Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In Q4, we released enhancements to Copilot, our GTM Intelligence platform, that further empower enterprise GTM teams to engage prospects and customers with greater precision, speed, and intelligence. We believe these innovations will continue to revolutionize how teams identify opportunities, engage prospects, and close deals.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 10, 2024

In the highly competitive SaaS world, prospecting is often seen as the most challenging task—a test dreaded by many and mastered by few. Indeed, 40% of salespeople cite it as the most challenging part of the sales process, more daunting than either closing or qualifying.

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Coaching Sales Management Top of Funnel Prospecting 334

The Pipeline

JUNE 22, 2020

There are a lot of blurred lines in business and sales, leading to blurred conversations, and longer sales cycles. One blur is the line between who is a buyer and who is a prospect. Assuming buyers and prospects are the same and the words interchangeable perhaps explains the output numbers year after year.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? Automated emails encourage leads to move from the product research phase into the buying cycle.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

While the single most important thing for salespeople to achieve in a discovery call is urgency, you can’t tell a prospect that they have urgency, you can’t manufacture urgency, and you can’t fake urgency. I would be devastated) When these four factors are in place you have a scenario where your prospect must buy. .:

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Kana Benefit Margin Sales Qualified Lead 188

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2025

Without a referral-first mindset, pipeline uncertainty loomsleading to missed targets, longer sales cycles, missed quotas, and end-of-year panic. Referral selling isnt just a nice-to-have sales strategy. Its a proven, measurable system that transforms trust into your most powerful sales engine.

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Referrals Pipeline Face-to-face GoldMine 177

PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

Complex sales typically involve high-value products or services, which are often highly customizable. Sometimes called enterprise sales, complex sales generally have a longer sales cycle involving multiple stakeholders and decision-makers. Sales pros will also do some market and competitive research at this stage.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Successfully executing a sales process is a lot like growing a flower, and in the context of this half-baked analogy, prospecting is like finding seeds. Anyway, this week's edition of The Pipeline covers some key mistakes experts say you need to avoid when prospecting. 7 Fatal Sales Prospecting Mistakes You Might Be Making 1.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Hiring Lead Rank 98

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Be upfront and transparent with your prospects. There are plenty of reasons why 1 out of 2 B2B sales reps fear making cold calls, but preparation can boost their confidence. Consider these following tips to get more success in your cold calls — before, during, and afterward: Do: Research your prospect (Who are they? Conclusion.

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Cold Calling Guidelines Prospecting Face-to-face 264

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.

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Sales 2.0

JANUARY 14, 2025

George Santayana , American philosopher (1863-1952) Im working on a new sales project, and I need some quick wins. One instinct in this situation is to jump in and start prospecting without wasting any time. Sales history Ive been looking at some of the small healthcare accounts that my client serves.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Landing pages have a vital, singular purpose — encouraging visitors to begin the sales cycle with a brand. Keep in mind that potential prospects may already be interested in your competitors — and your current customers could jump ship. Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates.

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Prospecting Marketing Top of Funnel Segment 246

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. And in the age of AI-assisted sales, what was once a long process of research, targeting, and crafting outreach has now become remarkably fast.

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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?

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Video Lead Rank Lead Scoring Prospecting 68

Smooth Sale

APRIL 7, 2025

Photo via Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Do You Play Games with Prospects for Business Growth? Our blog question is, Do you play games with prospects for business growth? An upfront step in the sales cycle is to learn what caught the persons attention to meet with us.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 2, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Know Your Prospects Well for Sales and Business Growth Many approaches and specific strategies exist for most endeavors, including attempting to sell. Our blog offers insights on how to ‘Know your prospects well for sales and business growth.’

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Prospecting Hiring Lead Rank Decision Maker 78

Zoominfo

MARCH 29, 2023

This often leads to larger buying committees, more avenues for approval, and elongated buying cycles. Vendr, a SaaS buying platform, recently found that sales cycles for software have settled at about 46 days, a 40% increase since 2020. Don’t Get Cute Neu sums it up simply: urgency is important in times of turmoil.

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Sales Cycle Intent Signal Lead Rank Decision Maker 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We surveyed over 11,000 revenue professionals to uncover exactly how GTM teams use ZoomInfo to expand markets, accelerate sales cycles, and drive revenue. Thats not just more prospects its the right prospects. And theyre reaching these prospects at the right time. The results?

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 17, 2021

In my experience, usually, the best choice, is no choice; provide the best option to shorten and win more sales. Choice Prospecting. As always there is a difference in prospecting and selling. A prospecting call or email is a binary event, you either get the appointment, or you don’t. Buyer Remorse.

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Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer 352

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 31, 2025

These pain points hurt team morale and your bottom line: Pain Point #1: Your team struggles to get meetings with prime prospects. Prospects dont know you, dont trust you, and dont want to take your call. Prospects dont know you, dont trust you, and dont want to take your call. All sales calls are hot, hot, hot.

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Referrals Scale GoldMine Pipeline 156

The Pipeline

JULY 3, 2020

Being approachable and easy to deal with is key to helping prospects open up and share their real objective. But it may not be when it comes to prospecting. While in other parts of the sales cycle video may add to the experience, but it can also limit impact. When I am prospecting, I want to be heard.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 10, 2025

Sales teams must not only require meeting them but also personalize their experience at every step of the sales cycle. Sales teams today need relevant data and insights to meet the buyer expectations precisely. Sales teams today need relevant data and insights to meet the buyer expectations precisely.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 48

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. Rich Buying Signals : Identify and prioritize high-value leads and reach prospects first.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

B2B sales can sometimes feel like a never-ending marathon, especially when those sales cycles stretch on and on. The first step is to ask questions early and often in the sales process; here are some great ones.

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The Pipeline

JULY 13, 2021

If you’re a sales professional with building pipeline accountability, there is a simple fact most want to, but can’t ignore. So, if you know the length of your sales cycle, and you should, you have the ability to predict the future.

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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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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Results in prospecting don’t happen overnight; staying consistent over time is key to building a strong pipeline and generating lasting success. – The opening of a conversation is just as important as closing a deal, making daily prospecting essential for building new relationships.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outbound Strategy Social Media 97

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 1, 2025

Long sales cycles, such as 20 months for some deals, highlight the need for persistence and patience. Many deals do not happen overnight, especially in industries with long sales cycles. Patience allows salespeople to build meaningful relationships with prospects over time, which often leads to successful outcomes.

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Trade Show Follow-up Webinar Metrics Lead Rank 98

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. This shift has turned prospecting into a strategic effort. What Is Sales Prospecting? In addition, buyer behavior has changed.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Script #1: Make sure and have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting. The point here is whether or not your prospect will: Give you the time to speak further with them. This tells you how cooperative your prospect is, and so how cooperative they will be throughout the sales cycle. Right then!

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Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Gatekeeper Licensing 284

Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2025

Solution Thanks to the seamless integration between ZoomInfo Sales and Salesforce, the Houston Rockets sales team is saving time on segmenting net new accounts. The team leveraged: Comprehensive company and contact data to discover and segment new B2B prospects. Their results include: 15,000 new contacts uncovered.

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Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both. All of these signals show optimal conditions for a sale.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies.

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Hoovers Campaigns InsideView Tools 264

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2020

By optimizing messaging, collateral and communication through effective sales enablement, sellers can better communicate the differentiating value of your new solution, showcase marketplace positioning and properly advise prospects. For example, a playbook could be based on industries, roles and stages of the prospect.

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Campaigns Sales Enablement Education Collateral 326