Sales Evangelist

JULY 30, 2021

Every salesperson is familiar with the frustration that comes with being blocked by a gatekeeper, which could be a physical person or even just a system or automation that prevents you from interacting with the decision-maker of your target organization. In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is going to do just that.

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Sales Evangelist

JULY 30, 2021

Every salesperson is familiar with the frustration that comes with being blocked by a gatekeeper, which could be a physical person or even just a system or automation that prevents you from interacting with the decision-maker of your target organization. In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is going to do just that.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. And as of July 2020, 69 percent of B2B reps didn’t have enough leads in their pipeline to meet their annual quotas, according to a survey by ValueSelling Associates. None of us stands out during prospecting. Try this instead.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 25, 2023

One marketing platform or sales enablement app? Stand Out to Meet Quota None of this would matter if sales reps were meeting or exceeding quota, if their pipelines were qualified and their projections accurate, and if they had only committed and loyal clients. But that’s not happening in most sales organizations.

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Zoominfo

MAY 22, 2024

Since I founded ZoomInfo 17 years ago, I’ve had a clear vision of how data and technology could help sales professionals everywhere realize their true potential. A world where every seller has the tools, tactics and connections that were once held hostage by old-school gatekeeping. Modern sales is becoming a science.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

These are the five essential channels you can rely on for generating a steady stream of inquiries that you can then convert to qualified leads, and have a prayer of closing enough sales to meet your revenue quota. Its high perceived value and standout physical features tend to get past gatekeepers, and straight to the executive desktop.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As a BDR, nothing is more frustrating than doing all the work to book a demo and the prospect doesn’t show up. On today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist Donald talks with Nicolas Sosa, an automation specialist at IBM, about how to make sure you book demos that actually show up. Be transparent with the gatekeepers.

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2021

Working in sales would be infinitely more manageable if you could get the gatekeeper to work for you instead of against you. In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by Taskdrive’s general manager Daniel Viduya to discuss making the gatekeeper an advocate through lead research. Sales isn’t Lord of the Rings.

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2021

Working in sales would be infinitely more manageable if you could get the gatekeeper to work for you instead of against you. In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by Taskdrive’s general manager Daniel Viduya to discuss making the gatekeeper an advocate through lead research. Sales isn’t Lord of the Rings.

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2021

Working in sales would be infinitely more manageable if you could get the gatekeeper to work for you instead of against you. In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by Taskdrive’s general manager Daniel Viduya to discuss making the gatekeeper an advocate through lead research. Sales isn’t Lord of the Rings.

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Gatekeeper Research Lead Rank Lead Scoring 40

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 28, 2022

I recently had the genuine pleasure of attending Scott Ingram’s 2022 Sales Success Summit. Is every sales event so provocative and fun?). What is the Sales Success Summit? The speakers, drawn from Scott Ingram’s Sales Success Stories podcast , are the #1 top sellers (or in the top 1% of sellers) in their companies.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 18, 2018

As you probably know by now, my point of view is that referral selling is the most powerful account based sales development strategy, and it’s the only effective use of salespeople’s time. So, it makes sense that people think I believe referrals are the only way to ensure qualified sales lead generation. Prospects aren’t dumb.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2020

Every day you want to progress toward achieving positive sales performance. In our 2019 RFPIO Responder Survey, salespeople in technology, healthcare, and financial services revealed they’re working toward time management and revenue objectives with perseverance. 68% of Salespeople Don’t Have Enough Time to Focus on Sales Activities.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

Sales leaders acknowledge that referrals are their fastest revenue driver and solve their two biggest issues: getting qualified leads in the pipe and scoring meetings with decision-makers. While all salespeople love to receive referrals, most are uncomfortable asking for them, and many sales leaders don’t believe referrals can scale.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Cracking a tough sales account was once like striking oil. The first good sales rep on site won exclusive mining rights. All of that changed with access to high quality sales intelligence and emphasis on Account-Based Everything (ABE). Sales reps are no longer locked out of an account by longstanding business relationships.

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Autoklose

MARCH 4, 2024

Which sales strategy is better? The synergy of cold calling and cold emailing can be used for breaking the ice and getting on your prospects’ radar. Table of Contents Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect? Timing Matters Consider the Prospect’s Level Closing Word Is It Better to Call or Email a Prospect?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

Sales leaders acknowledge that referrals are their fastest revenue driver and solve their two biggest issues: getting qualified leads in the pipe and scoring meetings with decision-makers. While all salespeople love to receive referrals, most are uncomfortable asking for them, and many sales leaders don’t believe referrals can scale.

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LevelEleven

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Every sales rep has been there – you are having very successful conversations with a prospect only to find out they’re not the one you should be talking to… they’re not the decision maker. Finding the decision maker in an organization is a critical step in the sales process, but it’s not always easy. . For example….

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Frontline Selling

DECEMBER 16, 2022

On the one hand, they shower love on their SDR’s because (let’s face it) their job of sales prospecting is really, really hard! (Oh, But it’s so hard that most sales reps won’t even try to do it. Suboptimal sales results. A field sales rep gets days to prepare for a demo or a meeting. Who should I reach out to?

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Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

The more you learn, the better you can perform when it comes to nurturing and converting sales deals. In sales, you need to keep learning to excel and surpass competitors. So, take the help of various sales books to enhance your knowledge and brush up your skills. 25 sales books you must-read in 2020. The Modern Seller.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Cold calling the CEO is difficult, but not impossible — if you know how to structure your pitch and how to get past gatekeepers. At Abstrakt , we’ve scheduled more than 100,000 B2B sales meetings in the last eight years, so we have unique insight and hundreds of thousands of hours put into mastering this skill. Absolutely.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Present your prospects with all of their options, and don’t stop until they’re completely satisfied. A CRM is a system that gets your sales organized. Another way to stay on top of your sales is by using a CRM that will organize and track the data for you.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

These stats certainly grab our attention, especially as Millennials grow into the decision makers and gatekeepers over the next two decades. A recent survey done by the Content Marketing Institute shows 75% of respondents believe in-person events are an effective marketing tactic. age demographic at 75.4 Continue reading.

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LeveragePoint

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Do B2B sales teams use marketing content? The Question for Sales. What do you want your sales teams to say when they are in front of the customer? It’s an urgent question to ask as sales leadership plans next year’s sales meetings. Marketing and Sales – Bridge the Gap. The Question for Marketing.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 10, 2018

Suppose Payless is having a sale, and you buy cheap hiking boots. Take data: There are a lot of options for third-party lead data and sales intelligence. Dead-ends and gatekeepers. Beyond email, your sales team also suffers from bad data. And there are a lot of CHEAP options. Digging out of the dirty data hole.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Any advanced selling system is based on the fundamentals however you have to leverage a process and acknowledge the nurturing required for an effective sales cycle to happen in social environs over time. Dave Brock says it the best ever: Prospecting is the New Prospecting ! The folly of Sales 2.0 Let me make my case.

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OnePageCRM

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

That’s the cost of a sales rep mis-hire, according to research by Dr. Brad Smart of Topgrading Inc., a firm that helps companies assess sales candidates. But how do you identify a great sales hire? Not all sales people come from the same aggressive ABC (Always Be Closing) mold. Teams that use coaching see 161% more sales.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 18, 2022

Top sales leaders use sales battle cards to build their businesses. Sales leaders who want to maximize the effectiveness of their sales process and keep up with their competitors use sales battle cards to identify customer pain points and gain valuable market insights. What are sales battle cards?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2023

Crafting the perfect B2B cold sales email is both an art and a science. With the help of the templates in this article and expert tips on what not to write in your next cold email, you'll have the confidence to write attention-grabbing emails that prospects will want to read. Download Now 1. Craft an exciting subject line.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 30, 2017

This is an important principle to understand when you’re selling to a prospective buyer: They’re going to be evaluating a number of different providers in the process, and they’re going to be providing a number of different value stories. ” To which Joe might reply, “Oh, I didn’t know that.”

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It may seem that cold calling in sales is dead — but the numbers say otherwise. According to research conducted by the RAIN Group , 69% of all buyers surveyed have received and accepted cold calls during the last year, and 82% of them have accepted meetings with sellers. HubSpot universal sales script template.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

What if sales reps can really harness the full potential of the pricy software tools we thought would turn us into sales superstars? Goodbye missed quotas; hello sales engagement!). When science and sales meet, sparks fly. RELATED: What is Sales Engagement? Sales Engagement: A Billion Dollar Market.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

In this mega guide, I’ll breakdown 31 different lead generation techniques you can use to supercharge your sales pipeline almost immediately. Two of which are currently sales and marketing. I’m in control of every step of the sales process – from awareness to decision making. Why am I sharing this?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 30, 2018

Take your prospects through the buyer journey. One of them is a CRM which gets your sales organized. Another one is a specialized CRM which help to organize your sales, track recurring revenue, and the churn rate. Another one is a specialized CRM which help to organize your sales, track recurring revenue, and the churn rate.

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Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2022

Take a challenging entry-level position in the sales industry with high expectations and an unrelenting daily schedule. But for too long, that’s been the de facto experience for a sales development representative. But at the same time, it’s not clear how you get there,” says Matt Rohr, a sales enablement manager at ZoomInfo.

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