Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

It left me wondering whether that sentiment rings true now that inside and outside sales reps are spending more time connecting with prospects and customers remotely versus face-to-face. But that doesn’t mean remote meetings are only relevant to them. There are numerous opinions about how to succeed in remote meetings.

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Meeting Sales Meeting Face-to-face Margin 250

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In my experience, at least half the people you ask for referrals will introduce you to your ideal prospect. Referred prospects convert to clients a minimum 50 percent of the time (most salespeople tell me it’s closer to 70 percent). 10 people introduce you to your ideal prospect. No more than 20. 5 are a perfect fit.

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Referrals Scale Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead 194

Sales 2.0

MARCH 2, 2020

Perception in our prospect’s mind is what sales and marketing is all about. When we call or email a prospect totally cold our social capital is close to zero. The prospect has never heard of us. But that’s not the only criteria the prospect uses to evaluate your call. Prospect has Capital at Stake. Do I know You?

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Prospecting Cold Calling Referrals Conference 195

Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Conference season is here, and I'm excited about traveling to different cities and meeting others who are committed, as I am, about succeeding in sales. As anyone who attends industry conferences on a regular basis knows, they can get expensive — and sometimes the price doesn't feel all that worth it. Schedule 1:1s in advance.

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Conference Hotels Follow-up How To 92

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Sales leaders and trainers (and their marketing counterparts) spent 2020 trying to figure out how to translate in-person conferences into compelling, engaging virtual events. And because COVID-19 still hasn’t gone away, sales conferences are still taking on a virtual format. 9 sales conferences and events to attend in 2021.

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Conference Sales Enablement Networking B2B 105

eGrabber

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the world of sales and marketing, prospecting lists are the backbone of any successful campaign. But what exactly is a prospecting list, and how can you build one that yields the best results? What is a Prospecting List? 50+ Ways to Build Prospecting Lists in no Time! Save these individuals to your prospecting list.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Trade Show How To 59

Allego

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Attending conferences is one great way to keep your skills sharp and share intel with peers and industry influencers. At Allego, getting to meet prospects and customers face-to-face at events is one of the highlights of our year. To help you find the best events, we’ve pulled together a list of our top 2020 sales conferences.

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Conference Face-to-face Sales Enablement Networking 100

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 24, 2022

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Note: Our guest Blog asks and offers insights regarding, ‘Do You Know the More Valuable Part of Most Conferences?’ The More Valuable Part of Most Conferences. The more valuable part of most conferences does not provide advertising in any of the materials. ’ Michael Whitehouse.

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Conference Hiring Hotels Networking 78

The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A virtual sales meeting via Zoom or Microsoft Teams are now commonplace in sales engagement with customers. As a salesperson, you probably will have plenty of virtual meetings with prospects on your calendar for demos, presentations, and introductions. virtual sales meeting.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Face-to-face Conference 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 23, 2020

In a good year, most of the best sales conferences are physical events where you can attend sessions, rub elbows with thought leaders, and make new connections. With a pandemic on our hands, most sales conferences scheduled for the early part of 2020 have either been rescheduled or, if you’re lucky, made virtual. But this year….

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Conference Webinar Metrics Travel Industry 78

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In Sales, there are many areas where sales reps truly have control over the impact they make on a prospect to maximize their chances of winning the deal. One of these facets is being ultra prepared for customer meetings. . The Importance of the Meeting. The meeting is your chance for a live “at bat” with the customer.

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Meeting Ideal Customer Profile Customer Conference 109

BuzzBoard

JANUARY 31, 2024

For salespeople focused on selling digital marketing products and services to small, local, and mid-sized businesses, building an effective SMB prospecting list is of central importance. Knowing these terms sets the foundation for successful prospecting. Key Steps to Build an SMB Prospecting List 1.

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Social Media How To 52

Costello

APRIL 1, 2019

And the idea for a conference just started organically from here. These meetups grew to the point that having a dedicated conference just made sense. Now in its third year, the Sales Development Conference is filling a gap in the market for content and resources dedicated to this unique space.

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Conference Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Networking 97

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. When sales reps receive referral introductions, they: Score meetings with decision-makers, while the competition is still figuring out how to get in. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. Prioritize referrals.

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Guarantee Referrals Prospecting Lead Generation 233

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Professional conferences are not only an opportunity to meet industry leaders -- and maybe do a little prospecting -- they’re also a way to break yourself out of your usual routine and pick up new skills. After all, as valuable as conferences can be, they’re still time away from the office. The Best Sales Conferences.

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Conference Scale Inbound Hiring 111

MTD Sales Training

MARCH 23, 2016

You’re on the way to the sales meeting with a prospect or client and you’re stuck in a jam. For sales questions at all stages of the sales meeting process – click here to download ‘450 Sales Questions’ You finally arrive, hot, bothered and flustered. You apologise again and then the meeting takes half an hour.

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Face-to-face Meeting Skype Travel 120

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Author: Mike Schultz, President, RAIN Group Breaking through and setting sales meetings with C-suite buyers is tough. Yet, many sellers are successful in breaking through and setting initial sales meetings with the C-suite. Review a presentation they gave at a recent industry conference. Read a white paper they wrote.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Gatekeeper ROI 185

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Field reps have one major advantage over inside reps: their ability to establish relationships with prospects. It’s far easier to build rapport and trust when you’re sitting across the table from your prospects rather than talking to them through a computer screen. But face-to-face meetings come with their own challenges.

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Meeting Face-to-face Sales Meeting Conference 93

Bigtincan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If you ask anyone, post-pandemic, what the best online meeting software is, many will quickly reply, “Zoom!” The choice is often Zoom vs Microsoft Teams for internal meetings. But Zoom is not the only online meeting software around. But is Zoom the best video conferencing software for sales ? . Zoom overview.

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Microsoft Software Software Meeting 98

Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2020

Here are some approaches you can try to land that all-so-important initial meeting at an enterprise account. He is cartoonist and sends cartoons to his prospects but our mutual friend Dan Waldschmidt sends swords! Combining a few ways is most likely what it will take to succeed. Take a look at Stu Heinecke’s books on this.

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Enterprise Enterprise Social Media Referrals 416

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 26, 2017

A colleague of mine in Europe complained to me that his prospect in Paris had arranged a meeting with all the decision-makers he needed to meet. But the prospect had only given him four days’ notice. Nothing beats face-to-face meetings. How In-Person Meetings Strengthens Sales Teams.

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Face-to-face Prospecting Decision Maker Conference 120

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Navigating the world of virtual selling may seem simple, but being a great virtual salesperson takes more than simply shifting every meeting to a video conference. Successful virtual selling is dependent upon using modern technology to nurture prospects, share information, conduct demos and host meetings.

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Face-to-face Conference Ideal Customer Profile Hotels 156

Showpad

JUNE 4, 2019

Professional growth is vital to a salesperson’s success, and sales and sales enablement conferences are one of the best ways to get a new perspective and learn best practices. They provide sales reps with a change of scenery to reset, expand their knowledge, and meet industry experts from across the globe. Chicago, IL | November 4-6.

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Conference Sales Enablement Networking Outbound 67

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here†s how to do a video meeting the right way. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Video meetings are one of the best ways to simulate a face-to-face experience. Sometimes, video meetings should be focused and straight to the point. Before a conference call, make sure your equipment is all ready to go.

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Video Meeting Face-to-face Conference 52

Gong.io

MAY 27, 2020

Should you ask for a specific time to meet? That includes everything captured by Gong’s software during web conference meetings, phone calls, and emails. We wanted to see what elicited a positive outcome , meaning a meeting booked in the next 10 days. Example: Are you available to meet on Tuesday at 4pm? (2)

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Meeting Decision Maker Buyer Resources 112

HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

  For many companies the only time during the entire year when the worldwide sales team gets together is the annual sales kickoff meeting. Obviously, everyone wants this meeting to be a success. You should keep this in mind when you are deciding on holding a three, four, or five day sales meeting.   Wrong Length.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Hotels Conference 126

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I miss in-person meetings, lunches, and conferences. Without it, your prospects figure you’re not interested, and they tune out. Early on in the pandemic, there was a learning curve as we all adjusted to virtual sales meetings. Worse, some applications don’t allow a green screen. A total pain, if you ask me.

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Video Cold Calling Exercises Conference 289

No More Cold Calling

MAY 5, 2016

That’s the number of people I’m meeting for the first time at the Sales Innovation Expo in London this month. So, why do they want to meet me? I will meet with 21 of them … and the number is growing. We’re meeting outside of the conference—for coffee, breakfast, drinks. Yes, a conversation.

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Social Selling Meeting Social Media Referrals 120

Hubspot Sales

MAY 7, 2019

Case in point: my friends and I attempted to make plans to meet up for dinner. This resulted in a long, confusing thread of messages that spanned multiple hours as meeting times were suggested and rejected. Eventually, we settled on a date and time, but the process of finding the best time to meet was inefficient and frustrating.

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Meeting Tools Google Hubspot 102

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 18, 2018

Sales conferences hold a very special place in my heart. Sure, there are plenty of great resources on the internet but nothing beats getting face time with prospects, peers and colleagues about their latest success and failures when it comes to working in this field we call sales. Top 10 Sales Conferences To Attend in 2018.

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Conference Inbound SalesForce Lead Gen 86

Mindtickle

MAY 2, 2019

It’s looking like Sales Enablement will continue to be a hot topic at this year’s ATD International Conference & EXPO (ICE) later this month. We are all looking forward to meeting with training and enablement professionals from around the world. Click Here to Learn More About Dimple’s Session at ATD Conference 2019.

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Conference Data Face-to-face Customer 75

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In their journey, prospective buyers want to know they can trust the company as much as they can trust the individuals they’re dealing with. That means the trust-building starts from the outset, when they first encounter you at a conference, visit your website, or read one of your emails. You can even benefit your entire industry.

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Social Media Top of Funnel Face-to-face Conference 227

Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2019

It’s tempting for salespeople to grossly overestimate how many prospects they meet at a conference will close. Unfortunately, MOST prospects you meet at conferences are not as interested as they appear. The post How to Effectively Follow-up After a Conference appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 8, 2024

Have you ever been to a conference and been dazzled at the fact that someone could do public speaking in front of all those strangers? Management will need to conduct meetings with an impactful message that members understand and are ready to take appropriate action after the fact. It’s incredible for newbies to witness.

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Face-to-face Conference Networking Hiring 96

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings. Do you dread the weekly sales team meeting? Here are the six elements that, combined, make for a powerful regular sales team meeting.

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Sales Meeting Pipeline Meeting Hiring 251

Showpad

JANUARY 3, 2019

Professional growth is vital to a salesperson’s success, and sales and sales enablement conferences are one of the best ways to get a new perspective and learn best practices. They provide sales reps with a change of scenery to reset, expand their knowledge, and meet industry experts from across the globe. Conference.

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Conference Sales Enablement Networking Outbound 67

Showpad

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Professional growth is vital to a salesperson’s success, and Sales and Sales enablement conferences are one of the best ways to get a new perspective and learn best practices. As we get ready for 2020, we’ve updated our list of recommendations for Sales enablement conferences and events to attend once again. Conference.

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