The Pipeline

JUNE 25, 2012

Your Monday morning sales meeting needs to set the tone for the week, the successes, challenges and activity required to move prospects forward between now and Friday, thus making the week contribute to a successful quarter. Here are a few simple to implement steps you can take to assure this.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 3, 2020

If you’re just getting started with developing a prospection motion, you might be wondering how to get your buyer’s attention and create conversations with them. The answer lies in an organized sequence of outreach deployed across multiple media with a strong, value-based offer that will compel the buyer to act.

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criteria for success

JULY 8, 2021

Are you struggling to make headway with indecisive prospects? When working with indecisive prospects, it can be extremely difficult to move forward in your selling process. The 5 following approaches can be your solution for dealing with indecisive prospects without seeming desperate and pushy. We can help! Lead with honesty.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The importance of eye contact in sales (even virtual sales) can’t be overstated. Without it, your prospects figure you’re not interested, and they tune out. Early on in the pandemic, there was a learning curve as we all adjusted to virtual sales meetings. Virtual sales is not going away, so I’d better up my game.

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Highspot

MAY 6, 2021

And yet, many sellers are wasting their opportunities to connect with potential buyers and lead them into the sales process. It’s even harder to win back the interest of a buyer once you’ve lost it than it is to attract it in the first place. Or at least, that’s what it’s supposed to be.

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Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

survey highlights a significant trend: today’s buyers have clear digital purchasing experience expectations, with a strong preference for personalization and immediacy. Despite this, many sales emails find their resting place in the trash, unopened and unread. What are the Different Types of Sales Emails?

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2017

Sellers are a wonderfully optimistic lot, having drank the Kool Aid about their “solution”, believing that they are indeed the cavalry coming over the hill to heal all that pains their potential prospects. That however is not the reality of a prospecting call, or dare I say, cold call; enthusiasm is not enough, in fact can be your undoing.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. But what is it?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In part one , we looked at how to encourage the prospect to share more meaningful information that leads to a mutually beneficial outcome. In this post we’ll look at two common, usually unintended mistakes sales people make. All seem to be geared to get the prospect to yell “uncle”, and allow the rep to roll out their “solution”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

In today’s crowded and highly competitive sales environment, your reps need all the insight they can get if they’re going to close sales, meet quota and grow the business. And they require the tools that allow them to leverage that data in ways that differentiate your business from the rest of the pack. They need data.

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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. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

We’re about to get to the data, trust me, but some context is helpful when considering the role of swag in the sales world. . Like any marketing or sales tool, promotional products are an investment. Our VP of Sales, Eric Hamlin, loves to cite Marcel Mauss in our sales meetings and training. .

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 19, 2023

AI will save salespeople time Adam believes AI will free up salespeople’s time by handling some of the more mundane tasks associated with lead generation and sales meetings, like prospect research and taking notes during meetings, allowing salespeople to focus on tasks they can do better than AI. Next was the cost.

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Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

Did you know that by 2025, 80 percent of B2B sale s interactions between buyers and sellers are predicted to happen virtually? That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving. Virtual sales teams allow organizations to optimize costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. This post has 8 comments.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Qualifying prospects is a critical step in the sales process. How do you determine if a prospect is a good fit for your products or services? BANT is a sales qualification framework that was originally developed by IBM. It helps sales teams qualify prospects and determine if they have a high chance of converting.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

However, just because a rep can tackle every aspect of the sales process as one person, that doesn’t always mean they should all on their own. Some reps are amazing prospectors who can initiate meaningful conversations with potential buyers with ease. Prospecting. Let’s discuss each phase in greater detail. Be personable.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. Prospecting.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Most sales professionals know it’s important to listen more than they talk during meetings. Active listening is a sales tool, but the good news is that there’s technology to help! For many, there is far too much distraction to really hear what a prospect is saying. Conversation Intelligence.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Despite the state of discourse in general these days, in a one on one settings, like a sales meeting for instance, most people are helpful by nature. As a sales professional, we need to walk the line of leveraging that to help us make a sale, while not taking advantage of it. Hope that helped!

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. So, pick up the damn phone and have conversations with your clients and prospects—not just business conversations, but conversations with inquiry, empathy, and understanding. Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital. 50% of buyers say that working remotely has made the purchasing process easier. Organizations must adapt their sales strategies post COVID-19 to meet customer expectations. Why remote selling is the future of sales . Image Source ).

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Vengreso

MARCH 7, 2019

As a digital sales evangelist, I’m passionate about helping sales professionals see that the B2B buyer journey is one of the most important things for them to understand. That’s because the WAY buyers are buying has changed dramatically with the rise of digital technology. What does that mean for sales professionals?

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SBI

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Mediafly & InsightSquared join forces to help revenue teams improve forecast accuracy, enhance buyer engagement and increase revenue production. Today, most sales leaders rely on partial insights from sales activity data to shape buyer engagement and forecast sales,” said Carson Conant, CEO and founder of Mediafly.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! Sales eXchange – 125. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Compete , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Sales 2.0 , Sales eXchange , execution. .” It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! April 2008.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

She is also a frequent speaker at annual sales meetings, kick-off events, and professional conferences. 2012 Surprise: Slow Adoption of Technology Like Sales Intelligence Tools. And I’m not saying that these tools replace good selling, but they certainly augment it.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Layered on top of these activities are a myriad of sales enablement and social selling tools—all of which are intended to help salespeople with effective prospecting and, in turn, generating qualified sales leads. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? In a survey of business buyers, 76.2

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 13, 2021

If you’ve been working in sales for a while, you probably know the ins and outs of sales prospecting. In recent years, we’ve all had to adapt to the sales digital transformation. While we may be getting back to normal after the pandemic, it looks like virtual sales will continue to prosper. Master the basics.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 20, 2018

They are rarely designed to truly and fully explore the buyers’ broad business objectives. Many sales people’s inability to go beyond the fences of their products capabilities turns buyers off, they know they are being manipulated to say yes, but there is no conviction (or decision) behind it. Getting There.

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As we considered the best way to describe this new capability to our customers and prospects, we came across a novel approach. They wanted a better way to record and understand what actually happens in their sales meetings. According to Forrester, buyers say that nine out of ten meetings with sellers offer them no value.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 30, 2018

It’s no secret, technology has transformed the way businesses communicate with customers and prospects. Modern sales reps rely on a variety of tools and technologies to conduct their work—including email, social media, video chat tools and more. Be selective with who your in-person meetings.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Because despite all of the sales technologies, improved sales methodologies, advanced sales training – there still seems to be a disconnect between how modern sellers sell and how modern buyers buy. But, how do sales leaders effectively close this gap is quickly becoming a hot button topic in the sales community.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Around 80% of buyers and sellers favor digital self-serve and remote human engagement over face-to-face interactions for a seamless buying experience. Discover how mastering virtual sales strategies can elevate customer interactions, even in complex sales cycles. Virtual selling is a technology-driven approach to sales.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The first thing you need to know is how remote selling is different from traditional selling or otherwise known as field sales. In simple terms, remote selling is prospecting and engaging buyers and customers from a remote work location, generally, a salespersons home office. Sharing relevant content to attract potential buyers.

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Vengreso

JULY 20, 2023

The sales process can often be characterized as a ‘marathon’ that requires many touch points with a customer before selling something – as opposed to a ‘sprint’ where fast sales and cold calling dominate. This sales mindset requires belief and trust in the journey that leads to sales mastery.

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Allego

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Great sales reps aren’t born. Even the best reps need training and reinforcement to effectively convey value and successfully navigate buyer interactions. For reps to build up their selling skills and gain the insights they need, they require ongoing coaching from sales managers. They’re made. Encourage Reps to Self-coach.

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