-In Tools to Power Sales Execution From prospecting to closing, ZoomInfo includes an integrated toolkit to enhance every stage of the sales cycle. The bad news? Seamless.AI

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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. Training and Support: Invest in training for end-users and ensure ongoing support for seamless adoption.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Before the advent of CRM systems, sales teams relied heavily on manual processes. The limitations before the use of CRM software affected individual sales performance and even the overall team effectiveness. The limitations before the use of CRM software affected individual sales performance and even the overall team effectiveness.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I had a conversation this week with a business owner about how to improve their CRM data. It’s not that this business needs more data in its CRM or is missing an important prospect list. The CRM in question has plenty of contacts and accounts–think nearly a hundred thousand contacts. Pipeline First things first.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2025

Imagine that one of your top sales reps spends weeks courting a promising prospect, only to discover at the 11th hour that its actually a subsidiary of your largest customer. But corporate hierarchy errors are much more serious than your garden-variety duplicate CRM record because they undermine core sales and marketing strategy.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2025

In fact, research from Salesforce indicates that a staggering 90% of CRM data is incomplete. GTM Intelligence also gives companies the fuel to create automations, workflows, and agents that are far more powerful than basic AI solutions, driving real value at scale much faster than mass-market AI tools or simple CRM assistants.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In short, ABM treats individual high-value accounts or collections of good-fit prospect accounts as mini-campaigns, surrounding their buying committees and key influencers with targeted, value-driven marketing assets. 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

APRIL 15, 2025

This highlights the lack of compelling bottom-line use cases delivered by mass-market AI tools, such as chatbots or basic CRM assistants, which are the most popular tools in our survey. These tools help streamline day-to-day tasks and offer actionable insights into prospect behavior.

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Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2025

Construction CRM software is essential for managing people, projects, and processes in the industry. Without a dedicated CRM, many construction teams strugglerelying on outdated or inefficient systems that drive up costs and slow down operations. Thats why choosing a CRM tailored to your trade is critical.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. You can throw in tactical skills like effective messaging, multi-threading, persuasive cold-calling, and much more.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Visitor identification software offers a powerful solution, helping your go-to-market team transform anonymous website visitors into qualified prospects, leads, and revenue. HubSpot Sales Hub HubSpot Sales Hub centralizes sales engagement, CPQ functionality, and analytics within its CRM, allowing sales teams to work more efficiently.

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Nutshell

MAY 15, 2023

For outbound sales teams, prospecting software is essential to finding new leads and nurturing them into customers. Sales prospecting tools for lead generation are critical for helping sales representatives find, qualify, and reach more prospects.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. Closing : Closing cycles that fail 80% of the time are the norm (where 1 in 5 deals in the pipeline closes.) Sales process efficiency.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Even when he was talking to a prospect, he would hang up at 5 minutes, then call the person back. But they were still struggling to make their numbers and fill their pipelines. And despite doing this, why were they struggling to maintain healthy pipelines? At the 5 minute mark, he would hang up, then call the buddy back.

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Outbound Call-back Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline 120

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 15, 2025

Since one size does not fit all, we are now offering three tiers of Nimble CRM training and implementation packages! I havent used CRM for over 25 years because it keeps me better organized, on-track, and better able to build relationships with clients and prospects. Are you thinking about a CRM? We have you covered!

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The ABCDE of Selling Wes introduces his unique framework, the ABCDE of selling, which he describes as a circular process rather than a linear pipeline or funnel. Direct Mail: Send personalized mail to capture the attention of prospects. The goal is to make prospects aware of your existence and offerings.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Cleaner CRM Data : Maintain accurate, up-to-date records with automatic deduplication. 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.

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Act!

APRIL 9, 2025

Before walking in, he pulls out his phone and opens his mobile CRM app to review the clients purchase history , past interactions, and any unresolved issuesall in real time. Without a mobile CRM system , hed rely on memory or outdated notes, or spend an hour at his desk searching through a traditional CRM.

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 14, 2025

If you havent defined clear performance metricslike call activity, lead generation, conversion rates, or daily prospecting targetsthen you dont really have a plan. Choosing the Right CRM: Beware of Overkill Eric also mentioned his teams struggle with an outdated CRM thats not built for strong tracking. You have a wish list.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 12, 2021

Over the last two decades, customer relationship management (CRM) systems have become the center of the universe for enterprises and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) alike. A costly problem—with analysts citing CRM implementation costs reaching up to $100 million.

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