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Handy sales and marketing info, easy-to-use guides, helpful tips, and resources about:

Cold Calling

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The Truth About Where AI Will And Won’t Replace Sales Reps
Will sales be replaced by AI? A question that’s been asked a lot over the past two years. We dig into where AI can (and can’t) outperform human sellers.
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The Best Cold Calling Strategy to Live By in 2026
Discover the best cold calling strategy for 2026 with 5 data-backed tips to boost connect rates, shorten calls and book more high-quality meetings.
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The Top 5 Ways to Book More Qualified Meetings From Cold Calls
Discover five data-backed cold calling tactics to boost connect rates, handle objections and book more high-intent meetings in 2026 without extra dials.
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Sales

AI Outreach Tools
The 13 Best AI Sales Tools Every B2B Team Must Use
Looking for the best AI sales and outreach tools to boost your B2B team’s efficiency? Explore our list of must-have AI tools to elevate your sales game.
Lead Generation Companies & Services [+How to Choose]
23 Lead Generation Companies 2026 [Tools & Agencies]
Hire the best B2B lead generation companies for your businesses. Compare features, pricing, and reviews to find out what to ask to evaluate their services.
Buy Business Leads: 17+ Ultimate Places to Try in 2024
19 Best Places To Buy Business Leads: Saas Tools & Websites
Want to buy business leads online for your business but are unsure where or how to get them? We’ve compiled a list of the top places selling leads.
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Webinars

Catch up on these value-packed Loop Live sessions from expert guests, digging into what works today in the modern marketing landscape.

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The Loop Live: Paid Social Strategy and Ad Creative Deep Dive
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Marketers can't rely on outdated tactics!
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Easy Mode Content Strategy: How We Implement it at Cognism
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Demand Generation

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How SMBs Can Run Enterprise-Level ABM on a Lean Budget
ABM is often seen as an activity reserved for enterprises, but SMBs can still benefit from ABM strategies. Learn how SMBs can do ABM!
CRO tests
12 Website Conversion Rate Optimisation Tests You Can Steal
We’re sharing 12 of our recent CRO test wins that helped to optimise our conversion rate. Quick wins, easy fixes, real results.
Marketing Mistakes
6 Common Marketing Mistakes (and How to Solve Them)
Marketing is a minefield of possible mistakes. Here are six common marketing mistakes, and how a group of marketing experts avoided making them.
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Lead Generation

Lead Generation Companies & Services [+How to Choose]
23 Lead Generation Companies 2026 [Tools & Agencies]
Hire the best B2B lead generation companies for your businesses. Compare features, pricing, and reviews to find out what to ask to evaluate their services.
Buy Business Leads: 17+ Ultimate Places to Try in 2024
19 Best Places To Buy Business Leads: Saas Tools & Websites
Want to buy business leads online for your business but are unsure where or how to get them? We’ve compiled a list of the top places selling leads.
Best B2B Data Enrichment Tools
13 B2B Contact Data Enrichment Tools [+How to Choose]
With data enrichment tools, you can update incorrect or incomplete fields to generate more revenue. Compare the best B2B data enrichment software!
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We're on YouTube

Whether you are a beginner or an expert in the B2B space, our aim is to give you actionable sales and marketing tutorials so you can keep up to date with the latest B2B sales and marketing strategies.

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12 Best Sales Tactics to Close More Deals
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How to Find Decision Makers in a Company
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11 Best Strategies to Improve B2B Sales
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13 Lead Generation Strategies That Work
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Free Leads: 10 Ways to Find Them Online
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How to Build a Cold Call List That Converts
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Sales Acceleration: How to Speed Up Sales
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Direct Dials: How to Find Phone Numbers for Sales
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What is account-based marketing?
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LinkedIn Marketing Guide
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Check out our Podcasts

Discover the latest insights from a wide range of sales and marketing leaders, as they unpack how B2B buying behaviour has changed.

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Amy Collins

Demand Generation Content Manager

Amy Collins is Cognism’s Demand Generation Content Manager - and Cognism’s only Scottish marketer - based in Edinburgh, Scotland! She joined the company in 2022 as a journalistic content writer, having worked in digital marketing since her university graduation in 2018.

Over the past few years, she’s focused on creating value-led journeys with content in B2B SaaS. Passionate about making B2B content less boring and finding new content formats that excite and engage people. Exploring topics within B2B marketing and sales, provide her readers with real life, actionable tactics.

Today, Amy manages the demand generation content team, creating content for marketing campaigns and producing thought leadership content with real expert insights. 

Expertise
  • Marketing and demand generation
  • Sales and cold calling
  • EU expansion 
  • Go-to-market strategies
  • Podcasting and working with subject matter experts
Education
  • University of Dundee Bachelor of Science - BSc, Business Management and Marketing 2014 - 2018 Grade: First Class Honors 

Posts by Amy Collins

 
How To Run A Data Quality Audit For Go-To-Market Leaders
A practical framework for completing a data quality audit for go-to-market (GTM), so AI, forecasting, and pipeline decisions are trustworthy.
What Is AI Ready Data & How Should You Assess AI-Readiness?
As teams scramble to use AI in GTM, cracks in data quality and infrastructure begin to show. Hear from a VP of RevOps on how to get AI-ready data.
How SMBs Can Run Enterprise-Level ABM on a Lean Budget
ABM is often seen as an activity reserved for enterprises, but SMBs can still benefit from ABM strategies. Learn how SMBs can do ABM!
12 Website Conversion Rate Optimisation Tests You Can Steal
We’re sharing 12 of our recent CRO test wins that helped to optimise our conversion rate. Quick wins, easy fixes, real results.
6 Common Marketing Mistakes (and How to Solve Them)
Marketing is a minefield of possible mistakes. Here are six common marketing mistakes, and how a group of marketing experts avoided making them.
How to Make Your Business Stand Out: 7 Steps for Marketers
In a day and age when copycat marketing is rife, here are 7 steps you can take to make your business stand out against the crowd.
AI Automation: What It Is and How It Supercharges GTM
Discover how AI automation can transform your B2B data strategy, boosting accuracy, scalability, and GTM performance across every stage of the funnel.
GTM AI: How Cognism Uses AI to Accelerate Go-to-market
How are GTM teams implementing AI? Click to read how our marketing, sales and RevOps teams are using AI in their daily workflows.
Date-a-vendor Evaluation Playbook #4: 'We Need to Consolidate Vendors'
Discover the benefits of vendor consolidation with our detailed evaluation playbook. Learn how to streamline your vendors and maximise efficiency.

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