Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Competition in all industries is fierce and getting tougher. Even if you have a great product, you can still struggle in sales unless you differentiate yourself from your competition. In this article, we will explore how you can differentiate yourself from your competition when selling to achieve superior outcomes.

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Competition How To Follow-up Up-Sell 118

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Broad economic and societal shifts — amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and continued technological disruption — are resulting in longer sales cycles, more discerning buyers, intensifying competition, and lingering uncertainty. As a result of this shift, efficient, cost-effective prospecting has become vital.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

While there are specific shared characteristics between all B2B sales, the industries they take place in require different levels of understanding and preparation on behalf of the salesperson. Industrial Sales are a type of B2B sale marked by characteristics that aren’t always significant in traditional B2B deals. Fewer Customers.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To meet the emerging demand, consider getting into the cleaning services biz, a ~$400B industry that’s projected to reach $633B by 2030. And the cleaning industry definitely fits the bill. A cleaning business addresses these concerns, especially if your area lacks competition. The baby wipes industry is forecast to reach ~$6.7B

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales. Now, we’ll go further and explore strategies and best practices for improving prospect qualification.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Many Sales VPs are innately aware of the competition. They even track their peers’ marketing and competitive messaging. Whether your industry is mature or rapidly evolving, you must remember: Change with your customers, not your competition. These LDRs were well trained and capable of qualifying true prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But you don’t want to expand into new industries while increasing costs, losing time, and ultimately, costing your business sales. In this post, we’ll further explore the concept of using AI to sell into new industries and review five ways your sales team can leverage it. 5 Ways Your Team Can Use AI to Sell Into New Industries 1.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Photo by Aitoff via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Use SEO Strategy to Stand Out from Your Competition? All businesses, large and small, and those with ambitious career goals realize the need to stand out among the competition. SEO is an essential strategy assisting the effort.

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Competition Real Estate Lead Rank Lead Scoring 78

Pipeliner

JUNE 1, 2023

The world of sales is constantly changing, and it’s important for sales professionals to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights in order to remain competitive. In this article, we’ll explore some of the top industry reports, emerging technologies, and trends that sales professionals should be aware of.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 15, 2012

Do you want a sure-fire way to set yourself apart from the competition while prospecting? Here’s how: Find an on-line news link that your prospect or person with whom you want to network would find of value — and you send them the link. If you like this idea, then I suggest you grab my Sales Prospecting Program.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Strategies to Differentiate Your Digital Marketing Agency for Small Businesses In today’s ultra-competitive market, employing advanced strategies like artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t merely an option for your small business digital marketing agency; it’s a necessity.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

When applied to sales, generative AI becomes a powerful tool for personalization, enabling salespeople to create highly tailored and relevant content for their outreach and engagement with prospects. Sellers can access relevant data on industry trends, customer pain points, and competitor offerings instantly!

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Pipeliner

APRIL 18, 2021

Post-COVID, there’s been tremendous emphasis on the many changes that clients and prospects have gone through. But just as new growth blossoms from a burned forest, fresh competition now blooms, challenging you and fighting hard to beat you. What competitive analysis tools and processes are available to help? Or do they?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience. Selling in today’s economy is tough enough.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 25, 2012

Every sales person knows that to set yourself apart from your competition is a vital component of your sales process. Here are three powerful ways to help you eliminate your competition so they could ultimately respond with “You had me at hello! Educate the prospect during that first contact. Help them. #3.

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Allego

JULY 26, 2022

Now, sellers need up-to-the-minute, continual learning in the flow of work about your customers, market, and industry. It allows you to provide organizational knowledge, learning, coaching, and content to the field to gain—and keep—a competitive advantage in a buyer’s world. And LMS software simply can’t provide that.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 17, 2011

One of the biggest and deadliest mistakes sales people make during a sales interaction is to let the prospect downgrade the competition. In fact, most sales people love it when this happens and usually join in with the prospect in bashing competitive companies. Sales Person: “I understand, Mr Prospect.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 17, 2023

AI is having a big impact on B2B sales by empowering salespeople to focus on what they do best: building meaningful relationships with their prospects. xiQ reinvigorates b2b sales and marketing by doubling down on industry-leading personality and behavioral science to provide broader, deeper, and more actionable insights.

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Competition B2B SAP Ideal Customer Profile 69

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In the past, strong relationships were the main way to get in front of a prospect and close a deal. Now, data, media, and technology allow us to get in front of prospects and convince them that a complete stranger has a better solution than their incumbent partner. What is Competitive Intelligence? pulled on Chorus.ai.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 29, 2019

We don’t often speak to the fact that selling is a form of competition. We give to little attention to the need to more competitive in sales now, with most people merely going through the motions, doing their job, hoping to win. This is how to be more competitive in sales now. Competition to Displace.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Competitive analysis typically comes in one of two flavors. First, there’s the competitive outlook used in business planning to prove the viability of an initiative. And even if you had the time, energy and resources for such deep competitive dives, much of what you discovered would simply be unneeded documentation.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2022

Staying ahead of personnel moves is a critical competitive advantage in every industry and economic sector, with 44% of workers in a recent survey saying they plan to look for a new employer in the next year. How Can Tracker Help Me? Who is Tracker For? Change happens.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

What sets you apart from the competition? Which features are more likely to convince a prospect to buy? In short, sales battle cards are comprehensive but concise pieces of essential information that your reps can refer to when talking with prospects. Today, your prospects are fully armed with information.

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Competition Comparison Sales Enablement Case Study 95

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Who is your competition? Something more introspective, with some salespeople saying the answer is that they are their own worst enemy…that they are the competition…kind of a “I have met the enemy and it is me” kind of deal. I have always had high regard for how Tom Connellan defines competition.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding the Process of Prospecting for SMB Leads The process of prospecting for SMB leads can be a complex task, particularly for salespeople at digital marketing agencies who specialize in selling to small businesses. Prospecting commences with pinpointing the type of small business you envision as your prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 29, 2019

Should you charge the going rate for your industry? It's worth considering competition-based pricing. Competition-Based Pricing. With competition-based pricing, competitors' prices are used as a benchmark. It's also known as a competitor-based pricing or a competitive pricing strategy. Prices are dynamic.

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Women Sales Pros

JULY 13, 2018

In other words, how does your customer or prospect view your competitor’s strengths and weaknesses? Then use the competitive strategy checklist to make sure you’ve covered all your bases. Competitive Strategy Checklist. Focus most of your time on your customer’s problems and opportunities (versus focusing on your competition).

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Competition Decision Maker Analysis Guarantee 105

John Barrows

MAY 9, 2018

In my sales trainings I always ask reps what they think their #1 competitive differentiator is. If your team is your differentiator, do you think your competition is saying their team is terrible but their product is awesome? What do you think my #1 competitive differentiator is? Of course they do. Think about it. Yeah right.

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Competition Ideal Customer Profile Case Study Marketo 78

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Know The Prospective Buyer. While every person is different, you will find that most prospective customers fit into certain categories. Different Prospective Buyer Types. This is the prospect that interrupts you, is often rude or disrespectful, tries to antagonise you and seems to be someone who eats sales people for lunch.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In real estate, you have to understand that prospects aren't going to appear out of thin air. This is a concept known as real estate prospecting. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging.

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Real Estate Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Social Media 82

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Prospect research is a challenge that's every bit as frustrating as it is essential — so to help you out, we've put together a list of 18 of the best places to research buyers before sales conversations. If you decide to leverage LinkedIn to guide or support your prospect research efforts, there are some key steps you should follow.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

How To Build A Competitive Edge To Win MORE Deals! Many reps think that the presence of a competitor will make it easier to get their prospects to buy something. However, many still commit competitive cardinal sins in sales by just listing off differences without building an advantage. Who have more than 10 employees.

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eGrabber

JULY 17, 2023

LI industry search can give 25%+ missing or wrong leads if 2 searches are not done. LI assigns 2 industries to every person (Lead & Acct) – users are not aware. Read on to learn more about one of those LinkedIn prospecting tips and tricks that you too can take advantage of. A: Both would be right.

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Prospecting Health Care Ideal Customer Profile How To 52

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

JANUARY 7, 2020

During my bank tenure, I discovered that if I took the time to learn about my clients’ businesses and industries, I could ask them better questions, have more meaningful conversations, make better recommendations, and greatly improve upon my chances of winning them as a client. To keep your best clients, you have to bring your A game.

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Ideal Customer Profile Industry Banking Webinar Metrics 73

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Find prospects that match your ICP with Crunchbase Pro – try it free. It’s no secret that the sales industry is competitive. Knowing what each generation values can also help determine how they view competition. According to a recent study, baby boomers are highly competitive in teams and individual competitions.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It can be extremely frustrating when the customer wants to hold you accountable for something that your competition did or did not do. In, “What to Do When the Prospect Blames You for Your Competitors’ Failures,” I mentioned that when this happens, there are two possibilities: #1 – The situation is one that is common in the industry. #2

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Sales is one of the most fluid of industries, mainly because of the massive amount of changes that it has been involved in over the years. The only consistent factor that has existed has been change. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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