Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Tom Pisello, Mediafly Tom Pisello is a thought leader and author on sales and marketing effectiveness, as well as a serial entrepreneur. Prior to Alinean, Tom founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training. Our Panelists.

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SBI

JULY 14, 2021

to Enable Insight-Driven Targeting, Coaching, and Decision-Making for Go-to-Market Teams. ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI), a global leader in modern go-to-market software, data, and intelligence, today announced it has agreed to acquire Chorus.ai , a leader in Conversation Intelligence with the industry’s most advanced technology.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I recently asked fellow industry leaders to weigh in on the rising popularity of Account-Based Marketing among B2B companies. Is ABM the Holy Grail to lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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LeadFuze

JULY 16, 2019

In the last few years, considerable attention has been paid to improving customer experience (CX) in the B2C world, however, research by Accenture Strategy makes it clear that CX is equally, if not more, important for B2B buyers as well. . Talking about expectations, B2B buyers seem to be much more demanding than B2C customers.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In B2B sales, it’s important to make a good first impression. If you want to be seen as a trusted resource—a top-notch B2B sales pro with expertise to share, not just a product to push—you can’t use social media to blast strangers with sales pitches. None of us in B2B sales has much patience. You are your brand. billion, and 3.2

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Zoominfo

MARCH 2, 2022

Since 2015, ZoomInfo has made 12 acquisitions with multiple purposes in mind. Will this software improve our user experience and apply to sales, marketing, or recruiting? Can our data make the software competitively differentiated? For some, the goal was to purchase competitors and acquire their customer base.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Thousands of unsuspecting diners recently received a free side of cyber terror thanks to point-of-sale malware, a malicious software designed to steal customer payment data. 2/9/2015: Just four months later, a hacker gained access to the company’s Twitter page and wreaked havoc. 4/22/2015). (10/26/2015)

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Showpad

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As sales and marketing technology develops at disruptive speed, B2B marketing agencies need to step up their game to stay relevant and empower their clients. Merely focussing on brand awareness, lead generation, and marketing campaigns doesn’t meet your customer’s expectations anymore.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

Angeley Mullins Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer, Latana Brand Tracking Angeley Mullins began her sales career in the finance industry and then moved into leading commercial teams for technology companies across various international markets. In this role, she advises and accelerates go-to-market and U.S.

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Nutshell

MAY 21, 2021

So you can imagine how I felt when I was unexpectedly* laid off in January 2015, just two months after my wife and I bought our first house. What rescued me was something called “content marketing.” But I still had to learn what content marketing was specifically. A better situation was almost inconceivable.

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SBI

MARCH 17, 2020

Conversation Intelligence is a must-have solution for go-to-market teams. Ng has a long history of growing and scaling Engineering teams at B2B SaaS companies, most recently at Stellar Labs. Conversations between a business and its market are the most human, valuable, yet ignored source of data. About Chorus. is the No.1

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LeadBoxer

MARCH 28, 2021

Understand the Modern B2B Buyer Journey. Additionally, it involves an assessment of the industry, competitors, and other market variables. Understand the Modern B2B Buyer Journey. It turns out that more and more Millennials are making key B2B buying decisions. Complete a Marketplace Analysis. Provide a Bargain.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

At the end of 2015, we realized to grow the way we had forecasted to our Board of Directors, we needed better data on our prospects and customers. Unfortunately for us, there was nobody in the marketplace who was providing a solution for OUR target market. Aligning Sales & Marketing. Here are the top five: 1. Crazy right?

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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

One of the most popular “best practices” in B2B sales and marketing is to create buyer personas. Over the last decade, the B2B buying process has only become more complex. In 2015, an average of 5.4 The same can be said about basing your sales and marketing messages on personas. Here’s why. And it gets worse.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. Because of the broad scope of prospecting, it requires varying sales and marketing techniques. For instance, software can be used to search and manage a prospect list.

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Crunchbase

MAY 6, 2022

In addition, we’ll walk you through how to use Crunchbase’s sales prospecting software to connect with decision-makers at these companies and close deals, all in one platform. LinkSquares is a computer software company that features AI-powered contract management and analytics tool for in-house legal and finance teams.

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Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The second point relates to an important trend in the world of B2B buying and it is the strategic reason for making a big to-do about selling consultatively. Recently Ian Altman published a Forbes article entitled – Top 10 Business Trends that will Drive Success in 2015. Let’s take a look. Customers value subject-matter experts.

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Gong.io

APRIL 15, 2022

No need to pull go to sales and marketing and customer success to retrieve relevant data. Revenue Intelligence automatically captures customer interactions, analyzes them to provide insights, and applies those learnings to determine the next best action for winning outcomes across an organization’s go-to-market strategy. Hard stop. .

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Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. billion global population as of July 2015, more than 3 billion use the internet. Traditional sales strategies, such as outbound B2B sales, have become less effective because of this shift. It’s different from social media marketing. Marketing targets many.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

Among B2B companies, the use of inside sales reps has exploded in popularity. In many cases, the desktop version of a software tool is much more robust in its features and ability to do things because of the greater processing power. For more on sales technology strategies: How to Use MailChimp for B2B Sales.

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DocSend

MARCH 10, 2019

In fact, we know that B2B buyers struggle to see clear differences when comparing similar products. A recent study from CEB and Google found that only 14 % of B2B buyers see any real difference between vendors and value that difference enough to pay for it. Prospect : Great, what did you want to tell me?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

The hypothesis above is based on the research and conclusions of four leading sales trainers who shared their findings at the 2015 PipelineDeals Accelerate Sales Conference and Sales Hacker Workshop with Microsoft in Seattle, WA. Retaining top talent, especially in markets that experience a talent deficit.

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Vengreso

JUNE 2, 2023

I have a bit of history with Dreamforce, and it started back in 2015 when I attended the event in person as a customer of Salesforce. It’s the largest software conference in the world and an unmissable experience for anyone in the Salesforce community. I couldn’t be more excited to be attending in person again this year.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 16, 2020

Harvard Business Review reported that the number of people involved in B2B purchasing decisions climbed from 5.4 people in 2015, to 6.8 Selling software is more complicated than ever before. In 2020, there are a number of big factors at play for sales reps that make team selling more attractive than ever before. people in 2017.

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DocSend

MARCH 10, 2019

In fact, we know that B2B buyers struggle to see clear differences when comparing similar products. A recent study from CEB and Google found that only 14 % of B2B buyers see any real difference between vendors and value that difference enough to pay for it. Prospect : Great, what did you want to tell me?

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

From SDR in 2015, to enterprise AE in 2020–and she’s gathered quite the following on LinkedIn. Prior to joining Mixpanel he helped build and scale Stripe’s sales organization and served as an adviser to B2B software companies at Bain & Company for over two years. Brooke Bachesta. SDR Manager at Outreach.io.

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LeadBoxer

OCTOBER 3, 2019

According to research, the average B2B buyer is already 67% of the way through the buying journey before having extended contact with a salesperson. Intent data shows the likelihood that a person or company is in the market to purchase a solution for a pain point. The same is true of B2B leads and target accounts.

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SBI

JUNE 3, 2015

I’ll tell you about one book I’m reading that I think everyone who has a role in Sales or Marketing would get value from. The book I’m reading is called the Frugalnomics Survival guide: How to Use Your Unique Value to Market Better, Stand Out and Sell more. Here’s why I think everyone in Sales and Marketing should read this book.

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Troops

AUGUST 7, 2018

Business Development : global outbound/BDR program spanning small businesses, mid-market, and enterprise customers. B2B, B2C, retail, services—you name it, Square has customers. For example, they spiff the BDRs on utilization of new systems and software. Vertical Sales: full sales-cycle BDRs and AEs. Square for Restaurants.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 10, 2015

One framing of the answer to this dilemma is – better technology, better marketing and better training. . The number of great apps and software systems has grown exponentially in the last several years. Better marketing. No salesperson can do this even with great technology unless they get help from marketing.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Ken: This is a guest blog with wonderful insights from a detailed study on Lead Follow Up Strategies by Accounting Software. On average, 80% of B2B sales calls end up in voicemail and over 90% of voicemails go unreturned according to numbers from the sales data verification service, RingLead. Enjoy…and STUDY this.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine growing with them on their journey to becoming a publicly-traded company with an $11+ billion market cap. According to Crunchbase data, 95,000+ companies have received funding (globally) from 2015-present, totaling $1.3+ Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. trillion worth of funding.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

To win in 2015 you're going to have to go so old school and new school at the same time, applying a dizzying array of multi-disciplinary principles that will give you an invincible edge. While the whole world is blasting out white noise, start to leverage 'attraction' marketing and pull your dream customers to you. Flip the script.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

Join DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Shuck and Justin Withers, VP of Product Management and Marketing, for a conversation about what drives high-growth companies. It showed the concrete steps that a sales leader or a marketing leader can put in place to accelerate growth in the years to come. It just doesn’t exist.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 14, 2019

SaaS sales, or “Software as a Service” sales, is the process of offering cloud-based services through a system monitored and updated by an external provider to customers. Positive feedback from customers can be considered a success by the sales and marketing team. SaaS Sales Techniques to Improve Your Revenue.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 4, 2018

Andreessen put it best: "Software is eating the world." It's unclear if ERP firms even understand ERP and it's 2015. With advanced stealth B2B technologies I'm aware of right now, essentially one person can do the work of an entire traditional inside sales team of 50 and the CEO can just fly in and seal the deal.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. All the same guiding principles apply to social selling so it's been my personal mandate as of late, to advance social selling into something elevated that I've dubbed Advanced Strategic B2B Social Selling. A one size fits all approach simply won't work.

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