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JANUARY 15, 2021

One thing is clear — lead generation has never been more central to a business’ success. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs). Here are five lead generation strategies that will lead to success in the new year. .

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sales team success often hinges on the quantity and quality of leads routed from marketing campaigns and organic channels. This is where lead capture software comes into play, offering a powerful solution for businesses looking to streamline their lead generation processes, boost their sales pipeline , and track key sales metrics.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. But how do you find leads and prime them for buying? Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. Read several blog posts?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2021

You want to know if a lead is qualified well before you even pick up the phone to call them. Every data point helps your revenue team (sales, marketing, and customer success) determine if this lead fits your ideal customer profile (ICP). What is Automated Lead Qualification? A hot new lead hits your inbox.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Lead mining is becoming increasingly commonplace among companies seeking to expand into new markets and territories, as well as those hoping to increase profitability. There are many lead mining tools and platforms available today. What is Lead Mining Software? The result?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 4, 2018

But here’s what they’re missing on referral B2B lead generation. Instead, I prefer to focus on sharing insights and tips for referral sales lead generation. There’s a reason I’m recognized as America’s leading authority on referral selling and a thought leader on social media. Technology is an important tool.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The result is a good thing, it frees up time and bandwidth to apply to other high-value sales activities. The problem I see is how the recaptured time and resources are applied to things other than generating new sales. Wherever you stand on the sales spectrum, you would have to agree that sales is in the age of More.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

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. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership. Some salespeople fool themselves into believing what I call the “warm call fantasy.”

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2021

How do you get visitors’ attention and start a productive sales conversation? Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. Let’s look at best practices for using chatbots to convert your leads. The result?

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Assertive businesses have taken the lead and have handled the crisis with resilience. A SalesHacker survey of a variety of sales professionals highlights the depth of the issue. 57% of professionals surveyed are generating fewer leads, with an average decrease of 20%. This proactive mentality is essential going forward.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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eGrabber

AUGUST 29, 2024

This blog post will help you learn how eGrabber’s powerful tools— JobGrabber and Email-Researcher -offer a strategic and efficient approach to lead generation, empowering training and development companies to focus on high-value opportunities.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Tunnel Vision: The Sales Funnel in the Age of Buyer Empowerment Stages of a Sales Funnel: Two Perspectives Funneling Success: Using KPIs to Measure Effectiveness How Do I Create a Sales Funnel? What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels? Marketing Funnel vs. Sales Funnel Resources. What is a Sales Funnel?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2021

As visitors engage in personalized conversations with a chat bot, the nature of the interaction can further inform and qualify visitors for a seamless transition to a live chat with a sales representative. Without the right tools, you simply can’t expect sales reps to know every detail about your prospects and customers.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales reps can easily lose a successful sale if they don’t have the right tools or framework to work with. Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. What is Sales Intelligence? What is Market Intelligence?

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

First, understand what’s happening here: Remember the law in sales: Leads Never Get Better! 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”? And you can imagine how they are when reps reach them. Get Access Today.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving. In short, ABM treats individual high-value accounts or collections of good-fit prospect accounts as mini-campaigns, surrounding their buying committees and key influencers with targeted, value-driven marketing assets.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 13, 2022

What is a sales person’s dream? An inbound lead. If you’ve been fielding inbound leads for a while, then you’ve probably noticed something: Not all inbound leads buy. The way to capture a deal in this situation—if there is one—is to treat an inbound lead like any other: you need to qualify them.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Why is getting past the gatekeeper and finding qualified leads so challenging for salespeople? At most companies, the sales process is a balancing act that doesn’t always work so well. The #1 reason sales teams find their job so daunting is they believe circumventing the gatekeeper is the answer to their lead generation woes.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Believe it or not, over 90% of sales reps do just that. But top producers are prepared for this common stall/blow off, and they know how to qualify past it. And then ask a qualifying question. And begin qualifying! Try it this week, and watch your leads get more qualified as you put less “wood” into your pipeline.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Visitor identification software offers a powerful solution, helping your go-to-market team transform anonymous website visitors into qualified prospects, leads, and revenue. Unlike basic analytics, this software bridges the gap between raw traffic data and actionable sales intelligence.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In fact, new research from the Sandler Center shows that while most companies still focus on cold calling and emailing, referrals are far more effective at generating qualified leads. Read “ Sales Leadership Is Missing It Big (and Here’s the Proof) ”). It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re about to get that hot lead on the phone. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. Your marketing and sales teams need both. Buying signals in marketing are essential for qualifying leads by showing prospective buyers the right content at the perfect time.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Efficiently managing leads and routing them to the right accounts is a challenge for many companies, no matter the size. Lead-to-account matching and routing software addresses this problem head-on, automating key processes to help sales teams work smarter and faster.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

During my time as a sales rep, building a lead list was one of my first activities when I took on a new sales role, territory, or industry vertical. Table of Contents What Is a Lead List? Leads are often categorized and managed through these different stages: Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs).

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

AI tools are reshaping the way salespeople tackle their day-to-day work, automating many of the core business development tasks that have eaten away at the average sellers’ day. It’s also raising big questions about the future of the sales profession — including lingering worries that many sales jobs could soon be replaced by machines.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

The following types of tools are used to track, measure, and share KPIs: Web analytics CRM systems Data dashboards Business management platforms Data visualizers Business intelligence software. Lead Generation & Qualification. Number of new leads,” is a nice KPI to track, but we can go deeper than that.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

They’re accountable for sales touches, not for generating leads that are actually qualified. Salespeople are asking the wrong questions: What are the best sales techniques? What tech tools will help me generate hot leads and land new clients? Yes, you are the very best tool in your sales toolkit.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?” If you follow this strategy, then you’ll be ready to side step the email stall and get right back into qualifying! but face it—they rarely are.

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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. What is Outbound Lead Generation? What is an Outbound Lead?

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Nutshell

MAY 15, 2023

For outbound sales teams, prospecting software is essential to finding new leads and nurturing them into customers. Sales prospecting tools for lead generation are critical for helping sales representatives find, qualify, and reach more prospects.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

While every sales process is unique, there are central, universal elements that high-growth organizations use to tactically engage qualified buyers. The root of unproductive B2B sales prospecting is a lack of understanding. Spray and pray tactics won’t resonate with even the most qualified prospects. Who are they?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 30, 2024

Imagine: for less than $18 you can suddenly fly past gatekeepers, overcome initial resistance statements from prospects, and qualify leads so you’ll know exactly how to close them! And all it takes is a little bit of effort, time, and a tiny amount of money.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. The symptoms are almost always the same: Sales teams waste time delivering demos to unqualified leads. High-value deals get stuck. As a result, the pandemic’s impact on sales pipeline management has been profound.

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