Sales 2.0

MAY 29, 2020

Prospecting. These days, it’s pretty much table stakes to do some digital research on your prospect to see if you share any common interests that may help you get that critical first (online) meeting. Given this, now it as great time to connect with your buyer. Many will be better off because of it. Progressing deals.

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Commission LinkedIn Webinar Metrics Up-Sell 511

Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 23, 2019

The answer is simple: Prospects now have more ways of identifying sales reps they don’t want to speak with, and now have more ways of evading them. It’s the same for your prospects. While it seems counter intuitive, I’d rather know up front if I’m wasting my time or if this is a real prospect. What do you do? That’s right.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Decision Maker Call-back 147

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

By doing so you will (a) sell more, (b) get a bigger commission check, and (c) be less stressed. It would be great to be seen as a subject matter expert by my buyers but I don’t have time to do that. If you’d like a bigger commission check and less stress, I would consider talking to them. Not a bad combo. Flat world.

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Account Scale Social Media Small Business 385

Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2023

At the same time, we see similar data on “buyer regret.” Too often, we see buyers buying not because of what we have done, but in spite of what we have done. Yet we revel in the “win,” high fiving each other, looking forward to our commission checks. We are driving buyers away!

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Customer Prospecting Revelation Trade Show 75

MTD Sales Training

JULY 11, 2012

Yet, there are many situations where the sales person loses the sale AFTER the prospect has already agreed to buy. 1 – Get Too Excited When the Prospect Says YES. The prospect is objecting. You have a huge commission at stake and you need it badly. Finally, the prospect agrees to the offer.

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Prospecting Commission Objections Negotiation 275

Bernadette McClelland

MAY 22, 2022

When I was a sales rep in Corporate Australia, it was quite common to receive multi 5-figure commissions for selling certain solutions – and most often selling those deals involved a series of detailed stages: Your normal sales discovery calls. Demonstrations. Workflow blue-printing. Proposal iterations and.

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Energy Commission Up-Sell Conference 448

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

And adds an extra zero to my commission…. Uncommon pipeline-building & prospecting practices. Using phone, email, social, Slack communities, etc — whatever’s relevant to your prospect. Her follow-up point is that the Quad-Tap gives your prospects options. Selling more, earning more, and one-upping your 2022 self.

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Buyer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation Targets 95

Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 8, 2022

Buyers have changed. Set aside time each day to prospect – Not doing so is the most common reason behind the commission roller coaster. The post Sign Prospecting Tips appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. There are literally tons of sources for new business opportunities. Squandered opportunity.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 71

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. Some of the top include: Lead Generation and Qualification Prospect identification Lead qualification Effective BDRs excel at identifying potential leads within target markets or industries.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

The Pipeline

APRIL 11, 2016

Thus far in this series we have looked at two prospects segments that are popular among sellers, mostly because they are likely the easier of the three. The reason for that is that those who thrive on prospecting this segment, not only have more fun selling, they face less competition, and as a result make more sales and commissions.

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Segment Prospecting Objections Vendor 120

Membrain

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

When you look at these things we use to describe “salesmanship,” none of it is meaningful to the buyers – the people we have to engage to meet our quotas, achieve our goals, and earn our commissions. Amazingly, the more we do this, the more easily we achieve our goals of hitting quotas, beating competition, earning our commission.

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Commission Face-to-face Quota Negotiation 125

Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

In turn, sales and marketing efforts — from prospecting to running email campaigns — are less effective. With ongoing data hygiene maintenance, reps can barrel through call lists, spending more time connecting with quality prospects and leads. Prospect and customer experiences take a hit. Buyer personas don’t hold up.

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Data B2B Churn Buyer Persona 251

Nutshell

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. But what should a seller do after securing a new buyer? You’re a salesperson, which means your primary job is to meet with prospects and close deals. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers.

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Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

The Spiff Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Here’s a scenario that any salesperson can relate to, whether they’re an entry-level sales rep or an expert seller with decades of experience: a prospect demonstrates interest in a product, responds to inquiries with enthusiasm– and then, out of nowhere, they disappear. What’s wrong with “touching base” with cold prospects?

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Prospecting Top of Funnel Follow-up Face-to-face 72

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 5, 2016

In case you didn’t bother rushing to read the piece, it suggests that if you can only sell to buyers who have a self-declared pain or need, you will be in trouble, as 70% of the market, the Status Quo, is immune to the pain argument. The post Pain Leads To No Gain In Prospecting! Click To Tweet.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Prospecting Face-to-face 120

The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2019

The big change, is as you would expect, is driven by buyer behaviour, and since the buyer pays the commissions, it is important that we adjust our calculations and actions. Many buyers report that what they thought would take four months to decide can stretch to six, seven months or more.

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Buying Cycle Education Commission Buyer 244

Igniting Sales Transformation

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The point of this post is to reinforce that you cannot expect to increase your percentage of leads if prospects won’t talk to you. You have no hope of engaging buyers in sales conversations if they simply ignore you. Let me share a real-world example to illustrate what makes buyers mad. You need both.

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Buyer Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Cold Calling 86

LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Although leads and prospects have some similarities, there are many differences to consider. Understanding these variances can help you achieve more success in your sales efforts – lead generation versus prospecting is what we’re going to cover. Essential Sales Prospecting Elements. Sales Prospecting Definition.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 83

MTD Sales Training

MARCH 7, 2012

Invariably, as a professional sales person, you will run across that prospective customer who is only concerned with the price. I am talking about that buyer who can only see how much the product or service costs and nothing else, including quality, service, longevity, reputation, or even the value of YOU. No Loyalty. Too Much Work.

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Prospecting Commission Loyalty Discount 303

SBI

AUGUST 6, 2019

Transforming Sales: Why B2B Sellers & Marketers Need to Add Value to Each Buyer Interaction. Even if a business’ product doesn’t look or work anything like Netflix, B2B sellers and marketers must figure out a way to accommodate buyers’ demands for highly personalized experiences. ED: My tips are: 1). Eliminating the Guesswork.

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Buyer B2B Scale Marketing 94

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Glassdoor predicts that SDRs typically make a base pay of $50,304 a year, with commission and bonuses totaling another $18,000-19,000. Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers.

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Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 111

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 3, 2020

Like most salespeople,you, too, might have faced a dilemma of cross-selling in your career while dealing with prospective clients. Are you familiar with cross-selling strategies for prospective buyers? Before you give up on a prospect, test the theory of cross-selling; you may surprise yourself. Divyang is an H.R.

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Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank 88

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 8, 2024

After several years working in retail, I ended up as the senior buyer at a retail chain. The amount was a hell of a lot more than I was making as a buyer. I found a position with one of my vendors at 100% commission, base against draw, plus expenses. At the end of my first day on the road, one prospect worked late.

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Retail Hotels Journal Sales Qualified Lead 73

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every time you use a selfish sales tactic, you’re destroying the trust between you and your buyer — but you’re not just hurting yourself. So many salespeople have done so many slimy things over the years that at this point, buyers now think of “sales” itself as a dirty word. But, it is perfectly fine. He tried to oversell.

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Commission Call-back Hotels Sales 94

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2018

More than 10 years ago, a marketing agency told me most sellers cave on price before prospects even ask for a discount. We’ve trained our buyers to expect discounts and that everything is negotiable. That sure messes up our forecasts, commissions, and company profits, and it lengthens our sales process.

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Negotiation Referrals Lead Qualification Discount 237

Gong.io

DECEMBER 18, 2019

We all have ways to gauge whether or not a prospect is going to sign. We analyzed over 500,000 emails sent during sales opportunities and applied AI to isolate the sellers’ and buyers’ patterns. We analyzed over 500,000 emails sent during sales opportunities and applied AI to isolate the sellers’ and buyers’ patterns.

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Prospecting Commission Trends CRM 72

Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 12, 2023

Which means most sellers are focused on getting better and setting goals like: A pipeline that’s 3X bigger… And adds an extra zero to my commission… While working 10 hours less each week. Related: Slide Into the DMs: LinkedIn for Lead Gen Using phone, email, social, Slack communities, etc — whatever’s relevant to your prospect.

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Buyer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation Targets 52

Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 14, 2020

How Sellers Can Build Trust With Buyers in Remote Settings Virtual and remote settings are now part of the sales process due to the ongoing pandemic. As a result, it can be hard for a salesperson to build trust with your buyers you can’t meet face to face. They focused on product knowledge and how prospects could help their business.

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Buyer Face-to-face Video Case Study 69

Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In the age of COVID and increased remote work, sales development representatives (SDRs) and account executives (AEs) are finding that cold calling can be an effective means of reaching prospects — when handled correctly. B2B cold calling is simply calling a prospective customer before they’ve expressed interest in a product or service.

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Cold Calling B2B Commission Exact 130

Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Whether your prospect is a potential buyer, seller, or tenant, use these scripts to grab their attention. Some might also use lead distribution software and gain access to third-party prospect lists. Notice how these three sentences put zero-to-no pressure on the prospect. So, how should you cold call in real estate?

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Real Estate Cold Calling Commission Face-to-face 88

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Stalled deals are often a byproduct of a salesperson locking in on more superficial, symptomatic issues their prospects are dealing with — as opposed to the actual problem those issues stem from. Misaligned problem-solving often stalls deals — and not getting to the why behind a prospect's problems is often where misalignment starts.

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Hubspot Closing Hiring Cold Calling 81

Nutshell

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. But what should a seller do after securing a new buyer? You’re a salesperson, which means your primary job is to meet with prospects and close deals. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers.

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Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 5, 2011

With competition becoming fiercer, the economy sending fuel prices through the roof and buyers becoming more reluctant to telephone sales calls , more firms are choosing to employ their own in-house telesales staff to set appointments for the field sales teams. Commission on the Sale. 2: The Lay Down Prospect Does Not Buy.

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Compensation Commission How To Sales Qualified Lead 233

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 12, 2024

And to win that business, we have to discount deeply–getting approvals is such a hassle and it impacts our commissions. I thought, rather than finding people interested in what I wanted to talk about, what if I started focusing on the prospects and customers, talking about what they care about?

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Face-to-face Commission Up-Sell Discount 107

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

When we commissioned a study that asked 270 B2B buyers about their feelings on salespeople, the response revealed … shall we say, room for improvement. Assume buyers use it. Get the entire free study: 30 Ways to Get Inside the Mind of Your Target Buyer. What keeps your key prospect up at night? Increase revenue.

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Report B2B Study Buyer Persona 219

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” Based on the conversations I have with sellers and my social feeds, people seem to think salesmanship has to do with the following: Hitting quota, making commission. Prospecting, getting meetings. Amazingly, the more we do this, the more easily we achieve our goals of hitting quotas, beating competition, earning our commission.

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Commission Face-to-face Quota Negotiation 68

Jeff Shore

AUGUST 30, 2018

Most companies get busy with their business and forget to focus on creating memorable moments for their buyers. Here are 25 quick and easy ways to impress even the most cynical sales prospect…. But remembering your buyer’s name is more powerful than you might think. Focus on the buyer’s mission not your commission.

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Buyer Intent Objections Commission 67