Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Author: Sean Gordon The rollercoaster of the past year has forced companies to drastically alter their operations, all with their employees, customers and prospects in mind. So, how will we see video continue to evolve in 2021, and how can marketing and sales teams best use it to their advantage?

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 4, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount and Colleen Stanley discuss the importance of Reality Testing sales pipeline opportunities. Reality testing sales pipeline opportunities is an important step in ensuring the success of your sales efforts and the effective use of your time.

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Pipeline Opportunity Forecasting ACT 101

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. In fact, two statistics cited in Spotio are eye opening: 46% of B2B sales reps list lead quantity and quality as their top challenge.

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Lead Rank B2B Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 62

SBI Growth

MAY 28, 2013

B2B Chief Marketing Officers are enthusiastic about sharing tangible results. There is a strong desire to connect marketing spend to revenue. Lead Generation is the surest way to drive tangible return on marketing investment. The decks show a healthy growth curve of leads being generated for Sales. Today’s Status Quo.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Opportunity Demand Generation 325

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. But while prospecting part/start of the sales cycle.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? Let’s jump in.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Cold Calling Decision Maker 264

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Lead response time can make or break your sale. On average, an SDR takes about 42 hours to get in touch with their prospect — but that doesn’t have to be you. On average, an SDR takes about 42 hours to get in touch with their prospect — but that doesn’t have to be you. Need proof?

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Sales Qualified Lead Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236

Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2020

In theory, your sales and marketing departments should be the best of friends. What if I told you that misalignment between sales and marketing technologies costs B2B companies 10% of revenue or more per year? Why is Sales and Marketing Communication Important? It’s not the biggest issue, right?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Strategy Top of Funnel 208

Increase Sales

JULY 7, 2014

Deep pockets are no longer required to market a business. Social media has especially leveled the SMB market place. There are many marketing opportunities to attract attention and begin to build relationships provided the following elements are in place: An ideal customer profile. Share on Facebook.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Opportunity Marketing 186

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But how do you know when your B2B customer is indicating sales-readiness for cross-selling opportunities? Simply put, cross-selling is a sales technique that encourages customers to purchase a product or service that is related to a purchase they already plan to make. Cross-sales increase the value of an average customer order.

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Opportunity Scale Top of Funnel Lead Rank 162

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales reps can easily lose a successful sale if they don’t have the right tools or framework to work with. Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. What is Sales Intelligence? What is Market Intelligence?

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank 207

Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. What is conversational marketing? Conversational marketing is the strategy of leveraging 1:1 engagement between you and your customer in the form of real-time conversations. Problem #2: Pushy marketing.

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Conversion Marketing Lead Capture Face-to-face 246

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Scenario When decision-makers at your company evaluate or purchase from a vendor that could be a good fit, they should alert the sales team. Make sure to mention your current relationship with the company in your initial prospecting conversations.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

And while it’s not hard to find basic business data — company names, phone numbers, employee counts, revenue, maybe direct dial numbers and email addresses — today’s complicated sales cycles need more than just names and numbers. What is Sales Intelligence? What Do Sales Intelligence Tools Do?

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Intent Data 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How important are prospecting insights to your sales strategy? Of course, your sales strategy’s success, including reaching your revenue goals, depends on the sales team hitting their numbers. What are the companies with greater new opportunities doing right? What are prospecting insights?

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Leads, opportunities, sales: That’s the natural sequence of the sales process, right? But opportunities can be much more than that. Below, we’ll discuss the impact that a robust opportunity management process can have on your bottom line. What is opportunity management — and why should you care?

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Opportunity Sales Qualified Lead How To Proposal 52

The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2019

For sales, that common purpose something other than an “enemy.” The common goal in sales is winning your prospect’s prospect. Again, this makes the people your prospect is trying to win, your responsibility as well. That is how our clients get paid; by helping their clients deal with their market realities.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Landing pages have a vital, singular purpose — encouraging visitors to begin the sales cycle with a brand. Digital marketers invest in creating landing pages because of their higher conversion rates. And that content is a gateway to a possible sale. What is the Landing Page’s Importance in Digital Marketing?

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Marketing Prospecting Top of Funnel Segment 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

There’s more to prospect contact data than phone numbers, job titles, and company pain points. But what if I’m already using sales, lead, or market intelligence? Using your CRM system (and supplemental data from a provider), you can find new opportunities close to those you’re already working with. Data Visualizer.

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Opportunity Customer CRM Data 130

Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

One of the many benefits of conversational marketing is its ability to accelerate your sales cycle. After all, it is built for and used by both your marketing and sales teams to drive pipeline and generate revenue. Elsewhere, we’ve classified the prospects that visit your site into six high-level categories.

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Hubspot Conversion Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 195

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

Creating B2B marketing content is a significant investment of time and money. That’s where your content marketing strategy comes in. What Is a Content Marketing Strategy? A content marketing strategy is your action plan to attract prospects to your brand and convert them into customers using marketing content.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

There’s more to prospect contact data than phone numbers, job titles, and company pain points. But what if I’m already using sales, lead, or market intelligence ? Using your CRM system (and supplemental data from a provider), you can find new opportunities close to those you’re already working with.

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Opportunity Customer Face-to-face CRM 130

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? Set up behavior-based triggers that notify sales teams of prospect engagement.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But how do you know when your B2B customer is indicating sales-readiness for cross-selling opportunities? Simply put, cross-selling is a sales technique that encourages customers to purchase a product or service that is related to a purchase they already plan to make. Cross-sales increase the value of an average customer order.

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Opportunity Scale Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For many sales professionals, today’s business environment is unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Broad economic and societal shifts — amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and continued technological disruption — are resulting in longer sales cycles, more discerning buyers, intensifying competition, and lingering uncertainty.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Overlay on this, the fact that customers are averse to dealing with sales people. Sending meaningless prospecting requests, pitching customers focusing on our offerings, company, and interests. When we finally engage a prospect, we continue focusing on our goals and interests, over what the customer is trying to achieve.

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Opportunity Scale Ideal Customer Profile Hiring 68

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Never before have marketers had so much information about prospects, customers, the competition, and the markets they hope to reach. But say “Big Data” instead of “information,” and marketer smiles will turn upside down in a hurry. Marketers just need fishing hooks to find it and fish it out of the river.

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Top of Funnel Opportunity Data Revenue 239

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the latest episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, we had the privilege of diving deep into the world of prospecting and sales with Kristin Andree from the Andree Group. This episode is a blend of practical advice, innovative techniques, and motivational insights that can transform your approach to sales and client relationships.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Strategies to Differentiate Your Digital Marketing Agency for Small Businesses In today’s ultra-competitive market, employing advanced strategies like artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t merely an option for your small business digital marketing agency; it’s a necessity.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In real estate, you have to understand that prospects aren't going to appear out of thin air. This is a concept known as real estate prospecting. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging. Prospecting should be a fundamental part of your business strategy as a real estate professional.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. Instead, go-to-market teams are tirelessly doing anything and everything they can to hit their numbers today. Market segmentation needs to be beyond reproach and sales metrics need to be measurable and projectible.

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Pipeline Marketing Top of Funnel Hiring 239

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. In our panic to find opportunities, we reach out to anyone we can.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline 163

Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2022

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Qualify Opportunities Methodically? Most sales professionals do not want to waste time, so they fail to qualify opportunities methodically. Instead, they hastily go after a sale regardless of whether the fit is good. Recent offers of a marketing variety came my way.

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