Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Because a phone conversation efficiently replicates face-to-face sales activities, these one-on-one flowing and probing interactions are the most effective method to validate the quality of a lead. Sales is sales.

Lead Gen 113

Lead Gen Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 113

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Take, for example, the telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell more than 137 years ago. Read it and remember the days before it seemed like every call was from a telemarketer. For more on how to leverage technology AND relationships for sales success, get your copy of Pick Up the Damn Phone!:

Telemarketing 214

Telemarketing Small Business Small Business Enterprise 214

SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below. The majority of Sales VPs are guilty of at least one.

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Sales Management Hiring Telemarketing Demand Generation Targets 326

The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2012

Acknowledge – The goal of the exercise is initiate a conversation that for the field rep result in a face to face visit, and for an inside rep a sales call by phone. One reason people hate the mid-dinner telemarketing call is the one sided nature of the call: Telemarketer – “if you sign up today….”. Conversations take two.

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Objections Telemarketing Top of Funnel Face-to-face 266

Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2017

Some companies have several inside departments to take in, qualify, nurture, and filter sales leads to such a finite extent that few leads go to anyone. You are: Delaying talking to buyers and reducing your chances of making the sale by 50%, because salespeople, on average, aren’t getting the leads until weeks after they’re created.

Sales Qualified Lead 140

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Telemarketing 140

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 30, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I have to question Geoffrey James for an article he recently posted on Inc. He makes it sound more like telemarketing than prospecting for appointments or meetings. It certainly doesn''t apply to a complex B2B sale! Magazine''s online site. Isn''t this a prospecting call?

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Prospecting Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 239

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sales ops executives are charged with improving sales effectiveness and efficiency. Your goal is to best enable sales. Look across the spectrum of Sales Operations. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Review your Sales Process.

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Buyer Telemarketing Cold Calling Buyer Persona 288

Mindtickle

JUNE 22, 2023

Buyers are already short on time, and the last thing they want is to listen to another sales pitch. Research from our 2023 State of Sales Productivity Report found that during a call, buyers asked an average of 18 questions, a significant increase from 13 questions in the 2022 report. As sellers, you’re even more in the hot seat.

Cold Calling 98

Cold Calling Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 98

MTD Sales Training

JULY 6, 2012

The false, unwarranted, overenthusiastic attitude at the start of the cold is the classic calling card of the stereotypical telemarketer. As an example, the prospect answers and you instantly detect an upbeat, casual and cordial demeanor. Sean McPheat MTD Sales Training. Over 10,000 sales pros have. Happy Selling!

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Cold Calling Telemarketing How To Call-back 279

Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is a statement emphasized by legendary sales expert Zig Ziglar. This eye-opening observation exposes a hidden opportunity for sales professionals—the transformative power of vocal training. Most salespeople need to recognize their voice’s pivotal role in the sales success.

Telemarketing 62

Telemarketing Intent Infusion Pivotal 62

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 29, 2012

Here is the best way to sales prospect with voice mail: To make the voicemail message fly, it needs to be short. An example might be, “I’d be happy to share with you the latest findings as to how you respond to recent changes in the labor laws.” Want to know about successful sales prospecting?

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Prospecting Telemarketing Energy Benefit 174

Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2013

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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Follow-up Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 230

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2024

The art of door-to-door sales is timeless — even during the rise of modern sales strategies. There’s no two ways about it: D2D sales can be tricky. So, if you can master the art of door-to-door sales, the juice is worth the squeeze on the income front. Table of Contents What is door-to-door sales?

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Face-to-face Up-Sell Research Sales 98

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Add cold calling to your sales outreach strategy. You can get up to 82% of buyers to accept a meeting by starting a series of communication with sales cold calls. Cold calling is an outbound sales tactic companies use to contact a potential customer who hasn’t shown explicit interest in the company’s services.

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Cold Calling Lead Generation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 52

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 30, 2023

When the brain is challenged by stress — such as an incoming sales call when we’re really busy — it looks for shortcuts and simplifications. Telemarketing call!” ” And here’s another: “We’ve helped similar companies increase sales by up to 28%.”

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Prospecting Telemarketing How To Face-to-face 59

Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. In the age of COVID and increased remote work, sales development representatives (SDRs) and account executives (AEs) are finding that cold calling can be an effective means of reaching prospects — when handled correctly. Is B2B Cold Calling Dead?

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Cold Calling B2B Commission Exact 130

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Cold calling presents a ton of challenges to sales professionals at every level and in every industry. Therefore, there are a plethora of tips, tricks and magical scripts to help sales people overcome objections, get though GK screens and close sales or set appointments. Sales Person: “I really appreciate your time Mr Prospect.

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Cold Calling Telemarketing Up-Sell Industry 249

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2018

Everywhere we look there’s talk of data-driven sales, data-driven marketing, predictive learning, data hygiene , and so on. The use of Big Data, combined with your intelligence, can create growth, profits and more sales.”. Only last week I heard a story of a telemarketer who asked for a person who had died seven years ago.

Data 147

Data Buyer Persona B2B Telemarketing 147

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2013

When I ask sales people what their biggest challenge is in getting to speak directly with decision makers they are targeting, and voice mail or gatekeepers are at the top of the list, (while call reluctance should be right there with the other two, they don’t usually volunteer that fact). Sales Success Tibor Shanto' Tibor Shanto.

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Gatekeeper Decision Maker Call-back Telemarketing 275

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. The problems with the SDR to sales handoff. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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Commission Quota Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank 88

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. What is inside sales?

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Top of Funnel 81

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the THE 12 SALES METRICS THAT MATTER MOST.     Sales is both an art and a science. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

MarketJoy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The cold outreach campaign is a telemarketing tactic that aims at targeting your potential clients through emails and phone calls. If you want to see your sales touching sky-high profits, you need to move out of the traditional outbound sales technique. The following are a few live examples of successful cold outreach campaigns.

ROI 59

ROI Campaigns Telemarketing Follow-up 59

EyesOnSales

AUGUST 30, 2017

Most sales reps are tired of getting rejected when selling over the phone. COLD SALES EMAIL FAILURE: CASE IN POINT. FAILED COLD EMAIL EXAMPLE: Paragraph 1: Hi Michael… Are you looking to target a specific market for your products or services? “SHOULD I COLD EMAIL MY PROSPECTS BEFORE CALLING?” I understand it.

Telemarketing 47

Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Direct Mail Call-back 47

Pointclear

APRIL 14, 2017

Last week I published a blog that provided five ways to avoid getting burned by outsourced B2B sales lead generation, qualification and nurturing. Sales/B2B Marketing execs feel intense need to do something, but are afraid to risk budget. So, they settle for a cheap solution—which is how mediocre sales lead generation firms survive.

Lead Generation 147

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services Pipeline 147

OutboundView

JUNE 30, 2019

It’s 2019, and there’s a sleuth of B2B sales prospecting tools out there, each more promising than the next. But before you write that check, take some time to think about your business and how the sales team fits in the bigger picture. Bad data is at the root of many sales team’s failures. Sales Cadence Tools.

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Tools B2B Prospecting Telemarketing 31

LeadBoxer

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This guide will cover the differences between the two, and offer tips on how you can use them to convert leads into sales for your business. These messages come in the form of television commercials, telemarketers, billboards, radio ads, and email spam, in other words—things that make your day a little worse when you see and hear them.

Inbound 104

Inbound Outbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring 104

Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Cold calling is the bread and butter of sales reps in real estate. Sales representatives reach out to potential clients without knowing if they’re interested in selling or buying property. Over 57% of real estate agents claim that telemarketing is the best lead-generation technique. Would you consider a sale?”

Real Estate 88

Real Estate Cold Calling Commission Face-to-face 88

Pointclear

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Carlos has been named three years in a row—from 2009 to 2011—to the Sales Lead Management Association’s 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. 2012 Trending: Marketing Is Ahead of Sales in Understanding Buyer 2.0. He is a frequent speaker, blogger and contributor to many B2B marketing publications.

Outbound 169

Outbound Inbound Telemarketing Education 169

Pointclear

MAY 30, 2012

Working with a wide variety of clients from tech firms to sports properties and lifestyle brands, Andrew has crafted successful campaigns built around white papers, event-based advertising and sales training materials for clients such as Major League Baseball, Canon, DuPont, SAP, Business Objects, Oracle and many others.

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Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Outbound Sports 154

Nutshell

AUGUST 16, 2018

Definition of Cold Calling: Cold calling is a form of telemarketing in which a salesperson attempts to solicit business from potential customers who have not previously expressed interest in the seller’s product or solution. You can also browse through some of our past articles on the subject: 5 Things You Should Do Before Every Sales Call.

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Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker 132

Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Let me give you an example: Let’s take a typical sale in a consultative/collaborative environment: After some pretty rigorous qualification at the front-end, we decide that we have uncovered an opportunity that is worth pursuing. General Inside Sales Sales' However, your actual net profit is vastly different.

Face-to-face 49

Face-to-face Telemarketing Margin Buying Cycle 49

LeadFuze

JANUARY 16, 2023

96% of customers want to hear from a sales rep when they’re ready to buy, which often starts with a cold call. While these stats are optimistic, sales teams should understand that doing calls like back in 1995 doesn’t work now. Use sales dialers to save time. That’s how most salespeople make their sales calls.

Cold Calling 52

Cold Calling Ideal Customer Profile Maximizer Sales Qualified Lead 52

Pipeliner

MAY 28, 2021

Compared to outbound marketing, which relies on activities such as cold calling, telemarketing, purchasing email lists, door-to-door visits, and advertising, inbound marketing is less intrusive. While outbound marketing is still a useful tool to help sales, inbound marketing achieves the same results, but more effectively and efficiently.

Inbound 52

Inbound Webinar Metrics Company Lead Rank 52

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 21, 2019

To stay ahead of the competition and thrive, it’s essential to identify and adopt sales techniques that can boost your productivity and results. The front-runners focus on data hygiene and ensuring they have accurate and holistic customer information across sales, marketing and service departments. Automated sales prospecting.

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Trends B2B Social Media Telemarketing 297

Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

Lead Generation in B2B Sales is a topic that usually ends up in finger pointing and a verbal bun fight, between the people in Sales and Marketing. No Sales Leads , or even poor quality sales leads usually means no Sales, so surely this needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. So whats the answer?

Lead Generation 49

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Outsourcing Services Leads 49

Jonathan Farrington

JUNE 8, 2013

Trend data reveal that sales organizations are shifting resources from outside to inside sales. Inside sales growth is 30% faster than their outside sales counterparts. The number of Inside Sales departments is projected to grow from 800,000, in 2009, to over 2 million in 2013.”. Let me give you an example ….

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Face-to-face Inside Sales Telemarketing Influencer 47