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

Cold Calling

Outbound resource
5 Steps to a Winning Outbound Strategy in 2026
Build a winning outbound strategy for 2026. Learn how phone-first outreach, quality data and smart multi-channel rhythms drive predictable revenue.
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.
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Sales

Outbound resource
5 Steps to a Winning Outbound Strategy in 2026
Build a winning outbound strategy for 2026. Learn how phone-first outreach, quality data and smart multi-channel rhythms drive predictable revenue.
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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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Marketers can't rely on outdated tactics!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.
How to make your business stand outHow to make your business stand out
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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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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LinkedIn Marketing Guide
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Posts on cold-calling
5 Steps to a Winning Outbound Strategy in 2026
Build a winning outbound strategy for 2026. Learn how phone-first outreach, quality data and smart multi-channel rhythms drive predictable revenue.
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.
5 Custom GPTs to Supercharge Your Sales Team
Discover 5 custom sales GPTs that boost rep productivity, streamline workflows, and help sales teams sell smarter, faster, and more consistently.
10+ Tips to Get Past the Gatekeeper in Sales [+Scripts]
How to get past the gatekeeper is the most common challenge SDRs face in B2B sales. We’re sharing 11 tips to help you book more meetings with prospects.
The Ultimate Guide to Discovery Calls: Tips and Best Practices
Click for a step-by-step guide to an impactful discovery call! Featuring top tips, best practices, questions to ask and things to avoid.
Mastering Your Nerves: Overcoming the Fear of Cold Calling
Cold calling can seem terrifying at first. But once you've got a plan of action down, your fears will be a thing of the past. Read this article for more.
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.

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