SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some of the research that SBI has done this year highlights a trend of sales cycles getting longer and deal sizes getting smaller. This can be attributed partially to customers and prospects having more stakeholders involved in any buying decision—combined with tendencies for more conservative buying behaviors in 2023.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2021

On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Sales reps can also pinpoint specific obstacles and make improvements with a stage-focused sales strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Author: Chris Orlob What’s the ultimate, late-stage barrier when you’re trying to push a deal through the sales cycle? An excited prospect who believes your value proposition is a “no brainer” can instantly turn cold and ignore your calls when it’s finally time to put ink to the contract. Buyer anxiety. Reversing the Risk.

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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What is a sales cycle? Let us begin by explaining what is a sales cycle and why it is a critical component of any sales strategy. A sales cycle is a map that lays out the step-by-step process that salespeople will follow that maximizes the possibility of a sale. Research Prospecting.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2021

That’s where your content marketing strategy comes in. What Is a Content Marketing Strategy? A content marketing strategy is your action plan to attract prospects to your brand and convert them into customers using marketing content. How to Develop a Content Marketing Strategy. Assess Your Existing Content.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

The first thing we need to understand is what a sales cycle looks like and the different steps that it contains. In here, we will discuss the sales cycle definition, stages, and strategies for accelerating sales. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Sales Cycle Definition.

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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? Automated emails encourage leads to move from the product research phase into the buying cycle.

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Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2023

Sales teams are under immense pressure as businesses navigate economic uncertainty and mounting customer expectations. They must do more with less and move quickly to close deals at a time when the B2B sales cycle has slowed. Behind the scenes, it takes time for marketing to qualify and route high-value leads with sales.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

A pillar of success for any sales organization is an effective business development strategy. However, merely having a strategy isn’t enough. Of course, changes in the sales landscape and marketplace have a profound effect on your business development strategy. And this often begins with prospecting.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2018

Ahh, the never-ending quest to create the perfect, predictable sales cycle. To figure it out would be like discovering the holy grail of sales. But -- as you know -- the insane number of variables and blockers in each sale makes it near impossible to fool-proof the system entirely. How to Speed Up Your Sales Cycle.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 15, 2021

Separate discovery calls didn’t set the prospect’s mindset. The prospect taking 10–15 minutes to talk through their situation sets the stage. A discovery call is one more thing to get prospects to do. You just need to build confidence in your solution for the prospect to open the door and take a big next step. Every time.

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The Pipeline

JULY 17, 2013

Shorter sales cycles are one of those things that come up in many discussions with sales and corporate leaders. When I ask them what specific improvements they would like to see 18 to 24 months out, a shorter cycle is usually one. The cycle would be that second round, which was continuous. Tibor Shanto'

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Is your sales team struggling to have conversations with the right buyers? Better prospecting is the most direct path to increase sales conversations. Wendy Weiss takes us through the four steps to improve your sales team’s ability to schedule sales calls. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to revamp an existing sales strategy, creating campaigns based solely on instincts or assumptions is no longer acceptable. What is a Sales Strategy?

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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. 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. These metrics vary by company and digital marketing strategy.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. That’s why it’s a central element of our recent webinar, Turbocharging Business Development Strategies. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Be upfront and transparent with your prospects. There are plenty of reasons why 1 out of 2 B2B sales reps fear making cold calls, but preparation can boost their confidence. Consider these following tips to get more success in your cold calls — before, during, and afterward: Do: Research your prospect (Who are they? Conclusion.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

One of the many benefits of conversational marketing is its ability to accelerate your sales cycle. After all, it is built for and used by both your marketing and sales teams to drive pipeline and generate revenue. Elsewhere, we’ve classified the prospects that visit your site into six high-level categories.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. A lead is defined as any prospect who indicates interest in a company’s product or service.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

ZoomInfo’s recent webinar, Automation: The Secret to Next-Level Go-To-Market Strategy , highlighted why automation powered by data is a proven tactic to accelerate win rates and better enable go-to-market plays. Using WorkFlows, ZoomInfo reps can select their triggers, sequence with precision, and turn prospects’ intent into action.

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2023

They rely on ZoomInfo throughout their sales cycle for comprehensive data about accounts they’re targeting — and new accounts that can expand their market. Analyzing the firmographic characteristics of target accounts gave them a template for prospecting similar companies in new markets, such as finance and manufacturing.

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Crunchbase

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In this post, we’ll go through everything you need to know about how to optimize your B2B sales cycle with buying signals so your business can close sales faster. Critical buying signals to monitor 7 ways to shorten your B2B sales cycle. 7 ways to shorten your B2B sales cycle. What are buying signals?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Winning large business contracts leads to increased revenue — but selling solely to large enterprises isn’t necessarily sustainable for a sales strategy. SMBs are looked over by sales professionals because they generally don’t have the giant budgets that enterprises do. How to Scale Your SMB Sales Strategy.

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Engage Selling

JUNE 14, 2019

????????????????????Today, I will be exploring how you can improve the metric of sales cycle length: how many days it takes to close a piece of business. If you can move that, for example, from 90 days to 80 days or … Read More »

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Learn more about how a successful demand generation strategy can help to nurture the long-term relationship between your brand and customers. Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s a unique, product specific, customer focused go-to-market strategy. So how do you create a foolproof GTM strategy? What is a GTM Strategy? A go-to-market strategy , more than anything, is a plan. One of the main goals of a GTM strategy is to ensure a competitive edge. What Goes Into an Effective GTM Strategy?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The seismic shifts caused by Brexit have left UK sales professionals facing a labyrinth of new challenges, especially those targeting markets outside the UK. Constant Market Changes: The uncertainty and evolving market mean sales strategies must be more flexible and attentive to what customers want and need, exactly when they need it.

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SalesHandy

APRIL 1, 2020

Some of the best performing Sales teams worldwide profoundly understand and master their Sales cycles. In the book Cracking the Sales Management Code , author Jason Jordan’s research shows that companies with Sales processes bring in 18% more revenue. What is a Sales Cycle? What is a Sales Cycle?

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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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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

Creating a global sales strategy is one of the most important and challenging exercises for a business. Through trials and tribulations, we accumulated a playbook of dos and don’ts to keep in mind if you want to build a successful international sales strategy.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers. Emissary recently hosted a virtual roundtable with sales leaders in the tech space. Here are some key takeaways from our discussion: Hire the Right Talent.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The instability and threats to survival so many companies are facing have resulted in longer sales cycles and increased executive presence on calls (up 53% from a pre-COVID-19 baseline). It’s about helping your sales organization do what they do best. The Elements of a Winning Sales Enablement Strategy for 2021.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. A lead is defined as any prospect who indicates interest in a company’s product or service.

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