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Cold Email, Warm Leads: Where Does Good Data Come From?

DiscoverOrg Sales

We’ve seen lists with a 40% bounce rate ( yes, really ), and many others around 15% … but few people in sales and marketing rely on lists alone. Our squeaky-clean data is in a league of its own, but we wanted to see how it stacked up in real life, which can be hard to quantify. The overall data includes data from DiscoverOrg.

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The Scariest Thing is What You Don’t See: Your Garbage Sales & Marketing Data is Killing You

DiscoverOrg Sales

It’s marketing versus sales competency. It’s your data. When I founded DiscoverOrg in 2007, delivering quality sales and marketing data was the backbone of what we wanted to build. Let me show you some examples from data vendors we’ve bought data from in the last 12 months. It’s the campaign.

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BEYOND IT: The Breadth of DiscoverOrg’s Sales & Marketing Intelligence

DiscoverOrg Sales

Back when DiscoverOrg was founded in 2007, our goal was to provide sales and marketing professionals with accurate intelligence on IT decision-makers. However, another one is that in 2007 IT spending was hotter than it’s ever been. However, another one is that in 2007 IT spending was hotter than it’s ever been.

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21 Important B2B Cold Calling Statistics

Zoominfo

In 2007 it took an average of 3.68 The Problem with your Data. Low-quality data can impact every aspect of a business—particularly sales and marketing. If your team’s performance is lagging and your sales database is a mess, it’s time to conduct an audit of your data. Inaccurate B2B contact data wastes 27.3%

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The Promotion Gap for Women in 2020: Yes, It Still Exists.

Zoominfo

This data was pulled in January 2020. Although some companies do well elevating women to leadership positions —particularly in certain industries or at businesses of a certain size—new data from ZoomInfo suggest that the rate at which females are promoted to management and executive levels still pales in comparison to their male counterparts.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Target market challenges.

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21 Important B2B Cold Calling Statistics

Zoominfo

of the time ( source ) Less than 2% of cold calls actually result in a meeting ( source ) Less than 1% of cold calls lead to a sale ( source ) In 2007 it took an average of 3.68 The Problem with your Data Low-quality data can impact every aspect of a business—particularly sales and marketing. Bad data costs U.S.