The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Like most in our profession, I am a big fan of account-based sales and marketing. According to the ITSMA, 87% of respondents agreed Account-Based methodologies deliver a higher ROI than other marketing activities. The first step is to identify ideal prospects is to look in the current customer base by firmqographic details.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2018

Picture this… You have just acquired a B2B technology company focused on big data and are tasked with growing the Portfolio company quickly over the next 18 months due to the company’s potential. Your company’s due diligence captured a few opportunities.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2018

Picture this… You have just acquired a B2B technology company focused on big data and are tasked with growing the Portfolio company quickly over the next 18 months due to the company’s potential. Your company’s due diligence captured a few opportunities.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

AI has arrived, but it’s mostly been implemented by consumer goods and services companies to personalize marketing messages, enhance their knowledge of customers, manage inventory and increase customer loyalty. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

CommercialTribe

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Welcome to part three in our series on data-driven sales coaching, aimed at arming sales leaders with the advice they need to effectively direct coaching efforts and realize a strong ROI. It’s 10:15 on a Monday morning and Jennifer — a new but promising rep — is sitting down for a discovery call with a high-value prospect.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 20, 2024

SalesFuel’s Voice of the Sales Rep found that “your price is too high” is the top objection they hear. This concern is followed by prospects not having enough budget. It’s time to show the value you can bring to their business, as well as current clients’ ROI. Unfortunately, these types of price-related objections are common.

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Cience

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Prospects perceive such calls as mass outreach, impersonal, pushy and salesy. Next, comes the silence and the prospect hangs up. They make your sentences long, dull, marketing-ish and ultimately will cause your prospects to zone out. Your prospect has just lost touch with you. Scripts are one-way ‘conversations’.

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Cold Calling Lead Generation Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 55

Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

We can already see your carefully-honed management sensibilities bristling. Sales managers tend to train sales reps to avoid mentioning pricing on an initial approach call ! In fact, a more purchase-ready prospect is likely to know more about the variety of products on the market. Mention Pricing on Cold Calls.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 130

Cience

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Prospects perceive such calls as mass outreach, impersonal, pushy and salesy. Next, comes the silence and the prospect hangs up. . They make your sentences long, dull, marketing-ish and ultimately will cause your prospects to zone out. Your prospect has just lost touch with you. Scripts are one-way ‘conversations’.

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MEDDIC

AUGUST 10, 2023

In the world of business, decisions are often guided by one underlying principle: return on investment (ROI) , something directly resulting from METRICS. ” In this article, we delve into the depths of the MEDDIC sales methodology and how its focus on metrics and ROI is revolutionizing the way companies and customers engage in business.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. Social Media.

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Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 74

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The instability and threats to survival so many companies are facing have resulted in longer sales cycles and increased executive presence on calls (up 53% from a pre-COVID-19 baseline). We’re seeing more meetings per closed-win and more buyer-side focus on how a product will immediately provide ROI.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 130

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 19, 2014

Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? When you receive referral introductions from people these executives know and trust, your prospects (and their gatekeepers) will happily take your call. Read “ Forget B2C or B2B—Focus on H2H Instead.”). Think again. Click here.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Brace Yourself We’ve got millions of verified B2B contacts — ready for you to close. Modern marketing and sales professionals have a wealth of business intelligence at their disposal, from proprietary customer data to public market intelligence reports. Let’s get into it! Free Trial What is a Customer Insight Report?

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Report Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Account Based Marketing 130

Openview

JANUARY 18, 2018

Every sales manager wants their team to close bigger deals. How much would revenue go up if your entire team was closing deals like your best sales rep? What if every rep was prospecting as well as the rep generating the most leads? Break your sales process down into those skills. Managing the Ongoing Relationship.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Coaching B2B 104

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For example, say a CEO at one of your target companies has adopted a new policy that demands strict ROI measurements for all future purchases. Knowing this, your Customer Profile Report might suggest that your sales team prepares thorough ROI statements for when they meet with this prospect. Hot-button topics.

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Report Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Account Based Marketing 138

Pointclear

APRIL 21, 2015

This is easily adapted to, "Well, there are some things a salesman just can''t run away from, and that''s sales lead follow-up." In spite of the accountability that CRM brings and the follow-up that marketing automation creates, B2B salespeople have to do the final step. Sorry, I can’t prove the ROI because salespeople won’t follow up."

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Cience

JULY 25, 2019

Think for a moment about chatbots for B2B lead generation … What do you feel? of B2B companies that don’t have chatbots. In today’s article, we’ll examine the pros and cons of chatbots for B2B lead generation. Applied in business (both B2C and B2B): 1. Don’t make your prospect wait. To chatbot or not? .

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 56

Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

Look at this article to see if your sales team’s performance is on par with peers. The Changing Landscape of Sales Skills Sellers are experiencing a pivotal shift in when, how, and why prospects need them. Customers now approach salespeople with substantial product knowledge, altering the sales cycle’s dynamics.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It's a sales methodology that became popular in the 1980s, and it's based on a pretty simple premise: A salesperson diagnoses their prospect’s needs, then recommends the right products and or services to accommodate them. It also takes critical thought and a firm grasp on a prospect's general circumstances.

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Solutions Selling Retail Face-to-face Sales Methodology 136

Allego

MARCH 15, 2022

Shea is responsible for thought-provoking research on the future of B2B buying and selling. To have hyper-personalized conversations with buyers, sales reps need very strong industry expertise, and they must be able to have conversations about total cost of ownership (TCO) or return on investment (ROI) in real time, Shea told me.

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Buyer Remedy Face-to-face Sales Enablement 62

SBI

AUGUST 9, 2018

Unlike other data providers, we offer a foundation of deep, accurate and constantly-verified prospecting data, so marketing and sales teams can take the quickest route to hit their next growth goal. DiscoverOrg helps sellers: Identify their ideal prospect targets. Nancy: How have companies determined the ROI of your solution?

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Ideal Customer Profile Data How To Outbound 95

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training is the process of developing and fine-tuning the skills of sales professionals and managers by increasing their understanding of their buyers, modernizing their approach to the sales process, and equipping them with strategies, techniques, and technology that top performers use to achieve sales success.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 15, 2011

More than just new inquiries, or managing inquiries or working with sales management on follow-up or even proving ROI, qualified leads are king. These prequalified leads go to salespeople directly by the fastest available means and I expect them to be contacted immediately—same day for B2B, within minutes on B2C.

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Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead B2C 160

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. B2B Growth Show. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

B2B sales is always changing, but nothing could’ve quite prepared us for the wild ride that 2020 ended up being. While most of us have settled into the new normal and the challenges that come with it, sales leaders are looking ahead with uncertainty. 25% of sales reps believe they have not received enough sales training.

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Revenue Lead Rank Hiring Account Based Marketing 125

Showpad

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

This event brings together Sales and Marketing leaders together for collaboration, learning, and knowledge sharing. . 5 Ways Improving your B2B Customer Experience Impacts the Bottom Line. Providing prospects with a positive experience will boost your ROI. Accelerated B2B Sales Growth: Challenges and Strategies.

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Sales Enablement Decision Maker B2B Conference 56

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

JULY 23, 2019

Buyers have taken control of the sales cycle, and successful salespeople today know they need to act like trusted advisors with prospects to simplify their decision-making process, understand their needs and behavior, and deliver immediate value, otherwise they will lose the deal. So take a step back and evaluate your sales process.

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Top of Funnel Decision Maker Buyer ROI 58

MEDDIC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It is the documentation of the measured performance and economic impact that your solution creates for existing customers or that it will create for prospects compared to their existing situation (their pain) or the competition’s solution. The main objective of a metric is to turn subjective gains into objective, measurable gains. .”

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

And not only do I think founder-led sales makes sense, I think it’s actively better for the success of your startup. I’ll talk you through figuring out if you’re ready to hire salespeople, and make my pitch for why a founder-led sales strategy makes sense for early B2B startups. How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team?

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The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The impact of social selling on the sales process is something salespeople and especially sales management can struggle with. Any business in the B2B (and increasingly in the B2C space) can leverage social selling to drive increased customer or prospect engagement. Case studies and real social selling ROI.

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Social Selling Course Training Social Media 59

The Digital Sales Institute

MAY 11, 2020

The question is how do we create a selling definition that streamlines the modern sales process so that our efforts result in higher sales numbers and higher returns on our time investment. Today, Leaders, CEO’s and Sales Managers are painfully aware that the current environment makes growth difficult.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 16, 2015

In B2B sales, customers buy more than just our products and services. We must demonstrate expertise in our prospects’ industries, and understand their unique business models and challenges. Where’s Your Sales Blind Spot? If a prospect can’t see enough value in switching, they’ll stay with what they have.

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Scale Referrals Cold Calling ROI 120

Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll see from the list below that our marketing and sales bloggers are B2B lead generation and lead management thought leaders who share their expertise as business executives, strategists, consultants, speakers, authors, editors and college professors. Inside sales. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics.

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Outsourcing Services Social Media Marketing Lead Generation 169

Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Social selling expert, Neal Schaffer , has teamed up with Rutgers Business School Executive Education to create an eight week executive course dedicated to training organizations and professionals how to maximize social selling efforts and calculate ROI of those programs. Schaffer is one of the World’s best social media strategists.

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Social Selling Social Media B2C ROI 89

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

It gets great reviews from C-Level executives, marketers and even sales managers. But how does Content Marketing help the Sales Rep? Today’s post outlines the benefits of Content Marketing from the Sales Rep’s perspective. I had a recent conversation with a Sales Rep named Seth. This is the Problem.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2023

Increased return on investment (ROI) : Did you know that 79% of generated leads don’t convert into sales? With lead scoring, you know which leads require nurturing and the lead nurturing strategies that work and result in increased ROI. Are you selling a product or service that’s meant for large enterprises?

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