Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

My prospecting approach at that time was going through lead lists and sending blind emails. Nowadays, I can’t even imagine a world without social media, especially for prospecting. First of all, prospects, business partners and most stakeholders will look at your Linkedin profile at least once when doing business with you.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Interesting tidbit: The probability of selling to a new prospect is 5–20%. Driving revenue by retaining existing customers is the name of the customer success game,” according to HubSpot. The probability of selling to an existing customer is 60–70%. Product expansion through cross-selling and upselling But first, what’s the difference?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2022

Prospects are on vacation. To find out, HubSpot surveyed 100,000+ customers around the globe and compared their summer results to pre-pandemic benchmarks. Prospect, prospect, prospect. Set up Google alerts for your prospects' companies to keep abreast of any major announcements. Calls go unanswered.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Cold Call Script Examples How to Create a Cold Call Script The Best Cold Calling Script Ever Cold Calling Script Variation Cold Calling Script Templates Cold Calling Tips Once you have a list of prospects to call, it's time to reach out. Cold calling is a way to engage prospects one-on-one to move them to the next step in the buying process.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 18, 2023

This means hotels can generate significant revenue if they have a good strategy in place. In this post, we’re going to share 15 sales strategies for hotels to help you ensure your property stays fully booked for a big part of the year. Table of Contents What do hotel sales teams do? Create a hotel virtual tour.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The franchisee will need to put out job postings, review applications, interview prospective candidates, and train new employees — but the franchisor may assist with this by providing training materials or hiring guidelines. But everything from gyms to hotels to movie theaters to retail shops can all operate under franchises.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The prospect’s phone rings**. Prospect: Hello? Prospect: Actually, this isn’t a great time …. Prospect: We’re not interested. Now, if you are calling your prospects and saying the same thing to all of them, essentially pushing your product -- just stop. Step 2: Identify 20 good-fit prospects. second pause).

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 19, 2019

I enjoy closing deals that I know will bring value to the prospect's life and business. I enjoy initial discovery calls because they're like a puzzle I'm trying to solve to discover what the prospect's pain points are and if my solution can solve for those issues. I love to be in front of prospects or presenting over video.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

With the money you've saved on attendees, host the event at a nicer hotel or hire a high-end caterer. If your sales team isn't proficient at calling, prospecting, and other foundational competencies, that's a hiring issue rather than a training issue. This, in turn, helps salespeople relate to and build trust with their prospects.

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

It’s possible for a company to offer both B2B and B2C selling – a hotel selling rooms to individual consumers and conference rooms to businesses is one example. Here are eight sales strategies to use: Research Your Prospects Knowing who your prospects are can make or break your sales. How many employees do they have?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

But because selling is a two-way interaction, the science behind sales also covers the other party in the engagement: prospects, leads, or customers, depending on the stage in the sales process at which they are being engaged. One study tried to figure out how to increase room service tips for waiters in hotels. How does this help you?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2019

The doorman at the hotel hooked us up with Leo, a private driver. It was a text from Leo saying that he was in the black Suburban parked in front of the hotel. These characteristics and habits improve the ability of salespeople to communicate and build rapport with prospects. No problem. What does a salesperson do?

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 17, 2019

What you might not have heard is his thoughts on data-driven prospecting and marketing, the new wave of data around intent, or the best way to get a hotel upgrade. So we promised to talk a little bit about data-driven prospecting and data-driven marketing. It’s like a museum to the past in a way.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2018

Though you’ll be speaking with your prospects about different concerns and questions on the phone, a sales presentation may be the best chance you have to put all your cards on the table and demonstrate exactly why your service is perfect for the prospect. Hotels leave you disconnected from the city and its culture.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2017

They develop trust -- usually by adding value and spending a lot of time with prospects -- before attempting to close. Without this faith, prospects are unlikely to take the leap on an expensive product. What about your favorite hotel? This information helps you answer two critical questions: Can your product help the prospect?

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Subjective value is the perceived value of your product or service in the mind of the prospect. The idea that product or service insights—and thereby subjective value—could be created in the minds of prospects or customers has resulted in enormous ventures such as HubSpot, Marketo and other marketing automation solutions.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Find gaps in your sales process where a disproportionate number of prospects fall off. If prospects are willing to pay more for your product or service, your profit margin on each sale will expand — that's pretty straightforward. Hotel: -30.78%. Pore through your expense reports to pin down any frivolous or unnecessary spending.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2018

A dynamic, AI-driven playbook in action might work like this: Picture a sports equipment sales team trying to sell a basic line of elliptical machines to a hotel chain. An AI-enabled sales solution could pick up on those signals, such as a LinkedIn article or social media chatter a prospect posted about a need best met by Product Z.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

They use it to research their prospects, keep up to date on their customers, and connect with opportunities. With a premium LinkedIn Sales Navigator account, reps can get additional insights on prospects as well as customized lead lists. Help them jumpstart the process by buying them an awesome URL from GoDaddy or HostGator.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

If your entire draw is rooted less in a strong value proposition and more in showing how much money prospects can save, you might come off as sleazy or substandard. Lower prices can often be conflated with lower quality, so if that's all your prospects are hearing about, your product or service might seem higher risk or unreliable.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Instead of relying on AI, we need to use our own words and voices when communicating with prospects. Personalization is important, but if the prospect doesn†t need what you†re selling they won†t buy it. When I walk into a hotel, all I need to do is find out what room number it†s at and *click* on the door handle.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2018

I’ve made President’s Club two years in a row, and I’ve reduced hotel vacancies in Orlando by 35% over the last 18 months. Here are some examples of a few sales skills to remember to list: Ability to coordinate prospect research - Every sales rep needs to be able to do thorough research on their prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 2, 2018

Playing the manager in charge of doling out prospective sales leads, Kevin Spacey’s cold-blooded smarm has rarely been more effective. Funnyman Ed Helms plays Tim Lippe, a naïve insurance man who’s so sheltered and innocent that he’s never spent the night in a hotel before.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 24, 2018

Whether you’re networking, speaking with a new prospect, or warming up a customer before upselling them or asking for a referral, you must be able to build rapport with casual conversation. Are you in a beautiful hotel, home, or conference area? For prospects: “What’s the most exciting thing about your business?”.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 9, 2018

30 minutes a week booking hotels? Prospecting. Here are a few ways to tell you’re ready for a virtual assistant: When you have a list of repetitive tasks you complete regularly - Do you spend 90 minutes a day answering emails? Write it down. Add it to the list. 15 minutes filling out expense reports? You know the drill. Lead nurturing.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 11, 2018

The email finder integrates with some of the top sales tools, including Zapier, Hubspot, and Pipedrive, so you can quickly output the information for your sales team to begin working with it. Hotels, restaurants, and other businesses offer free Wi-Fi connectivity to guests. to help you find highly targeted prospects.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

Effective CRM software will allow you to interact with prospects and close deals rather than wasting that precious time on mundane tasks. 5 Half of all sales time is spent on ineffective prospecting. — You can spend a whole lot more time prospecting. Sometimes, during prospect and client interaction these things are unavoidable.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 13, 2018

Simultaneously, look at bumping up marketing spend and investing in prospecting training for your reps. Standard opportunity, lead, prospect, and close definitions: Everyone needs to agree about when and how to count leads entering and exiting the funnel. In addition, a sales forecast is a powerful motivation tool.

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