Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

SiriusDecisions’ 2016 State of Account-Based Marketing Study found that 27 percent of respondents invested between 11 and 30 percent of their total marketing budgets into ABM. Sure, you may need to make a few tweaks here and there depending on the prospect, but most of a campaign remains intact. In the Event of….

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Account Based Marketing Jigsaw Campaigns Account 168

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 16, 2017

Lesson #1 : To expand market share, use “what if” analysis to leave your comfort zone and create new opportunities. Case study : Airbnb: For companies that already have a viable product or service, growth hacking can help drive awareness. The most famous example? Airbnb penetrating Craigslist’s marketplace.

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Penetration Case Study Lead Rank Hotels 153

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 28, 2016

I recently read the Bridge Group’s study, “Sales Development 2016.” ” It’s an outstanding and very comprehensive study. 42% in Passing Fully Qualified Opportunities. 42% in Passing Fully Qualified Opportunities. ” It seems like a great opportunity that SDR’s miss.

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Prospecting Follow-up eBook Study 48

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 28, 2020

How do you know how much effort you should put into pursuing a specific prospect? Prospecting is a spectrum. There are going to be sales opportunities worth pursuing to different degrees for different reasons. The sales matrix is a tool you can use to make sense of different opportunities. Why Make a Sales Matrix?

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Inbound Hubspot Case Study Cold Calling 102

Velocify

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought we’d take a lighthearted twist on a recent text messaging study we conducted by comparing text messaging usage and etiquette in both business and love. 1] Portio Research, Mobile Messaging Futures 2012-2016, 2012. [2] With an estimated 9.6 Texting: A new frontier in sales.

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Leads360 Unica Lead Rank Lead Scoring 109

Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

If I wanted to become a world-class boxer, I might study Muhammad Ali’s or Rocky Marciano’s boxing techniques. According to a 2016 study by McKinsey, over half of the fastest growing companies look ahead by at least a year, with 10 percent of them looking three years or more into the future. Invest in People.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 6, 2016

The other day, I downloaded an outstanding market research study. It was entitled, 2016, The State Of Marketing. The problem with much of our prospecting or follow up on “leads,” is that it is completely disconnected from the content that generated the lead. ” This kind or prospecting is just insanity!

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Objections Face-to-face Study Prospecting 48

InsideSales.com

JULY 16, 2020

There’s still an opportunity to grow, so take these opportunities if it’s presented. While money is essential, you need to understand what is emotionally driving your prospects and address that. Again, according to the study, people do buy emotionally, but they justify their decision through facts and logic.

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Closing Strategy Real Estate Top of Funnel 74

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

DemandBase quotes a SiriusDescisions study, which found that 70% of B2B companies have staff that are fully or partially dedicated to driving ABM-specific programs. Direct Prospecting at Interested Buyers. The truth is that fewer prospects are ready to buy than most imagine (or hope). Timing is everything in sales.

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Data Lead Rank Decision Maker Account Based Marketing 120

SugarCRM

JANUARY 30, 2024

A recent McKinsey study of more over 5,000 companies that ‘outpace’ their peers in building scalable growth found three key similarities in how these firms use Go-to-Market (GTM) technology. GTM technology offers enterprises multiple development opportunities, personalized customer experiences, and drives growth.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Analytics Channels 26

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 12, 2018

to your prospects and/or current customers. According to the same study, 25% find it “more trustworthy.”. In 2016, direct mail received a 5.3% for prospect lists. Want to book appointments with your top prospects? Hire a freelancer on Upwork or Fiver to draw cartoons or portraits of your prospects.

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Direct Mail Lead Rank Campaigns B2C 137

Allbound

DECEMBER 5, 2018

According to the CSO Insights 2016 Channel Sales Optimization Study , 46.9 percent of companies surveyed were not using partner relationship management (PRM) technology, and few companies reported having a clear picture of their channel partners’ opportunity flow. Increase sales productivity.

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Channels Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Vendor 57

SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

They didn’t have a true target prospect list, or ideal customer profiles — and no, “everyone” is not your ideal customer. Building Your Prospecting Engine. John Barrows, an inside sales legend, knows what it takes to build a prospecting engine. And sales didn’t know what was going on.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Buying Cycle Account 52

Nutshell

JULY 10, 2020

Real estate marketing is all about building your personal brand and creating an environment where your prospects feel comfortable reaching out to you, or “converting,” as they say in the biz. Marketing is the process of converting unaware prospects into fans, and eventually into buyers. Real estate marketing online is the wild west.

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Real Estate Top of Funnel Social Media Marketing 126

Lead411

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Whether it is reaching out when a company is going through a growth trend, responding in a timely fashion to an RFP, or reaching out to renew an existing contract; timing can mean the difference between revenue and missed opportunity. According to a 2015 study by Deloitte , the average american checks their cell phone 46 times a day.

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Channels B2B Face-to-face Call-back 63

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. They had to see growth.

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Connext Digital

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In fact, a study reveals that in-app ads are projected to triple in value in the coming years, going from $72 billion in 2016 to $201 billion in 2021. Advertisements that end-users typically encounter on browsers are often seen as disruptive, dissuading a prospective customer. A study also revealed that in-app ads perform 11.4

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Advertising Advertising Campaigns Top of Funnel 49

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2018

Automate repetitive tasks that are bleeding into your prospecting or selling time. Consider this: An SDR may spend the majority of their time hunting down information on a prospect or a company. If you can get a prospect on the phone to talk about a deal, that’s great. Explore prospect objections before you respond to them.

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Sales Cycle Strategy Channels Call-back 111

Jeff Davis

MARCH 27, 2018

I, however, see this as an opportunity for forward-thinking sales leaders to better align with their marketing colleagues to dominate the space where prospects are spending the majority of their time. The goal of this outreach and content should be to generate higher-value conversations with prospects. shows us just that.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Decision Maker Scale 48

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This methodology can work both for prospects that aren’t yet aware of their problems and for those that know what they want. The typical process usually goes like this: Find prospects whose problems align with the solution that the company is selling. Studying customers and their needs by definition requires a lot of time and effort.

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Solutions Selling Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2020

The platform allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant, and responsible communication for each prospect, every time, enabling personalization at scale, previously unthinkable. Science is studying the data, studying the analytics, learning from your losses. All of those in my mind sort of go in that art bucket.

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Lead Rank How To 105

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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Direct Mail Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 75

Velocify

AUGUST 24, 2017

BambooHR added Velocify Pulse® and Velocify Dial-IQ® to their sales stack in 2016, working alongside Salesforce and ActOn to empower SDRs in ways that were impossible with their previous inside sales solution. Prior to Velocify Pulse, transferring a prospect from an SDR to an account executive (AE) was a very manual task.

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GoldMine SalesForce Inside Sales Sales Qualified Lead 40

SalesLoft

APRIL 29, 2016

See the chart below which was originally created and presented by Steven Broudy of Mulesoft at the 2016 TOPO Summit. Opportunities created. Opportunities per MQL. Pipeline per opportunity created. Convert the lead to a qualified opportunity and make introduction to your account executive (internal customer).

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 52

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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Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

Cience

JULY 17, 2020

They expect sellers to study their company and product as well as to understand their pain points. It continues with the segmentation of the prospect pool and creating personalized messages. Next comes the stage of contacting prospects and appointment setting via email and phone calls. Learning Opportunity.

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Outsourcing Services Outbound Lead Gen Lead Rank 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. That gives you a tremendous opportunity to insert yourself and help that startup achieve its growth objectives by minimizing time spent on non-core competencies. While selling to startups is an evergreen opportunity, it’s important to understand the risks as well.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Vendor Pivotal 77

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 22, 2019

In 2016, it was discovered that Wells Fargo employees secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts — without their customers’ knowledge — to meet sales goals. Imagine that a sales rep could reach out to 10,000 prospects per day. Help your team make the connection between opportunities and outcomes.

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Incentives Incentive Banking Call-back 68

OpenSymmetry

AUGUST 19, 2016

It’s hard to believe that the 2016 Rio Olympic Games are coming to an end. The study reviewed in this HBR article found top-performing salespeople consider themselves confident, likeable, responsible, and productive. How the right mix of personality, behavior, and compensation drives success. Self-perception. Evolving Sales Behaviors.

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Compensation Incentives Incentive Hiring 40

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2018

Understanding the reasons why a prospect became a customer, opted for the competition, or made no decision at all makes your sales process all the stronger for future bids. In a 2016 study by CSO Insights , researchers found teams that regularly used win/loss analysis outperformed those that did not. What did they have to say?

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Analysis Buyer Persona Prospecting Trends 73

CloserIQ

APRIL 23, 2019

Photo source: The 6 biggest sales-tech trends to watch in 2016. Qualifying and tracking leads — is marketing holding up their side of the bargain, providing accurate and interested prospects. Otherwise read case studies and white papers, which many tech companies are more than willing to provide. 1) Find a champion.

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Lead Rank Scale Top of Funnel How To 88

DialSource

APRIL 24, 2018

Farleigh-Dickinson University conducted a detailed study on stress in the workplace. Some sales are seasonal and might result in fewer prospects for a certain amount of time. If you’re in a sales slump, it may be helpful to try some new strategies, like disruptive sales or video prospecting. The Company You Keep.

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Quota Motivation SalesForce Resources 48

Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

But, live events provide a unique opportunity for your team to network, develop important skills, and ultimately improve your business. You are losing time in two ways — the time lost traveling to and attending the event as well as the opportunity cost of not spending time on more productive activities. Continue reading.

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Webinar Metrics Trade Show Marketing Strategy 113

Cience

JULY 25, 2019

In this light, chatbots provide amazing opportunities for B2B lead generation in particular and for any company in general. Don’t make your prospect wait. Many of them use their free time (evening, to be precise or early in the morning) to look for opportunities for improving their work. The advantages of chatbots: Time.

Lead Generation 56

Lead Generation Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead B2B 56

Bigtincan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The tactics range from trash-talking competitors to truly abusive behaviors against prospects themselves. Combine this with an increasing pressure to achieve Unicorn status and a flood of venture-capital investments and sales teams, the enablement teams seeking to support them, and the prospects are caught in a perfect, negative storm.

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Social Media Education Up-Sell Competition 21

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 10, 2019

Author: Tim Riesterer Have you ever had a service problem with a customer and worried about the damage it could do to your relationship and long-term revenue prospects? And, worse, maybe they will spread the word throughout their network and negatively influence other prospect or customer decisions. Maybe they won’t renew.

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Loyalty Remedy Journal Study 234

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 7, 2018

Your prospects are out there right now, hunting for a solution to a problem you can solve. With visibility limited to digital behavior tracked on your own corporate website, lead and account scoring provides a purview to a fraction of the opportunities developing all around. Demand Gen Report, 2016). What is Intent data?

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Intent Data Intent Data Lead Rank 313