The Pipeline

APRIL 2, 2012

But once on the shelf, they do not get the same attention as those opportunities in the early stages of the sales cycle. As soon as a prospect is closed, we seem to show them a different level of love, or energy than we did when that same prospect was a fresh new lead.

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Prospecting Sales Cycle Energy Policies 267

SalesHandy

APRIL 11, 2020

Long sales cycles are a widely known problem among sales teams of all sizes. Longer sales cycles will mean you have fewer leads engaged per unit time. However, you can fix all of that – by shortening your sales cycle. A shorter sales cycle will help you close faster and close more.

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Sales Cycle Top of Funnel Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead 52

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. One quality is knowing when and what to bring to bear to move the sale forward, what resources you really need and which are superfluous or a distraction.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Guarantee Exercises 267

The Pipeline

APRIL 4, 2016

As we start a new quarter, it makes sense to step back a second and think about how you are prospecting f. Few aspects of sales are one size fits all, which makes it a challenge for those who are looking for that one secret to success in sales. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Then start it all again.

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Segment Prospecting Groups Energy 120

Sales 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2023

AI will help with non-selling tasks A recent study from Salesforce which interviewed about 8,000 salespeople found that 72% of sales reps’ time is spent on non-selling activities. With AI you can remove many of those routine, repetitive, energy-draining tasks. This might be the type of work that the VP of sales is doing.

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Scale Study CRM Up-Sell 195

InsideSales.com

JUNE 15, 2020

The rapid changes that sales go through means reps have needed to develop hacks and techniques for prospecting. But what are those sales prospecting methods? In this article, XANT will give you a guide on sales prospecting methods you can utilize to maximize their benefits. Why is Prospecting Important?

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Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 63

The Pipeline

APRIL 16, 2019

The advent unlimited calling eliminated that, no need to waste energy time thinking about as you talk all day long. Prospecting. One area of sales that is easy to practice, needs to be drilled and is usually not, is prospecting. You know you need to prospect. Unlike the masses, they have eliminated it.

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Quota Real Estate Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile 236

Sales Evangelist

MAY 5, 2023

The 80% Video What questions do your prospects always (or almost always) ask in your first conversation? This informs your prospects and can also disqualify leads without wasting your time or theirs. The Bio Video This is an employee bio video that allows a prospect to see, hear, and know the rep they’ll be in contact with.

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Sales Cycle Survey Video LinkedIn 40

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2019

After first considering workshops, how about motivational training to foster the kind of positive attitude that helps staff better deal with the ups and downs of the sales cycle, to more effectively develop prospects, build value, and open up new business opportunities? Forrester research.

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Hiring Decision Maker Energy Face-to-face 233

SBI

AUGUST 14, 2012

And the market, along with your prospective clients, will show absolutely no mercy. Those fundamentals are lead progression , prospect progression , and opportunity progression. Lead progression, the first element of the Sales Cycle Triad includes identifying, assessing, assigning, responding, selling, tracking, and nurturing leads.

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Sales Cycle Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Exercises 111

Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many salespeople waste too much time on prospects with little to no chance of converting. Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. Read on to learn more.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 149

SBI

DECEMBER 15, 2020

But technology can also be a key distractor from the focus of discussions if we’re not careful, especially now that sales teams are using much more technology during the sales cycle. Prior to 2020, sales development reps used about 6 tools on average. If so, it has a direct impact on shortening the sales cycle.

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Conversion Sales Cycle Energy Tools 127

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this growing sales landscape, we’ll outline the various processes and key strategies for prospecting -- the phase of selling that often consumes the most time and energy (and is the most crucial to get right). What Is Prospecting? What's the difference between leads and prospects? Sales Prospecting Techniques.

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Prospecting Tools Top of Funnel Lead Rank 144

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 137

SBI

APRIL 22, 2019

From reducing the amount of time you spend on busy work to investing your energy where it counts: selling. As sales conversations become more and more buyer focused sales reps will need to develop their own hacks, processes and strategies for sales cycle stages from prospecting to closing deals.

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Sales Automation Sales Cycle Energy Consumer 86

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling gives a prospect a compelling reason to hear you out. Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. It’s not a high priority for us”. “I Cold calls.

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Real Estate Construction Scale Hiring 243

The Pipeline

MAY 9, 2012

No where is that more evident than in prospecting. Letting up on your prospecting to look after other “more important things”has an immediate negative impact, in the form of a light pipeline. Easing up on you focus and intensity even for a short time can have devastating consequences now and in the future.

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Top of Funnel Discount Funnel Face-to-face 282

Sales Hacker

MAY 29, 2023

This helps you understand the terminology used through the sales cycle and what the deal funnel looks like. Related: Sales Cycle Management: Definition, Stages, and Strategies Listen to your AE’s calls The leads that you pick from the above CRM report might have call recordings associated with them.

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Ideal Customer Profile Study Sales Cycle Top of Funnel 86

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Extroverts are much better at going out on a limb and introducing themselves to a new person or prospect. When you are calling into the right accounts, those first interactions tend to go a whole lot smoother – which could be great for introverts who tend to crave warm sales leads a bit more. Researching Prospects.

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Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Pivotal Cold Calling 214

Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 7, 2018

They are then happy to call these very shaky prospects back and waste their time sending information or revising documents or whatever else they are asked to do. And after this long and frustrating process, the majority of these prospects end up not being a sale. Think about that for just a moment.

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Sales Qualified Lead Call-back Pipeline Lead Rank 144

Chorus.ai

APRIL 11, 2022

Go-to-market teams have less control over when prospects are entering the sales cycle and how much information they bring to the process, and marketing attribution has gotten increasingly harder as the digital universe expands and privacy concerns multiply. This has upended the traditional path to purchase.

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Cost per Acquisition Revenue Cost per Lead Lead Rank 117

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2020

While the feast or famine trap impacts all salespeople, those involved in B2B, particularly with long, complex sales cycles, are at even greater risk. You focus on the short-term: You’ll often find yourself taking actions for short-term benefit that may actually harm your longer-term prospects. Celebrate your wins.

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Outsourcing Services How To Lead Rank Lead Scoring 122

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Sales cycle lengths extending? I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t share the 115-year-old learn-from-your-mistakes sentiment of Mr. In a sales culture where losing is, in the best case, brushed aside, and worst case, punished, three traits emerge: We… lose… slowly: Reps are afraid to lose and, as a result, lose slowly.

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Forecasting Inbound Buyer Persona Sales Cycle 88

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

When applied to sales, generative AI becomes a powerful tool for personalization, enabling salespeople to create highly tailored and relevant content for their outreach and engagement with prospects. Tools can generate hundreds of relevant emails and cadences, social messages, and conversation starters tailored to each prospect.

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Competition Scale Social Media Trends 52

SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

Natalie Barrie , Head of Sales at Mention Me. Preparing sellers for a compressed sales cycle. That means sales cycles are shrinking. If I’m fortunate enough to get some time with a prospect during a sales cycle, I need to be sure I can add real value and that they will remember this interaction.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank Scale 105

Accent Technologies

JULY 18, 2023

The movie showcases the beginning of the nuclear age and the power of atomic energy. Large Language Model AI technology like Custom ChatGPT represents the beginning of the Sales AI age. Formatting and Mining (F) Nuclear fission requires precise conditions to effectively extract energy from an atom.

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Lead Rank Customer Energy Forecasting 52

Pipeliner

MAY 12, 2023

As is true of so much in selling, it’s all about pain – the driving force in causing prospects to act. Challenges like long sales cycles, wide buyer networks and the significant investments required in enterprise pursuits all create problems not encountered with smaller accounts. But what about us as salespeople?

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Account Enterprise Enterprise Insurance 98

The Pipeline

AUGUST 21, 2018

Sales cycles are no strangers to cyclicality and seasonal swings. There is no denying that summer brings a different rhythm and energy to sales. Having gone through the cycle a number of times, you do see that while some of it seasonal, a good part of the reality sellers experience is a result of tribal or sales culture.

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Energy Decision Maker Objections Face-to-face 79

Crunchbase

APRIL 3, 2020

As we navigate a dramatically fluctuating economy, it is more important than ever for B2B salespeople to employ the notion of “quality over quantity” in the pursuit of new opportunities, and to be empathetic to the many changes potential prospects are experiencing. Is your sales cycle long enough to justify a coordinated approach?

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Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Reachforce Lead Rank 136

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

But the irony is that in selling to large accounts , sales cycles are typically long and drawn out. The commitment of finances, organizational energy, and resources – human and otherwise can be crippling. Alas, no easy solution to recovering from eighteen months of pandemic paralysis.

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Face-to-face Course Account Networking 97

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 6, 2021

You've established the various stages of your sales process. You know how the typical prospect goes from an email address in your CRM to a paying customer. You've trained your salespeople on the key actions required to move prospects from stage to stage. Percent of the sales organization achieving quota. Lifecycle Stages.

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Sales Process How To Hubspot Hiring 141

The Pipeline

AUGUST 21, 2014

So when someone offers up a new way of doing something in your sales cycle, something foreign to you, and you find yourself questioning it and saying “I don’t know if I could do that”, how would you help a buyer deal with it a similar challenge and help them overcome it? What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto .

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ROI Face-to-face Buyer Energy 303

Women Sales Pros

JULY 19, 2019

Sales cycles are longer, great calls go dark and the more it happens the more you are doubting your sales skills. You need to be able to do more than choose the right prospect and ask the right questions, you need to master the art of follow-up. The sale happens in the follow-up, it almost always happens in the follow-up.

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Follow-up Call-back Energy Sales Cycle 130

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

When customers or other companies refer people to you, your company is viewed as more trustworthy in front of those leads, and because of that trust, you can expect a faster – and more successful – sales cycle. To engage this crowd, have regular calls (consider monthly), and spend real time and energy finding ways to help them.

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Referrals Company Scale Case Study 177

The Pipeline

JANUARY 4, 2016

Of course not, it is more the fact that New Year is the start of cycle, a universally accepted cycle, but most importantly a calendar cycle. But a calendar cycle is very different than a sales or buying cycle, and if you are in sales you need to manage your buy/sale cycle, not a general calendars cycle.

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Hiring Sales Cycle Fashion Buying Cycle 120

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2021

And more importantly, what our most important prospects and clients can count on. That’s always been the case in major account sales, though, hasn’t it? The sales cycles can be long as months pass, even years, as an enterprise pursuit turns the calendar pages. At just the right time to leave just the wrong impression.

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Account Pivotal Up-Sell Energy 98

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I always tell him that he’s smooth and steady, and it really helped my mindset during the whole process of the sales cycle. I think if I was dealing with somebody that was really high strung and high energy, it’d be a big disconnect between the two of us,” explains AE Carolyn Thompson.

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Face-to-face Positioning Video Energy 173