PandaDoc

AUGUST 9, 2023

LinkedIn has become the world’s standard professional network. There are more than 200 million LinkedIn users in the US alone. LinkedIn is a tool for career advancement. It’s also great for prospecting. Key takeaways: Your LinkedIn profile can help you reach your desired audience and encourage them to reach out to you.

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Shari Levitin

MAY 12, 2022

If you’re like most sellers, you get price objections – lots of them. Here are two stories that perfectly illustrate how having confidence in your offering and standing firm on your price can get prospects to see the true value of your offering and why it’s a fair deal. Three Methods To Answer Your Number One Sales Objection.

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Rob Jolles

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Everyone experiences objections when selling. You need to hear the questions your prospect wants answered, and you need to answer those questions without talking too much when doing so. When objections are stated, our minds move pretty fast, and unfortunately, often towards a response. It’s a natural step of the selling process.

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Rob Jolles

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Everyone experiences objections when selling. You need to hear the questions your prospect wants answered, and you need to answer those questions without talking too much when doing so. When objections are stated, our minds move pretty fast, and unfortunately, often towards a response. It’s a natural step of the selling process.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One of the most common social selling questions I’m asked is: Can I send LinkedIn connection requests to cold prospects? . Can I send a #LinkedIn connection request to a cold #prospect? In all circumstances, your objective is not to “spray and pray” connect requests. Engage with LinkedIn followers .

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Are you grappling with the challenge of finding the right prospects for your business? In this insightful blog post, we will delve into the world of prospecting, account selection, and the transformative impact of data-driven strategies. Our guide on this journey is none other than Jamie Shanks, the Founder and CEO of Pipeline Signals.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Back when Hubspot was scaling its sales team, they used Objective Management Group's (OMG) sales candidate assessments to identify the right salespeople for their various selling roles. Most BDRs are atrocious at making outbound calls, sending emails and LinkedIn reach outs, and following up on inbound leads. They average only 1.5

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 16, 2014

If LinkedIn Isn’t Making Your Cash Register Ring, You’re Doing It Wrong! With LinkedIn, you can spin your wheels and collect connections like baseball cards or actually make the connections you already have count. Many sales people still believe that LinkedIn is purely a numbers game. I’m here to tell you that’s wrong.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 2, 2020

LinkedIn is a strictly professional, B2B platform — qualities that set it apart from most of the social media ecosystem. By LinkedIn's own estimate , 97% of B2B marketers use the platform to support their content marketing efforts. Here is some insight about LinkedIn video specs and best practices. LinkedIn Video Specs.

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Vengreso

JUNE 10, 2022

Whether you’re a recent graduate, a newly-established freelancer who’s trying to generate leads, a job seeker in the market for a new job or position, or a seasoned sales professional, the strength of your LinkedIn profile can have a huge impact on your ability to attract and engage with the right audience.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 26, 2013

The correct implementation of Social Selling gets your team appointments inside target prospects. Worse, your sales teams’ newly updated LinkedIn profiles attract recruiters. When you ask for a meeting, prospects Google you. Profiles must explain how your sales reps solve the market problems of your prospects.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding the Process of Prospecting for SMB Leads The process of prospecting for SMB leads can be a complex task, particularly for salespeople at digital marketing agencies who specialize in selling to small businesses. Prospecting commences with pinpointing the type of small business you envision as your prospects.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 24, 2018

That bright, shiny object might be rustier than you think. If you’re researching the latest and greatest sales trends, you just might fall victim to the bright-shiny-object syndrome. Just because certain sales prospecting techniques are all the rage, doesn’t mean they’re right for you or for your buyer.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 5, 2018

61 million LinkedIn users are senior level influencers and 40 million are in decision-making positions. There are 87 million millennials on LinkedIn with 11 million in decision-making positions. LinkedIn has almost 600,000 users in more than 200 countries ( OmniCore ). Everyone at your company needs to be on LinkedIn.

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LinkedFusion

JULY 28, 2022

In the professional world, through LinkedIn, you can reach out to a specific target audience. You can combine targeting criteria to organize your ideal personas, such as IT decision-makers, C-level executives, prospective students, small business owners, and more. Though the new playbook of LinkedIn is very helpful for marketers.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Specifically, how we use positive data in prospecting and Discovery, in this case the latter. Most use data/stats as an object to be thrown, with the hope the prospect becomes sufficiently impressed to move forward. Data is great, but it is best when used to open structure discussion where the prospect learns in the process.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

In 2013, leveraging social selling & prospecting has become mission critical. Your business development teams are using LinkedIn and you’ve equipped them with the best social selling tools. Sending a LinkedIn InMail without carefully choosing every word will lead to doom. Trying to call or email a prospect is ineffective.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 14, 2023

I shouldn’t get so wound up about the stupidity I see in LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media. I’m trying, though sometimes fail, just to ignore the “expert” advice guru’s are offering about using ChatGPT for prospecting. The post In What World Is This Considered Great Prospecting?!??!!!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 31, 2017

Let’s face it — prospecting by phone is hard. It doesn’t matter if you’ve done your social media homework on LinkedIn and found a distant cousin in Utah, if you’re making, fill in the blank here (“unexpected calls”, “prospecting calls”, “discovery calls”, “cold calls”, etc.), you’re going to get resistance.

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LinkedFusion

OCTOBER 12, 2022

How can you use LinkedIn for sales? Are you still trying to figure out how to do sales on LinkedIn or how you can make LinkedIn work for you as an outreach platform for your organization? Well, here is a blog where our VP of sales has shared interesting insights about how he and his team mates use LinkedIn to sell!

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 29, 2021

As part of the sales process, you can expect objections from everyone you’re speaking with, including your prospects. Join us in this episode as Donald Kelly and Matthew Pollard answer the question, how can you prepare for your prospect’s most likely objections? Focus on receiving objections.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 29, 2021

As part of the sales process, you can expect objections from everyone you’re speaking with, including your prospects. Join us in this episode as Donald Kelly and Matthew Pollard answer the question, how can you prepare for your prospect’s most likely objections? Focus on receiving objections.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 29, 2021

As part of the sales process, you can expect objections from everyone you’re speaking with, including your prospects. Join us in this episode as Donald Kelly and Matthew Pollard answer the question, how can you prepare for your prospect’s most likely objections? Focus on receiving objections.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Why people raise objections. The problem is that I can’t seem to overcome objections. There are a few ways to get out of objections, and one is the defusing objection framework. People who Raise Objections Are Real: What to Avoid. What You’ll Learn.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Writing a LinkedIn summary is incredibly difficult -- for everyone, but especially for salespeople. In this blog post, we'll dig into what to include in your LinkedIn summary to make it stand out, as well as some examples to give you inspiration. How to Write a LinkedIn Summary.

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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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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 24, 2021

How do you get past objections? To make it more specific, what can you do if you can’t address your prospect’s objections during a call? Natasha Davis joins Donald Kelly in this next episode on objections. Addressing Objections with Prospects Not being prepared for the objection is painful for a business.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 24, 2021

How do you get past objections? To make it more specific, what can you do if you can’t address your prospect’s objections during a call? Natasha Davis joins Donald Kelly in this next episode on objections. Addressing Objections with Prospects Not being prepared for the objection is painful for a business.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 24, 2021

How do you get past objections? To make it more specific, what can you do if you can’t address your prospect’s objections during a call? Natasha Davis joins Donald Kelly in this next episode on objections. Addressing Objections with Prospects Not being prepared for the objection is painful for a business.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 23, 2018

Want to become a prospecting superstar? LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a fantastic resource. It simplifies the process of finding, contacting, and staying up-to-date with prospects, referrals, and customers. Rather than spending hours manually tracking prospect activity on the platform, you can get instant insights.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Think about it: Traditional sales software applications have long since been deployed in streamlining daily tasks associated with prospecting and pipeline management. What’s more, these platforms incorporated the use of B2B contact and company intelligence to help identify, connect with and close the right prospects, at the right time.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Prospect research is a challenge that's every bit as frustrating as it is essential — so to help you out, we've put together a list of 18 of the best places to research buyers before sales conversations. If you decide to leverage LinkedIn to guide or support your prospect research efforts, there are some key steps you should follow.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Even if you use LinkedIn or other tools, you need to be able to connect directly. Build a highly targeted B2B prospect list with business e-mail and phone#. Do Pre-call Research, Get Insightful Prospect Information. We will be sharing best practices and everyday techniques for improved prospecting. Click here to register.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 15, 2022

When working with customers to build the foundation of their prospecting strategy , I often recommend starting at a high level to see how each workflow is interconnected. One of the best methods to do this is by creating a prospect journey map. Read: Sales Prospecting Guide With Effective Outreach Methods. Stage updates.

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LinkedFusion

JUNE 21, 2022

Introduction Sending messages is one of LinkedIn’s most fundamental features. The key to growing your LinkedIn network is knowing how to use connection messages and InMail messages correctly. When you want to connect with someone on LinkedIn, you can leave a connecting message. to $1 each send.

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LinkedFusion

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In short, an SDR is responsible for making thorough business planning to meet set objectives and criteria. using networking to find new sales prospects and converting them into long-term partnerships. Good SDRs are able to modify their strategy to sell product and services depending on the prospect. When should you Hire an SDR?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Beyond the weakness and sheer predictability of these statements, they do not add value to the prospect. ( Definition of value ). Helping prospect understand the impacts you can deliver will highlight your value. Momentum helps you focus the prospect and helps the prospect gain momentum to what they want to achieve.

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