SBI Growth

AUGUST 24, 2019

As a marketing leader, if you have ever thought about where your next new form of revenue is coming from, the answer is Outbound Marketing. Eric Quanstrom, CMO of Cience, joins us to discuss how Outbound is the new normal.

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MarketJoy

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Avoid the common traps and misconceptions that often plague outbound lead generation efforts. Outbound lead generation is a powerful tool for growing your business, but it’s easy to fall into traps that can sabotage your success. Let’s explore the top three things you should absolutely avoid in your outbound lead generation strategy.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2020

At this year’s virtual event Henry Schuck, delivered a keynote presentation called “Hit Your Number: How To Fast-Track Your Outbound Sales and Marketing in Europe.”. So, if you’re looking for opportunities to grow sales, to grow revenue and to hit your number, this post is for you. Final Thoughts on EMEA Outbound Sales.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

Last week, I noticed that people are still using this archaic and overly simplistic sales qualifying process, and too many are still writing about the benefits of BANT (Acronym for Budget, Authority, Need, Timing). How is it that in 2024, people are still hailing BANT as some kind of relevant and beneficial sales tool?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Instead of waiting until buyers are clearly in-market, sales teams now can rely on a layered, AI-fueled analysis of multiple high-value signals to zero in on prospects who are strong fits for their product or service but not yet showing classic signs of interest. They can’t get the sales, the pipeline isn’t moving.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Outbound sales prospecting insights that will assist any salesperson to connect and engage with target prospects in their sales activity. To thrive in this dynamic environment, sales professionals require a robust set of skills if they are to get the attention of buyers, whether on the phone, in person, or via social media.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2020

There’s one thing that you may not have yet realized is gaining in popularity as a result of the pandemic: outbound sales and marketing. Marketing emails are up 20% and sales emails are up 50% compared to their pre-COVID-19 levels! Sales emails are way up. I learned that outbound marketing is an art, it’s not a science.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 16, 2025

For example, if you sell capital equipment to the C Suite and you have a 2-year sales cycle for a 7 to 8 figure sale, the rate of conversion from dials to conversations to meetings could be 15 dials to 1 conversation and 10 conversations to 1 new meeting. That would be 200 dials for 1 new meetings booked – per week.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

For todays sales teams, data and signals are the foundation for smarter strategies, better decisions, and consistent growth. From identifying high-performing reps to forecasting future revenue, this technology provides the clarity sales leaders need to drive results. What is Sales Analytics Software?

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Predictable Revenue

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Learn the five key steps of outbound sales call mapping so you can put together an effective plan to help you and your outbound sales team close more deals. The post Step by Step Guide to Outbound Sales Call Mapping appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 9, 2022

The best outbound sales emails all share a few common characteristics. The post How to Write Outbound Sales Emails That Convert appeared first on Predictable Revenue. This post will walk you through how to master each of these traits and increase your reply rates.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

Even the most driven sales teams require the right resources to effectively target prospects, nurture relationships, and close deals. Theres certainly no shortage of sales tools available to help your team master every step in the modern sales process. These represent the key software platforms for your sales team to evaluate.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sales teams face constant pressure to close deals faster and more effectively. Sales acceleration platforms provide a powerful solution, helping businesses optimize workflows, engage prospects, and convert leads more efficiently. What Are Sales Acceleration Platforms?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When there aren’t many new opportunities in the pipeline, very little new business will get closed n months from now where n is the length of the sales cycle. When a salesperson is willing to do the calling and learns to do it well, the pipeline grows, sales will be closed, and success can be all but guaranteed. They suck at it!

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 21, 2020

His so-called referral program couldn’t be measured and didn’t hold sales reps accountable for results. What he needed was a dedicated and proactive outbound strategy. Most sales organizations don’t have an outbound referral program that zeroes in on their most neglected revenue channel—existing clients.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Sales is not getting any easier. Some people see this as a new way for salespeople to generate even more outbound email (and social media messages). Most businesses have sales and marketing plans. Buyers have become even better at screening out salespeople. Buyers could go online and get all the information they needed.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2024

In any sales-led growth strategy , the purpose of marketing is to get new leads into the sales funnel that drives new business. Sales teams can make up the difference using outbound sales techniques. But given the rise of inbound sales over the past decade, some reps may have less experience with outbound motions.

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Outside Sales Talk

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Donald is a seasoned sales professional, speaker, and trainer, who’s on a mission to evangelize effective selling methods and to inspire sellers at all levels to DO BIG THINGS! He’s earned recognition from Salesforce as a Top Sales Influencer for two consecutive years (‘22 and ‘23). Are you in?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2024

Outbound is changing and ecosystems have never been more important. Join top 1% operators as they discuss the shift towards an ecosystem-led approach in outbound sales. What to expect: Perspectives and insight from both sales and partnerships teams.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In sales we need to go through the motions. Their study looked at 479,140 outbound cadences from nearly 9,000 companies. The upshot is that they recommend having eight (8) “touches” in your outbound cadence. Our buyers are “frazzled” as Jill Konrath says. These eight attempts should be spread over roughly 12 days.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 31, 2024

As CRM systems get smarter with integrated AI functionalities, sales reps will do fewer manual tasks and be free to engage their prospects and their teams. The post CRMs are Getting Smarter and Humanizing Outbound Sales appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, host Jeb Blount Jr. sits down with LinkedIn expert and OutBound speaker Brynne Tillman to discuss the keys to leveraging LinkedIn for sales success. Personalization vs. Automation: When using sales automation, it's crucial to remain authentic. This can make a huge difference.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a hot topic of conversation, and momentum is building to expand this person-first approach from Marketing to Sales and beyond, breaking down department barriers with shared goals: Enter account-based everything (ABE). It’s not old wine in a new bottle,” says Dave Sill, our Senior VP of Sales. “It’s

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

If your sales team has 20 plus reps, we’re confident Apollo could be a game changer for you. Topping the list of most-loved sales platforms, Apollo has a 4.8 7 Tactics for Ecosystem-Led Outbound This drum is still beating, and we don’t anticipate that changing – outbound isn’t what it used to be. Let’s get into it.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2018

Sales and marketing event season just ended. But I’m doing the job of demand generation, AND customer marketing, AND product marketing, AND the sales development team … with a bare minimum of tools to make that all happen!”. With outbound? It’s not about outbound. That’s frustrating. With inbound? With ABM?”.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Outbound lead generation can be a thing of beauty or a nagging disappointment. If you’re a sales leader, it’s crucial to master the elements of outbound for your team. Making the cold outreach process less intimidating often depends on sales quotas. You can use this information to set realistic sales quotas.

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Salesfolks

JANUARY 16, 2025

If this behavior becomes widespread, it could mark a turning point in outbound sales and marketinga potential lead-generation apocalypse. The unintended consequence of AI-generated messaging is a growing skepticism among recipients about the authenticity of communication.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The post Nearbound Selling Blends Inbound and Outbound Strategies appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Nearbound selling optimizes your existing network of partners, influencers, happy customers and other trusted connections to generate leads and close deals.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every business dreams of a pipeline of well-qualified inbound leads that land in their sales team’s laps. But today’s outbound lead generation tactics are more than just dialing for dollars. Here’s how to effectively execute outbound lead generation, with examples and definitions to get you started on a new or refreshed strategy.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. Balancing Quality and Speed: Sales teams often struggle to balance quality with pipeline velocity.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 13, 2020

Wherever they are, your sales force is a dynamic team that's unique to you. Accounting for the various types of salespeople, the steps you take should empower both in-office interaction as well as hard-to-control outbound scenarios. For outbound employees, ensure that they have the supplies necessary to venture into the world.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

You are greeted with a pitch from a pushy sales rep. Even if you do, the pushiness is a turnoff and you might buy the product elsewhere or through a different sales rep. That’s why mastering an outbound call is so important. How to Make Effective Outbound Calls 1. Embrace training and team resources.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Some years ago, the leader of an outbound SDR team had set very aggressive call goals. What were they doing that drove such high win rates and short sales cycles? Whether it’s breaking the code on the outbound call metric, because all the manager is paying attention to is that number. This didn’t make sense to me.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

” But sellers still have to do outbound. That outbound is highly “targeted.” ” Looking at most outbound, it focuses on, “Buy my product! They have their playbooks, something that produces sales, probably not much different from others. ” These sellers are very astute.

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