Partners in Excellence

APRIL 29, 2016

During this same period of time, I happened to notice a few white papers and market research reports on sales productivity issues. I downloaded the white papers, then slowly started counting. Each could have probed a little, “What was your interest in the white paper/research?”

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Prospecting Call-back Research Microsoft 48

Partners in Excellence

MAY 25, 2022

We struggle to provoke interest, to engage a prospect, to get people to respond to our outreach. It promoted a white paper going much more deeply into the research. I filled out their form, my name, email, title, company… I download the white paper. Everyone struggles to generate leads.

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Follow-up Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Leads 68

Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail. prospective business buyers in just about every category can be found through the mail, even for obscure products or highly targeted niches.

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Media Direct Mail netFactor Trade Show 233

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 28, 2016

You’ve all experienced this, you download a white paper, maybe you sign up to evaluate a new SaaS tool. ” Forget that you haven’t even gotten the white paper, or the logon link to the tool. I was struck by some data at the beginning of the report. “Can I set up a demo?”

Prospecting 48

Prospecting Follow-up eBook Study 48

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 24, 2024

Using a sales cheat sheet has been one of the most effective ways I’ve found to get new employees up to speed, create a consistent experience for prospects, and consistently exceed sales goals. Prospecting Prospecting is the first stage of the sales process, where I look for potential customers to contact.

Ideal Customer Profile 117

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Data Top of Funnel 117

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sales enablement is the art of equipping your sales team with the things they need to articulate the value your product can bring to your prospect and their business. The Elements of a Winning Sales Enablement Strategy for 2021 Sales enablement is a process that stretches across the sales cycle, from prospecting to customer success.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 100

The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly Exaggerated. Create campaigns for the sales team that, rather than offering “once-in-a-lifetime” discounts or “check-in,” instead offer a report with valuable data. Put another way: If you don’t want a prospect to read it, don’t write it. September 2008. August 2008.

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Report Pipeline Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 244

Allego

MARCH 28, 2023

Prospect Education: Share educational materials with external audiences in a personalized and secured space. Great options include customer stories, testimonial videos or PDFs, white papers, analyst reports, eBooks, and product-specific solution briefs and brochures.

eBook 62

eBook Video Buyer Education 62

Allego

MARCH 21, 2023

Video collaboration enables creators to “road test” new content and watch salespeople present the content to gauge how prospects react. For example, the two teams can create video-based certifications to ensure sellers know how to articulate the concepts embodied in the new content when talking with prospects.

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System Tools Collateral Video 118

Igniting Sales Transformation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I would revise Gartner’s definition slightly to say, “designing and reacting to prospect and customer interactions to meet or exceed their expectations and, thus, increase pipeline, revenue, satisfaction, loyalty and advocacy.”. The most common strategy to engage new prospects starts with content. A lot of it.

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Webinar Metrics Loyalty Buyer Case Study 126

Zoominfo

APRIL 10, 2018

Customers turn to social media for many reasons—to report a problem, talk about their experience with your brand, or to simply stay up-to-date on your products or services. They’ll appreciate it and so will your prospects. Customer Service. Social Selling. The proliferation of social media means it’s no longer just a marketing concern.

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Social Media Media Ideal Customer Profile Social Selling 188

Allego

JUNE 11, 2024

The sales enablement strategy is a comprehensive plan that includes many parts: Sales Content Management involves creating, organizing, and distributing relevant content such as case studies, white papers, videos from your top performers, and presentations that sales teams can use at different stages of the buyer’s journey.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Strategy Hiring 62

Score More Sales

JUNE 2, 2014

This is a very effective way to improve prospecting, messaging, and web demos.]. These might include downloading a white paper, clicking to an offer from your blog, or getting research and e-books from your site. Skill is the training piece – how you prospect, message, engage, follow-up, track and help clients buy.

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InsideSales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 221

Pointclear

JUNE 6, 2013

Ryan also observed that new attendees aren''t just tire-kickers and prospects are armed with more knowledge than ever—asking tough questions for which the best B2B marketers must be prepared. The most sought after content are research reports, white papers, case studies and product reviews. Via GreatB2BMarketing.

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B2B Buyer Trade Show PointClear 190

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In a recent RAIN Group Center for Sales Research report , we asked buyers how they prefer to be contacted by sellers and what influences their decision to connect with some sellers and not others. Read their annual report. Read a white paper they wrote. C-level buyers want to know that you’ve done your research.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Gatekeeper ROI 185

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Your marketing budget has to reflect the new buying behavior of your customers and prospects. Let your buyer research, personas & BPMs drive your content output: Blog Posts, Ebooks, White Papers, Newsletters, Customer Interviews, Video, Webinars, Slideshare, Print Articles, Live Events. Missing Critical Spending Categories.

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Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

As it brings prospects already interested in your product, the chances of conversions are much higher than outbound leads. Improve your content marketing with valuable and informative blogs, white papers, and e-books. Opt for logistics pipeline software with features to find and target the right prospects in seconds.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

SBI

JULY 10, 2018

This combination is a good start, but there’s one problem with the engagement data: prospects have to come to you. Sites like Gartner, G2Crowd, and Forbes report when accounts download white papers or read articles. Recency data reveals how recently an account displayed an intent to purchase or engaged with your brand.

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Intent Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 138

Score More Sales

JUNE 17, 2013

Do you have a prospective customer relationship that went dark on you? It can be an article, blog post or white paper that ties in with the challenge they are facing. Content can be: Industry reports on trends and new developments. analyst reports. customer success stories. ROI Calculators. implementation guides.

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Inside Sales Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Lead Scoring 200

The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

That why the Sales Research Performance Center (SPRC), powered by The Brooks Group, recently produced “The Ultimate Guide to Hiring Quota-Smashing Sales Reps,” a groundbreaking white paper to address this exact issue. Customer and prospect alienation. Willingness to prospect. Remember that six-figure tally, noted above?

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Hiring Sales Talent Quota Travel 52

Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2021

Sales enablement is the art of equipping your sales team with the things they need to articulate the value your product can bring to your prospect and their business. Nothing stalls sales conversations like a barrage of questions from a clued-up prospect that your sales reps can’t answer.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 62

Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 26, 2024

As new technologies are added to the sales tech stack, the number of reports increases. For more on being an effective sales manager, see our white paper How to be a High-Performing Sales Leader in Today’s Marketplace. In sales, we can accumulate a lot of data. Sometimes, it can feel like managing a CRM requires a Ph.D.

Top of Funnel 62

Top of Funnel Coaching Sales Cycle Sales Coaching 62

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

From June 2019 to August 2020, my data science team at Outreach analyzed more than 12 million prospects. Let’s look at the numbers: After two days of prospect silence, the expected conversion rate drops 3x. Of the 12 million prospects we studied, only 2 percent (240,000) scheduled a meeting. What You Need to do.

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Buyer Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring 104

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2020

The cold sales call is a phone call made to a potential prospect out of the blue. It takes an average of 18 call attempts to actually reach a prospect. They create detailed user profiles from all online and offline data sources and use predictive analytics platforms to point out likely prospects. Less cold than ever before.

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Top of Funnel Cold Calling Intent Data Ideal Customer Profile 73

Pipeliner

MAY 26, 2023

The goal of sales enablement is to improve the productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the sales team, by providing them with the necessary resources to engage and convert prospects into customers. This could include case studies, white papers, product demos, and more.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Scale Resources 98

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

One of the top reported problems plaguing sales forces is the lack of quality leads. Be skeptical of reports with nice quantities of incoming inquiries that are presented devoid of quality indicators. The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company. These are real prospects interested in your content.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You will stay in front of prospects and differentiate yourself if you do some research and get personal. You also should ensure attendees know the purpose of the meeting, along with any reports, pre-reading, or requests for materials a day or two in advance. The Importance of a Pre-Meeting Email. Regards, Meg.

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Meeting How To Case Study Relationals 118

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2018

Call cadence is the structure and timeline of when salespeople call their prospects. It’s created based on the readiness of your prospect to buy, and is tailored to keep the salesperson top-of-mind without being overwhelming. Time your outreach so it connects with and engages your prospects and you’ll increase your sales conversions.

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Revenue Buying Cycle Social Media Media 99

Allego

APRIL 18, 2024

Here’s how: Sales Prospecting: AI streamlines the way sales teams identify and score potential leads. By analyzing large sets of data, AI algorithms can quickly identify patterns and characteristics of ideal customers to make the prospecting process more accurate and less time-consuming.

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Examples Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In fact, CSO Insights reports that the percent of deals that result in a “no decision” has increased 53% over the past 6 years. When a prospect gets their attention drawn to something, that's interest. Information is gathered - web-sites visited, white papers downloaded, etc. Interest and Intent Defined.

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Opportunity Intent How To Lead Generation 288

The ROI Guy

MAY 14, 2012

Data-Out: capturing key user input and analysis results from your prospects / customers, and passing the customer intelligence to your MAP or CRM applications. Automating Value Analyses for Prospects Tony, a marketer of mobile applications, was on the hook to generate 1,000s of new leads over the next couple of quarters.

Lead Rank 64

Lead Rank Lead Scoring CRM Eloqua 64

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

One of the top reported problems plaguing sales forces is the lack of quality leads. Be skeptical of reports with nice quantities of incoming inquiries that are presented devoid of quality indicators. The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company. These are real prospects interested in your content.

Sales Qualified Lead 239

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

Pointclear

MAY 30, 2012

Andrew is currently Editorial Director at G3 Communications, as well as Editor and Publisher of DemandGen Report. DemandGen Report has a study underway to determine the content and kinds of messages that buyers prefer and respond to. Lead Evaluation Metrics: A Leaning Curve to Relevance in Reporting.

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Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Outbound Sports 154

Emissary

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Download the Full Report on ABM marketing tactics and pitfalls to avoid: Read on for the four major ABM pitfalls to avoid this year so that you can maximize your 2023 results: . #1. Is the goal to convert prospects into leads? Companies: Does your target account list accurately reflect current market potential?

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Account Strategy Demand Generation Targets 52

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2017

If you’re not segmenting your contacts into different lists, you’re running the risk of turning off a lot of prospects and sending people to unsubscribe in droves. If too many people report your email as spam, your company won’t be able to send any more logistics email campaigns. Whatever the case may be, you need to include a CTA.

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Email Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 100

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 27, 2018

Self service Value Marketing Tools from Alinean collect data directly from each prospect and customer, including key profile data and metrics about their current challenges and opportunities. If you are using Interactive Value Selling and Marketing Tools, you may be sitting on a wealth of customer intelligence that you could be leveraging.

Ideal Customer Profile 55

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Eloqua Customer 55

Allego

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Video collaboration enables creators to “road test” new content and actually watch salespeople presenting to gauge how prospects react. By viewing reports and dashboards, marketers can determine which videos, white papers, or one-pagers are viewed and shared most often, based on how long viewers linger on the content.

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Face-to-face Sales Enablement Video Collateral 71