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10 AI Sales Examples That Show What Works (and What Doesn’t)

Discover 10 real AI sales examples from Cognism’s team, where AI hit, where it missed, and what every seller can learn from it.

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6 Common Marketing Mistakes (and How to Solve Them)

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5 Custom GPTs to Supercharge Your Sales Team

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Generative AI for Sales: Ultimate Guide for Managers

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GTM AI: How Cognism Uses AI to Accelerate Go-to-market

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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

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 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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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: 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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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.

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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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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.

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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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Clay Enrichment: What You Need to Know (+ Best Alternative)

Discover Clay Enrichment’s pros and cons, and why Cognism’s compliant, mobile-first data is the smarter alternative for revenue teams.

11 Best B2B Contact Databases for Sales and Marketing

Discover the top 11 B2B contact databases that can elevate your sales and marketing efforts! Find quality leads and grow your business with ease.

Direct Dials: How to Find Direct Phone Numbers for Sales?

Here's a list of ways to get phone-ready leads for sales. Cognism is a direct-dial phone numbers provider in NAM, EMEA, and APAC.

Intent Data: What It Is, How It’s Collected, and 7 Ways to Use It

What is intent data and how does it benefit B2B sales and marketing? Click to uncover everything to know about customer intent plus strategies to use it.

The 7 Best Data Integration Tools For GTM

In this AI-first world, your cannot survive without data integration. We’ve listed 7 of the best tools, plus how to choose and a comparison.

12 Leading RocketReach Alternatives and Competitors for 2025

Looking for RocketReach alternatives? Compare pricing, features and reviews of the best competitors this year. Click to see the list!

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.

How To Find Business Decision Makers for Prospecting

In this blog, we're sharing best practices for finding and pitching business decision-makers. Learn how to find the right decision-makers.

The Only Data Quality Checklist You Need for B2B Success

Ensure B2B success with Cognism’s comprehensive data quality checklist! Discover the essential steps to maintain data accuracy and reliability.