Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales. Now, we’ll go further and explore strategies and best practices for improving prospect qualification. And, if so, is the prospect worth your time and effort?

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The Pipeline

JUNE 1, 2017

Telephone prospecting is hard, in fact so hard that most people spend a disproportionate amount of time and energy trying to avoid it. The net effect is the same, no engagement, no prospect. The problem for many would-be tele-prospectors is that they see the objection as being separate from the rest of the call.

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Close.io

MAY 1, 2019

Nothing defeats an inexperienced salesperson faster than an unexpected objection. But even a perfect pitch can be ruined by poor objection handling. Instead of hoping your prospects won’t have objections (they always will), spend some time preparing for them in advance. Your product/service is too expensive.".

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Nutshell

MARCH 12, 2024

Studying some of the best landing page examples from across the internet is an excellent place to start. This post delves into the finer points of what a landing page is, the key components of a high-converting landing page, and examples of the best landing pages from the World Wide Web. Table of Contents What is a landing page?

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SBI

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Six Essential Skills for Responding to Sales Objections. Every sales rep has experienced it: A call is going well until a prospect voices objections that throw you off, leaving you searching for a response as the silence grows. They maintain the same speech rate before and after the objection.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

How much time are your sales reps spending looking for prospects? And more to the point, how much time should they be spending on sales prospecting? Top sellers spend about six hours a week on prospect research alone, according to Crunchbase. What is sales prospecting? What’s the difference between a lead and a prospect?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? How did you find those prospects?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 22, 2019

Instead of ad-libbing, they have learned, internalized, and use best practice responses to the objections and stalls they get over and over again. The post How to Overcome the “I’m not interested” objection appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. Response #1. Upcoming Schedule.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. What is Sales Prospecting? The ultimate goal is to guide your prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually make a purchase. How to Prospect: Step by Step.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

How good are you at requalify existing accounts, or prospects you haven’t spoken with in a while? And that means that just because a prospect or client was in charge of a certain function last month or 6 months ago, it doesn’t mean they are in charge of it today. Here are some examples of transition sentences. into requalifying.

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BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With a multitude of options at your fingertips, choosing the right AI sales tool has become a decisive factor in determining the success and sustainability of your sales efforts. Start by defining your objectives. Make sure the tool you choose has the capacity to achieve your objectives.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Over the years, many organizations have invested in a new selling methodology that has evolved the sales approach from strategic selling to "challenging" prospects. Business strategies aren’t one-size-fits-all — not every prospect has the same one. Is your prospect's goal to increase revenue? Increase profit?

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I worked with a client years ago, and he had a one-line rebuttal to the price is too high objection. Whenever a prospect told him that, he simply asked: “And besides price, what else is holding you back?”. The next time someone tells you they can’t afford it or your price is too high, use my client’s example above. And powerful.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

Common Sales Objections. Every prospect you speak to has sales objections, or reasons they’re hesitant to buy your product. Why are sales objections unavoidable? To be successful, reps must learn how to both discover and resolve these objections. What Is Objection Handling? It's too expensive.".

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Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales engagement is all about connecting with your potential customer or prospects to build a relationship and hopefully move them closer to wanting to buy from you. These tools are giving me great analytics and tracking results to improve my engagement. Sales engagement is a crucial element of the prospecting process.

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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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BrainShark

AUGUST 31, 2023

Enablement tools and strategies equip teams with the training, coaching and content they need to be successful. So with that in mind, here are 5 reasons why sales enablement is important for your organization’s long-term success, along with examples of good sales enablement in action. Example: Assessing sales readiness.

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Crunchbase

MAY 26, 2022

So how do you overcome sales objections? In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know to overcome sales objections, share tips on how you can respond to prospects, build a solid sales objection strategy, and close more deals. Building your sales objection strategy. Listen to your prospects.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 14, 2022

An example is how most sales reps open their calls. Given the example above, this translates to: “Hi, Dave Anderson, please.”. There are many other examples of this (too many for this limited blog post), and if you would like a book full of them, then check this out. Is Dave Anderson available?”. Get Access Today.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Acting as an essential tool for businesses of all sizes and in all industries, a robust sales plan helps to identify sales goals, target markets, and sales tactics to achieve those goals. Studying examples of sales plans can help illustrate this, so let’s look at an example sales plan excerpt now.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Yet, it can actually give us a better understanding of our prospects, making that human connection stronger. Here, I spoke with top sales leaders to learn how to AI to better understand your prospects, lead more effective conversations, and drive more results. How AI Can Help You Better Understand Your Prospects 1.

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SBI

MAY 20, 2020

The Top Sales Tools of 2020. I don’t advocate for spending on shiny objects, but those of you who haven’t opened your eyes beyond the narrow squint of CRM… you’re missing out. So many more examples exist of what CRM can’t, and isn’t designed, to do. Nancy Nardin Founder, Smart Selling Tools.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 11, 2012

Because of this reality, if you intend to use the telephone to develop sales prospects, then you have to be able to use voicemail effectively. The biggest mistake people make when leaving a voicemail message as part of their prospecting strategy is they leave a message that has zero value to the person receiving it.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

You will likely need to tag your list into sub-lists before you can do any kind of decent job of even the roughest personalization during outreach, for example sending emails that show you know even the slightest thing about your prospect. Some example questions include: What’s your prospect’s birthday?

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SalesLoft

AUGUST 4, 2020

Ahhhh, objections. For sales teams, there’s simply nothing worse than progressing a deal through the pipeline only to have a no-go objection come up at the 11th hour. For sales teams, there’s simply nothing worse than progressing a deal through the pipeline only to have a no-go objection come up at the 11th hour.

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Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

It leads your sales reps through various scenarios: how to prospect, when to sell what product or service, how to overcome common objections, what to negotiate for (and how ) to name a few. Objection handling. It is chock full of examples, suggestions, best practices, and more. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: .

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding the Process of Prospecting for SMB Leads The process of prospecting for SMB leads can be a complex task, particularly for salespeople at digital marketing agencies who specialize in selling to small businesses. Prospecting commences with pinpointing the type of small business you envision as your prospects.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2023

Yep—the business prospect, of course. If you’re leaving voice messages and not getting call backs, consider whether you’re making it hard for your prospects to write your number down. If you’ve identified yourself as a sales rep (like in the second example above. Guess which one I did all that work for and which one I deleted?

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Highspot

MARCH 18, 2024

Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI) sales tools – a breakthrough development in the world of sales. In this article, we’ll share everything you need to know about using AI sales tools. We’ll look at what these tools are, why they matter, how to use them, and what to ask when evaluating vendors. What Are AI Sales Tools?

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

, I’m going to give you two rules for developing an effective elevator pitch and then some examples that you can plug your product or service into. Remember, this is an “elevator pitch” designed to inform and grab interest in a prospect during the time you’re in an elevator together (or during that crucial 20 seconds you’ve got on the phone).

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. But as with any other skill, some salespeople have a better grip on prospecting than others — and we, here at the HubSpot Sales Blog, want to do our part to make sure you prospect as effectively as possible.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2018

During my time as an SDR, I’ve focused on developing listening skills that help me spot, internalize, and process sales objections as opposed to using scripted, reactive responses meant to lessen the unpredictability. Here are a few scripts I have at the ready for common sales objections. Objection Handling Scripts.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 30, 2021

This ad-libbing approach led to all the common problems we’ve chronicled before: He didn’t qualify the prospect for timeline, budget, decision making steps or even buying motives. He pitched “at” the prospect and didn’t use tie-downs, and so didn’t get buy in. He immediately dropped the price—without even receiving a price objection!

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 29, 2020

Constantly handling objections is a fact of sales life that's every bit as unavoidable as it is uncomfortable. Most salespeople are schooled on how to address common sales objections. But every once and a while, a prospect will throw you a curveball that will put you on your heels. Image Source: Pinterest.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 9, 2019

These might be the laws of the art of sales, but they’re not great sales goal examples. We’ve spoken recently about the value of motivation in sales and how essential organizing your methods and objectives is to the success of a business. To give you an idea, we’ve put together this guide of 10 essential sales goal examples.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In a perfect world, sales professionals would spend most of their time talking with eager prospects who’ve done the homework, seen the marketing campaign, and asked for a meeting. Step 1: Interrupt the normal pattern You already know how busy your prospects are, so getting to the point quickly is vital. Let’s see how.

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