Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

Establish Brand Awareness A foundational component of B2B lead generation goes back to one simple idea: getting your brand in front of the right people so potential leads who are interested in your offerings will make contact, and you can begin to nurture them.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 23, 2019

We asked Jake Shaffren, DiscoverOrg’s Director of Sales, and Nina Wooten, our Director of Demand Generation, about their favorite tips for generating sales leads at trade shows and events. Nina Wooten, Director of Demand Generation. To generate leads at trade shows, you have to start strategizing in advance.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

A few weeks back, I was working with the folks at NetProspex to come up with a way to help clients improve their sales success. We wanted to avoid the predictable trappings of yet another webinar, while providing our audience with relevant ideas and practices to improve their prospecting and sales. Cold calling. Book Notice.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. Owned media generates first-party customer data.

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Highspot

AUGUST 27, 2020

Now is the perfect time to take a step back from the daily grind and ask yourself, “What’s next?” Developing a new strategy with data-backed decisions is a tried and true first step toward launching a winning content campaign. You’ll be able to quickly identify peaks and valleys in consumption. Mix and Match.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Lead generation can be a mix of inbound or outbound techniques aimed at attracting potential customers to your product or service. Most B2B companies use some combination of sales development , demand generation, SEO , conversion rateoptimization, affiliate marketing and eCommerce to maximize their lead gen efforts.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 15, 2018

I snapped back into supporting-husband mode: “Okay. I think about this idea of “training” a lot when I talk to VPs of Sales and VPs of Marketing who tell me that they are just going to rely on their Rolodexes and their CEOs network because “cold calling is dead,” and people don’t answer their phones anymore. I was pathetic. she said.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

As with many things in sales, it is not always about what you do, but why you do things, what your objective should be and how to properly execute to create the right balance and get a good number of calls back. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

However, is it a blank slate, has the clock rolled back to the start, allowing you to start things a new, or did we just cross a marker in a continuing trek forward? Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

It allows you to make contact notes, set reminders to follow up, and track phone calls and meetings. Everything can sync back to your calendar and/or email to help keep you organized. Because Soonr operates in the cloud, any changes made from your mobile device are automatically saved and synced back to your desktop. Voice mail.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

We have all seen this game being played, and as with casino roulette, few win big, but they do regularly win enough to keep them coming back again and again. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Communication.

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SBI

APRIL 17, 2013

Most interesting stat : 92% of prospects NEVER respond to a cold call or email. On a relevant side-note, be sure to attend the upcoming webinar I’m moderating on April 24th “Be More Interesting: Get More Sales.” Umberto Milletti , CEO of InsideView spoke of better lead conversion through ‘enrichment.’

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

From layoffs at Redfin and Tesla to the plummeting crypto markets , companies are starting to tighten their belts — and the economy has shifted from the so-called “Great Resignation,” with a job market heavily favoring employees, to the “ Forced Resignation.”. Have their back (and tell them you do). And it’s about to get tougher.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

This is about firing up your team to burst out of the conference room and back on the phones or into the field. Play to that and send your troops back out to victory. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. but we know sales is an emotional job. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

A few weeks back I gave you permission to go ahead and sell on price , so long as specific conditions were met and adhered to. You cover everything and gain agreement on key elements, leaving the price for last, you present the numbers, with confidence, and the buyer pushes back, now what? Cold calling. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I recently called them to complain about consistent outages and slow service, something others in my area have also complained about. Throughout the call their rep kept apologising, I don’t know why, being sorry won’t resolve the issue, and I doubt that she personally came to my house and disconnected or throttled the service.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Of course there are times when the buyer doesn’t agree; you can test, back track, reposition things, or do any number of things that can help you reposition, retest your next step, or even your Plan B. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

However, when you step back, not having an answer on the tip of your tongue, is not the worst prospect for a sales rep. Buyers have greater respect for a rep that will them they need to look into it and get back, than one with all the answers, including the wrong one. Cold calling. Demand Generation. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Communication , Guest Post , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Technique , Voice mail , execution. I’ve been working with several sales teams making a whole lot of phone calls, and am getting an earful about reaching a prospect’s voicemail. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The rest was easy, I just watched who was hanging around the rest of the week, and who was “out there” Sure enough, the reps who were at the top of the leader board were usually out during the day, and when they were in, they were doing things, looking like they were in a hurry to get back “out there” again.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

2) The test environment was so different to their production environment half of all application go lives were backed out of after application issues when they moved into production. I wrote back, “On your very last example, you suggested questions that you could have asked – good job. Cold calling. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Is Cold Calling Dead? Stored in Cold calling , Planning , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Success , Video , execution. I keep hearing cold calling is dead, yet I see people winning a lot of clients through cold calling, and without a lot of other sales people getting in the way.

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The Pipeline

JULY 15, 2011

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.”. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Proactive , Sell Better , Selling to Executives , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Robert Terson.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

I’m going to debunk the myth that sheer activity is the ONLY thing that matters along with two other myths that hold you back from getting more clients. 3 Sales Lead Generation Myths That Will Hold You Back From Closing More Sales. The water backs up and nothing moves through. Calling these “leads” borders on insulting.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 5, 2012

The opposite is also true when the pattern unfolding is that of a sale you are not likely to win, then you need adjust, even deviate from the process to ensure that you can get things back on track. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

I remember meeting with a sales VP a few years back, nice guy, I still do some work for him. John: No no, my people have to go out find leads and prospect, in fact, I wish they would do more; but they work trade shows, networking, cold calls. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call – Sales eXchange – 104. Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , execution. 1. Know whom you are calling! First, just by asking for the right person by name, shows that you have invested a minimal amount time and effort in advance of the call.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Tibor called me a week later and asked if I believe the role of the salesperson is diminished. Don’t hold it back, give it away. There are simple steps you can take, such as having salespeople keep their LinkedIn profiles up-to-date (think the buyer doesn’t check it as they are talking to you or before you come if for a call?

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OutboundView

JULY 14, 2019

They become familiar with your product/services and act as though they were part of your organization, whether they’re making calls, receiving calls, or sending emails. Appointment setting is a small piece of what they do, they call out data purchasing, demand generation, lead nurturing, and event marketing.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Think back to the first go around of the internet, yes some jumped on early, but most small to medium businesses lagged. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now. Again, this is not to say that there is no value there, it is just not at the mass level some want it to be.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

There are a dozen sales tasks we put off because they are scary – calling back decision-makers or prospecting for the right point-of-contact at our optimal contact. And that’s holding us back and making us losers. Now how but sharing a strategy for overcoming the fear of cold calling, prospecting, etc.? Cold calling.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

However, in reality, once they are back at the “front-line”, the day to day pressures of hitting quota, etc. Secondly, most – not all – but a very high percentage of courses on offer today deliver what I term “generalized” skills development. Cold calling. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

You’ve got to be able to satisfy his need to be in control – yet be able to quickly and politely take him back to check his assumptions and thinking. And in my experience ask those questions to find out if you are just a salesperson, and how well will you respond with answers – ie call in your support group.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The key challenge continues to be sifting through the initial volume of resumes, which puts the focus back on HR, who like good sales people, need to look past their biases and focus on the need of their customer, the sales manager. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Cold Calling Now.

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The Pipeline

MAY 16, 2011

I’ve found that by executing a well designed plan in conjunction with CRM my prospecting becomes more efficient as my cold calls keep getting warmer. Finally I reach a point where one in three calls will result in a solid first in appointment. Cold calling. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

.” Sarah, a sales representative who worked for me, plopped down in my office to relate a frustrating phone call she had just concluded with one of our customers, Darren. The experience had left her drained, and she needed to update me, in case Darren decided to take the conversation up a notch and call me. Cold calling.

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