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The Best Way to Sell Is With a Story

Sales and Marketing Management

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling gives a prospect a compelling reason to hear you out. Early stage prospects often gravitate toward videos and short, educational demonstrations. Closing the deal.

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Creating a Cohesive Content Marketing Strategy

Allbound

Let’s face it, your partners know their prospects better than you. Once you’ve established who your partner is targeting, you should construct a plan for how to best reach them. Be prepared to dedicate some time to getting them up to speed so that they can provide knowledgeable answers to potential questions coming from prospects.

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8 Ways to Respond to the Objection "I Want to Think It Over"

Hubspot Sales

This approach typically leads to a cycle of delays, miscommunication, and potentially some evasion by the prospect. Use any of these five questions to identify your prospect’s reservations and propose a mutually beneficial agreement. Identify the three most likely obstacles and ask the prospect to choose one. Interesting.

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Sales Ethics – Becoming a Moral Millionaire

Shari Levitin

Manufacture customer testimonials or white papers? When selling condominiums pre-construction in Vail, Colorado, I made a sale to a young family from Texas. Here are some questions to get you started: Ask yourself, is it ok if I: Fabricate a price increase? Exaggerate product benefits just this once? Omit a product defect?

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Storytelling with Data: 3 Steps Every Rep Can Benefit from Immediately

Hubspot Sales

It’s not news to you, but before you construct your story, you must have a clear understanding of your customer’s challenges. At this stage, it’s important to rightsize the data to avoid overloading your prospect with information. So, when possible, lighten the intrinsic load on your prospects. Storytelling with Data.

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How to Build Value in Sales: Strategies for Success

LeadFuze

We will also explore how effectively communicating problem-solving abilities can guide prospects toward purchase decision-making. We’re like a tailor, but instead of sewing clothes, we sew together the perfect sales prospecting strategy. “Understand your prospect’s needs, identify pain points, and tailor solutions.

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“Content Free” Content

Partners in Excellence

We all know that content is critical in engaging prospect and customers. The email was well constructed, it served its purpose by motivating me to “click” for more information. I responded, filled out the form–figured I was already on their mailing list–and download the “white paper.”