Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Author: Sabrina Ferraioli When you try to call business executives, you’re up against some substantial hurdles — gatekeepers, voicemail, caller ID and their not-a-minute-to-spare schedules. Include a P.S. Direct mail letters always have a postscript (PS). If you sometimes wish there was a better way, you’re not alone.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

According to the Direct Marketing Association’s Power of Direct Marketing study, B-to-B marketers spent $14 billion in 2011 on telephone marketing for lead generation in the U.S. That compares to $7 billion spent on direct mail and $4.5 billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It also made me curious: Why is it that posts about lead generation for account based sales never mention referrals, but tout emails, phone calls, videos, custom content, direct mail, social media, ads, webinars, events, testimonials, case studies, etc.? Such a hot topic seemed worthy of sharing on my blog. Big problem.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

Regardless of the way you reach out—via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door—prospects are cold as ice unless they know who you are and expect to hear from you. My definition of a cold call is any attempt to reach a prospect who doesn’t know you and doesn’t expect to hear from you.

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Main Driver of Pipeline Generation is the SDR The person who is dialing, emailing, direct mail-ing, and text messaging. Reps claim the contact data isn’t great and that their connects are mostly voicemails, phone trees or gatekeepers who won’t let them through to the real prospect. Book a lot of meetings. You know the drill.

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SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2020

ads, direct mail, personalization) by the account tiers. For one of these accounts, we leveraged a gatekeeper to encourage awareness of Limeade with our target buyer. Lindsay: Our total addressable market (TAM) at Limeade is about 8,000 accounts. We select ABM accounts quarterly based on fit, behavior, and intent.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 10, 2018

The following stats, facts, and tips support the wisdom of integrating direct mail into email marketing campaigns, as well as provide some best of breed guidelines for effective ways to accomplish this. Adding Direct Mail to Email Campaigns Makes Good Economic Sense. Advantages that Direct Mail Adds to a Campaign.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Tools - uses technology to aid and assist in the traditional methods of prospecting: pre-approch mail, direct mail, social networking, prospect facing networking opportunities. Has NO Need for Approval - This individual gets past gatekeepers and has a very powerful message to deliver to the prospect.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Tools - uses technology to aid and assist in the traditional methods of prospecting: pre - approch mail, direct mail, social networking, prospect facing networking opportunities. They are not likely to be thrown off by the gatekeepers techniques of disuasion or the objections of the propsect.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 2, 2016

Direct mail is hot in B2B right now, for good reason: it can be extremely effective. You probably don’t need me to explain the value of direct dials, but just in case, two words: circumventing gatekeepers. The more direct dials your SDRs have access to, the better. It’s also expensive.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

Shock-and-awe with direct mail. You see direct mail on the list. Direct mail is making a comeback, and for good reasons. According to InsideSales, B2B direct mail generates a response rate of up to 65%. You head to Sales Hacker to learn some killer lead generation techniques. books) are 47.3%

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Direct Mail. Direct Sales. Direct Mail is a communication channel where newsletters, catalogs, brochures, and other documents are sent via traditional postal services (such as the US Postal Service) that physically deliver parcels (also called snail mail). Gatekeeper. Gatekeeper is a person (e.g.,

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

When sales teams know how to ask for referrals, they don’t have to worry about identifying decision-makers, bypassing gatekeepers, or proving themselves trustworthy. Whether it’s via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door, prospects are ice cold unless they expect the salesperson’s call.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

When sales teams know how to ask for referrals, they don’t have to worry about identifying decision-makers, bypassing gatekeepers, or proving themselves trustworthy. Whether it’s via email, social media, text, direct mail, or even a knock on the door, prospects are ice cold unless they expect the salesperson’s call.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Post Card Direct Mail Campaign. As a small business owner or sales professional, you construct a targeted email campaign (this would be your best ideal customers instead of every Tom, Dick or Harry) where in the next 4 to 6 weeks you send out at least three to four postcard mailings with different messages.

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