SalesFuel

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations spend billions on B2B sales training every year. Despite the heavy investment in training, some businesses won’t benefit as much as they should. That’s because they overlook the way the B2B sales world has changed. Today’s B2B buyers research their options online long before they connect with any sales rep.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 10, 2024

Photo by Andrea Schit z via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Know How To Increase B2B Sales? Intense competition in the business-to-business (B2B) landscape often makes it challenging for brands to win potential customers. Moreover, your sales representatives require the right tools to build rapport and close deals.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Closing should be a win for both sides. The sales professional tells their prospect that after all of their discussion, even though they had initially appeared to be a great fit, the salesperson might have misread and seem to be speaking two different languages. If you’ve done your job well, the prospect knows they are a good fit.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. These include conducting product demonstrations, negotiating contracts, and closing deals.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2019

You simply won’t succeed if you don’t take B2B selling for what it is: a high-stakes selling game that requires an entirely unique approach from direct-to-consumer selling. Before we dive into the insider tips, let’s get crystal clear on what B2B selling entails. Here are key steps you may want to include in your B2B sales process.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. How do sales leaders create and balance the core element of a fine-tunes prospecting machine?

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 20, 2021

With so many professionals on LinkedIn, it’s no wonder that the platform is a powerful resource for B2B marketing. Here, we’ll go over some benefits and strategies to help you automate B2B marketing and generate leads on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Lead Generation for B2B. Less work and faster deal closing.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

9 B2B Closing Techniques People buy from people first, then product second, according to ZoomInfo’s Director of Sales Steve Wernke. So here are nine steps to humanize your closing process, and strengthen your overall sales strategy. Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 22, 2019

How many tie-downs and trial closes do you or your team use during their presentations? What’s a trial close?” They get the prospect on the phone, go through a PowerPoint slide presentation, drone on and on for a half hour or more, rarely checking in their prospect—and if they do, it’s a weak, “does that make sense?”

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. Good questions and the answers they produce can make a huge difference in your ability to close deals faster. Sales Questions To Close Deals Faster 1. But this is often easier said than done.

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Mindtickle

MAY 22, 2024

The B2B customer journey, on the other hand, is often a lot more complicated. The B2B sales funnel is a common way to illustrate this complex journey. In this post, we’ll explore everything you need to know about B2B sales funnels. We’ll start with the basics, like what a sales funnel is and what the B2B sales funnel stages are.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

The platform has quickly become a vitally important resource for B2B sales professionals too! Yet many sellers still don’t know how to take full advantage of their LinkedIn account’s potential to book more business, grow their sales pipeline and close more deals. That’s an excellent question!

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. In today’s crowded and highly competitive sales environment, your reps need all the insight they can get if they’re going to close sales, meet quota and grow the business. So how can data power up your B2B sales strategy?

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 24, 2024

Micromanagement, characterized by excessive control, close supervision, and intrusive oversight, is a counterproductive management approach. In B2B sales, autonomy, creativity, and adaptability are essential for success. Here, we’ll explore the pitfalls of micromanagement in B2B sales. They know what needs to get done.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads. Don’t believe me?

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. What is B2B Cold Calling? B2B cold calling is simply calling a prospective customer before they’ve expressed interest in a product or service. Our answer?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

We also introduced you to some of our favorite B2B marketing influencers —including the socially-savvy Ann Handley, Joe Chernov, and Joe Pullizi, just to name a few. However, the B2B marketing world isn’t the only industry boasting some big names in the social sphere. The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Closing should be a win for both sides. The sales professional tells their prospect that after all of their discussion, even though they had initially appeared to be a great fit, the salesperson might have misread and seem to be speaking two different languages. If you’ve done your job well, the prospect knows they are a good fit.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 7, 2023

If a referral closes up to 70% of the time, why are we spending most of our effort on strategies that close less than 1% of the time?! A typical B2B sales strategy relies on Sales Development Reps (SDRs) making cold calls or cold emails to try to set up an appointment for an Account Executive (AE) to deliver a sales pitch.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 1, 2019

I was onsite training in Montreal , Canada last week—a software company, hi everyone! and one of the sales reps brought up today’s quote as we were reviewing calls during the training. What was blatantly missing was any kind of a close attempt! Ask yourself: How many closing attempts do you or your team make at the end?

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Wondered not only if the prospect was going to move forward, but also what it would take and how long that might take? Let’s review briefly: We all know that “you can’t close an unqualified lead.” Let’s review briefly: We all know that “you can’t close an unqualified lead.” Upcoming Schedule.

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Closing Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Gatekeeper 138

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. There are four forever changes transforming sales training and enablement from here on out: Marketing is the sales development team. The B2B buying process isn’t as linear or predictable as most companies assume. All selling is inside selling.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 16, 2019

And it starts when prospects begin asking for a lower price or a “deal,” or for a reference before committing, or for a free trial to demo services or products. If you’ve done this yourself, then you know all too well the sickening feeling of “giving away the store” only to have the prospect then refuse to do business with you.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2019

call to prospects whom you’ve already pitched? Why not lead your prospect into the sale by referring back to the benefits he or she is going to get by working with you? Try this: “{Prospect}, great speaking with you again. Prospect}, I’ve been excited to get back to you today. How do you open your 2 nd or 3 rd.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 3, 2017

Sales symptoms are prospecting traps. You’d be surprised how often I hear, “My account based selling team can’t close.”. Closing is never the problem. Closing is the easy part of account based sales development. It’s prospecting that’s hard. That’s how the phrase “ABC”—always be closing—became a sales mantra.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 27, 2012

We are talking about the art of sales with well qualified prospects. We see sales reps mis-diagnosing scenarios and missing the opportunity to close deals quite often because of this. Lori Richardson speaks, writes, and trains on sales strategies for B2B mid-market technology front-line sales teams. So what can you do?

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Allego

MAY 21, 2024

You’re constantly training and coaching sales reps, creating reinforcement learning, ensuring sellers have the right content, and helping them connect with customers and create personalized buying experiences. This results in a training experience that’s not only more effective but also significantly more efficient. And why not?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Thankfully, B2B sales expert Jill Konrath has solved this problem in her book SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today’s Frazzled Customers. As a B2B salesperson, it’s your job to highlight the unique value of what you’re selling.

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Lead411

APRIL 11, 2024

doing for the B2B sales data world? Data is king in the ever-changing world of business-to-business (B2B) sales. Lead Scoring and Qualification: Artificial intelligence algorithms are great at assessing data like customer behavior, demographics, and engagement metrics to rank leads and find the most likely prospects to convert.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2020

If so, you know how tough it can be to connect with busy executives, To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Thankfully, B2B sales expert Jill Konrath has solved this problem in her book SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today’s Frazzled Customers. A– Always align.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 10, 2024

When it comes to B2B sales, content is still king. According to the Demand Gen Report , more than half of B2B buyers rely on sales content to guide their purchase decisions more now than in the past. Instead, you must understand how sales reps and prospects are (or aren’t) using sales content. What is sales content analytics?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 6, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads. Don’t believe me?

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 209

Allego

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Sales operations, customer success , and product marketing are all instrumental in getting prospects to the finish line. Product marketing in particular plays a key role in converting prospects to customers. As sellers prepare to move prospects through each stage, they require resources to connect their solutions with buyer needs.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 1, 2019

Better training = more sales. Starting on Tuesday, May 21 st , we’re launching our powerful, 7-week Online Inside Sales Training! This training will literally change your company and your life. Here’s why: This is the best, award winning inside sales training you can get—anywhere! And, this training is affordable!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

In this article, I will discuss the challenges in the B2B SaaS customer experience and how to tackle these potential barriers upfront – rather than trying to do damage control months into the implementation when the customer is annoyed, disappointed, and on the path to churn. Top Risk Factors in B2B SaaS Customer Success.

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