No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

You’re the ultimate sales technology—and this is the ultimate sales conversations book. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. In fact, they didn’t even need to talk to prospects, because they had great tech tools.

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Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the digital age, the quality of work can be influenced by the tools used. So, if you want your sales team to be more productive and win more deals, you must equip them with the right tech stack. A LinkedIn study shows that almost one in every four salespeople uses sales technology every day. The sales goals (e.g.,

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Tools Analytics CRM Real Estate 52

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations.

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Velocify

JUNE 28, 2017

Did you know that high-growth companies are more likely to be familiar with the different types of sales technologies on the market? Of the sales technologies listed, here are the 13 least known according to participants (in order, starting from the least known). 1) Sales Gamification. 7) Sales/Content Enablement.

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Sales Technology Top of Funnel Hiring Software 53

Tenbound

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tenbound, GTM Research & Advisory, announced the winners of this year’s BEAST Awards for excellence in Sales Technology, at The Tenbound Sales Tech Conference 2023! It includes several categories within the Tenbound Sales Tech Market Map, with the highest number of unique votes winning in each category.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. Consider this: Despite the ever-growing treasure trove of new sales technology, sales is actually harder than it used to be.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

SBI

AUGUST 6, 2019

Transforming Sales: Why B2B Sellers & Marketers Need to Add Value to Each Buyer Interaction. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. NANCY: HOW SHOULD COMPANIES DECIDE WHICH APPROACHES TO SALES TRANSFORMATION ARE RIGHT FOR THEM?

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This is just one example of a sales technology interfering with the customer relationship. Technology is supposed to make it easier and more efficient to reach prospects and sell to customers. And the good news is, when the right technology is combined with the right strategy, processes, and skills, it certainly can.

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Top of Funnel Exercises Sales Technology Churn 118

Vendor Neutral

MAY 7, 2021

5 Impactful Sales Enablement Technology Solutions in 2021. Leveraging Trends for Greater Prospect Engagement. Sales enablement and content management solutions help you communicate and engage with prospects, and the value of leveraging content within these solutions has vastly increased.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Modern sales teams use a lot of tools to get peak results. We want to hear from other organizations as well, because no one company has the same sales operations and there is not a set of tools that works for everyone. Every week, we’ll explore how one company uses sales technology in five different categories.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 6, 2019

Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. Consider this: Despite the ever-growing treasure trove of new sales technology, sales is actually harder than it used to be.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 209

SalesLoft

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Most sales professionals know it’s important to listen more than they talk during meetings. Active listening is a sales tool, but the good news is that there’s technology to help! For many, there is far too much distraction to really hear what a prospect is saying. Conversation Intelligence.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It’s time to sharpen your sales tools. Every salesperson in their right mind wants to grab every possible tool to accelerate account based sales development, look smarter, shorten prospecting time, and score meetings with decision-makers. But some tools are sharper than others. It’s finally about to happen.

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Account Lead Rank Lead Scoring Referrals 245

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to automatically know which emails result in booked meetings with prospects? Therefore, basic open and response rates don’t tell us exactly what’s working in our prospecting strategies. . Double down on the content that’s landing with your buyers . Feeling motivated?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Sales Qualified Lead 52

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2018

Which do you trust more—the lead generation data manufactured by sales technology tools and artificial intelligence, or your intuition, which is generated by years of experience and your emotional intelligence? There actually was a time before the internet, before social media, before apps, and before sales technology tools.

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Lead Generation Data Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 249

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

B2B sales leaders are constantly looking for tools and technologies that offer insight into their team’s productivity—tools also known as Sales Force Automation (SFA). The problem is that SFA tools, particularly CRM, only facilitate measurement, rather than the sales process itself. Not so fast.

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B2B Scale Buyer Persona How To 147

The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2020

I completely agree that too many sales organizations operate on deadly assumptions that deny the essential human nature of their sales teams and their buyers. In Stop Killing Deals , George unmasks the limiting beliefs that plague sales organization and shows you how to achieve scalable world-class sales performance.

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Call-back ROI Sales Enablement Sales Coaching 279

Vengreso

APRIL 7, 2022

Imagine how much more targeted your outbound marketing or prospecting could be. . That’s the exact topic we dive into in this episode of the Modern Selling Podcast with my expert guest, who is leading the way in leveraging intent-based data to revolutionize the sales game.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 9, 2024

Salespeople who embrace this new technology and adapt to the evolving work methods will undoubtedly gain a significant advantage over their peers who are slower to adopt. However, it’s important to remember that, like with any new tool, there’s also the potential for it to be used improperly or inappropriately.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outbound CRM Data 62

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Why AI Is Poised to Transform Sales. The sales function is uniquely well-suited to be transformed by AI tools. One factor is the availability of data and the evolution of technologies that make it easier to harmonize information and deliver insight. Using AI and CRM can also cut costs by up to 60 percent.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With the sales enablement industry exploding, why is it that B2B and B2C companies still struggle to hit quota? Because despite all of the sales technologies, improved sales methodologies, advanced sales training – there still seems to be a disconnect between how modern sellers sell and how modern buyers buy.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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Vendor Neutral

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Discover what sales enablement strategies and processes support your reps at every stage and, ultimately, provide the most value to your prospects. Learn why your sales enablement strategy and collaboration with sales reps must be ongoing to drive sustainable, scalable growth!

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Sales Enablement Buyer Webinar Metrics How To 98

Showpad

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Sales Management Association research discovered that organizations considered “laggards” in adopting sales technology saw their sales goal achievement drop 12 percent from year to year. What is a Sales Enablement Tool? A sales enablement tool is the technology that makes sales enablement actionable.

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Sales Enablement Tools Top of Funnel Scale 40

Showpad

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Sales Management Association research discovered that organizations considered “laggards” in adopting sales technology saw their sales goal achievement drop 12 percent from year to year. What is a Sales Enablement Tool? A sales enablement tool is the technology that makes sales enablement actionable.

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Sales Enablement Tools Top of Funnel Scale 40

SBI

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Prior to 2020, sales development reps used about 6 tools on average. Many sales leaders now recommend up to 11 tools in the “essential” tech stack—some say you should have 30. Why so many tools? Because we need technology to support us before, during, and after the conversation.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Changes in sales technologies. for prospecting, lead generation, and more. The latest trends in lead generation and buyer reachability. Discussion with Mike Farrell. In this episode, we talk about: Trends in A.I. copywriting. Outbound communication and scalable A.I. Utilizing A.I. …And more!

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 28, 2020

With the sudden transition to digital selling, lengthened sales cycles and personnel changes such as layoffs and furloughs, not only has the flow of prospects in sellers’ pipelines trickled to a drip, but customers have also become harder to reach and deals have become more challenging to close. Buyers Want More Trustworthy Sellers.

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Trends LinkedIn Lead Rank Lead Scoring 85

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

He is perhaps best known for his work creating large-scale online communities such as the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn with over 97,000 followers across the world (at the time of this publication). Recently, DiscoverOrg sat down with Schulze to uncover the momentum sales technology has gained over the past 12 months.

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Scale B2B Trends Lead Rank 120

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 23, 2018

Social media is a place to begin conversations, which leads to building relationships, which can yield real-world sales. It is a place for networking, research, and engaging audiences, not for pitching prospects. One of the biggest mistakes I see social sellers do is rush to move the sale ahead. Source: Bambu ). Source: Bambu).

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Social Selling Social Media Referrals Lead Rank 218

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Customers showed us how it was critical to provide value to all selling phases, not just the prospecting phase. . Buyers expect more. . The explosion of sales technology and access to capital has made the fight for buyers’ attention incredibly difficult. And as it turns out, both buyers and sellers like it.

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Revenue Face-to-face Quota Channels 52

Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

Look at this article to see if your sales team’s performance is on par with peers. The Changing Landscape of Sales Skills Sellers are experiencing a pivotal shift in when, how, and why prospects need them. Customers now approach salespeople with substantial product knowledge, altering the sales cycle’s dynamics.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

Natalie Barrie , Head of Sales at Mention Me. Preparing sellers for a compressed sales cycle. We all know that with the lack of in-person meetings, buyers are able to meet with a lot more vendors than they used to. The buyer is a lot more skilled in doing their own research. That means sales cycles are shrinking.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank Scale 105

SBI

MARCH 30, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SalesLoft

JUNE 12, 2017

Technology tools have become a ubiquitous part of modern business. When a new strategy or project is assigned to a business manager, their first reflex is often to look for a tool to help them accomplish it. However, there are certain strategies that can’t be accomplished with the simple addition of a new tool.

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Sales Enablement Tools Distribution Face-to-face 52

SBI

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more.

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Sales Enablement Account Based Marketing Buyer Intent Buyer 79

Sales Hacker Training

MAY 27, 2019

Namely… What does the perfect sales stack look like? And is it possible to leverage technology for a better pipeline and bigger deals? To find the answer, we reached out to top sales companies to learn more about the tools they’re using. As a result, it makes it possible to humanize sales at scale.

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