Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. So keep reading as we provide you with our top 12 B2B sales questions to close deals faster. If so, great – make sure you show them plenty of case studies. How did you hear about us?

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B2B Closing Scale Guarantee 252

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. To help you power up your reps’ efficiency, boost the bottom line and deliver a customer experience that lasts long after the initial sale, here are a few ideas for leveraging data as part of your B2B sales strategy. Start Small.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. There are four forever changes transforming sales training and enablement from here on out: Marketing is the sales development team. The B2B buying process isn’t as linear or predictable as most companies assume. All selling is inside selling.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. What is B2B Cold Calling? B2B cold calling is simply calling a prospective customer before they’ve expressed interest in a product or service. Our answer?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2018

While B2C brands have embraced VR/AR on a large scale, B2B marketers have been slower to adopt this new technology. But, VR/AR is already making its impact on the B2B world, and will only continue to grow more prevalent in the coming years. But, here are a few of the most important benefits for B2B marketers: 1. Keep reading!

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2018

A win/loss analysis is the process of studying past business deals in order to generate valuable insights about your company’s selling practices. Lost prospects and new customers will be more comfortable sharing their unfiltered opinions with a third-party. The interviewer will be a well-trained professional.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. We’ve had to make do with virtual sales meetings, and that has affected many B2B sales pros’ ability to access new customers and to make real-world connections. But not referral sellers.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Their new study, The Ultimate Contact Strategy: How to Best Use Phone and Email for Contact and Conversion Success was just released this week. In the study, some key conclusions came from their analysis of data from 3.5 93% of all converted leads from this study happened by 6 phone calls. What could be wrong with that?

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

We have run into many B2B websites lately that do not work well on mobile devices. There are still some things that differentiate a B2B (business-to-business) transaction from B2C (business to consumer). There are still some things that differentiate a B2B (business-to-business) transaction from B2C (business to consumer).

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Tenbound

JANUARY 3, 2024

Predictable Prospecting: How to Radically Increase Your B2B Sales Pipeline By Marylou Tyler & Jeremey Donovan Part 1: TARGET Chapter 1: Internalizing Your Competitive Position Conduct a Six-Factor analysis of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Find the Pain: understand the pain that your prospect is facing.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

To maintain team dynamics and deal flow, managers must actively help BDRs succeed in the new B2B marketplace. The company’s analysts define this practice as follows. “… Contact multiple individuals inside a prospect account before concluding that there is no opportunity present.” In 2024, 39.3% And they leave nothing to chance.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Today’s sellers are dealing with the high expectations of savvy B2B buyers, decision-by-committee, disruptive technology, M&A, product innovations… and more. Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? What about sales training programs?

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HeavyHitter Sales

APRIL 7, 2013

Over the past year I’ve had the opportunity to interview several hundred business-to-business salespeople about how they win-over prospective clients and the circumstances when they lose. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren’t experienced with purchasing products. Other Steve W.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. B2B companies need to switch from a mentality of “here’s what we’re selling” to “we understand what you need.” Customers have more power and more information than ever?—?they

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Trends Ideal Customer Profile InsideView Customer 289

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Have B2B sales reps gone the way of CD players, the Rolodex, and analog radio—replaced by technology that gets the job done faster and better? Before they make contact, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. needs us more than ever.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. It provides insight into where your leads are coming from and what channels are providing you with the most sales-ready prospects. If so, great – make sure you show them plenty of case studies.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Consultative Approach to Selling Call Reluctance is Just as Popular as Ever! Does Being a Strong Qualifier Correlate to Having a Strong Pipeline? 4 Reasons Why Salespeople Suck at Consultative Selling.

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Are you struggling to deliver training that leads to positive, measurable outcomes? Most training fails to deliver long-term impact. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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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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Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. Tips for adoption of social selling training.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

Sales training program expert tips for anyone involved in sales management or sales enablement some insight into planning any form of sales training. It sounds simplistic to say that sales training is the act of training salespeople or the sales team on the product and sales process.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s how they engage with prospects and it can make a big difference in their results. Automation in sales and B2B marketing has made life easier for our teams in many regards. The PVC Sales Methodology focuses on how to prospect , from the “pre-hello” to the “hello.” Sales messaging is a vital part of a sales reps’ daily work.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s how they engage with prospects and it can make a big difference in their results. Automation in sales and B2B marketing has made life easier for our teams in many regards. The PVC Sales Methodology focuses on how to prospect , from the “pre-hello” to the “hello.” Sales messaging is a vital part of a sales reps’ daily work.

Conversion 104

Conversion Prospecting Sales Methodology Referrals 104

Pointclear

MAY 2, 2013

Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Try outbound prospecting. You can significantly expand your sales pipeline by investing in outbound prospecting techniques, according to Aaron Ross, co-author of Predictable Revenue. Motivate Your Sales Team with These 13 Ideas That Work.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Training during the last 15+ months [10:43]. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [28:12].

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Score More Sales

JUNE 26, 2012

There are many cloud-based tools to help grow your visibility, do niche research, and learn more about your existing and prospective customers. Research is critical, because you are learning online where your prospects and customers are, and coexisting. As in real life, you need to go where your customers are. What communities?

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Lead411

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Understanding Cold Call Objections: Before diving into strategies for overcoming objections, it’s crucial to understand why prospects raise objections in the first place. Building Rapport and Trust: One of the most powerful ways to overcome objections is by building rapport and trust with your prospects.

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Cold Calling Objections Case Study Call-back 97

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. B2B companies need to switch from a mentality of “here’s what we’re selling” to “we understand what you need.” Customers have more power and more information than ever?—?they

Trends 156

Trends Ideal Customer Profile InsideView Customer 156

Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Training Scale How To Hiring 52

Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Training Scale How To Hiring 52

Cience

OCTOBER 6, 2020

As sales become increasingly sophisticated these days, B2B companies everywhere are investing greater resources into outbound marketing. If tailored well, targeted prospecting starts conversations with ideal accounts, generates qualified leads, provides strong ROI, and grows revenue. Read the case study.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 23, 2019

InsideSales.com shows that 80% of B2B leads come from LinkedIn vs. 13% on Twitter & 7% on Facebook. Demandwave.com states in one of its research papers that, of a group of B2B marketers surveyed, 59% were able to confidently say LinkedIn is generating leads for them. It’s a simple no-brainer. Join up to 50 Relevant Groups.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

All by now have implemented virtual sales training or online sales training programs that have had a better impact on sellers’ behavior than a face-to-face training session ever was able to achieve. Is Online Sales Training Effective? Virtual training workshops just had a stigma.

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Most of us in selling do not spend enough talk time with prospective buyers. The studies we have seen show that sellers spend, on average, 35% of their time actually selling – having conversations with prospective buyers. Ask anyone who has regular prospecting hours in their calendar because it really works.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer 191

The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

What are the benefits of undertaking a social selling training course and what can a salesperson expect to learn? Any business in the B2B (and increasingly in the B2C space) can leverage social selling to drive increased customer or prospect engagement. The Social Selling Training Course. Social selling plan.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. Yet, the same study also found that just 26% of enablement initiatives met or exceeded most expectations – and only 5% met all expectations. .

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