The Pipeline

JULY 6, 2017

So rather than following the 80% of your peers who go into summer mode, I instead invite you to use the summer to improve your prospecting skills so can remain in that 20% that drives the economy, the 80% is piggybacking on. Every Thursday in July and August, the posts in the Pipeline will focus on a specific element in Proactive Prospecting.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

One of the exercises in this book covers what most people think they already know how to do. The second exercise was too artificial to learn from. Sales role play is a vital component of becoming proficient in sales conversation and messaging. Here are the 8 exercises that are most effective for sales training.

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The Pipeline

JULY 21, 2014

Grab your Proactive Prospecting Call-Flow Chart. But once you see that you cannot take away their objections, you still have the opportunity to say: “Based on what we spoke about, is there anyone you know I should call who may see merit in the conversation?” Managing those initial objections is part of the job.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

No doubt you’ve changed the way you shop, exercise, eat, travel, watch movies, and more. What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. Here are three strategies you can leverage right now to enhance your customer experience and make prospects feel like doing business with you. I’ll bet you have, too. Create T-Shirt Moments.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 9, 2014

I think this email has several ingredients you could use in your email prospecting. Imagine that you have 5 brilliant data-scientists that can build software to automatically research your prospects and their company before any sales meeting. Like most “ SNAPpy” prospects I’m stretched like a rubber band for time.

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CloserIQ

AUGUST 19, 2019

The best way to do this is to exercise control over sales conversations. This approach means diagnosing the prospect’s problems early in the sales process. Then, the sales representative recommends a solution for the problem and explains why the proposed solution addresses the prospects’ needs.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 1, 2024

In the competitive world of SaaS sales, 40% of salespeople cite prospecting as the most challenging part of the sales process, ranking it more daunting than closing or qualifying stages. 2- Improving Prospecting Skills Effective prospecting is the cornerstone of a successful sales rep.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Prospecting is a unique skill set, this is why hunters are always in greater demand and earn more than people who can sell but can’t prospect. Doing research on a prospect is a must, you need to know the facts, their potential objectives, opportunities, etc. A common killer is research.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. The following line, “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt,” informs us that a salesperson should not only know the answer but also know how to answer most of a prospect’s questions.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 17, 2019

I know how unfashionable it is to say this, but I hate prospecting. We are supposed to love and revel in prospecting. I get it, if our pipelines are empty, we have to find new opportunities and we do this through prospecting. Just by doing this, I could significantly cut down on my prospecting.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It’s also more than a little insulting to your prospects. Totally : This is not a math exercise, but modern slang. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. Value-added: I have no idea what this means. Each customer makes that determination for herself. And shouldn’t all of your products and services add value? Pivot : To what?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2018

One of the most enlightening and personal sales operations exercises that any rep can do is to build their own sales velocity equation. In fact, even before sellers join a company, it can be extremely helpful to ask your prospective employer about the current sales velocity of their organization. What is the Sales Velocity Equation?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Yet every time we do an exercise around what “you sell”, we see a different result. Beyond the weakness and sheer predictability of these statements, they do not add value to the prospect. ( Definition of value ). Helping prospect understand the impacts you can deliver will highlight your value. Are You All Over?

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Why Relationships Matter in Sales: Think about your current customers, past customers and even solid prospects. Now, go back and look at your list of customers and prospects again. The objective with each conversation is for you to create trust and confidence. How many of these people do you also have a great relationship with?

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Nutshell

JULY 2, 2020

Fear not, there are “conversation hacks” you can use to get your calls to go the way you want them to. Purchasing your product should be seamless and enjoyable for your prospects. Naturally, this means that the conversation is going to cover more topics than just the details of your product. What went well?

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 3, 2024

” Our conversation unearthed a treasure trove of wisdom. Our conversation navigated through the perilous trap of assuming engagement based solely on conversations. We stressed the need for prospects to actively take steps and showcase genuine engagement rather than merely agreeing to discussions.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Then we had to do the role-playing exercises in front of the entire class (!), Conversation Intelligence Helps Sellers Have Better Sales Calls There’s a better way to coach sales reps on how to conduct sales calls, though: conversation intelligence. conversation switches, while the rest of the team has 34.5

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Salespeople who adhere to the inbound sales process should be careful to continuously assess their prospects at every stage of the process so they can provide the best outcome for their prospect and their company. Identify In this stage, salespeople do research to start the sales process with prospects who seem like good fits.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. Thus, successful commercial prospecting will allow your company to increase sales, revenue, and customer lifetime value. Finding prospects through social networks has become essential for salespeople.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. Thus, successful commercial prospecting will allow your company to increase sales, revenue, and customer lifetime value. Finding prospects through social networks has become essential for salespeople.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. So, today, we’re going to cover four prospecting tips for breaking into Enterprise Accounts (plus some bonus tips at the end). Building rapport with prospects. Leveraging information to become your prospects doctor. Their calendars are blocked with 76 meetings.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For now, there are a number of skills computers can't learn, and one of those is our human ability to create empathetic connections with prospects and customers. Develop empathy and you'll enjoy more effective sales conversations. How Empathy Drives Sales Conversations. This is a key ability for the modern seller.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

From generative AI to conversational intelligence, AI is reshaping how sales managers provide coaching and training to improve sales performance and increase win rates. These assistants can analyze the conversation, offer suggestions for improvement, and provide relevant information or resources to help reps close deals.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Complacency Trap In a recent podcast episode, I had the pleasure of hosting Andy Gole , a renowned sales expert and author of “Innovate Now” Our conversation revolved around the concept of recurring revenue and the potential dangers it poses to organizations.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

He suggested exercises and strategies to help organizations become entrepreneurially prepared. They also discussed the trap of assuming engagement based on conversations with prospects and the need for prospects to take action to show engagement.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

Looking for a prospecting email template you can easily personalize and that works for almost any situation? That’s key, because as you and I both know, if you’re sending a prospecting email to just one prospect, you might be able to write an email so personal that the recipient may mistake you for a childhood friend.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 7, 2019

If your company can’t clearly explain how your product or service will help prospective buyers, can you seriously expect them to invest in you? Next, ask the head of every department in your company and your executive team to send you the product description they use in communicating with prospects and employees.

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CommercialTribe

AUGUST 14, 2020

However, adjusting messaging and overall communications with prospects and customers during the pandemic was recently ranked as the #1 action taken by sales leaders. Here are the three major principles for frontline managers to consider when coaching teams to navigate customer conversations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employ Empathy.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2020

And if you’re feeling the need to ramp up your sales outreach, you best believe your prospect’s inboxes are full to the brim with the same messaging, the same outreach tactics, and the same conversations about how other companies can help them through this new normal. How do you stand out in that sea of noise? Keep it old-school.

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DialSource

JUNE 8, 2018

There tend to be two extreme ends of the prospect spectrum when it comes to sales calls. My dad, on the other hand, will continue the conversation for a while regardless of whether he has any actual interest in the product or service. And those conversations can be the hardest. My parents are excellent examples of each.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That lie then forces them to lie about the necessity to prospect, after all they tell themselves and their manager, “Just look all the things I have going on in my pipeline.”. This exercise will be hard for those who are already lying to themselves by proclaiming “sales is not a numbers game”.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Which are the Sales books that will help you create more conversations and close more sales in 2019? Any one of the books on my 33 Best Books List should help you create more conversations, update your sales strategy for the new year, close more deals and/or help you become more successful. High Profit Prospecting by Mark Hunter.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We were talking about how to engage prospects and customers more effectively. We started looking at the conversations we needed to have with prospects. We went through the exercise again, the discovery questions had changed. How do you present these as insight or observations to open conversations with customers.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. You can help your reps to be better prepared for such instances through a role-playing exercise.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. No, this isn't an infomercial.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

So when your prospect finally speaks with your company, who is the first point of contact? Unfortunately when we ask many CSOs “Would you be comfortable with one of your top ten target accounts engaging in a conversation with the LDR?” “They should immediately pass it to the Sales Rep”. Guess what? Customer Knowledge.

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Julie Hanson

MARCH 3, 2022

For sellers who desperately need to build trust and rapport with new prospects, this can quickly turn a promising call into a dead end. Below is a simple daily exercise that will help you see your camera as not the enemy, but your friend, your ally, your champion – or Santa Clause, for that matter! Envision your camera as your friend.

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