Martech: Sales
The latest news on CRM platforms and trends in account-based marketing, with insights on lead generation, lead scoring and related sales topics.
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Seismic buys Percolate, expands content planning tools
Seismic users will now have access to Percolate's content marketing orchestration and planning...
Don’t call me: Nearly 90% of customers won’t answer the phone anymore [Study]
The call isn't dead, just unsolicited...
LinkedIn Sales Navigator will now surface more content for sales teams to share
LinkedIn is integrating Elevate, its content-sharing app, into Sales...
Are revenue optimization teams the answer to alignment issues?
It is more critical than ever that sales and marketing collaborate in the end-to-end sales...
Salesforce launches new Datorama marketplace with marketing intelligence at the forefront
Apps developed in the new Datorama platform will also be available to customers in the Salesforce...
Dialpad announces AI-driven solution for call analytics
The solution provides tools for measuring customer sentiment, among other important call...
LinkedIn refreshes Sales Navigator homepage to put focus on alerts
The sales prospecting platform's latest updates include new messaging and custom list features and an integration with Lucidchart Sales...
Beyond call tracking: Measuring sentiment for marketing success
Customer sentiment analysis is becoming a key function of call tracking...
Salesforce announces Pardot Business Units for enterprise marketers
Salesforce is launching Pardot Business Units, a new feature for digital marketers looking to segment audiences across different areas of an...
Salesforce will acquire Salesforce.org for $300 million
The deal could drastically redefine the relationship between Salesforce and its nonprofit...
Compare 12 leading call analytics platform vendors
The flood of mobile calls to U.S. businesses continues unabated, changing the way enterprise brands view the telephone as an inbound marketing...
4 ways marketing can help turbocharge growing sales development teams
Break down the sales and marketing team silos by sharing data sources, productive use cases and leveraging content...
LinkedIn adds custom list sharing, Salesforce tie-in to Sales Navigator
LinkedIn will now let sales reps share the lead and account lists they create with team...
InsideSales’ new study: AI is ‘becoming a way of life’ for sales
Nearly three-quarters of surveyed sales pros in the U.S. are now using some kind of AI at work, twice the rate of last year’s...
3 things sales leaders should know about ABM measurement
As a sales leader, you might think account-based marketing (ABM) isn’t for you. After all, it has the word marketing in the name. But the...
Marketing tools can be leveraged by sales teams, here’s how
Webinars, media coverage and video are marketing tactics that can be invaluable for...
All the ABM metrics to measure for your quarterly reporting
You know the drill. The end of the quarter rolls around, so you dust off your go-to spreadsheets and dashboards. It’s once again time to...
LinkedIn Sales Navigator gets new engagement alerts, Custom Lists, more mobile search features
LinkedIn says the Q4 product release for the sales management platform is the biggest to date....
Sales and marketing: Decision makers say you’re sending mixed messages
A LinkedIn study says that the silos between sales and marketing -- and the use of different data tools between them -- can leave a gap in...
From funnel to flywheel
If you’re like most marketers, you could name the basic parts of the sales funnel in your sleep: Awareness, Interest, Evaluation, Decision,...