Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Cold calling is the bread and butter for sales development reps (SDRs). Still, you’d be hard-pressed to find a sales rep who doesn’t wish that cold calling was easier. She and her team have some techniques for “warming up” their cold calls and smoothing the road to winning follow-up meetings.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 23, 2017

Women have everything it takes to succeed in sales. Ask any B2B sales leader about their lead generation challenges, and you’ll get specific answers about why their teams can’t get access to buyers, how sales processes have gotten too long, or why they’re losing to the competition. Why the Gender Gap in Tech Sales?

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Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2024

From making the first contact to nurturing a lead, sales prospecting is a delicate art. The method your sales reps use to contact the leads affects your bottom line and customer relationships significantly. After all, 43% of buyers think impression matters , and you get only one chance to make a memorable first sales impression.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2020

Perhaps especially while the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary hold on popular incentives among this demographic like travel, sales leaders can improve their incentives programs for younger employees by embedding a sense of purpose into their sales outreach. . Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Perhaps especially while the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary hold on popular incentives like travel among this demographic, sales leaders can improve their incentive programs for younger employees by embedding a sense of purpose into their sales outreach. Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2019

Does age really matter in sales? Also, be sure to check out “The True Gift and Grit of Working Grandmothers,” plus other posts you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month: The True Gift and Grit of Working Grandmothers. Why Women in Sales Don’t Want to Work for You. It was 2007. It was 1936.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Who we are as individuals might be influenced by when and how we grow up, but there’s more to all of us than one simple demographic. Let’s reach across generations: Hire a grandmother to speak at your virtual sales kickoff or next sales meeting. Technology is king, and that’s their main focus.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to revamp an existing sales strategy, creating campaigns based solely on instincts or assumptions is no longer acceptable. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With social media, you can prospect at your fingertips — and sidestep the awkwardness of a traditional cold call. The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the best social media channels for prospecting. It makes sense, then, why so many sales professionals find prospecting gold there.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Conversely, point-in-time data leaves sales and marketing professionals with inaccurate data, causing issues with go-to-market strategies and individual prospect outreach. A marketing team’s go-to-market (GTM) strategy requires new customer data that goes beyond the usual firmographics and demographics.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 9, 2018

Congrats you have a brand-new “greenfield” sales territory! There’s a professor of psychology at Oxford University called Robin Dunbar and he did some research on how many relationships we all have. He figured out that we have about 150 relationships we can maintain (keep in mind this was not for sales people using CRMs etc.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Conversely, point-in-time data leaves sales and marketing professionals with inaccurate data, causing issues with go-to-market strategies and individual prospect outreach. A marketing team’s go-to-market (GTM) strategy requires new customer data that goes beyond the usual firmographics and demographics.

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2017

That however is not the reality of a prospecting call, or dare I say, cold call; enthusiasm is not enough, in fact can be your undoing. You can dress it up any way you like, but if your call or e-mail or other method of approach is not scheduled, and is news to the recipient, then we are disrupting that buyer.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. With multiple studies across the world highlighting shrunken marketing budgets, campaign delays, and hiring freezes…where should your sales and marketing efforts begin? …But what about next quarter? Think about it.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Increase Sales

JUNE 4, 2013

So my little brain decided this would be a great story telling opportunity and may help others in sales management roles or even sales positions by challenging their beliefs to past experiences as they encounter similar small business sales scenarios. Sales cold call Leanne Hoagland-Smith sales management small business sales'

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Pipeliner

MAY 4, 2022

If you have worked in sales for any length of time, you have probably dealt with the highs and lows of cold calling. From door-to-door sales to cold calls, there have been many ways sales professionals have tried to reach new customers over the years. Reaching Niche Demographics.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 29, 2024

In B2B sales, business development is the activities and processes that promote growth and increase revenue. A recent Janek poll revealed 83% of sales organizations utilize detailed buyer personas. In addition, 94% of marketers say it increases sales. Often, sales organizations have between three and five.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 22, 2019

It dawned on me that no one was speaking to my demographic. The post The True Gift and Grit of Working Grandmothers appeared first on No More Cold Calling. We don’t look or act like our grandmothers. We have different interests and different challenges. We are working grandmothers. It’s your history too.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The answer lies in lead generation driven by sales development reps. To truly unlock their potential, a robust sales development playbook is vital. What Is a Sales Development Playbook? Benefits of a Sales Development Playbook How Do You Create a Winning Sales Development Playbook?

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The first rule in sales? Developing meaningful relationships with our customers is not just a nice way to work, nor is it an outdated sales concept. 29% increase in percentage of sales reps making quota. 24% decrease in sales force turnover. 29% increase in percentage of sales reps making quota. Know your customer.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 8, 2018

Take me off your call list!”. … Not really the cold-call response you’re looking for! But when a real, live salesperson knows things, it can sour the cold-call from the word “go.”. Sales intelligence vs. lead lists. Fit data (demographic and firmographic). What NOT to say in a cold call.

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SocialSellinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This isn't your old cold calling and you don't want to waste your time and money on ads that are never going to be seen by your target audience. Demographic. Demographic targeting involves selecting specific age groups as well as geographical regions where you want your ads running.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Today’s sales teams have the ability to use tools that would simply blow the mind of someone who first came up in the industry just 10 years ago. As a ZoomInfo user and partner , there is no way I could do my job without the firmographic, technographic, and demographic information and filters in SalesOS. What’s the difference?

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 14, 2023

If you’re not using LinkedIn to build up the front of your sales pipeline, let this be your sign to take the leap. Learn your buyers’ pain points, demographics, values, attitudes, etc. This episode is brought to you in part by TSE Sales Foundation. I think we can all agree that sales should be fun.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 23, 2016

The idea of supercharging your sales is nothing new. Even if you’re the three-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Sales, you still need a top-performing vehicle, or in this case, a serious set of tools, to help you close. The Sales Dataset. Teams selling to Sales need this dataset to get a flying start.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In sales, sellers who cite convoluted reasons to explain poor performance, rather than proactively doing something about it often remain — unsurprisingly — at the bottom of the success ladder. There certainly are a lot of things in sales that make life a tad more difficult. Our sales process is broken. Cold calling is too hard.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

When unsuccessful, they create excuses for poor sales performance to avoid responsibility for their failure. In this article, we will talk about excuses for poor sales performance. Sales is a tough job. But this balance only works for competent sales professionals. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2020

The training program, called "Professional Selling Skills," took a then-new consultative approach to sales. But although sales terminology might have changed, the basic principles of the selling process haven’t changed that much. While every business is different, most follow a progression with comparable sales stages.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 28, 2015

Who we are as individuals might be influenced by where and how we grow up, but there’s more to all of us than one simple demographic. The Gen Z Effect No one likes to be stereotyped, not in life or in sales. What This Means for Sales Generational diversity—like any type of diversity—can be a competitive advantage in sales.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Lead generation, which is what fuels a company’s long-term success, necessitates cooperation between sales and marketing. Why is it difficult for Sales and Marketing to collaborate? Cold outreach: Although time-consuming and expensive, cold calling, email marketing , and direct mail campaigns can be useful for generating leads.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

Sales and marketing teams, specifically, have abandoned chasing (demand gen) waterfalls or examining funnels. With multiple studies across the world highlighting shrunken marketing budgets, campaign delays, and hiring freezes…where should your sales and marketing efforts begin? Work Smarter, and Harder (and Together).

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s More than a Sale. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Guest Post , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Productivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sell Better , execution. February 2008. January 2008.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 7, 2023

According to Marketing Insider Group, salespeople who used prioritized sales lists took 20% more actions per lead , meaning they were able to make more contact attempts and increase engagement time. By focusing on the right prospects, you can streamline your efforts, speed up the sales cycle and ultimately close more deals.

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Women Sales Pros

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

You need a solid sales strategy that focuses your efforts on the right clients using your previous sales data to turn your cold call list into a hot prospect list. Gather historical sales reports. Access your sales reporting or accounting system to review your sales by client for the past two years.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 15, 2018

The importance of data cannot be understated in the modern sales landscape. Now, data and analytics reign supreme when it comes to running a successful sales organization. Maybe you’re new to data-driven sales, or maybe you just need to brush up on how to leverage data as part of your sales strategy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. What is a Lead?

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