Nutshell

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Your role as a sales manager or director comes with multiple responsibilities, from developing and overseeing sales strategies to coaching and managing sales reps. Generating insightful sales reports is a critical component of your role and can involve some heavy lifting. Table of Contents What is a sales report?

Report 62

Report Examples How To Sales Forecasts 62

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2025

Most salespeople face the same persistent challenge: Their prospects lack urgency. While this technique might result in an initial sale, I advise against it because the companys margins and the reps commission bonus both take a hit. Company] is doing some really interesting things around [business area prospect is interested in].

Prospecting 98

Prospecting Hubspot Discount Follow-up 98

Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

Email is a cornerstone of today’s go-to-market strategies, but crafting personalized and relevant messages that truly connect with prospects can be a complex and time-consuming task. Users overall report a 60% boost in productivity thanks to Copilot. Additional Context: Add specific directions or unique context related to the prospect.

Scale 130

Scale Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent 130

Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2024

But even though having a productive LinkedIn presence is one of the bigger “no-brainers” in sales, a lot of reps struggle to leverage the platform to its full potential. Here's a look at the “clear strategy” I use to ensure I get the most out of my LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Engage your prospects by leaving active comments.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Prospecting Face-to-face 111

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?

Scale 130

Scale SalesForce Analytics Hubspot 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 15, 2025

ZoomInfos State of AI in Sales and Marketing survey, which gathered insights from more than 1,000 GTM professionals, reveals just how quickly AI is transforming sales teams and the roadblocks for further AI innovation. Power users on sales teams are saving time, closing deals faster, and seeing real, measurable business results.

Survey 130

Survey Forecasting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 130

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2025

Im not sure theres any activity more closely associated with sales than cold calling. It can be the trial by fire that preps SDRs for a career in the field, the day-to-day responsibility that keeps reps diligent and engaged, and the basis for a ton of sales org's prospecting infrastructures. Do sales orgs still cold call?

Cold Calling 64

Cold Calling Hubspot Report Data 64

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 30, 2025

A 2024 survey by Salesforce.com reported that 91% of companies believed that 80% of their reps would not hit quota. From the 21 Sales Core Competencies measured, I directed my research to the 5 Sales Core Competencies that make up the category Will to Sell, where we might be able to see complacency. That works out to 72%.

Quota 156

Quota Compensation Motivation Groups 156

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 130

Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Account Lead Rank 130

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. The bad news?

Sales Tools 130

Sales Tools Tools B2B Lead Rank 130

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why. With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. It start with how sellers think about time; which is why in sales, time is value not money. By Tibor Shanto. Customer Value Management.

Lead Rank 352

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Objections 352

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2025

Somehow, the deal slips through your fingers, and so does the prospect. In this blog post, Ill break down what gap selling is, why its the secret sauce for successful sales, and how you can use it to connect with prospects on a deeper level. Know your prospects intrinsic motivation. Lets get into it.

Examples 113

Examples Strategy Hubspot How To 113

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sales teams thrive on the energy of effective outreach, but managing outbound calls at scale requires a lot more than just smiling and dialing. These tools not only help teams track performance, but improve engagement strategies and optimize sales workflows. But how can you choose the right tool for your team?

Outbound 130

Outbound Software Software Buyer Intent 130

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. To give sellers a fighting chance, sales leaders need to build an effective, flexible sales enablement program.

Sales Enablement 130

Sales Enablement Strategy Scale Hiring 130

Sales 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I am continuing to report on findings from my new sales project. The project has already thrown up a few reminders I see time-and-time-again in the sales world. I am taking over a sales territory from a salesperson that has recently left the clients company. Reminder 2: Sales are driven by the customers.

Ideal Customer Profile 195

Ideal Customer Profile Territories CRM Account 195

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Your referral network is your net worth in sales. How can smart, experienced sales reps let their customer relationships wither? But not all sales teams make those investments. Far too many sales organizations are so focused on bringing in new business that they neglect their current customers.

Referrals 432

Referrals Customer Social Media Revelation 432

Allego

JANUARY 21, 2025

Sales prospecting has transformed from its traditional roots of cold calls and door-to-door pitches into a dynamic discipline that blends strategy, psychology, and technology. In fact, Forrester reports 65% of buyers initiate the buying process through self-guided research. What Is Sales Prospecting? You can, too.

Prospecting 62

Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Handbook Decision Maker 62

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 5, 2021

At Objective Management Group (OMG), one of the 21 Sales Core Competencies we measure and report on also tends to confuse salespeople, is the cause of frequent pushback, but has thirty-five years of cumulative science to support the finding and our conclusions. For example:

Guidelines 386

Guidelines Closing Call-back Report 386

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2021

The pandemic changed the day-to-day processes of the B2B sales organization practically overnight when the world went 100% digital. A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020.

Survey 246

Survey Top of Funnel Scale Fashion 246

Zoominfo

JULY 23, 2024

Is that prospect ghosting you, or are they just on vacation? It’s a maddening feeling that every sales professional has to deal with a few times each year. We analyzed out-of-office (OOO) reply rates to outbound sales emails and explored seasonal trends — with some predictable spikes and a few surprises.

Analysis 130

Analysis Trends Campaigns Outbound 130

Vengreso

OCTOBER 23, 2024

What started as a casual discussion on sales strategy soon became a full-blown argument. 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.

Video 67

Video Lead Rank Lead Scoring Prospecting 67

Nutshell

APRIL 14, 2025

New leads for your business can be anywhere, and being prepared to meet them on multiple platforms is key to filling your sales pipeline. Its a huge step in centralizing all your prospect and customer data, putting all the information in one place that your team needs to move leads down the funnel and strengthen customer relationships.

Facebook 71

Facebook Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Channels 71

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021.

Decision Maker 401

Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect. Cold calling is a duplicitous, disingenuous sales tactic. If you make 100 calls, you’ll talk to about 20 people, schedule 10 sales appointments, and if you’re lucky, close one new deal. Why would you bother with a sales system that gets such dismal results?

Cold Calling 365

Cold Calling Social Media Telemarketing Referrals 365

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2025

The world of B2B sales and marketing is at an inflection point. And when outdated, incomplete, and unreliable data meets the rising complexity of modern buyer behaviors, the result is chaos bad data erodes the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, derails sales efforts, and creates inefficiencies across revenue operations.

B2B 130

B2B Intent Signal Scale Marketing 130

No More Cold Calling

JULY 12, 2024

Sales leaders complain that reps don’t get enough qualified leads, their pipelines are fluff, and it takes them way too long to reach their prospects. A disciplined referral system can help your company scale by increasing deal size, converting prospects to clients, and penetrating prime accounts. Big problem!

Scale 317

Scale Referrals Penetration Sales Qualified Lead 317

Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

I'm always saying, “Sound, well-structured business email templates are central to effective sales communication, initiating productive sales conversations, and sustaining relationships with prospects and customers.” Now at this point, you may be thinking, “My gosh! It's relatively self-explanatory. Types of Business Emails 1.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Proposal Lead Rank Referrals 111

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 29, 2024

David Knight is the Co-founder and CEO of Avarra, an AI-powered platform that simulates human-to-human interactions to accelerate sales onboarding and training. Discussed in this Episode: The power of AI simulations in providing experiential learning for sales reps. The future of AI in sales training and enablement.

Scale 115

Scale Top of Funnel Funnel Report 115

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Sales is no longer about dialing faster or pitching harder. Today, it all comes down to using smarter sales coaching techniques. Using AI sales tools can help teams level up by analyzing real sales conversations, identifying what works and what doesnt. Sales teams need every advantage they can get.

Sales Coaching 130

Sales Coaching Software Software Coaching 130

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into business processes has been revolutionising industries across the world and inbound sales is no exception. According to a study by McKinsey, businesses that use AI to streamline sales processes report a 40% increase in productivity.

Inbound 98

Inbound Outsourcing Services Customer Service Inbound Sales Team 98

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. At the core of AI sales assistant software lies its capacity to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks.

Software 114

Software Software Scale Sales Qualified Lead 114

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But, oof, I don‘t need to tell you how challenging life in sales can be. Boo, you were ghosted by a prospect you thought for sure would convert. Whether you win or lose, it doesn't stop the sales targets from rolling in each month. For a start, these AI sales tools can help you quickly draft and personalize prospecting emails.

Lead Generation 72

Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 72

The Center for Sales Strategy

MAY 28, 2024

Getting to yes is often the hardest part of the sales process. As many as 57% of salespeople reported difficulty converting prospects into customers. Salespeople, even great salespeople, sometimes have trouble closing the deal. If your team is having trouble with conversions, the first thing to do is figure out why.

Prospecting 130

Prospecting Report Closing Sales Process 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2025

Imagine that one of your top sales reps spends weeks courting a promising prospect, only to discover at the 11th hour that its actually a subsidiary of your largest customer. But corporate hierarchy errors are much more serious than your garden-variety duplicate CRM record because they undermine core sales and marketing strategy.

Data 130

Data Revenue Scale Territories 130