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. What skills and tools do reps need for success? What do these teams do?

Inside Sales 52

Inside Sales Face-to-face Hiring Outside Sales 52

Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2020

There is no excuse for stupid prospecting! Sadly, too many organizations are committed to prospecting malpractice. None of us can escape or have spam filters powerful enough to filter out the stupid, irrelevant prospecting that is inflicted on us on a daily basis. Customers are interested in relevant content, insights.

Ideal Customer Profile 103

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Channels Segment 103

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

Video conferencing is a great way to get face to face with clients. If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. For sellers, this makes access to prospective buyers the first chokepoint. How do you get access to your prime prospects?

Sales Meeting 287

Sales Meeting Meeting Referrals Face-to-face 287

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.

Ideal Customer Profile 62

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics 62

SBI Growth

JULY 11, 2013

Face-to-face sales interactions are typically viewed as the most valuable activity by Sales Leaders. Today, getting in the door is more difficult than executing face-to-face sales calls. Today, getting in the door is more difficult than executing face-to-face sales calls. 5 years ago they were right.

Buyer 317

Buyer Prospecting Face-to-face How To 317

Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2022

Resource #1: Access to proven prospecting skills by getting a free chapter right from my bestselling book, Power Phone Scripts. Simply click here and then use the handy search function to find everything you’ll ever need to help you prospect, close, or overcome objections more effectively. It’s free, proven, and available to you now!

Resources 156

Resources Gatekeeper Face-to-face Decision Maker 156

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. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

Outsourcing Services 279

Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2022

I was a little offended by this, but I took his advice and channeled my energy into my next pitch, and guess what? Nothing breeds success like success, and prospects and clients can feel when you’re successful. Nothing breeds success like success, and prospects and clients can feel when you’re successful.

Face-to-face 156

Face-to-face Gatekeeper Energy Decision Maker 156

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With a daunting array of tools, an endless list of growth strategies, and constantly evolving communication channels, there’s compelling evidence that modern work is facing a crisis of disconnection. And that makes a cohesive, connected go-to-market (GTM) strategy more valuable than ever.

Inbound 130

Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring Channels 130

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Though email is an extremely effective communication channel that’s ever-evolving, it’s one of the most time-consuming. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? It’s all about appealing to their specific interests and needs. How Do You Set Up Email Automation?

Prospecting 130

Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 130

Vengreso

MARCH 12, 2021

B2B sales professionals are missing out if they’re not using social media, and especially, in their LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Modern B2B buyers are now harder to reach through traditional channels than before. Therefore, modern sellers need the skills to find, engage and connect with prospects digitally.

LinkedIn 105

LinkedIn Buyer Prospecting Webinar Metrics 105

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like sales prospect research , sales outreach, and professional development. Featured Video: The Phone is the Most Powerful Tool in Sales.

Channels 100

Channels Video Hubspot Face-to-face 100

Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

Virtual sales teams allow organizations to optimize costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones. Top challenges for remote sales teams Remote sales teams have to face several unique challenges compared to in-person teams. That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving.

Strategy 52

Strategy Hiring Top of Funnel Face-to-face 52

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Small Businesses Face the Biggest Challenges. Many companies will need to make drastic changes to overcome the challenges they face. Many companies will need to make drastic changes to overcome the challenges they face. Assertive businesses have taken the lead and have handled the crisis with resilience. million to 5.1

Small Business 317

Small Business Small Business Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 317

Crunchbase

JULY 16, 2019

It’s challenging to find a quality list of prospects. You don’t want vital resources wasted on prospects that don’t end up going anywhere. In order to maximize converting prospects into new customers, you need to have a solid plan as well as a great set of sales prospecting tools. Identify emails.

Tools 56

Tools Prospecting Social Media Face-to-face 56

Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. It is a marketing channel that enables two-way communication between buyers and sellers to provide critical buying information that accelerates their path to purchase. What is conversational marketing?

Conversion 246

Conversion Marketing Lead Capture Face-to-face 246

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

They’ll have personalized conversations about a prospect's specific needs and why their product or service is the best-fit solution. LinkedIn as ruler of the prospect research process. LinkedIn has been dethroned as the most effective platform for prospect research. Why the change? LinkedIn had this title last year.

Trends 88

Trends Social Media Lead Rank Lead Scoring 88

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

CRM tools help companies nurture their leads and stay in touch with current customers to cultivate relationships. Want to learn how CRM tools can help grow your small business? This blog post is for you and will discuss the following: What are CRM tools used for? As a result, you can make decisions backed by data.

Small Business 62

Small Business Small Business CRM Tools 62

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Buyer intent data tools make it easier to identify the when and how of a potential prospect’s consideration for purchasing a specific product or service. According to a Gartner study, by the end of 2022, more than 70% of B2B marketers will utilize third-party intent data to target prospects. This could be you!)

Intent Data 100

Intent Data Buyer Intent Intent Buyer 100

Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Sales success begins with effective prospecting. Through successful prospecting, you can fill your pipeline with lucrative sales opportunities. What is prospecting in sales? What is prospecting in sales? Prospecting is the process of initiating and finding new opportunities. Do not just randomly start prospecting.

Prospecting 118

Prospecting How To Face-to-face Quota 118

Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2023

” We look for new channels or methods of engagement. We, also, have data that despite preferring rep free buying experiences, they are relatively channel agnostic. I, and so many others, write constantly about how buying is changing and how sellers (sales and marketing) must change to respond to these changes.

Customer 75

Customer Prospecting Revelation Trade Show 75

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Wyzowl, a provider of animated explanation videos, reports that 86% of businesses use video as a marketing tool. By utilizing the personality aspect video has to offer, trust and connection can be built quicker and more effectively with customers, prospects and channel partners. Videos open the door to deeper connections.

Video 156

Video Face-to-face Social Media Incentives 156

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And if my social feeds are any indication, filling anemic pipelines is the number 1 problem facing organizations. And since we need fewer opportunities, we can be much more selective and focused in our prospecting (more on this later). We have the tools and technologies that enable us to refine our targeting.

Pipeline 98

Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Direct Mail 98

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As a person who thinks prospecting is so vital, and properly done, so powerful, I am in a quandary writing this post. How do we standout when customers are overwhelmed with information–particularly as we look at tools like ChatGPT enabling us to create reams of both good content and crap. We have to capture attention.

Outbound 114

Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Inbound Face-to-face 114

Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This includes: Harnessing the power of big data analytics to gain actionable insights Utilizing predictive analytics for more accurate sales forecasting Implementing AI-driven tools to identify patterns and optimize sales strategies Today, AI can collect, process, and analyze more data in seconds. And 66 percent get frustrated without it.

Sales Leadership 62

Sales Leadership Face-to-face Trends Webinar Metrics 62

Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2020

Use virtual tools to do more, in less time, with better outcomes Out of necessity, we are moving into a digital world in which almost every step of the sales process involves the use of virtual tools. Virtual sales include integrating all the virtual communication tools, both the synchronous and asynchronous.

Tools 52

Tools Face-to-face Video Channels 52

Autoklose

MARCH 11, 2024

Prospecting is a high-stakes game, so many sales reps make the mistake of being too pushy in an attempt to quickly convert leads into sales. Organize an Online Conference, Webinar, or an Industry Meetup First of all, do your research and find out what your prospects deal with and identify their pressing pain points. That’s right!

Lead Rank 98

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Leads 98

Vendor Neutral

MAY 7, 2021

Leveraging Trends for Greater Prospect Engagement. Sales enablement and content management solutions help you communicate and engage with prospects, and the value of leveraging content within these solutions has vastly increased. That data is usually pulled from a customer relationship management (CRM) tool or other available data.

Sales Enablement 52

Sales Enablement Tools Vendor Face-to-face 52

Crunchbase

APRIL 22, 2020

Economic uncertainty makes it even more challenging for salespeople to hit their quotas, and requires customer-facing teams to promptly and effectively respond to the needs of their customer base. A good place to start is by leveraging tools that allow you to access recent funding rounds and information about private and public companies.

Prospecting 124

Prospecting Customer How To Decision Maker 124

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Instead of traditional in-person sales meetings, the salesperson and the prospect are in different places such as their home or work. The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital.

Face-to-face 108

Face-to-face Decision Maker Lead Rank Pipeline 108

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Whether you and your team need some bite-sized instruction, a full course correction or just a bit of motivation, there’s a wide variety of YouTube sales training channels that can help you. You'll find a short description of each channel as well as a few examples of especially informative or entertaining videos from each.

Channels 111

Channels Video Training Hiring 111

Lead411

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One way to alleviate this anxiety is to reach out via multiple channels to find the best way your prospect or customer prefers to communicate. However, there is nothing worse than reaching out and getting “ghosted” Never hearing back and having to deal with the anxiety of “do I reach out again?

Channels 63

Channels B2B Face-to-face Call-back 63

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. Ways Virtual Selling Can Benefit Your Business Virtual Selling Best Practices and Tips Virtual Selling Tools Virtual Selling Challenges What Is Virtual Selling?

Quota 52

Quota Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile How To 52

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. The goal is to target the right prospects, as well as bring them along the buyer’s journey. What is Demand Generation? Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

Demand Generation Agencies 225

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Paid Content 225

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2020

Chances are it was one of the millions sent through digital channels on a daily basis. I hate to break it to you, but prospects in your target accounts have the same reaction to your sales messages. I hate to break it to you, but prospects in your target accounts have the same reaction to your sales messages. Let’s dive in.

Direct Mail 77

Direct Mail Prospecting Face-to-face Channels 77

Allego

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The seismic shifts caused by Brexit have left UK sales professionals facing a labyrinth of new challenges, especially those targeting markets outside the UK. Revenue enablement solutions equip sales teams with the necessary tools and information to tackle new trade barriers and regulatory complexities head-on.

Strategy 62

Strategy Face-to-face Margin Revenue 62

SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Allego allows sales teams to onboard new reps without having to meet face to face or rely on traditional classroom training. They can pre-board new hires by giving them access to onboarding channels within Allego containing company and product information, welcome videos from the team, and examples of what good looks like.

Hiring 164

Hiring Face-to-face Video Distribution 164