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What is the True Cost of Bad Data for Your Business?

Zoominfo

The impact of dirty data on your sales and marketing teams can range from inaccurate targeting that prevents lead generation , to a sluggish sales pipeline that struggles to convert opportunities into customers. Many aspects of the sales and marketing process can be automated to optimize demand generation outreach.

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The Pipeline ? How Your Sales Team May Be More Like Santa's.

The Pipeline

New sales leads are danced through the sales process from the first handshake to the delivery of the solution. Energy is high when Prancer is in the office and everyone loves Prancer. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Of course, this may mean he or she may be reluctant to find a new dance partner.

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Why Marketing Should Own Inside Sales (and why they shouldn’t)

A Sales Guy

Marketing often complains that sales ignores good leads, thereby decreasing what should be a higher conversion rate. With marketing owning the lead generation & qualification, I would expect to see higher conversion rates and lower per-opportunity and per-sale costs with flat resources. Higher lead to SQL conversion.

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The Pipeline ? Go Ahead, Sell On Price ? Sales eXchange ? 127

The Pipeline

So rather than spending time talking and worrying about price, sellers need to spend that time and energy building value in the mind of buyer, based on their current requirements and circumstance. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. First thing we need is a definition of value. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Operations in 2019

Hubspot Sales

It’s also worth noting that Sales Enablement is usually more active earlier in the buyer’s journey, concentrating its energy on training and prospect education. Lead Generation. Sales Operations handles administrative tasks like lead generation and appointment bookings with leads and contacts.

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The Pipeline ? Not Different ? Sales eXchange ? 132

The Pipeline

Most time the process of challenging the “difference” will set you apart, and help the buyer see where they are miss-focusing time and energy. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. I remember meeting with a sales VP a few years back, nice guy, I still do some work for him. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline ? Your Stress Matters

The Pipeline

Worry is a non-productive use of energy! I like the idea of worry being non-productive energy. Demand Generation. B2B Lead Generation Blog. My philosophy is to only worry about things that you can change, and for those things, don’t worry about them, work to make the changes. Reply to this comment.

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