No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

We see deals in our sales pipeline postponed or disappearing. Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up? They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. So, what do you do?

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Referrals 414

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 3, 2013

as they hop on the social media bandwagon makes for a crowded ride. Want to get the real scoop about social selling? There are various opinions on what social selling actually means. Those opinions come from folks out in the world of sales and from marketers, which I admit confuses me, because marketers don’t sell.

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Social Media Social Selling Media InsideView 271

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 12, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. FREE Resources.

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Social Media Media Motivation Prospecting 157

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. ” Sales Motivation Blog. prospecting.

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Social Media Media Strategy Prospecting 189

Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the strategy of simultaneously setting learning and sales goals. They explore the intricate relationship between continuous learning and improving skills for sales leaders, stressing the need for a balance. In this article, we’ll look at the connection between sales and learning goals.

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Sales Goal Top of Funnel Social Media Coaching 156

Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In this 2:56 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the need for sales managers to go beyond setting sales goals and to define learning goals for their teams. They share how organizations can align learning goals with sales goals and invest in training and resources to support their salespeople.

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Social Media Sales Goal Territories Lead Rank 156

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. It’s Time To Kill Social Media.

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Social Media Media Motivation Hiring 152

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But in reality, many people who work in sales are also motivated to help other salespeople succeed and advance their careers. Following the right sales influencers on social media channels can give you a lot of insight into best practices, new trends, tips and advice, and help you find ways to connect with prominent thought leaders.

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Social Media Influencer Media Hiring 100

Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Until recently junk mail and auto robot dial phone calls seemed to hold the top places for sales pitches, but now social media is leading the pack and is way ahead of all other types of marketing for small businesses. Uneducated small business owners or sales professionals. Marketing consultants or sales coaches.

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Social Media Media Small Business Small Business 140

Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 9, 2012

Social media has changed the world. Social media has changed YOUR world. Whatever you’re doing online, whether it’s tweeting, LinkedIning, Facebooking, or YouTubing, Social Media has changed your way of communicating one-on-one, one-on-customer base, and one-to-the-world. Let me clarify that statement.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nowadays, it can be easier to market on social media than via email, and we may think that social media has a far better reach. 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.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Funnel Comparison 185

Vengreso

JUNE 21, 2019

The two bring up some key points to consider if you’re using social media to engage with customers – as you should be! SocialSelling #Sales Click To Tweet. Which Social Media Platforms Should You Use to Connect and Engage with Customers? How well do you know your prospects and clients?

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Social Media Media Customer Facebook 99

Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. What is Social Selling?

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Social Selling Training Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel 52

Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Now it seems that the latest trend is everyone is a social media expert. A recent search in Google retrieved over 1,000,000 hits for “social media expert. More and more of these misguided folks are plying their marketing messages and mistakes at LinkedIn because this is a great place to prospect.

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Social Media Media LinkedIn Retail 161

Autoklose

MAY 6, 2024

Many people wonder whether sales is an art or a science. Yes, You Can Sell on Social Media 5. Storytelling is a powerful vehicle for both marketing and sales. Did you know that if you reach out to a new prospect within the first five minutes after lead generation, they will be eight times more likely to convert?

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Quota Social Media Follow-up GoldMine 98

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sales is not a destination; sales is a journey of continual learning. The discussion continues about whether sales is an art or a science. People are quick to point out the number of new sales tools created by advances in technology; however, all of this is just noise. This is where prospecting has to come in.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 5, 2018

My new LinkedIn sales training courses take out the guesswork! It’s more complex, and despite all the tech tools at our disposal, prospecting certainly hasn’t gotten any easier. Just getting prospects to return calls is hard enough. They’re bombarded with cold calls, cold emails, and pitches on social media.

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Referrals Prospecting Cold Calling Decision Maker 159

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

OK, maybe keep it a secret between us for now, but when you kill your sales quota and everyone starts calling you a Rockstar, you may want to let on (in the right circumstances). Train Your team. Your team does need training. You need to train them. I can’t go spending money like this.”. Build Your team.

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Account Scale Social Media Small Business 385

Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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B2B Training Top of Funnel B2C 52

The Sales Hunter

JULY 23, 2019

Below is a list of 20 things I have found in common with the top 1% of all sales prospectors. To be great at prospecting, you don’t have to be born with the “sales gene.” Check out my video where I talk more about what it takes to be in the top 1% of all sales prospectors: As you go through the list, don’t just read it.

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Prospecting Buying Cycle Social Media Segment 242

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Sales leaders say they don’t need for account executives to travel. Digital dependence is an even greater problem for salespeople, because sales metrics actually encourage them to hide behind screens. Reps are accountable for sending X number of emails and making X number of social media connections. Ridiculous, right?

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Travel Account Training Face-to-face 194

Alice Heiman

JULY 10, 2019

Where Are Your Prospects? . We need to meet our prospects and customers where they are. That might be at a trade show or event, at their office, on the phone, via email or on social media. We want our sales reps to be in the path of our prospects, so they can see us when they need us. So, what do we do?

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Prospecting Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Trade Show 114

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights The number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipeline. The number one reason for an empty pipeline is the failure to prospect every day, every day, every day. Early in the training, one of the reps pointed out that my mega-bestselling book Fanatical Prospecting, “Was written a while back.”

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Prospecting Decision Maker Call-back Social Media 113

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. BDR achievement has remained steady.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2023

Rachel, a sales VP at a large technology company, was frustrated with her sales team. She knew they relied almost exclusively on technology for generating sales leads. They spent plenty of time on social media and sent tons of emails, but they rarely reached actual decision-makers. Relationships do. Not even close!

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Decision Maker Referrals Face-to-face Social Media 156

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But recruitment is not the only service LinkedIn can provide and as a business owner or sales professional you should now realise what a fantastic tool LinkedIn can be…if you know how to use it. 59% of active social media users rate LinkedIn as their number one platform of choice. Prospecting On LinkedIn. You should be.

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LinkedIn Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker 154

Engage Selling

APRIL 26, 2019

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Social Media Media Strategy Trends 61

Score More Sales

AUGUST 14, 2012

When it comes to integrating online and social activities into their marketing and sales strategies it seems like there are two camps – those that “get it” and those who will wait till there is more “proof” that social selling actually works. Are you utilizing these basic ideas with your sales and marketing teams?

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Social Media B2B Strategy Media 233

Smooth Sale

APRIL 6, 2024

Many are too timid to ask, but there is power in asking, often leading to unforeseen sales. __ Prepare Your Real Estate Business for Success Build a Website Your potential customers need to be able to find you when they need you. Open Houses Open houses are a great way to attract prospective clients.

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Real Estate Social Media How To Media 96

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. And it only works if you have a referral system in place to ensure sales reps ask for referrals every day. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. What does it take to guarantee referral prospecting success?

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Guarantee Referrals Prospecting Lead Generation 233

SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2013

I spent last week at a Sales Management training event with a client. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. As a Sales Operations leader, you must be allocating the right resources to training. Here are 5 key takeaways that made this training a success.

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Training Sales Management Hiring Social Selling 300

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

Managers can help sales reps who are waiting for great leads to be passed along by the BDR team. For outbound lead management, BDRs primarily use email and social media. Increasing Visibility at the Right Time Your BDRs need data and content to share with prospects as they continue their outreach.

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Maximizer Face-to-face Social Media Hiring 115

Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 10, 2011

Online Training. Tweet Share You go through your ENTIRE one-hour, amazing sales presentation. The prospect seemed to be in agreement, even excited at times. Use a worn out sales technique? definitive answers to this age-old sales barrier: Still have questions for me? Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Management.

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Hiring Training Social Media Loyalty 297

Vengreso

MARCH 12, 2021

B2B sales professionals are missing out if they’re not using social media, and especially, in their LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Therefore, modern sellers need the skills to find, engage and connect with prospects digitally. You can learn more about it in our LinkedIn Training Program! Current Company.

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LinkedIn Buyer Prospecting Webinar Metrics 105

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work.

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Motivation Prospecting Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 275

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. Whether you’re managing inside or field sales, gut instinct needs to take a back seat to data-driven insights. Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240