Hubspot

AUGUST 24, 2023

Imagine a sales representative who never sleeps, never gets tired, and possesses an uncanny ability to analyze vast amounts of data in seconds. This is the promise of AI sales reps, and their potential to revolutionize the sales industry is undeniable. The application of generative AI in sales is diverse.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

But to crush cold email outreach, you have to do it right. We looked to one of our internal experts, our Sales Development Rep with the 60% response rate, to show you how (and when) to write a perfectly personalized BASHO email. BASHO emails are alive and well—and thriving. And we’ve got examples. It’s time to get personal.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Tracking target accounts with these buying signals can streamline the selling process for your sales teams with data-driven efficiency. They also identify which buying signals are best for your sales team to engage in. Listed below are ways your sales team can utilize buyer intent data for driving sales: 1.

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Outreach

JANUARY 3, 2019

That was how 2018 turned out for Outreach. More than 200 product launches, 16 new and improved integrations, 60+ events, and $65 million in Series D funding highlighted the calendar year, with Outreach landing on LinkedIn’s Top Startups for 2018 as the undisputed champion in the sales engagement arena. Relentless.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. But being a salesperson in 2018 is very different than being a salesperson in 1987.

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Hubspot

MARCH 7, 2018

KPIs for Sales Managers. Sales Volume by Location. Sales managers -- and particularly field sales managers -- can often feel like they are trapped in a fog. Download our free report here to learn the top 3 metrics ranked by sales professionals. Sales Volume by Location.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

What are the sales trends of 2018? Sales automation. Focus on the middle of the funnel. 2018 is just around the corner. And if history repeats itself, just like 2017 we’ll see major developments in the sales world. When I consulted sales experts, managers, and trainers, this answer came up again and again.

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Outreach

DECEMBER 26, 2018

It's been a great year for Sales Engagement! If you're reading this now, you are probably regularly (or at least dabble in) reading the Outreach blog to stay up to date on product news, the latest best practices, and what's going on in the space in general. Yes, And: How Learning Improv Made Me Better at Sales.

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The Point

JANUARY 17, 2019

Some years ago, our firm conducted a lead management audit for a technology client who was struggling to convert raw, inbound inquiries into sales qualified leads. During the audit, it became quickly apparent that one of the major issues was at the very front end of the lead qualification process. Click To Tweet.

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Belkins

JANUARY 24, 2020

By 2018, only 56% of B2B companies managed to hit the five-year mark. The way they build their sales process, systematize their data and train their teams determines is based on their understanding of their prospects and the moments they and their future buyers find their touchpoints. Why do you need a sales funnel?

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Vidyard

MARCH 30, 2022

If you’re in sales, chances are you’re hungry to find the top sales experts to follow. Anything from best practices, new tactics, and really, anything that will help you get better at booking more meetings and closing more deals. There is no shortage of great sales resources out there. Onboarding Your Remote Sales Team 1.1

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Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2018

Sales professionals are under constant pressure to achieve higher quotas and deliver value to their clients in an increasingly competitive landscape. To gain a better understanding of the specific challenges facing sales professionals in 2018, Richardson Sales Training surveyed more than 350 sales professionals.

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The 2018 Video in Business Awards had it all, and we’re thrilled to share the stories of this year’s Video Selling winners so we can all learn from their video awesomeness. Video has emerged as a powerful tool for modern B2B sales teams. The winners of the 2018 Video in Business Awards Sales categories.

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InsightSquared

MARCH 9, 2020

This International Women’s Day, we’d like to give a shoutout to women leaders in the tech industry, especially those in sales leadership positions. Looking for sales leaders to follow for inspiration and best practices? Jill Konrath is one of the most recognized women in sales. Jill Konrath. They stopped learning.”.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Tracking target accounts with these buying signals can streamline the selling process for your sales teams with data-driven efficiency. They also identify which buying signals are best for your sales team to engage in. Listed below are ways your sales team can utilize buyer intent data for driving sales: 1.

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Biznology

MARCH 20, 2018

Today is one of those best-of Chris Abraham’s blog posts on blogger outreach, long tail blogger outreach, influencer marketing , and micro-influencer marketing. The state of the blogger outreach union ten years on. The state of the blogger outreach union ten years on.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Similar to the content published here on the ZoomInfo blog, these pieces are intended to help sales, marketing, and recruiting professionals with their day-to-day job responsibilities. In fact, 65 percent of recruiters claim talent shortage is the biggest difficulty they face in the hiring process ( source ). Continue reading.

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DiscoverOrg

MARCH 25, 2019

Knowing the physical location of your prospect is key to your marketing and sales efforts. Many of the high-value accounts have several office locations (Dublin, Boston, San Francisco) – and there was no guarantee their VP of Sales worked in one location or another. VIDEO] Why is Location Data Important for Sales?

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Golden Spiral

JANUARY 18, 2022

Open and integrated communication between your marketing team and the sales team will make a difference in your organization. In recent years, synergy between marketing and sales has been dubbed Smarketing —the process of integrating marketing and sales processes to obtain a common, integrated approach.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

While it’s undeniable that generative AI is already changing how businesses engage with the world, sales and marketing leaders are quickly realizing that AI alone isn’t the solution to all their problems. Next steps for ZoomInfo include baking generative AI call analysis into sales-call coaching. Today, it’s sales and marketing.

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Nudge.ai

JANUARY 9, 2018

The message has been loudly articulated for a few years: all you need to do is “Hustle” and you’ll have success in sales. Tools, processes, and measurement systems were built out to optimize for it. The more the tricks stopped working, the more sales management increased outreach volume to make up for it.

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FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After its 2005 launch, YouTube was the dominant video platform until TikTok’s meteoric rise in US popularity from 2018 to the present. From B2B SaaS to high ticket sales, video is the perfect format for providing richer content to keep fans engaged. What Platform is the Best for B2B Videos – TikTok or YouTube?

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Buffer

AUGUST 1, 2022

According to Beccy Gibson, managing director at marketing agency Tempt , these characteristics can give a small agency the edge in delivering results for clients. We started Tempt in 2018 with a vision to build a boutique-style agency that creates a spark in the industry, is influential, and partners closely with brands.

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Hubspot

MARCH 1, 2019

The term, "sales", encompasses all activities involved in selling a product or service to a consumer or business. But "sales" means so much more for businesses. Companies have entire sales organizations comprised of employees that are dedicated to selling their products and services. What is sales? Marketing and Sales.

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Hubspot

MAY 12, 2020

But unlike sales reps -- who talk to and learn from our biggest prospects each day -- we don't always know tiny, but crucial, details about the brands or people we most want to sell too. So, how do we bridge the gap to better help our sales teams sell to high-priority clients? Forrester ). Forrester ). Engagio ). Forrester ).

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DiscoverOrg

JANUARY 8, 2019

Here’s what shook up the B2B data world in 2018 – and what I think that means for our industry in 2019. From a big data perspective, 2018 was the first year I’ve felt our company actually started leveraging machine learning and predictive capabilities for ourselves. The sales use case. I see it used here and there today.

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MarketJoy

JULY 31, 2020

Very few sales emails result in a “yes” by the client the very first time. This is why you, as a sales executive, should never take a “No” response as the final answer. WHY DO SALES REP DON’T FOLLOW-UP IN SALES. Inevitably, sometimes, sales lead to waste your time, but that is not always the case.

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Leadspace

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

While many B2B marketing strategies have changed over the years, marketing goals have stayed the same: more leads, more sales, and more ROI. Here are ten of the best strategies for B2B marketing in 2018. conduct research online at some point in the purchase process. Some of those strategies still work toward the same end goal.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 30, 2022

Even though the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, data collection and processing can still leave marketers feeling uncertain. Adopted in 2016 and enacted in 2018, the GDPR was created to improve data collection, processing, and usage. What is the ePrivacy Directive?

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Outreach

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales leaders face a crucial double-challenge: They must accelerate efforts to modernize their teams and systems with emerging digital technologies and tools — while keeping their salesforce motivated and engaged during a global pandemic. Sales leaders should step back from the uncertainty and focus on positivity.

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Outreach

JANUARY 12, 2021

In 2020, Outreach…. This round brought Outreach's valuation up to $1.33 We are using the funding to continue to deliver new revolutionary technologies to drive transformative change in sales. In Europe, Outreach currently serves more than 200 customers, including DocuSign and Signal AI. The Highlights. The Accolades.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

After a long day of sales calls, juggling what feels like a million prospects, and filling out endless CRM fields -- it’s easy for salespeople to slip into bad work habits. In sales, we’re faced with rejection every day. Hoarding good sales solutions is selfish -- and makes you look a little paranoid. Whining and Complaining.

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. . This is evident by the number of B2B companies who are still unable to answer the most critical sales and marketing performance questions. . .

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. This week’s show is called “Is Outbound the New Normal?

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Ledger Bennett

JANUARY 26, 2020

Common areas for scrutiny include operations, management, coordination between teams and adoption of new tools and technologies. But today we will focus on one area that really deserves more attention — revenue management. What is revenue management? The basics behind revenue management. Fluctuating demand.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 5, 2023

At the most basic level, sellers and marketers who don’t have reliable contact information will simply waste time sending outreach emails that bounce and searching for the right contacts. And that lost productivity can quickly compound. Without accurate data, many attempts at automation will never make it off the launch pad.

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DiscoverOrg

JANUARY 29, 2019

“But actually that ‘noise’ is a powerful tool to target the right accounts – that is, if you know the tech stack of your target accounts ,” says DiscoverOrg’s Senior Manager of Sales Development. In B2B sales and marketing, a company’s installed technologies – their tech stack – includes: Software products.

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