No More Cold Calling

MAY 14, 2020

It’s not always about revenue growth. And yes, I was wrong for thinking that revenue growth was all that mattered. When the market is on an upswing, our customers and prospects may be focused on a whole host of things. Salespeople score meetings with qualified prospects in one call. Wow, did I really say that?

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Prospecting Referrals Scale Sales Qualified Lead 428

Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2025

Winning in today’s markets takes more than just raw effort. Thats where Go-to-Market Intelligence enters the picture. The result: a 360-degree view of your customers and markets, no matter how quickly they change. 10% increase in ICP access , unlocking new revenue opportunities. We are very happy.

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Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 130

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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Lead Capture Software Software Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Personalization, precision and performance are the keys to modern B2B marketing. And account-based marketing software is what helps your team nail all three with perfection. Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving.

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Account Based Marketing Account Software Software 130

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

For today’s marketers, data is more than just numbers on a dashboard — it’s the key to unlocking new opportunities and staying ahead of the competition. But here’s the catch: many marketing teams are flooded with disconnected data points and siloed insights, struggling to understand what truly drives customer behavior.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer 130

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.

Pipeline 414

Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Referrals 414

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 13, 2025

Why are revenue targets so hard to hit? And even with revenue up in 2024 , reps are still struggling to meet their sales goals. In addition, I reached out to other sales experts to hear what they had to say about setting and meeting revenue goals so you can take home some best practices from their experience.

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Revenue Meeting Top of Funnel Forecasting 95

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. Improved Forecasting : AI-powered algorithms analyze historical data and market trends to deliver more accurate sales forecasts, enabling better strategic planning.

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Software Software Tools Hubspot 211

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2025

The world of B2B sales and marketing is at an inflection point. Traditional go-to-market (GTM) strategies, which rely on fragmented systems, are struggling to keep up with the demands of an increasingly competitive, fast-paced market. Its the engine that powers prospecting, personalization, and pipeline generation.

B2B 130

B2B Intent Signal Scale Marketing 130

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. Consider obvious demographic characteristics like: Industry Size of company (how many employees or revenue) Geography. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems Your prospect decides to do?

Prospecting 370

Prospecting Outsourcing Services Cold Calling Hiring 370

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

But if you asked “Are any of these newly minted sellers adding a premium to intrinsic revenue growth? The time is squandered rather than being applied to better execution of high-value activities that lead to higher-value revenue and EBITDA. Could you use technology to accelerate, requiring fewer bodies per dollar of revenue?

Revenue 370

Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Jeb Blount , CEO of Sales Gravy and co-author of The AI Edge, says AI is actually giving salespeople more time to forge authentic relationships that can drive sustained revenue growth. Predictive Insights: Let AI Identify High-Value Prospects AI’s predictive capabilities are perhaps its most exciting feature for sales teams.

Scale 235

Scale Sales Qualified Lead Intent Data CRM 235

Zoominfo

JANUARY 31, 2025

The traditional go-to-market playbook is dead. Sales and marketing teams that once relied on high-volume outreach to hit their numbers are seeing diminishing returns. Heres how to leverage a GTM Intelligence Platform to set your marketing team up for sustained success.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Intent Signal Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In reality, each of these tools tends to work independently and the gaps between these tools can swallow even the best go-to-market strategy. Your sales engagement platform might tell reps when to send an email, but it has no idea if a prospect is actually in a buying cycle. Too many companies go to market by accident.

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Strategy Scale Marketing CRM 147

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.

Top of Funnel 301

Top of Funnel Marketing How To Funnel 301

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

After 18 years in B2B marketing, Ive seen this song and dance before. And lets face it, most B2B marketing teams didnt exactly have a foolproof plan to ensure ROI. If youre not actively working to move those prospects through the pipeline, you might as well not have bothered. Early in my career, events terrified me.

B2B 130

B2B Marketing Strategy Lead Rank 130

SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2024

The marketing engine is a crucial part of a B2B organization’s branding and pipeline. While CMOs invest heavily into enhancing the customer experience and moving prospects down the funnel, their spending is often scrutinized by other functions, questioning marketing’s contribution to the company’s revenue.

B2B 177

B2B Revenue Marketing Funnel 177

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The sales and marketing go-to-market frameworks weve relied on for decades staples like the funnel, the flywheel, and the buyers journey are fast becoming obsolete or are out the door already. Buyers Demand Relevance and Timing Prospecting thats irrelevant or poorly timed can harm deals more than help them. Sell Smarter.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Intent Signal B2B 130

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

And when that sense of company and sales culture is lost, you can expect more problems in the future: Reps fail to be as enthusiastic with customers and prospects, leading to longer sales cycles and below-average close rates. An unhealthy sales culture can cost you talent, sales, revenue and growth.

Inside Sales 348

Inside Sales Revenue Lead Rank How To 348

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.

Conversion 70

Conversion Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Rank 70

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. You can throw in tactical skills like effective messaging, multi-threading, persuasive cold-calling, and much more.

Sales Enablement 130

Sales Enablement Strategy Scale Hiring 130

Sales 2.0

JANUARY 14, 2025

One instinct in this situation is to jump in and start prospecting without wasting any time. Most of us that study Go To Market motions (or whatever jargon you prefer) would consider two calls and two emails a pretty light effort to sell an account. If you dont yet know your market well, this history may have a story to tell you.

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Collateral Account Territories Segment 195

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. But, many of these technologies fall short.

Ideal Customer Profile 58

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Scale Marketing 58

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

How to stop ignoring your best source of new revenue. 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. Your conversation shifts.

Lead Generation 409

Lead Generation B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

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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Email Marketing Benefit Webinar Metrics Marketing 264

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sales acceleration platforms provide a powerful solution, helping businesses optimize workflows, engage prospects, and convert leads more efficiently. These tools are now essential for companies looking to maintain a competitive edge in a demanding market. Advanced Search Functionality : Pinpoint prospects with precision.

Scale 130

Scale SalesForce Analytics Hubspot 130

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

This is a 2018 article about 24 and how you can double your revenue. Until there is an agreed upon compelling to buy, the prospect has no incentive to enter into any qualification conversation. Circling back again, another topic I tackled in the past was this 2018 article about BANT. But sure, proceed with four.

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Sales Process Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 173

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Salesforce AppExchange is a marketplace that makes it easy for busy IT and go-to-market professionals to find and leverage cloud computing and software solutions that work with Salesforce s industry-leading CRM tools and services. With ZoomInfo, exporting enriched data into Salesforce is quick and easy.

SalesForce 130

SalesForce Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Intent Signal 130

SBI Growth

APRIL 15, 2020

As market leaders, we must adapt to the current. By now, we are fully entrenched in the COVID-19 crisis. We have moved beyond the “shock” phase and into an “acceptance” phase of the new normal, at least for the time being.

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Segment Revenue Demand Generation Targets Marketing 286

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

For frontline go-to-market (GTM) professionals, the struggle is real: Too much administrative work, too little selling time, and too many missed opportunities. We surveyed over 11,000 revenue professionals to uncover exactly how GTM teams use ZoomInfo to expand markets, accelerate sales cycles, and drive revenue.

Report 130

Report Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Customer 130