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Is Your Lead Generation Data Leading You Astray?

No More Cold Calling

You can do what the data tells you, or you can do what works. Which do you trust moreā€”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? That was our data. They mailed it.)

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6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year [New Data]

Hubspot Sales

LinkedIn as ruler of the prospect research process. LinkedIn has been dethroned as the most effective platform for prospect research. LinkedIn had this title last year. Learning from trends and what others do is extremely important, but Facebook overtaking LinkedIn for some salespeople doesnā€™t mean you have to jump ship.

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What is Inside Sales? A Complete Overview

Mindtickle

By 2025 0 % of B2B sales interactions will happen via digital channels When it comes to inside sales, you may have questions like: What is inside sales? How is it different from outside sales? What is inside sales? Thereā€™s no doubt youā€™ve heard the term ā€œinside sales.ā€ What do these teams do?

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How to Build a Sales and Marketing Database from Scratch

Zoominfo

If youā€™ve been given the task of setting up your companyā€™s sales and marketing database, youā€™re probably not overly excited ā€¦ especially if itā€™s something youā€™ve got to build from scratch. How do you verify the accuracy of the data? But setting up a sales and marketing database from scratch is not as difficult as you may think.

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8 Data-Backed Ways to Boost Performance in a Sales Development Team

Hubspot Sales

of sales development representatives reported using social media for prospecting in their daily routine, but it only represented 8% of daily activities. SDRs viewed LinkedIn as a research tool more than anything else (64%). census data from 2017 shows the estimated number of professional salespeople in the U.S. appointments.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Level Up Sales at Your Company with Expert Steve Benson (S2:E12)

Alice Heiman

Steve shares his thoughts on how the CEO can get data and what to do with the feedback you receive. Steve offers advice on how he trains and develops his sales team, as well as makes ideas on how to make changes when needed. LinkedIn: [link]. LinkedIn: [link]. Show Links. Watch Steve’s Other Episode: [link].

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Building a Customer-Focused Sales Strategy with Erik Frank (S1:E14)

Alice Heiman

Highlights of this Episode: [3:10] Bringing sales experience into the role of CEO. [8:35] 11:25] Why train your customer service team in sales. [15:18] 15:18] Using customer surveys to gather data. [17:31] 17:31] The importance of sales leadership. [21:00] LinkedIn: [link]. LinkedIn: [link]. Show Links.

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