Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations. What Is B2B Sales Prospecting? Who are they?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 4, 2014

While persistence has always been important in sales, we are in uncharted territory. Most of the focus on persistence is related to contacting new prospects. What about the prospects who are far along in the sales process when they suddenly go missing? The epidemic is the emphasis on demos and the affliction known as happy ears.

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Territories Exercises Video ACT 268

Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

We’re all in unchartered territory now. Anyway, how do you handle this objection when you’re prospecting? Second: It’s important to stress to prospects and clients that what we’re going through now is temporary. Let your prospect or client vent. And for good reason. This will pass. And you can help them do that….

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Objections Face-to-face Inside Sales Gatekeeper 169

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. Set a schedule to call all the prospects that went to no decision over the last 12 months.

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Pipeline Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation 216

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

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Webinar Metrics Pipeline Strategy Prospecting 193

The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Last week I talked about prospecting, why some like it when most don’t, rejection, and managing them. Prospecting. December 2007. Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Tibor Shanto.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Cold Calling 216

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As we identify failure points in the tech stack, we’ll loosely group them into three areas: Inaccurate, inconsistent, or missing data Lead-routing problems Poor timing of contact with prospects Inaccurate, Inconsistent, or Missing Data Data that lacks standardization — or is just plain wrong — can start off as a small problem and keep growing.

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Sales Qualified Lead How To Data Software 130

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense. logically shrink territories. logically shrink territories. Not all sales people have the same skills.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

But, sales professionals cannot rely on cold calls and haphazard prospect visits if they want to meet their sales goals and make it into the top 10%. When your email arrives at the top of your prospect's inbox at a time that aligns with their schedule, you increase your email success rate. Pricing: Contact for Demo and Quote.

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Tools Closing Territories Hubspot 112

The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. In fact, we’ve coached clients through a number of simple steps that have helped them double or triple their prospecting email response rates virtually overnight. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter B2B 286

Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. You communicate, collaborate, and connect with prospects via desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. To master virtual selling, you need to differentiate yourself, nurture prospects, handle objections, and fight screen fatigue—all at the same time.

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Collateral How To Video Face-to-face 147

Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2023

I’ve heard this firsthand from conversations with peers too: Their sales team does all the right things and the business case is strong, but suddenly the prospect’s budget disappears overnight. If you’re not prioritizing the customer experience throughout the sales process, you risk losing trust or the prospect altogether.

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Sales Cycle Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 98

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

I hadn’t closed a demo – or anything – in awhile. The sales team consisted of a circle of SDRs responsible for outreach and booking demos; and Account Executives (AEs), responsible for leading the demo and closing the deal. But over the next two years, as one of just three SDRs, his enthusiasm faded. And it showed.

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Inbound Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Outbound Sales Team 227

SBI Growth

MARCH 3, 2013

To be successful, there are two essential questions a marketing leader must answer: How am I going to educate my customers and prospects on the new product? Often a new product comes out targeting a subset of your customer & prospect base. Reps need to know who in their territory wants to hear about the new widget.

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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Segment Education 306

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 2, 2018

I’m looking forward to working with you [prospect].". Great to meet you [prospect]! You’re working with a prospect. I found myself in this situation a few years back: The deal had been advancing, my prospect was responsive over email, and I was confident we would close soon. I just wanted to introduce myself.".

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Prospecting Call-back Proposal Follow-up 134

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

Train reps on how your company handles prospecting. How does your company prospect? Have strong reps provide demo training. Incorporate good and bad examples into demo training and have everyone participate in role play. Conduct reviews of new hire demos, connect calls, and close conversations.

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Hiring Training Hubspot Inbound 122

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 31, 2017

When used correctly, voicemails are one of the quickest ways for a team to increase response rates and get the attention of their prospects. Keep these tips in mind if you are struggling to get your demo numbers up, or if you are simply having a difficult time getting a foot in the door with a prospect. The short answer?

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Cold Calling Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Call-back 229

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

SDRs are responsible for outbound prospecting. SDRs usually do this by cold-calling or cold-emailing the prospects. The SDR then gives prospects a quick rundown of what the product is and what it can do for them. When an SDR has vetted a prospect, they'll pass the potential lead to Account Executives (AEs). They're right.

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Hiring Salary How To Ideal Customer Profile 105

Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2022

A comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date database that provides a more complete view of prospects. Impressing your prospects with deep knowledge of their business needs becomes second nature. ZoomInfo RevOS: Accelerate Your Pipeline Data-driven solutions that connect your business to buyers at every stage. The results?

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 130

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

These “RampChats,” as we called them, were an idea to attract participants based on issues that IT front liners were experiencing in the moment, versus conducting product demos. Still, virtual events were unchartered territory. We’ll also be putting forth more effort toward finding industry thought leaders who can be our star guests.

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Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cancellation 177

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

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Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile 243

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Thankfully, there are tactics you can use to encourage buy-in from your prospects. Wittman encourages salespeople to find common ground with their prospects. Acknowledge that it’s a no for now, but try to guide the prospect to agree to the product's value. When there’s more budget, perhaps the prospect will return.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Real Estate 102

Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2022

It's why every great sales team needs a connector — someone who identifies prospects and warms them up with outreach and networking. Once a lead indicates interest — such as requesting a demo or responding to an email — a BDR will connect the prospect to someone more senior on the team, like an account executive. Networking.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 81

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2022

By organizing your content and making it easy to find, you’ll save reps at least 30 minutes a day , help improve prospect conversion rates , and significantly reduce new rep ramp time. What do they look at on the prospect page when determining what messaging will be best received? Create a standard naming convention. Lead source.

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Strategy Fashion Territories Industry 84

SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2012

Set territory revenue/unit goals by product. Create Customer-centric demo decks and business case examples. Do your sales reps know what marketing campaigns directly impact their territories? What if there is interest from someone in their territory? Start with them. Provide Messaging for reps to say on sales calls.

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Sales Enablement Tools Territories Campaigns 267

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When a company has clearly defined win rate criteria, calculates its win rate frequently, and takes insight-based action to improve win rate, it is setting itself up to turn a higher percentage of prospects into customers. Price: Your final asking price exceeded what the prospect was willing to pay. Use a Sales Win Rate Calculator.

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Hubspot Decision Maker How To Follow-up 127

Salesmate

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Territory shift. When a business expands into new territory, assigns different territory to a sales rep, or a new territory management plan is introduced, there are possibilities of a temporary dip in sales. It takes time for sales professionals to adapt to a change and adjust to the new territory. Policy changes.

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Sales Forecasts Forecasting Lead Rank Policies 96

SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For a sales organization, TimeTrade Scheduler for Salesforce provides: More qualified leads – delivered right to your calendar via a custom Click-to-Schedule link, based on when and where your prospect wants to engage with you. NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 THINGS YOUR SOLUTION ALLOWS SALESPEOPLE TO DO BETTER, OR FASTER THAN THEY CAN TODAY?

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SalesForce Lead Capture Sales Cycle Lead Rank 139

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. The Right Way to Use Demos in Technology Sales. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto. Book Review.

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ACT Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring 244

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. For me the question of whether you do or do not leave voice mails when prospecting is so Sales -1.0, Prospecting. Add a Comment.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Hiring 245

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

2) Don’t Ignore the Candidate’s Red Flags Perhaps your prospective sales rep has an impressive resume, one which lists a series of excellent sales positions with an exciting range of duties, goals, and accomplishments. What matters is the potential mentor’s approach to sales and prospecting.

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Hiring Sales Talent Compensation Lead Rank 62

BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

Prospecting. Territory Management. Prospecting. Unfortunately, we’ve all experienced poor sales prospecting. To be effective, salespeople need to develop a strategic approach to prospecting and work on it daily to identify new business opportunities better. Essential Sales Skills Every Rep Should Have.

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Social Media Territories Face-to-face Negotiation 62

Score More Sales

JANUARY 4, 2013

But I also had sales leaders who just raised the number by a percentage every year, not taking into consideration changes in the market or in opening up a new territory. Number of qualified appointments or demos that you set up. What has always motivated me are activity goals.

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Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Territories Outbound 224

Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2021

gives ZoomInfo customers the ability to listen to and detect interesting activity on their websites, then engage with prospective buyers through intelligent chat experiences. Without the right tools, you simply can’t expect sales reps to know every detail about your prospects and customers. Why We’re Acquiring Insent.ai

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Scale Lead Rank 100

Mindtickle

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Considering that most selling is done virtually today, and that buyer journeys are becoming more complex, it’s never been more important for salespeople to refine their skills in order to effectively engage prospects and customers. Set up time for a Mindtickle demo today. Time management. Technology use. Relationship building.

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Top of Funnel Training Negotiation Buyer 52

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13. Prospecting.

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