Nutshell

JULY 10, 2020

Real estate marketing online is the wild west. Real estate marketing is all about building your personal brand and creating an environment where your prospects feel comfortable reaching out to you, or “converting,” as they say in the biz. In the real estate marketing space, they’re the real deal. Be genuine. Make fun content.

Real Estate 126

Real Estate Top of Funnel Social Media Marketing 126

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. And technology can either help or hinder those connections.

Sales Qualified Lead 269

Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

SBI

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

By Nancy Nardin I first started curating and categorizing sales technologies in 2010. There wasn’t much of a market back then but that has changed drastically in the eleven years since. The 2021 salestech market map represents a complete and thorough re-audit. Your role should not be bound to technology categories.

Enterprise 180

Enterprise Enterprise Inbound Sales Enablement 180

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 6, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. Successful sales professionals understand that technology is a must-have business tool. And technology can either help or hinder those connections.

Sales Qualified Lead 209

Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 209

Showpad

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Technology Matt uses: Zoom, Cornerstone, Showpad. Meet Matt Ondrejko, Vice President of Global Marketing at Valmont Industries. In this interview, Matt shares his perspective on how to get a business to digital faster using methods and tools that reduce print and increase customer insights in a non-traditional sales environment. .

Lead Rank 98

Lead Rank Industry Lead Scoring Leads 98

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 29, 2018

Yet, it’s so easy to sit back and wait for leads from marketing or SDRs—or even worse, to spend hours sending connection requests on LinkedIn, thinking these are actually sales leads. Just because someone agrees to connect on social media does not make that person a qualified sales lead. It’s time to turn back the clock.

Lead Generation 199

Lead Generation Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 199

SBI

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A sales manager can’t physically be on every call, but they can review calls and offer guidance, as well as ensure reps are listening back to their own calls for self-coaching. From a high level, we record, transcribe, and analyze calls with customers. JIM: Chorus.ai JIM: COVID-19 has affected everyone.

Lead Rank 172

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Call-back Hiring 172

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 30, 2020

Plus, check out what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: Pick Up the Damn Phone and Have Sales Conversations. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up? How can I help you?)

Referrals 279

Referrals Cold Calling Lead Generation Webinar Metrics 279

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant.

How To 218

How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

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.

Lead Generation 249

Lead Generation Data Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 249

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The last time sales teams were offered real change in their tech offerings was back in the early 2000s, when cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) systems came into vogue. That technology permanently shifted the way sales teams operated. High-growth firms are much more likely (26.2 percent vs. 16.6

Face-to-face 130

Face-to-face Sales Automation Scale CRM 130

Allego

JUNE 10, 2020

Before March 2020, at least 70% of sales calls were virtual, according to Forbes. As the country begins to reopen, we’re still far from business as usual—especially for sales teams. In-person meetings, sales kickoffs, and training sessions simply aren’t happening. Record Calls for Coaching.

Hiring 108

Hiring Sales Methodology Call-back Video 108

No More Cold Calling

JULY 1, 2018

Here’s what you might have missed last month from No More Cold Calling. Every sales rep asks that question, and surveys of sales leaders confirm that getting leads in the pipeline is their top challenge. Reps have KPIs for cold calling, sending emails, and making connections on social media. No phone calls.

Cold Calling 180

Cold Calling Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 180

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 18, 2020

Artificial intelligence resources are evolving from novelty to necessity in sales, and the massive investment companies are putting into these kinds of tools is a testament to that. Market research firm IDC found that businesses collectively invested an estimated $2.7 But what does that "something" look like?

Sales Process 106

Sales Process Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Scale 106

SalesLoft

JULY 11, 2023

Sellers face a daily battle to close every opportunity and renewal, and prospects regularly don’t show up to meetings, or worse — back out of committed deals. With so much on the line, you can’t afford to waste precious time and money juggling dozens of single-purpose sales tools. billion on technology for their revenue teams !

Sales Tools 52

Sales Tools Tools Face-to-face Sales Technology 52

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Holger Schulze is an experienced B2B tech marketer and advisor for SaaS, marketing / sales automation and cybersecurity vendors. Recently, DiscoverOrg sat down with Schulze to uncover the momentum sales technology has gained over the past 12 months. Is it evolving like the marketing technology stacks have?

Scale 120

Scale B2B Trends Lead Rank 120

SBI

JUNE 2, 2020

In business, snags cause deals to be lost at the last minute, cold-calls to not convert into meetings, forecasted deals to get pushed. Imagine your marketing team is delivering a steady flow of leads to the sales organization. Sellers are calling 90% of them, however, they aren’t converting enough calls to meetings.

CRM 122

CRM Data Revenue Ideal Customer Profile 122

Mindtickle

APRIL 21, 2022

Sales and marketing? Tony : And I think to optimize outcomes and meet or exceed sales targets, sales and marketing teams need to be in constant communication and strongly aligned on their end goals. Tony : Today’s guest has an intimate awareness of the need for alignment between sales and marketing teams.

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Hiring 52

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 4, 2019

Then they wonder why their teams can’t close , or why reps spend all day cold calling and rarely ever get a bite. You know who doesn’t have to cold call or struggle to close deals? Closing them doesn’t just require sales acumen; it requires blind luck. Internal referrals from other divisions call on the same buyer.

Sales Qualified Lead 301

Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Referrals 301

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Whether account based sales reps are asking for referrals or persuading prospects to become clients, face time is crucial. At the very least, salespeople should pick up the damn phone or jump on a video call. Get Back to Basics. The key is to be talking, not typing. Has selling really changed in the last decade? Well, sure.

Account 228

Account Face-to-face Decision Maker Social Media 228

Chorus.ai

JUNE 24, 2021

Tonya calls out three specific differentiators that sets Chorus apart from the pack: 1. Chorus puts the “R” back into the CRM: relationships. By reviewing call notes and listening to the key points of prior discussions, frontline managers and account reps enjoy more clarity around their customer’s needs. Watch the Video.

Conversion 62

Conversion Enterprise Enterprise eBook 62

SBI

AUGUST 14, 2018

These days, Nardin’s love for salespeople translates to helping their organizations identify and implement the right sales technologies to support their work. Nardin says her passion for sales technology started in the 80s, when she worked as a salesperson for the world’s first laptop computer. Here’s that interview.

Top of Funnel 95

Top of Funnel Vendor How To Sales Technology 95

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.

Top of Funnel 116

Top of Funnel Quota Trends B2C 116

SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You’ve probably heard that automation helps both marketing and sales teams do their jobs—but that doesn’t mean they’re interchangeable. Does marketing automation serve a different purpose than sales automation? This increases prospect engagement and lead qualification prior to handing them off to sales.

Sales Automation 26

Sales Automation Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 26

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 29, 2020

I’m not looking forward to stepping out of my sales comfort zone this year, but I must. For me, it’s learning new technology. I love technology when it works, but I also find it frustrating. I’d much rather talk than text and have a video call than a phone call. What sales comfort zone is holding you back?

Referrals 156

Referrals Gatekeeper Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 156

SBI

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She spent thirty years in sales and marketing. She started her career in sales prospecting technology space and has a lot of background as an analyst. Where are we in the big journey we call Sales Enablement technology? Those are typically Sales Enablement types of solutions.

Sales Enablement 139

Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Vendor Ideal Customer Profile 139

SalesLoft

JULY 10, 2023

If you’re being asked to do more with less, you need sales technology that will help you get the most out of your entire revenue motion. Each list below bullets out the features that sales leaders want to check off as they evaluate their sales tech. Simplifies mass marketing upsell and cross-sell efforts.

Revenue 40

Revenue Hiring Intent Data Forecasting 40

Velocify

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

One of the biggest struggles today’s lenders have is shifting from a refi market to a purchase market. Fortunately, using email marketing can be an effective tool to sustain continuous awareness in both borrowers and referral partners. With all automated email marketing, remember to personalize the subject line.

Email Marketing 53

Email Marketing Marketing Real Estate Campaigns 53

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

There's always something you could be doing better — some hitch or hiccup in your sales or marketing efforts that could use some smoothing over. Your organization's revenue performance sheds light on the effectiveness of your sales strategy, your marketing strategy, and the interplay between the two.

Revenue 96

Revenue Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Banking 96

Chorus.ai

JULY 23, 2021

Together with ZoomInfo, we’re incredibly excited to bring you a truly modern go-to-market platform that brings together Chorus’ leading Conversation Intelligence with ZoomInfo’s best-in-class go-to-market intelligence, workflows, and activation capabilities in one end-to-end solution. ZoomInfo acquired Chorus ! The problem?

Data 62

Data Infusion Call-back Intent Data 62

Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2019

So instead of specific event highlights, I want to share with you some common themes I heard about the state of sales tech after having (literally) hundreds of different conversations with the industry leaders in the sales technology space. Why is this a good thing for sales? The Market Will Demand Strong Eco-systems.

Intent Data 68

Intent Data Sales Technology Conference Scale 68

Salesmate

JANUARY 24, 2021

Businesses have taken their tents and found a new place called the internet. Just like every important element of our lives, technology has changed the face of sales. Both – Businesses and customers have grown comfortable with sales inside an office. Best inside sales tools. What is inside sales?

Inside Sales 111

Inside Sales Tools Strategy Face-to-face 111

SBI

MARCH 18, 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. .

Hiring 164

Hiring Face-to-face Video Distribution 164

Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2022

Sales is cross-disciplinary. Sales doesn’t exist in a silo (or, at least, it shouldn’t). There are important relationships that exist between sales, marketing, and finance professionals. Those relationships are even more interdependent as companies gain transparency into buying and selling activities through technology.

Banking 83

Banking Face-to-face Revenue Territories 83

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations. What Is B2B Sales Prospecting? B2B sales prospecting is the act of looking for potential buyers, customers, or clients to convert into new business.

B2B 100

B2B Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Prospecting 100

Mindtickle

JUNE 28, 2021

The problem is that for too long, sales managers have relied on a one-size-fits-all coaching playbook and hoped for the best. But with sellers entering more competitive markets, it’s time to hit reset. Not only should sales coaching be personalized to each rep, but it should also be backed by data. .

Coaching 95

Coaching Data Sales Coaching Conversion 95

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Today, we are proud that our platform is the most complete Sales Engagement solution in the market and helps thousands of the world’s most successful sellers and sales teams close more revenue. . The explosion of sales technology and access to capital has made the fight for buyers’ attention incredibly difficult.

Revenue 52

Revenue Face-to-face Quota Channels 52