Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How important are prospecting insights to your sales strategy? Of course, your sales strategy’s success, including reaching your revenue goals, depends on the sales team hitting their numbers. More importantly, what information do they have that can lead to more deals? What are prospecting insights?

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. However, many B2B sales teams struggle with inefficient qualification processes. In fact, two statistics cited in Spotio are eye opening: 46% of B2B sales reps list lead quantity and quality as their top challenge.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? Let’s jump in.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 1, 2013

When you first meet with a prospect, how much information do you normally get out of them? If we’re being truthful, you normally don’t get enough information about them to really understand their. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2021

But if you must prospect to succeed, you will need to focus and practice the fundamentals. Here are 5 prospecting mistakes you can avoid. In the video below I look at five common mistakes makes salespeople make while they are prospecting. The 5 Prospecting Mistakes. Leading with too much meaningless information.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Want prospects to respond with lightning speed? It’s time to activate the triple touch sales tactic. What is the Triple Touch in Sales? The triple touch is a tactic that salespeople use to engage prospects. Here’s the thing, if you’re in sales, you know that getting B2B prospects’ attention is tough.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In the “good old days,” perhaps 10+ years ago, salespeople were the primary source of information about potential solutions for their customers. Customers and prospects sought sales people to learn about new solutions, trends in the markets, what other similar companies were doing. What is most important to them?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 13, 2023

85% of salespeople using AI/automation agree it makes their prospecting efforts more effective. As prospecting is an extremely critical step in the sales process , adopting AI to help with your processes is worth considering. Read on to learn more about using AI for sales prospecting and specific use cases for generative AI.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 8, 2013

“Informed-calling” is the prospecting method where in place of making cold-calls, you instead call potential customers with a specific reason based off of something you’re learned about them. This piece of information could be of interest to a number of people to whom you’re trying to sell.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

And while it’s not hard to find basic business data — company names, phone numbers, employee counts, revenue, maybe direct dial numbers and email addresses — today’s complicated sales cycles need more than just names and numbers. What is Sales Intelligence? What Do Sales Intelligence Tools Do?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience. ZoomInfo saves me so much time,” Castro says.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 1, 2021

Executing a prospecting call well, requires competencies and skill different from selling; prospecting is in many ways counter to sales. Making many things that are acceptable while in the selling phase of the client life cycle, are useless while prospecting. Simply put, if you can’t prospect, what will you sell?

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Crunchbase

MAY 22, 2023

Sales prospecting is an integral part of the sales process. When done manually, it can be time-consuming and demand substantial effort — but automated sales prospecting can help. What is automated sales prospecting?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

I watched a sales rep making cold calls the other day. He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects. I want to share with you what this common prospecting error is and how to immediately fix it. Plus, what was missing was a value statement of what might be in it for the prospect.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2020

Voicemail is a great example in sales, there are as many opinions as there are pundits. It’s about voicemail for buyers vs. voicemail with prospects. And all this will serve you well as a salesperson once you are engaged and selling to a prospect. Base assumption: You need to speak with the prospect to initiate a cycle.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your sales team doesn’t have time for efficiency blockers in a competitive, fast-paced market. 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. Store data in a CRM so the sales team can review and update information regularly.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tweet You can measure how much WOW is in your sales effort by looking at the following ten aspects of what makes up WOW: 1. Be totally persistent – To reach the prospect, to get the prospect your information, to get information about the prospect, to appoint the prospect. One works the other fails.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s tough enough to uncover quality prospects. It’s even more difficult to keep their attention and capture interest during a prospecting call. And research shows that prospecting calls are a serious struggle. 2 Phrases to Use For Prospecting Calls One of his tips is to open with a business-oriented proposition.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? Engage with your prospects.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

From writing emails, to creating phone scripts and handling objections, it’s clear that AI tools based on large language models can be used in every stage of the sales process. How to Write Sales Prospecting Emails Using ChatGPT One advantage of ChatGPT is that it can iterate on what it’s already produced. Here’s what we found.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. What is Sales Automation? Today’s Sales professions spend just 34% of their time selling. With that shocking statistic, let’s review the benefits of sales automation. The Rise of Sales Automation. Salesforce.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

By staying in tune with economic trends, you can better position your product as a relevant and timely solution to prospects’ business challenges. Brian Vital, VP of sales development, ZoomInfo Trigger Recent market developments (e.g. Trigger Recent market developments (e.g.

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SalesProInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Two words that no prospective client is going to say. The Dangers of Depersonalization in Sales Conversations What do I mean? Depersonalized” sales conversation and explanations of what you do, and how you do it, stop the prospect from connecting with you and the solution. To be more connected to the information.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

Welcome to " The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice from real sales leaders. Here it is: Prospects aren't always easy to deal with. 8 of the Most Difficult Types of Prospects (& How to Deal With Them) 1. Want more content like this? Subscribe to our newsletter! You're welcome.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Daily, sales reps (mostly SDRs) face the daunting task of turning cold calls into warm calls. Sales reps look to increase conversion rates by upping their cold call game. Along with actionable intelligence, guidelines for cold calls allow both sales managers and SDRs to tailor their sales processes. Reason for Calling.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 29, 2023

The truth about salespeople who are reluctant to prospect boils down to two things: First, they are reluctant to prospect because past attempts resulted in failure. Second, they don’t know what to say to prospects. Prospecting reluctance can be the silent killer of sales careers.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Prospecting, seeking new opportunities and clients, is an integral part of sales. However, when it comes to prospecting, many salespeople experience fear. A driver of performance anxiety, it can lead to sales slumps, missed quota, and restricted pipelines. Always think of prospecting from the prospect’s point of view.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

(You can check out Rahul’s video on accelerating bigger, faster deals with consolidation and Elisha’s tips for using your CRM, enablement analytics, and Call AI to inform better coaching. Key takeaways: During sales stage review: Use CRM data to analyze conversion rates at different sales stages. So let’s get into it.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? Set up behavior-based triggers that notify sales teams of prospect engagement.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 17, 2023

That makes establishing credibility central to the success of any sales effort. But maintaining that kind of trustworthiness and legitimacy over multiple sales conversations can be easier said than done — a lot of reps run into hitches, hiccups, and human errors that undermine their credibility with prospects. Let's dive in.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Landing pages have a vital, singular purpose — encouraging visitors to begin the sales cycle with a brand. And that content is a gateway to a possible sale. After users go through with a landing page, there should be a clear path to the end — an action that brings them into your sales funnel. An example of a landing page design.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to Personalize Your Prospecting. Automation has become a great tool in many regards, and technology has definitely been a huge factor and great resource in the sales world, but it can’t compensate for the human to human connection, especially when it comes to prospecting. What is personalized prospecting?

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Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. It’s a vital part of any sales strategy because it helps develop your sales pipeline and brings you one step closer to securing new customers. Inbound prospecting relies on marketing efforts to drive action or engagement from prospects.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Prospecting is the process of researching and pursuing potential customers for your business. It’s a vital part of any sales strategy because it helps develop your sales pipeline and brings you one step closer to securing new customers. Inbound prospecting relies on marketing efforts to drive action or engagement from prospects.

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