No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. They take an internal focus, instead of recognizing that lead generation—referral lead generation in particular—is their ticket to the C-Suite. (Or So, what do you do?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 13, 2022

An inbound lead. If you’ve been fielding inbound leads for a while, then you’ve probably noticed something: Not all inbound leads buy. Didn’t the prospect reach out to me? The way to capture a deal in this situation—if there is one—is to treat an inbound lead like any other: you need to qualify them. Not so fast….

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. Then give your team access to my award winning inside sales training!

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. It involves assessing the fit and readiness of potential leads based on various criteria. 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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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

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. Wait and respond accordingly—engage!].

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The Pipeline

JUNE 22, 2020

There are a lot of blurred lines in business and sales, leading to blurred conversations, and longer sales cycles. One blur is the line between who is a buyer and who is a prospect. Assuming buyers and prospects are the same and the words interchangeable perhaps explains the output numbers year after year. One Is Willing.

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Autoklose

MARCH 11, 2024

Prospecting is a high-stakes game, so many sales reps make the mistake of being too pushy in an attempt to quickly convert leads into sales. Such an aggressive approach often backfires, leading to lost opportunities and potential clients who are turned off by the pressure. Table of Content Leverage the Reciprocity Principle 1.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2021

Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. However, Optimizing your chat tool to maximize your team’s efficiency and generate leads requires finding the balance between automated and human touchpoints in your chat platform’s programming.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 18, 2024

Despite videoconferencing and virtual selling, the telephone remains essential for connecting with clients and, especially, prospects. This leads to additional insights into the customer’s needs. While sellers should guide the conversation, let customers lead. Since then, teleselling has been a staple of sales.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The majority of Lead Development Reps are inexperienced, undertrained, and ill-equipped for today’s buyer. So when your prospect finally speaks with your company, who is the first point of contact? If you are a B2B that utilizes webform to register inquiries, it is typically a Lead Development Representative (LDR). Guess what?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 1, 2020

A company I’ve been working with for over a year now gets a portion of their leads via inbound email requests for information on their services. Another company recently reached out to me wondering if there is a best practice approach for handling inbound leads. So, stop pitching your inbound leads and start qualifying instead.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads. Don’t believe me?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Because I wanted to focus on a specific question, I glossed over the question I am sure many had as I set out a scenario, specifically when we ask sellers: “Who is your best prospect?”. What I found that unless you get a uniform answer to that question, you can bet that they don’t even know what a prospect is.

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

There’s plenty of mediocrity in lead generation—both in-house and outsourced. However, there are a lot of things good insourced operations and lead generation companies do well. While lead generation (or teleprospecting) is not rocket science, there are a lot of moving parts in a well-run lead generation machine.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. However, traditional coaching and training methods tend to fall flat because they take a one-size fits all approach that doesn’t fit the needs of each individual rep.

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s more important now than ever that CEOs lead sales. I have a sales leader in place to lead sales.” ” If you are of the mindset that sales is about sellers , your sales leaders should be leading that effort, but even then, you have a role to play in sales. Great #CEOs lead #sales! Are you kidding me?

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PandaDoc

JUNE 21, 2021

Like it or not, your business needs a lead generation strategy and a sales prospecting process. With the help of this guide, you’ll discover exactly what lead generation is. You’ll be better equipped to implement a strong lead generation strategy within your business. What is a lead generation strategy?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

What’s the number one blow off prospects use these days? Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?” And then when a prospect blows you off with, “Can you email that to me?”

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SalesFuel

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations spend billions on B2B sales training every year. Despite the heavy investment in training, some businesses won’t benefit as much as they should. What The B2B Sales Training Program Should Include The average organization spends $1,200 a year on professional development per employee.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 10, 2018

He wanted our opinion on how to get more leads without having to cold call. My trainer was very diplomatic and said that, even though cold calling wasn’t the most efficient use of a salesperson’s time, you have to sometimes get hold of prospects some way or other, or your pipeline will be as empty as it possibly could be. Sean McPheat.

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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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Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

Qualifying leads before sending them through to your sales team lets you learn more about your prospects and build deeper connections with them, which often results in more deals. We’ll also delve into the best practices associated with nurturing leads to give you the edge. Table of Contents What does lead nurturing mean?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 1, 2019

Better training = more sales. Starting on Tuesday, May 21 st , we’re launching our powerful, 7-week Online Inside Sales Training! This training will literally change your company and your life. Here’s why: This is the best, award winning inside sales training you can get—anywhere! And, this training is affordable!

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. Without it, all your lead generation and nurturing efforts would be in vain. Closing is about finalizing a sale and creating a lasting relationship that can lead to more opportunities.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 1, 2019

Without leads, salespeople will have a hard time selling. Without marketing, salespeople will have a difficult time sharing their product and features with prospective clients. Sales and marketing go hand-in-hand.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I first began selling, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt about sales prospecting. Picking up the phone to call leads that didn’t know who I was, to pitch them on why they should hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for my product, was enough to make my stomach turn in my early days of sales prospecting.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Twitter Lead: Try This 3-Step, No-Fluff Process. Twitter is a great tool for marketing, but how about you find leads on Twitter as a sales application? What is the best way to engage with leads? Yes, Twitter can be a powerful lead prospecting tool. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2024

You know how it is: You’ll be minding your own business and then suddenly you’ll hear things like: “These leads suck.” “I This might include: “Everyone has these leads, and I’ve written business from them. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! I can’t make any real money here.” “I

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 11, 2019

If yes, then do what I did: Get the best training you can and use what you learn. Enroll yourself or your team in next week’s 7-week online training program. Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

We all know the benefits of using quality questions in uncovering the current position our prospects are in. So, what’s the one question that will uncover your prospect’s REAL needs and wants? A prospect may say, “Well, I’ll know I’ve made then right choice if my productivity has gone up 10% in the next 6 months”. Happy Selling!

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Insights into taking a sales prospecting training course with recommendations on course content, topics and learning outcomes. The essence of any sales prospecting training course is for the salesperson to learn how to engage prospects for lead generation and how to extend their influence for future sales opportunities.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Anthony @iannarino author of Leading Growth takes us through his three, non-negotiable, steps to hold #salespeople accountable on this episode of Sales Talk for #CEOs Click to tweet. Number one, a set amount of time per week prospecting. Author, Leading Growth: The Proven Formula for Consistently increasing Revenue.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by GDJ Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Simplify the Appointment Process for Prospective Clients Successful selling requires a meeting of the minds between the buyer and the seller. Numerous platforms empower prospective clients to choose meeting times based on their availability.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Are you a financial advisor looking to get more leads into your pipeline? But calling might not be the issue–it’s what you say to the prospect next. Once all the data is gathered, they create cold calling scripts customized to each prospect segment on the list. Add cold calling to your sales outreach strategy.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. A well-designed program, paired with a robust training software , will empower your sales reps with the knowledge they need to deliver value and close more deals. What Is B2B Sales Training? Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

Typically, these professionals are tasked with identifying and qualifying potential leads and initiating contact with prospects. Some of the top include: Lead Generation and Qualification Prospect identification Lead qualification Effective BDRs excel at identifying potential leads within target markets or industries.

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