No More Cold Calling

MAY 24, 2018

Just because certain sales prospecting techniques are all the rage, doesn’t mean they’re right for you or for your buyer. Sales productivity tools are everywhere, but do they really enhance productivity? So, how do you decide which tech trends are worth the money and your team’s precious prospecting time?

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Prospecting Social Media Trends Face-to-face 196

Zoominfo

APRIL 22, 2018

If you’ve worked in sales for any amount of time, you know the standard sales process looks something like this: You identify a prospect and conduct research, you figure out what pain point or challenge they’re trying to solve, and then you offer your product or services as the solution. Why don’t some buyers admit they need help?

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Prospecting Case Study Direct Mail Sales Cycle 235

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance. ITServices.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

SBI

MAY 23, 2021

SalesTech Video Review: Simple Content Organizer for Sending Links, Files and Video to prospects. Flipdeck tackles two hassles salespeople deal with every day, gathering the information to send each prospect and adding attachments and links to an email one-by-one.

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Video Prospecting Collateral Proposal 129

SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

The office telephone is a dying demand generation tool. They bring binders, sales tools, and laminated glossy sheets. They use the tools for the first week, then stop. Ask your Sales Reps for completed tools on every call. The purpose is to show the prospect that management is committed.

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Sales Management Hiring Telemarketing Demand Generation 326

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2021

B2B sales tools are meant to automate day-to-day processes, increase efficiency in all aspects of the sales process, and simplify various aspects of a sales rep's day to save valuable time — time that can be spent focusing on prospects and deals. B2B Sales Tools. prospecting) while others support all aspects of B2B sales (e.g.

Sales Tools 143

Sales Tools B2B Tools Hubspot 143

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But generative AI tools have empowered them in ways GTM teams can scarcely imagine. Armed with tools like GenAI, buyers zigzag through buying stages now, reacting immediately to real-time insights and shifting priorities. Buyers Demand Relevance and Timing Prospecting thats irrelevant or poorly timed can harm deals more than help them.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Intent Signal B2B 130

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 111

Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 23, 2024

They have also introduced a number of innovative features that can be leveraged to increase your prospecting effectiveness and this includes on LinkedIn and other social networks. A Suggested LinkedIn Prospecting Process Discover, evaluate, document, engage, nurture and in this order. Here’s how! Are you thinking about a CRM?

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LinkedIn CRM Prospecting Lead Qualification 62

Sales 2.0

MAY 6, 2020

Do you have training for new hires documented and readily available? Prospecting : How well does your prospecting process work? Prospecting : How well does your prospecting process work? Do you manage the development of proposals as a joint process with your prospect, leading to a high close rate?

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Hiring Proposal Sales Qualified Lead System 269

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Boo, you were ghosted by a prospect you thought for sure would convert. According to HubSpot’s 2024 State of Sales Report , 23% of sales pros find cold emailing the best way to reach prospects. It's no wonder, then, that many folks turn to tools like HubSpot AI to streamline their cold outreach processes. Long and skinny?

Lead Generation 72

Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 72

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

And they require the tools that allow them to leverage that data in ways that differentiate your business from the rest of the pack. Marketing technology guru Scott Brinker has been tracking and documenting the growth of the marketing technology landscape for almost a decade. They need data. Lots of data.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 22, 2014

What are the metrics to close one – in other words, how many proposals, demos, qualified opportunities, prospects and suspects does it take? A pipeline with typical conversion ratios might have 12 Suspects, 6 Prospects, 3 Qualified and 2 Closable. Use email as a tool to make your pipeline work; not the other way around.

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Face-to-face Commission Exercises Sales Qualified Lead 275

Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2025

Throughout my career guiding B2B teams through data transformations, I’ve identified a recurring challenge: despite investing millions in sophisticated data tools, companies maintain operational silos that severely limit their return on investment. My colleague Ali Z. Heres how to start making that shift: 1.

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System Enterprise Enterprise Data 130

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The catch is that you have to demonstrate and document that it's truly “legitimate.” And which tools are the best for keeping it all organized? When we call a prospect, it is logged with a reason tied back to the prospect’s business and all previous contacts they have had with us.” Really, it can be that simple.

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Cold Calling How To Guidelines Hubspot 80

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2025

The Problem with Traditional Quoting Imagine this: A sales rep gets an inquiry from a high-value prospect requesting a custom quote. CPQ Tools: The Smart Alternative to Traditional Quoting If traditional quoting methods are a roadblock, Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software is the fast lane. Hours pass. The manager requests revisions.

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Tools Scale Comparison Discount 48

Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

You hire talented sales and marketing professionals and set them up with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools. For B2B companies, bad data and data decay weaken CRM and sales and marketing automation tools. In turn, sales and marketing efforts — from prospecting to running email campaigns — are less effective.

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Data B2B Churn Buyer Persona 251

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Between prospecting, sales calls, data entry, quote preparation, and follow-ups, it’s very easy for teams to mismanage data and trip over themselves on the way to the finish line. That’s why sales collaboration tools are an essential part of the modern sales lifecycle. Let’s jump right in! 5 Capterra Rating: 4.5/5

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Tools InsideSales Top of Funnel SalesForce 98

Zoominfo

JANUARY 31, 2025

How can we segment our efforts to engage the right prospects at the right moment? But when sales and marketing are working from a shared set of buying signals, and use the same AI tools to contextualize and activate those signals, they create a level of transparency that brings the entire GTM team together.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Intent Signal Lead Rank 130

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The flowering of virtual sales channels and tools flies in the face of four myths, as documented by Bain & Company’s recent survey, conducted with Dynata, of more than 300 B2B buyers and sellers in the US, UK and Canada. Getting virtual sales right involves far more than using digital tools.

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Lead Rank Quota Face-to-face Hiring 339

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 24, 2025

There are endless tools/technologies to help us. This includes religiously blocking time for critical activities–emails, prospecting, research/prep, coaching meetings, workouts, meals, reading, on and on. And so many of the AI tools add to that distraction. I keep a few notes, I document and annotate the next steps.

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Call-back Follow-up Meeting Research 92

Zoominfo

AUGUST 21, 2019

Sales enablement refers to the process of providing a sales team with the information and content they need to nurture prospects and close deals more efficiently. A sales enablement content strategy involves a structured process for sales teams to access and deliver relevant content to the prospects in their sales pipeline. .

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Marketing Case Study 241

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2025

DocUnlock supercharges customs brokers and freight-forwarders by transforming commercial invoices, packing lists, ISFs, and other shipping documents into ready-to-file entries using artificial intelligence. Create is AI text to app, allowing you to turn your words into sites, prototypes, and AI tools.

Hiring 108

Hiring Scale Pivotal Enterprise 108

SBI

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Easily create personalized versions of all kinds of documents – from sales brochures to proposals – to make a deeper impression on your prospects. The key is that sellers can edit core content in master documents to personalize before sending, while keeping every document on-brand and on-message. LEARN MORE.

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Video Proposal Tools Prospecting 147

PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

Instead of building tools that fit your specific needs (and budget), they focus on enterprise-level solutions with sky-high price tags. Your team spends days manually creating proposals, tracking contracts, and managing documents while large enterprises use automated systems that zoom through these tasks in minutes. The result?

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Enterprise Proposal Sales Qualified Lead 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2023

Sales prospecting is arguably the most critical part of a sales professional’s workflow. Sales prospecting is a foundational element for a revenue team — it’s the practice of identifying and connecting with potential customers to initiate the sales cycle. What is Sales Prospecting?

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Buyer Persona 130

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When it comes to sales, there's a lot of innovation happening — and therefore, a litany of new tools. But only one type of tool is considered "effective" by 78% of global sales professionals. What's this magic tool? Create personalized email sequences to engage prospects and improve response rates.

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Data Tools Closing Hubspot 116

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Whether you are a CEO, vice president, or sales manager, you have a central role in your company’s sales process and in the decision to transition from vapid outbound prospecting to selling through referrals. All of us perform our best when we are accountable and have the tools to succeed. Sales Managers: Where Are You Now?

Referrals 328

Referrals Sales Management Hiring Scale 328

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

We created a video series in which we “broke down the fourth wall” and documented our ABE efforts – not knowing exactly how it would end. Key players from our sales and marketing teams jointly (yes, jointly) identified the best 50 good-fit companies that were ideal prospects for our new HR data set.

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Account Based Marketing Account Video Decision Maker 46

Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2024

That put a sour taste in my mouth regarding using that AI tool for my small business. While I’m still not overly impressed with ChatGPT’s ability to write (or, should I say, generate ) content, I’ve come to think it’s a handy research tool. This round-the-clock support is driven mainly by AI-powered chatbots and self-service tools.

Small Business 116

Small Business Small Business Tools Social Media 116

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

Well, for starters, inbound prospects, by definition, choose themselves as leads. They’ve identified a business problem or opportunity, and after educating themselves on available options in the marketplace, the prospect has identified your company’s solution as a potential suitor to invest in (Congrats!).

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Lead Rank Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 246

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 31, 2023

With hundreds of AI sales tools in the market, picking the right ones for your tech stack can be confusing and daunting. To help you out, we’ve handpicked the top 10 AI tools for sales teams. We’ve also listed the top use cases of AI sales tools, along with a few best practices to help you get the most out of them.

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Tools Lead Rank Sales Goal Lead Scoring 119

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Often, the differentiator may come down to the sales rep, whose product knowledge, experience and ability to solve the customer’s problem end up being the deciding factor in turning a prospect into a customer. Use tools and technology to automate, extend and evaluate. Companies have very little room for error in this environment.

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Hiring Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 222

criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As a sales leader, it can be a challenge to make sure your team is prospecting efficiently (or at all). That's why we put together something called the Prospecting Action Plan. This action plan puts your sales reps on the right track to ensure proper prospecting practices. How to Create a Sales Prospecting Action Plan.

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Prospecting How To Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face 97

Vengreso

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By mastering objection handling, sales reps can build trust with prospects and guide them towards making informed decisions. He emphasizes the importance of empathizing with prospects, leveraging the Socratic method for effective coaching, and cultivating strong listening skills within sales teams.

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Objections Opportunity Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face 73

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2017

A major tool that’s proven to successfully help reps with this is a strategic framework that exposes the risks in a rep’s pipeline, and gives them a chance to address them in order to come to a place of trust with each deal. Risk is commonly created by a sales rep having to “take the prospect's word” for various aspects of the pending deal.

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Forecasting Quota Pipeline Follow-up 224

Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2021

Their sales tools are integrated effectively, coaching is readily available, and sales reps are happily using their CRM. The mandate for sales enablement is to increase the effectiveness of their go-to-market (GTM) strategy by providing coaching, training, and introducing sales enablement platforms and tools. Content management tools.

Sales Enablement 121

Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Tools Scale 121