Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 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.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Business is more competitive than ever, and conventional prospecting is simply no longer enough. There are many lead mining tools and platforms available today. Streamlining the sales process by providing sales teams with high-quality leads, allowing them to focus on closing deals rather than prospecting. The result?

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Sales Qualified Lead Software Software Lead Scoring 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. Mapping 100+ Million Companies: The Scale of the Challenge Why is this problem so persistent? Corporate family trees constantly shift with mergers and spin-offs.

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Data Revenue Scale Territories 130

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.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Intent Signal Conversion 130

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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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. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems Consider the following questions to help you get into your prospects’ shoes and see how you can serve them. Your prospect decides to do?

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Prospecting Outsourcing Services Cold Calling Hiring 370

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? They are a component of campaigns where individual readers (who could be possible prospects) are sent crafted messages after they set off a configured trigger. Pick out the right email automation tool.

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing How To 262

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Sales teams are drowning in tools. For too long, sellers have been forced to juggle a grab bag of tools that claim to make selling easier. 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. Its time to make them intelligent.

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Strategy Scale Marketing CRM 147

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

When combined with AI, these signals become powerful tools that reach potential customers much earlier in their journey — giving go-to-market teams a massive advantage over competitors who rely solely on ideal customer profile matches, traditional intent data, or account-fit scores. Deploying AI at scale, however, requires AI-ready data.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer 130

Vengreso

JANUARY 14, 2025

He emphasizes the importance of shifting mindset and approaches as the organization scales. 00:28:27 – Sales Metrics and Forecasting The conversation delves into the importance of setting up a forecast cadence and using AI tools to improve forecasting accuracy. FlyPosts AI – Thought leadership AI post generator tool.

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Scale Face-to-face Forecasting Quota 71

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This new technology allows us to create content at a huge scale. My estimate is that with modern tools and social networks we can be on the high end of this number, if we are organized and disciplined. The most important metric, actual responses and people wanting to talk to you, is now super low for most cold emails. Who are your 250?

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Scale Social Media Outbound Referrals 195

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. Sales teams face constant pressure to close deals faster and more effectively.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2025

GTM Intelligence also gives companies the fuel to create automations, workflows, and agents that are far more powerful than basic AI solutions, driving real value at scale much faster than mass-market AI tools or simple CRM assistants. Its the engine that powers prospecting, personalization, and pipeline generation.

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B2B Intent Signal Scale Marketing 130

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. One of the main reasons for this low close rate is that sales people miss decisionmakers in the prospect company. Where does this time go?

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Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 31, 2025

Myth #2: Referral selling cant be scaled. 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. Without referral performance metrics, you dont have a predictable referral system.

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Referrals Scale GoldMine Pipeline 156

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2024

For the other 98%, you’ll need to follow up again and again, communicating key selling points and differentiators, overcoming objections, and most critically, delivering as much value as possible to the prospect. So go ahead and lean on ChatGPT for that email, or turn to one of the tools mentioned below to offload even more of the labor.

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Follow-up Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 122

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. This requires a shift from “educating” prospects to disrupting preconceptions and creating value.

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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.

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Sales Enablement Strategy Scale Hiring 130

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the latest episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, we had the privilege of diving deep into the world of prospecting and sales with Kristin Andree from the Andree Group. This section of the podcast offers a goldmine of ideas for digital prospecting, including leveraging LinkedIn for networking and content distribution.

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Scale Prospecting GoldMine Segment 104

Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2024

If you find navigating LinkedIn overwhelming, trust me, you're not alone — but if you approach the platform with a clear strategy, you can turn it into a powerful tool for generating pipeline and driving sales. Here's a look at the “clear strategy” I use to ensure I get the most out of my LinkedIn prospecting efforts.

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Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Prospecting Face-to-face 111

Sales Hacker

APRIL 2, 2024

Kyle Lacy spent the last 17 years building, scaling, failing, and winning in high-growth software. Curated dinners and high-quality content are effective strategies for building relationships and engaging prospects and customers. Synch is a single platform for all of your Sales & Sales Ops tooling.

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Scale Intent Signal Hiring Lead Rank 127

Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? How did you find those prospects?

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Cold Calling Decision Maker 264

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Beyond Basic CRM Functionality While standard CRM tools offer basic lead routing, dedicated solutions excel at managing complex workflows. By integrating seamlessly with your CRM, these tools enhance functionality and boost team efficiency. Chili Piper Chili Piper combines form routing, chat, lead distribution, and scheduling tools.

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Account Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Account Based Marketing 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Thats not just more prospects its the right prospects. And theyre reaching these prospects at the right time. Before ZoomInfo, sales reps connected with prospects just 23% of the time. Marketers using ZoomInfos account-based marketing (ABM) tools increased qualified leads by 36% and grew their marketing pipeline by 42%.

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Report Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Customer 130

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. Referrals help you ace Part One and set you up for success in Part Two.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

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?

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Outbound Software Software Buyer Intent 130

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. Integration: Tools that integrate smoothly with existing Salesforce workflows, minimizing disruption.

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SalesForce Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Intent Signal 130

Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2023

“Best in Breed” vs “all in one” The sales tool market will likely follow the same pattern that has played out in the marketing tech market. The key problem with the “best of breed” approach is integrating all the tools, so they communicate to each other. Per Scott, “There are also just giant enablement problems.

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Scale Top of Funnel Territories Sales 221

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. Reps can get hundreds of “at-bats” before going live with prospects. Read the free and ungated report.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Cold Calling Hiring 112

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Best Demo Days & Times: Here’s What the Numbers Say If you sell software, you know how persuasive product demos can be as a sales tool. 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.

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Software Software Scale Cancellation 130

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

When a prospect first reaches out for more information, I’ve found that engagement is at its peak. Many times I’ve been frustrated trying to chase down a once-excited prospect whose priorities have already shifted to the next item on the list. Wondering how to achieve this lofty goal? AI can help.

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Closing Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 115

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We’ve all been there – you call your prospect back at the appointed time for your presentation and they tell you any of the following: This isn’t a good time, OR. If you sent out the hottest lead ever, a “10” on a scale of 1 – 10, when you call them back, have you ever noticed that now they’re about a “7”? How long will this take?”

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Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Scale Call-back 320

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The integrations help revenue teams develop stronger prospect and customer relationships, make better decisions, and win more business. For example, reps can watch for keywords in conversations that historically indicate a prospect is more likely to buy, while sales managers can better coach their teams by reviewing call trends.

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Data Scale SalesForce Forecasting 52

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2025

The Problem with Traditional Quoting Imagine this: A sales rep gets an inquiry from a high-value prospect requesting a custom quote. CPQ Tools: The Smart Alternative to Traditional Quoting If traditional quoting methods are a roadblock, Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software is the fast lane. Hours pass. The manager requests revisions.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2025

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. Equip your team with the right tools (and training!). Invest in platforms and tools that streamline cold calling efforts. For example, consolidating standalone tools into one platformand parallel dialers.

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Cold Calling Scale Microsoft Ideal Customer Profile 71

Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2025

But with the right symphony of supporting information, go-to-market teams can leverage intent data to deliver precise, tailored, and timely campaigns that surface truly interested prospects. Declared Intent : The most actionable form, where a prospect explicitly requests a demo or more information. The challenge?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

That's an overwhelming amount, especially considering you need just one CRM tool. Spreadsheet CRMs are Difficult to Scale Spreadsheets might suffice for small teams with limited data but become a headache as your team grows and lead volumes increase. The higher the score, the more likely the prospect will convert. The result?

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