Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

This post describes a framework that I have found over the last two decades can really change the math on prospecting. Before you can go setting up meetings, you need to figure out who you need to meet. Now look a little more closely at your clients and think about the types of people that buy from you. Do you know how you help?

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The Pipeline

JULY 17, 2014

If you follow this blog, you may have seen that several times I have suggested that those people who are not cut out for a career in sales, should seriously consider transitioning to a career in hospitality. Here we are more than month later, no proposal – no follow up. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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The Sales Heretic

JULY 2, 2013

You know you need to follow up with prospects in order to close sales. So how can you make sure you stay in front of your prospects without coming across as a pest? Sales business follow up prospect strategies tactics' Huh, have you?” Listen to my [.].

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Close.io

JANUARY 21, 2020

And that person won’t stop blowing up your inbox. But really, how important is it to follow-up ? A study by Harvard Business Review found that 56% of prospects complain about poor follow-ups. And 48% of those prospects will tell at least 10 people about their poor follow-up experience.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 25, 2017

We’ve all had that issue, and the typical way salespeople handle this is by thinking if they just send a great follow-up note immediately after the meeting, everything will be […]. How many times have you had a sales call that you walk away from feeling great then turn into the customer going silent on you?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 31, 2022

I was giving a training today and emphasizing the importance of directing the sale, assuming the deal, and leading the prospect through the close. As I did, I reminded the team of closers of my very favorite closing phrase, and one that has literally made me millions of dollars in my career. Here’s what I recommend you do…”.

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Marc Wayshak

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Do you send a lot of emails to prospects? Then, when you reply with your sales follow-up email, does the prospect disappear ? Most follow-up emails are the weak link in the process. Having a strong sales follow-up email will make a huge difference in ultimately setting appointments.

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Salesmate

MAY 27, 2020

For sales reps, one of the most gratifying feelings is getting a prospect on a call after weeks (sometimes even months) of chasing. Statistics show that 80% of sales require 5 follow-up calls in order to close. To get to the finish line, you must first master the art of the follow-up. Let’s get started.

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SalesProInsider

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Those prospects who seem to run away from you after a conversation. You have a meeting with a prospect that seems to go well. They agree that it would be a good idea for you to send them a recommendation/proposal/overview and “follow-up” with them. Stop Chasing Your Prospects. Sound familiar?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The follow-up email is a key component of sales communication. When done right, a follow-up email can keep your company top-of-mind with prospects, demonstrate your investment in your customer relationships, and convey the value of your business without being intrusive or obnoxious. What strategies to use.

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Smart Calling

MARCH 22, 2018

Do you really know where you stand with the prospects in your follow-up files right now? I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but my experience is that many sales reps have no clue where they are in the sales process with a majority of the people they are following up with. Come on, really now?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Most of your business’s prospective customers will not buy from you instantly. If you’re guilty of this, you might need to perfect your sales follow-ups. Mastering your sales follow-up is a critical skill for reps however, many are not following up enough. Sales Follow-Up Techniques.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

> The Art of the Sales Follow-Up: 7 Ways to Keep the Conversation Going – HubSpot. Most of your business’s prospective customers will not buy from you instantly. If you’re guilty of this, you might need to perfect your sales follow-ups. - MOTIVATION -. People are influenced to change by people they trust.".

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 26, 2017

Let me ask you this: If you just met with a really hot prospect, how long would you wait before you followed up? Now, how long do you think it took for them to follow up with us? Did we get a follow up email? Did we get a follow up phone call? A couple of days? Especially the hot ones!

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Women Sales Pros

JULY 19, 2019

You try a few more times, but out of fear you would become annoying you give up. You need to be able to do more than choose the right prospect and ask the right questions, you need to master the art of follow-up. The sale happens in the follow-up, it almost always happens in the follow-up.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. For every action a prospect takes, they create a trail of intent data across the internet.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 31, 2021

If you’re getting all the responses you’ll ever need on the first cold email you send to prospects, let me know. But if you need to send one sales follow up email after the next, you’re like the rest of us. The following templates are based on some simple cardinal rules about how to send a follow-up email.

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Cience

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For example, a couple of weeks ago, I read about a guy who followed up his prospect 125 times in nine years until they finally signed a deal. That made me think: what does this guy know about follow-ups that others don’t? Why didn’t he give up after a month, a year, or even five years?

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Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. The most important part of prospecting isn’t simply finding names and emails — it’s the time and effort spent identifying potential customers and making sure that they’re actually a good fit. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

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Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. The most important part of prospecting isn’t simply finding names and emails — it’s the time and effort spent identifying potential customers and making sure that they’re actually a good fit. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 18, 2021

You’ve just had a great discovery call with a qualified prospect. You need to ensure that they follow through and show up to the demo, while also setting yourself apart from the other vendors that they’re evaluating. Your prospects will love it! Chances are this is a big decision for your prospect.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 21, 2020

They don’t offer an omnichannel experience in terms of the lead follow-up process. They may or may not have developed a follow-up schedule but are not continually testing. Reps are giving up too early/don’t know when to move on. to entice the prospect, but the prospect makes the first move.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 12, 2018

How to Send a Follow-Up Email After No Response. Ask yourself if you included a close in your first attempt. Don’t follow up too quickly. Adjust your close. By this point, you’ve likely sent previous follow-up emails or left voicemails for your prospect. I hope we can catch up soon.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 26, 2017

Let me ask you this: If you just met with a really hot prospect, how long would you wait before you followed up? Now, how long do you think it took for them to follow up with us? Did we get a follow up email? Did we get a follow up phone call? A couple of days? Especially the hot ones!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

If you get this objection—while closing or qualifying—then the worst thing you can do is try to answer or overcome it. And until you find out what’s really holding your prospect back, you’ll just go around and around in circles. And only when I understood what was really holding my prospect back did I begin to close more sales.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 15, 2024

We sent them a proposal and even flew out for a second in-person follow-up. I like to call this “ghosting” — when a sales process is chugging along smoothly with a client, you feel positive that the deal will close, and then your prospect disappears without a trace. 4 Reasons Your Prospects Ghost You 1.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 24, 2022

You already have them set up in your sales engagement system, I know. But if you’re working to level up and land larger deals, it’s time to leave all those behind. Stay top of mind and start multithreading with this framework for world class follow-up instead. Why buyers ignore your follow-up emails.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. Here are three ways to follow up better and gain more opportunities: Look at Data. They set a time to meet and ultimately his company became a client.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 29, 2013

One big contributing factor to your sales success is in your follow-up. There are three points to consider when thinking about following up with prospects, buyers, and with leads: A. Most sellers do not follow-up enough. So why all the problems with follow-up? phone calls. voice mail.

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Importance of Sales Follow-up Emails. There’s a good chance you’re giving up on sales follow-up emails too soon. Where a prospective client may not respond to your initial email, they may do so after the second, third, or fourth follow-up email. When To Send a Follow-up Email.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 5, 2012

With great skill, you established some rapport and interest and the prospect apparently is looking forward to receiving your literature. However, when you call back to set the appointment, the prospect seems to have switched to an alternate personality. The interest and rapport are gone and the prospect rushes you off the telephone.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The excitement you feel when you get a positive response from your prospect is palpable. All that hard work, all that research, all that grafting and painstaking questioning and presenting has paid off and the prospect is heading towards buyers-ville. Your closing presentation didn’t quite work. It’s all going so well.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Everything from the channel you select to the language you use impacts how your prospect will respond. Today we’ll cover a list of insights around sales follow-up productivity, channels, cadences, and effectiveness. B2B Sales Follow Up Statistics Sales Follow Up Productivity 1. emails, 35.9

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SendBuzz

MAY 2, 2023

Nowadays, the majority of marketers and salespeople believe it is safe to infer that a prospect is indifferent if their email does not receive a response. Instead of using follow-up emails to encourage a prospect to purchase their product or service, they instead move on to new prospects. A second Backlinko.io

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Pipeliner

JULY 22, 2019

When it comes to business, people get to know their prospects and their clients better if they follow the right follow up strategies. They build quality relationships by engaging in follow up. Wanda Allen: Follow-up Strategies. What is the exact meaning of follow up?

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Openview

MARCH 7, 2019

The average salesperson is losing up to 40% of their deals because they’re not following-up effectively. After a sales meeting, do you ever experience a prospect ‘going dark’ on you? And then you send 2-3 follow-ups…but no response. And then you send 2-3 follow-ups…but no response.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 23, 2015

As I dig into the Top 10 reasons prospecting plans don’t work, I think #3 on my list is the one that drives me nuts the most: Not having the time to follow up and follow through. (Be Be sure to check out #1 and #2) Not having the time to follow up and follow […].

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