Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Outbound sales call tracking software enhances your sales team’s efficiency by automating call logging, providing real-time analytics, and integrating with customer relationship management (CRM) systems. But how can you choose the right tool for your team? What is Outbound Call Tracking Software?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

I’ve just returned from three conferences, and the #1 challenge I heard sales pros repeat again and again was how to get leads in the pipe. Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. That’s a fact. They don’t want to see your demo.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How important are prospecting insights to your sales strategy? It could be that their sales reps know how to prospect effectively. Most likely, though, they use prospecting insights to reach their sales goals. What are prospecting insights? What are prospecting insights? This leads us to today’s post.

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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. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Explore popular solutions and how they can integrate with your CRM in this complete guide. 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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Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

So unless you have your prospect’s direct contact info , you’re likely to have to deal with a gatekeeper receptionist. So whatever you pitch to your prospect needs to work for their purchase-savvy staff. Let’s say you’re selling timeclock software and your prospect is Fred, a Payroll Manager. Cold calls? Hello, [name]!

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Zoominfo

JULY 23, 2020

How to Nurture a Warm Lead. How to Generate Warm Leads. Let’s do a quick refresher on how to generate warmer leads. Once you’ve segmented your target audience, you can begin to send out relevant content to targeted groups of prospects. Good content attracts prospects, it’s as simple as that. Use Your CRM Software.

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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. How do your results look?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Streamlined Prospecting. Specifically, it can integrate with your lead management software, which can then help a sales team filter out blacklisted or inaccurate numbers. Additionally, when paired with a CRM platform, your sales dialer can manage each prospect and customer journey across the buying cycle.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Author: Annie Reiss, Chief Marketing Officer, CloudShare While businesses determine how to safely return to something resembling a pre-COVID world, software sales teams are still racing to meet their quotas and keep business moving. So how can they be successful in this new no-touch world? Virtual Demos and PoCs.

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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. For an individual prospect, this Fit data refers to demographic data: Name. Sales intelligence vs. lead lists.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The audience for a new product launch is not just prospective customers, but media, analysts, potential investors, partners, employees and the talent you hope will want to come work for you later. Here are the elements that matter most when it comes to a public launch for a startup or smaller software company.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? Certain prospects may demonstrate buying behavior but NEVER be a good fit; whereas, other prospects could be ideal buyers that simply are not engaging with your marketing campaigns. Just how important is a sound lead scoring system? How To Calculate a Lead Score.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2018

The list above is a good starting point to show the senior team how your social efforts meet specific business goals. Total app, product, or software downloads. Instead, look at these key usage metrics for a clear understanding of how your customers and prospects engage with your offers: Uninstall rate. Renewal rate.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Live chat software fulfills this need, allowing businesses to connect with website visitors and customers in real-time. Weve pulled together top solutions based on third-party reviews, customer validation, and our own product expertise for this guide to the top live chat software tools for B2B marketing and sales.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2020

When you rush to close a sale, you don’t have the time to harness key insights about your prospects — leaving you high and dry during your sales calls. How to Improve Cold Calls Using Sales Intelligence. Tech stacks used – how can your product leverage techs your prospects use? Does this also sound like you?”.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

You could add people to your team to do things like: Post content for you on social media Look for content from others that you can curate on put on social media Research prospects lists Research account information for you so you can make customized approaches to prospects Update the CRM for you Help you write and edit your proposals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

First of all, before you can put your email autoresponder software and strategy in action, you’ll need to develop a strategy that’ll help you turn cold website visitors into email subscribers. Build the sequence wisely, offer great content, and be relevant to your audience. The rest will follow! Implement Tempting Lead Magnets.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2020

Do you have your prospects’ email addresses and direct dial phone numbers on hand? How much do you know about each prospect’s professional background? So, what are the things that stand in the way of a salesperson actually getting in contact with a prospect? Researching Prospects. How to Improve Sales Productivity.

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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. How Do You Measure Data Quality? We like DAMA UK’s six parameters for data quality : Completeness : Is the company, contact, or prospect record as complete as possible?

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Zoominfo

JULY 27, 2023

Let’s say you’re targeting director-level and above marketers in the software industry. This makes it easier to build a list of specific prospects and companies to target. As you begin outreach across channels, determine which components of your strategy can be automated.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2021

For example, a supply-chain management software brand might segment leads using firmographics to target CEOs and CFOs at food industry companies with 500+ employees. If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. How to Segment B2B Customers Based on Value.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2020

With a focus on getting ahead of competitors, reps are assigned target prospects without overlapping each other. Greater adaptability: One of the main reasons territory maps are built is to maximize company visibility to sales prospects. How to Build Sales Territory Maps. Sales Territory Mapping Software and Solutions.

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Allego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I’m willing to bet you’re like me when it comes to buying something, whether it’s a new pair of boots or enterprise software. One such technology, Digital Sales Room software , has emerged as a game-changer, empowering sales teams to operate seamlessly in a virtual environment. How will it help my sellers sell more?

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Software Software Lead Rank Vendor 125

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. How Do you Know Which Sales Team Model is Good for You?

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In an era where efficiency and productivity are paramount, AI sales assistant software emerges as a game-changer for businesses eager to streamline their sales processes and maximize output. In this comprehensive guide, I will dive into crucial factors to consider when selecting the ideal AI sales assistant software for your business needs.

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Software Software Scale Sales Qualified Lead 115

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

What happens when you turn suspects into prospects? Certain prospects may demonstrate buying behavior but NEVER be a good fit; whereas, other prospects could be ideal buyers that simply are not engaging with your marketing campaigns. Just how important is a sound lead scoring system? How To Calculate a Lead Score.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 195

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Referrals are how most people prefer to do business, whether they’re looking for a good restaurant or a new software vendor. It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. When you ensure that referrals come first in your business development plan, referral selling becomes a scalable prospecting strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Don't bog down your prospects with redundant details and unsubstantiated claims. By focusing on goals and outcomes early in the proposal, you will excite your prospects and motivate them to continue reading. Emphasize how your company is committed to supporting its customers over the long haul. Establish common ground.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What you need is customer relationship management (CRM) software. Here are four ways a CRM software pays for itself once you get it up and running. What to Look for In a CRM for Small Businesses There are all kinds of CRM software on the market, and sifting through them can be overwhelming.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

With influencer marketing software, brand marketers can easily identify and organize high-performing content to make it readily available to incorporate into their content marketing. As such, product seeding is one of the most effective ways to get prospective influencers to understand your product, brand and values.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Better prospecting is the most direct path to increase sales conversations. Her four steps are: The right list Great skills Strong process The right software What can your team add to improve their prospecting? From warmups to rehearsals, she shows her clients how to perform at their best and close all the sales they need.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Skip below to learn and steal three simple-to-implement data-driven plays our team uses to ensure their sales pitch connects with the right prospect, at the right time, with a well crafted message. Compelling pitches are short, but poignant; clear, but also leave the prospecting wanting to ask more. What is a sales pitch?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A Guide for 2020,” post covers the types of intent data, where it comes from, how to use it. In this post, “How to Calculate Total Addressable Market and Perform TAM Analysis,” you can find out what TAM is, how to quantify it, and see real-world examples. Read more: How to Calculate Total Addressable Market (TAM) .

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 29, 2020

We can see the echoes of this time and the 2008 recession and also know that this is a time for everyone to reevaluate everything, from how they market their brand, to pivoting their business (if they can and if needed), how to sell, how to price their products and services, and much more. This is no small feat in a recession.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2020

At the same time, businesses have had to adjust quickly to learn how to manage their new remote workforce — something many have never dealt with. . . Businesses should look for ways to easily re-allocate quotas, based on factors such as how your customers and prospects are impacted by changes in the market. .

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How to Write Sales Prospecting Emails Using ChatGPT One advantage of ChatGPT is that it can iterate on what it’s already produced. Microsoft , an OpenAI investor, has begun using AI capabilities in its own sales software to remove roadblocks from the selling process. We tried creating some sales prospecting emails with ChatGPT.

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