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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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 19, 2019

No one really listens to sales pitching anyway. Or have you reverted to those old, tiresome sales pitches that go on and on about why you’re so great? You remember the stories. People are riveted by stories. Each story has a main character and a moral, but stories aren’t treatises on morality or overcoming obstacles.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 5, 2018

One of the best ways to ensure you maximize your prospecting is to commit to a time in your day or week, where you are doing and thinking about nothing else but prospecting. But her numbers for the week told another story: 26 calls/dials – 8 right person conversations – 2 appointments for a web meeting.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From subject to signature, top salespeople know the importance of crafting great prospecting emails. After all, an email is often a prospect’s first impression, and it can be the difference between calling or deleting you. Also, too many sales pros think they just need the basic idea, and the prospect will do the rest.

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criteria for success

JULY 12, 2022

Does your team share sales best practices? Or do they like to keep all of their secret sales strategies to themselves? Here at Criteria for Success, we're big promoters of sharing sales best practices. 10 Sales Best Practices Worth Sharing. Prospecting Action Plan. Referrals are crucial in sales.

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SalesProInsider

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These are the three areas we need to engage with our prospective clients in sales conversations. In some theaters there are even mechanisms that allow movement within the seat so that we feel even more a part of the story and of what’s going on in the scene. No, it’s not a nursery song (i.e. Bring in documents?

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

One marketing platform or sales enablement app? Stand Out to Meet Quota None of this would matter if sales reps were meeting or exceeding quota, if their pipelines were qualified and their projections accurate, and if they had only committed and loyal clients. But that’s not happening in most sales organizations.

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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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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And why does taking these conversations offline give your sales team a competitive advantage? It’s not only presumptuous; it’s rude—and a big sales mistake. Image attribution: Werayuth Tessrimuang ) Until your salespeople actually talk to potential referral sources, they don’t know how those people are connected to their prospects.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Why You’re Turning Off Your Prospects. Learn the best cold calling and sales prospecting tips, ideas, techniques, strategies, tools and methods on how to make effective successful business calls for sales. Mr. Prospect, my name is….and Unfortunately, yes, and that’s how most sales reps do it these days….

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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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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 10, 2024

Preface: I’m departing from my normal process of introducing a new story about selling. Chloe’s story is just that. I’ve told the story of a variety of others. She’s been in sales for less than a year. It’s her first real sales role. Chloe Wold is different.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2024

You probably have the same stories showing up in your news feed as me. Wouldn’t it be cool if, instead of the news that currently appears in your feed, or the sports analysis you just heard, you could read the news of your last few days of selling, or hear the play-by-play analysis of your sales call from earlier today?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. Get meetings with prime prospects in one call.

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Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

So, why this story and what relevance does it have for you? but I am going to encourage you to do a bit of an inventory on yourself as well, and check the internal stories you may be telling yourself, that could be impacting the choices you make on becoming an even higher performer than you already are.

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criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As a sales leader, it can be a challenge to make sure your team is prospecting efficiently (or at all). That's why we put together something called the Prospecting Action Plan. This action plan puts your sales reps on the right track to ensure proper prospecting practices. Sales conversations. Networking.

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Julie Hanson

APRIL 19, 2022

Video can be a powerful sales outreach tool — but only if the prospect watches it. As the number of videos sent out by sellers has exploded, prospects have become more ruthless about what videos they choose to watch. So “how do you record a prospect video that gets watched?” And your prospect will feel the difference.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Chatting it up with your co-workers about what’s going on for the holidays – swapping stories about your relatives and friends? What if you spent several hours working on a prospecting strategy for success – if in fact you really were reaching NO ONE now? My attitude is that you should give it your all or go home.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 30, 2021

Check out what you might have missed from my blog over the last few months: Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story. I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan. Read “ Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story ”).

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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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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

My Story Most businesses finalize expenditures near year-end as they must use or lose their budget. Sadly, many do not know that part of the story and figure if they haven’t heard back by now, it’s useless and will write off the possibility for business. Are you seriously considering a new vendor; if so, why?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Chosen is the story of Jesus of Nazareth, his twelve apostles and their journey. I’ve written hundreds of articles with analogies to sales using athletes, musicians, actors, CEOs, politicians, inventors, songs, movies, TV Shows and their leading characters. This article might seem like a faith-based article.

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criteria for success

JULY 8, 2021

Are you struggling to make headway with indecisive prospects? When working with indecisive prospects, it can be extremely difficult to move forward in your selling process. The 5 following approaches can be your solution for dealing with indecisive prospects without seeming desperate and pushy. Share success stories.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Poorly-managed pipelines are an entirely different story, as they may affect deal closure and make it challenging to create accurate sales forecasts. Sales trainer Mark Hunter thinks he knows why — poor prospecting. “We We wind up with prospects in our pipeline that aren’t prospects,” Hunter said.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Do You Want the Sales Success Secrets? Embracing the mindset of ‘never give up’ and ‘seek out the better path’ no matter the conversation(s) behind your back is a primary factor for the secrets of sales success.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 3, 2024

Predictable Prospecting: How to Radically Increase Your B2B Sales Pipeline By Marylou Tyler & Jeremey Donovan Part 1: TARGET Chapter 1: Internalizing Your Competitive Position Conduct a Six-Factor analysis of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. sales leaders) 2- Gatekeepers: (e.g., 2- Trust (Why you?)

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Prospecting is still important in the 21st century. Thus, in this Expert Insight Interview, Tony Morris discusses how to do proper prospecting. Tony Morris is an experienced international sales speaker and trainer, the Founder of TMI Training Academy, and published author of five books. This interview explores: Positive Mindset.

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Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. After all, most in sales have been taught a, “needs-based” approach to selling.

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Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. After all, most in sales have been taught a, “needs-based” approach to selling.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2020

I have a lot of empathy for pundits in a subjective undefined area of practice, like prospecting for example. A great example of this Greek-like tragedy, is the never-ending debate about the best day to make prospecting calls? Many will tell you that their data has pinpointed the best day and time to make prospecting calls.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 17, 2014

Let''s start today by looking at a couple findings from the Objective Management Group Sales Force Evaluation: Will Prospect. Prospects Consistently. The difference between the two findings is this: Will Prospect - this is a sales person that will prospect as long as they are managed to do so. 6 to 7 (6.5)

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. What is Sales Prospecting?

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Know The Prospective Buyer. While every person is different, you will find that most prospective customers fit into certain categories. Some of these tips will also suggest that in some cases and at some point, you should terminate the sales process. Different Prospective Buyer Types. Buyer Traits. The Assertive.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 21, 2024

Preface: Mary Strain’s story is actually two stories in one. But before I let you move onto her story, I need to add to it. When I started working with the organization, one of the clear needs they had were in developing a strong sales organization. One thing that strikes me in Mary’s story.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 29, 2024

Email Is Compatible with Every Part of the Sales Funnel Effective Zoho email marketing campaigns and other approaches have the advantage of middle and bottom-of-the-funnel content. Emails are, in comparison, a far more effective solution for building a relationship with a prospect or customer. Celebrate Success!

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell.

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John Barrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Successful sales processes usually have a ton of “yes”. You might be thinking that I’m referring to your sales process. What is your prospects buying process? Some shoppers only shop for discounts, or buy what’s on sale. Your prospects, and vendors don’t want that either. The “Yes, I will buy from you”.

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