The Pipeline

JUNE 18, 2020

The real problem is the lack of time, but a lack of viable opportunities and deals. If your pipeline was running over the brim with opportunities, you could care less how long it takes to close. The few opportunities in most pipelines have plenty of room to properly social distance. Urgency Is Relative. The Future is Now.

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Discount Quota Face-to-face Margin 297

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

Here it is: Prospects aren't always easy to deal with. So to help you get a sense of the kinds of buyers you need to look out for (and what to do when you‘re dealing with them), we asked some sales leaders for their takes on the most difficult types of prospects to work with and how to engage with them effectively. You're welcome.

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Prospecting Cancellation How To Revelation 98

Pipeliner

AUGUST 22, 2019

Regardless of the pricing model, you have worked hard to develop when push comes to shove, and often even before push comes to shove, salespeople cave in and offer discounts. If key stakeholders are not invested in the relationship with your company, they will have no qualms about pushing for discounts that hurt your bottom line.

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Discount Negotiation Forecasting Proposal 73

Pipeliner

AUGUST 30, 2019

Six Ways to Commit “Suicide by Discount”. It’s often tempting to discount your way out of sales trouble, but sometimes you’re doing more harm than good. While discounting is sometimes necessary, it’s often the biggest mistake you can make. Full disclosure here: I’m highly biased against discounting.

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Discount Negotiation Sales Methodology Scale 73

Close.io

MARCH 30, 2020

The flood of leads and opportunities has turned into a trickle, leaving you scrambling to find new opportunities amidst a worldwide crisis. A great salesperson's mindset allows them to see opportunities no one else can and do what no one else will. Mistake #2: Selling to the wrong prospect. What should you do?

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Pipeline Opportunity Discount How To 112

criteria for success

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you’ve been a sales manager for a while, it's inevitable that one or more people – or even your entire sales team – will get into a prospecting or selling slump. 7 Sales & Prospecting Slump-Busters. Have everyone set an individual weekly goal for how many prospecting activities they will perform. Give to get.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring eBook 105

The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2013

As we get ready to round the bend to the end of after Labour Day, it is not too early to start thinking about how we maximize our opportunities into the end of the year, and to kick 2014 off strong. Sign up now and take advantage of the Early Bird Special, and multi attendee discounts. See full details here.

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Prospecting Cold Calling Discount Maximizer 275

Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lead generation is pointless if it doesn’t result in a prospect and a conversion. Before we dive into how to drive conversions, let’s first unpack the difference between a lead and a prospect, and how to turn one into the other. Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Prospecting 111

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 26, 2023

And even if you manage to convince a poor-fit prospect to buy, you're setting yourself up for an unhappy customer relationship and a potential hit to your reputation. To avoid the pitfalls of bad-fit prospects, look out for these seven signs you should give up on a deal. 7 Signs You Should Walk Away From a Prospect 1.

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Prospecting Decision Maker Lead Rank Lead Scoring 112

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The very moment deal-seekers everywhere shoot their shot, turn prospects into buyers, and score buzzer-beating slam dunks that accelerate the business to record-breaking sales. Anticipation of discounts: Buyers know that salespeople are more likely to discount the later it gets, so they wait in anticipation of discounts.

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Data Discount How To Quota 117

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? They are a component of campaigns where individual readers (who could be possible prospects) are sent crafted messages after they set off a configured trigger. Craft educational content for each of those stages.

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 130

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

There is also the case of the salesperson who calls on the right people in the right industries (so far so good), but all of the opportunities are the wrong size. However, a sales force evaluation can successfully uncover all of their discomforts and identify opportunities to increase sales.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 20, 2018

Innovative Book Marketing Provides More Reason to Seize Opportunity. Authors who are consultants, speakers, and trainers have the opportunity to position themselves in front of key influencers, VIPs, and corporate decision-makers through a unique book marketing program called, the Bedside Reading Program. Click this link to apply.

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Opportunity Hotels Hiring Decision Maker 93

The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

They not only give away their time; they pay the prospect for the privilege of doing so. This is exactly what you are doing when you choose to discount instead of sell. If it isn’t quota, then why discount? You know what I mean, spending all that valuable time with prospects that you know will never buy. Below Your Scale.

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Wireless Discount Face-to-face Scale 264

The Pipeline

APRIL 6, 2021

Most salespeople are way over reliant on their product while prospecting or selling, continuing to lead with and hype features/benefits. But as Mike Tyson said, the best made plans are laid out by the first punch or prospect objection. Doing a much better job selling the manager on the discount than selling the value to the prospect.

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SME Lead Rank Lead Scoring Discount 299

Salesmate

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Your sales success is dependent on your ability to handle and convert prospects into paying customers. Like all fingers of the hand aren’t the same, even the sales world is filled with different types of prospects. A good understanding of different kinds of prospects can help in developing successful strategies.

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Prospecting How To Negotiation CRM 98

Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mention Pricing on Cold Calls Talk About the Competition Prepare for the Discount Talk Master the Sales Call Monologue Bring in Your Customer Success Specialists Early Forecast Using Data, Not Instincts. In fact, a more purchase-ready prospect is likely to know more about the variety of products on the market.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 130

The Pipeline

JUNE 4, 2019

The risk is that buyers will discount your claims; you need only look at feedback buyers are providing. These are just two of the many opportunities for sellers to calibrate with buyers. These are just two of the many opportunities for sellers to calibrate with buyers. Buyers don’t trust all vendor claims, nor do they expect to.

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Discount Vendor Quota Buyer 268

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As a result, we are looking at any hack that enables us to get those goals…… Your customers are just waiting for you to come to them with those deep discounts. It does all the work for us, we can just sit back waiting for the results to roll in. Then they look at our pipelines, saying we need to fill the pipelines.

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Discount Pipeline Opportunity Tools 119

Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. Well… you might want to be careful what prospect you wish for.

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Prospecting Call-back Up-Sell Face-to-face 52

Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. Well… you might want to be careful what prospect you wish for.

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Prospecting Call-back Up-Sell Face-to-face 52

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

While this year has knocked us all off-balance, opportunities for growth still exist. Ben Volkman of Zoom says, "It’s 34x more effective to sell using video in prospecting and calls than relying on phone or email.". It supports a philosophy we have at HubSpot: Solve for the Customer, or in sales’ case, Solve for the Prospect.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 125

Crunchbase

JUNE 7, 2023

As a salesperson, much of your success relies on prioritizing the right prospects. By focusing on the right prospects, you can streamline your efforts, speed up the sales cycle and ultimately close more deals. A particularly strong fit is a good reason to prioritize that prospect during outreach.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Intent 52

MTD Sales Training

JUNE 4, 2019

How many times do you ‘hold something back’ so you can surprise the prospect with that little extra to encourage them to buy? We sometimes cause ourselves problems here, because the prospect may be wondering what else might you be holding back, and have they really got everything they could from you?

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Case Study How To Discount Decision Maker 255

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work. Here’s a list of 7 sales prospecting ideas you can use right now: 1. Give away prospects to others. You heard me — give away prospects. Voicemail as a Prospecting Strategy?

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Motivation Prospecting Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 275

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

After a week and a half, a 20 percent off discount opportunity becomes available to your interested subscriber. By strategically positioning your emails in a progressive sequence, you can turn even the most resistant prospects into vulnerable prospects that are most likely to convert. Day 5 – Discount Reminder.

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Case Study Discount Webinar Metrics How To 237

Pipeliner

MARCH 5, 2021

You need to develop a strong strategy that allows you to close B2B prospects in an effective way. So read on to discover the steps you need to take to close your first B2B prospect easily. The behavior patterns of your prospective customers. … Conduct Market Research and Determine Your Ideal Buyer. Map Out the Buyer’s Journey.

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Marketing Qualified Lead B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 87

The ROI Guy

JUNE 29, 2015

By Mark Schlueter & Tom Pisello More sales execs are revealing that discount pressures are at an all time high, and as a result, they need more transactions than ever just to make the numbers. Procurement specialists’ incentive pay is now directly tied to the discounts they can extract from each vendor. So how bad has it become?

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Discount Lead Rank Proposal ROI 83

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Discounting is unfortunately a way of life for many of our sales professionals today. The engagement for many sales professionals doesn’t start at the crucial opportunity discovery or needs analysis phase. Discounting of a typical 10% per deal can add up, costing this organization $50M per year in lost sales.

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Discount ROI Proposal Analysis 69

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Clearly, we do not want to discount or offer incentive that will reduce the total value of the client. We need to laser focus on specific opportunities, in specific ways that would not be recommended in other circumstances. Again, narrowing the focus to those opportunities that fit a narrow set of conditions. Unique Offer.

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Top of Funnel Face-to-face Incentives Incentive 188

Sales Evangelist

JUNE 16, 2020

How To Generate Interest In Lost Opportunities Every so often, a prior interest doesn’t end with a good close. Sometimes, there are lost opportunities. As a salesperson, how do you generate interest in lost opportunities? For some reason, however, before you get a chance to close the prospect loses interest.

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Opportunity Cancellation How To Scale 52

The Sales Hunter

MAY 23, 2012

If you have your doubts, I encourage you to trust me and realize that better prospecting does equal better profits. Salespeople regularly tell me that finding quality prospects and keeping their pipeline full is their biggest challenge. Not only will a fuller pipeline relieve some of your stress, it also will protect your pricing.

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Prospecting Discount Webinar Metrics Pipeline 163

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

If a sales rep’s entire compensation is directly tied to their individual effort, they could compete against each other for prospects or territories. The base salary can act as a buffer, allowing salespeople to weather uncertainties while still having the motivation to pursue commission-based opportunities.

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Compensation Salary Commission Margin 118

Zoominfo

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mention Pricing on Cold Calls Talk About the Competition Prepare for the Discount Talk Master the Sales Call Monologue Bring in Your Customer Success Specialists Early Forecast Using Data, Not Instincts Find the right way to break a few sales call rules, and you can fast-track your company to a hefty market advantage.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 100

The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Why You Should Prospect During the Holidays. Yes, you can do sales prospecting during the holidays. In fact, if you do it right, it can create significant new opportunities. Step one when prospecting is to tap into your referral list.

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Motivation Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Hiring 217

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 6, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. January is “Prospecting for Sales Month” Jan 06, 2012. I bet you didn’t know January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.” This is the sole reason why I say January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.”

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Motivation Prospecting Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 188

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads. There are 5 secrets used by top-performing salespeople to get better prospecting leads. The reason these are great prospects is simple. Client List. Testimonials. Mark’s Insights on PRICING.

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Motivation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Prospecting 195