Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 22, 2018

Author: Jeff Weil Data makes today’s world go round; there’s not much that can’t be distilled into a data point, and there’s not much about a company’s customers and prospects that doesn’t make its way into a CRM system for tracking and more intelligent decision-making. Data is no stranger to the RFP and proposal process.

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Data Proposal Case Study Survey 189

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Working in the data space as the first employee of ZoomInfo, then known as DiscoverOrg, I have seen the good, bad and ugly of harnessing the power of big data. Let’s examine 3 data-centered predictions from the perspective of a prospective buyer , aspiring vendor, and B2B, at-large. ai”, and even has “AI” in their name.

Data 179

Data B2B Industry Engineering 179

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

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. The upshot is that they recommend having eight (8) “touches” in your outbound cadence.

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Direct Mail Outbound Referrals Social Selling 370

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 111

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 30, 2023

85% claim their prospecting efforts have become more effective with AI. AI recognizes facial impressions and drives emotion-based decisions The market size for facial recognition software was valued at USD 4.35 AI makes customer data more vulnerable. But how does refusing AI impact business results?

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Lead Rank Data Top of Funnel Cost per Lead 84

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Author: Jeffrey Weil, General Manager, Upland Qvidian The value of data to proposal and sales teams isn’t a secret – but many of them aren’t using the data provided by proposal automation software to its fullest extent. companies, 62 percent of respondents use data insights to track the time it took to create proposals and RFPs.

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Analytics Data Proposal Survey 209

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

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2023

The software buyer's journey has shifted dramatically over the past few years. As G2's Director of SMBs, Mike Buscemi , puts it: "Software buyers today act like B2C consumers because they have so many options. There are hundreds of thousands of software vendors out there, and over 115,000 on G2. Let's dive in.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Data Buyer Intent 104

Pipeline

JULY 20, 2023

Manual data entry is often seen as a tedious task. It’s rather mundane, but if you aren’t careful, you may insert the wrong information or miss a few data fields. This can negatively impact your sales activity and the quality of your CRM data. The data quality in your CRM software can make or break your sales activities.

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CRM Data Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 52

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

The best way here is to opt for reliable logistics CRM software with lead management features. Evaluation of client needs: constantly assess customer data to stay on top of changing customer needs. Assess customer data and market trends to lay down the attributes of your ideal customer.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Improving your sales numbers requires a healthy helping of cold hard data—the kind of data that only sales tracking software can provide. Keep reading to learn what sales tracking software is, what a proper sales tracker tool looks like, and the eight best sales tracking software options available to you in 2020.

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Software Software Tools Top of Funnel 71

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.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This article is part of the Gong Labs series, where I publish findings from our data research team. Two months ago, I bought some software. There are clear benefits to the winning software. Here’s a quick explanation of how we get our data. Follow me to read upcoming research. And the answer will change how you sell.

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Video Data Face-to-face Call-back 152

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Investing in buyer intent data is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself — now, more than ever. As we move into 2021, buyer intent data will help you gain ground on competitors and connect with prospects. Across the table (or buffering screen on Zoom), sellers are embracing digital sales and prospecting.

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Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel 98

InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn how to use predictive analytics and big data to improve your team’s inside sales skills. Combining Data with Predictive Analytics. Combining Data with Predictive Analytics. Enhance Your Team’s Sales Skills Using Inside Sales Data | Inside Sales Best Practices. Selling Is a Competitive Sport.

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Data Hiring Analytics Top of Funnel 86

Crunchbase

MAY 19, 2023

From identifying potential customers, to finding quality leads and maintaining a healthy pipeline, sales prospecting is vital to the success of your business. Successful prospecting requires time management skills, a proactive mindset and the ability to communicate effectively. That’s not to say it’s without its challenges, however.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 59

The Spiff Blog

JUNE 16, 2022

At the same time, alternative means of representing and distributing information— like data visualization— is often reserved for analysts or decision makers, not the reps themselves. Data visualization is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal when it comes to creating compensation plans that motivate employees. Let’s dive in!

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Data Commission Compensation Incentives 80

Apptivo

MAY 16, 2023

From seeds to success: Journey of leads and prospects in sales 2. What is a prospect? Lead Vs Prospect: what’s the difference? Where are prospects and leads in the funnel? How to turn a lead into a prospect? Let’s take a stroll through the sales garden, examining the subtle differences between leads and prospects.

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Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 52

LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Known as account-based marketing (ABM), companies that treat individual prospects like an entire market can generate 208% more revenue than those who don’t according to MarketingProfs. Account-based marketing (ABM) is a strategy of making marketing decisions based on the characteristics of target accounts and prospects.

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Account Based Marketing Account Software Software 89

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Evidence suggests there will be increased adoption of this software and, similar to CRM, it will change how sales teams prospect and engage with leads. The Value of Sales Automation Automation brings greater efficiency to sales operations and gives reps more time to spend on prospecting and engaging with potential customers.

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Face-to-face Sales Automation Scale CRM 130

SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Lead management is an umbrella term that describes the entire process of identifying prospective customers interested in your services, tracking and following up with those potentials, and nurturing them to increase the chance they make a purchase. Prospects would include parents with students who are that age and the students themselves.

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Lead Management Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 49

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

They don’t waste time selling to prospects who are not ready to buy. Instead, they have a system to identify the highest value prospects in their pipeline and invest their time with those that are most likely to close. Sales leaders do not want their sales reps wasting their time calling low likelihood prospects.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 62

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 16, 2019

You discover through corporate hierarchy data that the company is actually a subsidiary of another company where your former colleague works, and that colleague is more than happy to make an introduction. Read it: Org Charts – A Sales Prospecting Gold Mine. A high-level view of corporate hierarchy for a global strategy.

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Enterprise Enterprise B2B Data 120

Apptivo

JUNE 15, 2022

All About Key Benefits of CRM Software. 8 key Benefits of using a CRM software. As interactions happen across multiple channels and leads are generated in multiple ways, managing customer information by consolidating data from every interaction from every channel, has become a necessity. 8 key Benefits of using a CRM software.

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CRM Software Software Benefit 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2022

Having powerful software is an undeniably critical component of any strong sales strategy. In a HelloSign study of 1000+ small and medium businesses , leaders were split when asked which areas of the sales cycle were the top priority for improvement in 2022. Prospecting 34.75%. Pitching to prospects 35.50%.

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Data Lead Rank Hubspot Top of Funnel 79

Zoominfo

JULY 23, 2020

In a study conducted by Drift , 58% of companies they reached out to, never responded at all (at all!). Leveraging our own data, we reroute inbound demos to the AE most suited to help a specific customer based on attributes we have collected. Share Case Studies. Good content attracts prospects, it’s as simple as that.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 246

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.

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Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 93

Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2020

At ZoomInfo, data is our passion. And in that pursuit, we’ve learned data is best served with context. We know, according to ZoomInfo data, as of the end of March, most small businesses still lacked critical tools to enable team collaboration and web conferencing in remote working conditions. What is Intent Data?

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Outsourcing Services Intent Data Transportation Intent 227

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It's hard to overstate the importance of B2B prospecting in the context of most B2B sales processes. But what is B2B prospecting? What is B2B prospecting? B2B Prospecting Methods. What is B2B prospecting? B2B prospecting is one of the earlier stages in most B2B sales processes.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Gatekeeper 87

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

DemandBase quotes a SiriusDescisions study, which found that 70% of B2B companies have staff that are fully or partially dedicated to driving ABM-specific programs. This means the majority of competitors in any given industry have already adopted a data-first approach. Direct Prospecting at Interested Buyers.

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Data Lead Rank Decision Maker Account Based Marketing 120

Hubspot Sales

JULY 13, 2023

Lack of Accuracy AI always relies on data. It uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) to gather and process huge amounts of text or speech to build forecasts, analyze sentiment, or pinpoint insights from vast data sets. So, the risk that AI can pick up inaccurate data is always present.

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Data Hiring Guidelines Lead Rank 74

Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Let’s say you work at a financial technology (fintech) company that sells software for credit unions, investment firms, and commercial banks. Now, imagine two prospects working for different organizations. On their way to work, both prospects see your company’s billboard and think to themselves, “Hmm, I should check that product out.”

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Ideal Customer Profile Google Analytics Strategy Google 147

SendBuzz

MAY 8, 2023

Average benchmarks for ROI email marketing are presented by several company studies. As its important to calculate ROI for the your email marketing data analysis. Testing A/B To gain data-backed insights and a higher investment return, testing is always an excellent alternative. How effective is email marketing?

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Email Marketing ROI Analytics Data 52

Allego

APRIL 18, 2024

Here’s how: Sales Prospecting: AI streamlines the way sales teams identify and score potential leads. By analyzing large sets of data, AI algorithms can quickly identify patterns and characteristics of ideal customers to make the prospecting process more accurate and less time-consuming.

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Examples Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

SalesHandy

MAY 1, 2020

While moving through the sales cycle, sales prospecting comes as its first step and is considered as an essential part. From the famous quote “ Sales prospecting is where the salesperson makes their money. ”, you can easily understand how essential it is for any salesperson to learn the best sales prospecting techniques.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Top of Funnel Decision Maker 87