Smooth Sale

JULY 17, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: The stereotype decision-maker can make our lives difficult and put us out of favor. What most vendors overlook is widening their perspective of who can influence decisions to their favor. Below are four brief snippets of corporate influence experiences.

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Increase Sales

MAY 27, 2016

Funny thing about selling, simplicity works especially when you make your SMB sales conversations memorable. This past week I had a luncheon meeting with a potential sales lead or center of influence as I was not sure. Now some would be disappointed at such a turn of events believing the man was the decision maker.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Consider the fact that portfolio marketing just might be your ticket to strategic product marketing in its purest form, making everything a lot easier with better results. What is Portfolio Marketing? Your marketing messages and sales narratives always lead with the strategic customer value of the portfolio. Here’s why.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Are you speaking to decision makers or gatekeepers or influencers? For example, how many calls your sellers make each day is important, but won’t tell you how many of those dials led to decision-maker conversations. Do you know what to do when you encounter them?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Unlock contact data for decision-makers and personalize your outreach with Crunchbase’s intelligent email templates. According to our research, executives are four times more likely to want to have conversations about the challenges of running their businesses than about sellers’ products and services. Search less.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Sellers need these insights in order to be agile in conversation and adjust their talking points as needed to address the motivations of different executives. Think of it as a seamless hand-off between a person in the seller’s network and a decision maker at a company. Customer-Centric Sales. Business acumen brings credibility.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Product marketing roadmaps aren’t a staple in most B2B organizations, but there are a host of reasons they should be. The biggest reason metaphorically speaking, is they willingly “fence the salesforce” into your most lucrative markets and give them a shorter path to meeting sales quotas and revenue goals. The short answer is no.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Email marketers across the globe have been encompassing different strategies for generating leads, branding, and driving sales conversions. After all, getting customers to make a buying decision isn’t an easy walk in the park, especially when it comes to B2B email marketing. Here’s where email marketing steps.

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Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The post The Deciding Journey: Four Value Conversations You Need to Master by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. When you think about the customer journey, you might recall the stages in a typical buying journey model, like Awareness, Consideration, and Decision. Nothing about their motivations. So, what happens?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. And, you can only achieve that level of consistency by maintaining a shared understanding of what’s in the minds of the decision-makers you’re targeting. Enter, the Customer Insight Report.

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SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, marketers preferred personalized email marketing to satisfy prospects’ needs in email marketing. If you are new to B2B personalized email marketing, then this blog will help you understand the concept of email personalization so that you can reach out to your prospects with a sales cadence.

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SendBuzz

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, marketers preferred personalized email marketing to satisfy prospects’ needs in email marketing. If you are new to B2B personalized email marketing, then this blog will help you understand the concept of email personalization so that you can reach out to your prospects with a sales cadence.

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Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

A “BASHO email” is a fancy-pants name for a very personalized B2B email, usually addressed to a decision-maker at a high-value account. Hyper-personalized cold emails are the main tenant of account-based sales approach (related to account-based marketing, or ABM ). When your prospect is a decision-maker.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. And, you can only achieve that level of consistency by maintaining a shared understanding of what’s in the minds of the decision-makers you’re targeting. Enter, the Customer Insight Report. The marketplace.

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Zoominfo

JULY 18, 2018

Landing an in-person appointment with a key decision-maker provides salespeople with the opportunity to respond directly to a prospect’s needs and pain points. The buying committee involves many more influencers and decision-makers. The buying committee involves many more influencers and decision-makers.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. Enterprise sales, also known as complex sales, refer to the selling strategy used by large organizations involving long sales cycles, multiple decision-makers, and higher levels of risk. Top-down approach.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 3, 2019

For years we have been telling people to do two things, find the decision-maker(s), and part of doing that requires having an org chart. Not All Decision Makers Are Equal. The disconnect is in believing that all decisions are made at the highest levels of the buying organization.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 16, 2017

Here’s how to start a conversation (and book a meeting) with almost any prospect in your database or CRM using the “Foot-in-the-Door” email. Marketing VPs. Industry influencers. So the “foot-in-the-door” email is a conversation starter. HR directors. Your favorite podcast host. Here’s the cold email copy we used.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 27, 2013

The competition is clamoring for your customers and your piece of the market. You can then build messaging that resonates with decision makers inside your target accounts. Decision Makers - Once you know your target audience, know the market problems of your buyers. Have you checked your marketing strategy?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 26, 2017

Author: Nick Bhavsar, Senior Vice President Marketing, Get Smart Content We’ve all been there: It’s the end of the quarter and you find yourself staring at the numbers, wondering how you’re going to make up the revenue gap in such a short amount of time. But, modern marketing has created ways for marketing to help in the short term as well.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

This on-demand LinkedIn training for sales professionals program teaches you how to leverage the site to create more sales conversations and build your book of business. If you have any questions or doubts about using your LinkedIn profile as part of your marketing strategy – we’re here to help! M_3Jr Click To Tweet.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2023

Developing a content strategy for product marketing requires an approach similar to product positioning. The end game is to open more doors for sales at the decision-maker/influencer level and give them higher quality leads that are warmer from the start. As far as writing style, make it conversational and use stories.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Gatekeepers — who are typically executive assistants, receptionists, or office managers — are the people who stand between you and the decision-maker with whom you're hoping to make a sale. someone in their sphere/market, or someone who works for a bigger brand name). only to get stopped by a gatekeeper. Name-drop a connection.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “ buyer’s journey.”

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Bernadette McClelland

AUGUST 7, 2012

What if we got to know them as people and not decision makers? Bernadette McClelland is an expert in B2B sales conversations that drive value and deliver million dollar results. Bernadette McClelland is an expert in B2B sales conversations that drive value and deliver million dollar results. Be Bold and Brilliant!

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2021

Not involving the decision-maker. Recent research indicates that at smaller sales organizations, the inability to identify decision-makers is still a major deal killer. Deals are 80% less likely to close when a decision-maker isn’t directly involved in the experience.?So How to prep and empower your team.

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Pointclear

JUNE 9, 2017

Here’s another one: A services and technology company targeting the branding, design and advertising industry leverages PointClear’s account-based marketing services, including lead generation, qualification and nurture to keep their pipeline full of sales-qualified leads. We reached 3 decision-maker/influencers and 2 executive assistants.

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Crunchbase

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Lead nurturing is widely recognized as a valuable marketing technique that can help teams drive an increase in sales. Implementing a successful lead-nurturing plan can significantly influence your marketing campaign’s outcomes, as well as customer loyalty, retention, revenue and more. Search less. Close more. Search less.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

Because I interview some of the world’s top influencers and authors, I knew I had to come up with a resource list of the best sales books for 2023. But with so many on the market, where do you start and how do you choose? Have no fear my sales friends, I’m hitting the easy button and compiling a collection for you.

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Mindtickle

MAY 21, 2021

Conversation intelligence solutions offer invaluable support to sales managers. These solutions record, transcribe and score customer calls, serving them back to sales managers to use as fuel for more effective coaching conversations. Pre-qualification call. Discovery call.

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eGrabber

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

When finding verified business email addresses of targeted prospects itself is a daunting task for busy B2B sales & marketing professionals, getting coworker emails makes things even worse. The general notion that everyone has about B2B sales is, it is all about selling to decision makers. Coworker emails?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

69% of the population says it enhances the company’s market credibility. 84% of B2B decision makers begin their buying process with a referral, accordingly to the Edelman Firm. Your own network of CEO’s, top decision makers and even the board members are a great source of new business opportunities.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

A “BASHO email” is a fancy-pants name for a very personalized B2B email , usually addressed to a decision maker at a high-value account. Hyper-personalized cold emails are a main tenant of account-based sales approach (related to Account-Based Marketing, or ABM.). When your prospect is a decision maker.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

With the number of decision makers continuing to rise, sellers know they will likely encounter the sticky cog in the wheel, the lone holdout to a solution, even after everyone else gets on board. How often have you heard, “If only the market wasn’t uncertain, or the Midwest storms didn’t set us back”? ” Competition.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As we survey our customers, we find that content marketing and sales conversations need to connect, engage and sell to a wider range of interests, each with unique challenges and perception as to the value your solution can provide. Alinean content marketing IDC Pisello Stakeholders Value Marketing Value Messaging Value Selling'

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

According to one recent study, 93% of B2B marketers reported social media as the most utilized marketing tactic of their teams ( source ). In order to drive results, social media marketing requires a detailed and comprehensive strategy. Today, the role of a social media manager is more important than ever. Scheduling.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Interact with decision-makers and thought leaders in your industry. Look a level deeper when identifying decision-makers When identifying decision-makers, make the most of early sales pipeline stages by conducting research. For B2B sales reps, LinkedIn is ideal for finding and connecting with new prospects.

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