The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2018

Stu reached for a discussion on persistence in pursuit of a client, in pursuit of success, and other steps one can and should take in engaging with prospects where you can deliver mutual value. The post Positional Perseverance appeared first on TiborShanto.com. The conversation is below – enjoy!

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. While every cold call or prospecting call will result in an objection, the objections are not all that different. As mentioned there five common ones you’ll get 80% of the time on a B2B prospecting call.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 14, 2020

I was struggling with a new way to position referral selling during a recession. When the market is on an upswing, our customers and prospects may be focused on a whole host of things. Salespeople score meetings with qualified prospects in one call. It’s not always about revenue growth. Wow, did I really say that?

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The Sales Heretic

MAY 22, 2013

If you’re like most salespeople—and most salespeople are—you’re pretty positive. Sales benefits business CEO features opportunities positive thinking prospect risk' Sales benefits business CEO features opportunities positive thinking prospect risk' The same is true if you’re a business owner or CEO.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 10, 2024

I learned a lot about product positioning long before I ever stepped into a product marketing role. I think of demos as verbal product positioning. The Product Positioning School of Hard Knocks Early in my pre-sales demo career, I had some demos where my audience was totally engaged and it felt like I hit it out of the park.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Today’s topic is Brand Positioning. Brand Positioning is about inspiring your customers and prospects to. Joining us is Kay Kienast head of marketing at EVault, a division of Seagate. Kay was recently named one of the Top 10 Influential Woman in MarTech.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

With regularity, most active sales trainers and I get the following question: “When is the best time to prospect?”. First, wanting to stay real and all, what they are really looking for is either a reason not to prospect or absolution from having not prospected for a while for all the wrong and usual reasons.

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Selling Energy

JUNE 3, 2022

While closing a sale is a great way to put yourself in the right mindset for selling, you don’t need to wait for success to experience the benefits of a positive mindset. Before you approach a prospect or client, rid your mind of any negative thoughts. Is the weather terrible? Was the commute excruciating? Did your flight get delayed?

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Are You Establishing A Positive Business Reputation? Building a positive reputation in business should be relatively easy, with the essentials always in mind. If you can set the right tone, you’ll be in an excellent position to move forward. Establishing A Positive Business Reputation.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 2, 2020

Perception in our prospect’s mind is what sales and marketing is all about. When we call or email a prospect totally cold our social capital is close to zero. The prospect has never heard of us. But that’s not the only criteria the prospect uses to evaluate your call. Prospect has Capital at Stake. Do I know You?

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One of a Kind Sales

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But you may have challenging prospects that thwart your efforts. I’ve written before about the benefits of getting to ‘no’ quickly. As I wrote in my last blog, the more no’s you hear, the closer you get to ‘yes.’ For example, they drag their feet on making a decision, or they don’t give you much […]

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Product Management University

JULY 18, 2023

Does your product positioning need to be different than your sales narratives? The short and simple answer is no, but it’s highly dependent on how your product positioning is constructed. No salesperson would ever use our product positioning dialogues when talking with prospects and customers.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 5, 2022

In my last article in this series, we took up the example of a firefighter and the fact that a firefighter is almost always a positive example of their profession. In the same way, a firefighter has a positive reputation in society. That salesperson will be out of a job and won’t have prospects who willingly deal with them.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A recent study found that students given positive information about their school were more likely to do well academically than those given neutral or negative information about their school. In other words, a positive framing helped students do better at school. Another trick is by re-framing challenges in a positive light.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 22, 2019

People will tell you that the number one reason sellers do not like to prospect, specifically telephone prospecting, is rejection. Look at it as an opportunity to educate the prospect or correct a misunderstanding they have, or highlight a blind spot they hadn’t considered. By Tibor Shanto. Best Defence Is a Good Offence.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Be upfront and transparent with your prospects. Consider these following tips to get more success in your cold calls — before, during, and afterward: Do: Research your prospect (Who are they? Chat for as long as it’s comfortable, then position:]. Back in 2007, it took 3-4 cold call attempts to reach a prospect.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Over 13 million workers hold sales or sales-related positions in the United States. Any experienced sales professional knows that the key to generating leads is sales prospecting. Not only does prospecting generate more leads, but it also ensures that you're selling to someone interested in what you're selling.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 21, 2021

Imagine this scenario: You’re managing a seller who is excellent at developing close relationships with their clients, but you’ve noticed they've been running late to several prospecting meetings in recent weeks. You want them to be on time for their meetings and are preparing to give them feedback on this issue. The answer?

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 10, 2021

Knowing how and where to reach our target persona will positively impact our ability to hunt, qualify, and discover potential new business.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. Learn how these factors impact your prospecting, and what you can do to yield better outcomes in sales. #1: To improve prospecting, relevance is key.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2024

Several of his books include: “The Power of Positive Leadership,” “The Energy Bus,” etc. What this means is that rather than let that random, negative self-talk just pour into you, you should instead talk back to yourself in advance and feed the positive self-talk you need to succeed. Good morning everyone!

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The Pipeline

JUNE 19, 2017

Most sales people tend to ease off on their prospecting when they have a healthy pipeline. All kinds of opportunities to close at the peak, desperately prospecting (praying and hoping), at the bottom. Prospecting when your pipeline is “overflowing”, is one of the most fun things you can do.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? They are a component of campaigns where individual readers (who could be possible prospects) are sent crafted messages after they set off a configured trigger. What are the Benefits of Email Automation? Technical Steps.

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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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Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2021

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. While many variables drive the sales process, it comes down to this: the prospect you’re calling has no clue how your product will make their business better.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 4, 2020

But if you can remain positive you have a huge competitive advantage. But there is a secret weapon — positivity. A positive outlook is essential for every sales performer and is one of the keys to my personal success. A positive outlook is essential for every sales performer and is one of the keys to my personal success.

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RAIN Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What’s RAIN Group’s position on AI? I’ve seen this as a practitioner. I work closely with client organizations and collaborate with senior executives, and I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about AI. What’s working for sales teams in terms of applying AI? How do we make AI work for us?

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 21, 2014

More importantly, are you going to be a positive or negative influence? As salespeople, we are in a tremendous position to impact our customers, prospects and colleagues. Are you a positive influence? Who are you going to influence today? Everyday we have the opportunity to influence those around us.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 4, 2019

Is prospecting a four-letter word in your mind? If you had to choose between prospecting and having a root canal, which would you choose? Maybe you wouldn’t choose the root canal; however, you certainly would rather have a cavity filled than have to prospect. I bet prospecting would be on the list too if everyone had to do it.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Are you looking for the positive? I have found that the most positive people did not get that way by accident. People who look for the positive more often than not find it. Look for the positive, and you will have greater success in your sales and in your prospecting. This is just one thing […].

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And as it turns out, there are some very real benefits to using text as part of your prospecting strategy. Sure, being ghosted by your prospect is certainly a possibility, but at the very least, it gets your message read, and faster than if it had been sent via email. . Rules for Texting Sales Prospects. So, the jury is out.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2022

And, as it turns out, there are some very real benefits to using text as part of your prospecting strategy. Sure, being ghosted by your prospect is certainly a possibility. Here are a few no-no’s when it comes to contacting sales prospecting via text message: Don’t Write a Novel: Keep it short.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As technology continues to accelerate the pace of advances, other elements of prospecting are not keeping up. One clear example is the role of the telephone in prospecting success. They need to adopt a new view of the role of the telephone in the age of asynchronous prospecting. The Telephone and Asynchronous Prospecting.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

When I began my sales career all those years ago, I was told that at the bottom of all successful sales was a transfer of emotion – my manager told me that I was either transferring my positive feelings about my product onto my buyer, or he/she was transferring their negative feelings about it to me. Positive Statement #3.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 5, 2014

Because of the feast or famine mentality that can happen in a professional selling career, and because of the things we say internally to ourselves, having a primary positive attitude is crucial for your success. Research over the years has found that positive attitudes impact sales success. – Jack Canfield. We all have them.

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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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