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From Reshuffling to Retention, These Trends Will Define B2B Sales in 2022

Crunchbase

A recent McKinsey survey found that 80 percent of B2B decision-makers consider omnichannel selling—including a mix of remote and in-person meetings, digital self-service and conversations across email and social apps—just as effective as traditional sales channels, if not more effective. Multithreading becomes a core skill.

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Leveraging Referrals to Build Your Network and Grow Your Business

Janek Performance Group

What specific incentives do you offer, such as discounts or special offers? Perhaps they’re a targeted decision maker and a colleague of that client you just helped. Consider the following tips: Leverage applications Survey tools Track data in your CRM Seeking referrals can be time consuming. Help your customer help you.

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[Missed Connections]: Referral Selling Insights from February

No More Cold Calling

But that almost never happens, because CEOs and other senior decision-makers have a powerful weapon at their disposal—their trusty gatekeepers. B2C incentives work like magic. But in the B2B world, incenting people to provide referrals isn’t the no-brainer sales strategy that it is for consumer-facing companies.

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How to Influence the C-Suite

Janek Performance Group

That ignited my life-long interest in influence and how decision-makers view sales professionals. ” My take: CEOs and decision-makers are focused on specific outcomes for their company. Executives are inherently narrowly focused because they have both a responsibility and financial incentive.

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The Top 8 Challenges of Prospecting and How to Conquer Them

Crunchbase

When researching potential prospects, it’s essential to have accurate and up-to-date contact information — but it can be incredibly time-consuming to collect these details if you do it manually. Create a sense of urgency: Highlight limited-time offers, exclusive incentives or limited availability.

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14 Sales Voicemail Tips to Increase Your Closing Rate

LeadFuze

Sure, we are largely a society of text messages and email consumers, but voicemail still remains a very valuable sales tool… You just have to take a strategic approach or some sales voicemail tips. Never forget that key decision-makers are busy. 3 Offer a clear value incentive. Don’t hang up. What’s in it for me?”.

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A Salesperson's Wishes from Marketing

Pointclear

When we look at a new CRM system (I refuse to use the one we have because it is so time consuming), can you have some of the users look at it first, and can we have some say in how it is set up, etc.? This doesn’t have to do with marketing, but why does management cap my incentive system? What gives? I need more leads; good leads.”.

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