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4 Ways to Find Your First Customer

Hubspot Sales

If the difference between a hobby and a business is making sales to customers, then how do you make the transition? It’s one thing to have a theory around who you’d like to sell to but how do you actually find those initial customers to sell to? You might be afraid that you’ll say something wrong and scare away a big prospect.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

Zoominfo

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services.

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Prioritizing Sales Prospects: A Step-By-Step Guide

Crunchbase

As a salesperson, much of your success relies on prioritizing the right prospects. By focusing on the right prospects, you can streamline your efforts, speed up the sales cycle and ultimately close more deals. Going after the most promising leads first can have a huge impact on your conversion rates, engagement and revenue.

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Two BIG Reasons Your Prospecting Isn’t Working

Sales Hacker

Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. Learn how these factors impact your prospecting, and what you can do to yield better outcomes in sales. #1:

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Should You Outsource Your BDR Team?

Janek Performance Group

Quality Control The good news is the calendar is full of appointments and your account reps are busy with new prospect meetings. The bad news is, after tracking the pipeline , you discover very few of these outsourced appointments are turning into new clients. The name of the game is not just the number of appointments.

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The Top 8 Challenges of Prospecting and How to Conquer Them

Crunchbase

From identifying potential customers, to finding quality leads and maintaining a healthy pipeline, sales prospecting is vital to the success of your business. Successful prospecting requires time management skills, a proactive mindset and the ability to communicate effectively.

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Lead vs. Prospect: What’s the Difference?

Crunchbase

Lead generation is pointless if it doesn’t result in a prospect and a conversion. Before we dive into how to drive conversions, let’s first unpack the difference between a lead and a prospect, and how to turn one into the other. Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data.