Zoominfo

JUNE 30, 2019

So, in an effort to demystify the term, we recently took to our blog to discuss marketing creativity —what it is, what it isn’t, and how to achieve it. Snippets, from very short types of content as responses or to engender responses/debate, to ongoing audience-targeted posts, most exemplified by tweets, Facebook posts and blog articles.

Examples 208

Examples B2B Marketing Inbound 208

Showpad

DECEMBER 5, 2021

We already had Salesforce as our CRM, and then Showpad came along. When I asked a sales manager how this framework and the tools we implemented through Salesforce and Showpad have helped him, his response was unequivocal: “It’s hours per prospect you’re saving me.

Conversion 98

Conversion Top of Funnel Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile 98

SBI

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Cirrus Insight puts Salesforce inside your email, removing the hurdles to Salesforce adoption – namely that it’s inconvenient to use and takes too much time to log activities. Resources All Blog Article Case Studies Industry News Interview Podcasts Video Video Reviews. Prospect Engagement. Prospect Engagement.

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Video Case Study SalesForce Study 101

SBI

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Why Dreamforce Matters: Even if you don’t use Salesforce CRM. Salesforce, the company behind Dreamforce, bills the event as “The Cloud Computing Industry Event of the Year” and this is undeniably true. ” So what if you already use a CRM and it isn’t Salesforce? Improve Salesforce adoption.

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SalesForce CRM Marketo Small Business 122

Groove.co

DECEMBER 17, 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS Whatcha Thinkin’ ‘Bout Salesforce? Even if you’ve been a little slack about keeping up with industry news, it’s highly unlikely that you avoided hearing about Salesforce’s recent $27.7B If only we could bend the ear of Salesforce’s new CRO Garvin Patterson. acquisition. collaboration.” Congratulations.

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SalesForce Hiring Sales Operations Report 26

John Barrows

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Jake Dunlap joins us on the podcast this week to talk about where and why the prospecting/sales process is broken. All the emails are feeding to Salesforce. But now, there’s like 2 million blog posts produced every day. But what’s broken? Where are leadership teams making life harder for sales managers and reps?

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Sales Process Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Sales Methodology 119

Groove.co

JANUARY 5, 2021

Whether you’re creating a new Salesforce instance for your team, or refreshing an existing one, configuring the platform correctly is critical to creating a successful and repeatable sales process. A poorly configured Salesforce instance can create 10x more of a headache than it saves. How do you get there?

SalesForce 26

SalesForce Sales Process Top of Funnel Lead Rank 26

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts! In a recent blog post we shared the top 25 Must-Tweet Moments from the 2017 Growth Acceleration Summit. Check them out below! Continue reading.

Webinar Metrics 113

Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Yes, Twitter can be a powerful lead prospecting tool. Here’s how I use find leads on Twitter, connect with prospects and convert them into customers. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Step 1: Know Who Your Prospects Are. The first step to lead prospecting on Twitter is research.

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Twitter Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 52

SBI

AUGUST 4, 2019

Managers, you can finally quit complaining that salespeople don’t update Salesforce. Resources All Blog Article Case Studies eBook Interview Video Video Reviews Webinars. Prospect Engagement. Blog Article. Prospect Engagement. SmartCloud Connect brings Salesforce into your inbox or calendar. Video Reviews.

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Video SalesForce Case Study eBook 89

PandaDoc

JUNE 21, 2021

Like it or not, your business needs a lead generation strategy and a sales prospecting process. You’ll also know why you need a strong sales prospecting process and exactly how that will benefit your business. It’s not so much knowing about sales prospecting vs lead generation, as knowing how and when to prioritize one or the other.

Lead Generation 98

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to SalesForce , nurturing leads generates a 20% increase in sales opportunities and takes as little as 15 minutes per day. A whopping 44% of sales reps give up after one failed follow-up, according to SalesForce. Persistence is admirable, but not when a rep’s goals are out of sync with the prospect’s. Speed Wins.

Sales Qualified Lead 204

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 204

CloserIQ

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Here are 20+ of our favorite sales blogs from 2018. But with prospects receiving hundreds of emails per day, only the best emails make it through to a prospect and get a response. By Billy Martin I Source: Salesforce. Did we missed any of your favorite sales blogs? 1) Navigating a Career in Sales.

Hiring 79

Hiring Decision Maker InsideSales Face-to-face 79

Groove.co

DECEMBER 3, 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS Salesforce picks up the Slack $27.7 billion is a sum that even Elon Musk would likely hesitate before spending (maybe), but that’s exactly how much Salesforce shelled out for Slack. For the rest of us, why exactly did Salesforce pay such a high premium for a business collaboration platform? Congratulations.

SalesForce 26

SalesForce Journal Microsoft Cold Calling 26

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Most sales teams know that selling without a dedicated sales prospecting list rarely yields good results. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about building a prospecting list, starting with key definitions and a rundown of the benefits. What is sales prospecting? What is a prospect list?

Ideal Customer Profile 52

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 52

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Most sales teams know that selling without a dedicated sales prospecting list rarely yields good results. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about building a prospecting list, starting with key definitions and a rundown of the benefits. What is sales prospecting? What is a prospect list?

Ideal Customer Profile 52

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 52

Sales Hacker

JUNE 28, 2019

Twitter can be a very powerful nurturing tool for lead prospecting. And we thought there should be a fluff-free process you could implement to use Twitter to connect with prospects at a higher rate. Step 1: Discover Who Your Prospects Are. Step 2: Start Tweet-Talking to Your Prospects.

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Twitter Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 88

InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to write the best sales email template that converts. RELATED: Sales Email Secrets | Secrets Of Email Prospecting To Increase Open Rates. Close Your Sales Email By Showing Prospects the Next Step. Make sure you know why your prospect should be talking to you. Define Your Goal.

SalesForce 40

SalesForce Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Follow-up 40

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this growing sales landscape, we’ll outline the various processes and key strategies for prospecting -- the phase of selling that often consumes the most time and energy (and is the most crucial to get right). What Is Prospecting? What's the difference between leads and prospects? Sales Prospecting Techniques.

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Prospecting Tools Top of Funnel Lead Rank 145

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2018

SalesForce: Marketing Cloudcast SalesForce offers a suite of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools used to simplify, automate, and organize business contacts. In the B2B world, content typically takes the form of a blog post, eBook, whitepaper, or webinar. In fact, SalesForce is among the first.

Examples 130

Examples B2B Marketing Inbound 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If they’re 10/10 excited about your business, you can learn a lot from them to guide your ABM strategy – not only can they help you understand their perspective of your sales process, they can also provide you with actionable and repeatable insights for your current and future prospects. Plus, they’ll often give you an invaluable reference!

Account Based Marketing 218

Account Based Marketing Segment Ideal Customer Profile Account 218

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2023

How to do it: Map your prospects to your partners. She has implemented the use of AI from creating personalized ads based on the tech stack of the prospective customer to rewriting 100 blogs in 100 hours using Writer. Create rich, highly contextualized lead and account lists for your ABM efforts. Not one to miss!

Conference 98

Conference Demand Generation Targets Account Based Marketing Scale 98

Groove.co

JANUARY 7, 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS Salesforce asks motley crew of sales leaders for their top 2021 advice Metallica and Green Day have both graced rocked the Dreamforce stage in the past, so it wouldn’t be a leap to hear Salesforce announce an event with the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band™. And the CNN Business CEO of 2020 is. Cold calling.

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SalesForce Google Cold Calling Outbound 26

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, ZoomInfo discussed the emergence of video as an effective vehicle for B2B marketing communications. B2B Vlogging: As we discussed in a previous post, B2B blogging is an effective way to drive organic traffic to your website, engage potential buyers, and generate high-quality leads for your sales team.

Webinar Metrics 157

Webinar Metrics Video Strategy Marketing 157

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 30, 2018

Unless your prospect knows who you are and expects to hear from you, you might as well step into a freezer. Reps fool themselves into believing that they’re not sending cold emails or making cold calls because they’ve researched their prospects and sent emails with catchy subject lines about why buyers should talk to them.

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Referrals Cold Calling Social Media Lead Generation 258

Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

Stuck trying to engage a prospect? Partner data (or second-party data) provides additional intel on customers and prospects, and can also inform your product and feature roadmap. Partner data can tell you about your prospects’ tech stacks, so your team can identify opportunities for integration. Support on pipeline movement.

Lead Rank 93

Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 93

Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

From prospecting to nurturing, to closing a deal, Koka believes social can help reps to achieve their most vital sales goals. Like our other influencers, Mark brings years of sales experience to the table and has worked at organizations like BP and Salesforce.

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Influencer B2B Social Media Twitter 188

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

We found that the quality of leads had room for improvement: few of them converted into a viable MQL for our salesforce. On the positive side, expanding these events has resulted in a rich content library of product and industry videos and recordings which we can reuse in campaigns, on our blog and in our social outreach.

Webinar Metrics 177

Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cancellation 177

The Sales Hunter

JULY 2, 2012

Salesforce, ACT!, ” Sales Motivation Blog. Goldmine and every other CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system out there sucks! The reason is simple — far too many salespeople either blame their CRM system for being so complicated that it prevents them from doing what they need to be doing.

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System CRM GoldMine Prospecting 175

Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

Generative AI can help sales teams sell by gathering intelligence and creating outputs that save time and personalize prospect communications. 69% believe sales pros should use AI/automation for prospecting but avoid becoming overly reliant on them. Prospect outreach (16%). Here’s what we found. Research (16%). Sound familiar?

Lead Rank 110

Lead Rank Hubspot Microsoft Lead Scoring 110

Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I first began selling, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt about sales prospecting. Picking up the phone to call leads that didn’t know who I was, to pitch them on why they should hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for my product, was enough to make my stomach turn in my early days of sales prospecting.

Lead Rank 131

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Prospecting 131

Nutshell

AUGUST 27, 2018

There are hundreds of different sales tactics that you can use to find prospects, qualify leads, and make a sale. Prospecting. What is prospecting? What is prospecting? Prospecting is the process of finding and reaching out to potential customers for your business. Scour Yelp for potential prospects.

Sales Qualified Lead 126

Sales Qualified Lead Closing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 126

Crunchbase

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to research by Salesforce, 84% of business buyers are more likely to make a purchase from sales reps who truly understand their goals. Consultative selling focuses on creating value, building trust with a prospect and exploring their needs before offering a solution. What is consultative selling, and how does it work?

Consultative Selling 98

Consultative Selling Decision Maker Sales Enablement Education 98

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Even with the seemingly infinite amount of data spilling from your Salesforce instance, even with the growing number of available marketing enablement technologies, marketers are struggling to prove out their revenue impact. . Now, if you’re a Salesforce user (like us!) A prospect can access a campaign in a number of ways.

Marketing 94

Marketing Campaigns SalesForce ROI 94

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2020

Read more about the importance of following up (and other important referral sales topics) in this month’s No More Cold Calling blog posts: The Sales Fortune Is in the Follow-Up. LinkedIn, Twitter, Salesforce, Facebook … I could go on and on. It’s not just a way to show gratitude. The Ultimate Sales App—No Smartphone Required.

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Follow-up Referrals Up-Sell Cold Calling 344

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2020

I hate to break it to you, but prospects in your target accounts have the same reaction to your sales messages. In this article, we’ll explore how this reaction impacts your bottom-line results, and then I’ll dive into an alternative that you may not have considered — direct mail prospecting and gifting. And you’re not alone.

Direct Mail 77

Direct Mail Prospecting Face-to-face Channels 77

Hubspot Sales

MAY 19, 2018

Contrary to what most people believe, prospecting is not a numbers game. A common lazy salesperson’s practice is asking an employee at a prospective company to send you the contact information of the key decision-maker. If they engage with your competitor’s content: Have an eye on your competitors’ blog and social feed.

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Prospecting Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead Social Media 110