Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world. . Marketers—us included—continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But what does developing an actual personalized marketing strategy actually entail?

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Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

While marketing professionals understand marketing automation can streamline essential processes, many do not leverage these systems to their full advantage. Marketing automation is beneficial. What is Marketing Automation, And Why is it Important? How Does Marketing Automation Work? Closing more sales.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We are about to enter the silly season in sales, the run up to the end of the year. As a sales professional what you need is practical and executable inputs that will help you close the year strong, and set yourself up for a profitable 2015. Promise – money back guarantee. Social Sales. Modern Sales.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Digital isn’t a sales strategy, hope is not a strategy, referrals are not a strategy, marketing is not a strategy. Sales strategy isn’t yours or mine. People don’t understand precepts and are not engaged by big ideas—unless leaders translate vision into sales strategy and explain what it means for every function in the company.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 3, 2018

If you want to crush your sales numbers Sales Strategy #2: Execute with Excellence is guaranteed to help. Number one, your marketing team is ready to go, they have their strategies, their plans in place and their budgets. Now very few sales leaders have an execution plan. In fact, 90% of companies fail to execute.

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Strategy Guarantee Coaching Sales 307

Partners in Excellence

JULY 27, 2022

It’s a slam dunk guarantee–ignore the gimmicks and tricks all the experts and guru’s offer. But as you reflect, while the customers might appreciate the massive income they would generate from meeting with sales people, there’s a much greater impact with this strategy. I’m offering this up freely.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Author: Mark Thacker With Thanksgiving over and January fast approaching, sales leaders and teams are pivoting their focus to next year. As you set your sales team strategy for the upcoming year, it’s important to keep the current year in context. Go through the sales planning and forecasting process. Numbers Don't Lie.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

This post is written for Marketing Leaders who describe themselves as students of the craft. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations. How do they market and sell?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 25, 2017

Sales and marketing teams that buy into myths about data providers miss out on serious business value. Myth 1: Contact lists = sales intelligence. Fact: Sales intelligence is more than a list of names and numbers. Sales intelligence includes a depth of information that is both accurate and predictive. Us either.).

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2020

Read more about the importance of following up (and other important referral sales topics) in this month’s No More Cold Calling blog posts: The Sales Fortune Is in the Follow-Up. Read “ The Sales Fortune Is in the Follow-Up.”). The Ultimate Sales App—No Smartphone Required. Salespeople love their sales apps.

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The Sales Heretic

MAY 5, 2020

There are no guarantees, which means we might waste our time, money, and effort. For the most part, we humans suck at change. We like our routines—they make our lives easier and give us comfort and security. By contrast, change is scary—we have to venture into the unknown. Plus, we open ourselves to frustration, regret, [.].

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

After all, a new business has to expand from being an ambitious business plan to getting the first office space to acquiring the needed IT infrastructure, to hiring skilled labor, and to expand its market reach. It could also mean your marketing efforts are bringing in too much business for your current operation to handle.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Author: Brandon Brown Today, most marketers and salespeople agree that we need to build relationships with our customers. But many of those same marketers and salespeople are implementing old-school marketing tactics that bombard consumers with unwanted ads and clickbait. Two words: influencer marketing.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 25, 2018

But, thanks to technological advancements, predicting customer behavior has become a reality—and it’s changed the face of marketing forever. Predictive intelligence and machine learning may sound like futuristic concepts, but they’ve already made a massive impact in the marketing world. Let’s get into it! The best part?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. But this is often easier said than done. How did you hear about us?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 12, 2017

The last thing you want is to spin cycles on bad data until your sales and marketing teams wear out. In the same manner, many sales intelligence data providers claim to have high levels of accuracy. In Account-Based Sales Development (ABSD), data quality is critical for scaling effectively. Setting up the A/B data test.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 21, 2020

So it’s obviously popular with consumers, but why should marketers be considering SMS programs in addition to email and mobile push? With open rates greater than 98%, SMS are nearly guaranteed to be seen. I’m sure I don’t need to convince many marketers on the importance of SMS — nearly all of us use it every day.

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Marketing Territories Consumer Follow-up 177

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Sales were going well, so far. “We We have to cut the budget substantially in this upcoming last quarter; I need $400,000 from marketing. This was a 40-person direct sales force driven by leads. Oh, by the way, if we take dollars from lead-generation plans, profits will drop further as sales decrease. It’s complicated.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 6, 2014

You’ve relied on the same tried tired and true hiring practices for sales reps over the last couple of years. They guarantee new business is just a call away. These measures will help you objectively evaluate potential and current sales reps. Next generation sales reps are profoundly social. Sales Process Execution.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 7, 2017

When sales intelligence data is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated, the rabbit hole for a sales person can be very deep —and no one knows better than Steve W. A lifelong sales trainer, Steve has consulted for and trained sales teams for hundreds technology companies. DiscoverOrg’s Sales Data Accuracy Put to the Test.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Currency became recognised as stores of value, and traded between market traders and, eventually, nations. What do we tend to think of when we mention ‘sales currency’ today? Our experience tells us that the new currency in today’s sales world that will increase your value is ‘speed’. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Author: Paul Gordon, Senior Vice President Sales, Rymax Marketing Services, Inc. Recently I was asked to attend a manufacturer’s sales meeting. Sales meetings are meant to ignite excitement and gusto. By design, sales meetings make team members feel appreciated and valued — they’re meant to boost morale.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. Old Sales Funnels Are Drying Up. A SalesHacker survey of a variety of sales professionals highlights the depth of the issue. The impact of these changes is highlighted in the marketing segment. B2B Sales Operations Are Changing for Good.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2014

” I’m the marketing director here. The content of the webinar seemed very “Sales 2.0″ The webinar promised that these metrics were derived from analyzing thousands of real life sales calls and deriving the best practices. So I emailed this sales rep. “I ” That was the point where he lost me.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Author: Charlotte Powell You don’t need a big sales team to make a lot of money. Small sales teams can perform incredibly well if you get the right balance of skills, motivation, and resources. How can you inspire your sales team to go above and beyond? Even small sales teams need a sales toolkit.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Right, if you needed $50,000 or your business would fold, I guarantee your friend, the competitor, would send you a bon voyage note. That's life in the jungle of business (and especially sales). OK boys and girls, now let's play fair, I got the last sale, so you can have this one. sales literature, brochures).

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

At most companies, the sales process is a balancing act that doesn’t always work so well. It starts with inbound leads: responding to leads from marketing, answering website inquiries, and following up with podcast and webinar attendees. This does, however, explain why prospecting is so challenging for most sales teams.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We guess that if you spend any significant effort on email marketing, then you’ve seen these recent trends in the last 12-18 months: plummeting open rates, dwindling click rates, and skyrocketing bounce rates. One glance at your inbox – personal or work – probably confirms what you secretly don’t want to admit: Email marketing is dead.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

When it comes to B2B marketing tactics, no strategy has stood the test of time quite like the trade show. A recent survey done by the Content Marketing Institute shows 75% of respondents believe in-person events are an effective marketing tactic. Unfortunately, trade shows are expensive and time-consuming.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If you want to get lucky in your sales career, then I seriously want you to meet someone. Many in the sales world know of Jill through her writings, the series of books she has written and her desire to help those around her. Speakers who were in the sales space doing what I wanted to do. Jill Konrath. appeared on my screen.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 8, 2017

Here are just a few ways that unverified bargain contact lists can lead to sales drought rather than providing that rainmaker resource you wanted. Email marketing providers take the quality of your contact lists seriously. Bounce Rates – ISPs require email marketing providers to enforce certain bounce rate thresholds.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Author: Chris Orlob What’s the ultimate, late-stage barrier when you’re trying to push a deal through the sales cycle? As it turns out, including risk reversal language in your sales conversations may be all you need to keep pushing a deal forward. Money-back guarantees. 1 conversation intelligence platform for B2B sales teams.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world. Marketers — us included — continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But what does developing an actual personalized marketing strategy actually entail?

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