Anybody have any reliable resources/tricks for generating sales and new biz leads? Looking for something like Radius or Hoovers but, ya know, better. Thanks!

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The old sang “pound the pavement” comes to mind. I don’t know if any tricks ... the ones selling the tricks are just doing a better job selling to nbz teams than the nbz teams to their clients :-)

When I say pound the pavement, I specially mean, find your targets. Figure out the buyers and influencers. Figure out ways to meet them and listen to them (not sell). Then decide if your services/products are a good match. Once you find some common thread go hard at that target.

Of course this is different for large orgs with multiple geos and endless services vs niche agencies.

That’s a long way to say there aren’t many tricks. But many tried and true tactics

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@mediaradar so does your platform show what companies have RFIs?

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