Marc Wayshak

MARCH 20, 2024

How you start sales conversations often predicts how the rest of the conversation will go—and determines whether you’re going to close the sale. Those initial moments of a sales conversation have a ton of influence over how the whole interaction will play out. Check it out: 1. Develop your Opening Play. Why should I talk to you?”

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 4, 2019

There is a major parallel between prospecting and leading. When prospecting, you have to make people see things that they might not otherwise see. Those good at prospecting do the same thing- they ask tough questions and create engaging conversations. Do you engage the prospect with your questions? Sales Motivation Blog.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. We see some people that seem to make prospecting look easy.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this blog, we discuss why prospects object when it comes down to buying time, and why we can't always blame the prospects in these situations. Overall, salespeople must ask better questions to help increase sales, build better relationships, and help uncover their prospect's compelling reasons to buy.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In sales, thought leadership is a crucial component of success. It’s part of an organization’s sales enablement strategy that primes reps to believe in and sell their products and services to the best of their ability. In fact, this year alone, we published more than 110 blogs. To take a look, click here.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 30, 2019

Ask salespeople what their number one issue is and you’ll probably hear, “getting good prospects.” Here’s a simple fact: you can’t close a sale until you have someone to sell to. So what does it take to successfully prospect? Have a dedicated time on your calendar to prospect. Don’t allow interruptions!

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The prospect agrees to take your meeting, and they even agree to your demo call. Find out more about how to sell to multiple decision makers in my video below: You can’t be in sales long before dealing w ith this issue. The solution lies not in being more forceful with how you close, but rather, being more open with how you prospect.

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The Sales Readiness Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Prospecting is vital in sales. To improve efficiency and success, sales reps must qualify prospects, use appropriate strategies based on their stage in the buyer's journey, and leverage the latest technology and research. Successful sales organizations follow a proven sales process.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 1, 2019

Prospecting does not have to be painful nor does it have to be as hard as you think. Sales and prospecting is not a slimy or ugly activity like some people describe it. I count prospecting and sales as an honor. When you prospect with integrity, you’ll gain customers who have integrity.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 20, 2018

So much so, we’ve put together out most viewed blogs by YOU. 2) 3 Ways Of Asking For The Sale, That ASK For The Sale. 6) The Best Question To Ask When A Prospect Rejects Your Price. 7) 7 Things Successful Sales People Never Say. 6) The Best Question To Ask When A Prospect Rejects Your Price.

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Zoominfo

JULY 9, 2019

Welcome new readers and ZoomInfo regulars to the latest edition of our B2B Blog Post Round-Up series. For those of you who are new to the ZoomInfo blog, we regularly publish monthly round-ups to feature top B2B content from industry professionals, leading brands, and subject matter experts. . Let’s get into it. Continue reading.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 28, 2019

Quit blaming salespeople for bad prospecting habits when you as the sales manager are the one with the bad prospecting habits! If you want your team to focus on prospecting, you must make it a priority. Your role as a sales manager/leader is not to be the best prospecting person. Culture starts at the top.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 13, 2019

You want to think that the email you just wrote is perfect and sending it out to 100 prospects will result in at least 90 meetings. If this is you, there’s no need for you to read any further; however, I suspect this is not your case, so let me share my techniques for using email to prospect. It’s not about you.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2019

Welcome to the May edition of the ZoomInfo B2B Blog Post Round-Up series. These blog posts typically explore topics related to B2B marketing, B2B sales, recruiting, or business growth. And there you have it– the May 2019 B2B Blog Post Round-Up. And, in many cases, companies communicate via marketing content.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 23, 2019

Below is a list of 20 things I have found in common with the top 1% of all sales prospectors. To be great at prospecting, you don’t have to be born with the “sales gene.” Check out my video where I talk more about what it takes to be in the top 1% of all sales prospectors: As you go through the list, don’t just read it.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 27, 2019

If you’ve been following me for a long time, you know that I don’t consider networking the same as prospecting. Too many people go to a networking event but call it prospecting simply to avoid prospecting. The issue I have is that networking by nature operates on a different timetable than prospecting.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sales is not a destination; sales is a journey of continual learning. The discussion continues about whether sales is an art or a science. People are quick to point out the number of new sales tools created by advances in technology; however, all of this is just noise. This is where prospecting has to come in.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by GDJ Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Simplify the Appointment Process for Prospective Clients Successful selling requires a meeting of the minds between the buyer and the seller. The goal is to earn a returning and referring clientele, known as The Smooth Sale.

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Allego

OCTOBER 14, 2020

B2B sales have gotten even tougher. Nurturing prospects and closing deals when you can’t meet in person is the new normal for sellers in most industries. 15 Best Blog Posts to Help You Master Virtual Selling. 9 Ways to Boost Remote Sales Productivity. 7 Ways to Enable a Virtual Sales Team.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 14, 2019

You cannot afford to waste your time with prospects that will not become your customers. All prospects are not the same. What I mean by this is that the prospects in their pipeline are only doing one thing: plugging things up. So, here’s the first question: is the prospect asking you great questions?

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 1, 2019

So, you think you have a great prospect; however, why do you think they’re even interested in you or what you sell? Sales is a two-way street. A key way to measure how the prospect feels about you and your potential to help them is by how much information they’re willing to share with you.

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eGrabber

JULY 9, 2021

Sales prospecting is the process of identifying your ideal prospects, building your prospect list and then reaching out to them to turn them into your customers. It is the most essential and inevitable element of any sales process in any company or industry. This is the first step in sales prospecting.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 6, 2019

You have the perfect prospect. Let’s shift gears now and talk about how you engage the prospect that will not respond. First, ask yourself: are you giving the prospect a reason to respond to you? Check out my ebook on prospecting “10 Reasons Most Prospecting Plans Fail”: 10 Reasons Most Prospecting Plans Fail eBook.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Sales Prospecting Anxiety – the condition that limits a salesperson’s income due to their inability to prospect properly. Let’s look at 9 things you can do now to overcome sales prospecting anxiety. Let’s look at 9 things you can do now to overcome sales prospecting anxiety.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Watch the video to learn more insights: Set your expectations on not using voicemail to close the sale, but rather, using voicemail to propel the process forward. In my book, High-Profit Prospecting, I share voicemail samples and in this blog’s video, I break this process down even further. Sales Motivation Blog.

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eGrabber

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Prospecting on LinkedIn Sales Navigator is one of the most essential sales prospecting strategies adopted by B2B sales reps. It helps them to find their prospects & turn them into customers than any other social networking platform. How to Prospect for Sales on LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

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Membrain

MARCH 13, 2022

If you’ve been following my blog series, you’ve learned some best practices for phone prospecting, as well as mistakes to avoid on the phone. You’ve got a great foundation, but now it’s time to build the structure of your phone prospecting campaign. Last time I shared some shortcuts to make things more efficient for you.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Sales reps run into trouble when they try to go into a call totally cold. Prospect research is a challenge that's every bit as frustrating as it is essential — so to help you out, we've put together a list of 18 of the best places to research buyers before sales conversations. Either way, that deal is probably going nowhere.

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Zoominfo

JULY 31, 2018

Rejection is painful, no matter how your sales prospects say it. If you want to improve your sales performance, you must first understand why your prospect said no in the first place. 5 Reasons Your Sales Prospects Say No. And there you have it— the five reasons your sales prospects say no.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 9, 2019

How can you ever expect to achieve the results you need from prospecting if you aren’t prepared to prospect? Prospecting is tough enough, so you shouldn’t make it even harder on yourself. Prospecting effectively includes getting ready and this always has to involve working a day ahead. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 21, 2022

It ended up being the wrong call, it was a prospecting call, “Dave, this is Chris from…… We missed you at Dreamforce and wanted to talk about how you can leverage our tool at your company.” ” I thought, He could have blown me off as a crackpot and gone on prospecting to the others on his list.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Want prospects to respond with lightning speed? It’s time to activate the triple touch sales tactic. What is the Triple Touch in Sales? The triple touch is a tactic that salespeople use to engage prospects. Here’s the thing, if you’re in sales, you know that getting B2B prospects’ attention is tough.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

We cannot forget that not all prospects are created equal. Some prospects are actually not prospects at all, they’re just suspects in disguise. Everybody in sales cannot find enough time to prospect. This allows you to keep a cleaner pipeline, so you’ll have more time to spend on your best prospects.

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 31, 2024

For salespeople focused on selling digital marketing products and services to small, local, and mid-sized businesses, building an effective SMB prospecting list is of central importance. Knowing these terms sets the foundation for successful prospecting. Key Steps to Build an SMB Prospecting List 1. to connect with SMBs.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 31, 2022

Tom Burton joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss how to transform prospects into your own top performing sales team. The post Transform Your Prospects Into A High Performing Sales Team appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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