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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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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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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.

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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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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Why Cold Calling is Killing Your Mojo (and How to Get It Back)

Your calls aren't being answered. You don't know what to say. You keep getting rejected. You've lost your cold calling mojo! Read this blog to get it back.

The Ultimate CEO Cold Calling Script: Book Meetings With CEOs

SDRs! Get the cold calling script that Cognism uses to book meetings with enterprise CEOs. Featuring advice from Ryan Reisert, Josh Braun and more.

Verified B2B Mobile Numbers Database | Diamond Data®

Use manually-verified B2B mobile phone data aka Diamond Data®. Transform your B2B sales team and connect with ideal-fit customers. Find out more!

The anything but basic guide to cold call discovery

Your discovery is the most important B2B sales call you'll make! Click to see Cognism's cold call discovery guide, including a do's and don'ts checklist.

Learn how to handle objections on your B2B cold calls

Cognism has launched our latest whitepaper. Learn how to handle objections on your B2B cold calls with our Cold Calling Objection Handling Playbook!

10 ways to improve your cold calling strategy

Cold calling is still a fast, cost-effective and powerful part of the sales process. A cold calling strategy is essential. Here’s how to improve yours.