2010, Follow-up and Prospecting

How to Easily Motivate and Incentivize Sales Pipeline Building

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2023

Last week, I wrote about how the criteria you use to choose your all-time favorite songs is essentially the same as the criteria your prospects use to choose between you and a competitor. Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. Let me explain and then I’ll pivot to selling.

Motivation

Motivation Pipeline Hiring How To

2010 vs. 2020: 9 Sales Strategies That Changed Dramatically in the Last Decade

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2020

2010 Sales Strategies. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , from 2008 to 2010 consumer spending decreased in the areas of food, housing, entertainment, personal insurance, pensions, apparel, and services. In 2010, 7.2% Pinpointing the right prospects. Beginning to embrace technology.

Outsourcing Services

Outsourcing Services Strategy Remedy Consumer

7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work. Here’s a list of 7 sales prospecting ideas you can use right now: 1. Give away prospects to others. You heard me — give away prospects. Voicemail as a Prospecting Strategy?

Motivation

Motivation Prospecting Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

What Happened to Brand Ambassadors?

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Knowing she had less than a thousand Instagram followers (while this brand had 328k), she knew there was a slim chance she’d get accepted, but she applied anyway. Two weeks later, a congratulations email showed up in her inbox. She was being sold to. This is what brand ambassadorship looks like in the 21st century. Source: ZoomInfo.

Hiring

Hiring Loyalty Discount Social Media

The Pipeline ? Successful Strategies for Prospecting ? Roundtable

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

Webinar Metrics

Webinar Metrics Pipeline Strategy Prospecting

January is "Prospecting for Sales Month" | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 6, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. January is “Prospecting for Sales Month” Jan 06, 2012. I bet you didn’t know January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.” This is the sole reason why I say January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.”

Motivation

Motivation Prospecting Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

The Pipeline ? 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response.

The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Your email address will not be shared.

Pipeline

Pipeline Prospecting Twitter B2B

4 Easy Steps to Better Prospecting | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 4 Easy Steps to Better Prospecting. Do you want 4 easy steps for prospecting that yields the kind of results that you don’t just want, but you need? Identify the prospect. Too many salespeople make prospecting too complicated.

Motivation

Motivation Prospecting Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

Why You Should Prospect During the Holidays | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Why You Should Prospect During the Holidays. Yes, you can do sales prospecting during the holidays. As a salesperson, though, you would be foolish to not recognize what is unique about this time of year when it comes to prospecting.

Motivation

Motivation Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Hiring

The Pipeline ? 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into.

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. February 2012. January 2012.

Pipeline

Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile

5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads. There are 5 secrets used by top-performing salespeople to get better prospecting leads. The reason these are great prospects is simple. Client List. Testimonials. Mark’s Insights on PRICING.

Motivation

Motivation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Prospecting

Podcast 135: The Broken Prospecting & Sales Process With Jake Dunlap

John Barrows

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Jake Dunlap joins us on the podcast this week to talk about where and why the prospecting/sales process is broken. Follow the podcast: Subscribe on iTunes. They put up with the process and jumping through the hoops. The post Podcast 135: The Broken Prospecting & Sales Process With Jake Dunlap appeared first on JBarrows.

Sales Process

Sales Process Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Sales Methodology

5 of the BEST Sales Tips Ever | Sales Motivation and Sales Training

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Have a dedicated time set aside either daily or weekly to do your prospecting. Too many salespeople find themselves spending far too much doing everything else but prospecting. Show up and show up on time. prospecting.

Motivation

Motivation Training Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

5 Deadly Sins People Make When Networking | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sure, it’s great to catch up with people you know but may not have seen for awhile, but let’s get real — that’s not networking. Split up, go your own way. Failing to follow-up after the event. prospecting.

Networking

Networking Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

The Pipeline ? Contest ? Enter To Win!

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! A Random Walk Up Sales Street. February 2012. January 2012.

Pipeline

Pipeline Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Hiring

10 Sales Motivation Quotes to Get You Going! | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 2, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Over the years, I’ve come up with a number of sales motivation quotes. It’s up to us to show it. prospecting. Mark Hunter is… Blogs We Follow. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010.

Motivation

Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation

Top 5 Sales Motivation Tips | Sales Motivation and Sales Training

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. It will only set you up for failure. Instead, when you have a call that goes bad, pick up the phone and call one of your favorite customers and let them pick you up. prospecting. Mark Hunter is… Blogs We Follow.

Motivation

Motivation Training Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

18 Phone Sales Skills Tips You Can Use Right Now | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. If the phone call is important, stand up when you make it. Never be the first person to hang-up the telephone. Don’t be distracted by email or other items popping up on your computer while you’re making a call. prospecting.

Negotiation

Negotiation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face

The Pipeline ? Goal Achievers Radio Interview

The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

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Pipeline

Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation

Debunking the Myth of "Inside Sales" | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 25, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. What this means is the salesperson has to be far more prepared to follow-up with the customer via email, telephone, mail, etc. Following up with a prospect is certainly nothing new, but what has changed is what is contained in the follow-up.

Inside Sales

Inside Sales Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

The Secret to LinkedIn that You May Be Missing | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Here are a few things to keep in mind regarding using LinkedIn as a tool to reach senior level people: Senior level people will follow you long before they will let you know they’ve been following you. Sales Prospecting and LinkedIn.

LinkedIn Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Hiring

B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

Pointclear

AUGUST 14, 2012

So, he killed the goose—opened her up and—well, you can guess the rest of the story…. Over the next four weeks we will talk about all of the statistics on the following table, though today we are going to focus on lead rate: Based on over 60,000 completed company dispositions per year (annualized for 2012).

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead

7 Things Salespeople Should NOT do in 2012 | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Spend all day figuring out who you should prospect. Interesting how when you spend endless amounts of time researching and profiling those you feel you should prospect, you never really get around to actually calling on them. prospecting.

Motivation

Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Negotiation

5 steps to sales prospecting (for higher quality leads) in 2019

Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I first began selling, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt about sales prospecting. Picking up the phone to call leads that didn’t know who I was, to pitch them on why they should hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for my product, was enough to make my stomach turn in my early days of sales prospecting.

Lead Rank

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Prospecting

The Pipeline ? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Sales Process! ? Sales.

The Pipeline

MARCH 5, 2012

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Sales Process

Sales Process Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel

The Pipeline ? Do You Smell Desperate?

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. They followed up in a week, and again a week later if they needed to. Prospecting.

Pipeline

Pipeline Cold Calling Top of Funnel Compensation

The Pipeline ? Mobile Apps for the Mobile Sales Force

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. It allows you to make contact notes, set reminders to follow up, and track phone calls and meetings.

Pipeline

Pipeline Hiring Travel Twitter

#1 Way Salespeople Destroy Profit | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 20, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. I don’t believe it’s a lack of closing, prospecting or any other skill that most salespeople would say is the #1 way they are hurting themselves and their company. Did the customer wind up buying? prospecting. December 2010.

Motivation

Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Discount

The Pipeline ? Mine the Gap!

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

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Pipeline

Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead

Sales Negotiating: The WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and.

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 24, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. How: Sales negotiating requires a process, and to sum it up, it means the following: 1. Have a list of items you’re willing to offer up to the customer in exchange for something of equal or greater value. prospecting.

Negotiation

Negotiation Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Facebook

The Pipeline ? ?But we're not IBM?

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. Specifically SMB, which makes up the vast majority of businesses in the USA. February 2012.

Pipeline

Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile

The Pipeline ? Customer Hot Potato ? Sales eXchange ? 117

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

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Pipeline

Pipeline Customer Demand Generation Agencies Hiring

Put Your Hands Up and Step Slowly Away From the Computer.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Put Your Hands Up and Step Slowly Away From the Computer. Maybe it’s time someone comes to you to tells you to put your hands up and step away from the computer. I’m not going to argue the value of doing research on prospects.

Ideal Customer Profile

Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Facebook Hiring

The Pipeline ? ?Out There?

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2011

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Pipeline

Pipeline Top of Funnel Cold Calling Territories

The Pipeline ? Take Control!

The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

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Pipeline

Pipeline Cancellation Sales Cycle Cold Calling

9 Sales Motivation Ideas You Can Use NOW | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. It’s up to you to control your time and calendar. prospecting. Mark Hunter is… Blogs We Follow. December 2010. November 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010.

Motivation

Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Journal

6 Sales Negotiation Tips You MUST Know | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. First, let’s clear up one thing: We sell first and negotiate second. It’s far too easy for people to say anything; it’s much harder for them to say it and back it up with their body language. prospecting. December 2010.

Negotiation

Negotiation Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

How to Generate New Leads? Try This! | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. For many salespeople, if they had to wait for marketing to generate leads, they would wind up suffering a slow death. Related posts: 5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads. Prospecting for Clients: Getting Referrals. prospecting.

Motivation

Motivation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile

Year-End Sales Blitz! What Sales Needs to Do TODAY! | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Naturally, you’re going to wish them the best for the holidays and the new year, but your objective should also include one or more of the following: Gain any additional year-end business that might be available. prospecting. prospecting.

Ideal Customer Profile

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Negotiation Referrals

6 Tips to Jump Start 2012 Sales Now | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. It’s their ability to have these meetings that will many times open up significant new leads. Make it a commitment to be aggressive in getting key information out to customers and prospects that will keep your name in front of them.

Motivation

Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation

4 Ways to Improve Sales in 2012 | Sales Motivation and Sales Training

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. What I’m talking about is creating a unique selling proposition that is so special and different that your current customers, prospects and other people are encouraged to tell others about it. Sales Motivation: 2011 Goals Check Up.

Motivation

Motivation Training Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

5 Steps to a Negotiation Strategy that Works | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Have a list of things you are would be willing to offer up that are of low cost to you but high value to the customer. Too many people wind up getting suckered one step at a time. prospecting. Mark Hunter is… Blogs We Follow.

Negotiation

Negotiation Motivation Strategy Ideal Customer Profile

20 "Must Have" Leadership Traits if You Want to Succeed | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Leaders are comfortable with communication flowing back up to them and how to deal with it once it’s received. prospecting. Mark Hunter is… Blogs We Follow. December 2010. November 2010. November 2010.

Ideal Customer Profile

Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Hiring Facebook

4 Ways to Close More Sales By Changing Your Sales Process.

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. After 2 weeks, add up the time spent on various activities. Stop spending on time on people who you think are prospects but are nothing more than suspects. If you want to close more sales, you have to set yourself up to close more sales.

Sales Process

Sales Process Closing Hiring Ideal Customer Profile

How to Easily Motivate and Incentivize Sales Pipeline Building

2010 vs. 2020: 9 Sales Strategies That Changed Dramatically in the Last Decade

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