Zoominfo

JANUARY 30, 2025

Heres how some of todays top experts use AI to sidestep common challenges, encourage experimentation, enhance sales training, and create smarter prospecting lists. Lead Scoring and Intent Analysis: AI ranks leads and identifies intent signals to prioritize the prospects most likely to convert. Take email prospecting, for instance.

Lead Rank

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sales is, in large part, the art of developing trust in a tight window — making credibility one of the most valuable assets you can have when engaging with prospects. To help you out on that front, we connected with some sales leaders for the strategies they leverage to establish themselves as credible, consultative resources for prospects.

Prospecting

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2025

It can seem harder when we cant meet in person, but prospects dont trust you simply because you meet face-to-face, shake hands, or share a meal. This is true no matter how theyre connecting with prospects. At least, thats what many prospects have come to believe. I almost fell out of my chair when I heard a Sales VP say this.

Referrals

Sales Gravy

APRIL 23, 2025

Kyle, a field sales rep from British Columbia is struggling with a common prospecting challenge: how to consistently prospect when you're constantly on the move. He had read my book, Fanatical Prospecting, where I advocate for dedicated time blocks for prospecting. Sound familiar? So what's a field rep to do?

Prospecting

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 28, 2025

to prospect consistently, these tips are for you. In this episode, I answer a question from Paul in Rancho Cucamonga, California, whos building and leading a remote sales team in the logistics industry and needs to find a way to get his salespeople to prospect consistently. Be like teflon: no excuses stick. Dont hide in your office.

Motivation

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It allows salespeople to approach prospects at the perfect time, with messaging that resonates with their current needs,” ZoomInfo Enterprise Account Manager Will Frattini says. Predictive Insights: Let AI Identify High-Value Prospects AI’s predictive capabilities are perhaps its most exciting feature for sales teams.

Scale

Vengreso

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We disagreed on many points and had the same opinion on only a handful, one of which is the potential of video prospecting to generate leads and close more deals. Then and there I decided to write a guide on video prospecting. Let’s start your video prospecting journey. What Is Video Prospecting?

Video

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Focus on finishing up what’s already well along in your sales process and encourage them to spend the rest of their time thinking ahead and prospecting for 2025. Referrals = New Sales Opportunities It’s tough to focus on prospecting when you’re working on a massive project or closing a big deal.

Opportunity

Janek Performance Group

JULY 16, 2025

Before you can even begin to think about what offering to suggest, you need to know what problems the prospect is actively seeking answers to. Like the prospect doesn’t have a universal sales language or formal selling process. Disqualify the prospect if nothing in Option 1 or 2 presents the possibility of a changed situation.

Sales Qualified Lead

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 10, 2025

Our team of sales experts at Anthony Cole Training Group have compiled 25 sales tips to help your salespeople prospect smarter, plan effectively, and sell with confidence. As Sales Leader, it is your role to bring resources to your team to help them become even better.

Groups

Sales Gravy

JULY 31, 2025

If you're only showing up in one place, you're not showing up at all, which is why top sales reps are making multi-channel prospecting a priority and leveraging LinkedIn to get ahead. "The In today's sales landscape, understanding and navigating the "Prospecting Maze" is no longer optional—it's essential. It reinforces it.

Channels

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. Copilot’s insights are fueled by first-party customer and prospect data, ZoomInfo’s unparalleled business data, and the industry’s most extensive collection of buying signals.

Software

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Direct Mail: Send personalized mail to capture the attention of prospects. The goal is to make prospects aware of your existence and offerings. Bond Once you have attracted a prospect, the next step is to bond with them. Consistent Follow-Up: Regularly check in with prospects to maintain the relationship.

Video

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

This not only maximizes ROI, but also minimizes wasted time and resources on low-potential prospects. These products and platforms are designed to help you identify, engage, and convert your most valuable prospects, ultimately driving growth and success for your organization.

Ideal Customer Profile

Sales Gravy

JULY 10, 2025

How many times do you actually attempt to reach out to a prospect before you give up? On the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jessica Stokes calls out a common sales reality when prospecting: “We all know the average salesperson typically stops after three, maybe four attempts before moving on. But your prospect doesn't remember you.

Prospecting

SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Nearly a quarter of sellers say prospecting is a top challenge. Yet prospecting is vital to the sales process. A sales lead list is a collection of potential customers' contact information and details that sellers use to target prospects. This ensures youre focusing only on active and engaged prospects.

Ideal Customer Profile

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Yet, too many sales leaders fall into the trap of believing the latest digital sales tools or automation platforms will solve their sales prospecting problems. Systematize Your Referral Process: Make referral selling a core part of your sales prospecting strategy, not just something that happens occasionally.

Referrals

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 31, 2025

Or, if those conditions do not apply, prospecting continues into perpetuity. Most salespeople who entered sales more than fifteen years ago and had to prospect for new business, have forgotten how to do it and if we are being honest, may not have been very willing or effective at this when they were expected to prospect.

Pipeline

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2025

So why aren’t more teams making a referral-based prospecting strategy their #1 outbound approach? Referral selling is a repeatable, scalable prospecting system, but only if you actually have a referral system—one with clear strategy, defined metrics, referral selling skills, and accountability for results. That’s luck.

Referrals

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Consistent effort, particularly in prospecting, is emphasized as key to long-term success. A disciplined, daily commitment to prospecting is essential, especially during challenging economic times. Instead, it comes from daily actions, like prospecting, following up with leads, and continuously refining one’s approach.

Outbound

Zoominfo

JULY 23, 2024

Is that prospect ghosting you, or are they just on vacation? But watch out for absent prospects as March draws close. Really focus on nailing your prospecting down before they start to take off. It’s a maddening feeling that every sales professional has to deal with a few times each year.

Analysis

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Boo, you were ghosted by a prospect you thought for sure would convert. According to HubSpot’s 2024 State of Sales Report , 23% of sales pros find cold emailing the best way to reach prospects. For a start, these AI sales tools can help you quickly draft and personalize prospecting emails. Long and skinny? But don’t be fooled!

Lead Generation

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

Until there is an agreed upon compelling to buy, the prospect has no incentive to enter into any qualification conversation. As I’ve written before, MOST attempts to qualify an opportunity, prior to uncovering a compelling reason to buy from you, will result in disqualification. Some suggest that it’s a great qualifying process.

Sales Process

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. Sales automation can assist with prospecting, sending follow-up messages, and tracking lead activity.

Sales Enablement

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 6, 2025

The isolated Bass/cello part is largely invisible to the audience but it’s foundational to the song, just as sales process, while foundational to the conversation, should be largely invisible to a prospect. A well designed sales process has so many benefits.

Sales Process

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Brynne shares essential information on avoiding common mistakes like the dreaded "pitch slap," the importance of personalization over automation, and how to truly engage with prospects on LinkedIn. Key Takeaways: – LinkedIn as a Networking Tool: Approach LinkedIn interactions like networking at an event.

LinkedIn

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Early Mornings Weakest for Demos While not terribly surprising, we found strong confirmation that demos are typically not how prospects want to start their days. ZoomInfo SVP of Sales Development Brian Vital says sellers should always ask for the soonest meeting possible while respecting the prospect’s time.

Software

Allego

JANUARY 7, 2025

What Is a Sales Methodology A sales methodology is a structured approach that guides how salespeople engage with prospects and customers. prospecting, qualifying, and closing), a sales methodology focuses on the how. The goal is to guide the prospect to recognize the value of your solution by understanding their own challenges.

Sales Methodology

Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 10, 2025

It provides the required data that sales teams need to find and target relevant customers, identify ideal prospects, personalize outreach, and close deals faster. While providing information, sales intelligence software also automates and streamlines prospecting and leads workflows. What is sales intelligence software?

Lead Generation

Allego

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It spots patterns in buyer engagement, such as which emails are opened, which content is viewed, and where prospects drop off. For example, if a prospect frequently reviews pricing, sellers can prioritize discussions around value and ROI.

Sales Enablement