Zoominfo

AUGUST 20, 2019

Blogging is one of the most effective ways to build brand awareness. It can create a foundation for engagement with current customers and prospects. But coming up with good blog post ideas can be challenging. Here are 50 business blog ideas to help you fall back in love with blog writing. .

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Epiphany Industry Follow-up Case Study 138

MTD Sales Training

APRIL 25, 2017

Many salespeople believe prospecting to be a one-way journey, where you make contact with the prospect and you have to do all the work to convince them they are making the right choice to talk to you, and eventually buy from you. But what if you could make yourself the target of prospects to contact?

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Prospecting Face-to-face Social Media Advertising 120

Vengreso

MARCH 12, 2021

B2B sales professionals are missing out if they’re not using social media, and especially, in their LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Modern B2B buyers are now harder to reach through traditional channels than before. Therefore, modern sellers need the skills to find, engage and connect with prospects digitally.

LinkedIn 105

LinkedIn Buyer Prospecting Webinar Metrics 105

Autoklose

MARCH 11, 2024

Prospecting is a high-stakes game, so many sales reps make the mistake of being too pushy in an attempt to quickly convert leads into sales. This blog post will discuss some clever tactics for subtly engaging your leads and maintaining a persistent communication flow without overwhelming them. That’s right! Here’s how.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 98

Vengreso

MAY 30, 2019

For the first time ever on the #SellingWithSocial podcast, my guest and I address how sales organizations can identify and build relationships with channel sales partners to drive sales. This topic is of increasing relevance in the sales world because over 75% of world trade flows indirectly, through channels other than direct sales.

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Channels Revenue Influencer Google 107

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Whether you and your team need some bite-sized instruction, a full course correction or just a bit of motivation, there’s a wide variety of YouTube sales training channels that can help you. You'll find a short description of each channel as well as a few examples of especially informative or entertaining videos from each.

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Channels Video Training Hiring 112

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

They recognized that asking clients for referrals was the way to gain access to prime prospects. Or are you taking a new, fresh, and measurable approach to prospecting? Get over your sales slump with referral selling insights in my 2021 blog posts: The Phrase of the Year Is Seller Access. How do I know this? How about you?

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Referrals Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 371

Crunchbase

APRIL 22, 2020

Economic uncertainty makes it even more challenging for salespeople to hit their quotas, and requires customer-facing teams to promptly and effectively respond to the needs of their customer base. Before reaching out to a prospect or customer, be sure you have an understanding of how COVID-19 may be impacting their business. .

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Prospecting Customer How To Decision Maker 124

Zoominfo

AUGUST 20, 2019

Blogging is one of the most effective ways to build brand awareness. It can create a foundation for engagement with current customers and prospects. But coming up with good blog post ideas can be challenging. Here are 50 business blog ideas to help you fall back in love with blog writing.

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Epiphany Scale Industry Account Based Marketing 100

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. The goal is to target the right prospects, as well as bring them along the buyer’s journey. What is Demand Generation? Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 225

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2020

Chances are it was one of the millions sent through digital channels on a daily basis. I hate to break it to you, but prospects in your target accounts have the same reaction to your sales messages. I hate to break it to you, but prospects in your target accounts have the same reaction to your sales messages. Let’s dive in.

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Direct Mail Prospecting Face-to-face Channels 77

Smooth Sale

MARCH 1, 2024

Otherwise, we face a dilemma requiring us to find alternative means to occupy our time. Our blog question is, will you test new ideas for successful business growth? Watching the markets, the large companies indicate they also face challenging times until their problems are resolved. But sadly, that is an erroneous assumption.

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Hiring Lead Rank Face-to-face Networking 110

Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Our recent blog Sales Trends to Watch in 2024 examined what sales organizations should prepare for. Our recent blog Sales Trends to Watch in 2024 examined what sales organizations should prepare for. From sales rep to managers to the C-suite, leaders embrace responsibility. This includes forecasting, KPIs, and the bottom line.

Sales Leadership 62

Sales Leadership Face-to-face Trends Webinar Metrics 62

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

“The Gatekeeper Died: Why That’s a Good Thing” is the topic for my new, monthly, live Sales TV Show on the Sales Experts Channel. So, I’m committing to spending time on-camera answering your questions and sharing powerful tips and methods to revolutionize your prospecting. Actually, it’s more like Talk Radio, but on video.

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Gatekeeper Referrals Cold Calling Telemarketing 265

Sales Hacker

JUNE 28, 2019

Twitter can be a very powerful nurturing tool for lead prospecting. And we thought there should be a fluff-free process you could implement to use Twitter to connect with prospects at a higher rate. And we thought there should be a fluff-free process you could implement to use Twitter to connect with prospects at a higher rate.

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Twitter Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 89

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Establishing a continuous flow of quality leads is a common challenge faced by small- and large-scale logistics companies. Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Frank also noted that technical founders face an additional challenge in communicating effectively with their prospects. He explained that his company creates various forms of content from one video, including blog articles, newsletters, and podcasts.

Industry 59

Industry B2B Video Demand Generation Agencies 59

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As the web involved, it created websites to engage prospects. As communications shifted, most of that was shifted to the web, email, and other channels. Sales tended to start with prospects that were curious or interested. Looking back, historically, it has made sense to separate the functions. It drove programs to create leads.

Marketing 73

Marketing Channels Face-to-face Lead Rank 73

SBI Growth

MARCH 20, 2020

An executive team sits in front of their computers watching the concerned and, in some cases, confused faces of one another. They have completed the gut-wrenching discussion about who stays and who goes, either permanently or temporarily, to provide some.

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Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile Channels Retention 305

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. No, this isn't an infomercial.

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Guarantee Prospecting Lead Rank Top of Funnel 145

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

Owned media refers to content distributed through a brand’s channels , including self-hosted video, company blogs, and email campaigns. Through these content channels, they can fuel conversations, educate the market, and build strong relationships with potential customers. The B2B playbook is changing. Austin’s F1 track.

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Media Company Distribution How To 72

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2018

So you've done the preliminary research on a prospect and it looks like you could really help their company. Use these tips for following up with a prospect without bothering them. Choose the right channel to reach out. Use less formal channels to build rapport. Work the company, not the prospect. Be persistent.

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Prospecting How To Social Media Follow-up 111

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

75% percent of CMOs are facing increased pressure to do more with less and to deliver profitable growth in 2023. Not only has the economy provided an added challenge, but there has been a general drop in the effectiveness of most traditional marketing channels. Thanks for reading The GTM Newsletter! So, what is ACTUALLY working?

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Top of Funnel Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Channels 102

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Smooth Sale

APRIL 5, 2024

If you have noticed that your company is no longer bringing in new faces to your business and need help getting people to look your way, you must consider why this is the case. Our collaborative blog offers insights for the question, ‘Why is your business not attracting new customers?

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Customer Social Media Hiring Licensing 91

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2020

Regardless if you are a grizzled sales veteran with decades of experience or brand new to the profession, here are some simple steps to delight your prospects. So how do you create a positive experience for your prospect during the pre-purchase phase? This leads to subtle pushes like asking for a demo before the prospect is ready.

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B2B Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Prospecting 92

Shari Levitin

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Virtual selling is the new norm, but initiating sales conversations in a virtual environment is not simply doing what you’re used to doing face to face in front of a webcam. If the prospect is interested, it’s easier to keep the sales conversation going to address all of their questions and concerns – and build rapport.

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Face-to-face Decision Maker Social Media Video 133

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Every day, three times a day, I go through my inbox—both email and social channels. Thousands, if not tens of thousands of posts have been written on the topic, hundreds of books line our shelves on marketing outreach, messaging, and engaging customers and prospects. Bolding is my edit).

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Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Channels Fashion 155

Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

An ideal client profile should inform teams about potential clients that would make good prospects, as well as which ones aren’t. Once you know what your client base looks like, you can personalize everything from blog posts to your actual website to fit their specific needs and interests. Once you’ve segmented your list of clients (i.e

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 246

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 28, 2012

Face to Face in a Sales 2.0 I invited Todd to contribute his perspective in this guest blog: “When’s the last time you were sitting around, just wishing a sales rep you didn’t know would call, email, or drop by? But we all need new business, so the big question is: What are the top sales performers doing to find new prospects?

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Social Media InsideView Cold Calling Customer 267

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Check out today’s blog post for the answer. Candidate response rate can tell you which channels are most effective, which messaging resonates best with your audience, and when candidates are most likely to respond. Sourcing candidates has become increasingly difficult thanks to the amount of competition recruiters face.

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Channels Social Media Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 183

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

On the other hand, while it is aided by top-of-funnel awareness that demand generation drives, lead generation is the process of converting sales-ready prospects into qualified pipeline. The goal is to target the right prospects, as well as bring them along the buyer’s journey. What is Demand Generation?

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 130

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 9, 2021

I opened an email that I knew would be a prospecting email, but I decided to read it since it had made it through all the filters I set up. The problem, we can never be prospecting randomly. The problem, we can never be prospecting randomly. Our prospecting must be purposeful and targeted. Nothing they do is random.

Ideal Customer Profile 93

Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Webinar Metrics Prospecting 93

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Sales people who can help customers make sense of what they face. We make our customers victims of the same prospecting sequences. If we aren’t differentiated from the alternatives, how does the customer choose? If we can’t create differentiation, price becomes the differentiator.

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Face-to-face Competition Exact Proposal 144

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

There are various stakeholders, priorities, markets, and channels to align, and the right mix for your business may not always be clear. There’s no shortage of valuable information about prospects and customers — as long as you know how to access and apply it. What is a Sales Strategy? What makes a sales strategy effective?

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Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 130

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. So, today, we’re going to cover four prospecting tips for breaking into Enterprise Accounts (plus some bonus tips at the end). So, today, we’re going to cover four prospecting tips for breaking into Enterprise Accounts (plus some bonus tips at the end).

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Enterprise Enterprise Prospecting Cold Calling 106

SendBuzz

APRIL 25, 2023

To simplify the decision-making process, we’ll explain the difference between B2B inside sales and outside sales in this blog. To simplify the decision-making process, we’ll explain the difference between B2B inside sales and outside sales in this blog. Are you unsure which sales team to focus on to drive your business’s sales?

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Outside Sales Inside Sales B2B Face-to-face 52