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I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads while average companies close 20%. If you do the math, this tells us that sales reps are expected to work 1000 marketing qualified leads down to 14 to 48 sales qualified leads and close 20% or 30% of those leads respectively; and end up with 3 to 14 deals. The sales close rate on these leads is zero percent. MORE
Here, we go back to our closed dead opportunities. Now for us, a closed dead op is what most of you would call a closed loss op. After a certain period of time, we take all of our closed dead ops over the last six months or the last year and we swap them amongst account executives. Re-livens are similar to closed dead ops, but they happen earlier. The post [VIDEO] 3 B2B Sales Techniques to Close Cold Leads appeared first on DiscoverOrg. MORE
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Believe me James Muir’s book, The Perfect Close, is a great add to any sales library. His 13 chapters flow logically, even though on page one he clearly states if you want to know his Perfect Close, skip everything and go to Chapter 12-more about that later. 21 page corners turned over! MORE
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Today when you get a prospect on a call, you have very little time to keep them there and interested, qualify them, and close them on the idea of an actual meeting. 25: Telephone Combat Aid – Get More Meetings to Close More Deals with Edward van der Kleijn appeared first on SalesPOP! MORE
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The point I am making is that getting the order is merely the first stage in the closing process – not the final act. So there you have it, a close is not a close unless and until… And by the way, nobody, ever, should consider that they have a “client for life.” The ink is barely dry on the contract; everyone is satisfied that they have a good deal – “win-win.” MORE
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