Pointclear

AUGUST 29, 2017

How are these concepts related to marketing and sales in B2B environment? Opportunity to improve your current situation. The hardest condition to sell into is opportunity to improve. There are no basic needs or psychological needs (needs on Maslow’s hierarchy) to be satisfied by buying an opportunity to improve.

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Buyer Compensation Forecasting Decision Maker 200

Janek Performance Group

JUNE 30, 2023

Does your sales approach take buyer personas into consideration? Deeply knowing “who” you are selling to is critical in developing a successful sales approach. In this article, we will explore the concept of buyer personas and how sales reps can apply the principles of perception and persuasion for improved performance.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 62

Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The pandemic might’ve expedited the process, but the future of B2B sales has always been virtual. As face-to-face interactions become less frequent, finding a way to connect with buyers grows more essential. When done right, exceptional buying experiences can be a powerful tool in a sales strategy. Because you’re a buyer too.

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Buyer Face-to-face Referrals Ideal Customer Profile 138

Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

In today’s blog post we explain why buyer personas are a critical—but often missing—element of your SEO strategy. What is a buyer persona? On a basic level, a buyer persona is essentially a fictional representation of the person who is most likely to buy from your company—your ideal customer. Let’s get into it!

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Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Buyer Strategy 196

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Not just in ZoomInfo’s sales and marketing technology bubble, but everywhere. It’s these periodic breakthroughs that help find underlying beauty in the (data) beast, and lead to exponential returns. . Improving — and streamlining — customer value. These companies deliver over 3 million tailored intent signals per week.

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Intent Data Buyer Intent Intent Data 208

Sales Gravy

MARCH 9, 2024

On this fascinating episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, master sales trainer Jessica Stokes spends time with Steven Farber of Take Flight Learning discussing why it is important for salespeople and leaders to understand and adapt to different personality styles. Think about your last sales call. You know it, I know it.

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Decision Maker Buyer ROI Analytics 97

MarketJoy

APRIL 7, 2022

Why You Need Effective Buyer Personas for B2B Lead Generation. A buyer persona is a hypothetical customer that serves as a model of the buyer you want to target. Personas are based on an ideal customer profile (ICP), which is a set of metrics that guide your overall sales strategy. Why do they buy?

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Lead Generation Outsourcing Services 98

Allego

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

On average, sales reps don’t know the answer to 40% of product questions asked by customers. That’s just one of the many surprising findings from new Allego research on the current state of sales enablement for companies nationwide. The report, Who Owns Sales Enablement? Top Pain Points of Sales Enablement Teams.

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Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 10, 2020

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, everything seems different, but sales fundamentals haven’t changed that much, if at all. What’s most different is our time: each moment seems more precious, which means sellers must be conscious of how they spend their time preparing for interactions and of how they spend their buyers’ time.

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Sales Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Lead Scoring 81

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

One of the keys to increasing sales is getting under the skin of the prospect or your customer, so ascertain the real needs and to get them to understand how they can improve their business using your solutions. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Buyer Face-to-face Buying Cycle Vendor 175

SBI

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Customer References & Buyer Confidence. So many of these buying decision factors apply to B2B buyers. As Brent Adamson, Distinguished Vice President, Gartner has written about and presented on , all the sales motions that go on must ultimately help build buyer self-confidence in making the decision.

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Buyer Customer Vendor Lead Gen 115

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

“Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. We have seen a tremendous rise in the interest and use of buyer personas since 2002. The year I first introduced the methodology for creating buyer personas specifically for marketing and sales. Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Lead Nurturing Lead Rank 312

SBI Growth

MARCH 11, 2013

In B2B corporate environments, Social Selling gets a Sales Rep’s foot in the door. This article is for B2B Sales Reps who work in complex sales environments. I discuss how these Reps align themselves with the Buyer’s process to be successful. Then I provide a Buyer Alignment Tool to enable success in these environments.

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Buyer B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 333

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sales ops executives are charged with improving sales effectiveness and efficiency. Your goal is to best enable sales. But is that the same as enabling the buyer to buy? Buyers don’t care about how your organization wants to sell. Look across the spectrum of Sales Operations.

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Buyer Telemarketing Cold Calling Buyer Persona 288

The SalesPro Leader

JANUARY 14, 2019

The article, Improve Sales Lead Follow-up originally appeared first on SalesPro Leads - Connecting You with Tomorrow's Buyers.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 30, 2021

Not only do buyers now prefer remote sales interactions, but they're also more than happy to make large purchases online — a trend that has sellers embracing and investing heavily in digital sales and prospecting to keep up. Let’s start with the differences that exist in buyer intent data.

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Intent Data Buyer Intent Intent Top of Funnel 106

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Investing in buyer intent data is one of the best ways to differentiate yourself — now, more than ever. And those that have adapted, now grapple with stronger competition and shifting buyer behavior. And those that have adapted, now grapple with stronger competition and shifting buyer behavior. Improving account-based targeting.

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Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel 98

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Everyone in sales talks about how you need 5, 10, 15, or more touches to engage a buyer. They spend their time digging through complex data sets to help sales professionals perform at a higher level. They spend their time digging through complex data sets to help sales professionals perform at a higher level.

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Buyer Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring 103

SalesFuel

APRIL 16, 2024

As a sales manager, you may feel this pressure more than other department heads. You can increase team productivity by personalizing coaching and improving efficiency in sales team processes. They may have recognized that their reps face bigger challenges in guiding leads through the B2B sales funnel.

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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The post Are Buyer Personas Sabotaging Your Sales? One of the most popular “best practices” in B2B sales and marketing is to create buyer personas. Typical buyer personas include a character sheet full of your prospects’ demographics, challenges, goals, and KPIs. Buyer Personas Don’t Create Urgency to Change.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Decision Maker Demand Generation Agencies 100

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Most sales professionals recommend using a sales methodology that involves uncovering a buyer’s biggest problem or pain point. While this is essential for sales success, it’s also only half of the story. Sellers hear a buyer’s complaint and often jump to problem-solving far too quickly. Keep reading to learn more!

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Buyer Sales Methodology Exact Meeting 100

SBI Growth

JANUARY 13, 2013

Developing and operationalizing a steady stream of relevant content that engages buyers is the new must-have modern marketing core competency. Core to success is the development of a buyer persona-based content marketing strategy. Why Buyer Personas. The number of buyer personas needed varies. A Changing World.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 303

Pointclear

MAY 7, 2013

In 2002, Tony established the first buyer persona research methodology designed specifically for B2B marketing and sales. This innovation helps leading companies gain better understanding of their buyers, leading to improved lead generation and revenue performance. Understand the Buyer''s Backstory.

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Buyer Buyer Persona Buying Cycle Sales Qualified Lead 189

Miller Heiman Group

JULY 21, 2020

But the need for sales organizations to change is nothing new; it’s just more urgent now. Even before the pandemic arose, we lived in a world where buyers are generally better at buying than sellers are at selling. 70% of buyers wait until after they’ve chosen a solution before engaging a seller. Define a Sales Methodology.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Sales Methodology 100

LeadFuze

AUGUST 7, 2021

Salespeople sometimes find the buying patterns of buyers to be quite baffling. For many years, I’ve spent a good part of my career in purchasing and in sales, I’ve learned that buyers do not think the same way salespeople think. And, just as good salespeople have a system for selling, good buyers have buying patterns.

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Buyer Vendor Consumer Negotiation 98

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Last week I posted a piece on LinkedIn, based on discussions at CEB’s Sales & Marketing Thought Leader Roundtable this past August, titled “Why Do We Need Sales?” , Exploring the relationship between marketing and sales, and how it needs to evolve and change with relation to the markets they serve.

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Buyer Account Based Marketing Small Business Small Business 120

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. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. BDR achievement has remained steady.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

Nutshell

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers. But what should a seller do after securing a new buyer? That’s to say, current customers will often spend more with your business than new buyers.

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Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 18, 2020

In a recent post , we began to explore first three of the “Big Six” categories that sellers use to qualify leads using our scorecard : solution alignment, decision-making process and timing. Sellers often wait until late in the sales process to discuss their buyer’s budget, because they think that money is a taboo topic.

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Sales Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 90

Highspot

JUNE 25, 2021

Industry-leading programmatic advertising platform, StackAdapt , empowers their reps to tailor proposals and other materials for more personalized outreach, resulting in deeper rep participation and more effective buyer interactions. Empower Reps with Customizable Content and Guidance.

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Buyer Top of Funnel Scale Sales Enablement 59

Connext Digital

MARCH 26, 2019

In this increasingly customer-centric business landscape, it’s getting more important than ever for companies to tap into their buyers’ mindset. Enter: buyer personas. Buyer personas are one of the most tried and tested ways of getting into your target audience’s psyche. How to Gather Buyer Persona Data Effectively.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Data Ideal Customer Profile 105

Sales Hacker

MAY 19, 2021

Can your sales reps differentiate negative email replies from positive replies? SDRs work on the front lines of all sales engagement and hone their craft in outbound sales strategies. They learn to tailor their approach for each customer and are always trying to find a better way to convert leads into opportunities.

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Data Buyer Top of Funnel Pivotal 80

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Sales reps can also pinpoint specific obstacles and make improvements with a stage-focused sales strategy.

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Sales Cycle Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re about to get that hot lead on the phone. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309