Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Author: Ron Carson Just about every marketer today has been told to listen to the voice of the customer to inform marketing strategy. First, marketing teams only receive this information second-hand – through sales, product management, etc. And it is why I encourage marketers to have regular “voice of the market” conversations.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

With so much information at their fingertips, prospects are more empowered. But your job as a sales rep is to influence the prospect's buying decision. What do prospect consume before you interact with them? The best sales organizations are providing content that: Helps the prospect realize a problem exists. Get Started.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The difference is, with the first sale, the business has got a buyer, and when the business makes the buyer come back and buy more, they have got themselves a customer. Lifecycle marketing is the holistic approach of getting new buyers and converting them to be customers. Marketing is as much an art as it is a science!

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2018

Most of the time, when a prospect says, “I can’t afford it,” they’re not usually talking about price at all. You can talk until you’re blue in the face, but until your prospect sees your product in action, they won’t truly understand its value. If your prospect seems hesitant, ask questions of your own to get them talking.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. In many cases, just initiating the first contact doesn’t deliver any business growth. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell. Sales leads vs. prospects vs. customers.

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Pointclear

JUNE 5, 2017

I recently chatted with Jonathan Farrington of Top Sales world about the transition from finger pointing to collaboration between sales and marketing. The status quo--where marketing complains about sales not following up on their leads and sales says the leads are no good--is not the place to be. Or give me a call at 770-262-9021.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2021

What happens when your most important go-to-market machines sync up? For many companies, ZoomInfo serves as the information engine that powers how they go to market. “Data silos are unfortunately still a problem for a lot of go-to-market teams,” says Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo’s Founder and CEO That’s where Salesforce Sync comes in.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Discover your best marketing account segments from within your current customer base. Sound familiar?

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Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2020

Budgets will be back in place and buyers will need things, in a little whileish. You may go back to what is easy. They email contacts a couple of times, maybe even call a few people and leave voice mails, then they move on to the next account. When all this happens, you may easily forget the lessons of this panic/pandemic.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A webinar funnel works a lot like a sales funnel or marketing funnel. The goal is to attract prospects to your brand and convert them to customers — by hosting a webinar. Read on to get the ins and outs of attracting prospects (and converting them into customers) with a step-by-step webinar formula. What Is a Webinar Funnel?

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Allego

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Sellers went from being road warriors to working from home offices, using video-conference calls to engage prospects and close deals. What we discovered was a new focus on the importance of sales and marketing alignment. Reason 1: Marketing is the glue that makes sellers effective.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. Stuck trying to engage a prospect? Access to more data.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Author: Jeff Kalter If you’re implementing account-based marketing, you’re likely well aware that your success in attracting and converting your target accounts hinges on customizing your communications. Then start to dig deeper, learning everything you can about the account using one-on-one phone calls.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 14, 2017

Yet, according to a recent study, “The Business Impact of Online Communities” conducted by Leader Networks, marketers are at the helm of the majority of corporate online communities today. Sharing those issues with the product marketing and development teams is a great way to uplevel your relationship with them. Seth Godin.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Before B2B customers and prospects contact you, they will do their research, seeking out content they can download and watch at their convenience. Share links to your company’s latest case study with your prospects. Setup online conference calls. What comes after prospects consume your content?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

Looking for a prospecting email template you can easily personalize and that works for almost any situation? That’s key, because as you and I both know, if you’re sending a prospecting email to just one prospect, you might be able to write an email so personal that the recipient may mistake you for a childhood friend.

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Salesmate

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Your sales success is dependent on your ability to handle and convert prospects into paying customers. Like all fingers of the hand aren’t the same, even the sales world is filled with different types of prospects. A good understanding of different kinds of prospects can help in developing successful strategies.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

No joke, we’ve spoken to CEOs who want to make money on outbound prospecting in 90 days, but when asked how long their sales cycle is, they answer “four to six months.” Zuora looks to see if a prospect is pursuing one of the “eight growth initiatives.”. For example, if their market is commoditizing, what’s the company’s plan to adapt?

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SalesHandy

MAY 1, 2020

While moving through the sales cycle, sales prospecting comes as its first step and is considered as an essential part. From the famous quote “ Sales prospecting is where the salesperson makes their money. ”, you can easily understand how essential it is for any salesperson to learn the best sales prospecting techniques.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This content can include blog posts, case studies, whitepapers, or media coverage – as long as it highlights who we can help and how. To engage this crowd, have regular calls (consider monthly), and spend real time and energy finding ways to help them. Introductions to potential prospects for them from my network.

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SalesLoft

JULY 22, 2022

Why You Need Cold Email Marketing. Cold email marketing is used to reach out to potential customers who don’t know you yet. . As with cold calling , the intention of cold emailing isn’t to email your entire target audience about your products or services (if it was, it would be called spam).

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Rather than shelve these so-called “dead-end leads,” reps must commit themselves to find what may be hiding in plain sight. When faced with a dead-end lead, reps need to take a step back. Persistence is admirable, but not when a rep’s goals are out of sync with the prospect’s. Respect their journey.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 26, 2024

Offer something of worth before asking for a call or meeting. Showcasing Results in Cold Emails The Persuasive Impact of Case Studies People are more likely to believe the effectiveness of your offerings when backed by evidence. Include brief case studies or share examples of successful outcomes achieved for your clients.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2022

You pick up the phone and no one is answering your calls. After countless attempts to connect with prospects and land a meeting to no avail, you’ve hit a wall. When a sales slump hits and your quota is on the line, the first thing you want to do is jump on the phones and contact every prospect and lead you know.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inbound salespeople focus on their prospect's pain points, act as a trusted consultant, and adapt their sales process to the buyer journey. Lead with a helpful, customized prospecting message. Craft customized questions to uncover the prospect's pain. Buyers don’t want to be prospected, demoed, or closed.

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

A B2B sales funnel is a stage-by-stage model that depicts how B2B prospects move through the buying process. In either case, it‘s important to remember that the sales funnel is a model; it‘s a representation of the buyer‘s journey. . In another case, the middle four stages might not happen at all. What is a B2B sales funnel? .

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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. Any takers?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2023

Back in July 2022, 30% of US consumers were planning to "greatly decrease" their home budget if a recession was declared. Based on this data, we can expect consumers to pull back on discretionary spending, such as travel, luxury items, and eating out. If you're feeling the pressure of a downturned economy, your prospects are too.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The instability and threats to survival so many companies are facing have resulted in longer sales cycles and increased executive presence on calls (up 53% from a pre-COVID-19 baseline). Sales enablement is a process that stretches across the sales cycle, from prospecting to customer success.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The very moment deal-seekers everywhere shoot their shot, turn prospects into buyers, and score buzzer-beating slam dunks that accelerate the business to record-breaking sales. FastSpring reviewed 30 randomly selected businesses serving B2C and B2B markets across the globe and found a noticeable increase in Q4 sales.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2019

If you’ve listened to my show at all, you’ll know my opinion on cold sales prospecting. You should always reach out to warm prospects. Occasionally, you have no choice but to email rather than make a phone call. We discuss the best tactics for cold sales prospecting through email. You shouldn’t do it.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Alternatively, when it's time to pick up the phone and call a prospect, they should rely on their soft skills and product knowledge, not an AI-generated phone script. Content is king" is a common adage in marketing, but it's making its way into sales, and for good reason. Content marketing has to become a focus."

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Prospecting with B2B sales emails is sort of like asking a Magic 8 Ball. Plus, using a sales engagement platform, like Salesloft , makes it possible for you to scale your email prospecting and craft cold emails that truly have an impact. You are far more likely to get a response if you are adding value for your prospect.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 3, 2015

But like punch lines, referral marketing efforts fall short without the proper follow through. We’re in the right place at the right time and meet the perfect prospect. Other times prospects read content we’ve posted, and our phones ring off the hook. The Problem with Your Referral Marketing. Everything!

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Marc Wayshak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Simply put, you must believe that you offer real value to your prospects. Salespeople tend to look up to prospects like they’re magical royal beings on a pedestal. It’s time to see your prospects as peers. You must see yourself as a peer who is bringing real value to your prospects, no matter who they are. You are a peer.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. What is a Lead?

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Crunchbase

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Consultative selling brings us back to a core principle of sales: You’re a human speaking to another human. Consultative selling focuses on creating value, building trust with a prospect and exploring their needs before offering a solution. But unless the prospect feels understood, no amount of transactional value will win them over.

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