The Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As technology continues to accelerate the pace of advances, other elements of prospecting are not keeping up. One clear example is the role of the telephone in prospecting success. They need to adopt a new view of the role of the telephone in the age of asynchronous prospecting. So we are down to incoming calls.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Want prospects to respond with lightning speed? The triple touch is a tactic that salespeople use to engage prospects. The ‘touches’ include contacting the prospect three different ways, each time building trust, getting on their radar, and moving them further into the sales funnel. . What is the Triple Touch in Sales?

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

Then, we‘ll discuss how you‘d actually go about using it in practice, and share a few helpful examples to illustrate. A B2B sales funnel is a stage-by-stage model that depicts how B2B prospects move through the buying process. Let‘s say, for example, you use a B2B sales funnel model with the following stages: Awareness.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. And we’ve got examples. Great sales emails typically reflect a deep understanding of who the prospect is and what they care about. Effective cold email outreach means find something your prospect values – and something you have in common.

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Shari Levitin

MAY 12, 2022

Here are two stories that perfectly illustrate how having confidence in your offering and standing firm on your price can get prospects to see the true value of your offering and why it’s a fair deal. Here’s another example. I’ll set up a call for next week, and then you can start creating your curriculum. 5000 for THAT?

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

He talks about #sales, #leadership, #coldcalling, #prospecting, and #salesdevelopment. They specifically covered the 6 powerful sales strategy examples your competitors don’t know. Sales Strategy Example #1: Separate yourself with a Nexus. Cold calling to SEO. Sales Strategy Example #2: Sell the micro-problem.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

What I will offer up here, and in a webinar, this afternoon, are specific steps you can choose to implement and see an immediate difference in your prospecting calls. The number one barrier to prospecting success is our willingness to put a well-thought-out plan into practice or action. Real World Cold Calling Success.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

These are the 5 “acts” that winning sales demo scripts follow PLUS 5 examples to follow as you build out your script. Example #1: Tear Apart The Status Quo. Here are a few examples of a benefits pitch flipped on its head and turned into a loss pitch: P.S: Example #2: Present Your Solution As The Answer.

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Gong.io

APRIL 22, 2022

Examples that got replies, were shared on social media, and (many of them) ultimately helped book that ever-elusive booked meeting. Here are 6 of our favorite cold email examples. Cold Email Example #1: It’s not about you (it’s about the prospect). Wrapping with a non-threatening (warm) call to action — the Interest CTA!

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Prospecting is one of the most fundamental sales skills. However, as the sales environment shifts, sellers must update how they prospect. Last July, we hosted the webinar, Mastering the Art of Prospecting: Key Strategies for Success. Here, we examined the fundamental principles of modern prospecting.

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Crunchbase

MAY 22, 2023

Sales prospecting is an integral part of the sales process. When done manually, it can be time-consuming and demand substantial effort — but automated sales prospecting can help. Automated sales prospecting tools, also known as sales automation software , streamline your workflow and allow you to spend more time selling.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sales enablement (also called revenue or business enablement ) is important because it prepares your entire go-to-market organization to aid and conduct a more effective sales process and achieve better results. Example: Assessing sales readiness. Example: Consistent messaging. Example: peer learning.

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Smart Calling

JUNE 22, 2020

When I talk with sales leaders whose reps are struggling with prospecting, quite often I find the root of the problem is actually with the leaders themselves. Upon examination of their methods, processes, and beliefs I often can spot mistakes being made due to belief in one—or many—of the cold calling myths that still are being perpetuated.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

How good are you at requalify existing accounts, or prospects you haven’t spoken with in a while? And that means that just because a prospect or client was in charge of a certain function last month or 6 months ago, it doesn’t mean they are in charge of it today. Here are some examples of transition sentences. And so on….

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 5, 2021

We've gone from don't wear a mask, to wear a mask, to wear 2 masks, back to no need to be masked and now back to wear masks indoors, even if you have been vaccinated. Allow me to introduce you the competency called Supportive BuyCycle TM. For example:

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2023

The other was a vague message from someone named, “Ty” who just said, “Hey Mike this is Ty; call me back when you can. “ Now here’s the problem: They both left their phone numbers so quickly that I had to listen back to the message four times—all the way to the end, by the way—before I was able to write down their whole number.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Prospecting, seeking new opportunities and clients, is an integral part of sales. However, when it comes to prospecting, many salespeople experience fear. Here are some insights into the psychology of prospecting fear and actionable tips to overcome it: Prospecting is Not a Dirty Word. They also get a lot of sales calls.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

There’s no going back. Some call this “Comparative Expectations,” or “The Amazon Effect.” As an example: a few weeks ago I traveled to my studio in Vegas. In fact, I’m never going back. What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. Create a Pre-Call Plan.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales engagement is all about connecting with your potential customer or prospects to build a relationship and hopefully move them closer to wanting to buy from you. In fact, it should be called buyer-seller engagement, because that’s really what it is. . Sales engagement is a crucial element of the prospecting process.

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Gong.io

AUGUST 4, 2021

7 seconds is all you get on a cold call. That’s why I put together these 6 cold calling examples. The first two examples are like a one-two punch. Hit your prospect with them inside of 7 seconds and you’ll grab their attention from “hello” until “speak to you next week.”. is what’s called a “pattern interrupt.”.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2024

A significant portion of the B2B prospecting calls you make will end up going to voicemail — making the sales voicemail techniques you leverage and how well you can execute them absolutely crucial to your sales efforts. I often hear salespeople complain that prospects never return their calls after they’ve left a voicemail.

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Highspot

JULY 23, 2021

But sales pitches are so much more than an uncomfortable phone call or an unwarranted email. Mature, more established industries may respond better to more traditional forms of outreach, like a phone call. Finally, always end with a call to action. Call you back? Call to Action. Respond with times to meet?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 14, 2022

Most sales reps beat around the bush and are timid, hesitant, and resistant to taking control of the call. An example is how most sales reps open their calls. What these approaches have in common is they are passive, and they give the gatekeeper control of the call. They are assumptive. Is Dave Anderson available?”.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 16, 2020

The standard, inbound-lead, follow-up cadence primarily consists of phone calls, email, and LinkedIn. Email, phone calls , and LinkedIn are still the top three most used channels for communicating with prospects, but advancements in technology and changes in buyer behavior have changed HOW top salespeople use these channels.

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Salesmate

MAY 22, 2020

It’s all about how you persuade your potential prospects. Examples to handle the price objection in sales? Here are a few tips with examples for handling the “price is too high” objection. Answer back with a smart question. Handling price objection example: Prospect: Your product is too expensive.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

Instead of opening your calls like: “Oh hi, this is _ _ with __ and my company, XYZ, is a leader in national and international shipping and freight services with offices in the top metropolitan cities across the world. Elevator pitch example #4: “ __, our motto is: “A guaranteed comfortable night’s sleep or your money back.”

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Want prospects to respond with lightning speed? The triple touch is a tactic that salespeople use to engage prospects. The ‘touches’ include contacting the prospect three different ways, each time building trust, getting on their radar, and moving them further into the sales funnel. What is the Triple Touch in Sales?

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2020

I have a lot of empathy for pundits in a subjective undefined area of practice, like prospecting for example. A great example of this Greek-like tragedy, is the never-ending debate about the best day to make prospecting calls? Meaning you will need to adopt a dynamic prospecting process, the skills to execute it.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2020

Cold calling is (and will always be) a foundational skill in sales. If you want to learn how to cold call — or just improve your skills — your best approach is to watch what experienced sales reps do, listen to recordings , and of course, study cold calling examples. How to Cold Call: The Framework for Success.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Whenever a prospect told him that, he simply asked: “And besides price, what else is holding you back?”. If they tell you that something else is holding them back, then you don’t have to address price right now. The next time someone tells you they can’t afford it or your price is too high, use my client’s example above.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 22, 2018

If you’ve worked in sales for any amount of time, you know the standard sales process looks something like this: You identify a prospect and conduct research, you figure out what pain point or challenge they’re trying to solve, and then you offer your product or services as the solution. Why don’t some buyers admit they need help?

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Conclusion Balancing the tasks Running between meetings, drafting emails, working to make back-to-back calls, and dealing with constant incoming messages are all part of a salesperson’s routine. For any given action, when a series of automated emails are sent to people from the business end is called Drip Campaign.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2023

Any prospect who buys from you is trusting that your solution is the best possible fit to suit their needs and that you‘re selling it because you sincerely believe that — but legitimate trust isn’t rooted exclusively in goodwill and friendliness. And how, exactly, do you build it with your prospects? Let’s dive in.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

All sales calls were face-to-face (no phones) and the sellers traveled by horse, canoe, boat and later, ship. Then, in the mid 1980''s, the invention that would bring prospecting to the next level came along. Back then a PC''s primary use was for spreadsheets and word processing. Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan.

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Marc Wayshak

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

I’m willing to bet you’ve been in a selling situation before where the prospect said the following dreaded words: “I don’t have time.”. Or maybe they said it a bit differently—“Now isn’t a good time” and “Can you try me back later?” are equally common objections early on in prospecting calls. Marc Wayshak calling.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. And we’ve got examples. Great sales emails typically reflect a deep understanding of who the prospect is and what they care about. Effective cold email outreach means finding something your prospect values—and something you have in common.

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