Lead411

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mastering the Art of Overcoming Cold Call Objections in Sales Cold calling can be a daunting task for many sales professionals. However, with the right strategies and mindset, you can turn objections into opportunities and improve your success rate in cold calling.

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Cold Calling Objections Case Study Call-back 97

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

I wrote that in 2013, back when virtual sales meetings weren’t the only option. With limited or no opportunity to meet in-person, buyers naturally turn to known, trusted suppliers who already understand their business needs. Customer testimonials and case studies can be effective. Most people say it’s more than 70 percent.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Referrals Face-to-face 287

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 16, 2024

To test them, I asked her to call a number of friends to test the program on them. The interviews would last much longer than the 30 minutes, I suspect Inshal had to say, “Excuse me, but I have to get to a class… ” Each of them called me, telling me the amazing experience they had in talking with Inshal.

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Everest Social Media Call-back Media 105

Sales Hacker

MAY 10, 2021

Opportunity to upsell and cross-sell. Even after you close a deal with a client, there is always an opportunity to upsell or cross-sell. Sharing customer data gathered from support calls with the sales team has two benefits. For example, the sales team may think that the pricing may cause a client to back out of a deal.

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Case Study Study Top of Funnel Churn 62

The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2019

The expression ‘Cold Call’ brings an immediate visceral reaction from people, when it shouldn’t. on the other hand, a cold call by another name is just direct contact. When I say cold calling, I specifically refer to calling someone when that call is not previously scheduled. Cold Calls Drive Pipeline.

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Cold Calling Call-back Commission Networking 290

Sales Evangelist

JUNE 16, 2020

How To Generate Interest In Lost Opportunities Every so often, a prior interest doesn’t end with a good close. Sometimes, there are lost opportunities. As a salesperson, how do you generate interest in lost opportunities? Your deal became a back-burner item and it just fizzled out. How did you do it? How did you do it?

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Opportunity Cancellation How To Scale 52

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Let’s break down the various channels for finding prospects and look at how effective each is at converting leads to opportunities, and ultimately, to customers. Cold Calling Cold calling gets a bad rap. In fact, 41% of salespeople consider cold calling their most powerful tool for making a sale. of the time.

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Conversion Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead 130

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. Sales tactics like cold calls often have a low conversion rate.

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Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 93

Score More Sales

APRIL 29, 2014

Think back to when you needed to buy something from a retailer in your town. This is the feeling potential buyers are getting when visiting many large companies’ websites according to a survey done by Velocify called The Fortune 100 Online Buyer Experience Study. Click here to download the study.

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Retail Lead Rank Lead Scoring Study 239

Force Management

DECEMBER 14, 2023

However, backing your program with the right resources will be critical to its success. If your partner's message is misaligned with your message you'll miss opportunities to move good deals forward. Actions like pre-call planning, asking deep discovery questions and role playing all help increase transaction sizes across the board.

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Channels Revenue How To Case Study 137

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

For example, if you’re trying to negotiate a price, then both parties have the opportunity to bluff. Say you believe that your prospect is willing to pay $15,000 to $20,000, a range you’re willing to accept, so you make an offer that's “at your floor” of $20,000 – you've bluffed, and your prospect now has the chance to call.

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Negotiation Maximizer Sales Cycle Call-back 248

HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2011

Martin: Heavy Hitter Sales Linguistics: 101 Advanced Sales Call Strategies for Senior Salespeople. Personality Study of 1,000 Top Salespeople-Harvard Business Review. A high level of inquisitiveness correlates to an active presence during sales calls. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Books For Heavy Hitters.

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Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring Penetration 163

No More Cold Calling

MAY 10, 2018

Well, women’s lack of confidence is a myth, according to several recent studies. To further dispel the “confidence gap” myth, Laura Guillen of ESMT Berlin, Margarita Mayo of IE Business School, and Natalia Karelaia of INSEAD studied the appearance of self-confidence on organizational influence. What This Means for Women in Sales.

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Influencer Cold Calling Study Call-back 207

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2019

There are hundreds of sales training companies offering thousands of programs in all aspects of selling: call planning, presenting, negotiating, managing key accounts, questioning and more. I want sales executives to get back to the basics. Here’s a simple test: Look at an active sales opportunity where the outcome is in doubt.

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Sales Process Engineering Case Study Call-back 209

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Of those leads, how many are the sales department actually calling and emailing? Percentage of marketing-generated leads that result in opportunities. High sales follow-up that doesn’t result in a significant number of opportunities can indicate low-quality leads. Yes, calling them.)

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Lead Rank Paid Content Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re essential for preparing your team for every situation that may arise during a demo, sales call, or in-person event. Playbooks can also improve prospecting and customer upsells, identify untapped opportunities, and make each salesperson and marketer more effective. This shortfall often comes back to a lack of usable data.

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Marketing Scale Decision Maker Call-back 130

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Share links to your company’s latest case study with your prospects. Setup online conference calls. You don’t have to sit back and wait for buyers to reach out to you; use digital content as an excuse to stay connected. When you know you have an issue early on, you have time to seek help and get back on track.

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Sales Goal Meeting Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile 312

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 5, 2024

Since I was assigned to a different team, I didn’t spend much time with Gus, but remember one call that I tagged along. Having majored in Psychology there weren’t many opportunities for someone with a BS degree in that field. It was the sales reps who called the shots and made the money.

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Banking Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 77

Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

With multiple studies across the world highlighting shrunken marketing budgets, campaign delays, and hiring freezes…where should your sales and marketing efforts begin? Shift more focus to up-sell and cross-sell opportunities within your existing customer base. Create a call script that takes into account the current environment.

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Pipeline Marketing Top of Funnel Hiring 239

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As emails feed into your CRM, sales and marketing will have the opportunity to nurture the new leads with additional content. Keep the conversation going by offering additional, related content, such as: A related blog post link A 30-second “thank you” video from the host A limited-time ungated whitepaper or case study.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Funnel Social Media 208

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 2, 2021

Now that the world is opening back up, it’s time to get out there and meet your customers face-to-face. A Zoom call just isn’t enough time to go deep. And when it comes time to renew or jump on that next customer success call, you’ll have a lot more knowledge ready to draw on. Testimonials and Case Studies.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2024

I learned he is a surfer and that he was hitting the waves just about 30 miles north of where I was trying to hit the waves… Wish I had known back then, we could have had some great conversations waiting for the right wave. I went back for an MBA to get away from sales. I called industry experts and interviewed them.

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Call-back Construction Up-Sell Research 77

SalesFuel

MARCH 25, 2024

SalesFuel reports on study results that show 75% of customers want apologies when something goes wrong. This reinforces that you understand their needs and plan to get them back on track. Allow an appropriate amount of time to go by before checking back in. This can be done via email or a quick phone call.

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Hiring How To Remedy Call-back 52

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 19, 2022

Managers should train on opportunities that are still open and fresh. But what about all those lost opportunities? Consider having sales reps train on previous prospects or open leads that are likely still warm and ready for an opportunity at purchase. Plus, nothing motivates sellers more than call backs from prospects.

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Motivation Sales Coaching Coaching Call-back 117

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s Workflows tool ensures that reps can easily automate their plays and ensure that potential sales opportunities don’t fall through the cracks. Typically, a company reinvests funds back into the business for growth and scalability. In this case, it’s easier for a rep to identify opportunities for alternative offerings.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing Scale 242

Gong.io

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Here are the trends to watch as you enter the new year and the proven strategies (backed by data of course) to thrive amidst change. In 2022, sales reps had a fewer number of active deals they were working, while the average number of meetings/calls per deal had also decreased. Today’s buyers are completing more of their journey solo.

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Data Closing Buyer Call-back 121

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Work backward from these numbers to determine the number of demos, discovery calls, and connects you’ll need to make by month, week, and day. If a prospect isn’t really clicking with you, try bringing your manager on a call or handing over the prospect to another salesperson. The end of the year is no time to sit back on your heels.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

If no one else in the space does it like you, say so and provide social proof to back it up. This can be in the form of a testimonial, case study, or exciting statistic. Would you be open to setting up a call to discuss this further? Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you soon.

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Case Study Proposal Lead Rank Follow-up 98

Autoklose

MARCH 25, 2024

This prep phase doesn’t have to take a long time: You can connect with a lead on LinkedIn, send them a somewhat customized email, and even call them on the same day. Michael and his team at Growth Genie have had success offering pieces of free content upfront, tying in calls to action. They ask, “Are you interested in this?”

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Conversion How To Case Study Webinar Metrics 52

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The last time sales teams were offered real change in their tech offerings was back in the early 2000s, when cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) systems came into vogue. percent) to have a highly mature marketing and sales automation strategy in place,” the study says. “No-growth percent vs. 16.6

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Face-to-face Sales Automation Scale CRM 130

Highspot

MAY 18, 2022

He offered me a research position while I studied for my GREs. A year after graduation, I received a call from another professor, Dr. Christensen, to personally accept me into their Masters’s program. I went to continue my doctoral studies at the University of Nebraska. All I needed was one person to believe in me.

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Microsoft Study Engineering Margin 96

Zoominfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Sales methodologies like BANT — shorthand for budget, authority, need, timeframe — can help reps identify business opportunities at the outset of the sales process. While many variables drive the sales process, it comes down to this: the prospect you’re calling has no clue how your product will make their business better.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Decision Maker Case Study 130

BuzzBoard

JANUARY 22, 2024

Salespeople and media consultants, aiming to provide products and services to small and local businesses, need to employ effective strategies when researching a local business in advance of a sales call. And understanding how to research a local business (or small business) before your sales call is as crucial as preparing for that one call!

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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Social Media Small Business 52

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 25, 2024

Kramer did a study on employee engagement by analyzing the content of 12,000 diary entries made over time by employees of several companies. Call it the I.C.U. But you’re missing an engagement opportunity if you operate this way. But behavioral research points in a different direction. What makes a good day?

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Lead Rank Distribution Video Research 52

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 25, 2024

Kramer did a study on employee engagement by analyzing the content of 12,000 diary entries made over time by employees of several companies. Call it the I.C.U. But you’re missing an engagement opportunity if you operate this way. But behavioral research points in a different direction. What makes a good day?

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Distribution Video Research 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 23, 2023

When you have conviction for what you are selling, buyers know According to a recent study from the Sales Insight Lab , 51% of top-performing salespeople know they are top performers: They have the confidence, attitude and conviction to walk into a sales meeting knowing exactly the problem they are helping to solve.

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Closing Harvest Top of Funnel Lead Rank 98

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2022

I’m fascinated by studying lazy sales people! Let me qualify that a little, I’m fascinated by studying lazy sales people that consistently achieve their goals. Where volume based people say, “I have to make 1000 calls, it will produce 10 conversations.” They tend to be very quiet, they don’t brag.

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Margin Call-back Incentives Incentive 131