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.

Conversion 70

Conversion Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Rank 70

Sales 2.0

APRIL 23, 2020

If you don’t sell to the enterprise market, it’s very likely your competitors will. When one of your competitors succeeds in getting business in the market that has 60% of the cash to spend in your type of solutions, what will that do for their business and yours? It’s the “80/20, Pareto rule” again. Areas of change.

Enterprise 432

Enterprise Enterprise Penetration Gatekeeper 432

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Author: Tim Riesterer When it comes to creating lasting behavior change in salespeople, the assumption is that virtual sales skills training is a pale imitation of in-person classroom training. But what if an online training alternative could be proven as effective?—?or than classroom training? Live classroom training.

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Training Exercises Decision Maker Coaching 214

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. . But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. A Lack of Training. The Rise of Cross-Functional Teams.

Marketing 252

Marketing Decision Maker Telecommunications Lead Rank 252

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

One major key to success in sales is a salesperson’s ability to reach decision makers. Salespeople who reach THE decision maker are 341% more likely to close the business than those who fail to reach the decision maker. Objective Management Group (OMG) has assessed nearly 2.4

Decision Maker 207

Decision Maker Insurance Insurance Call-back 207

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. When you partner with those decision makers, they write you into the spec and/or dictate to procurement to whom the business must be awarded.

Decision Maker 207

Decision Maker Data Hiring Proposal 207

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Revenue teams – Companies will move beyond simply aligning sales and marketing toward revenue teams?—?super super teams that include customer success in the same organization as sales, marketing and operations.

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Trends Ideal Customer Profile InsideView Customer 289

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Impacting a marketing team’s output in that short period of time requires a quick start. Marketing contribution as a % of Pipeline Opportunities. Marketing contribution as a % of Revenue. In many cases the CMO inherits a transitional marketing team not set-up to drive revenue. Marketing Team Assessment & Roadmap.

Top of Funnel 282

Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

What this means is that sales, marketing, and service processes need to be based on the needs, wants, and expectations of customers. In particular, consideration needs to be given to how customers make their decisions, how they can utilize the products or services sold to them, and specific obstacles. Training, training, training.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

If you are talking to a CEO or the actual decision maker, saying no and walking away can have a tremendous impact.”. “It And if they are a CEO or the decision maker, they have the power to make it happen.” Don’t forget about deployment, training, support, etc., Closing should be a win for both sides.

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Closing B2B Decision Maker Discount 286

Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 31, 2020

It also means that the decision makers have all agreed that their buying motives (needs) are such that a decision needs to be made now. In addition, what is also important about timeline is that if the prospect you’re speaking to isn’t in the market at this moment, it means you can relax behind your pitch.

Decision Maker 199

Decision Maker Face-to-face Gatekeeper Inside Sales 199

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

How can a salesperson get the attention of decision-makers in the HR department? What’s the scope of responsibility for an HR decision-maker? In addition to the more obvious responsibilities of recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training, HR decision-makers are responsible for purchases that affect other areas as well.

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Resources Decision Maker Compensation Vendor 224

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Are you speaking to decision makers or gatekeepers or influencers? If your lead generators aren’t scheduling enough appointments or if your sellers aren’t closing deals, you can train and coach them to hit their desired outcomes—as long as you have a methodology that is fully developed, documented, tested, and refined.

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Hiring Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 222

MTD Sales Training

JUNE 4, 2019

What I mean by this is you can do more than just add value after the discussions have been had with the decision-makers. Free consultations with a specialist department before the prospect makes a decision: This shows you have multiple levels of value at all stages of the relationship. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Case Study How To Discount Decision Maker 255

SBI Growth

MAY 24, 2013

Sales Onboarding vs. Sales Training. Sales onboarding programs differ from on-going sales training. Using standard sales training for new hires is a sure-fire recipe for long ramp times. She was eager to train for her new role selling software solutions. At the start, the buyer is “Not in the Market.”

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Hiring Customer Telecommunications Pharmaceuticals 324

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

After 18 years in B2B marketing, Ive seen this song and dance before. And lets face it, most B2B marketing teams didnt exactly have a foolproof plan to ensure ROI. Use ZoomInfo to identify which companies and decision-makers are attending. Train your team on engagement tactics, from quick pitches to in-depth demos.

B2B 130

B2B Marketing Strategy Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Having a scoring and qualification system in place will weed out unfit leads and save sales and marketing teams time. Marketing teams typically have their process of scoring and qualifying leads (MQLs), but it may look different for sales teams (SQLs). Align with your marketing team for unified lead scoring and qualification.

Sales Cycle 246

Sales Cycle Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

A “BASHO email” is a fancy-pants name for a very personalized B2B email, usually addressed to a decision-maker at a high-value account. Hyper-personalized cold emails are the main tenant of account-based sales approach (related to account-based marketing, or ABM ). When your prospect is a decision-maker.

Examples 264

Examples Account Based Marketing Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 264

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. With multiple stakeholders influencing decisions, theres no single moment of delight that triggers the next rotation of the wheel.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Intent Signal B2B 130

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

You can’t get access to the decision maker. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. Give pricing too early – over the years, buyers have been trained by bad sales people. They have been trained to ask for product information and a price. You have to train them otherwise.

Buyer Persona 297

Buyer Persona Decision Maker Buyer Objections 297

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

When sales reps receive referral introductions, they: Score meetings with decision-makers, while the competition is still figuring out how to get in. Save you money (There are no expensive marketing costs—just your own sales team out there selling for you.). Reduce the time it takes to close deals. Create a referral system.

Guarantee 233

Guarantee Referrals Prospecting Lead Generation 233

Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Then Google REALLY started marketing! This week ask yourself: Are you following AT&T’s marketing efforts? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then get instant access to our On Demand training today.

Google 222

Google Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker 222

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 6, 2017

When your prospect is a decision maker. It’s hard to get decision makers, department heads, and people of influence – the people you really want to reach – on the phone. Diego was so impressed, he went on to use my email in training sessions (and offered me a job)! MARKETING MANAGER.

Ideal Customer Profile 248

Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker How To Top of Funnel 248

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A typical business project or initiative involves various decision-makers who can influence the outcome. The decisions or actions of key stakeholders can slow or speed up your sales initiatives, and that’s why stakeholder mapping is crucial. These decision-makers have a significant influence on the sales process.

Decision Maker 62

Decision Maker Enterprise Enterprise Account 62

SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

Buyers have been trained to expect speed, availability, and a self-directed buying experience. They have kept up with the market. Still focused on reaching a decision maker and handling objections. Decision making speed - as we discussed earlier, customers will no longer tolerate a slow approval processes.

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Customer B2C Decision Maker Inside Sales 328

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2019

Author: Rory Christian According to IDC , despite a "typical" $1 billion company spending a large amount of resources devoted to training for customer-facing people, poor sales enablement results in around $14 million of wasted sales and marketing expenses, and $100 million in lost sales opportunities. Where could they be going wrong?

Hiring 233

Hiring Decision Maker Energy Face-to-face 233

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). When you're creating a new-hire training plan, remember a few things : Keep your training plan personalized, because no two reps are the same. Pre-week training. Product Training.

Hiring 139

Hiring Training Hubspot Inbound 139

Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 2, 2023

In fact, this is also felt in the accounting department, the marketing department, and everywhere else. If I get an, “Ah, I don’t know,” then I once again use layering questions like: “Have you heard of my new On Demand Inside Selling Skills Training?” And, “How big of a role do you think increased sales training is going to play?”

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker Licensing 223

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Access to high-quality contact data, market trends, and emerging predictive analytics tools allow for rapid segmentation of high-quality accounts and prospects. Yet, studies show that most sales conversations only get started after repeated attempts to contact one or more decision makers. Why TiLT, Why Now. Who can participate?

Conversion 224

Conversion Decision Maker Outbound Top of Funnel 224

Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

I graduated from Wharton’s MBA program in 1993 and had no sales training at all. Since then I’ve sold millions of dollars of technology and services, run my own sales outsourcing and training company, grown a digital agency and pioneered a new approach to selling now known as “social selling”.

Outsourcing Services 78

Outsourcing Services Cold Calling Call-back Networking 78

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The truth is, most sales reps haven’t received any formal training in this area. 93% of sales executives have not received any formal training on social selling ( source ). 93% of sales executives have not received any formal training on social selling ( source ). But, what do you really know about social selling?

Social Selling 184

Social Selling Social Media Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 184

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

A “BASHO email” is a fancy-pants name for a very personalized B2B email , usually addressed to a decision maker at a high-value account. Hyper-personalized cold emails are a main tenant of account-based sales approach (related to Account-Based Marketing, or ABM.). When your prospect is a decision maker.

Examples 220

Examples Account Based Marketing Decision Maker Account 220

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And unlike other elements of sales success, you will indeed have to have done it to train and lead it. These three elements have proven to be consistently successful in 15 plus years, in all geographies, across various industries and markets. Data-driven decisions and coaching – Leadership. Where Is You Process.

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System Prospecting Quota Decision Maker 316

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Not an artificial view of the market designed to favor our product. Often the gap on alignment is less about a market view. By the time they implement, train, another 12 months; to see a positive impact, you’re looking 18 months minimum. Insights that inform the buyer based on their objectives. Buyers Done.

Outsourcing Services 203

Outsourcing Services B2B Decision Maker ROI 203

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 30, 2023

They may get some leads out and set up some “demos or presentations,” but because they didn’t discover whether a prospect was truly a buyer and in the market at that time, their close rate is a disappointing 2 sales out of 10 full presentations…. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Solution: Ask questions and listen more.

Sales Qualified Lead 212

Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker 212

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. Why has automation failed to gain traction despite its obvious promise?

Marketing 130

Marketing Decision Maker Telecommunications Lead Rank 130

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some are written by marketing experts. There seems to be a blurring of the lines between sales and marketing and that’s not useful to anyone. Should marketing understand what salespeople really do? Should salespeople understand what marketing does? Some are written by sales experts. Absolutely.

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Sales Leadership Hiring How To Account Based Marketing 218