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Sales Outsourcing

Should I Hire More Than One Outsourced Lead Generation Company?

By 2025, 68% of B2B firms use some form of sales outsourcing and 59% outsource at least part of their...

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Email Marketing

Successful Outbound Email Campaigns In The New Decade

Outbound email isn’t dead—it’s just ruthlessly filtered. In 2025, email still returns roughly $36–$42 for every $1 spent, but only...

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Cold Calling

Telemarketing and Cold Calling Services During Covid

Covid didn’t kill telemarketing and cold calling—it forced them to grow up fast. With nearly 90% of B2B sales shifting...

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Lead Generation

Lead Generation: Are Your Sales Reps Treating Their Prospects Like Tinder Profiles

Too many B2B teams still treat lead generation like Tinder: rapid swipes, shallow openers, and zero follow-through. This guide breaks...

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Lead Generation

B2B Lead Generation Specialists: They May Be the Smartest Decision When the Economy Sucks

When budgets are tight and deals drag, B2B lead generation can’t be an afterthought. In 2025, nearly 70% of B2B...

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List Building

Defining the TAM: Know How to Identify Your Total Addressable Market

Total addressable market is not just for pitch decks anymore; it is the foundation of efficient B2B outbound. In this...

B2B team planning outbound sales multi-channel sequence across email, LinkedIn, SMS, and direct mail
Sales Outsourcing

A Platform-wise Guide To Executing Outbound

Outbound sales in 2025 is no longer about choosing email versus cold calling; it’s about orchestrating the right mix of...

B2B sales team building ideal customer profile sales criteria on laptop dashboard
List Building

Simple Guide To Identify Your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP Sales)

Most outbound teams still waste half their time on prospects that were never going to buy. A clear, data-driven ideal...

B2B team mapping B2B sales outreach channels across email, phone, LinkedIn, and SMS
Sales Outsourcing

Outreach Channels You Should Care About For Effective Sales

B2B buyers now use around 10 channels in a typical buying journey, yet many sales teams still lean on just...

B2B sales team reviewing sales prospecting definition and pipeline targets on laptop dashboard
Sales Outsourcing

Sales Prospecting Definition: What, Why, and How?

This guide breaks down what sales prospecting actually is, why it’s so painful for most teams, and how to run...

Remote SDR team video calling prospects, optimizing outbound sales during COVID-19 report insights
Sales Outsourcing

REPORT: Optimizing Outbound Sales During COVID-19

COVID-19 flipped B2B outbound on its head: nearly 90% of sales went remote and digital interactions became two to three...

B2B leaders reviewing sales development playbook with ICP, cadences, and qualification checklist
List Building

How To Write A Sales Development Playbook

This guide walks B2B leaders through how to write a practical, high-impact sales development playbook that SDRs will actually use....

B2B team tailoring sales prospecting strategy with segmented multichannel outreach plan
Sales Outsourcing

When It Comes To Sales Prospecting, One Size Does Not Fit All

B2B buyers are drowning in generic outreach, and the data shows it: average cold email reply rates dropped from 6.8%...

B2B team reviewing A/B testing sales prospecting emails performance on analytics dashboard
Email Marketing

The Science of A/B Sales Testing and Sales Prospecting Emails

Cold outbound is tougher than ever, but the teams that treat A/B testing like a core sales motion are quietly...

B2B SDR reviewing outreach strategy, shifting email prospecting personalization toward ICP relevance
Email Marketing

When It Comes To Email Prospecting, Personalization Is NOT The Answer

Most teams treat personalization like a magic bullet for email prospecting—and then wonder why reply rates are still stuck in...

SDR crafting cold email intro focused on relevance and micro-commitment reply rates
Email Marketing

You’re Selling Yourself Short By Selling In Your Intro Email

Most teams still treat the first cold email like a mini-demo, then wonder why they’re stuck at a 3–5% reply...

B2B marketer comparing aspirations vs afflictions email messaging to boost cold email replies
Email Marketing

Aspirations vs Afflictions: What Triggers More Email Responses?

B2B buyers don’t reply to cold emails because you picked either pain or aspiration—they reply because you made something relevant...

B2B sales team reviewing deliverability report to avoid email spam folder in 2025
Uncategorized

How to Win Two First Class Tickets to the Email SpamBox

B2B inboxes are more hostile than ever: in 2025, about 46–47% of global email traffic is spam or unwanted, and...

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