Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

This post describes a framework that I have found over the last two decades can really change the math on prospecting. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems Consider the following questions to help you get into your prospects’ shoes and see how you can serve them. Your prospect decides to do?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. How do sales leaders create and balance the core element of a fine-tunes prospecting machine?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. Granted, it will be more difficult to find new prospects or even to get clients to take (virtual) meetings. Granted, it’s even tougher for your team to find prospects with this pandemic, as everyone and everything is uncertain. Reduced cost.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. While every cold call or prospecting call will result in an objection, the objections are not all that different. The people without needs or problems, which is most of the market, will think and answer no.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Author: Sean Gordon The rollercoaster of the past year has forced companies to drastically alter their operations, all with their employees, customers and prospects in mind. So, how will we see video continue to evolve in 2021, and how can marketing and sales teams best use it to their advantage? That’s where video emails come in. .

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2021

In an effort to simplify things, sellers and marketers want to put people in neat categories and boxes. They understand that they need to meet your prospects on the right plane, theirs. Successful sellers understand that to sell in today’s economy, we need to function and meet your prospects on the right plane, theirs.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Text messages invoke strong customer engagement, don't compete with spam, and reach prospects where they're at. The post Cut through the Clutter with Text Message Marketing appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 12, 2024

Leveraging your leadership skills effectively can empower your B2B marketing team and help you connect with prospective clients The post Leveraging Leadership Skills and Collaboration to Drive Marketing Success appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2021

Sean Crowley, Dun & Bradstreet VP of Portfolio Marketing, explains Rev.Up ABX, a RevTech platform that culls the most important customer data to help companies better understand prospects.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2020

In theory, your sales and marketing departments should be the best of friends. What if I told you that misalignment between sales and marketing technologies costs B2B companies 10% of revenue or more per year? Why is Sales and Marketing Communication Important? Sure, it’s a problem, but your company is doing well.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2021

Narrowing target marketing efforts to a small number of prospects can produce outsized results. The post When to Use 1:1 or 1:Few Account-Based Marketing appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. But there are only a few milestones in ZoomInfo’s history that have had a game-changing impact on our trajectory and transformed how businesses everywhere go to market. We acquired Clickagy and launched Streaming and Custom Intent.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Video prospecting helps increase your chances of getting leads, generating conversions and contributing to your company’s bottom line. Here are some tips for strong video prospecting. The post How to Use Video Prospecting to Get More Leads appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 15, 2021

The wrong target market is not limited to a sales problem. Exceptional salespeople don’t waste their time on prospects who aren’t in their target market. The damage starts with your lead generation system, then spreads to your entire business. Contrary […].

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 10, 2023

With prospects now driving their own problem-solving journeys, sellers must design their entire go-to-market strategies around enabling and facilitating the buyer-led process.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Funding Funding rounds are among the strongest signals for both sales and marketing teams.

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI. You’ll get high ROI.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2021

We are at the dawn of a new era in B2B sales and marketing. The sales and marketing technology landscape has grown from just a few hundred applications to thousands—each one promising to streamline go-to-market operations, accelerate pipeline and generate revenue at scale. Insight-Driven Engagement for Sales AND Marketing.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The same thing has happened with email prospecting. Since then, marketers and BDRs have been sending dreadful emails to drum up interest and I believe it has been an utter failure. It took a good 15 years for the technology to catch up with the concept! I had my first email account in the early 90's.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

This is the value of marketing account intelligence software. By leveraging the power of data and advanced analytics, marketers are able to develop targeted lists of accounts that perfectly align with their ideal customer profiles. This not only maximizes ROI, but also minimizes wasted time and resources on low-potential prospects.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Your prospects sure don’t! Oh ya, the marketing team that “developed” the “value prop” does. What really counts in the real world (you know where sales are made), is the prospects’ and clients’ perception and definition of value. Prospecting consists of regaling anyone who’ll listen with that value prop. By Tibor Shanto.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sales team success often hinges on the quantity and quality of leads routed from marketing campaigns and organic channels. Integration : Most lead capture tools seamlessly integrate with CRM systems and other marketing automation platforms, creating a cohesive ecosystem for lead management.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 24, 2022

Do your lenders provide your prospects and clients with the consultative financial and business advice that establishes value and makes you rate-resistant? One of the areas where we are spending a significant amount of training time in 2022 is on sales negotiation strategies, value-based selling, as well as sales negotiation techniques.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2025

Go-to-market teams that adopt AI-powered sales automation can reap major benefits: research shows they spend more time with customers, drive higher customer satisfaction, and most importantly, boost sales by up to 10%. Take email prospecting, for instance. But savvy sales leaders know AI isnt a magic wand that can close deals for you.

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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. The post Startup 101: How to Do a Marketing Product Launch appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 15, 2024

The post Prospecting Emails Work: Here’s How to Write Them appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. In today's digital world, the cold email landscape plays a crucial role in email outreach and lead generation strategies. Here's how to make the most of the opportunities it presents.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 30, 2025

Go-to-market teams that adopt AI-powered sales automation can reap major benefits: research shows they spend more time with customers, drive higher customer satisfaction, and most importantly, boost sales by up to 10%. Take email prospecting, for instance. Heres how AI can help: 1.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

Is your sales team searching too many faces, looking for traces of prospects, instead of narrowing the search to recruit only your ideal clients? Yet, most companies miss the mark on referrals and instead make these common sales prospecting mistakes. Companies focus their sales prospecting on signing new logos.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Conversational AI allows marketing teams at small and medium-sized businesses to deliver prompt and personalized responses to prospect and customer inquiries within seconds. The post Personalize Customer Engagement With Conversational AI appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 8, 2023

If you’re taking a new job in sales or marketing, read this book first. I love the “bullseye framework” developed by Louis Gudema and explained in his book Bullseye Marketing —just out this week in its second (updated) edition. But so many marketers and salespeople don’t do this and do not do it in the right order.

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