Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

LinkedIn provides access to an ocean of prospects and some valuable insight into what makes them tick — but connecting with them is a struggle in itself. Prospecting on the network is every bit as tricky as it is potentially productive, and if you want to do it effectively, you need to master the art of the LinkedIn sales message.

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RAIN Group

APRIL 21, 2021

82% of buyers will look up a seller on LinkedIn before replying to a seller’s prospecting efforts. Which begs the question: How are you showing up on LinkedIn? What does your profile look like and what does it say about you?

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One of the most common social selling questions I’m asked is: Can I send LinkedIn connection requests to cold prospects? . Can I send a #LinkedIn connection request to a cold #prospect? Rather, it’s to find unique opportunities to ENGAGE and HELP your buyers, which drive a warm connection. . Drive Sales. Be Discovered.

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Vengreso

JUNE 10, 2022

Whether you’re a recent graduate, a newly-established freelancer who’s trying to generate leads, a job seeker in the market for a new job or position, or a seasoned sales professional, the strength of your LinkedIn profile can have a huge impact on your ability to attract and engage with the right audience.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

With almost 800 million users, LinkedIn isn’t only for showcasing your professional skills, researching new employers, looking for jobs, or for getting career advice! The platform has quickly become a vitally important resource for B2B sales professionals too! Did you know that #Linkedin has over 800 million users?

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 11, 2023

My LinkedIn stream is filled with all sorts of “expert” advice for generating content through AI. But these tools are not just for us in sales, marketing, customer experience? Think of the power available to buyers in leveraging these tools to help them think about their buying process.

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LinkedFusion

AUGUST 25, 2023

Finding buyers on LinkedIn for selling your products or updating your CRM lead list is an essential task. And social media platforms like LinkedIn are where you can find your b2b sales leads. But doing so with the basic LinkedIn Premium plan will not give you any best result. What is a LinkedIn Sales navigator?

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

To outperform their peers, Social Sellers use LinkedIn as a sales tool. They use their profiles to demonstrate value and build trust with the Buyers. Their LinkedIn profile becomes an integral part of their personal brand. In this article I outline 4 principles of an effective LinkedIn profile.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

There is one factor that is extremely limiting to sales processes worldwide. Most do not accurately follow the ebb and flow of buyers. A customized sales process is an excellent tool. Instead, you must account for the fluidity in the buyer’s journey. How often do we see the buyer take one step forward and two steps back?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 31, 2023

It’s easy to find thought leaders on LinkedIn giving tips on using LinkedIn Sales Navigator. But when one of my reps was struggling to book meetings in Q1 this year, I couldn’t find a comprehensive guide to LinkedIn Sales Navigator — so I decided to write it. Your Book of Business is now set up!

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SBI

AUGUST 17, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? So those are the metrics we advise customers to measure.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 26, 2013

Now LinkedIn is the best way to reach your Buyer. To be effective on LinkedIn, carefully consider how you correspond with your extended network. This article outlines how to write effective prospecting messages on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is Critical to Your Sales Strategy. Phone and email are losing their appeal.

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LinkedFusion

OCTOBER 10, 2023

LinkedIn is often the only platform that helps sales reps get new business, even while Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are useful resources for learning more about your prospect’s hobbies and personality, warming them up before you reach out, and developing your subject matter expertise.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 17, 2013

Recent enhancements to LinkedIn’s social network should be leveraged to generate leads. The new LinkedIn user profile offering is one of many recent enhancements. Sales teams know that social selling on LinkedIn will help make their number. This gets your sales reps more connected to potential prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 4, 2020

Not only has personal social media usage been on the rise, but professional social media usage has become more prevalent as well — and the field of sales is no exception. With so many teams now focusing on inside sales, using strategies such as social selling to connect and win over customers are more important than ever.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 15, 2014

You are a progressive Sales VP in a medium size company. You know today’s buyer is time starved and media saturated. Social Selling Sales Leader Prospecting LinkedIn Small Company Sales Leader Resources Advertising and Marketing Social Prospecting' You know how hard it is for your reps to prospect today.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 24, 2013

Your Reach on LinkedIn will be one of your best sales assets in 2014. These numbers leave little room for doubt: More referrals = more qualified opportunities = more sales. These numbers leave little room for doubt: More referrals = more qualified opportunities = more sales. In the digital age, the answer is LinkedIn.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 25, 2013

In this article I’ll address a LinkedIn feature that has the potential to supercharge your network. We often see sales professionals with massive LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+ accounts. There is no doubt LinkedIn is a powerful tool for professional networks. The LinkedIn feature I alluded to earlier is called tagging.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 11, 2024

Sales leaders recently gathered to discuss the many ways that buyers are changing. As Amari Gonzalez writes for LinkedIn : “Over the past few months, we sat down with some of the most innovative sales leaders today … And [we] asked them how they are connecting with buyers.”

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LinkedFusion

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

LinkedIn is often the only platform that helps sales reps get new business, even while Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are useful resources for learning more about your prospect’s hobbies and personality, warming them up before you reach out, and developing your subject matter expertise.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Many sales reps and sales managers commented and shared about the previous post on How Salespeople Goof Up on LinkedIn so we were compelled to share more ideas to help sellers do better. First, I wanted to share that our blog is up for an AWARD – as one of the top Sales Blogs at Top Sales World.

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RAIN Group

MAY 5, 2021

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know social media, especially LinkedIn, plays an important role in sales. According to LinkedIn research, 89% of top sales professionals find social networking platforms such as LinkedIn important to closing deals. But you may be surprised by just how big that role is.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 26, 2013

These meetings are net new sales opportunities you wouldn’t have otherwise had. This drives an increased number of qualified buyers of your product into the funnel. Worse, your sales teams’ newly updated LinkedIn profiles attract recruiters. Many of your sales rep''s profiles probably look like this. Nothing more.

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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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Score More Sales

MARCH 14, 2013

Sales and marketing experts Jill Konrath and Ardath Albee just announced a new e-book, Cracking the LinkedIn Sales Code which will help you better understand how professional B-2-B sellers are using LinkedIn to grow visibility, gain connections and ultimately grow revenues. Top sellers use more of LinkedIn’s capabilities.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

As a Sales & Marketing Leader, you are responsible for driving lead generation. Your business development teams are using LinkedIn and you’ve equipped them with the best social selling tools. To be effective, carefully consider how you drive social media through the sales field. Buyers have become even more evasive.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

The point is: If you want uncommon results — revenue that’s literally unmatched by anyone else on the leaderboard — then you’ll need to develop a set of uncommon sales practices. Tested, hard-won uncommon sales practices. Last year, I spent over 100 hours researching and compiling a 15,000-word library of uncommon sales practices.*

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The Pipeline

APRIL 17, 2014

I recently saw an ad for a sales program, and that big bold letters enticing me to buy read: “How To Get Ahead Of Your Buyer”. One of the key things we help sales teams accomplish with the EDGE framework is alignment with the buyer. Apparently some sales people still ask what keeps the prospect awake at night.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

My next guest on Sales Talk For CEOs is Brent Adamson and he’s got some revolutionary ideas about B2B enterprise selling. Stick around to learn what your sales teams need to do to overcome this crisis of confidence. Brent explains decision maker confidence is the main barrier for B2B teams to close deals.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 16, 2014

If LinkedIn Isn’t Making Your Cash Register Ring, You’re Doing It Wrong! Because sales is about relationships – not numbers, you need to have real conversations. With LinkedIn, you can spin your wheels and collect connections like baseball cards or actually make the connections you already have count. In fact, it’s rude.

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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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PandaDoc

AUGUST 10, 2020

LinkedIn’s State of Sales Report 2020 shows that 44 percent of companies are seeing a significant decrease in responsiveness to social and other outreach because of COVID-19. This is the platform where business and sales leaders can earn the trust of buyers and deliver value.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 15, 2020

These five LinkedIn summary templates will help you flesh out your profile in no time flat. LinkedIn Summary Examples for Reps. The most successful reps know that sales isn’t about them — it’s about the prospect. With that in mind, lay out the high-level problem your buyers face. If you’ve got writer’s block, good news.

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Crunchbase

JULY 9, 2021

While pay-per-click ads and cold outreach are popular methods for generating leads — the future of lead generation lies in buyer intent data. Studies show 89% of people rely on research before making a purchase, which qualifies them as a potential buyer. What is buyer intent data? Establish a targeted lead generation strategy.

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Vengreso

MAY 17, 2022

Although most people – including those in sales – treat LinkedIn like an online resume, it is much more than that. LinkedIn is an excellent resource for the modern seller and anyone involved in social selling. The value multiplies when one upgrades to a LinkedIn Premium account. Free LinkedIn Account.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 23, 2018

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a fantastic resource. Whether you’re new to Sales Navigator or a veteran of the tool, these tips will help you take your social selling game to the next level. Professional, Team, and Enterprise Sales Navigator users can send up to 20, 30, and 50 InMail messages per month, respectively.

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LinkedFusion

OCTOBER 12, 2022

How can you use LinkedIn for sales? Are you still trying to figure out how to do sales on LinkedIn or how you can make LinkedIn work for you as an outreach platform for your organization? Well, here is a blog where our VP of sales has shared interesting insights about how he and his team mates use LinkedIn to sell!

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