Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. How do they do it? Let’s talk about how we can take care of that,’” he says.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Car buyers 30 years ago might have shown up at the dealership wanting a truck, a sedan, or something as vague as a “good family car,” and the salesperson’s job was to help steer them in the right direction based on their needs. Ninety-five percent use the software to some degree, 78% use it regularly, and only 5% don’t use it at all.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 10, 2025

That is where sales intelligence software comes into play. What is sales intelligence software? Sales intelligence software is a tool that provides organizations with a variety of sales-related information to help them understand the preferences of their prospective customers and hit their sales goals.

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Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Rank Software 48

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As businesses and competition grows, more companies are turning to deal desk software to organize their processes and close more deals. What is Deal Desk Software? Deal desk software organizes a sales team’s quote-to-cash workflow. Schedule your demo Why do I need deal desk software? hpc saw a 20% increase in close rate.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 29, 2025

Now imagine the same situation with a Quoting Software. Quoting software, often powered by Configure, Price, Quote solutions, automates the entire pricing and proposal generation process. In this article, we will take a deep dive into how quoting software enhances accuracy and accelerates sales cycles.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 30, 2025

This is where quotation software becomes a game-changer. Quotation Software is a specialized tool that is specifically designed to help businesses generate accurate and transparent quotes much faster. The online quotation software ensures sales teams generate precise quotes in minutes rather than hours and seal the deal quickly.

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Software Software Discount Lead Rank 48

SBI Growth

JANUARY 6, 2025

Most of us end up arguing in a boardroom before succumbing to our gut feelings and just shipping a pricing page to see how it does. First up, we have the marketing automation behemoth thats rumored to be the second fastest growing SaaS company in the world right now: HubSpot (full disclosure - we're happy customers).

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I came up with the following: Water - you can get an unlimited amount of drinking water from the tap but we not only buy bottled spring water, we buy FIJI, one of the most expensive brands, because it tastes so much better. If they have any bottled water in the kitchen, pay for any streaming, or software then it's simply not true.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc. How could we, when we’re all typing instead of talking to potential clients?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lead-to-account matching and routing software addresses this problem head-on, automating key processes to help sales teams work smarter and faster. Heres how lead-to-account matching and routing software benefits businesses: Time Savings : Sales teams can focus on selling rather than administrative tasks.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Even if you use social selling techniques that get you a referral or help you connect to a potential buyer using your mutual background, it is still likely to take some follow up before you confirm a meeting time (or virtual meeting time these days). For higher end consultative selling I would recommend a cadence along these lines.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2024

Those choices add up to something like 35,000 total decisions in a day. There might be variables that don’t really add up, or maybe you’re comparing apples to oranges. When we have too many choices, we end up less satisfied, even if the product is perfectly tailored to our needs. Break larger decisions into steps.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

Common Sales Enablement Activities What makes up the content, guidance, and training that’s so pivotal to providing sales and revenue specialists with the resources they need to engage customers and create conversions? We recommend focusing on software that was created specifically for modern sales teams.

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Allego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I’m willing to bet you’re like me when it comes to buying something, whether it’s a new pair of boots or enterprise software. Traditional selling methods they’ve relied on fall short in the digital era. You’re probably thinking, “That all sounds great, but what does the software actually do? How does it speed up deals?

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Quote and proposal software has generated a lot of buzz. The most sophisticated quote and proposal software offerings provide AI-powered interfaces that communicate with customers and sales agents to fully configure and price highly complex products. The performance of these systems varies greatly.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 30, 2025

This blog will guide you through choosing the right sales quote software that fits your business needs and various other factors to look for while making the decision. By replacing manual spreadsheets and disconnected systems, sales quote software minimizes human errors, speeds up the quoting process, and improves overall sales productivity.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

I wondered about those in non-traditional sales roles like customer success, CPAs, attorneys, architects, engineers, and consultants—who are now being asked to sell. Referral selling is hard for us all, because it’s the most personal kind of selling. 3 Referral Selling Skills All B2B Sales Reps Should Practice.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2024

Early on in my position as head of business development at Lead Prosper, a SaaS company, I found myself on the receiving end of a software demo for an industry-leading company. It allows you to showcase the look, feel, and functionalities of your software without having you interact with the product itself. Coworkers all tied up?

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

By doing so you will (a) sell more, (b) get a bigger commission check, and (c) be less stressed. If you’ve bought into any of this “social selling” stuff then you are probably thinking “that sounds like a lot of work, posting content, curating content, maybe even creating some content. Not a bad combo. Flat world. Build Your team.

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 14, 2025

Eric in Lewiston, Maine, asks how to use last years data to create and accurate sales plans and evaluate software tools (like CRMs and ZoomInfo) to make those goals happen. Consider: Conversion Rates from Inbound Leads Speed to Lead (How fast are you following up?) Maybe you need to tighten up your proposals so more of them convert.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

So what components make up this effort? It’s imperative to continually listen to what customers are saying , putting yourselves in the customers’ shoes and thinking of ways to better enable them,” Craig Williams, chief information officer at networking software company Ciena, told IDG Connect. Offer expansion. Company transformation.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 16, 2025

An inventory list is a detailed record of all the items a business owns, sells, or uses. Overstocking is much more than tying up cash in stuff that doesnt sell its about finding room for all that extra inventory and hoping it doesnt expire, rust, or turn into a relic of last years trends.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 2, 2025

Here, CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) software is a real rescuer for the sales team as it automates and streamlines complex sales workflows, improving speed and accuracy. Before understanding how CPQ software as a service helps sell modern medical equipment, lets first look at the challenges vendors and manufacturers face.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If selling reduction in admin time/tasks represents a few percent of their overall expenses, they may have bigger fish to fry. That doesn’t mean our solutions aren’t important or that we should give up, we have to focus on the people the solution impacts the most, getting their support to invest in those solutions.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Truth be told, one of the most important events during new hire onboarding is getting set up on the wide range of digital tools you will need to do your job. Many believe that we adopt software to accomplish a task, what we choose to adopt, and how we use the tool has a large impact on how we market, sell and go to market.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2025

Some, like scheduling follow-up emails or creating a repeatable framework for researching prospects, streamline your day without harming the quality of your work. During an enterprise software pitch, a prospect threw out an unexpected question one that shifted the conversation in the wrong direction. Dont let them out-research you.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

I am calling about our software that helps you with the strategic implementation of your biggest problems from Outbound Company. I know, I know, you'd rather just pick up the phone and call. Here‘s one thing I never fail to do: Look up how to pronounce the prospect’s name. Then, I can follow up with you tomorrow.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

And how can a B2B referral program drive up those numbers? Talk to any software vendor, and they can’t wait to show you their cool software. Problem is, buyers don’t actually buy software. They buy what your software does for them—how it saves time, decreases costs, engages customers, tracks referrals, etc.

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 276

Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

The acquisition of Chorus will support our aim to be a champion for sales professionals, helping them to identify, connect with, and sell to decision makers at the companies who are most likely to buy their products and services. Every piece of software that we build or acquire sits firmly on top of our world-class data foundation.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Isn't it awesome when you learn about new tricks your computer, phone or software can do that you weren't previously aware of? When they learned that our core offering is evaluating their existing sales team they became excited about what that would mean for addressing their two biggest selling challenges.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

If you’re looking for CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software for your startup, a third-party review website like G2.com To help you evaluate your options, I reviewed a range of CRM software and identified the best ones. To ensure data integrity, some teams waste up to half their workday updating and maintaining spreadsheets.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hubspot Scale 105

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

These represent the key software platforms for your sales team to evaluate. Intelligent Insights for Smarter Selling ZoomInfo blends proprietary first-party data, insights into account and prospect activity, and real-time buying signals to deliver highly actionable, personalized recommendations.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2020

If your goal is to increase sales productivity, start by asking yourself: “how much time do I waste on non-selling activities?”. And even before you can pick up the phone to contact decision-makers, you must conduct a significant amount of research. Manual data entry into CRM systems can take up hours of someone’s day.

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Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Analysis CRM 264

Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

Sales professionals are always on the lookout for ways to step up their game. Where does your product or service that you’re selling exactly fit into their operation? Let’s say you’re selling timeclock software and your prospect is Fred, a Payroll Manager. Who exactly are you calling? Why should they listen to you?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2019

Experts across the globe are offering up their own take—trying to be first to tell you exactly how artificial intelligence will impact your industry, your company, your product, your job. At the time, many felt it was quite a stretch to imply software could manage relationships, but nonetheless, CRM took off. Artificial Intelligence.

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