No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

End the year with a bang using the only prospecting strategy that converts prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. Why Social Sellers Need to Focus on Relationships, Not Networks Social selling isn’t a new concept.

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Referrals Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Networking 285

The Pipeline

MAY 1, 2014

world, or as many around sales like to call it social selling, is to leverage a number of tools to improve and accelerate the quality of interactions, especially at the early part of the sales cycle. Twitter is great gleaning and mining all kinds of executable information and insight about prospects, issues, and more.

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Constant Contact Lead Gen Twitter Face-to-face 306

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 14, 2020

I don't know if you've ever thought about this before, but sales and professional wrestling don't have very much in common. Sales and professional wrestling can both be cutthroat. As you can assume, sales gimmicks are quite a bit different. Lowering prices in some way, shape, or form is the basis for a variety of sales gimmicks.

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Social Media Discount Promotion Social Selling 97

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.

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Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Media Strategy 124

Pipeliner

AUGUST 14, 2022

In this Expert Insight Interview, Gen Furukawa discusses how to better understand prospect/customer problems and provide a solution that meets their needs. This Expert Insight Interview discusses: What it takes to understand your customers and prospects. How to get prospects to share information willingly. Asking Questions.

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Positioning Video Customer Scale 52

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

How to build a repeatable sales process that educates prospects? In this Expert Insight Interview, Sky Stephens talks about the importance of the sales process and building trust. Sky Stephens is a Co-Founder of the Association of Professional Builders, which provides services to improve the construction industry.

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Sales Process Video Decision Maker Education 52

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 post describes how to build a virtual team by using Social Debt. Social Debt Economics. This Social Selling skill works with your customers and prospects.

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Vengreso

JULY 5, 2023

As the world of sales continues to evolve, Digital Sales Referrals have emerged as a powerful tool for driving business growth. In this comprehensive guide, you will gain insights into the transition from traditional to modern selling techniques and understand the impact COVID-19 has had on sales strategies.

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Referrals Maximizer Ideal Customer Profile Social Media 89

Pipeliner

APRIL 29, 2020

Molloy explains her method in this expert sales interview, hosted by John Golden. This expert sales interview explores: C: Clean out the clutter. When it comes to craving your sales goals, there is nothing more detrimental than the emotional clutter of dead-end sales leads. R: Raise your energy. A: Affirm success.

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Energy Construction Social Selling Study 85

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 15, 2020

Imagine you’re a prospect, and you stumble across my profile. The most successful reps know that sales isn’t about them — it’s about the prospect. Here's the template: [One- to two-sentence description of common prospect problem.]. To grab your prospect’s attention — and more importantly, keep it — tell a story.

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LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Pharmaceuticals Retail 118

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 14, 2018

What does this mean for future generations in the sales industry and workforce for that matter because most parents I know do the same things? Some will argue that if you have members of your sales team who are hesitant to pick up the phone, to get rid of them. Please note that I believe in having a well-balanced prospecting strategy.

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Cold Calling Real Estate Trade Show Referrals 63

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I’m beginning to think far too many sales and marketing people think customers are stupid. The author proudly declared victory for social selling with the statement: “ LinkedIn empirically proves that 51% + of revenue is now influenced by social across some key industries.” What else could it be?

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Customer Social Selling Analysis Face-to-face 48

Gong.io

AUGUST 8, 2022

But when done right, social media can still be a great tool in your sales arsenal. It can be a tremendous relationship-building platform that lets your business focus less on old-school prospecting practices like cold calling. . Enter social selling. But what does the social selling process look like?

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Social Selling Social Media Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 62

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Cold Calling is the top sales skill you should be developing to gain a competitive edge, not just for prospecting and landing meetings with C-Level decision makers , but at every stage of the funnel. Social Selling is an epidemic. But it’s not social to hide behind your computer. Let me rest my case: 1.

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Cold Calling Top of Funnel Face-to-face Funnel 77

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Having a strong sales team starts with having an effective sales hiring strategy. With the average salesperson turnover rate at 27% , making good hires is critical to the success of any sales organization. The key to hiring good sales reps is to know how to find the right candidates. Include your current sales team.

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Hiring Salary Social Media Ideal Customer Profile 56

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Many B2B manufacturers still deploy a “catalog approach” to sales, with inside reps relying on frequent touches with prospects and customers to close deals. Even in the pandemic, many B2B companies tried to adapt that approach to the new world order by simply shifting in-person sales presentations to video calls.

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Marketing B2C Account Based Marketing B2B 120

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. It is dangerous to implement basic social selling techniques. I wanted to take a moment to express a word of caution in applying a cure-all or over-simplified approach to strategic selling within social mediums. The folly of Sales 2.0

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Social Selling Call-back Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile 66

The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Sales training topics that actually get results can be challenging to nail down. There is the hard sales skills V soft sales skills debate not to mention social selling, customer profiling, outreach tactics and all the steps in the sales process. The rise of relevance in sales.

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Training Ideal Customer Profile Exercises Scale 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to author Carson Heady , whose “Birth of a Salesman” series translates real-life sales issues into a popular fictionalized series of sales books. If you missed episode 42, check it out here: PODCAST 42: How Sales Managers Should Build Their Career Path w/ Jamie Scarborough.

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Microsoft Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 69

Pipeliner

MAY 18, 2018

Watch this sales expert interview, hosted by John Golden , to hear how this metaphor applies to sales. In this sales expert interview, get professional sales tips on: How to be mentally present as a salesperson. Changing habits to improve sales. How to keep your clients mentally present. Reacting to rejections.

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Construction Objections Social Selling Up-Sell 40

Artesian Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The Consumerisation of B2B: Analysing the impact of the ‘Amazon Effect’ on B2B Sales. Whilst in days gone by the B2B purchasing process was limited to in-person sales interactions, today more and more business buyers are growing to expect consumer-like experiences. Buyers are demanding more agile and responsive B2B sales practices.

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B2B B2C Segment Lead Rank 45

Sales 2.0

MAY 26, 2014

Sales people have had automation for a long time but the traditional form of automation aligned with the traditional view of the sales job. But now email has become an incredibly popular sales tool (maybe too popular but that’s a discussion for a different post.) Prospecting by email is the norm these days.

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LeadFuze

JULY 19, 2023

How to improve sales skills is a critical question that resonates with many professionals across various industries. From startups and marketers to recruiters and small business owners, the ability to sell effectively can significantly impact your professional life. How can a beginner improve sales?

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How To Construction Sales Cycle Social Selling 52

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. We’re going to help you also understand the B2B sales processes, strategies, and more.

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 134

Hyper-Connected Selling

MARCH 3, 2016

Dan Pink does a great job of unpacking the negative stereotypes that have been built around the idea of “sales”, and why they might not be that relevant anymore. At the same time he points out something that I started realizing when I started as a salesperson as a 20-year-old kid: We’re all in sales. Big Thought.

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Influencer Guidelines Construction Up-Sell 45

Circleback

JANUARY 30, 2018

labor force, a sales strategy involving them is mandatory. Millennials Will Be the New Face of Sales. It is important to harness the dynamic and unique energy of millennials into your sales strategy. ABX involves orchestration across Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Customer Success, and the C-Suite.

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Trends Account Based Marketing Social Media Face-to-face 20

KO Advantage Group

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The last two years have seen the sales landscape transform with more virtual and digital interactions. We created a top-five list of the biggest trends we will see in B2B sales along with how you can leverage these trends starting today. Social Selling. Will that continue? Will we revert back?

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Trade Show B2B Hiring Social Media 62

KO Advantage Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Don’t worry, we’re going to explore how to find your ideal prospects - and connect with them virtually - in a traditional industry. Construction. This clearly shows the direction we’re headed and should ignite salespeople who have yet to embrace virtual selling. Virtual Sales and LinkedIn are growing. Oil & gas.

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Industry Trade Show Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 62

Artesian Solutions

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Sometimes you need to go beyond even sales, and seek inspiration from teams such as product. Having conversations with the sales team, account managers and even the customers will be far more effective in understanding who you’re targeting with each piece of ABM collateral. Gina’s tips for ABM storytelling. Don’t do ABM in isolation.

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Account Based Marketing Scale Automotive Segment 40

Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Cold calling is one of the most critical parts of your sales process. When done right, it can reduce your sales cycle length, help you identify more opportunities, and efficiently grow revenue. Cold calling is contacting any prospect by phone who currently isn’t “raising their hand” at the moment. Watch the Video.

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Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Today, October 11, 2019, marks three years since I published my first book, The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need. Because readers kept sending me notes asking me to write a book, I drafted a book with the working title 21 Elements: The Periodic Table of Sales Success. I asked, “Have you ever sold or led a sales force?”

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Hiring Workbooks Construction Follow-up 96

Zendesk Sell

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In construction, it’s impossible to erect a building if you don’t have one critical document — a blueprint. Like a blueprint is essential for constructing buildings, you need a strategy as a manager to build a successful sales department — a step-by-step plan to help you and your team drive company revenue.

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Strategy Buyer Persona Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile 61

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Cience

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Email wins over social because it can deliver a personalized message, which helps increase customer engagement and therefore bring you a larger profit. If you’ve ever been a receiver of a poorly-constructed and low-personalized cold email, then you have witnessed a sender lose an opportunity to work with you. Here is an answer for you.

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Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile B2B Top of Funnel 79

Tony Hughes

MARCH 7, 2018

What do complex sales and the radioactive decay rate of atoms have in common? I wanted to share some of my unique thoughts about this concept as it relates to the natural world and how I see the ramifications of decay rates and how they're impacting enterprise deals and influencing sales cycle stagnation, or acceleration.

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Lead Rank Enterprise Enterprise Scale 66

Showpad

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Strategy is essential to success in B2B Sales. Having a defined roadmap for reaching goals will ensure your company’s Marketing and Sales efforts are targeted, measured, and highly effective. . Yet the B2B Sales landscape is always changing. Here are five strategies you can use to drive B2B Sales: 1. Social Selling.

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