Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

In a recent survey, we asked sales professionals: “Which aspect of the sales cycle induces the most anxiety?” ” The top response was unsurprising — cold outreach and prospecting ranked number one. However, engaging with as many prospects as possible is crucial to maximizing the impact of cold outreach.

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Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 62

Pipeliner

JANUARY 10, 2018

As with the film, such online sales efforts usually end up as nothing more than annoyances, simply because it’s almost impossible for their creators to address the specific problems or issues actually confronting prospects. Generic sales messages have been being hurled at us for years by marketing and sales gurus.

Influencer 56

Influencer Customer Advertising Advertising 56

Jeff Shore

JULY 26, 2018

By Jeff Shore At some point in your sales training you were probably shown a spreadsheet or marketing brochure that demonstrated your significant value advantage over your closest competitor. Your strongest competitor is actually a mental construct in your prospect’s mind. Amplify the Cost of Lost Time.

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Prospecting Construction Lead Rank Lead Scoring 59

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 2, 2021

That's why word-of-mouth and recommendations from prospects' networks are so valuable — and it serves companies to know how to tap into those. A successful P2P selling strategy can be a massive asset to any business looking to expand its reach and influence — often without a sizable financial commitment. Participate in online forums.

Social Media 97

Social Media Construction Consumer Incentives 97

Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In sales, preparation is the steps taken to understand prospects and clients at each stage of the sales process. From prospecting through account management, it’s being informed of their personnel, their processes, their strengths, and weaknesses. It’s a hallmark of “typical” salespeople and sales stereotypes.

Social Media 71

Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Referrals 71

Smooth Sale

MARCH 20, 2024

From construction yards to FinTech, advancements are required for health and safety, meeting customer expectations, and staying relevant. Here are some business facts concerning the use of AI in modern businesses: 80% of the best-performing companies use AI in sales and marketing. For example, 80% of B2B sales occur via remote systems.

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Hiring Retail Lead Rank System 106

Product Management University

JULY 18, 2023

Does your product positioning need to be different than your sales narratives? The short and simple answer is no, but it’s highly dependent on how your product positioning is constructed. No salesperson would ever use our product positioning dialogues when talking with prospects and customers.

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Positioning Construction Buyer Conversion 52

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. These pillars include organizational alignment, robust reporting, ongoing professional development, incentive compensation, and sales enablement.

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Incentives Incentive Scale Compensation 83

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Finding effective leadership in sales is every bit as difficult as it is vital. You need someone with the authority and experience to set and maintain an effective course for your sales efforts. The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance.

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Hiring Company Scale Hubspot 97

SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2013

B2B Sales Reps compete with their peers for sales support resources. Good Sales Reps consistently secure these resources and create their own virtual teams. This Social Selling skill works with your customers and prospects. You can cash in on Social Debt to build your virtual sales support team.

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B2B Incentives Incentive Commission 293

Apptivo

AUGUST 24, 2022

What is a challenger sales model? What are the pros and cons of challenger sales model? Steps to adopt challenger sales model. How to apply the challenger sales methodology into your business? The authors of “The challenger sale model” – Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson explain this through their model.

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Sales Methodology Face-to-face 98

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

While your marketing team does a great job maintaining your brand’s overall presence on social, implementing social media into your sales strategy can lead to impressive results. And when I say using social media to drive sales, I don’t mean sliding into people’s DM’s asking for the sale. Social Media and Sales.

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Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Media Strategy 124

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Importance of a Strong Sales Pitch for Local and Small Businesses In a competitive business environment, small and local businesses are constantly tasked not only with survival but also growth. A strategic and robust approach to sales is fundamental in meeting this challenge.

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Small Business Small Business Face-to-face Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

JULY 3, 2020

As with demographic data, there are various types of firmographic data that marketers and sales teams can leverage including: Industry : What industry does the company fit into? This information can determine how you approach a sale and what content you share with them. Are they a non-profit, a B2C company, another SaaS, etc?

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Data Account Based Marketing Demographics Campaigns 195

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Influence their buying decisions? Today we teach you how to construct an effective B2B buyer persona profile—keep reading. Constructing a sophisticated buyer persona is not something you can do in an hour or even a week. 36% of companies have created shorter sales cycles using personas. Identify influencers.

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Buyer Persona Buyer B2B Company 100

BuzzBoard

APRIL 6, 2024

Through deploying social networks as sales platforms, your clients can connect with their audience, comprehend their needs, and meet those needs, thereby crafting a personalized experience. This effective digital marketing strategy keeps your brand at the forefront, encouraging prospects to act, and further nurturing leads.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Lead Nurturing Lead Rank 52

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 26, 2018

Sales Promotion Ideas. Leverage Sales Promotions to Get Deals Moving Again. Sales promotions aren’t always necessary to close business. For sales leaders, promotions either make the customer’s decision easier or motivate the salesperson to work a little harder. So, are sales promotions necessary in 2018?

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Promotion Discount Negotiation Guidelines 116

Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the digital age, the quality of work can be influenced by the tools used. So, if you want your sales team to be more productive and win more deals, you must equip them with the right tech stack. A LinkedIn study shows that almost one in every four salespeople uses sales technology every day. What is a Sales Tech Stack?

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Tools Analytics CRM Real Estate 52

Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

Sales customer insights. Persona insights: Intelligence on the typical decision-makers, influencers and users of your proposition. Customer business challenges/opportunities: Issues that customers face or opportunities to improve the way they do things that can motivate prospects to engage. Persona insights and intelligence.

Conversion 107

Conversion Ideal Customer Profile Customer Face-to-face 107

Smooth Sale

MAY 20, 2023

Develop relationships with property management companies, construction firms, and facility managers to tap into this market. All Endeavors Succeed with Sales Do Your Communications Encourage Your Audience to Act? Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale! Celebrate Success!

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Marketing Government Real Estate Scale 78

Hubspot Sales

JULY 11, 2018

According to TOPO, prospects open less than 24% of sales emails. Salespeople today rely on email more and more in their prospecting efforts. And this makes learning how to write a sales email people want to respond to more important than ever. The Ideal Length of a Sales Email.

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Real Estate Constant Contact Study Construction 111

Alice Heiman

MARCH 12, 2020

As sales leaders make any necessary adjustments to their team’s daily routines with health and safety in mind, it’s also a good idea to consider how coronavirus will influence sales conversations with customers. Here are some tips for handling sales conversations in this kind of environment.

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Customer How To Objections Cancellation 150

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 13, 2018

Before review sites ruled the internet, the process for dealing with unhappy prospects or clients was pretty straightforward. If you contributed to a bad sales experience, the customer might call your boss, threaten to write a letter to HQ, or maybe even go to the Better Business Bureau. Make More Sales Using Online Review Sites.

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Ideal Customer Profile Closing Construction Social Media 94

Women Sales Pros

MARCH 15, 2019

Before any sale can be made, a relationship must be opened. And if multiple sales are to be made to the same customer, that relationship must be maintained and maximized through continually opening new opportunities and, sometimes, new relationships that will enhance the buyer/seller partnership.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Construction 129

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Informed buyer’s are entering the sales process with companies later than ever before. So when your prospect finally speaks with your company, who is the first point of contact? They should immediately pass it to the Sales Rep”. Prospects don’t want to engage with a Sales Rep before they are ready. Guess what?

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Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Training Leads 293

Vengreso

JULY 12, 2023

Chances are if you are in sales, social media is already a prominent part of your personal life. Incorporating social media into the workplace has brought many opportunities, but also many questions, like, “What is sales etiquette on social media? Additionally, it is highly recommended to keep track of your prospect on Twitter.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Social Selling Face-to-face 52

Emissary

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Leverage insights at these key touchpoints to improve messaging, drive marketing-influenced pipeline, and execute ABM strategy. With a well-constructed go-to-market strategy, you can pave the way for growth and success in today’s competitive landscape. Field Marketing Support. Emissary is a human intelligence network.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Account B2B Marketing 52

Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

The post Sales Strategy: What’s Most Effective? When you think about it, an effective sales strategy is all about making sure that your reps hit their quota, right? A Forrester Research study revealed that only 15 percent of sales calls add enough value, according to executives surveyed. A Great Message!

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Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 103

Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Sales is the engine that powers your company. But what’s powering your sales? By now it’s universally known that sales and sales team practices have undergone a tectonic shift in recent years. And, even more alarmingly, buyer needs and behaviors seem to be moving way ahead of the sales learning curve.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Scale Face-to-face 75

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Recently, I spoke to a VP of Sales. And there are ways to construct RFPs for even the most complex buying decisions. We influence what the customer thinks is important and how they express that in their RFP. We influence how the customer evaluates the responses to the RFP to make a decision. I Suck In Prospecting!

Construction 52

Construction Influencer Buyer Conference 52

Pointclear

AUGUST 20, 2015

I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. These include: Lead and demand generation: How are we attracting and engaging the target audience in building a consistent flow of prospective buyers? Step 2 – Data Gathering.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead Revenue 100

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

What sets sales leaders apart from everyday reps? In today’s hyper-connected world, the “lone-gunslinger” model of sales is no longer effective. It helps you understand complex prospect situations. Likewise, understand the administrative teams at your prospects' organizations often have a great deal of influence.

Ideal Customer Profile 107

Ideal Customer Profile Churn Face-to-face How To 107

Score More Sales

AUGUST 20, 2012

We have a very high respect for the Sales Force Effectiveness Blog over at Sales Benchmark Index. They regularly have great and highly valuable content, covering key topics and issues on the minds of sales leaders and C-level leaders around sales and leadership. Stop calling inside sales inside sales.

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Inside Sales Travel Outside Sales Territories 193

Pipeliner

APRIL 19, 2022

Did you know that 82% of customers agree for a meeting with sales representatives who actively connect with them? Sales representatives in your organization can significantly raise their conversation rates by becoming more consistent and meticulous in following it up with potential buyers. Yes, perseverance ends up paying off!

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Cold Calling How To Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 52

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2018

You’re in a sales demo, the company CEO just cycled in (17 minutes late), apologizes for being “slammed,” and immediately jumps into aggressive questioning. First, smile, take a deep breath, and thank the sales gods you read the HubSpot Sales Blog. Determine the standard questions your prospects ask, and anticipate the answers.

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Customer Buyer Persona Face-to-face Construction 95

LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2021

Worrying about how to handle sales rejection? For now, let’s first talk about what sales rejection is. . What is a Sales Rejection? No matter how thick your skin is, if you’re not prepared for the inevitability of sales rejection, then it will be hard to overcome. Sales professionals eat rejection every day!

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How To Top of Funnel Decision Maker Face-to-face 98

Smooth Sale

MARCH 15, 2023

During the first year of my sales career, I enjoyed the clientele so much that they subtly prompted me to negotiate by inquiring about the price of the products. A constructive yet friendly conversational negotiation embodies diversity and inclusion for all. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale!

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Lead Rank Negotiation Hiring Salary 78