The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. TS: You say that inside sales is going to overtake field sales by 2015. But in your book, you introduce the concept of potent prospecting. Potent prospecting works more holistically.

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BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As a result, agencies risk getting entangled in the daily grind, losing sight of the grander objectives that fuel sustainable growth. Try looking for the symptoms, like suspects falling out early at the awareness stage, never to return or promising prospects turning cold on the vine as stalled follow-up loses their interest.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

Proactive sales psychology to prepare for the toughest buyer objections ahead of time by establishing the right mental and emotional state. When I get on sales calls that I’ve set up from meeting requests, I always like to articulate clear agendas and ask the prospects if that's okay with them. Set the agenda and stay in control.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 29, 2015

For ideas to fill that funnel and make 2015 your best sales year ever, check out what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: How to Avoid the Trash Folder If you’re sending emails to prospects you don’t know, don’t be surprised when you get deleted. We try out a new tool for a while and then move on to the next.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 13, 2023

79% of sales professionals who use AI say AI tools are an important addition to their overall sales strategy, according to our State of AI survey. The Fear of Becoming Over-Reliant on AI Tools AI can be addictive , and 39% of sales professionals are afraid of becoming over-reliant on AI tools.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

When it comes to sales prospecting , it's more important than ever that you write concise, effective communication. Even if you do get your prospect’s attention, you can’t expect them to read your long, fluffy emails filled with the buzzwords of the day when they have many other emails to open. Spend some time on the subject line.

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Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

AUGUST 25, 2019

The 2015 MHO Best Practices Study reveals that “having a strategy and knowing the right things to do [is] a huge differentiator between top performers and others” Sales Efficiency and Sales Effectiveness – What Do They Mean? A modern selling strategy requires modern sales tools, such as sales enablement technology.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. Why salespeople need this book : It’s one of the best cold calling books on B2B sales prospecting—for both inspiration and insights.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

AUGUST 24, 2021

You’ve won over the prospect you’ve been wooing for months. Let’s imagine salesperson Monique has won over prospect Brad, and now wants him to advocate for the deal at a meeting with his company’s buying committee, which includes the CEO. I’ll just give her the objective facts she needs. A scenario.

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Platinum Rules for Success

DECEMBER 26, 2018

After writing 17 books and delivering over 3,000 professional speeches around the world, Jim Cathcart collaborated with Jeffrey Gitomer and Dr. Tony Alessandra in 2015 on the award winning sales skills assessment, Sales IQ Plus. Targeting explores the markets or groups you may target as prospective buyers.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s the Sandler Sales methodology’s "uncovering levels of pain" to get to the root cause of a prospect’s buying motivations, or the Challenger Sale’s "powerful requests" method to understand how serious a prospective buyer is, sales professionals use decades worth of research and experience to understand their customer’s buying motivations.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

According to Crunchbase data, 95,000+ companies have received funding (globally) from 2015-present, totaling $1.3+ Now that you’re a startup expert let’s talk about how you can help them achieve their growth objectives. Instead of asking, “ Who should I be prospecting into? ” trillion worth of funding.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

This is the question I posed: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. Marketing provides air cover by nurturing and educating their known universe of prospects.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 23, 2016

In many cases I have seen great sales contest ideas poorly executed, it is critical you think through what your objectives are and what you want the results to be and then CLEARLY write down the objectives, rules and incentives. Set a quarter-to-date objective above your sales goal; that way, everyone on the team can win.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

At this time of year it is not unusual for salespeople and sales managers to simply focused on closing business to achieve their yearly objectives, maximize their compensation plans and unfortunately drain their pipelines. Action steps include: 1) Refine their prospect database to reflect the A, B, C Ideal client profile concept. (See

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Xactly

AUGUST 13, 2018

As a result, organizations can design balanced, fair territories that maximize sales coverage and prioritize top prospects and existing customers. On the other hand, a sales rep with a massive territory may not have the ability to effectively serve every customer and prospect. In 2015, the global annual rate of data production of 5.6

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

It, however, was back in 2015. The reply would be: “Vengreso helps business owners, reps, and sales teams to create more sales conversations and grow their sales pipeline through digital sales prospecting training.”. What sales tools do they know and use. It included four unique components that merit consideration.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

It, however, was back in 2015. The reply would be: “Vengreso helps business owners, reps, and sales teams to create more sales conversations and grow their sales pipeline through digital sales prospecting training.”. What sales tools do they know and use. It included four unique components that merit consideration.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

We realized a few years ago that even if we provided our customers with the most accurate database of their prospective buyers with the deepest intelligence about what projects and initiatives they’re working on, what their technology stack looks like, and what triggers are coming down the pipe for them.

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Tenfold

JULY 18, 2017

Marketing, on the other hand, involves all those actions that a business takes to reach and recruit prospects. The number of ‘touches’ a prospect requires to convert into a sale varies, though research suggests anywhere between three and twelve touch points. Podcast listening increased by 23 percent between 2015 and 2016.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. Dave Brock says it the best ever: Prospecting is the New Prospecting ! You need to pinpoint the mobilizers, your advocates and build consensus amongst champions inside the prospect's ecosystem. A one size fits all approach simply won't work.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Make 2015 Your Best Year Ever! My answer is simple; “it’s more critical when you are small to begin building management systems and tools because revenue and profitability are considered more critical in an organization. Build Predictable Revenue In Your Organization. existing clients or new clients.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2018

Based on Salesforce’s research in 2015, top sales teams are three times more likely to use analytics than under-performing teams. First, get everybody on board with your objective. How many prospect phone numbers are actually usable? 5) Use the Right Tools to Automate Your Sales Process. What percent of fields are filled?

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Provide your team with effective tools that analyze the status of each opportunity and develop the various tactics to increase your probabilities. Specifically: Pinpoint and develop ways to counter objections. Initiate multi-level contact with multi-level influencers in the prospect’s company. .

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

From SDR in 2015, to enterprise AE in 2020–and she’s gathered quite the following on LinkedIn. If you’re looking for insight from Trish on sales development, she recently chatted with Dan Hersch on the Engaged Prospect podcast. . Founder of Smart Selling Tools. Jamie (Crosbie) Bisson. Founder and CEO of ProActivate.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 10, 2020

Like everything else in the world today, sales stages are much more granular, objective and should be more accurate than ever before. As recently as 2015, a sales pipeline was a rudimentary look at your ability to meet or exceed your quota on an aggregate basis. The ideal outcome of an introductory meeting was a product demo.

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

They think sending more emails will just tick off their prospects and make them run away for good. The very first objective your emails should accomplish is to provide value to the recipient. Close's built-in email sequences tool simplifies automating your email follow-ups. Why do so many startups avoid following up ?

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 17, 2018

But as you burn through your best prospects, you’ll realize this impersonal approach is also inefficient. Chris Smith joins today’s episode to share exactly how a Sales Engagement platform can unify your tools and help you execute each sale with the personality and empathy your prospects deserve.

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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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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

A sales dashboard is a tool used to provide a quick, visual representation of your most important sales data so your team can make good decisions faster. You might think we’d start with picking the right sales dashboard tool. Sales dashboards are living tools; just because you set them up doesn’t mean they’ll be good forever.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

To win in 2015 you're going to have to go so old school and new school at the same time, applying a dizzying array of multi-disciplinary principles that will give you an invincible edge. Less rules are better but curate based on relevance so that clients, prospects and colleagues get a bunch out of it.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Leveraging the next generation of artificial intelligence, Outreach allows you to deliver consistent, relevant and responsible communication for each prospect every time, enabling personalization at scale that was previously unthinkable. From 2010 to 2015, we didn’t have traditional funding. Check them out at www.outreach.io.

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