Nutshell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Driving sales is the endgame for any business. All your marketing, all your product and service development—it all leads to sales, which is where the revenue is earned. But when you make a sale, it doesn’t happen all at once—it’s a process. That’s why you need sales follow-up strategies.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 31, 2021

But if you need to send one sales follow up email after the next, you’re like the rest of us. That’s fine, because we’ve got your back, with a list of follow-up email templates you can use to reach out to your prospects and get responses. What Should I Write In a Follow Up Email?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 25, 2022

In my news feed, I saw an article about an interesting research study on sales performance/productivity. ” The only thing I ever download from this very large sales automation provider are their market research whitepapers. And it’s not the fault of the sales people that are making these lead follow-up calls.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Customer relationships are more important in distribution than making individual sales. But how is your post-sale follow-up? Following up with customer post-sale is an important way to make sure your customers know they mean more to you than just a sales transaction.

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Salesmate

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In this article, you will learn about creating your own sets of automated text messages with text (SMS) sequences and merge them with your email drip campaigns for successful follow ups. We already have shown how sequences can be used as drip campaigns for putting your email follow-ups on autopilot.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

But many salespeople and marketers make the mistake of crafting a perfect sales email, holding a great meeting, or running a fantastic product demo, and then sitting back and doing nothing. If you’re guilty of this, you might need to perfect your sales follow-ups. Reticence over following up is understandable.

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Women Sales Pros

JULY 19, 2019

5 Things You Need To Know Have you ever had that sales call? That sales call that goes so well. You try a few more times, but out of fear you would become annoying you give up. Sales cycles are longer, great calls go dark and the more it happens the more you are doubting your sales skills. That just didn’t happen.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Whether you conduct your sales outreach by phone, social media, or email—it’s undeniably an essential aspect of B2B sales. Today we’ll cover a list of insights around sales follow-up productivity, channels, cadences, and effectiveness. B2B Sales Follow Up Statistics Sales Follow Up Productivity 1.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 21, 2020

When inbound sales and marketing works, it’s great. I’ve worked with many companies throughout my career, and there tends to be six common, tactical mistakes when it comes to inbound process: They don’t have sales and marketing alignment and accountability documented in a comprehensive SLA. How can we patch these gaps?

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Selling Energy

JANUARY 27, 2023

I was recently asked about my favorite ways to follow-up with customers. Considering how many touches it takes to make a sale, it’s both a delicate and rigorous process. Statistics suggest it takes eight touches on average to get an initial meeting and an additional ten touches on average to close the deal.

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Sales 2.0

APRIL 8, 2016

I’ve actually wondered about the best messaging to follow up on an ebook download and David makes it very obvious how to do it. Do Your Sales People Understand The Objective Of Your Content? The other day, I downloaded an outstanding market research study. It was entitled, 2016, The State Of Marketing.

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Corporate growth, good and bad, can be traced to sales lead follow-up i. Marketers keep thinking it is common sense for sales representatives to follow up all inquiries given to them. So we are left with motivating them to do the obvious and not give up. Yes, follow-up is difficult today.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 118

Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. Thinking about both art and selling in sales, you must be smart in how you strategize reaching your targeted buyer.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 31, 2023

But if you need to send one sales follow-up email after the next, you’re like the rest of us. That’s fine, because we’ve got your back with a list of follow-up email templates you can use to reach out to your prospects and get responses. This sales followup email is to be practical, respectful and to the point.

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Allego

MAY 7, 2024

Do your sales and marketing teams have a hard time communicating? According to a poll from SMM Connect and Training Magazine Network, 68% of sales and marketing leaders said “sales and marketing don’t communicate effectively.” Forrester) No visibility into which assets sales uses.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Rank 62

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If you have been following SBI’s Missed Your Number series, we’ve made recommendations on immediate actions sales leaders can take to get back on your growth track. In market-leading organizations, Sales teams are supported through a strategic cross-functional interlock with the marketing team.

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John Barrows

JUNE 29, 2020

What does great follow-up look like? Darryl Praill , CMO of VanillaSoft joins us on the podcast this week to talk about how his team follows up on marketing leads, where he sees common mistakes still happening in prospecting and how to fix them. Follow the podcast: Subscribe on iTunes. This was a fun one!

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Selling Energy

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I often get asked about my favorite ways to follow-up with customers. Considering how many touches it takes to make a sale, it’s both a delicate and rigorous process. Statistics suggest it takes eight touches to get an initial meeting and an additional ten to close the deal. So, 18 touches in all.

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MarketJoy

JULY 31, 2020

Very few sales emails result in a “yes” by the client the very first time. This is why you, as a sales executive, should never take a “No” response as the final answer. You have no way of knowing why a prospect has not answered; and the only way to find out is to follow up. “No” WHY DO SALES REP DON’T FOLLOW-UP IN SALES.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

> The Art of the Sales Follow-Up: 7 Ways to Keep the Conversation Going – HubSpot. But many salespeople and marketers make the mistake of crafting a perfect sales email, holding a great meeting, or running a fantastic product demo, and then sitting back and doing nothing. - MOTIVATION -. Mike Bosworth.

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Pipeliner

JULY 22, 2019

When it comes to business, people get to know their prospects and their clients better if they follow the right follow up strategies. They build quality relationships by engaging in follow up. Wanda Allen: Follow-up Strategies. What is the exact meaning of follow up?

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Pointclear

JUNE 7, 2016

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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Follow-up Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 154

Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2020

In theory, your sales and marketing departments should be the best of friends. What if I told you that misalignment between sales and marketing technologies costs B2B companies 10% of revenue or more per year? Why is Sales and Marketing Communication Important? It’s not the biggest issue, right?

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Top of Funnel Marketing How To Funnel 301

Zoominfo

APRIL 16, 2020

Discord between marketing and sales departments is an age-old story. The marketing team gets annoyed at the sales team for failing to follow up on leads. And in return, the sales team is annoyed with the marketing team for generating low-quality leads in the first place.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Hey, Marketing. Is your team going in the same direction as sales development and sales? B2B marketing and sales can use swim lanes to map and track their responsibilities — from qualifying marketing leads to closing deals. In other words, swim lanes are a way to align your sales and marketing teams.

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SendBuzz

MAY 2, 2023

Follow-up emails are a crucial tool for maintaining contact and making sure that crucial activities and projects stay on schedule. Composing a successful follow-up email can be challenging, though, since you must be courteous and professional while still getting your point across. For example, “How are you doing?

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today I had the following email exchange: Subject: Question on Comp. Sales complains that the leads suck. We have the sales process dialed in and we are training on it now. That's one of more than 20 conditions that justify evaluating the sales force. I am stuck on comp.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If people intentionally opt-in for consultations with us, why are we still reluctant to make follow-up calls? In this Expert Insight Interview, Molly McGrath discusses the concept of follow up. This interview discusses: Embracing follow-up calls. Make Follow Up Calls. The power of the pause.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 31, 2013

I continue to enjoy the insightful discussions I have with sales and marketing experts in our PowerViews series. There are a few topics that come up regularly. For this ‘best of’ edition we revisit the hot topics—social media, mobile marketing, sales lead follow up. LinkedIn is more buttoned up.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 11, 2013

Marketing and author of the new book by the same name, says you may want to tell your sales reps to stop wasting their time. Marketing and author of the new book by the same name, says you may want to tell your sales reps to stop wasting their time. Issue Date: 2013-07-01. Teaser: David Newman, founder of Do It!

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SendBuzz

MAY 2, 2023

Nowadays, the majority of marketers and salespeople believe it is safe to infer that a prospect is indifferent if their email does not receive a response. Instead of using follow-up emails to encourage a prospect to purchase their product or service, they instead move on to new prospects. A follow-up email, what is it?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That’s why follow-ups are the most important part of any cold email campaign. Why Following Up Is So Important. Follow up is important for several reasons: Most people don’t respond right away. In other words, if you don’t follow up at all, you’ll miss out on more than half your potential deals.

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Selling Energy

JANUARY 27, 2023

I was recently asked about my favorite ways to follow-up with customers. Considering how many touches it takes to make a sale, it’s both a delicate and rigorous process. Statistics suggest it takes eight touches on average to get an initial meeting and an additional ten touches on average to close the deal.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Back then, new digital marketing companies were telling everyone that salespeople would be replaced by inbound marketing. Fifteen years later, their products have a place at the very top of the sales funnel.

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