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10 Types of Sales Calls: What to Know and How to Use Them

Hubspot Sales

Sales professionals not only convert prospects into buyers, they hold the power to negotiate, upsell, and even problem-solve after the initial purchase is made. For example, if you work for a software company, you might call a prospect to introduce your advanced project management software and its benefits.

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The Importance of VoIP in a B2B Sales Strategy

Sales and Marketing Management

A handful of frustrating examples include: Collating client details. Another issue which has plagued B2B sales for years involves scenarios when a client (or prospective client) contacts the firm directly. Seamus Dunne is sales manager at Conversation Piece , an Irish telecommunications and data company. Scheduling call-backs.

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

One major telecommunications provider in Scandinavia, for example, has migrated B2B sales to virtual channels, using marketing automation to create leads and installing an online self-service portal. Virtual channels can raise productivity and lower selling costs, due to less time and expense for travel.

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Welcome, Gen A: The Age of Automation for Sales and Marketing is Here

Zoominfo

One side deployed code; the other deployed prospecting campaigns. “On For example, technical operations such as automation function within sales and marketing instead of being segregated to IT or engineering departments. The idea of permanently knocking down traditional technology silos is at the heart of this approach.

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List Segmentation: The Key to Email Marketing

Zoominfo

The point of list segmentation is to offer your customers and prospects a more personalized marketing experience. Think about it, is a customer or prospect more likely to engage with a general offer or with a personalized message tailored to their specific interests? Why is list segmentation effective? The answer is obvious.

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What We’ve Learned Supporting Telecom Sales Teams

Janek Performance Group

In the 1990s, I started my sales career selling telecom for one of the largest privately held telecommunications companies in North America. Everyone calls themselves one but how do you know if you are truly considered a trusted advisor by your prospects and clients? Today, telecom is an important client segment to Janek.

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The Complexities of Selling Technology to Business

The Pipeline

This is no more true when selling technology to business – software, hardware, telecommunications, infrastructure, etc. We’ll use enterprise software as an example to make our points. Chances are the executives at your prospect have several competing projects fighting for the same capital.