Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Better prospecting is the most direct path to increase sales conversations. Her four steps are: The right list Great skills Strong process The right software What can your team add to improve their prospecting? Is your sales team struggling to have conversations with the right buyers? Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 22, 2021

It’s not uncommon to have unresponsive prospects. In situations such as that, what are the best sales strategy for engaging unresponsive prospects? Engaging unresponsive prospects Fred is a one-call closer and while he could write a book on different strategies, he thinks that unconventional closing is not for him.

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LevelEleven

APRIL 26, 2018

Modern sales professionals understand that social media is an integral sales tool, and with approximately 330 million monthly active users (MAUs), Twitter has become a haven for prospecting and social selling. Fine-tune Your Hashtag Strategy. That’s due in large part to the prevalence of hashtag usage on Twitter.

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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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Alice Heiman

MARCH 7, 2023

If a referral closes up to 70% of the time, why are we spending most of our effort on strategies that close less than 1% of the time?! A typical B2B sales strategy relies on Sales Development Reps (SDRs) making cold calls or cold emails to try to set up an appointment for an Account Executive (AE) to deliver a sales pitch.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. Convert prospects into clients at least 50 percent of the time (Most clients report a conversion rate of more than 70 percent.). Prioritize referrals.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With social media, you can prospect at your fingertips — and sidestep the awkwardness of a traditional cold call. The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the best social media channels for prospecting. Read on to learn more about social prospecting, and discover which social media channels are most effective.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 10, 2019

Where Are Your Prospects? . We need to meet our prospects and customers where they are. It is possible that your customers and prospects may be using social media platforms that your sales reps are not currently using for business. We want our sales reps to be in the path of our prospects, so they can see us when they need us.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Athletes and broadcasters lit up Twitter with some great tweets. What if you spent several hours working on a prospecting strategy for success – if in fact you really were reaching NO ONE now? email lori@scoremoresales.com | My LinkedIn Profile | twitter | Visit us on google+. Just like he always does.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 11, 2021

Exploring post-COVID-19 sales strategies will be necessary as we bounce back from economic hardships. Sales leaders who are thinking ahead will focus their reps on the advantages of technology and how hybrid work schedules will influence prospecting. Call mobile numbers as prospects enter hybrid work schedules.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

As DiscoverOrg’s Manager of Strategic Accounts, I’m always looking for ways to use personal touchpoints to engage prospects via email. I start with a thoughtful, well-researched cold email that shows just how well I knows my prospect – both the pain points they experience in their job, as well as their personal interests.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 11, 2021

Exploring post-COVID-19 sales strategies will be necessary as we bounce back from economic hardships. Sales leaders who are thinking ahead will focus their reps on the advantages of technology and how hybrid work schedules will influence prospecting. Call mobile numbers as prospects enter hybrid work schedules.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Twitter Facebook. How “Social Media” Can Be Part of Your Prospecting Strategy. I encourage you to read Lauren’s article and then actually apply some of the insights she offers to your business marketing strategy.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2014

Finding the right prospective buyers and then actually having conversations with them are the top two challenges most sellers are facing now. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Twitter Facebook. Voicemail as a Prospecting Strategy? Cold-calling can and does still work if you apply the right strategy — and the strategy starts with voicemail. Client List. Testimonials. FREE Resources. Networking.

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Score More Sales

MAY 29, 2013

I also encourage you to post YOUR thoughts on any of these, and ultimately, what you do to reach prospects – what is your best tip? Don’t be afraid to let them know that you feel they could be a great prospective client / customer. Find triggers that affect your prospects, and tie them into your messaging.

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SBI Growth

JULY 6, 2013

Reps often lament that it’s challenging to get their message through to customers and prospects. Read on to discover two lesser-known LinkedIn strategies that can help you break through the noise. Receive step-by-step instructions on implementing these strategies. Social Selling Strategy #1: LinkedIn Tagging.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Believe that, and your account-based sales strategies are doomed from the start. There are many widely quoted but ill-advised statistics floating around that suggest business buyers don’t really need salespeople anymore—that we should just wait around for prospects to do their research and then call us when they’re ready to buy.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 10, 2013

Since we encourage clients to make small improvements every day, we are less concerned about your global strategies and more interested in you taking some small specific actions. A big win for your sales team would be to find more prospective customers and start listening to what they are saying.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

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. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. February 2008. January 2008. December 2007.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

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. This comment was originally posted on Twitter.

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Score More Sales

JULY 7, 2014

Do you have a strategic prospecting plan or will you just “wing it” again, like you often do? You need to start planning during your prior work day for upcoming prospecting you’ll be doing on the next business day. Download the “Strategic Prospecting Plan” here. Increase Opportunities.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

While your marketing team does a great job maintaining your brand’s overall presence on social, implementing social media into your sales strategy can lead to impressive results. Here are eight ways to integrate social media into your sales strategy to drive revenue. Through sharing customer stories your prospects can relate to.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

When the prospect is ready to buy, your sales team carries them over the finish line to close the deal. Once you have your ICPs mapped out, you can focus on building a stream of ready-to-buy prospects or marketing qualified leads. Of course, the success of your content marketing depends on your content marketing strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 27, 2017

In fact, I still think it is a highly relevant aspect of a prospecting contact strategy. However, as a salesperson today, the content of your emails needs to be much tighter and the cadence of your outreach much more sophisticated if you hope to engage with your prospects. Surviving the Mass Email Epidemic. Make it personal.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 10, 2023

Sales prospecting can be a daunting task — with so many different methods and tools to use, it’s sometimes overwhelming to know where to start. What is sales prospecting? Sales prospecting is the process of identifying potential customers (known as prospects) and reaching out to them in order to convert them into paying customers.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 10, 2023

Sales prospecting can be a daunting task — with so many different methods and tools to use, it’s sometimes overwhelming to know where to start. What is sales prospecting? Sales prospecting is the process of identifying potential customers (known as prospects) and reaching out to them in order to convert them into paying customers.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Social media has become a bullhorn for top sales influencers, and these easy-to-use (not to mention, free) platforms are something you should absolutely be active on in order to stay current in your sales strategy and become a sales influencer yourself. The best way to reinforce your knowledge of a subject is to share it. David Dulany.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

B2B sales prospecting isn’t always as exciting and glamorous as other parts of the sales routine, as you can imagine; it’s far more behind the scenes and challenging. In fact, sales leaders agree that prospecting is the hardest part of the sales process. Find more prospects with Crunchbase Pro – try it free.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Harnessing its vast potential can prove advantageous for any local business willing to move beyond traditional marketing strategies and delve into unexplored areas. Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram provide an affordable and diverse range of marketing options, attracting millions of potential customers. There are over 3.6

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

What if you could see opportunities arise with your prospects before they go public? Many go-to-market professionals already use intent data to spot prospects that are interested in their products or services. Armed with our intent signals, you can reach out to prospects right when they need you — and before your competitors.

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LeadFuze

JULY 1, 2023

How to use LinkedIn for sales prospecting is a critical skill in today’s digital marketplace. With over 760 million users, LinkedIn offers an unparalleled platform for finding qualified prospects and building meaningful business relationships.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

A prospect is ready to buy and reaches out to your sales reps, who close the deal with little effort. But it’s not a reliable lead generation strategy, because your sales reps didn’t initiate prospecting. Too many sales organizations now rely on incoming requests and outgoing emails to grab prospects’ attention.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 8, 2011

Battle Reparation Tactics Meet Marketplace Strategies. Battle Reparation Tactics Meet Marketplace Strategies [link]. This comment was originally posted on Twitter. Battle Reparation Tactics Meet Marketplace Strategies [link] #news #sales. This comment was originally posted on Twitter. April 2008. March 2008.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

And for better or worse, this change is sure to have quite the impact on your B2B marketing strategy. The reason for this is simple: Compared to outlets like Twitter and LinkedIn, Facebook made it significantly more challenging to garner an engaged audience, primarily due to the platforms mission. Keep reading!

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 14, 2020

In sales, outbound prospecting is all about the pursuit. Now that you’ve determined who will be on the receiving end of your outbound prospecting efforts, it’s time to apply the tricks of the trade. 5 secrets to successful outbound prospecting. 5 secrets to successful outbound prospecting. Get mentioned in the news?

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