Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2022

The quality of your company’s data and the way it’s routed have a direct effect on your bottom line. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for sales teams to be hamstrung by incomplete routing systems and low-quality data. And it all starts with clean data. What are the Impacts of Incomplete or Inconsistent Data?

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2022

Your go-to-market actions are only as good as the data they run on. You can hire the best sales and marketing talent and outfit them with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools , but without high-quality data, their efforts will fall short of your targets. What is poor data quality? Poor quality data is inaccurate data.

Data 130

Data Outsourcing Services Churn Buyer Persona 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

To you, we say, dry your eyes: This Valentine’s day, DiscoverOrg’s data relationship advice expert is here to solve your stickiest data dilemmas. Get ready to fall in love with your data all over again. I suspect my data is bad. When the data is good, things are great. Signed, Data Dependent. What do I do?

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Data Sales Qualified Lead Study ROI 181

Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2019

There’s no way around it, companies that have access to data and the means to analyze said data are often among the most successful. In fact, according to research, companies that have embraced a data-driven culture are three times more likely to be substantially ahead of their competitors financially ( source ).

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Data Strategy Survey Retail 188

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2022

Here’s how you can work smarter by working with the right data to improve your cold calling. The problem with the data in your CRM or a purchased contact list is that it’s constantly decaying. The problem with the data in your CRM or a purchased contact list is that it’s constantly decaying. What’s the impact of bad data?

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Cold Calling Ideal Customer Profile Data Forecasting 100

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We believe the key is the right data and the tools that can drive insights at each stage of the prospect’s journey. This goes for everything from tactical approaches to business development research to the underlying characteristics that make said prospects qualified enough to engage in the first place.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Data Sales Qualified Lead 130

Partners in Excellence

MAY 11, 2023

We are blessed with enormous amounts of data on virtually everything. Data on our customers, their markets, their industries and competitors. Data on their engagement with us, content they consume, interactions virtually or with our people. Data on their experience in using our products and solutions.

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Data Sales Cycle Quota Proposal 62

Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

That initial curiosity in your content offering — eBooks, whitepapers, case studies — might grow into an interest in your solution. Keep in mind that potential prospects may already be interested in your competitors — and your current customers could jump ship. What Makes a Good Landing Page? They both need this engagement!

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Marketing Prospecting Top of Funnel Segment 246

Lead411

MARCH 28, 2024

What is Buyer Intent Data and how can I use it? Understanding the Buyer Intent Data: Buyer intent data is information gathered from many sources that indicates a potential buyer’s interest or willingness to make a purchase. Understanding your target audience will allow you to better comprehend buyer intent data.

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Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Buyer 52

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Most of the time, you don’t actually have to spend much time sorting out your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) , because it already exists within your own customer data. Sound familiar?

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Account Based Marketing Segment Ideal Customer Profile Account 218

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 31, 2019

This is most important when your sales team hears “news” about a target account – and that news seems to indicates that your prospect is about to make a purchase. A: You look uninformed, and B: You just lost the opportunity (and probably future opportunities at the account.). If true, this news is invaluable!

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Data Hiring Vendor Face-to-face 133

Sales 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2023

AI will help with non-selling tasks A recent study from Salesforce which interviewed about 8,000 salespeople found that 72% of sales reps’ time is spent on non-selling activities. There’s an opportunity to align different buyers with different sales processes and make sure the process is tailored to the way that buyer buys.

Scale 195

Scale Study CRM Up-Sell 195

Close.io

JANUARY 21, 2020

A study by Harvard Business Review found that 56% of prospects complain about poor follow-ups. And 48% of those prospects will tell at least 10 people about their poor follow-up experience. There will be times when you talk to a prospect on your first attempt. It’s an email where you say goodbye to the prospect.

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Follow-up Prospecting Data Lead Rank 107

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2012

Are your sales resources properly aligned with growth opportunity ? Have you conducted growth opportunity analyses in your market? Find out if your sales resources are aligned with growth opportunity by using the Sales Growth Pin Pointer. The objective for each was to identify growth opportunity and align resources accordingly.

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Opportunity Strategy Banking Territories 316

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Social Selling is a modern prospecting methodology that fills the funnel with opportunities. Imagine getting in a prospect at the decision making level. Our case study is about a Sales VP Steve McKenzie. Steve now uses LinkedIn for modern prospecting. Steve mines his data. The Social Selling Process.

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Case Study Social Selling Study Decision Maker 319

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As James Mensforth , Sales Director UKI at Aircall , told me, "As a sales leader, I use AI to get a better sense of how my team is performing, how we can improve our metrics, and even how to freshen up our sales scripts and prospect communications. Publish case studies on a blog. Build a nice-looking website.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Data Social Media 95

InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Salespeople instinctively believe there must be an optimal time to reach out and contact prospects. However, the data to support these practices have rarely been systematically observed and rigorously analyzed outside our original Lead Response Study (citation). What Does the Data Say About When To Prospect?

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Research Prospecting Outbound Construction 98

Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

Once AI is implemented, she says, “The question then becomes, ‘do sales organizations that use technologies like this shift their time to higher value activities, like training, researching prospects and strategy, so that when they do get face-to-face time to sell, they show up prepared and better trained?’”

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Face-to-face CRM Forecasting Buyer 312

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. Some of the top include: Lead Generation and Qualification Prospect identification Lead qualification Effective BDRs excel at identifying potential leads within target markets or industries.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

My data science team decided to put this thinking to the test. This is the first in a series of data science-oriented posts from the data science team at Outreach. They spend their time digging through complex data sets to help sales professionals perform at a higher level. Your Window of Opportunity.

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Buyer Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring 103

SBI

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s Ironic: It Takes Data to Be Personal. It’s ironic that to deliver such a personalized experience, sellers and marketers need data — a lot of data. It’s ironic that to deliver such a personalized experience, sellers and marketers need data — a lot of data. What type of data are we talking about?

Ideal Customer Profile 96

Ideal Customer Profile Data InsideView Intent Data 96

Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2023

Based on this data, we can expect consumers to pull back on discretionary spending, such as travel, luxury items, and eating out. From these conversations, you may even find opportunities to upsell or cross-sell. 33% of sales reps say they average 2-4 interactions with prospects in the sales process. Change up your pitch.

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Consumer Trends Strategy Data 103

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Research from XANT looked at the optimal “cadence” for prospecting based on the masses of data available to them through companies’ usage of their software. Their study looked at 479,140 outbound cadences from nearly 9,000 companies. If you go too far, you may be burning your own time on opportunities that do not warrant it.

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Direct Mail Outbound Referrals Social Selling 370

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Data normalization. But if lead generation, reporting, and measuring ROI are important to your marketing team, then data normalization matters. In this blog post, we’ll review why data normalization is so critical to marketing strategies and goals. But first, let’s define what data normalization is.

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 113

Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

What you’ll get at ELG Con: Case studies from companies like Data, Cloudera, and more. Data from Crossbeam shows that ELG is the third-most cost-effective strategy behind customer referrals and inbound sales. Stuck trying to engage a prospect? Access to more data. Early-bird tickets expire next week.

Lead Rank 93

Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 93

PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. In this article, we share how leads, prospects, and customers form the backbone of an effective sales process, enabling sales teams to tackle fatigue and sometimes mundane work.

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

Crunchbase

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Discover companies that will lead to real opportunities. No matter where you are with account mapping, Crunchbase Pro can help you discover more opportunities and build your prospect pipeline. Qualify prospects by understanding their true buying potential and stop wasting time on deals that will never close.

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Hiring SalesForce 98

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 25, 2018

Case studies and testimonials are useful to have on hand. They help you earn a prospect’s trust, show them what life would be like as your customer, and validate that your product or service works. To build this library, you'll need case study interview questions that will surface valuable details and insights.

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Case Study Study Referrals Decision Maker 135

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 14, 2021

In fact, in the RAIN Group Center for Sales Research’s study, Top Performance in Sales Prospecting , we found significant differences in how top performers generate conversations and the quality of those conversations compared to everyone else. Bring more opportunities to proposal. The data bears this out.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Proposal 130

Lead411

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

However, with the right strategies and mindset, you can turn objections into opportunities and improve your success rate in cold calling. Understanding Cold Call Objections: Before diving into strategies for overcoming objections, it’s crucial to understand why prospects raise objections in the first place.

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Cold Calling Objections Case Study Call-back 97

Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 25, 2021

And volume was not the problem; we were reaching out to prospects left and right. Our system had over 5,000 different messages going out to prospects. We needed a way to simplify how our sales team reached out to prospects—and we found it with Sequences and Snippets. links to relevant case studies) to save even more SDR time.

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Sales Qualified Lead Opportunity Buyer Persona Call-back 116

Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2019

In an ideal world, 100% of your data ends up in Salesforce (or your CRM of choice). According to a recent Salesforce study , poor data hygiene costs the average business nearly 30% of its revenue, amounting to a total economic loss of a whopping $700 billion a year. RELATED: The Real Cost of Dirty CRM Data.

Data 68

Data Closing Prospecting Incentives 68

Crunchbase

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Sales make the business world go ’round, but data is the gravity that holds everything together to be cohesive and coherent. Data teaches us the most important lessons: what went right or wrong, what can be improved, and what path forward we should take. Why is a data-first approach so important? Data As A Sales Tool.

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Data Churn Hiring Forecasting 122

SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

As 6sense data indicates , BDRs are also multithreading. The company’s analysts define this practice as follows. “… Contact multiple individuals inside a prospect account before concluding that there is no opportunity present.” Before they make contact with prospects, they should address their online visibility.

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Maximizer Face-to-face Social Media Hiring 116

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 29, 2021

According to a study by the Kauffman Foundation , 60% of aspiring entrepreneurs cited finding mentors who can provide guidance as a challenge. General networking events, industry-specific expos, and social media platforms all provide opportunities to connect with like-minded, more experienced businesspeople. Finding Customers.

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Face-to-face Data Guarantee Banking 126

Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

That initial curiosity in your content offering — eBooks, whitepapers, case studies — might grow into an interest in your solution. Keep in mind that potential prospects may already be interested in your competitors — and your current customers could jump ship. What Makes a Good Landing Page? They both need this engagement!

Marketing 130

Marketing Prospecting Top of Funnel Segment 130

Appbuddy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As Valentine’s Day approaches, make time to appreciate one of the less-celebrated relationships in your life: the relationship with your data. . Everyone claims to be “data-driven.” But it’s the quality of the data driving these decisions that determines if you’re driving in the right direction—or off a cliff. .

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Data CRM Decision Maker Forecasting 52