DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

As DiscoverOrg’s Manager of Strategic Accounts, I’m always looking for ways to use personal touchpoints to engage prospects via email. I start with a thoughtful, well-researched cold email that shows just how well I knows my prospect – both the pain points they experience in their job, as well as their personal interests.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 1, 2018

And what are the existing and emerging technologies that marketing teams will be spending more on in 2018? Whether you sell into the Marketing Department or you are marketer, check out our predictions for marketing spend in 2018, based on trends from year-over-year survey results. We expect to see this spend occur in 2018.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

What are the sales trends of 2018? Video prospecting. Sales automation. 2018 is just around the corner. And if history repeats itself, just like 2017 we’ll see major developments in the sales world. To find out what’s coming, I asked sales leaders, experts, and reps to predict the top sales trends of 2018.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

I am already getting questions from prospects about whether they should start a sales lead generation project now or wait until after the holidays. 40 to 50 pipeline accounts (from which 20% to 30% will become fully qualified sales opportunities this quarter or next). My advice is don’t repeat a 2017 mistake in 2018.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2018

The acronym BANT stands for: Budget: How much is the prospect able and willing to spend? Need: Does the prospect have a problem your product can solve? fails when salespeople use it like a checklist, meaning they ask prospects a series of rote questions without truly listening to their response or attempting to add value.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2018

New research from Richardson Sales Training reveals the biggest focus for sales professionals in 2018 should be articulating value. Top challenges facing salespeople in 2018 included: Creating a targeted prospecting strategy. Balancing sales and relationship management. Building the right sales skills.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Decision Maker 139

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2018

Sales professionals are under constant pressure to achieve higher quotas and deliver value to their clients in an increasingly competitive landscape. To gain a better understanding of the specific challenges facing sales professionals in 2018, Richardson Sales Training surveyed more than 350 sales professionals.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Sales methodologies like BANT — shorthand for budget, authority, need, timeframe — can help reps identify business opportunities at the outset of the sales process. However, when used at the wrong time and the wrong way — like checking off BANT criteria while talking to a prospect — reps lose ground qualifying prospective customers.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker Case Study 130

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Sales managers who are nervous about their team working outside of the office can take heart in a recent study that ranks sales representative as the No. In fact, the study from MagnifyMoney shows that 13% of sales representatives already worked from a home office prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. Author: SMM staff.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2018

Today’s post is our 9 th installment in the series and includes blog posts about passive candidate recruitment, data-driven e-commerce, sales metrics, account-based selling, and more! 4 Ways to Recruit Passive Candidates in 2018. 7 Sales Metrics to Track in 2018. If you’re looking for more sales insight, keep reading!

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2017

SDR/BDR Skills for 2018. Video prospecting. We’re about to turn the corner into 2018. And from where I stand -- as the manager of an inside sales team -- one thing is clear. To be successful next year and beyond, sales development reps need to think outside the box. 1) Video prospecting. Active listening.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. But being a salesperson in 2018 is very different than being a salesperson in 1987.

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John Barrows

MARCH 14, 2018

People ask me all the time which medium is the best one to connect with prospects these days. Before technology, it used to be door-to-door sales, then the phone, then e-mail, then LinkedIn, but now with social media and all the different options, there isn’t one best way to connect anymore. Is it phone, e-mail, Inmail, text, social?

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 4, 2018

2018 Sales Enablement Trends. AI takes over more and more of the sales process. Sales training is added back to the budget. Sales teams shrink in size. Sales enablement has grown from a buzzword into a strategic investment for organizations looking to lead and not follow. CRMs are a necessity, not a nicety.

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SBI

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We wanted to find a good mix of solutions that are at the intersection of marketing and sales. In the guide , you’ll find solutions like Conversica which makes it possible to reach out to thousands of prospects at a time in a personal, persistent, and powerful way. Don’t have time to read through a bunch of collateral?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 30, 2018

That’s how prospecting can sometimes feel, especially if you’re using outdated sales tactics that drive buyers crazy. We know prospecting can seem daunting, and a string of unreturned calls and unanswered emails is discouraging, to say the least. The 3 Key Elements of Good Sales Prospecting Emails. Still stuck?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Selling Skills 2018. Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. 2018 is going to be even bigger. 2018 is going to be even bigger.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Millions of leaders and sales professionals have given thought to, and set ambitious goals for 2018. Below is a four-step process that will help you clarify and calibrate what is most important for you to achieve your goals in 2018. Pipeliner CRM empowers sales professionals to maximize time management. You deserve it.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There are several facts I thought I knew about prospecting. The RAIN Group Center for Sales Research surveyed 488 buyers and 489 sellers in 25+ industries to get their take on effective methods, timing, and more. The results are probably not what you’d expect -- but they do bode well for your prospecting strategy.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In the race to finish the year strong, prospecting often gets put on the back burner while sales reps spend time and energy on closing the open business opportunities they’re working. But salespeople need to be able to fill the pipeline with highly qualified prospects in order to be successful going into the New Year.

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Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Referrals 63

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 19, 2018

If you’re in sales, you’ve likely seen the 2011 “ Lead Response Management Study. ” It analyzed three year’s worth of data,100,000 call attempts, six companies, and 15,000 leads and synthesized findings to bring salespeople scientific answers to age-old questions like “ What are the best days to call my prospects? ”

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2018

If you worked in sales or marketing in the past year—you’ve already heard the news: Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is an incredibly effective way to target qualified prospects and close more deals. The Guide to Developing a Successful Sales Development Technology Stack. Let’s jump right in! Don’t believe us? Continue reading.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Between 2016 and 2018, total US forest product exports increased from about $37.7 If AGL was to successfully make the transition and survive, the sales team would have to identify new potential customers, as well as services beyond AGL’s core expertise. We didn’t have a formal prospecting strategy,” Zambo says. “We

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Professional conferences are not only an opportunity to meet industry leaders -- and maybe do a little prospecting -- they’re also a way to break yourself out of your usual routine and pick up new skills. So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Here’s a recap of the best sales articles from 2018 from Sales Hacker! With 2019 is right on the horizon, I’m taking this as an opportunity to look back at the kickass year we had at Sales Hacker. for making Sales Hacker what it is. The 18 best sales articles of 2018 from Sales Hacker.

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Anaplan

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Among the many sales-related events I attend each year, Dreamforce is easily one of my favorites. In a scant four days, I get to chat with hundreds of customers and prospects, check in with businesses from … Valuable insights from Dreamforce 2018 Read More » What’s not to love?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2018

A quick Google search or skim through your favorite sales blogs will show article upon article about how to hire the perfect reps, increase customer retention, and write the perfect sales job description -- for good reason. What if the biggest threat to sales teams isn't losing clients, but losing our teammates themselves?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 18, 2018

Sales conferences hold a very special place in my heart. This is not only because I am the Director of Sales at an event software company, but also because I know I have a lot learn—and in-person events are my favorite way to get that learning done. For sales professionals, this probably isn’t a surprise. Rainmaker 2018.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Each year, Richardson Sales Training asks sales professionals about the sales challenges that they anticipate in the coming year and complies their responses to create its annual selling challenges study. The sales professionals who prevail will win big as new opportunities escalate amid today’s robust business climate.

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Decision Maker Face-to-face Survey Lead Rank 61

Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2018

We cover topics related to sales, marketing, recruiting, and business—just as we do on our own B2B blog. At SHRM 2018, Alfredo Castro and Mardely Vega will present “Strategic Storytelling: Engaging New Talents in a Global Workplace!” But, businesses vary drastically regarding branding, products, sales cycles, and much more.

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B2B Hiring Buyer Persona Face-to-face 113

InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Salespeople instinctively believe there must be an optimal time to reach out and contact prospects. Their gut leads them to construct sales plays that target different times in hopes of eliciting a response. years (2018-2020), and generated by over 10 thousand users in North America. Calls occurred in all major time zones.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 31, 2018

Sales development is a passion of mine. Say what you will, I don’t consider the sales development rep (SDR) an entry-level role. And as more and more outreach becomes automated, more prospects tune out and you have to try harder to be memorable. In 2018, more than ever, you have to EARN that sales meeting.

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CloserIQ

DECEMBER 26, 2018

2018 has been an amazing year for all of us at CloserIQ , and we can’t believe we’re just a few days away from welcoming another one. One of our goals this year was to create and curate the best sales content out there for advancing your career and building top sales teams. 1) Navigating a Career in Sales.

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Julie Hanson

JANUARY 12, 2018

It’s 2018, and by rough count, I’ve sat through a thousand sales presentations. Your prospect may not have seen quite as many as me, but they likely struggle to recall most of them as well. Make 2018 the year you embrace a more contemporary approach that differentiates you from the competition and sets you up for success.

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Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With features like native email tracking and automated data collection, these tools enable end-users to be more productive and devote their time and attention to showing prospects and customers some love. Do you see it giving CRM a run for its money in 2018? What do you think of the new customer experience stack? Why or why not?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies.

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Hoovers Campaigns InsideView Tools 264

SalesforLife

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Maybe I’m getting older, or becoming more aware, or turning cynical – but the disruption in the Force that I’m seeing is that year by year, more and more sales professionals – whether they’re account executives, customer success leaders, or business development reps – seem to be losing the skill and art of prospecting.

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