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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

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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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The Smart Marketer’s Guide to Accurate Lead Scoring

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If you ask most sales and marketing teams what their ultimate goal is, you can pretty much guarantee that they will say it is generating more leads and conversions. And many of them make the mistake of keeping their primary focus on the top of the sales funnel. Build a simple lead scoring model.

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The Great MQL Debate: Can Focusing On Fit Generate Higher Quality Leads?

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There are some rivalries that are just legendary: The Hatfields and The McCoys, Biggie and Tupac, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates… and in the marketing world, the rivalry is between MQL deniers and apologists. Are leads alive, are they dead or do they just need some life support?

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2021 State of Sales Forecasting Research Finds 68 Percent of Companies Miss Their Forecast by More Than 10 Percent

InsightSquared

Industry-first Benchmark Study from InsightSquared and RevOps Squared Reveals Top Avenues for Boosting Forecast Accuracy include Improved Data Quality, Increased Sales Rep Accountability and Automation . Following are key takeaways from the research: Sales Rep involvement and data quality are key to improving accuracy.

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Webinar Recap: From Lagging to Leading Sales Indicators

InsightSquared

What if you instead focused on Leading Indicators ? In the webinar, “From Lagging to Leading: The Essential Sales Metrics You Don’t Want to Miss,” InsightSquared’s, James Davison, Chief Product Officer, and Lynn Herman, Senior Customer Enablement Consultant, share tips on taking advantage of both Lagging and Leading Indicators.

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4 Practical Tips to Avoid Confirmation Bias with AI

Vision Edge Marketing

The problem with confirmation bias is that it results in a person ignoring information that is inconsistent with their beliefs , in favor of information that confirms what they believe or value. Sadly, human beings are inclined to dismiss or downplay information that challenges our beliefs or values.

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Sales Strategy 101: The Ultimate Guide

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When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. There are various stakeholders, priorities, markets, and channels to align, and the right mix for your business may not always be clear. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme. What is a Sales Strategy?