The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. I saw an example of this recently at and event with nearly 100 people. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Client List. Testimonials. Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION.

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Networking Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 222

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. An example I like to use in training programs is comparing two similar items — one being offered on eBay and the other by a store you’ve been buying from for years. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007.

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Ideal Customer Profile Motivation Customer Negotiation 180

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

You see, Tellwise offers a sales acceleration tool with a robust set of capabilities for interacting with prospects, and tracking those interactions. From there, sales reps can instantly call or IM the prospect to answer questions and deepen the relationship. A real look at email bounce rates. How is data quality accomplished?

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 254

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

December 2007. 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. There are steps to follow that can make prospecting easy and effective. Let’s take a look at 10 fail-proof tasks to help turn prospects into buyers: Before the Call. January 2008.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile 243

The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. EXAMPLES: “I help people gain more free time to do the things they really want to do.” prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Client List. Testimonials. FREE Resources.

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Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Hiring Facebook 190

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. The reason I share these two examples is simple: The time periods you select to use to make cold-calls may very well consist of nothing more than 45-minute or one-hour windows on a daily basis. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007.

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Cold Calling Motivation B2B Hiring 186

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Let me share with you an example. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Client List. Testimonials. Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PRICING.

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Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Negotiation 163

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2023

Examples include CRMs, billing software, and project management software. On top of that, the total number of technology startups has increased by 47% since 2007, creating a growing need for capable tech sales professionals. Look for examples of when you built positive customer relationships or generated new business.

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How To Sales Qualified Lead Networking Software 108

DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 31, 2017

This is what happens with most prospecting campaigns. When I founded DiscoverOrg in 2007, delivering quality sales and marketing data was the backbone of what we wanted to build. Let me show you some examples from data vendors we’ve bought data from in the last 12 months. But this is no Halloween story. This job sucks.

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Data Marketing Vendor Sales Qualified Lead 181

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Examples include: in-person, telephone, voice mail, text messaging, email, etc. Sales Prospecting: Office Phone or Cell Phone? prospecting. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007.

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Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Hiring Facebook 170

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Here are a few examples: Take one person out to lunch each week from a department other than your own. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Client List. Testimonials. FREE Resources.

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Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation 168

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. The company I use most often as an example in my speeches is hands-down alone at the top… Lexus of Omaha. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Client List. Testimonials. Negotiation.

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Motivation Real Estate Training Hiring 147

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. For example, they may place a luxury purse on the middle of a display, and then surround it with lower-priced purses. prospecting. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. September 2007. Client List. Testimonials.

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Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Discount Retail 137

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 13, 2013

The whole process, if done correctly, should be as natural as asking prospects about their budgets. Qualify a prospect? There are typically questions you can monetize against a minimum number of something to determine if the prospect is worth pursuing. This will shift the onus to the prospect.

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ROI Sales Qualified Lead Analysis Microsoft 235

Artesian Solutions

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Company Buzzwords and Artesian Business Categories – two new intuitive features for advanced new business prospecting. The SIC code system of categorising a company’s primary activities was first introduced in the UK in 1948 and although it has since been revised, the most recent update was back in 2007.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In 2007, our founders started a web agency, building websites and other solutions for clients. It’s hard to stay on track when you’re not sure how to manage daily tasks and it’s even harder to turn prospects into customers when you don't fully understand how or why the product you’re selling helps solve their problems and needs.

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Hiring Hubspot Forecasting Up-Sell 104

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

December 2007. Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Hiring 220

Pointclear

JANUARY 15, 2013

For example, our staff averages 42.7 For example, in 2012 91% of our revenue was from existing clients—and we will grow about 20% this year. For example, in 2012 91% of our revenue was from existing clients—and we will grow about 20% this year. Global healthcare software and services company—since 2007.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 200

Gong.io

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Example #1: if you have $100 and lose it, you will be far more upset than if you had $ 100 and got another $ 100, or if you had $0 and made $100. Example #2: You call a millionaire at 5 AM, and you tell her, “I can help you make $20,000 today, but you have to act right now,” She says no thank you and hangs up. You are in luck.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For example: Across the board, video conferencing tools were ranked as the most influential tool for success. Ben Volkman of Zoom says, "It’s 34x more effective to sell using video in prospecting and calls than relying on phone or email.". Blanket outreach or prospecting will be ignored, and worse, despised.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 125

Jeff Davis

MAY 15, 2018

Sales Empowers Marketing to Answer Prospect Questions — for Better Campaigns Because the sales team has direct access to new prospects, it has the firsthand knowledge of what questions commonly arise. Salespeople know what prospects are asking, so savvy marketing professionals tap into that knowledge. What to ask. What to do.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Face-to-face 54

Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Examples of Successful Product Launches Elevate Your Product Launch with Highspot’s Expertise What is a Product Launch? It begins with comprehensive market research to gauge prospect needs and preferences. They noticed customers wanted more accessible movies, so they started streaming online in 2007.

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Negotiation Scale Social Media Webinar Metrics 59

SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

The origins of sales training Chief Learning Officer (CLO), in an article from 2007 on the evolution of sales training , noted “When we look back at the early days of sales training, we begin to realize, as legendary sales trainer Zig Ziglar so aptly describes it, the purpose of sales training is to teach people how to persuade.

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Training Top of Funnel Lead Rank Call-back 122

The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

December 2007. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Success , Sales Tip , execution. . • 85% offer quotes or proposals too early in the sales process. • 86% take prospects at their word – they trust enough to not ask a clarifying question. Prospecting. January 2009. December 2008.

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Pipeline Conference Cold Calling Hiring 255

Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 25, 2013

For salespeople, this creates “prospect paralysis” because they don’t know whether to follow up and, if so, when and how. Armed with this knowledge, a salesperson has valuable and actionable insight to make better and more informed selling decisions so they can focus on the most promising prospects and opportunities. month or $49.99/year.

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Prospecting Proposal Follow-up Trends 41

Close.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

No joke, we’ve spoken to CEOs who want to make money on outbound prospecting in 90 days, but when asked how long their sales cycle is, they answer “four to six months.” Zuora was founded in 2007 by K.V. Examples: Box and Symantec. Examples: The Financial Times and Zillow. Examples: General Electric and Caterpillar.

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Outbound Case Study Ideal Customer Profile Account 60

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

December 2007. This is why the “let’s wait” school fails; they see a prospect “at rest” and respond leaving it “at rest”; sure doesn’t take long for nothing to happen, that’s not selling. Let me give you an example from my world. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 267

SalesLoft

AUGUST 18, 2016

Ever try to reach a prospect and just get radio silence? We know it’s no surprise to you that potential ideal customers are becoming harder to reach , simply because there’s more information and more stimuli for prospects to sort through than at any other point in the history of the Earth.

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A Sales Guy

JUNE 5, 2013

Minimum wage is a perfect example of a mandate, a mandate that effects how a business is run. Dodd Frank was the government’s response to the 2007 financial crisis. Is there legislation currently under review that could affect your customers or prospects in the future? Another common mandate is minimum wage.

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Government Insurance Insurance ACT 105

The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

December 2007. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Funnel management , Guest Post , Lead Management , Prospecting , Referrlas , Sales 2.0 , Sales Technique , execution. Our job as salespeople is to move as many qualified prospects through the sales funnel as quickly as possible—leading to more sales, better clients, and more income.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Pipeline 257

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 111

SalesLoft

OCTOBER 16, 2012

What does the Steve Jobs’ Keynote in 2007 where he introduced the iPhone and MLK Jr.’s The Likeable Hero is always going to be your prospect. Your prospect, the likeable hero, encounters roadblocks every day. Their marketing process is inefficient and they’re spending too much time manually emailing prospects.

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Software Software Examples Buyer 52

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

December 2007. “But we’re not IBM” Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling. Copiers as an example, you may refer to document management at one end, and sell copiers to the other end.

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Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 226

The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2011

December 2007. For example, if I can get a buyer to see that my training will bring in an extra three sales a year, and he tells me that each nets $1,200, that’s $3,600. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 271

The Pipeline

MAY 16, 2011

December 2007. Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Metrics , Proactive , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , Time Allocation , execution. One example is prospecting, more specifically for many lead gen and lead conversion to appointments and then prospects. April 2008. March 2008.

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Pipeline Twitter Hiring Cold Calling 223

SalesforLife

MAY 13, 2019

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, reps were heavily required to pick up the phone and cold call (no research, no value) prospects, as marketing leads were not very targeted or qualified. 2007 - The landscape changed completely with the first iPhone, and then the beginning of mass adoption by more than just business people.

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Policies ACT Hiring Face-to-face 73

The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

December 2007. Much easier to show value to a customer than to a prospect. As a sales person you should be able to take what you know from existing clients, and apply them to new prospects. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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Pipeline Twitter Lead Rank Lead Scoring 237