Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2023

It’s enough to ruin any sales professional’s quarter: that prospect your team has spent months engaging — scheduling demos, addressing concerns, comparing features — suddenly decides they’re not ready to buy after all. You can’t stop every account from getting cold feet or misreading their company’s appetite for new solutions.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2018

John: TechTarget’s data and insight products for sales called Priority Engine and Qualified Sales Opportunities are built on proprietary knowledge of enterprise purchase intentions and the specific people involved in them within accounts. Also knowing which competitors they might be considering so you can position in the best possible way.

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Intent Data Intent Data Enterprise 139

The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2014

In a recent LinkedIn group discussion asking if cold calling is dead or not , the comments were absent of the usual posturing about how cold calling was bad or dead. Accountability Action Attitude Cold calling execution Intentions Leadership Objection Handling Objective Based Selling Objectives Proactive Prospecting Prospecting Sales 2.0

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Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Fashion Social Selling 312

The Pipeline

MARCH 13, 2014

No really, watch any group of sales people on the phone trying to set appointment, and it is only a question of minutes before you see a few telling you how they convinced the potential prospect to let them have second place, or take their place among the also-rans. D. All of the above. Join me - Return On Objectives #Webinar.

Cold Calling 314

Cold Calling Handbook Call-back Objections 314

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday I was leading a training program for a group of veteran Objective Management Group (OMG) Partners and experienced sales trainers. Listen intently. Get Prospect to an Emotional level. Quantify the value of the prospect''s opportunity or cost of their problem.

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Sales Process Webinar Metrics Intent Call-back 302

Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2021

You’re better off getting your advertisement in front of 100 people in a single row of that stadium—as long as they’re good-fit prospects. Audience cohorts are a group of people who share similar characteristics, including demographics and psychographics. Trend #2: Leveraging real-time intent data.

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Segment Lead Rank Trends Marketing Qualified Lead 246

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Investing in buyer intent data is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself — now, more than ever. As we move into 2021, buyer intent data will help you gain ground on competitors and connect with prospects. Across the table (or buffering screen on Zoom), sellers are embracing digital sales and prospecting.

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Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel 127

Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

With increased investments in intent data, targeting capabilities, buying committee concepts, and integrated ABM technology tools, creating a solid ABM engine is more accessible than ever. Intent Data: Avoid Waste, Propel Growth The goal of an account-based funnel is to measure how an account is progressing through the customer journey.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Intent Intent Signal 130

The Pipeline

AUGUST 14, 2013

I see this in all aspects of sales, those who just make ten calls to ten sequential names on a list, and call it prospecting; versus those who initiate contact and engagement with ten 10 prequalified, researched, planned and targeted viable potential buyers, using all the tools available to them, from traditional to social and everything between.

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Scale Forecasting Call-back Account 293

The Pipeline

APRIL 5, 2013

Ask a group of sales people what are the most important attribute or abilities a good sales person needs to master, and “Listening Skills” will usually be near the top of the list. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. No argument here, the ability and as importantly the patience to listen are crucial. Tibor Shanto.

Demand Generation 272

Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Sales Qualified Lead Penetration 272

Lead411

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Buyer Intent Best Practices: How to Build a Successful Buyer Intent Process. You know buyer intent is important. So what are the first steps to get the most out of buyer intent data? It is easy to get overwhelmed at first with the thousands of topics available to choose from within the buyer intent platform.

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Buyer Intent Intent Buyer Intent Data 98

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

With a large group, your buyer may have a well intentioned decision making process (i.e. If you aren’t building a strong business case or ROI analysis for your offering, or helping your prospect build one, you are at a serious disadvantage. Complex and Changing Decision Making.

Telecommunications 312

Telecommunications Real Estate ROI Enterprise 312

SBI Growth

AUGUST 29, 2013

Moral of the True Story: People are looking for you online whether you know it or not.Those people might be customers, prospects, business acquaintances or potential employers. Join groups. This means joining relevant industry groups. Not only this, but you need to be active within the groups. How are buyers changing?

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Social Media Media B2G Ideal Customer Profile 300

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

But the remaining 74% - the group that basically sucks - battles the fear of failing on a daily basis. That fear - and most salespeople aren''t even consciously aware of it - prevents them from: Making prospecting calls. Making enough prospecting calls. Challenging a prospect''s thinking, plan, or position.

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Sales Qualified Lead Hotels Hubspot Decision Maker 276

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 30, 2025

In this conversation with Jeb Blount bestselling author of Fanatical Prospecting and Sales EQ, and the founder of Sales Gravy motivational speaker and co-founder of The Constance Group Brian Parsley shares insights into embracing conflict, staying mindful, battling internal doubt, and communicating effectively.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring How To Call-back 94

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Buyer intent data tools make it easier to identify the when and how of a potential prospect’s consideration for purchasing a specific product or service. By monitoring key search terms using cookies, you can pinpoint specific online behaviors that signal an intent to make these purchases. This could be you!)

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 9, 2025

So I spent several weeks nervously working on my keynote speech for this group of winners. Have a good month, take a break from prospecting. Instead of running through my routine and being disciplined and intentional with my approach to that crucial shot, I became lazy. Have a good month, take a break from prospecting.

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Hotels Guarantee Exact Engineering 97

Score More Sales

JANUARY 15, 2014

You walk right up to a CFO or COO from a prospect company of yours and start talking about yourself for the next three minutes. has indicated you are a fellow group member of xoombi.com ·Since you are a person I trust, I wanted to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn. I have to think about the value of the group.

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LinkedIn Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hotels 246

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

While I am sure that this is not limited to sales people, they are the group I get to observe most, thousands to date in fact. You know one thing that is not on that list is the perfect understand of the prospect, their environment or their objectives. Intent and effort go a lot further for sales people than perfection.

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Intent Buyer Objections Quota 282

Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Yet while 82 percent of buyers accept meetings with sellers who proactively reach out, 58 percent of them say these meetings are not valuable, according to Rain Group. Sales teams.

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Face-to-face Intent Data GoldMine Lead Rank 264

Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2020

Sales and marketing often speak different languages: Convert vs Close, Prospect vs Leads, Sales cycle vs Marketing funnel. We’ve all been hearing about buyer intent data for several years. A Guide for 2020 #intent #zoominfo #hityournumber [link] — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) April 2, 2020. But what is it? Not exactly.

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Data Intent Data How To Intent 246

SBI Growth

MAY 31, 2013

Here’s a great example: Rick, a sales rep with a wholesale coffee company, calls on a new prospect. The prospective company operates 25 boutique coffee shops. Motivate individuals and groups to take action. Why Am I Here – Inform listeners of your intentions up front and create trust. Build trust and rapport.

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Infusion Decision Maker ACT Follow-up 335

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 3, 2021

LinkedIn is one of the most straightforward, accessible forums for effective sales prospecting. And what does it take to productively connect with prospects via LinkedIn? Here, we'll answer all of those questions and more with our list of five key tips you can leverage to take your LinkedIn prospecting efforts to the next level.

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LinkedIn Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Remedy 128

The Pipeline

JULY 30, 2019

I’d like you to take a look at the marketing material or collateral you use to prospect and sell. Most materials provided to salespeople or made available for buyers directly is geared towards one type of prospect. But the vast majority of salespeople I meet admit that they need to sell to other prospects as well.

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Buyer Collateral Harvest Quota 277

John Barrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Matt shares his take on what they’re doing well and how he see’s the ways prospecting has changed recently…. In This Podcast You’ll Learn: Prospecting in Communities. Balancing Automation in Prospecting. Prospecting in Communities. Balancing Automation in Prospecting. Sharing Genuine Insight.

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Prospecting Social Media ROI Lead Scoring 143

Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

Here’s what we mean: Consider your list of target keywords and the intent behind each of them. Can this intent be matched to any particular phase of the sales funnel? This particular query has extremely low buying intent behind it. This next phrase has slightly more intent behind it. Query Three: Best SEO agency.

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Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Buyer Strategy 196

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. No, this isn't an infomercial.

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Guarantee Prospecting Lead Rank Top of Funnel 145

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Personalization happens when a marketer or salesperson can take a piece of content and make it more useful for a specific prospect or customer.” – @ducttape Find more #personalization quotes on the blog: [link] pic.twitter.com/U3ENGnZyMu — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) October 10, 2018. How to Personalize Your Sales Strategy.

Top of Funnel 246

Top of Funnel Segment Intent Data Funnel 246

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that organizes buyers into groups. The groupings allow marketing teams to nurture leads with personalized content and convert them to customers. However, for the B2B target customer segment, firmographics are a marketer’s go-to grouping. What Is Customer Segmentation?

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Segment Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 204

SBI

JULY 10, 2018

This combination is a good start, but there’s one problem with the engagement data: prospects have to come to you. This research data, known as Intent data , combined with the recency of the action reveals the full picture of a sales ready lead. Fit + Intent + Recency + Engagement = The equation for an in-month deal.

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Intent Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 138

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The traditional sales funnel is a stage-based approach to turning prospective leads into buyers. This goes for everything from tactical approaches to business development research to the underlying characteristics that make said prospects qualified enough to engage in the first place. What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Data 246

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. Finding the best prospects goes beyond surface-level details like company name and phone number. What is Sales Intelligence? What is Market Intelligence?

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Top of Funnel 207

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?

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Scoring 111

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 15, 2017

In an environment where the needs, goals and plans of your prospects and competitors are constantly changing, it’s hard to know whether to punt or go for the touchdown. According to Brian Solis, Principal Analyst, Altimeter Group, “. Prospects expect cold calls and emails to be personalized. Reduce time spent on research.

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Demand Generation Targets Ideal Customer Profile Marketo Hiring 222

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

An ideal client profile should inform teams about potential clients that would make good prospects, as well as which ones aren’t. grouped them into categories based on similar traits), you can develop different, and more personalized, campaigns across channels. It all comes down to building out client profiles.

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 246

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

On the other hand, while it is aided by top-of-funnel awareness that demand generation drives, lead generation is the process of converting sales-ready prospects into qualified pipeline. The goal is to target the right prospects, as well as bring them along the buyer’s journey. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Paid Content 225

SBI

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

These insights can help you understand where to spend time prospecting and upselling – not to mention how to frame the conversation – instead of wasting resources on blind alleys and manually updating your CRM. With the right data, you should no longer be in the dark when your favorite prospect hits the road.

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Decision Maker Closing Prospecting Top of Funnel 139