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7 Ways to Satisfy More Demanding Prospects

Hubspot Sales

Research published by Forrester shows B2B prospects go through 70% to 90% of their customer journey before engaging with a salesperson. 2) Use consultative selling. Move from transactional selling to consultative selling , or learning about the buyer’s challenges before discussing your product.

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What Does ZoomInfo’s Acquisition of Datanyze Signal to the Sales Industry?

Sales Hacker

For many years salespeople at companies like Box, Citrix, Paypal and more have relied on Zoominfo, founded in 2000, as their foundational database of millions of business profiles and contacts when prospecting and sourcing leads. The product can answer questions like, “What technologies does my target prospect use?”

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Forrester: The Accelerating Death of the B2B Sales Rep

The ROI Guy

So how can you best address these changing buyer trends and add more value to each and every prospect engagement? Source: Death of A (B2B) Salesman: Two Years Later - March 2017, Andy Hoar.

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How to Use Value Propositions Early in the Sales Cycle: Flexible Case Studies Drive More Qualified B2B Sales Opportunities

LeveragePoint

Understanding Sales Challenges , Richardson’s recently compiled survey, identified the top 3 concerns among seller executives: (1) Competing against a low cost provider, (2) Combatting the status quo and (3) Knowledge about how to team sell effectively. Is your prospect an effective sponsor, champion or buying mobilizer? Differentiate.

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How to Use Value Propositions in the Middle of the Sales Cycle: Focus Sales Teams on Customer Outcomes

LeveragePoint

people in the average 2017 buying team. The McKinsey team highlighted the payoffs from augmenting presales efforts: five-point improvement in conversion rates, 6–13% improvement in revenue, 10–20% improvement in the speed of moving prospects through the sales process.