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

Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I am working on a new sales project and I am sharing what is happening, hoping that it may help you in your selling. Ive gotten to the point in this project where I need to start building a list of prospects. This prospect list is a good start but it is missing data that will help me take a smart approach to prospecting.

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CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 221

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you know someone that runs a business with a sales team, or they lead the charge themselves, have them take a look at the areas below for ways they can increase their sales. Improving even one of these areas could take their sales to the next level. Sales process efficiency. Sales time sucks.

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Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2024

But even though having a productive LinkedIn presence is one of the bigger “no-brainers” in sales, a lot of reps struggle to leverage the platform to its full potential. Here's a look at the “clear strategy” I use to ensure I get the most out of my LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Engage your prospects by leaving active comments.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Prospecting Face-to-face 111

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase.

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Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Strategy 208

Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2025

Sales leaders need to make sure that every interaction counts and that means understanding which accounts are the best fit, when to reach out, and how to solve customer challenges. 70% reduction in data inaccuracy , saving time and effort for reps 1,100+ hours saved from manual data enrichment, allowing sales reps to focus on closing deals.

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Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 130

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Setting targeted Google Alerts for sales can give you invaluable insights into your niche. These sales alerts also give you a relatively low-effort way to keep tabs on your main competitors and ideal prospects. To help you get started, I’ll share insights on how experts use Google Alerts to help them sell.

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Google Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 111

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 8, 2018

So put the phone down and listen up, because we’ve got the inside scoop for how to approach your prospects with a cold call , using the right message at the right time – without sounding like a cold-call creeper. Sales intelligence vs. lead lists. For an individual prospect, this Fit data refers to demographic data: Name.

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Cold Calling Prospecting Intent Data Intent 241

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 3, 2019

It was actually a recruitment ad for Google, and they were invited to submit their resumes. As Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, once put it, “We run this company on questions, not answers.” Google was looking for the trait of curiosity. It’s also key for sales success. And together, they all achieve sales success.

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Google Face-to-face Cold Calling Survey 299

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Startups are super exciting but they can turn a “rockstar sales person” into a “loser”. Most startups make their first sales through the founders. In fact when you boil it down they make their first sales through social selling. This is often when the founders call in a “sales professional”. Startup sales reality.

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Scale Hiring Collateral Social Selling 373

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. For sellers, context is everything.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

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. I start with a thoughtful, well-researched cold email that shows just how well I knows my prospect – both the pain points they experience in their job, as well as their personal interests.

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Prospecting Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Data 258

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Sales is no longer about dialing faster or pitching harder. Today, it all comes down to using smarter sales coaching techniques. Using AI sales tools can help teams level up by analyzing real sales conversations, identifying what works and what doesnt. Sales teams need every advantage they can get.

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Sales Coaching Software Software Coaching 130

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2024

I remember it like it was yesterday — I was just starting out in SaaS sales, and I had identified a promising account I wanted to target. Sales requires a lot of skills you can only acquire from experience, but there’s one critical attribute you should start to hone on day one: persistence.

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Follow-up Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 122

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 25, 2021

I performed a google search and found exactly one image of a toad on a window. Please understand that the dirty window and sill are not mine - I found the image via a Google search. One such example is a beautiful infographic from sales playbook company Xant. I'm not challenging the data, only their conclusions.

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Meeting Google Exact Data 386

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

That’s why HG Insights created The Next Generation of Sales AI report — to calm the FOMO and help you bring AI to your GTM teams. It includes a breakdown of the Sales AI landscape, adoption of GenAI and Sales software across buyer groups. Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. You’re not alone.

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Sales Enablement Scale Hiring Sales Operations 111

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2020

But long, complicated sales cycles need more than just names and numbers. Marketing and sales intelligence data is dynamic, which is to say frequently and continuously refreshed. But a lot of marketing, sales, and recruiting professionals don’t know how much data has changed over the past few years! JUST KIDDING.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 189

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Are your sales reps wasting time prospecting? You’re a sales leader accountable for increasing revenue, while at the same time managing your profit margins. If you’re fairly new to your company, your sales reps are a mixed bag of talent. However, a few critical sales challenges still remain. In 2015, 43.6

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Referrals Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 279

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2020

Sales territory maps serve as the game boards for outside sales, which makes field sales reps the game board pieces. Though it can be tedious, sales territory mapping provides a framework for strategic planning — ensuring that sales reps don’t go into meetings blind. What is Sales Territory Mapping?

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Territories Outside Sales Field Sales Segment 264

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 17, 2019

Let's take some of the lies being told to companies with sales organizations. Over the past 10-20 years, we have seen and heard the following proclamations (and you can find most of them with this Google search link: My statement is a lie to people who don't agree with it, but rings true to people who do agree.

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Prospecting Google How To Examples 205

Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

I'm always saying, “Sound, well-structured business email templates are central to effective sales communication, initiating productive sales conversations, and sustaining relationships with prospects and customers.” Now at this point, you may be thinking, “My gosh! It's relatively self-explanatory. Types of Business Emails 1.

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Ideal Customer Profile Proposal Lead Rank Referrals 111

Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2024

Launched in 2022, ZoomInfo’s partnership with Google Cloud allows teams to access rich, engagement-ready data in the flexible, powerful environments they use every day. The bottom line: ZoomInfo and Google’s partnership allows sales, marketing and operations professionals to deliver the speed, personalization, and scale that buyers demand.

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Google Data Scale Segment 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

For instance, according to Google, I fall into the following inaccurate audiences: Employer Size : 1-249 people ( ZoomInfo has more than 1500 employees.) A sales enablement software company can now create an audience consisting solely of sales employees at companies with 20+ people in sales. The results?

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Data Advertising Advertising Lead Rank 246

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. What is Sales Automation? Today’s Sales professions spend just 34% of their time selling. With that shocking statistic, let’s review the benefits of sales automation. The Rise of Sales Automation. Salesforce.

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Sales Automation Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 162

Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2019

In the world of B2B sales, company research is a critical aspect of any successful rep’s daily duties. In fact, access to the right research tools and information can make or break your ability to identify target accounts, personalize a sales pitch, and ultimately, close deals. Google Alerts. Let’s get into it! DiscoverOrg.

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Research B2B Tools Company 233

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of people use devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home to find out more about products and services they need or to control their home environment. But for business, AI is having an early transformative effect on sales and marketing by helping people make better decisions and serve customers more effectively. So, what is AI?

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Case Study Analytics CRM Study 319

Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

Why would your B2B sales prospects be any different? In B2B sales, the quicker you build trust with your prospect, the more likely it is that you will close a deal. In fact, only 3% of buyers trust sales reps ( source ). We’ve compiled a comprehensive guide to building trust in sales. Keep reading!

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Case Study Referrals B2B Social Media 244

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

That’s why HG Insights created The Next Generation of Sales AI report — to calm the FOMO and help you bring AI to your GTM teams. It includes a breakdown of the Sales AI landscape, adoption of GenAI and Sales software across buyer groups. Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. You’re not alone.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Cold Calling Hiring 112

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But, oof, I don‘t need to tell you how challenging life in sales can be. Boo, you were ghosted by a prospect you thought for sure would convert. Whether you win or lose, it doesn't stop the sales targets from rolling in each month. For a start, these AI sales tools can help you quickly draft and personalize prospecting emails.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 72

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

During my time as a sales rep, building a lead list was one of my first activities when I took on a new sales role, territory, or industry vertical. Many organizations may closely meet your company’s ideal customer profile (ICP) criteria and warrant sales reps to proactively reach out to them. Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs).

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 118

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 29, 2024

David Knight is the Co-founder and CEO of Avarra, an AI-powered platform that simulates human-to-human interactions to accelerate sales onboarding and training. Discussed in this Episode: The power of AI simulations in providing experiential learning for sales reps. The future of AI in sales training and enablement.

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Scale Top of Funnel Funnel Report 115

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Image Source Spreadsheet CRMs Lack Crucial Advanced Functionalities You can build a sophisticated spreadsheet CRM if you’re good with Google Sheets and automation tools like Zapier. If a sales rep calls in sick, their replacement can quickly catch up on an opportunity and continue the sales process seamlessly. Lead assignment.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hubspot Scale 105

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2019

Author: Chanan Greenberg The sales landscape is shifting – customer service is becoming the most important factor for buyers, expected to surpass both product and price within three years, according to the Customers 2020 report. Sales is no longer conducted exclusively by salespeople. What Is Omni-Channel?

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Channels Social Media Consumer Lead Rank 259

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Here’s how to actually win with referral sales strategies. More than 90 percent of salespeople convert at least half of their prospects to clients when they get referrals. I asked the same question in a different webinar, and 80 percent reported turning at least half of all prospects into clients when they get referrals.

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Referrals Webinar Metrics Cold Calling Competition 274

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 15, 2017

I have been in B2B sales so long that I’ve probably forgotten more deals than I remember. It was 20 years ago, when I was working as an account-based sales rep , and I lost the biggest deal of my career. We were thought leaders; we had visibility; and the client loved our solution for advanced sales training.

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Account Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Vendor 257

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Can sales managers influence the buying process? If sales close, you win. Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process. You can’t manage revenue.

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Account Referrals Cold Calling Ideal Customer Profile 287

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There’s no way around it, modern sales organizations need access to high-quality data in order to identify potential customers and engage with key stakeholders efficiently. Today we explain what company hierarchy data is and why B2B sales organizations need this type of data to gain a competitive advantage. Let’s get into it!

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Data Company Hotels Decision Maker 216