Product review of D&B Hoovers
Jinfo Report
25th January 2019
Abstract
The acquisition of Avention and other enhancements enables D&B Hoovers to offer much more than just a sales lead identifier. Through using this tool, business-to-business sales and marketing teams now have far more intelligence to allow them to make informed decisions when targeting potential prospects.
This review:
- Introduces the company and provides contact details
- Looks at what's changed over the past few years, including the impact of its recent acquisition of competitor Avention and its enhanced corporate family search reports
- Looks at sources and coverage, including over 140 million companies globally and over 120 million professionals and coverage of over 190 countries
- Outlines its news coverage of over 18,000 regional and international publications using FirstRain's news and social media content
- Explores the technology, search and alerting features, including its Build a List feature
- Highlights its output features including the use of Excel, CSV and PDF and its ability to integrate with CRM systems including Salesforce, Eloqua, Microsoft Dynamics and Marketo
- Identifies competitors such as DiscoverOrg, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Hubspot Sales, Pipedrive and Scoro.
By: Eileen Steer
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Claire Laybats
Head of Commercial Development
claire.laybats@jinfo.com
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