No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2017

CSO Insights’ 2017 Best Practices Study revealed that quota attainment—averaged across all geographies, industries, and company sizes—dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. When account based sales reps prospect through referrals, they: Score every meeting with decision-makers in one call.

Account 189

Account Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Quota 189

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Sales reps aiming to displace the current provider were stuck dialing into dead-end corporate switchboard phone numbers, getting stonewalled by gatekeepers, never to reach their buyer’s voicemail box—let alone pitch their product to a decision-maker. Verified Data Identifies Key Decision Makers Faster.

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Data Lead Rank Decision Maker Account Based Marketing 120

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 31, 2023

That ignited my life-long interest in influence and how decision-makers view sales professionals. ” My take: CEOs and decision-makers are focused on specific outcomes for their company. We can read a few books, study a few psychological principles, and falsely believe we can influence business leaders.

Influencer 62

Influencer How To Decision Maker Incentives 62

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 14, 2015

From the first annual Rainmaker conference in Atlanta, to AA-ISP meet ups across the country, and another amazing San Fran Dreamforce week on the books — we’re already tapping our toes for the first big tech conference of 2016. Here are 13 of Jon’s key steps to dominating a tech conference in 2016: 1. Let’s talk.”.

Conference 52

Conference Decision Maker Case Study Sports 52

DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

To illustrate a baseline of Scoops during an era without known security breaches, here’s an example of Equifax Scoops from June 2016: So how can YOU use these Scoops to leverage a product or service ? Each Scoop contains an important piece of information, including: Decision-maker moves. Download the Full Buyer Persona Study.

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ACT Data Hiring Decision Maker 120

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2018

According to the same study, 25% find it “more trustworthy.”. In 2016, direct mail received a 5.3% Put together printed versions of your most popular resources -- reports, blog posts, case studies, etc. -- and send them to the influencer or decision maker. Consumers enjoy getting mail. Email has better ROI.

Direct Mail 138

Direct Mail Lead Rank Campaigns B2C 138

Jeff Davis

MARCH 27, 2018

Additionally, the average number of decision makers on a typical purchase has increased from 5.4 This outreach should focus on helping decision makers clearly identify their business problem and develop a vision for how they will go about solving it. according to Brent Adamson, Principal Executive Advisor at CEB.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Decision Maker Scale 48

Cience

JULY 17, 2020

There’s an increase of decision-makers, and it’s more complicated than ever to reach them. They expect sellers to study their company and product as well as to understand their pain points. The number of decision-makers has increased. First of all, the process has become much longer than before.

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Outbound Lead Gen Lead Rank 52

Tenfold

JULY 18, 2017

To be sure, Sirius Decisions reports the average sales cycle has increased by 22 percent over the past five years since more decision-makers are being involved in the buying process. There’s no need to spend copious amounts of time drudging up case studies. However, many other marketing strategies are falling flat.

Direct Mail 75

Direct Mail Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

LinkedIn advertising allows precise targeting, meaning you can contact the decision-makers directly and lower the costs of customer acquisition. Studying customers and their needs by definition requires a lot of time and effort. Procurement departments are better at determining the company’s needs. Longer research.

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Solutions Selling Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 7, 2016

2016 saw continued growth for time spent on social media. Studies found from Statista, Marketing Land, Content Marketing Institute, and Email Monday. We’ll see more teams focusing on groups of decision-makers at key accounts — resulting in higher conversions and more customer advocacy. Social Media.

Software 52

Software Software Top of Funnel Social Media 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

These stats certainly grab our attention, especially as Millennials grow into the decision makers and gatekeepers over the next two decades. In fact, in-person events ranked highest on the list, above tactics such as webinars/webcasts (66%), case studies (66%) and white papers (63%). age demographic at 75.4 Continue reading.

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Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The final section sums up how to sound smart, stay motivated , and concludes with a case study on smart calls. Author : Stu Heinecke Published : February 16, 2016. Why salespeople need this book : Bypassing the gatekeepers and reaching high-level decision-makers is tricky.

Cold Calling 116

Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

Cience

JULY 25, 2019

Meanwhile, your decision-makers can write to you at any time of day or night. When a decision-maker starts a conversation with an SDR, it’s hard for the latter to guide and ask prospecting questions. In 2017, they published the results of their study: “ Why people use chatbots.” FUF stands for Friendly-Useful-Fun.

Lead Generation 56

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 56

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 6, 2016

According to the 2016 “ Sales Performance Optimization Study ” from CSO Insights, the top four sales execution challenges and barriers are: Inability to generate enough qualified leads (53.3%). Ace out the competition: They score meetings while the competition is still trying to identify the decision-makers.

Referrals 279

Referrals Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 279

LeveragePoint

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In the hands of good sales teams, strong Value Propositions evolve from Flexible Case Studies early in the sales cycle to Customer Value Analyses during a customer evaluation to a Shared Business Case to Buy that helps sales teams speed the time to closing. Here is a case study where our solution reduced installation costs by 30%.”.

Account Based Marketing 20

Account Based Marketing Account Lead Rank Lead Scoring 20

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 20, 2017

The verity of this principle was reiterated to me again in a recent study we conducted at DiscoverOrg on what drives growth at the fastest growing organizations. The study revealed that doing hard things is just as relevant to the performance of teams and companies as it is to individuals. The Fastest Growing Companies Do Hard Things.

Account Based Marketing 120

Account Based Marketing Company Cold Calling Outbound 120

Altify

MAY 8, 2018

According to the research report Inside the Buyer’s Mind , while most salespeople think that they get to decision makers ‘Almost Always,’ only 38 percent of buyers believe that sellers get to the decision makers most of the time. Clearly getting access to all of the decision makers early in the buying cycle is important.

Decision Maker 40

Decision Maker Influencer Study Buying Cycle 40

Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

So, while sales reps typically focus on pulling decision-makers to a product, consultative sellers are obliged to dole out advice that guides buyers toward a final decision. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics.

Consultative Selling 52

Consultative Selling Closing Sales Qualified Lead Buyer 52

OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

Digital sales platform, Gumroad ran a meta study to compare the conversion rates (the proportion of people who saw a product that bought it). Your sales process should already have established how the prospect buys (their stakeholders, decision-makers, buying cycle) and determined that they’re a good fit for your product.

Discount 55

Discount Lead Rank Top of Funnel Enterprise 55

Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

So, while sales reps typically focus on pulling decision-makers to a product, consultative sellers are obliged to dole out advice that guides buyers toward a final decision. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics.

Consultative Selling 52

Consultative Selling Closing Sales Qualified Lead Buyer 52

InsideSales.com

APRIL 7, 2020

According to a study, 48% of all salespeople don’t make the call. Decision-makers are very busy, and leaving a message can set yourself apart from the many others fighting for their attention. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on March 18, 2016, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.

Follow-up 88

Follow-up Top of Funnel Social Media Account Based Marketing 88

Cience

MAY 7, 2019

In the B2B selling process, a sales lead is a decision maker (and her/his contact data) at a company that you hope will become your client. For the purposes of this article we’ll use “sales lead” to denote: The contact data of a decision maker obtained for the purpose of prospecting/lead generation.

Ideal Customer Profile 58

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 58

LeveragePoint

APRIL 12, 2019

While seller decision making will likely remain under human control despite the algorithms, payment systems, online purchasing options and automated contracting are circumscribing the traditional sales role as ambassador between buyer decision makers and seller decision makers. Compete with your competitors.

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Buyer Case Study Marketing B2B 22

Hyper-Connected Selling

JANUARY 9, 2018

Studies show that the more information we have, t he harder it is to make decisions. It’s their job to be the ringleader that can juggle multiple decision-makers, streams of information, and organizational needs. Manage Complexity. Don’t waste time bemoaning complexity – that’s your job.

Hiring 64

Hiring Decision Maker Call-back Lead Rank 64

Cience

MAY 7, 2019

In the B2B selling process, a sales lead is a decision maker (and her/his contact data) at a company that you hope will become your client. For the purposes of this article we’ll use “sales lead” to denote: The contact data of a decision maker obtained for the purpose of prospecting/lead generation.

Ideal Customer Profile 40

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 40

Artesian Solutions

APRIL 9, 2018

According to a study by Narrative Science 61% of businesses using AI believe they are spotting opportunities in data that would otherwise have been missed, and by 2020 they could be stealing as much as $1.2 A McKinsey Global Institute study found that 40% of time spent on sales work activities can be automated.

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Data Sales Qualified Lead 40

Openview

MARCH 26, 2018

In fact, according to a recent CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , 10.4% In the absence of proper strategic account planning, too much is left to chance or to the discretion of the sales professional who then has to make decisions on the fly, often neglecting the organization’s methodology.

Account 33

Account Top of Funnel Scale Enterprise 33

OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

Digital sales platform, Gumroad ran a meta study to compare the conversion rates (the proportion of people who saw a product that bought it). Your sales process should already have established how the prospect buys (their stakeholders, decision-makers, buying cycle) and determined that they’re a good fit for your product.

Strategy 20

Strategy Discount Lead Rank Enterprise 20

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

Case study Award winning London PR agency PHA Media knew from experience that things could quickly get out of hand with their new sales team if a sales process was not put in place. Back in 2016, access to the web via mobile devices finally over took desktop usage. The CRM software market is expected to grow to a $36.5 Mobile access.

CRM 49

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 49

The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Selling today is now more complex as there are an average of 7 decision-makers involved in the B2B buying process. billion online buyers in 2016. In fact, in 2016, 58.3 It seems that Tuesday is the best day of the week to send email (according to 10 email marketing studies). GENERAL SALES STATISTICS.

Paid Content 51

Paid Content Lead Rank Social Media Cold Calling 51

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

Case study Award winning London PR agency PHA Media knew from experience that things could quickly get out of hand with their new sales team if a sales process was not put in place. Back in 2016, access to the web via mobile devices finally over took desktop usage. The sales CRM software market is expected to grow to a $36.5

CRM 39

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 39

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Becky Kuperhand is a Managing Partner at Apex Assembly, where they unite F2000 decision makers to solve critical business challenges at IT and IT Security executive forums. Julie Maresca is the Head of Enterprise Sales for North America at Slack and has been with Slack since 2016. Becky Kuperhand. Julie Maresca.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Just as importantly, how strong is your sales pipeline for 2016? 84 percent of B2B decision-makers start the buying process with a referral. I’m conducting a study on referrals, and I need your help. Your sales team has one month left to finish out 2015 with a bang. Don’t let your team waste time cold calling.

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Referrals Face-to-face Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 120