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Why Sales People Don’t Follow Up Sales Leads

Klozers

. Surely when sales people are under pressure to hit targets, then logic would dictate following up on sales leads would be a priority. Should these Sales Leads not be ripe enough to qualify, they should then enter the Lead Nurturing process until they are ripe and ready to buy.

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How to make sales calls [The Ultimate Guide] – Part 3

OnePageCRM

There’s a 10x drop off in lead qualification when you wait longer than 5 minutes to respond ( hbr, Insidesales ). Segment your lead nurturing campaigns accordingly for each type of customer. Only 7% of companies tested replied within 5 minute so this is low-hanging fruit. Work towards shorter sales calls. Call reluctance.

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How to make sales calls [The Ultimate Guide] – Part 3

OnePageCRM

There’s a 10x drop off in lead qualification when you wait longer than 5 minutes to respond ( hbr, Insidesales ). Segment your lead nurturing campaigns accordingly for each type of customer. Only 7% of companies tested replied within 5 minute so this is low-hanging fruit. Work towards shorter sales calls. Call reluctance.

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How to make sales calls [The Ultimate Guide]

OnePageCRM

There’s a 10x drop off in lead qualification when you wait longer than 5 minutes to respond ( hbr, Insidesales ). Segment your lead nurturing campaigns accordingly for each type of customer. Only 7% of companies tested replied within 5 minute so this is low-hanging fruit. Work towards shorter sales calls. Call reluctance.

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Increase Sales Productivity: 50 Proven Methods

LeadFuze

Use this profile of the ideal customer as a template to generate other leads. 6 Sales reps who use social media in their sales are 50% more likely to meet or exceed their goals. — InsideSales. LinkedIn is especially useful for these types of sales. 7 60% of sales reps meet their sales goals. — CSO Insights.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum.