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

Cold Calling

Common cold call objections and how to respond
9 Cold Calling Objections and How to Respond for More Sales
You can't avoid cold calling objections, but can you learn to love them? For Cognism SDR Ivana that's the trick & she's sharing her tips in this article!
10 Cold Calling Sales Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
10 Cold Calling Sales Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Stop losing deals to bad cold calls. Learn the 10 biggest cold calling mistakes reps make and how to avoid them to book more meetings and close more deals.
Objection Handling
Objection Handling for 2025: Steps, Tips and Script
Facing sales objections daily? This guide offers essential steps, practical tips, and a foolproof script to help you handle objections like a pro.
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Sales

Where to Buy Email Lists? 7 Top Databases Compared
Where to Buy Email Lists? 7 Top Databases Compared
Ready to enhance your email marketing? See our comparison of the top databases where you can buy email lists. Find the perfect source for your needs!
Sales qualification
Sales Qualification: Ultimate Guide for Managers
Master the art of sales qualification with strategies tailored for managers. This guide offers insights to improve your team's lead qualification skills.
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Email Leads: 5 Ways to Get Them for B2B Business
Looking for email leads? Click for five easy ways to find and get them for B2B business, plus answers to frequently asked questions.
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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Marketers can't rely on outdated tactics!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

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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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.
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Lead Generation

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How to Build an Email List: 15 Fresh and Easy Ways
Struggling with your email list building? Click to discover 15 fresh and easy ways to build an effective email list for B2B marketing and sales!
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How to Identify B2B Target Audience & Contact Them?
Identifying your B2B target audience and market helps companies deliver better marketing campaigns to their core customer base. Click to find out more.
What is lead conversion rate and how do you calculate it?
Lead Conversion Rate: Definition, Formula & Benchmarks
Learn the lead conversion rate formula, see worked examples, stage-by-stage funnel metrics, and benchmarks to compare your performance.
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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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Daisy Shevlin

Manager, SEO

Daisy Shevlin is a content marketer and SEO editor. She’s been in the B2B tech space for 6+ years and loves to write about tactical advice from top-performing SDRs.

 

Daisy is also interested in tech stacks and how you can get the best out of AI in sales. When she’s not finding new keywords to target or editing articles, Daisy enjoys horseback riding and going on walks.

Expertise
  • SDR tech stacks
  • AI-powered sales tips
  • Cold calling
  • Cold emailing
  • SLG vs PLG
Education
  • Bath Spa University, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business & Management, Grade: 2:1
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing: Digital Diploma in Professional Marketing

Posts by Daisy Shevlin

 
7 Best B2B Lead Directories for 2025 (Ranked & Reviewed)
Discover a powerful lead directory with verified B2B contacts. Get accurate, compliant data to boost sales and integrate seamlessly with your CRM.
API Enrichment: Automate and Improve Your Lead Data
With Cognism’s API enrichment, you go a step further, connecting verified, compliant B2B data directly to your systems in real time.
Lead Routing Tools (2025): The Definitive Buyer’s Guide
Compare the best lead routing software for B2B. See use cases, decision flows, pitfalls, pricing gotchas, and why data quality is the difference-maker.
Virtual Prospecting And Selling Tips [2025 Guide]
We're looking at the challenges and solutions of remote prospecting. Click to learn the best practices for virtual prospecting using intent data!
Contact Data API: What It Is, How It Works & Getting Started
Learn more about how to access verified B2B contacts with Cognism’s contact data API. Enrich CRM, power prospecting, and stay GDPR-compliant.
10 Account-Based Marketing Tactics for Better Sales in 2025
Click for 10 tactical account-based marketing tactics to target B2B buyers & boost ROI, including personalised content, video marketing & gifting.
7 Best Company & Business Data APIs For Integration
See a list of the top business and company data APIs for refreshed and accurate data to use in your go-to-market strategies.
9 Top Market Intelligence Tools For Marketers & Sales
Expert analysis of top market intelligence platforms. Find the right tool to transform your GTM strategy with verified data and actionable insights.
17 Best AI Sales Agents for Outreach & Driving Revenue in 2025
Discover the best AI sales agents for improving customer experiences, boosting efficiency, and driving success. Compare features, benefits, and pricing.

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