The Pipeline

JULY 9, 2019

Every journey has a beginning, middle and an end, and this is true for a buying cycle and sales cycle. And while it may work for Zen and motorcycles , in sales, it is not about the journey but the destination, the win. Each day is a building block of the sales cycles you’re currently travelling.

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Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

Inbound marketing is based on developing high quality content that attracts qualified buyers, who are in the early stages of the sales cycle. Does your firm have the capacity and expertise to develop targeted content for different buyer personas at different stages of the sales funnel? Build it and they will come.”

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

When surveyed as to the most influential content in decision making, white papers remain the stand-out content of choice. Although white papers remain influential, technology media firms such as Ziff Davis Enterprise (ZDE) and others report that white paper downloads are DOWN year over year.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. Prospecting.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

What do top-performing sales teams do better than under-performing sales teams? They don’t waste time selling to prospects who are not ready to buy. Instead, they have a system to identify the highest value prospects in their pipeline and invest their time with those that are most likely to close.

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The Pipeline

JULY 13, 2017

Proactive Prospecting Summer – Part 2. When it comes to prospecting, time is the silent killer. This why it is a core component of the Proactive Prospecting Program on Sales Gravy University. The thing that strikes me (and maybe it’s just me), is what can be more important than prospecting?

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2023

Regular customers still buy, but it’s often prolonged sales cycles with more decision makers. In short, once easy sales become complicated affairs. For more, see our white paper Finding, Onboarding, and Retaining Top Sales Talent. Sales enablement provides your team with the tools and resources to succeed.

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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. Prospecting.

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Allego

APRIL 30, 2024

In addition, McKinsey analysts say, “AI can boost sales effectiveness and performance by offloading and automating many mundane sales activities, freeing up capacity to spend more time with customers and prospective customers (while reducing cost to serve).” 5 Ways AI Is Transforming Sales Enablement 1.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Last week I talked about prospecting, why some like it when most don’t, rejection, and managing them.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling gives a prospect a compelling reason to hear you out. Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. It’s not a high priority for us”. “I Cold calls.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 21, 2020

He posed the question, “Which of the following workflow is more important, Prospecting, Opportunity Management, Account Development, Partners.” Right now, too many people believe, “If we only solve our prospecting problem, everything would be great!” Or reduced our sales cycle. I Hate Prospecting!

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. Before they make contact with us, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Small Business'

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Zoominfo

APRIL 18, 2019

As a sales professional, you know how difficult it can be to reach decision makers. Whatever it may be, if you’re looking to shorten the sales cycle, you need to understand who your best buyers are in order to fuel your pipeline with new contacts. Fastest sales cycles? Build Targeted Lists for Prospecting.

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Allego

MARCH 21, 2023

The New Way: Modern sales content management platforms, on the other hand, empower creators to obtain rich, inline video feedback on what’s working and what’s not. Video collaboration enables creators to “road test” new content and watch salespeople present the content to gauge how prospects react.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It’s our job as smart, strategic sales pros to deliver value—real value—and we can only do that if we’ve invested time in researching our prospects. In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. Because Buyer 2.0 is very good at homework.

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Pipeliner

MAY 26, 2023

The goal of sales enablement is to improve the productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the sales team, by providing them with the necessary resources to engage and convert prospects into customers. Depending on who you talk to, there are various definitions of “sales enablement.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 13, 2014

It caught my attention because 1) the use of a number , the use of the word improve and the phrase reduce revenue risk and 2) I’m constantly on the look out for information that may be of help to my clients and prospects. And, because of these problems, there are challenges in the predictability of future sales.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 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. Making such an involved process work starts with strategy.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , e-mail , execution. Go ahead, do it, its good for you and your sales!

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

From June 2019 to August 2020, my data science team at Outreach analyzed more than 12 million prospects. We found that the window for every sales touchpoint is incredibly small. Sales reps only have 14 days to engage a buyer before the conversion potential is so low that it’s no longer worth following up. What You Need to do.

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Buyer Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring 105

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 12, 2020

Each sales person had activity metrics–numbers of prospecting calls, numbers of customer meetings, numbers of proposals, numbers of bathroom breaks—OK, just seeing if you are paying attention. Within three months, the dynamics and performance of the sales team changed profoundly.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 18, 2019

As a logistics sales professional, you know how difficult it can be to reach decision makers. Whatever it may be, if you’re looking to shorten the sales cycle, you need to understand who your best buyers are in order to fuel your pipeline with new logistic contacts for your transportation solution. Fastest sales cycles ?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel Leads 100

SBI

MARCH 13, 2018

Now, let’s apply it to sales. “If If data about your customers and prospects isn’t entered into your CRM, does it even exist?”. I asked this question recently to a handful of sales executives and the answer was, “we have mandated that all info needs to be entered into the CRM, but quite frankly, the reps aren’t doing it.”

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Allego

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Your deck will typically include every scenario, which enables reps to choose the slides that fit a particular prospect. White Papers / eBooks. Long-form assets such as white papers and eBooks are top-of-the-funnel content that promote your company’s thought leadership on a topic that’s important to your industry.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Case Study Face-to-face 71

MEDDIC

MARCH 28, 2024

More prospect feedback : Gather feedback from lost clients. Use this feedback to refine your sales approach and value proposition. Analyze win rates, deal sizes, and sales cycle lengths. What were the top 3 differentiators that they perceived? What could be improved? Why did you lose? To whom did you lose? Hit your quota?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Outward-in research: Win/loss interviews determined: LinkedIn Groups is where prospects are discussing our product frequently. White papers offer prospects the greatest deal of information about our product. Marketing is making the buying decision 90% of the time.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. Voice mail continues to be a topic of discussion whenever sales people get together. Prospecting. Sales Compensation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Sales Cycle , Sales Success , Time Allocation.

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Allego

APRIL 18, 2024

Continue reading to learn what AI-powered sales tools are available, how they function, and how they can turn up the dial on your team’s performance. 7 Top Ways to Use AI in Sales AI is reshaping sales by turning traditional activities on their head and creating fresh opportunities for growth.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 5, 2021

Too often, however, our “selection” of opportunities we pursue, seems to be based on the criteria like, “They hit on our website… They downloaded a white paper… They fogged a mirror.” As they refocused sales and marketing on these customers, they found results skyrocketed.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Changing mediums, my webinar Leveraging Trigger Events for Sales Success , a jolly romp of triggers triggered and dodging bullets; is up for Top Sales & Marketing Webinar. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Go ahead, do it , click here now!

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , Sell Better , Shorter sales cycle , execution. Prospecting. Sales Bloggers Union.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2018

Call cadence is the structure and timeline of when salespeople call their prospects. It’s created based on the readiness of your prospect to buy, and is tailored to keep the salesperson top-of-mind without being overwhelming. The same wisdom applies if you want to hit a home run in sales. Ignoring the buying cycle.

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