No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

My definition of a cold call is any attempt to reach a prospect who doesn’t know you and doesn’t expect to hear from you. Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you. What Is Cold Calling?

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Cold Calling Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation 269

DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 3, 2018

What does it TAKE to sell to the Chief Marketing Officer? Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio , formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Engagio is a B2B SaaS software company focused on helping marketers and salespeople drive the best business value for their company.

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Marketing Intent Data Face-to-face Webinar Metrics 193

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many salespeople waste too much time on prospects with little to no chance of converting. Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. Increases customer retention.

Ideal Customer Profile 149

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 149

Crunchbase

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Lead nurturing is widely recognized as a valuable marketing technique that can help teams drive an increase in sales. Implementing a successful lead-nurturing plan can significantly influence your marketing campaign’s outcomes, as well as customer loyalty, retention, revenue and more. Search less. Close more.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 98

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2020

Identify a particular market where your company has expertise with finding candidates and filling positions. Establishing a list of ideal prospective companies will help your firm stay within your niche and gives direction for which new candidates to pursue as well. Identify the Right Decision Makers Within Your Target Organization.

Ideal Customer Profile 100

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Decision Maker Buyer Persona 100

Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 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. Stuck trying to engage a prospect? Austin’s F1 track.

Lead Rank 95

Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 95

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

93% of B2B marketers use social media, and with good reason—it works ( source ). The same study showed that B2B decision makers are 10% more likely to consider brands that consumers know and feel connected to ( source ). We haven’t been shy about touting the benefits of social media in B2B sales and marketing.

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Social Media Media B2B Marketing 147

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.

Ideal Customer Profile 87

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Top of Funnel Decision Maker 87

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

How can a salesperson get the attention of decision-makers in the HR department? What’s the scope of responsibility for an HR decision-maker? In addition to the more obvious responsibilities of recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training, HR decision-makers are responsible for purchases that affect other areas as well.

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Resources Decision Maker Compensation Vendor 224

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing. Demand generation is a joint effort between a business’s marketing and sales organizations.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 225

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

In fact, 84% of B2B decision makers start the buying process with a referral ( source ). We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Today, we’re taking a deeper look at one of the most effective word-of-mouth marketing strategies: referral marketing.

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Referrals Marketing Incentives Incentive 130

Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2022

Imagine your marketing and sales team working in tandem, seamlessly pursuing and closing on the kinds of businesses your company exists to serve. That’s the premise behind account-based marketing (ABM). Topics covered in this article include: What is ABM marketing? What is account-based marketing (ABM)?

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Account Based Marketing Account Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 72

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 30, 2021

There's a very real possibility that today’s decision-makers will continue to research and make purchase decisions remotely — even in a post-pandemic world. You'll also see how they empower sales and marketing efforts in a "new," noisy, and fast-changing remote-first environment.

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Intent Data Buyer Intent Intent Top of Funnel 108

eGrabber

APRIL 20, 2021

It is natural that every year, your email marketing database degrades by about a certain percentage. The email addresses keep changing as prospects move from one company to another. Leads decay is a common factor that every marketer had to go through in their journey. Yes, they can be your new prospects now.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 52

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

So, what does it really take to sell to the Chief Marketing Officer? Selling to Marketing: A Candid Interview with Jill Konrath and Heidi Bullock, CMO of Engagio Jill began this task by talking to Heidi Bullock , Chief Marketing Officer at Engagio, formerly GVP of Global Marketing for Marketo. Let’s get into it!

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Marketing Intent Data Webinar Metrics Face-to-face 100

Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2023

In the highly competitive B2B tech space, it’s easy to market your offer with so many tools and channels available. Tito explains when it makes sense to prioritize customer acquisition vs. retention and vice versa. Tito shares what those conversations with prospects look like.

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How To Decision Maker Retention Referrals 86

Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

In sales, reps work to close a high-volume of deals (from MQLS and sales prospecting). As a sales account manager, consider this: In 2020 (during the global pandemic), there were more product releases than in the prior two years, with small and large businesses out-innovating the mid-market.

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Account Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker 238

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 6, 2017

Much like my mom’s BMW, I use personalized emails to catch the attention of my most important prospects. Either I get responses from someone who forwarded my email, or the prospect who received the email responds themselves. So what situations are appropriate for this type of prospecting? When your prospect is a decision maker.

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Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker How To Top of Funnel 248

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

The email inboxes of B2B executives are already filled with so much marketing clutter. Decision-makers are often only interested in sellers that know exactly who they are and what they want. Yet the people who actually might be interested in buying your product or service also play a big role in your target market.

Ideal Customer Profile 100

Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 100

The Pipeline

AUGUST 7, 2018

Prospecting for new opportunities is a tense activity especially telephone prospecting. We then send our reps out and tell them to go forth and find decision makers, you know, “those executives in the C Suite!” By Tibor Shanto. There are so many variables, too many things we can not predict or control.

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Decision Maker Banking Call-back ROI 149

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to your target market. Business development can concern anything your company does to expand its market reach. At its most basic level, business development involves prospecting and lead generation. They can also be invaluable in times of market uncertainty. What is Sales?

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona Scale 130

Nutshell

AUGUST 21, 2020

With over a hundred and one different things that could kill your cloud software business, poor marketing is the slow poison that can put it to sleep for good. With every SaaS market crowded these days— G2 lists over 2,800 solutions for “ CRM ” alone—there’s little room for error in your marketing. Product complexity.

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Campaigns Marketing Social Media How To 142

CloserIQ

JUNE 19, 2018

It very well could be converting, hitting quota, retention, qualifying, or any of the other 724 tasks you have to juggle each and every day. That said, would it surprise you to learn that prospecting is considered the biggest challenge by 42% of salespeople , followed by closing (36%) and qualifying leads (22%)? Probably not.

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Prospecting Scale Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 81

PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Opportunities are those prospects that have been qualified by your sales team. The key is to increase the number of qualified prospects in your sales pipeline. You may be in several markets and have many target audiences. It may also indicate the health of your prospecting pipeline and lead qualification.

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Lead Rank Examples Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 52

No More Cold Calling

MAY 3, 2018

Stats like this suggest that buyers don’t really need salespeople anymore—that we should just wait around for prospects to do their research and then call us when they’re ready to buy. They know how to prospect for sales, and it’s not sitting back and waiting for marketing to send them leads. That’s not selling. Get Referrals.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 270

Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2021

Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to individuals in your predetermined target market segment. Business development can concern anything your company does to expand its market reach. The importance of sales is self-evident, but business development is also vital to any sales organization, particularly in a struggling market.

Hiring 130

Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona Scale 130

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 26, 2018

Are you the decision maker?". "To And if your prospect didn’t think you were bothering them before, they certainly do now. Are you going to offer free advice (something you should do), or are you going to start hard selling the minute your prospect picks up (something you shouldn’t)? "Can I tell you about. ?".

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Prospecting Decision Maker Hubspot Call-back 111

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For example, intent data can help sales representatives send automated prospecting and follow-up emails, while firmographic data is helpful for sales operations teams that need to more effectively route leads to their sales team. How many decision makers would you be dealing with? What does their org chart look like?

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Sales Automation Data Intent Data Lead Rank 100

Janek Performance Group

JULY 25, 2023

For salespeople, this means tighter budgets, more decision makers, and longer sales cycles. Think of the time and resources your marketing and sales teams invest in developing new relationships. Are decision makers taking calls? For example, new decision makers or budgets.

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Account Decision Maker How To Course 62

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Here, you'll learn how to successfully work with your business ecosystem at every stage of the sales process — from prospecting to customer onboarding. Build market awareness and generate leads. Increase retention and customer satisfaction. Build market awareness and generate leads. What is a business ecosystem?

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Closing Ideal Customer Profile Scale Referrals 107

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Opportunity management is an approach that focuses on identifying and managing business opportunities for client acquisition, market expansion , strategic partnerships, and more. What will this opportunity bring me in terms of results (revenues, exposure, market penetration, etc.)? What’s their business value?

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Opportunity Sales Qualified Lead How To Proposal 52

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing Demand generation is a joint effort between a business’s marketing and sales organizations.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

An Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) helps you identify, source, and prioritize prospects — but how do you create an accurate ICP in the first place? And as a savvy professional, you want to target prospects who will deliver the best return. You can’t market to everyone. Two words: finite resources. What is an Ideal Customer Profile?

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 100

Zoominfo

APRIL 7, 2020

How can a salesperson get the attention of decision-makers in the HR department? What’s the Scope of Responsibility for an HR Decision Maker? In addition to the more obvious responsibilities of recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training, HR decision-makers are responsible for purchases that affect other areas as well.

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Resources Decision Maker Compensation Vendor 130

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

As we move into 2021, buyer intent data will help you gain ground on competitors and connect with prospects. Research by McKinsey confirms that today’s decision-makers will, in their ideal post-pandemic world, continue to research and make purchase decisions remotely. The remote sales landscape is getting stuffy.

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Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel 100

Nutshell

AUGUST 27, 2018

There are hundreds of different sales tactics that you can use to find prospects, qualify leads, and make a sale. Prospecting. What is prospecting? What is prospecting? Prospecting is the process of finding and reaching out to potential customers for your business. Scour Yelp for potential prospects.

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Sales Qualified Lead Closing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 126