No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Can you really convert 70 percent of prospects into customers with referral selling? There are many widely quoted but ill-advised statistics floating around that suggest business buyers don’t really need salespeople anymore—that we should just wait around for prospects to do their research and then call us when they’re ready to buy.

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Emissary

APRIL 20, 2023

The term found its way into the US Army War College by 1991 and ever since it has popped up in times of turmoil —the late 90’s dotcom bust, the 2008 financial services crisis, and the pandemic onset of 2020 to name a few. And here it is in my feed again, succinctly summarizing the chaos of 2023. Contact us at info@emissary.io

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Costello

APRIL 4, 2018

Each of these sales professionals have one thing in common: they consistently earn the respect and trust from their prospective customers. Be Overly Prepared For Every Prospect Meeting. Thanks to her dedication to thorough research, Courtney has the confidence to pivot if and when the prospect throws a curveball.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

I wanted to get his perspective on the Wealth Management Industry, as it has come through the 2008 global financial crisis, the onslaught of robo-advisors, and the greatest wealth transfer in history is taking place as baby boomers transfer their wealth to their children. Receive effective and continuous 1:1 coaching .

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

I wanted to get his perspective on the Wealth Management Industry, as it has come through the 2008 global financial crisis, the onslaught of robo-advisors, and the greatest wealth transfer in history is taking place as baby boomers transfer their wealth to their children. Receive effective and continuous 1:1 coaching .

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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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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Finding and identifying a Mobilizer to help you sell within a large enterprise. Why The Class Enterprise Sales Cycle Is Wrong [19:25]. Brent Adamson: If you go back to 2008/2009, things were not so great if you were selling. Why The Classic Enterprise Sales Cycle Is Wrong. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 17, 2010

The latest research estimates place worldwide enterprise IT spending growth at 2.9 percent decline from 2008. percent decline from 2008. According to Kenneth Brant, research director at Gartner, "IT solutions that deliver ‘cost optimization’ will be a priority for enterprises through 2011, even as markets return to growth."

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Close.io

AUGUST 21, 2019

Founded in 2008, Twilio reached $100 million in annual revenue in 2014 and $600-plus million in 2018. But if it’s early days, one suggestion: If you are planning to sell to an enterprise/businesses of any meaningful size: Don’t forget the 20-interview rule. We know everything can’t go according to plan in any startup.

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Customer Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Health Care 91

Apptivo

MAY 31, 2022

This phrase reflects the importance of customers in every business, be it a small family-owned one or a large enterprise. Companies invest a lot of time and effort in identifying prospects and then go through a well-documented sales-cycle process to convert them into paying customers.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The recovery that started in 2008 has been tepid. This begins at the sales rep level but can become an enterprise-wide problem. These prospects believe sellers will try to manipulate them by influencing their requirements. Here are the reasons many companies will miss their revenue targets this year, from my perspective.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

The European edition of “Fortune” magazine of September 29 2008 devotes a whole section to the art of selling. Wondering what caused this growth, I came to the conclusion that part of the explanation must be in the fact that enterprises focus on core competencies. To make new connections with new prospects was though a closed second.

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Jonathan Farrington

JULY 19, 2013

I went to all 9 companies handed them my business card and asked if I could watch them create me as a prospect and submit a sales report against my contact. His success in sales has given him the opportunity to explore his enterprising spirit.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Mendix provides enterprise-level solutions that enable organizations to easily build productivity applications with minimal coding. Drift provides a conversational sales and marketing platform that allows businesses to better connect with prospects and customers. Founded 2008. Founded 2005. 251-500 Employees. $38 See open roles.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

She is an expert at advanced prospecting strategies including positioning value to prospects through messaging and a big advocate of the mantra "Always Be Learning.". Watch (and complete) Wayshak’s " 5-Day Sales Challenge " to get back to the basics and put new prospects into your funnel. 14) Sales for Life.

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Channels Video Training Hiring 111

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Prospecting (4539). Enterprise (471). So many prospects and clients to kill, so little time. But don’t worry; salespeople all over the world are doing their damnedest to kill as many prospects and clients as possible every day. Topics Major Topics. Sales (12918). Marketing (6398). Training (4995). Tools (2872).

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Enterprise budgets are tightening and companies are more cautious about big purchases, which means B2B sellers have a myriad of new challenges to face. What’s going on now reminds me of 2008. Outside of a recession, enterprises typically plan for about 60% of their sales reps to hit quota. And that’s what’s happening.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2020

That’s not my background; mine is more enterprise SaaS. So if we had a big renewal or if you have a big renewal, and you know it’s a competitive renewal, so on our side it’s our account manager in our CS person, and on the other side is their enterprise sales team. So, think about a Yelp sales model.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 23, 2011

The assessment tool has been available since 2008 and has been fueling direct marketing programs by Microsoft and channel partners. Sage successfully uses the tool to connect and engage higher in prospect organizations, drive more, higher quality leads, realize additional sales opportunities that it would not have otherwise.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Lareina brought some good energy to the stage with her presentation on the Social Enterprise. I’ve been a huge fan of the social enterprise since Yammer first blew on to the scene back in 2008. Social Enterprise is having a real and measurable impact on organizations. Our customers and prospects aren’t stupid.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 9, 2019

As an enterprise account consultant, I’ve consulted with hundreds of small and midsize companies (most in the range of $10m to $150 annual revenue) and trained thousands in how to grow fast by selling big deals into the enterprise market. Change in an enterprise causes disruption to everyone’s routine. Whale Fears.

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Outsourcing Services Harvest Face-to-face Enterprise 75

Sales Hacker Training

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The 6sense account engagement platform uncovers and analyzes buyer intent at scale, identifying prospects who are in market for your solution and providing salespeople like you with the insight to create highly relevant messaging, generate more opportunities, increase deal size, and get into opportunities before your confrontation.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2020

If companies have learned anything from the financial crises of 2001 and 2008 , it’s that adapting to meet the changing needs and priorities of your customers is key. What this tells us is that SMBs and enterprises alike are looking for solutions to help them grow. Sales priorities are shifting. Increasing pipeline velocity.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 13, 2018

Sustainable Value and the Whole Enterprise. A comparison could be made between an enterprise an an orchestra. This means that every single place in a company where a prospect or customer touches that business must create its own sustainable value. So, unfortunately, will the company. Finance could be the brass.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

B2B is H2H – human to human – and most women can leverage these powerful skills to create lasting connections with prospects, personalize value, and create customers for life. Your sales process and making it easy for prospects to buy makes a huge difference and can beat out a “better” product on paper.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In particular, post-2008 when a SaaS solution with its OPEX offering stood out from the conventional CAPEX solutions. CASE IN POINT: Many SaaS companies can demonstrate the ability to get to $1M in ARR by pursuing 10,000 prospects with the “hack” of high-frequency email chains to set up demos. Originally this worked well.

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The Spiff Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Clawbacks have been widely used as part of employment contracts across many industries, particularly since the financial crash of 2008, as a means to protect a business against fraudulent activity. Likewise, a clawback clause encourages sales reps to play a role in improving customer experience.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 1, 2018

The company has been BBB accredited since 2008, with an A+ rating and 89 positive reviews. Prices for that version, called Office Enterprise, start at $27.95 You’ll be able to set up local numbers for each of your employees to help them better connect with prospects in their own markets. Additionally, Nextiva has 4.1 per month.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Well, and it’s interesting because we’re kind of on the same path here as we’re talking about, you have this belief about concerns being real to the prospect who has them. So, I’m curious to what you would say about what fears do prospects concerns reveal, and then what do you think sales rep should be afraid of? It’s pretty old.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The platform allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant, and responsible communication for each prospect every time, enabling personalization at scale previously unthinkable, previously, absolutely unthinkable. This was 2008. So, what else can I tell you? Have you applied to Revenue Collective yet? I know I’m going to.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In 2008, according to Hubspot, almost half the sales department stayed on the job at least 3 years. Tiny mom-and-pop shops that would never buy your enterprise products and services. Welcome to Whiteboard Wednesday! Morale is the best indicator of retention on a sales team. And retention is a serious issue. No email addresses.

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