Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales. Now, we’ll go further and explore strategies and best practices for improving prospect qualification. And, if so, is the prospect worth your time and effort?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 22, 2019

These days, there's a lot of talk about influencing sales through social media or "social selling." This post looks at how a podcast I developed has helped our company significantly influence the sales pipeline. But that work has paid off in terms of developing valuable content we can share with prospects and customers.

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Julie Hanson

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Mastering Video Outreach: Lights, Camera, Prospecting Success In the fast-paced world of sales, video outreach has emerged as a powerful tool. However, prospects have become quicker to hit that dreaded “delete” button as the number of videos hitting their inbox skyrockets. Lights, Camera, Prospecting! The good news?

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Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2014

Finding the right prospective buyers and then actually having conversations with them are the top two challenges most sellers are facing now. If they represent an untapped market niche, you could certainly look for more companies like them in the same industry / niche. The post Reaching Prospects appeared first on Score More Sales.

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Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 254

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Operations leaders often have a disproportionate amount of influence over Sales functions. Data is the most effective way to influence strategy, especially against political headwinds. Ops managers insisted on “helping” interview prospective sales reps. Let’s be honest about how things work in many large, traditional companies.

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Influencer Strategy Policies Lead Gen 282

Smooth Sale

MARCH 9, 2022

For The Healthcare Industry? Note: Our collaborative Blog asks and provides insights on the, ‘Do You Know The Success Secrets For The Healthcare Industry?’’. Although the title, ‘The success secrets for the healthcare industry,’ may sound limited to one industry, the success secrets insights apply to many. A Central Hub.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 28, 2023

Before you ever pick up the phone for prospecting , you have to determine whether the person you’re calling fits your ideal prospect profile. Selling a product you don’t truly believe in is a challenge — and if you don't understand your own company, your prospects will pick up on that. How senior is your prospect?

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

As a long time Twitter user and fan, I have directly seen how more than 100 companies – mostly B2B find prospects and even close business through their Twitter account. Try searching for topics and terms in your industry. Doing this alone can give you enough good reasons to contact prospects and existing customers to add value.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. The most important part of prospecting isn’t simply finding names and emails — it’s the time and effort spent identifying potential customers and making sure that they’re actually a good fit. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

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Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. The most important part of prospecting isn’t simply finding names and emails — it’s the time and effort spent identifying potential customers and making sure that they’re actually a good fit. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

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Ideal Customer Profile Closing Prospecting Intent Data 98

Score More Sales

JULY 7, 2014

Do you have a strategic prospecting plan or will you just “wing it” again, like you often do? You need to start planning during your prior work day for upcoming prospecting you’ll be doing on the next business day. Download the “Strategic Prospecting Plan” here. Know why you are reaching out.

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Score More Sales

MAY 29, 2013

With this being the end of the month and 2/3 through Q2, I thought it might be helpful to post a lot of ideas to help you or those on your sales team reach B2B decision makers, influencers, and strategic partners. Don’t be afraid to let them know that you feel they could be a great prospective client / customer.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 21, 2012

Growing one’s visibility in their industry niche is something many sellers are working to do now. It is that next step, one of engaging with more probable prospects, that takes you to discussions around how you could help through your products and services. This is where many salespeople working to build credibility online stop.

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BuzzBoard

APRIL 9, 2024

Instead, it’s a well-researched strategy that nurtures leads, guiding prospects from brand awareness to decision-making. A crucial element of content marketing is crafting content that establishes your agency as an industry thought leader. Influencer marketing brings an untapped dimension to content marketing.

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Score More Sales

MAY 8, 2012

What if you disarmed the thought of competition – and instead used a term I call, Industry Counterparts? They seek to take what we believe is ours – namely our prospective customers. Industry Counterparts are people and companies in your market niche. What are 3 ways you can make your competitors into industry counterparts?

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Score More Sales

MAY 8, 2012

What if you disarmed the thought of competition – and instead used a term I call, Industry Counterparts? They seek to take what we believe is ours – namely our prospective customers. Industry Counterparts are people and companies in your market niche. What are 3 ways you can make your competitors into industry counterparts?

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Industry Competition Lead Rank Lead Scoring 204

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

B2B sales prospecting isn’t always as exciting and glamorous as other parts of the sales routine, as you can imagine; it’s far more behind the scenes and challenging. In fact, sales leaders agree that prospecting is the hardest part of the sales process. Find more prospects with Crunchbase Pro – try it free.

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LeadFuze

JULY 19, 2021

Measure What Influences Sales Velocity in Your New Product Launch Marketing Plan. I prefer to look at sales velocity in a few different ways to get a sense of what levers influence your pipeline’s speed. Here are a few examples: Does engaging a new prospect with the CXO create a faster sale than through a Director-level contact?

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Connext Digital

OCTOBER 28, 2019

While some people tend to only think of it in the modern context of robots taking over jobs, this phenomenon has been happening for decades across different industries. This includes the digital marketing industry, particularly mobile marketing. How Does it Influence Mobile Marketing? will go programmatic by 2020.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

With so much information at their fingertips, prospects are more empowered. But your job as a sales rep is to influence the prospect's buying decision. Today’s post offers a way to influence the buying decision without saying a word. What do prospect consume before you interact with them? The Battleground.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today’s Guest Blog, ‘‘Marketing Strategies That Work for Any Industry—and 2 Creative Ways to Fund Them.’ No matter the industry, the key to successful marketing is adapting to changes. Marketing Strategies That Work for Any Industry. Watch the market leaders, and not just within your industry. Research Wins .

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. Without any further ado, let’s jump right ahead to the list of Sales LinkedIn Influencers: 1. Gary Vee is the influencer we all know & follow at least on one social media platform. Steli Efti.

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Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 76

Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2020

Credibility helps you stand out and build trust with prospects who are complete strangers to you. Keep reading to learn how to overcome a credibility gap, plus five things you can do to create credibility with your ideal prospects — even if they’re perfect strangers. You have an active presence on every channel your prospects use.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 30, 2019

buying influences per deal, spread across many roles in different departments and each with unique interests and pain points. To succeed in modern manufacturing sales, sellers must identify each of these buying influences and tailor their messaging to address their specific needs and wants.

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Women Sales Pros

JANUARY 7, 2019

In Part 1 of this series, I covered three key trends influencing our buyers in the new sales economy. This post digs into four more influencers for modern sellers to be aware of with our prospects and clients. Because of the growing influence exerted into complex buying decisions, it challenges sellers to get beyond those silos.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There are several facts I thought I knew about prospecting. The RAIN Group Center for Sales Research surveyed 488 buyers and 489 sellers in 25+ industries to get their take on effective methods, timing, and more. The results are probably not what you’d expect -- but they do bode well for your prospecting strategy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Prepare for your sales conversations with better prospect research. Why is prospect research critical to the sales process? Prospect research is critical to personalizing and delivering a successful sales pitch. Looking at these numbers, it’s clear why prospect research is so important. The short answer?

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 17, 2013

On the 11th of January this year I posted an article: The Competencies that Influence Sales. It's not like the training and consulting industry doesn't have specialist at 'time management' to call on! Assuming you are a sales leader, director, executive or manager then the next priority should be prospecting.

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Fill the Funnel

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Influencer marketing for salespeople. Influencer marketing means using company leaders, thought leaders, experts, big names, and other well-known people in your industry to promote your business to their audience. If you’re not taking advantage of influencer marketing now, you should be and here’s why.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. Some of the top include: Lead Generation and Qualification Prospect identification Lead qualification Effective BDRs excel at identifying potential leads within target markets or industries.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 21, 2020

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: You can arouse curiosity in your prospects by asking intriguing questions. My Story: Arouse Curiosity In Your Prospects. Upon listing the potential clients we desire, the first question to answer is, ‘why do I want to do business with this prospective client?’

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Smooth Sale

AUGUST 11, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Struggle with Being Nice to Prospects? An early morning friendly conversation brought up the topic of struggling with being nice to prospects. In all honesty, sometimes it is a struggle to be nice to prospects and, occasionally, a client. My Story : Being Nice to Prospects.

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Prospecting Hiring Networking Conversion 78

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Prepare for your sales conversations with better sales prospect research. Why Is Sales Prospect Research Important? Prospect research is critical to personalizing and delivering a successful sales pitch. Looking at these numbers, it’s clear why prospect research is so important. And, how can you remedy this issue?

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Score More Sales

JUNE 25, 2013

While we are talking about visuals – I recommend you create one column to track prospects and one column to keep track of conversations with potential referrers – those people who can refer multiple sales opportunities your way. As soon as a prospect asks a question and hears you hesitate or stumble to answer, they know you are not seasoned.

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Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She has produced hundreds of white papers, case studies and eBooks for a range of organizations, including some of the world's leading technology companies.

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Influencer Buyer Persona Lead Rank Case Study 162

Smooth Sale

APRIL 17, 2024

Various industries realize they need at least five or more people on the team at any given time. For example, you want to become a real estate investor and build a business dealing within the industry. Commit to ongoing industry research to remain on top of the news and in demand. Seek out technology that can help save you time.

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Outsourcing Services Real Estate Hiring Policies 122

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. Without any further ado, let’s jump right ahead to the list of Sales LinkedIn Influencers: 1. Gary Vee is the influencer we all know & follow at least on one social media platform. Steli Efti.

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Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 52