Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Instead of traditional in-person sales meetings, the salesperson and the prospect are in different places such as their home or work. Keeping prospects engaged. Are your prospects facing new problems?

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The prospect is not returning my calls. The gatekeeper keeps dropping my calls into voicemail. Make more calls, send more emails…prospect…prospect…and more prospecting. On YouTube, I may watch a comedian with the purpose of borrowing a joke to use as an ice-breaker with a gatekeeper or a prospect.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Sales reps aiming to displace the current provider were stuck dialing into dead-end corporate switchboard phone numbers, getting stonewalled by gatekeepers, never to reach their buyer’s voicemail box—let alone pitch their product to a decision-maker. Direct Prospecting at Interested Buyers. Timing is everything in sales.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We believe the key is the right data and the tools that can drive insights at each stage of the prospect’s journey. This goes for everything from tactical approaches to business development research to the underlying characteristics that make said prospects qualified enough to engage in the first place.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Data Sales Qualified Lead 130

Salesmate

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

You need to stay focused, get past the gatekeepers, connect with the right decision-makers, and convince them to meet you. Garner as much information as you can about the prospect and his company. The more you know about the prospects, the better rapport you can build for setting an appointment. Listen to your prospect.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 11, 2019

HubSpot research shows 40% of salespeople view prospecting as the most difficult part of their jobs. It’s often the most critical barrier to meeting quota, and the ability to prospect effectively and bring in qualified leads is what will help reps move forward and succeed. Interested in learning more about sales prospecting on Quora?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services 98

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

As a lifelong learner, I turn to books whenever I want to expand my thinking or improve my performance. And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Books that made the cut: Are on my own bookshelf. Fanatical Prospecting.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Hiring Handbook 141

LeadFuze

JANUARY 14, 2021

They are focused on several tasks such as early nurturing, prospecting, lead qualification, scheduling sales meetings and cold calling. Although a customer relationship management (CRM) software can help you stay organized, the customer information you collected will inevitably get messy over time.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Developing an email template compelling enough to elicit a response from a prospect is hard enough. What compounds this challenge are spam filters, firewalls and a slew of other devices that channel our innocent solicitation into the prospect’s spam folder or worse, the trash; never to find its way to the inbox of our targeted prospect.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Cold calling the CEO is difficult, but not impossible — if you know how to structure your pitch and how to get past gatekeepers. I’ve seen it in almost every new rep: fear of the owner, fear of the gatekeeper, fear of the 2nd gatekeeper (the dreaded executive assistant), and reluctance to even approach the challenge. .

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HeavyHitter Sales

JUNE 1, 2010

IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. Books For Heavy Hitters. Martin: The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive Team. Why Year End Deals Dont Close: THE CESSPOOL! If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Categories.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2020

Time to plan your next marketing campaign or start prospecting into your top accounts! You know a lot of target prospects don’t really have those job titles. We like DAMA UK’s six parameters for data quality : Completeness : Is the company, contact, or prospect record as complete as possible? JUST KIDDING. Burned by Churn.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 189

OnePageCRM

JUNE 15, 2017

How to get past gatekeepers. The best way to get past a gatekeeper like this is to reframe how you approach the call. The best way to get past a gatekeeper like this is to reframe how you approach the call. It’s easier to convince an office manager that they need your purchasing software than it is the CEO.

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Cience

JULY 25, 2019

scheduling, appointment booking, etc. On the other hand, the automation of business processes that comes with the introduction of certain software enables us to free our human mind for more creative tasks that no AI can yet solve. Don’t make your prospect wait. Lead scoring/qualification. Customer Support. Half-digital (e.g.,

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead B2B 56

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dave Brock says it the best ever: Prospecting is the New Prospecting ! For Millennials and others looking to leverage LinkedIn or Sales Navigator at the core of your strategy, I would highly recommend dropping everything and reading Neil Rackham 's books like SPIN Selling. It's a modern twist on an ancient classic.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2019

Time to plan your next marketing campaign or start prospecting into your top accounts! You know a lot of target prospects don’t really have those job titles. We like DAMA UK’s six parameters for data quality : Completeness : Is the company, contact, or prospect record as complete as possible? JUST KIDDING. Burned by churn.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data Trade Show 150

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The traditional sales funnel is a stage-based approach to turning prospective leads into buyers. This goes for everything from tactical approaches to business development research to the underlying characteristics that make said prospects qualified enough to engage in the first place. What Tools Do People Use for Sales Funnels?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Data Sales Qualified Lead 246

LeadFuze

AUGUST 10, 2021

While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to selling, there are certain tools, mindsets, and processes that can help you sell more, fall less, and keep your sanity as you navigate the world of sales and build your book. When speaking to someone from your prospect’s company use several “what” and “how” questions. Click To Tweet.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Your prospect can sense when you sound bored or uninterested and will be less willing to open up. Don’t rush your prospect through the conversation, because you never know when a tangent might lead to valuable insights that will help you close. Everyone -- including prospects -- wants honesty. Patience: Be ready to listen.

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Autoklose

MARCH 4, 2024

The synergy of cold calling and cold emailing can be used for breaking the ice and getting on your prospects’ radar. Table of Contents Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect? Timing Matters Consider the Prospect’s Level Closing Word Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect? The best answer to this question is – both!

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

Gatekeeper. In B2B outbound marketing, cold calling is a prospecting technique used to start business conversations with decision-makers over the phone. Velocify found that the average number of cold calls to a single prospect to close a deal is six. It is made via phone and aims to set an appointment with a prospect.

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OnePageCRM

MAY 25, 2017

Prospecting is the most difficult part of the sales process for salespeople. For a cold prospecting call, where your goal is to convert a cold lead into a warm prospect, your call is unexpected so you’ll need a different tack. Sean Burke, CEO of prospecting software Kitedesk offers this example email: Hi Jill.

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Top of Funnel Cold Calling How To Sales Qualified Lead 20

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2023

With the help of the templates in this article and expert tips on what not to write in your next cold email, you'll have the confidence to write attention-grabbing emails that prospects will want to read. The subject line is your gatekeeper, so 50% of email work should be spent crafting and testing different subject lines.

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The Science and Art of Selling

DECEMBER 9, 2013

” I’m working on a book about this right now: Getting introverted people in a company more involved. If you Google it or check Amazon, there’s only one book about it besides mine. She knows exactly how the prospect can improve her bottom line, her products, her situation. It’s a new field.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 16, 2023

Some sales teams are currently focusing on prospecting automation features — such as email alerts, CRM integration and email templates — to create highly targeted campaigns. In turn, this information highlights which prospects are more engaged and most likely to make a purchase.

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Sales Overdrive

JUNE 22, 2012

Done well, they can help you move your company away from the worn out pattern of pushing every prospect into a “demo” or a “pitch about features and benefits”; and moving them into a conversation around building value , developing a business relationship and ensuring technical alignment. Part Two: Preparing and Engaging in the “Conversation”.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

In the above example, Jim Keenan of “A Sales Guy” has done the following: Used a cover image to showcase his book (authority). A blog: to create and showcase content that solves your prospect’s pains. The next step is to create how-to content that helps solve your prospect’s challenges. Create how-to blog content.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

If you're a sales person, sales manager or CEO that aspires to greatness this year and leveraging the new channels to book major revenue, remember that it's not just about social selling – it's about advanced strategic social selling ! I'm a proponent of it because it allows for passive tracking of executive prospect's streams.

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