Emissary

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

P&C insurance deals, like many high-tech enterprise sales , can be difficult to predict. The insurance market is riddled with regulations, and companies tend to be risk averse. How long does the company typically take to make a decision? Key decision makers change roles or leave the company.

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Insurance Insurance Closing Decision Maker 52

Emissary

MARCH 2, 2022

Large enterprise technology deals in complex, risk-averse industries are hard to win, but when you do, you’re in the position to grow the deal size with your current deployment and across the company. Key account management (KAM) draws an outsized amount of marketing and sales resources to a small set of prospects.

Insurance 52

Insurance Insurance Account Face-to-face 52

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Selling insurance can be challenging, and that’s true, whether you’re a new, inexperienced insurance agent or already a known professional in your field. That’s because people think insurance could cost a fortune, and it isn’t something that people often get to feel, hold, or even touch.

Insurance 52

Insurance Insurance Policies Referrals 52

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2020

to France and Japan, global companies and global communities everywhere have rolled out mandatory work-from-home policies amid the spread of COVID-19. One study released prior to the pandemic indicated that 63% of companies had remote workers; that figure has only skyrocketed this year. Author: Dave Gerry From the U.S. and the U.K.

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Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 302

No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

How do B2B buyers tell one internet security company from another? One marketing platform or sales enablement app? One insurance broker, attorney, banker, or consultant? But that’s not happening in most sales organizations. Instead, sales forecasts are “smoke and mirrors,” and sales leaders continue to complain.

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B2B Buyer Referrals Sales Qualified Lead 177

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I received two assessments for the same candidate: one from Objective Management Group (OMG) and one from Caliper. Caliper's is a personality test adapted for sales. Caliper's is a personality test adapted for sales. The candidate scored 60% on Caliper and 92 on OMG.

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Comparison Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 306

SugarCRM

MARCH 2, 2023

WFG National Title Insurance Company is an organization in the real estate insurance field looking to create a better real estate transaction experience for all parties involved. WFG National Title Insurance Company’s Founder and Executive Chairman, Patrick F. We’re not in the business of designing CRM software.

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SugarCRM Insurance Insurance Real Estate 26

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

Instead of opening your calls like: “Oh hi, this is _ _ with __ and my company, XYZ, is a leader in national and international shipping and freight services with offices in the top metropolitan cities across the world. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Less is more.

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Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Advertising Advertising 231

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Who could imagine such really awful prospecting. Another went: Hi David, As a CIO for a B2B company, you’re tasked with identifying the best software for your sales and product teams… I had a momentary identity crisis, Me a CIO?????!!!! This morning, as a drank my morning coffee, I went through my email and social feeds.

Insurance 134

Insurance Insurance LinkedIn Intent 134

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

We had a call from a company recently, trying to sell us business insurance. They had cold-called our support team and wanted to know if we already had business insurance for various aspects of our company. Finally, my team member asked what it was about their company that made them deserve our business.

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Insurance Insurance Cold Calling Competition 163

Pointclear

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The most reliable and scalable approach to finding new B2B customers is outbound communications, whether by mail, phone or email, to potential prospects, using rented or purchased lists. B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title.

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Harte Hanks Lead Rank B2B Data 232

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Intent data can change how you prospect, manage the sales cycle, and close deals. What if you had access to your prospects’ buying windows (time periods when they are most likely to buy)? Consider this — most ( if not all) your B2B prospects or target accounts are tenants in commercial buildings where they occupy space.

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Intent Data Intent Real Estate Data 110

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 2, 2023

Sending cold emails, leading prospects through sales calls, and following up all take time and articulation. Sales teams everywhere are starting to use AI to streamline these processes and craft better pitches. If you’ve been hearing about the iconic ChatGPT platform for sales and want to give it a spin, look no further.

How To 87

How To Insurance Insurance Travel 87

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Every salesperson has had at one time or another a prospect who just won’t move forward and buy. To create an engagement you might provide to the customer 2 websites you want them to look at to review what insurance companies look for in security systems. Again, what you’re doing is engaging the prospect.

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Prospecting Customer Insurance Insurance 212

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

That’s why experts like Boston Consulting Group are advising companies to mandate human double-checking of all GenAI outputs and “limiting its use to non-critical tasks.” For example: Despite the core importance of CRM systems to B2B growth, companies still estimate that about a third of their data is inaccurate on average.

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Data Scale Lead Rank Hiring 147

Allego

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In 2024, we’ll see plenty of top-notch conferences for professionals in all industries, especially sales enablement. Sales enablement conferences and other events offer the ideal opportunity for you to build your career skills, learn about new technologies, and hear about new approaches to sales enablement. See you out there!

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Conference Sales Enablement Biotechnology Insurance 77

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 29, 2020

After finding them on Instagram, I really appreciated one of the company's main missions: to create the best quality protein powder that you can have with hot drinks, cold drinks, or even use to bake a cookie recipe. That very idea is one aspect of a sales orientation approach to business.

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Examples Insurance Insurance Retail 92

Sales 2.0

MAY 14, 2020

And I’ve done this many (many) times in my sales career and used many (many) hours of time on this. And I know many senior sales people that have spent lots of time on this too. Sales people should sell. Apparently, a lot of sales people think researching this kind of contact data is the price of doing business too.

Data 396

Data Enterprise Enterprise Insurance 396

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 10, 2020

And it’s happening to most companies right now. The good part is this prospect isn’t saying no, rather, he/she is saying, “It is best to reschedule this call.” Many sales reps and companies have not adapted to the current situation and are, instead, carrying on as if business is normal. Health company and nonprofit?

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Objections Nonprofit Face-to-face Call-back 232

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Author: Scott Greenberg Quick quiz: John gets paid when he makes a sale. Each day he prospects for new customers. There are remarkable similarities between commissioned sales jobs and franchise ownership. Over the last two decades, I’ve helped both franchise systems and sales forces improve their performance.

Real Estate 256

Real Estate System Insurance Insurance 256

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 8, 2018

If the industry standard is two business days to respond but one company cuts that average to two hours, that company will start every relationship first and close more deals than its slow-moving competition. By 2020, consumers will mainly engage with companies they already know and trust, according to a report by Walker Information.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 257

Crunchbase

MAY 27, 2021

Imagining the trajectory of your long-term sales can be a daunting endeavor — especially if your business is barely out of the start-up stage. You know you need to set sales goals, understand your customer base, and leverage the right sales tactics. Allow us to introduce you to the sales roadmap. What is a sales roadmap?

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Ideal Customer Profile Insurance Insurance Customer 105

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’re looking to get into sales, not having a college degree can feel like a huge barrier to your career. But what if I told you that a degree isn't always required for a sales job? In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. Table of Contents What does it mean to work in sales?

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Hiring Salary How To Ideal Customer Profile 110

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Hi John, This is Nigel calling from Sales Software 2.0. We’ve worked with companies like IBM, SpaceX and Dairy Queen to boost their sales operational throughput by an order of magnitude. I’ve worked with a lot of technology companies over the years and most of them have sucked at saying what they do. GE Insurance).

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Insurance Insurance Distribution Conference 150

Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Hi John, This is Nigel calling from Sales Software 2.0. We’ve worked with companies like IBM, SpaceX and Dairy Queen to boost their sales operational throughput by an order of magnitude. I’ve worked with a lot of technology companies over the years and most of them have sucked at saying what they do. GE Insurance).

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Insurance Insurance Distribution Conference 150

Jeff Shore

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I am going to propose three scenarios that are similar to ones you might come across fairly often in your sales career. ??Scenario Scenario #1: You sell life insurance. You are having a conversation with a friend in a social setting, and the talk turns to your friend’s insurance coverage. Your customer is a sales person.

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Insurance Insurance Customer Policies 104

Crunchbase

JUNE 15, 2022

Despite the overall fall in VC funding in May (from $45 billion in April to $39 billion in May), 15 companies closed on fresh funding and joined Crunchbase’s list of emerging unicorns. Why emerging unicorns should be on your radar: Emerging unicorns are private, high-growth companies valued between $500 million and $1 billion.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Company Sales Qualified Lead 98

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2024

The art of door-to-door sales is timeless — even during the rise of modern sales strategies. There’s no two ways about it: D2D sales can be tricky. So, if you can master the art of door-to-door sales, the juice is worth the squeeze on the income front. Table of Contents What is door-to-door sales?

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Face-to-face Up-Sell Research Sales 103

Velocify

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Williams knew he would be competing against high-tech call centers run by big, high-volume companies like Geico and Progressive. Williams also knew that being the first to contact new insurance prospects was a critical success factor in beating the competition. William’s opened his agency in 2009 without any clients.

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Leads360 Insurance Insurance Lead Management 71

criteria for success

MARCH 2, 2022

There are many aspects to sales development. And all great sales managers know that when it comes to sales development, opportunities for growth are endless. When we talk to sales managers about sales development, we tend to get some similar questions: Where is the best place to start? Where to Start.

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Sales Management Insurance Insurance Pivotal 104

Canidium

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Fort Collins, CO, February 03, 2021 -- Canidium, a leading sales performance and process management consultancy, has officially been SOC 2 Type 1 certified. This certification demonstrates to Canidium’s customers and prospects that their data is safe and secure. In 2018 and 2019, we led with the most SAP Sales Cloud deployments.

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SAP Insurance Insurance Compensation 98

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I’ve been in the sales and sales management consulting business for 21 years. Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. I have come to this realization based on my last 4 sales.

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Hiring Insurance Insurance Margin 200

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

No need to go to the gutter right away, there is a lot to be said for words in sales before we have to go blue. As long as companies fill their sales people’s heads with more “Product Knowledge” than business skills, the challenge will persist. By Tibor Shanto. Silence Sucks.

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Vendor Discount Insurance Insurance 255

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Salespeople and entrepreneurs need sales. Pushy sales fail. Ethical companies solve issues. Product knowledge simplifies sales. Developing customers and prospects boost confidence. Software, real estate, insurance, and mortgage sales are competitive. Sales demand perseverance. AI may aid sales.

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Insurance Insurance Cold Calling 52

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 13, 2021

Sales is a profession of intense highs and thumping lows. One week you’re on top of the world because you closed a big sale; the next, you’re doing a post-mortem on the collapse of that important deal you thought you had cinched. For the most part, there’s not a lot you can do to even out these ups and downs.

Insurance 100

Insurance Insurance Face-to-face Research 100

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today, more than ever before, strategic partnerships, both formal and informal, are an important element of conducting business. The referrals and introductions which happy customers make for their sales reps. There are so many more examples. Whom do you recommend? Who recommends you?

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Insurance Insurance Trade Show Collateral 201

Sales Evangelist

JULY 26, 2020

How to Virtually Forge Deep Connections With Prospects The pandemic has changed the methods of prospecting. The managing partner told him that he didn’t have the right skill set for the job and it was suggested he go into sales, start his own company, and come back to the firm as a client. Steve did not.

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Prospecting How To Face-to-face Hotels 98