Emissary

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sales account planning has been in practice for 30+ years. So most technology organizations have an account planner floating around somewhere. Download the Guide Technology providers find themselves in a challenging position. key account managers and account executives, there’s insight in here for you too).

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Enterprise Enterprise Account Decision Maker 96

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of sales, account executives play a crucial role in nurturing leads and closing deals. But where should you start implementing AI in your specific account executive role? Enhance prospecting with AI-driven research tools. Account executives can spend hours on end researching prospects.

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Account Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 77

LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Maybe the real issue is that there are too many people in these positions who don’t want to be here. Marketing needs to figure out how it can scale account-based programs, and do so in a coordinated way with Sales. We’ll cover: There are many steps to take in order for an account-based program to be successful.

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Account Based Marketing Account Prospecting Lead Rank 52

SBI

JULY 1, 2020

5 Ways to Uncover Strategic Account Revenue. Revenue growth in B2B enterprise accounts has always been challenging. Uncovering untapped revenue demands that organizations rethink outdated methodologies, processes, and technologies that don’t focus specifically on optimizing revenue in strategic accounts.

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Account Revenue Top of Funnel Funnel 181

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. When confronted with the details – database management, customer account segmentation, and content creation – many companies balk and decide that perhaps ABM isn’t the right road after all. Sound familiar? Who are your best customers?

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Account Based Marketing Segment Ideal Customer Profile Account 218

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. Learn how these factors impact your prospecting, and what you can do to yield better outcomes in sales. #1: Stale data and lack of differentiation could be two major culprits.

Ideal Customer Profile 90

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 90

Pipeliner

MAY 12, 2023

I’m often asked how I define enterprise selling versus selling into small and medium-sized accounts. As is true of so much in selling, it’s all about pain – the driving force in causing prospects to act. But the payoffs of winning major account deals are huge. Account relationships are your dynamic assets.

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Account Enterprise Enterprise Insurance 98

The Pipeline

JANUARY 22, 2019

People will tell you that the number one reason sellers do not like to prospect, specifically telephone prospecting, is rejection. Look at it as an opportunity to educate the prospect or correct a misunderstanding they have, or highlight a blind spot they hadn’t considered. By Tibor Shanto. Best Defence Is a Good Offence.

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Objections Prospecting SME Cold Calling 267

Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2021

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. While many variables drive the sales process, it comes down to this: the prospect you’re calling has no clue how your product will make their business better.

Ideal Customer Profile 130

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker Case Study 130

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 4, 2020

But if you can remain positive you have a huge competitive advantage. The way businesses sell is constantly changing, and many sales reps are facing impossible deadlines, strict accountability, dozens of curveballs with each deal, and pipeline scrutiny from all sides. But there is a secret weapon — positivity.

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Positioning Hubspot Face-to-face Quota 138

Janek Performance Group

JULY 25, 2023

As such, they often prioritize new accounts. This makes effective account planning essential. With account planning, you identify and target potential sales opportunities within existing accounts. Here, 72 percent of respondents said that account planning increased their understanding of their clients’ business.

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Account Decision Maker How To Course 62

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience.

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Prospecting Hiring Face-to-face Intent Data 130

Emissary

JANUARY 31, 2023

But you can still conquer a slow market by taking a strategic approach to grow existing accounts. But you can still increase revenue by selecting those prospects with the best fit for your solution. Take a look at your most successful accounts, not just the biggest spenders, but also those that love your products and company.

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Account Decision Maker Face-to-face How To 96

The Pipeline

JUNE 19, 2017

Most sales people tend to ease off on their prospecting when they have a healthy pipeline. All kinds of opportunities to close at the peak, desperately prospecting (praying and hoping), at the bottom. Prospecting when your pipeline is “overflowing”, is one of the most fun things you can do.

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Prospecting Pipeline Energy Forecasting 224

Sales Hacker

JULY 11, 2022

So when our dream accounts had someone tell us no, we wouldn’t waver. We’d let the prospect know that we’ll cease prospecting them. If we gained permission, we’d follow up months down the line with a relevant case study, when that prospect made any announcements or role changes, or if their company experienced any big news.

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Account Hiring Intent Signal Conference 98

Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 29, 2023

The truth about salespeople who are reluctant to prospect boils down to two things: First, they are reluctant to prospect because past attempts resulted in failure. Second, they don’t know what to say to prospects. Prospecting reluctance can be the silent killer of sales careers.

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Prospecting Hiring Face-to-face Pipeline 62

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 16, 2017

Account Based Everything, including Account Based Marketing and Account Based Selling is all the rage. We just have the ability to focus, personalize, and leverage an incumbent position. We just have the ability to focus, personalize, and leverage an incumbent position.

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Account Prospecting Territories Account Based Marketing 52

Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. The most important part of prospecting isn’t simply finding names and emails — it’s the time and effort spent identifying potential customers and making sure that they’re actually a good fit. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Closing Prospecting Intent Data 98

Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. The most important part of prospecting isn’t simply finding names and emails — it’s the time and effort spent identifying potential customers and making sure that they’re actually a good fit. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Closing Prospecting Intent Data 98

SBI Growth

JULY 15, 2013

You are managing a current account or a new opportunity. Top Sales Reps quantify the level and quality of the influencers within the account. Download the Account Relationship Map to start building your valuable allies. In every new or existing account you encounter 5 types of influencers. Every account has at least one.

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Account Influencer How To Margin 308

MEDDIC

MARCH 28, 2024

If you are an enterprise B2B account executive, the beginning of a quarter is a critical time to set the stage for success and to crush your goals. Think of it as a strategic pause, a chance to learn from the past three months and position yourself for a winning streak ahead. More prospect feedback : Gather feedback from lost clients.

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Enterprise Enterprise Account B2B 52

Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

How good are you at requalify existing accounts, or prospects you haven’t spoken with in a while? And that means that just because a prospect or client was in charge of a certain function last month or 6 months ago, it doesn’t mean they are in charge of it today. And why would you even want to do this? Upcoming Schedule.

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Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Decision Maker 158

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Market needs, major account pains , product availability, competitive landscapes, and even the ways in which we communicate and interact with others. And more importantly, what our most important prospects and clients can count on. That’s always been the case in major account sales, though, hasn’t it? They’ve all changed.

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Account Pivotal Up-Sell Energy 98

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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Tools Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data 106

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. Convert prospects into clients at least 50 percent of the time (Most clients report a conversion rate of more than 70 percent.). Reduce the time it takes to close deals.

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Guarantee Referrals Prospecting Lead Generation 233

Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2021

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. While many variables drive the sales process, it comes down to this: the prospect you’re calling has no clue how your product will make their business better.

Ideal Customer Profile 100

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker Case Study 100

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Account planning is important, it’s fundamental to growing our value and positioning with our key customers. We are approaching the end of the year, everyone is involved in “account planning.” It seems that account planning is an annual or semi-annual exercise. Too often, we get account planning wrong!

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Account Exercises Account Based Marketing Report 70

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

With software consumption heavily skewing towards SaaS and subscription-based pricing, the lifetime value of enterprise accounts is tremendous for providers that can continually deliver ROI. Rather than transactional customer acquisition, ABM fosters meaningful relationships with accounts that snowball into renewal and growth opportunities.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Account Infusion 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 28, 2023

Before you ever pick up the phone for prospecting , you have to determine whether the person you’re calling fits your ideal prospect profile. Selling a product you don’t truly believe in is a challenge — and if you don't understand your own company, your prospects will pick up on that. How senior is your prospect?

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Prospecting Demand Generation Targets Decision Maker Hiring 83

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 13, 2021

This ownership, sometimes called sales accountability, is how sales managers prepare their teams for success by giving them all the information, tools, and training they need to succeed and meet quotas. Accountability drives success because it ensures that salespeople stay on track, own their progress, and develop their skills.

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Account Hiring Coaching Motivation 113

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 2, 2017

Now more than ever, sales leaders and their account-based sales teams must be prepared for change. Sales leaders must put the proverbial stake in the ground, take a position, communicate it to their sales reps, and set goals, metrics, and accountability aligned with that position. Look beyond your niche.

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Account Referrals Banking Guarantee 120

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 18, 2019

At some point, most company leaders have looked at their list of best clients and thought, "It would be really bad if we lost any of these accounts." These customers represent a disproportionate percentage of your revenue, refer new prospects to your company, give you credibility in their space -- or all of the above. The benefits.

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Hiring Account Analytics Sales Qualified Lead 123

LinkedFusion

AUGUST 26, 2023

Well, ever heard of the LinkedIn account-based marketing strategy? This blog is your ticket to mastering the art of using account-based marketing on LinkedIn. Stick around as we dive into how account-based marketing can transform your LinkedIn outreach into a lead-converting machine. What Is LinkedIn Account Based Marketing?

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Account 52

Product Management University

MAY 24, 2023

Qualifying your account executives prior to the demo is a practice that’s beneficial to everyone, including the buyer. Play the role of coach with your account executives and show them some new tactics that will help both of you have more success throughout the sales process. A Typical Demo Scenario Here’s a typical scenario.

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Sales Qualified Lead Account Territories eBook 59

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

Here it is: Prospects aren't always easy to deal with. So to help you get a sense of the kinds of buyers you need to look out for (and what to do when you‘re dealing with them), we asked some sales leaders for their takes on the most difficult types of prospects to work with and how to engage with them effectively. You're welcome.

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Prospecting Cancellation How To Revelation 102

SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

. “… Contact multiple individuals inside a prospect account before concluding that there is no opportunity present.” In total, 6sense analysts report that BDRs reach out 17 times to each contact at a prospect’s account. Before they make contact with prospects, they should address their online visibility.

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Maximizer Face-to-face Social Media Hiring 116

Emissary

JANUARY 5, 2022

To position your products for success, shape your sales strategy around a nuanced understanding of the pressures driving these companies and the cultural or technical challenges they face. You’ll need to lean on contacts in the account and industry insiders for a clear picture. Research the Status of IT at Your Target Account.

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Insurance Insurance Positioning Face-to-face 52