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. When you understand the types of events that precede spending, you can look for them in the future. FinancialServices.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How to Leverage Prospect Insights for Lead Generation”. Hey, they single-handedly created the Burning Man of sales events, so it’s fair to say they’ve seen results. Dreamforce-adjacent events. Discuss some of your favorite sessions from the event and other tips and tricks you use to get ahead of the game! We’re listening.

Account Based Marketing 202

Account Based Marketing SalesForce Top of Funnel Hotels 202

Sales 2.0

MARCH 12, 2020

Big events are happening so quickly it’s hard to keep up. This includes your prospects. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore. Your prospecting numbers may drop too. Your potential prospects have other things on their mind right now.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Follow-up Proposal 378

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

As DiscoverOrg’s Manager of Strategic Accounts, I’m always looking for ways to use personal touchpoints to engage prospects via email. Events like these often trigger a purchase, and being the first salesperson in the door wins the deal, 87% of the time. Referencing a relevant event – along with a personal touch – is key.

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Prospecting Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Data 258

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 9, 2020

All of us perform our best when we are held accountable and have the tools to succeed. The job of a sales manager is to provide reps with the tools to succeed. It’s to give them the tools to do their jobs and then get out of their way. I blame the sales manager for having the wrong priorities.

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Sales Management Hiring Quota Cold Calling 390

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

What Do Sales Intelligence Tools Do? Ideal sales intelligence tools supply your team with up-to-date information about your prospects and addressable market — and how you can reach them. Why Use Sales Intelligence Tools? Here’s what you should look for: 1.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Intent Data 130

Sales 2.0

MAY 2, 2014

tool that I think you should check out. The tool is Owler. tools of all time: Jigsaw (now Data.com as Jigsaw was sold to Salesforce.com in 2010 for a tidy $142 million in cash —I love saying that.). But it was when I finally got organized enough to login in to the tool and use it that I really “got it”.

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Jigsaw InsideView Tools Call-back 377

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? Choosing the Right Tools.

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Tools Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data 128

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Especially when you hire Mike Brooks, Mr. Inside Sales to kick off your sales event! Want an even more personalized sales conference event? The post Book Mike Brooks for Your 2021 Virtual Sales Event! Many will be held virtually—but that doesn’t mean they can’t still be impactful and motivating. Get Access Today.

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Hiring Gatekeeper Face-to-face Inside Sales 156

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline, and provides important context to future sales conversations. What is B2B Sales Prospecting? Let’s start at the beginning.

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B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Prospecting 212

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2020

Time to plan your next marketing campaign or start prospecting into your top accounts! You know a lot of target prospects don’t really have those job titles. We like DAMA UK’s six parameters for data quality : Completeness : Is the company, contact, or prospect record as complete as possible? JUST KIDDING.

Ideal Customer Profile 189

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 189

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If so, then reach out to Mike Brooks today to see if your event date is still available! Mike offers customized keynotes and breakout sessions on subjects like: Prospecting – Both B2B & B2C Qualifying Prospects Overcoming objections and Stalls Presentation Skills Closing Skills Motivation and Attitude Adjustment And much more!

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Face-to-face Inside Sales Gatekeeper Licensing 31

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.

CRM 128

CRM Tools Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting 128

Alice Heiman

APRIL 15, 2020

A month ago, you knew what to say when you picked up the phone or composed an email to prospect s. You had all the tools you needed to prospect efficiently and effectively. . The New Reality of Prospecting . How to Talk to Your Prospects . Here are five tips for talking to prospects. .

Ideal Customer Profile 166

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting How To Face-to-face 166

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. For every action a prospect takes, they create a trail of intent data across the internet.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309

No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2017

Too many account based selling teams over-rely on technology to reach their prospects. Some Lead Generation Tools Never Change. Despite what you’ll often hear from technology gurus about lead generation tools, sales success isn’t determined by who has the best technology; it’s determined by who has the best relationships.

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Account Referrals Lead Generation Cold Calling 285

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving. 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 130

Account Based Marketing Account Software Software 130

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. Fifteen years ago, I would have told you that cold calling was the most annoying, least effective sales prospecting method. Don’t believe me? Big mistake!

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s Workflows tool ensures that reps can easily automate their plays and ensure that potential sales opportunities don’t fall through the cracks. Triggering event: A small company secures a round of funding (check). Through trial and error, companies adopt “sales plays” that become repeatable and highly targeted.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing Scale 242

Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

What if you could see opportunities arise with your prospects before they go public? Many go-to-market professionals already use intent data to spot prospects that are interested in their products or services. ZoomInfo covers over 4,500 topics, ranging from sales enablement tools to M&A to private equity.

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Intent Data Intent Intent Signal Data 130

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Then there’s outbound lead generation: identifying trigger events, determining relevant content to send in an email, creating messaging, preparing short videos, and networking on social media. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? This does, however, explain why prospecting is so challenging for most sales teams.

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Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 306

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. We’ll keep it simple, Sales Automation in the process of leveraging software and artificial intelligence (AI) along with other digital tools to automate time-consuming sales tasks that normally take significant time away from selling activities.

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Sales Automation Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 162

Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects. I want to share with you what this common prospecting error is and how to immediately fix it. I told the rep the problem was that he wasn’t making any connection in the beginning and wasn’t allowing his prospect to engage with him at all.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 156

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Lately I have had a chance to sit in on a number of “opportunity reviews”, and it is interesting how the format and tools have changed, the plot and the theme have not changed much beyond the costumes, props, and players. Become one of the thousands of sales professionals receiving my latest updates on sales execution, tools, tips and more.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Groups Opportunity 281

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. The #1 challenge salespeople face is reaching decision-makers quickly, but getting prospects to call you back is deceptively simple with a referral program. Yes, your most predictable and measurable prospecting tool is your very own sales team, asking for referrals.

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Referrals Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 373

The Pipeline

MAY 8, 2018

I do a lot of work with organizations trying to improve their prospecting, and the piece they look to from me is the telephone component of a robust prospecting routine. Prospects use voice-mail the same way we do, to triage and dismiss calls they don’t feel have merit. A Tool and His Fool. By Tibor Shanto.

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Inbound Call-back Cold Calling Objections 268

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Now, sales people are starting to “geek out” and use software tools like marketers have been for the last decade, or so. The key area to track in my view is prospecting. When I look at most company’s prospecting numbers a big red light starts flashing in my head with words “bottleneck” written on it. It doesn’t to me.

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead How To Referrals 240

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2023

When it comes to events, many small business owners and sales reps struggle with the same challenge: Getting prospects and customers to attend. Yet, in-person or virtual event participation is often a critical component of networking, building relationships, and offering value to prospects ahead of a sale.

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Transportation Marketing How To Webinar Metrics 124

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Big day today, thanks to our new virtual comfort, I am presenting at two different events, sharing best practices. Bob has developed a prospecting app that is based on science and driven by numbers. Over the years we have shared close views on the fundamentals of prospecting. From Sales Science to Sales 3.0, come along.

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Webinar Metrics Conference Objections Follow-up 250

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Prospect research doesn’t generate revenue, and historically it accounts for half of all sales time. From digging through LinkedIn for org charts, guessing at email addresses, and scouring the internet for news about a prospective company or contact, salespeople spend a significant amount of time on research.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

Sales 2.0

MAY 6, 2020

Is online training available to reinforce kickoffs, launches or sales events? 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? Do they have time blocks for key activities, like prospecting?

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Hiring Proposal Sales Qualified Lead System 269

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

To be actionable, your content must make tactical use of calls to action, offers, promotions, demos, and free trials that move prospects along the buyer’s journey. Get Comfortable With Virtual Events. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to shift their tradeshow and events strategy. Get Your Lead Magnets Out There.

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Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 264

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It’s time to sharpen your sales tools. Every salesperson in their right mind wants to grab every possible tool to accelerate account based sales development, look smarter, shorten prospecting time, and score meetings with decision-makers. But some tools are sharper than others. No other prospecting strategy comes close.

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Account Lead Rank Lead Scoring Referrals 245

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

That is why recognizing trigger events is key to being successful. In this article, we’ll cover what a trigger event is, why they’re important and provide examples you can apply to your own sales strategy. These could be industry changes, a new funding round announcement, a merger, or a prospect getting a new role.

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Social Media Google Hiring How To 105

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 10, 2018

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. We based call cadence on engagement in our marketing automation tool. Prospects really respond to that! See a step-by-step summary below.).

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Account Based Marketing Account Video Decision Maker 46

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 25, 2018

We used to hire account based sales reps, indoctrinate them with product knowledge and a smattering of business culture, and give them a few lead generation tools. Reps need account based sales development training, lead generation tools, and a career path. Sales leaders must take the rap. They ended up cold calling.

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Account Hiring Lead Generation Face-to-face 272