Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Sales is not getting any easier. Some people see this as a new way for salespeople to generate even more outbound email (and social media messages). 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. Who are your 250?

Scale 195

Scale Social Media Outbound Referrals 195

SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

SMBs need to focus on local marketing tools to promote their offerings and sales to meet their sales goals. Local Marketing Tools are Critical for SMBs in 2025 The Competition Never Tires A study by Valpak says that SMBs shouldn’t decrease their ad efforts because of inflation and higher cost of living.

Direct Mail 93

Direct Mail Tools Marketing Ideal Customer Profile 93

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

Author: Sabrina Ferraioli “A trend gains power over time, because it’s not merely part of a moment, it’s a tool, a connector that will become more valuable as other people commit to engaging in it.". — Seth Godin. Also, data from channels such as chat, social media, phone, web and more must come together into a single view of the customer.

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Trends B2B Social Media Telemarketing 297

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. These tools are now essential for companies looking to maintain a competitive edge in a demanding market.

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Scale SalesForce Analytics Hubspot 130

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If one of your goals in 2021 is to grow your online sales, you’re not alone. Also, make sure to include a contact page and a form, along with links to your social media profiles so that your audience can engage with you. Make each piece of content valuable to your audience (read: not just sales copy). Never fear.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Google Analytics Scale 301

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

You’re the ultimate sales technology—and this is the ultimate sales conversations book. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. Do you know how to have that kind of sales conversations? Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works. Imagine that….

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Conversion Face-to-face Social Media Referrals 305

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I’m embarrassed by the bad sales behavior that blasts us every day. Obviously, I’ve never been a fan of cold calling, but now the uninvited sales pitches are multichannel. LinkedIn invitations to connect from people who immediately send you a sales pitch. Rude, rude, rude sales behavior. Sales Reps Not Closing Sales?

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Referrals Decision Maker Cold Calling Social Media 316

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. Activities like prospect outreach, cultivating brand awareness, and online relationship building are all enhanced by social media — so having a solid presence on these platforms can really help your case.

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Social Selling Social Media Media Networking 108

Zoominfo

JANUARY 30, 2025

Go-to-market teams that adopt AI-powered sales automation can reap major benefits: research shows they spend more time with customers, drive higher customer satisfaction, and most importantly, boost sales by up to 10%. But savvy sales leaders know that AI isnt a magic wand that can close deals for you.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Intent Signal Conversion 130

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 1, 2025

Onthis episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Harriet Mellor shares proven strategies for maximizing trade show ROI with personalized outreach, leveraging CRM tools, and building lasting relationships that convert leads into valuable long-term customers. Many deals do not happen overnight, especially in industries with long sales cycles.

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Trade Show Follow-up Webinar Metrics Lead Rank 98

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 8, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Tips to Make Your Social Media Posting Catchy Social media is noisy; everybody wants attention, and you probably wonder how to make your content noticed without resorting to gimmicks. Engage Like You Mean It Social media is meant to be social.

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Social Media Media Film Face-to-face 113

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. When the prospect is ready to buy, your sales team carries them over the finish line to close the deal. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned? You’ll also use your customer personas to guide future marketing and sales efforts.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profile 246

SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

I’m a long-time fan of video tools for selling. I spent years touting the sight, sound, motion, and emotion of television advertising in a local, traditional media environment. Among Tools for Selling, Video Rules According to Google, 70% of B2B buyers and researchers incorporate video content into their decision-making journey.

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Video Tools Advertising Advertising 59

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 31, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, host Jeb Blount Jr. and guest Neil Cameron discuss the evolving landscape of B2B sales, focusing on how to adapt to millennial buyers, the importance of authenticity in digital sales, and strategies for building trust in the modern sales environment.

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Decision Maker Social Media B2B Buyer 97

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. Whether you’re managing inside or field sales, gut instinct needs to take a back seat to data-driven insights. Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There are two dovetailing arguments for using TikTok, the fastest-growing social media platform, as a B2B marketing tool: Its generous algorithm and its lack of polish. Third-party reports show that companies advertising on TikTok are getting significantly higher ROI than legacy social media advertising.

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B2B Top of Funnel Social Media Advertising 285

SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Social video is one of the influencer marketing tools that should be used by both B2C and B2B influencers. Influencer Marketing Tools: Social Video B2B’s Mistrust of Influencers According to a study from Ogilvy , B2B brands don’t trust influencer marketing. Ogilvy agrees with social’s importance. Here’s how.

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Influencer B2B Video Tools 59

Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond. They have always been crucial for valuable customer insights for sales and marketing teams to act on, with the shared goal of closing more deals. Share the same goals and tools between sales and marketing teams.

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Trends CRM Top of Funnel Marketing 246

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. “Think about signals as triggers.

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer 130

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. Many organizations may closely meet your company’s ideal customer profile (ICP) criteria and warrant sales reps to proactively reach out to them. Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs).

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 118

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

By integrating with other account-based marketing tools, CRM systems, and customer data platforms, marketing account intelligence software creates a unified and comprehensive view of each customer. With Pocus, sales and marketing teams can confidently build pipeline and consistently close more revenue.

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Account Lead Rank 130

eGrabber

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For recruiters, sales teams, and business development managers in this industry, the key to staying ahead lies in leveraging advanced tools to streamline lead generation for healthcare staffing agencies. Social Media and Online Marketing: Effective for building brand awareness but requires significant resources to manage.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Tools Lead Rank 52

Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2025

Chris has over 30 years of experience in marketing, sales, and client communication. Sales teams and executives sometimes question whether marketing really drives revenue. Sales teams have clear processes and goals, but marketing is often treated as a set of random activities. Tip: Evaluate your current tools.

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ROI Video Lead Rank Lead Scoring 100

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For example, an AI-powered video creation tool designed for viral social media content thrives through influencer and organic campaigns. Meanwhile, a collaboration tool with a high NPS can scale rapidly through Product-Led Growth (PLG) and word-of-mouth. Does it follow a PLG or Sales-Led Growth (SLG) model?

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Channels Scale Strategy Distribution 112

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Learn data-driven strategies that support each stage of the sales funnel, along with key performance indicators (KPIs). Contents What is 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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Top of Funnel Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Data 246

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Very rarely did a sale require just a single signature, which meant the sales process and accompanying assets needed to be built around a variety of personas. B2B Buyer Stats First and foremost, B2B buyers are users of the tools they buy. And finally, the 2024 B2B Buyer survey paints a picture of buyers as company leaders.

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Hubspot B2B Buyer Data 116

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. Attempting to reach decision makers you don’t know on social media is just as pointless.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 11, 2019

Author: Warren Fowler Sales teams and marketers focus on digital communication so much that they seem to forget the power of offline promotion channels. While online tools are often more convenient and practical than traditional marketing techniques, the fact remains that the latter usually perform better. Let’s take a look!

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Direct Mail How To Advertising Advertising 323

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. So, they rely on outdated tactics that fail to engage the 21st-century buyer—tactics like cold calling, sending cold emails, and stalking prospects on social media. The Sales Technology Tipping Point. Don’t believe me?

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The incredible rise of smartphones and social media has been pivotal to this cultural shift. With the advances in mobile phones and social media, “instant” isn’t always fast enough. For small and medium-sized businesses, the equalizing forces of mobile technology and social media are a double-edged sword.

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PeopleSoft Social Media Customer SalesForce 254

SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This is where market intelligence tools come into play. The hunt for the perfect market intelligence data tools can be overwhelming, but fear not! We've scoured the market to bring you the crme de la crme of 2025 11 tools packed with innovative features and serious benefits. AI is especially valuable in B2B marketing.

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Tools Hoovers Marketing Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Savvy GTM orgs can continue using traditional and effective demand gen methods while also leveraging this powerful latent-demand intelligence to reveal untapped sales and marketing opportunities. Before ChatGPT and similar tools became mainstream, few business leaders explicitly sought AI-enhanced content creation solutions.

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Scale 130

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. Sales prospecting techniques are the tactics a salesperson uses to find new customers. Sales prospecting techniques are the tactics a salesperson uses to find new customers. Let’s jump in.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Cold Calling Decision Maker 264

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2018

Whether your marketing workflow consists of social media, content creation, SEO, event planning, or all of the above, we’ve got a joke for you! He used the Sales Force. Why was the social media marketer out of office? What is a social media marketer’s favorite snack? Let’s get into it!

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Marketing Top of Funnel Hiring Social Media 272

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Unlike basic analytics, this software bridges the gap between raw traffic data and actionable sales intelligence. Informed Sales Strategies : Sales teams gain insights into visitor behavior, enabling more effective outreach. Faster Sales Cycles : Access to detailed visitor data shortens the sales process.

Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 130

Pipeliner

JANUARY 25, 2025

Weve spent years helping businesses boost their sales by standing out online. Below, youll learn how to identify your unique selling points, communicate them effectively, and turn them into real sales advantages. Leveraging social media this way builds engagement and trust, driving both curiosity and conversions.

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Case Study Customer Social Media Lead Scoring 105