Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. What is Sales Automation? Today’s Sales professions spend just 34% of their time selling. With that shocking statistic, let’s review the benefits of sales automation. The Rise of Sales Automation. Salesforce.

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Hubspot

MAY 30, 2023

Like all disruption, generative AI in sales has the potential to completely change the way things are done. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales.

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Generation Lead Ranking Enterprise Management User-Generated Content 71

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. Some of them are free while others are paid – but all bring in enormous value to the sales process. Investing in a random sales tool is a waste of time, money and effort. What are Sales Tools?

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SalesIntel

JULY 10, 2023

Understanding buyer intent has become crucial to marketing, sales, and revenue operations (RevOps) strategies in the current competitive business climate. Why Intent Data is Crucial in Modern Marketing and Sales: Marketing and sales professionals face an uphill battle in reaching and converting potential customers.

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Top of Funnel Intent Data Marketing Funnels Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Martech

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sales executives and marketers are caught in a Catch-22 that says we need more marketing activity because we have more sales resources — we have more sales resources, so we need more marketing. As a result, sales organizations have added enormous headcounts of SDRs and BDRs. How did we get here?

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With AI personality profiling tools, we can become more familiar with an audience, segment or industry before we even engage with it. B2B marketing, usually kept at arm’s reach from customers, can now know them as well as account managers who have long-standing customer relationships. What are AI personality profiling tools?

Ideal Customer Profiles 113

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Lead Forensics

APRIL 16, 2024

This blog explores 10 ways AI and beyond can supercharge your sales game, from identifying high-potential leads to crafting personalized outreach and automating tasks. Get ready to leverage data-driven insights, improve forecasting accuracy, and become a sales superstar in the age of AI.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What you need is an easy-to-understand sales playbook to guide your team to victory. We’ll walk through everything you need to know to create the right mix of winning plays that guide your sales team to big wins. What you’ll learn What is a sales playbook? Learn more What is a sales playbook?

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Biznology

JANUARY 5, 2022

We’re pleased to present our latest featured profile, designed to introduce you to our member consultants, advisors, executive coaches, clients, partners and other extraordinary people. Ruth advises companies on go-to-market strategy, sales lead generation, customer and prospect data, content marketing and ABM.

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InsightSquared

JUNE 23, 2020

We all have those meetings we dread but are forced to sit through every week because it’s part of the process. As a team leader, you hold weekly or biweekly pipeline reviews with every rep to gauge the health of their active deals. You and your rep both have to spend at least an hour preparing in advance for the meeting.

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BenchmarkONE

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The pandemic brought a lot of business sales strategies – and outcomes – to a screeching halt. This year, it’s all about finding ways to get back in motion again — which includes seeking out new tactics that will help boost sales and make up for lost revenue. Rethink Your Consumer Profiles.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Tactics Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels 60

Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

Why would your B2B sales prospects be any different? In B2B sales, the quicker you build trust with your prospect, the more likely it is that you will close a deal. In fact, only 3% of buyers trust sales reps ( source ). We’ve compiled a comprehensive guide to building trust in sales. Keep reading!

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is a massive divide between what buyers want to discuss with sales vs. what sales wants to discuss with buyers. The data shows a clear pattern: sales is struggling to maintain an otherwise personalized buying journey. In other words: sales doesn’t know how to translate online behavior into meaningful conversations.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. But why do these B2B sales strategies falter?

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. It’s not intuitive, then, that these two functions often exist in silos, each having their own systems and processes.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s no different in sales — only instead of game rules, you use a sales cycle to make sure you’re following the right steps at the right time. Let’s take a look at the stages of a sales cycle, and how you can use it to secure regular deal wins. What you’ll learn: What is a sales cycle?

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is a massive divide between what buyers want to discuss with sales vs. what sales wants to discuss with buyers. The data shows a clear pattern: sales is struggling to maintain an otherwise personalized buying journey. In other words: sales doesn’t know how to translate online behavior into meaningful conversations.

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Sales Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles Opinions Work Management 228

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sales prospecting on LinkedIn is preferred by most salespeople. They keep their profiles up to date, research their prospects’ profiles before contacting or emailing, and monitor what prospective customers share in groups. While effective, these methods often prioritize direct sales pitches to convert leads into customers.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 20, 2021

For most companies, the challenge of regularly delivering enough leads and opportunities to hit growth targets has historically meant building a strategy around producing high volume, low quality marketing and sales campaigns. Because most tactical marketing strategies segment their personas demographically with an emphasis on job title.

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LeanData

JUNE 15, 2022

For those of you who have yet to have had the pleasure, simply stated, lead leakage is the progressive and cumulative loss of leads as they progress through the sales funnel. The sales funnel for almost every company is shaped, indeed, like a funnel, or a cone, with its sides tapered closer together down the length of the funnel.

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Outreach

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Understanding what works and what doesn’t within the sales process can be complex for any sales team. In order to gain an accurate picture of progress and better manage performance, organizations need a sales pipeline. What is a sales pipeline? And because sales people already have a lot on their plates—e.g.,

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Closing deals in 2023 has been a challenge for many sales teams, but we’re uncovering little-known tips to help you keep your sales pipeline flowing. Long gone are the days when sales teams and social media are estranged – combine the two together and your results will be a powerhouse for converting leads into customers.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management 135

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JULY 28, 2022

Fortunately, sales leaders can work to avoid these hardships by acting now. To ensure your company is recession ready, develop a game plan for your sales organization that focuses on investments in tools, training, and effective sales tactics. A resilient sales org can nimbly respond to market changes whenever they arise.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2021

The B2B selling process is slow but steady. On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Today we’re sharing tips and tricks to shorten the sales cycle, broken down by stage.

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Hubspot

JUNE 6, 2022

Sales reps run into trouble when they try to go into a call totally cold. Prospect research is a challenge that's every bit as frustrating as it is essential — so to help you out, we've put together a list of 18 of the best places to research buyers before sales conversations. The Buyer's Facebook Profile.

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Research Marketing Automation Services Tips Best Practices 89

The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to build a better Challenger Sales presentation in 2020. Six steps to craft more persuasive messaging for a Challenger Sales presentation in 2020. B2B sales has never been a walk in the park. The challenger sales approach redefines their need. Most companies and presenters love to talk about themselves.

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Marketing Budget Ad Building Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles 106

Scoop.it

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Sales productivity is a critical element of your company’s performance. Sales team productivity can be defined as a measurement of how well a sales team meets the demands of their customers, achieves their goals, and satisfies their expected outcome from working with the company they have chosen. What is Sales Productivity?

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Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Traditional support methods include training, data-sharing, co-marketing campaigns, rebates, MDF (market development funds), and sales enablement, like content, events and sales playbooks. These ideas are organized into three categories: strategies, tools and tactics.

Work Management 110

Work Management Advertising Agencies Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Management 110

Only B2B

APRIL 17, 2024

Imagine having dedicated support to handle meetings, reach potential clients, and manage your calendar seamlessly. And thoughtful selection of these services not only boosts revenue but also makes you wonder how you ever managed without it. Nurturing Engagement: The scheduling process itself becomes an opportunity for lead nurturing.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Today’s B2B buyers are time-strapped and overwhelmed with information, making sales harder than ever. Being able to communicate with the correct context and timing is essential as a sales representative. Triggers provide an excellent view into how a company is changing, allowing your sales team to see future possibilities.

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SalesIntel

JUNE 29, 2021

With this article, we want B2B businesses to learn how to streamline the sales process. Implementing sales processes can streamline any task, whether simple or complex. This can make sales reps more effective, reliable, and precise both in their roles and in their customer interactions. Prospecting.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

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Martech

APRIL 20, 2022

“The past two years have wreaked havoc on [marketing] pipelines and exacerbation around getting clean, intelligent data, and passing that data to sales,” said Stephanie Swinyer, head of revenue marketing at Integrate, in her presentation at The MarTech Conference. Align marketing processes and tools with sales ops.

Ideal Customer Profiles 134

Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing & Strategy Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels 134

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. Gartner’s prediction that 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur digitally by 2025 underscores this shift.

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Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

Hubspot

MAY 29, 2019

So you’ve just been promoted to sales manager -- congratulations! In your first three months as a manager, you’ll have to learn an entirely new set of processes -- some related to sales, some not. You’ll have to accomplish three primary tasks: Learn to empower your reps. Scale your own management process.

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Hubspot

MAY 26, 2020

The last thing you want to do is mislead someone during the sales process about your product, service, or capabilities, only to anger your newly acquired customer with poorly set expectations. Sales Battle Cards. Types of Sales Battle Cards. How to Create a Sales Battle Card. The solution? Download this Template.

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PureB2B

APRIL 20, 2021

Lead generation is critical to your company’s performance and can be a powerful weapon to fuel your sales teams with what they need to sustain the lifeblood of your business. If you want high-quality, high-profile leads, this is the way to go. How can you create an experience that will lead them to talk to you and partner with you?

Lead Generation 62

Lead Generation Top of Funnel Tactics ROI 62

PureB2B

APRIL 20, 2021

Lead generation is critical to your company’s performance and can be a powerful weapon to fuel your sales teams with what they need to sustain the lifeblood of your business. If you want high-quality, high-profile leads, this is the way to go. How can you create an experience that will lead them to talk to you and partner with you?

Lead Generation 62

Lead Generation Top of Funnel Tactics ROI 62