Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But how do you know when your B2B customer is indicating sales-readiness for cross-selling opportunities? Simply put, cross-selling is a sales technique that encourages customers to purchase a product or service that is related to a purchase they already plan to make. What is Cross-Selling? How Do You Know When To Cross-Sell?

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 21, 2013

I’ve heard sales people say, “I don’t have the time to research a prospect.” What you can learn about a prospect on Linkedin is invaluable! When you land a deal and no longer need the info or an opportunity fades, just hit the unsubscribe button and you are done. Their performance record.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 3, 2020

The current pandemic and financial crises create an unprecedented opportunity to engage our customers in high value and impact ways. But remember, to capitalize on this, opportunity, all our focus has to be on the customer and how we help them navigated these uncertain times. It is human nature to resist change.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Leads, opportunities, sales: That’s the natural sequence of the sales process, right? But opportunities can be much more than that. Below, we’ll discuss the impact that a robust opportunity management process can have on your bottom line. What is opportunity management — and why should you care?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 12, 2023

More than half of all salespeople are missing and skipping important milestones in the sales process each and every day and their egos get more bruised from failing to close those opportunities than my body got bruised from my not so thrilling adventure to the ground. Lyrics rarely impact my decisions (except Popsicle Toes ).

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The Pipeline

JULY 6, 2017

So rather than following the 80% of your peers who go into summer mode, I instead invite you to use the summer to improve your prospecting skills so can remain in that 20% that drives the economy, the 80% is piggybacking on. Every Thursday in July and August, the posts in the Pipeline will focus on a specific element in Proactive Prospecting.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2022

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Qualify Opportunities Methodically? Most sales professionals do not want to waste time, so they fail to qualify opportunities methodically. However, reflecting upon the person or the company behind the opportunity can bring a new dimension to the proposal. Photo by Mary1826 Via Pixabay.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 10, 2020

The Covid-19 virus, oil prices, and other disruptions are converging on creating business and economic crises–and opportunities. When there is a problem (or opportunity). Our societies, communities, workplaces and businesses are in turmoil. When do people buy? When there is a compelling/trigger event.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Scenario Prospect firmographics and technographics help you identify who’s a good fit for your solution — but intent data helps you target the right prospects at the right time. Intent data gives your sales teams a leg up on the competition through early visibility to developing opportunities.

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the latest episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, we had the privilege of diving deep into the world of prospecting and sales with Kristin Andree from the Andree Group. This section of the podcast offers a goldmine of ideas for digital prospecting, including leveraging LinkedIn for networking and content distribution.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2020

In many ways, the pandemic has created an opportunity rich environment for us. But while we face an opportunity rich environment, we need to be very focused and selective with those we prospect. But as we prospect now, it’s even more important to be hyper-focused. Related Posts: What Do Our Customers Care About Now?

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Apptivo

MAY 31, 2022

All About Customer Relations. What is customer relations? Who is responsible for customer relations in a company? Why is customer relations important? Customer relations vs Customer service. Steps to take to build lasting customer relations. 5 Tips to improve customer relations. Introduction.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Sales methodologies like BANT — shorthand for budget, authority, need, timeframe — can help reps identify business opportunities at the outset of the sales process. However, when used at the wrong time and the wrong way — like checking off BANT criteria while talking to a prospect — reps lose ground qualifying prospective customers.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Keep in mind that potential prospects may already be interested in your competitors — and your current customers could jump ship. Segmenting every one one of these potential prospects and creating content (including landing pages) for each of them will uniquely interest them. They both need this engagement! Value propositioning.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding the Process of Prospecting for SMB Leads The process of prospecting for SMB leads can be a complex task, particularly for salespeople at digital marketing agencies who specialize in selling to small businesses. Prospecting commences with pinpointing the type of small business you envision as your prospects.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 29, 2023

The truth about salespeople who are reluctant to prospect boils down to two things: First, they are reluctant to prospect because past attempts resulted in failure. Second, they don’t know what to say to prospects. Prospecting reluctance can be the silent killer of sales careers.

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Apptivo

AUGUST 25, 2021

Salespeople follow up right from capturing a lead, converting it to sales qualified lead, moving it into pipeline opportunities, and improving the customer conversion rate. However, if you are new to this CRM sales industry, it could be quite challenging to gauge the difference between lead and opportunity. What is an opportunity?

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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. Numerous platforms empower prospective clients to choose meeting times based on their availability.

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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. Or possibly our problems are that too many sales people just don’t want to prospect?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. FinancialServices. Insurance. ITServices.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lead generation is pointless if it doesn’t result in a prospect and a conversion. Before we dive into how to drive conversions, let’s first unpack the difference between a lead and a prospect, and how to turn one into the other. Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Prospecting 111

SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2018

Why is prospecting such a negative word? If marketing is going to contribute 30% of pipeline, sales will need to generate the other 70% of sales opportunities. Most sales reps on your team hate prospecting because they relate prospecting to.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The role of AI becomes critical, particularly in sales prospecting, where conducting efficient, extensive, and result-driven efforts are pivotal in executing a successful marketing campaign. AI boasts an unparalleled ability to enhance your sales prospecting process. Your unique circumstances will likely require a different approach.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 29, 2022

Can Lead to Opportunities. No one strategy is guaranteed to work 100% of the time, but diplomatic responses to annoyances often lead to opportunities. A better response is to ask questions related to, ‘Why?’ Soon collaborative efforts pick up, and opportunities arise that would otherwise never occur.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I had the opportunity to dissect a recorded Discovery call with a team last week. For me an opportunity to validate an approach most mismanage, and I normally avoid. Specifically, how we use positive data in prospecting and Discovery, in this case the latter. The above approach lacks context for the prospect.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through asking penetrating questions and providing valuable resources, consultants and salespeople can establish themselves as experts and earn the right to have pivotal conversations with their top prospects. Using interviews as a prospecting channel to gather intelligence, build relationships, and connect with high-level decision makers.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

One proven way is to use analogies from different yet relatable practices. With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. In fact, I recommend you share the definition with your prospects as a means of creating a clear path forward. By Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 5, 2017

No one says telephone prospecting is easy, which is why I am always puzzled as to why many sales people make it even more difficult than it already is. Over 90% of sales conversations are started or initiated by the seller, this goes to 100% of telephone prospecting calls, especially cold calls.

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SalesProInsider

APRIL 28, 2023

Unfortunately, passive prospects who stall, stop answering messages, reschedule…and then reschedule again, are the output of prematurely “sending something” after what appeared to be good conversations. Prospect: “Okay, sounds good. Prospect: “Sounds good.” The prospect just gave you an assignment with NO commitment to anything.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 25, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Improving Your Business Prospects One Step At A Time. Our collaborative blog provides insights for ‘Improving your business’ prospects one step at a time.’. Specifically, looking at how you can hope plus take action for improving your business’ prospects one step at a time. _.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

As DiscoverOrg’s Manager of Strategic Accounts, I’m always looking for ways to use personal touchpoints to engage prospects via email. I start with a thoughtful, well-researched cold email that shows just how well I knows my prospect – both the pain points they experience in their job, as well as their personal interests.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 22, 2014

How different would it be to begin 2015 with some solid appointments and opportunities rather than a blank slate? What if you spent several hours working on a prospecting strategy for success – if in fact you really were reaching NO ONE now? Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline. Close More Deals.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In real estate, you have to understand that prospects aren't going to appear out of thin air. This is a concept known as real estate prospecting. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging. Prospecting should be a fundamental part of your business strategy as a real estate professional.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

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. If you decide to leverage LinkedIn to guide or support your prospect research efforts, there are some key steps you should follow.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

95% of our prospecting is just wasted time, so just stop it! If that’s the method of prospecting, just STOP! They don’t go through the same routines, but somehow their prospecting works. But they approach prospecting differently. They don’t widen their search to get higher numbers of prospecting calls.

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Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 28, 2020

Targeting is a way of disqualifying non-prospects and focus on those companies who will benefit from the better outcomes you can offer them. Many sales organizations and salespeople tend to over-qualify prospective clients and targets, using filters that are so tight that very few prospects become opportunities.

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