Julie Hanson

AUGUST 24, 2023

Imagine this: you’re an actor trying out for a role, and your audition video has just 15 seconds to hook the casting director. If you want to nail your sales pitch, the 15-Second Secret applies to you, too! “We have to fall in love with you within the first 15 seconds,” says a highly-respected casting director.

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Julie Hanson

APRIL 2, 2024

Casting directors, much like your prospects, are busy professionals with limited time and countless individuals vying for their attention. Until I learned a game-changing secret from a top casting director: "You have to make the casting director fall in love with you in the first seven seconds of your video." The solution?

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Revegy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Unlike traditional sales methods that cast a wide net, […] The post Unlocking Account-Based Sales: Is Your CRM Enough? Key accounts are identified as a company’s most valuable clients. They are the most likely to bring in big chunks of revenue and build lasting relationships. appeared first on Revegy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In this episode of PBD, she tells the story of how the first impression she made on a casting agent for a role she didn’t get, ultimately helped her land a bigger role. Acting is all about selling yourself, and good impressions can make or break you.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Maybe it is the shadow cast by almost half of reps who fail to make quota? By Tibor Shanto. Despite booming times, there seems to be a cloud over B2B sales. I find salespeople and others in the trade have difficulty focusing. Couple that with a distracted buyer who is also challenged to concentrate on one thing till it’s done.

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Julie Hanson

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Most of the stars you see had to audition on film or video to make it past the eyes of critical casting directors and onto your screen. Casting directors and prospects alike are looking for something that sets you apart! To ensure you’re making a strong first impression, look no further than your television screen.

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Marc Wayshak

MARCH 27, 2024

Rather than casting a wide net, tailor your cold calling list to reach those who are most likely to require your product or service. It’s not merely about making hundreds of calls a day—it’s about leveraging data that’s accurate and reliable to increase your productivity and sales success.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 22, 2021

Casting a wide net may have worked well for marketers and salespeople at one point. Instead of casting a wide net, craft one that will catch the right fish — at the right time. Once you establish the specifc markets, you can craft A/B testing to understand how the different personas respond to your messaging.

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Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Leaders cast a vision and motivate groups of people to change and in that way, selling is leading. One of the most overlooked aspects of being a sales professional is developing our leadership skills. Today more than ever, salespeople need to lead. The best salespeople are great leaders.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Intent data casts a broad net across the internet to gather top-of-funnel signals about issues, solutions, technologies, and vendors that buyers research before making a purchase.

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Julie Hanson

MARCH 25, 2019

So when I saw they were holding an open casting call I put on my best party dress and heels and headed downtown. There was a huge line of equally festively-dressed women snaking down Lexington Avenue – and we were at least six New York blocks away from the casting office. Busy executives are no different than busy casting directors.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Target Your Market, Target Your Message Casting a wide net may have worked well for marketers and salespeople at one point. Instead of casting a wide net, craft one that will catch the right fish — at the right time. For example, at ZoomInfo, we conduct A/B testing for marketing, sales, and recruiter personas.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Humans Want to Move like Animals If you notice people doing exaggerated, animalistic stretches in your gym, rest assured: It’s not the cast of Cats taking over. Here are two trends we spotted in this direction, each presenting unique opportunities you can pounce on for wild profits: 1.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 3, 2016

Messages tied to these levers stimulate us to cast a vote or buy a product or solution. Messages tied to these levers stimulate us to cast a vote or buy a product or solution. Teaser: To capture favorable votes, salespeople, like politicians, need to pull six key levers that guide decision-making. read more

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criteria for success

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Cast a wide net. Instead, work to cast a wider net. Here are 4 things to remember as you’re designing yours. 4 Elements to Remember in Leadership Training Programs. Often, organizations identify leadership training program participants based on structure and role. Resist this temptation!

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 21, 2017

Think about the energy you cast and share with others. Are you energetic? Do people love hanging around you? Your energy and body language have a great impact on your connection with others, as well as your influence on their success and your success. Check out the video to see what I mean: Copyright […].

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Anne Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

He was anchored in the middle of the lake, standing in his boat, casting his line out repeatedly and then reeling it back quickly. He called out to us as he cast his line away from our boat, “How you guys doin’?” I got just one,” he called back calmly, lowered it back down into the water, and started casting again.

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Julie Hanson

APRIL 25, 2018

In fact, a casting director may stop an actor as quickly as 20 seconds into a reading if they’re not impressed. Casting directors are no different than other business people today: busy professionals with a limited amount of time and hundreds of people vying for their attention. Actors live and die by first impressions. Be prepared: .

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Drift

JUNE 1, 2018

A long, long time ago, in a time known as “the 2000s,” marketers were obsessed with casting these super-wide nets in the hopes of pulling in as many leads as possible. Blogs became content farms, covering topics that were meant to attract anyone and everyone.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 20, 2016

John has been with LegalZoom for 11 years, and was previously the CEO at StudioDirect and Casting Group. Today’s topic is connecting the corporate strategy and the sales strategy. Joining us is John Suh, the CEO of LegalZoom. Most CEOs have.

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Pipeliner

MAY 5, 2023

Clayton’s corporate training company, CAST Commercial Acumen, focuses on teaching salespeople commercial acumen, personal well-being, and mental health. Clayton shares his personal journey and experience working with sales teams, and highlights the importance of mental health support for salespeople. on all major podcast stations.

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Bernadette McClelland

OCTOBER 30, 2012

What I remember learning about at school and carefully constructing a B+ project on suddenly came rushing back to me, and that was the topic of the caste system – a hierarchical organisation chart for the country. Where do you sit on the Sales Caste Value model and what are your plans to become a much coveted Brahmin?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2021

Casting a wide net may seem like a good idea for audience targeting, but you’ll have a better chance at converting if you seek out those with similar behaviors to successful customers. A lookalike audience is a kind of ideal representation of your best prospects and ideal customers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

He cautions, “Be aware that you haven’t cast a bulldozer in this role. Christopher Confero, owner of the Atlanta-based design firm Confero, says if the dinner party features multiple tables, create a seating arrangement that puts someone with a large personality at each table. You don’t want someone dominating, only facilitating.”.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2020

As each of our companies struggle to cope, to recover and start rebuilding revenue growth, the temptation is to cast a wider net. Of course this is not new, it seems the solution to building pipeline has always been casting a wider net, getting further away from our ideal customers, despite continued evidence that it doesn’t work.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

There is a powerful idea that I’ve used, where I tried to cast the customer as the hero in the movie that I’m trying to show. That’s good to tell the numerical part of the story, but to cast the customer as hero, what I should be talking about is “How a life was changed by way of that 14x improvement.”

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

There is a powerful idea that I’ve used, where I tried to cast the customer as the hero in the movie that I’m trying to show. That’s good to tell the numerical part of the story, but to cast the customer as hero, what I should be talking about is how a life was changed by way of that 14x improvement, the human angle.

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

6, 2017 to cast your vote. Under her leadership, her teams deliver the sales-qualified leads client marketing leaders are looking for. She’s good at her job and we’re happy she’s here. I encourage you to vote for Kimmy , and give her the professional recognition she deserves. You have until Dec. No need to log in.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 7, 2023

Rejection meant being cast out and left to fend for oneself, facing increased vulnerability to predators and the loss of the collective support and resources provided by the group. The Power of Reframing Rejection Our fear of rejection is deeply rooted in our evolutionary history.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 14, 2023

If their pipelines are insufficient to achieve their goals, they cast wider and wider nets. ” Along with more it’s cast a wider net. Vicious disqualification is the fastest and easiest way to improve your win rate (are you sensing an underlying theme of my personal laziness.) Sadly, most sellers do exactly the wrong thing.

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Highspot

JUNE 27, 2023

Younger held the roles of President and Chief Commercial Officer for Cast & Crew, where he was part of the executive team that over four years drove significant growth both organically and through M&A, acquiring four companies and expanding internationally.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Selling its chickens at a loss boosts customer satisfaction and, in turn, helps Costco cast itself as a reliable, consumer-first brand. If you consistently offer products or services at significant discounts, you run the risk of casting yourself as a "bargain brand" — potentially coming off as cheap or low-rent.

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Julie Hanson

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Your prospect is like a busy casting director sifting through a parade of well-qualified actors all competing for the same role, all reading from the same script. He brings something unique to the part, leaves a lasting impression on the casting director. It’s no surprise that prospects struggle to keep us straight!

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 8, 2019

Failure casts doubt on what we are as a person. What, then, makes up the belief system of highly successful salespeople? Here are five components that are shared by the vast majority of effective salespeople: 1) They don’t believe in failure; only outcomes. Failure destroys morale , confidence and discipline.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 30, 2022

.” And it was actually a casting agent that I had auditioned with for a really big network. But I kept in good contact with the casting director and he knew my impressions, that’s how they had brought me in the first place. I was thinking, “Oh my gosh, you’re a casting agent.”

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Drift

JUNE 1, 2018

A long, long time ago, in a time known as “the 2000s,” marketers were obsessed with casting these super-wide nets in the hopes of pulling in as many leads as possible. Blogs became content farms, covering topics that were meant to attract anyone and everyone.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The main reason for that is that they are approaching things from a deficit, they are casting a small and porous net, one that only captures a small set of buyers, those with a defined need. In the past I, have highlighted how many sellers are limiting if not sabotaging their opportunities while telephone prospecting.

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