Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales. Now, we’ll go further and explore strategies and best practices for improving prospect qualification. And, if so, is the prospect worth your time and effort?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Here’s the thing though, reps need actionable techniques and tips to make their prospecting systematic, smooth, and, of course, profitable. What are Prospecting Techniques? How did you find those prospects?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 4, 2018

The Sale is in The Follow Up. Learn how to sell and improve sales skills with secrets of closing more leads and deals via follow up prospecting message, phone call and letter techniques. I then called Air Quiet back to give me a quote on a comparable new system. In other words, I don’t give up.

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SalesProInsider

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Some people love systems; others don’t. Yet systems drive everything from our bodies to our businesses. Smart business owners set up all kinds of systems to gain efficiencies in core functions such as product/service delivery, accounting, procurement, etc. Simple Small Business Sales System.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 6, 2024

This uptick in the need for AEs to self-source deals has likely been driven by economics, the need to “do more with less”, but is I trend that may continue as AI tools free up AEs from admin tasks. You can’t just show up to a meeting and ask questions (“solution selling”). More details in her classic book No More Cold Calling.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I’m introducing a Referral Selling System to ensure companies build a referral culture, source only qualified leads, get meetings with their prime prospects, and close business quickly. Everything is a system. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. You fall to the level of your systems.”

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal. Other reasons why salespeople fail to close sales include: The initial prospects were unqualified. This is not how you wow buyers, build relationships, and convert prospects into clients.

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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. One of the aspects that’s a part of the customer journey is setting up appointments without complications.

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Crunchbase

MAY 22, 2023

Sales prospecting is an integral part of the sales process. When done manually, it can be time-consuming and demand substantial effort — but automated sales prospecting can help. Automated sales prospecting tools, also known as sales automation software , streamline your workflow and allow you to spend more time selling.

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Maximizer Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

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”.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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criteria for success

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you’ve been a sales manager for a while, it's inevitable that one or more people – or even your entire sales team – will get into a prospecting or selling slump. 7 Sales & Prospecting Slump-Busters. Have everyone set an individual weekly goal for how many prospecting activities they will perform.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

Ideal sales intelligence tools supply your team with up-to-date information about your prospects and addressable market — and how you can reach them. The more information business development teams know about prospects, the better they can tactically craft outreach that cuts through the noise and conveys true value.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 29, 2021

NOTE: Mariana Vieth is Director of Marketing at WSI , provides today’s insightful article, ‘The Importance Of A Balanced Inventory Management System.’. A Balanced Inventory Management System. Customers are the lifeblood of all businesses, and therefore it is vital to maintain a balanced inventory management system.

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SalesforLife

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

I was recently on a call with a prospective customer working on a global project scope, and they asked me a question that made me stop and think. Here at Sales For Life, we rarely encounter alternatives to modern, digital selling because our competition has always been the status quo, or alternative training programs. It’s the people.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 17, 2018

That seems odd, when you think the reason they are there is to sell their products! The next time you’re with a prospect or customer and you want to find information, try this subtle but powerful approach. It would sound like this: Prospect “We really need to improve our cash-flow over the next few months, as we want to expand”.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 26, 2021

When done correctly, sales is the process of solving for a prospect. In many cases, that issue your prospect raises won't be obvious — complicating how (or even whether) you should present your solution. Sandler Selling is customer-centric, and the pain funnel reflects that. Have you given up trying to deal with this problem?".

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

Traditional sales models vs. AI-enabled selling. Heidi says we are moving into a new age of selling driven by the availability and adoption of AI (Sales 2.0?). She says “There’s been a bifurcation of the way people manage sales organizations: There’s the traditional model which dumbs down selling. Think about that.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 23, 2019

The answer is simple: Prospects now have more ways of identifying sales reps they don’t want to speak with, and now have more ways of evading them. It’s the same for your prospects. While it seems counter intuitive, I’d rather know up front if I’m wasting my time or if this is a real prospect. What do you do?

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Sales 2.0

APRIL 15, 2014

In a previous post I went on about how uninspiring (and ineffective) it is for a sales person to call a prospect to “just touch base”. When I was only selling and had been prospecting hard for a long time I started to feel that buyers had no problems. Have the idea match something your particular prospect cares about.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

If you pick up the phone without gathering any background information, at best, you stand to annoy the person — and at worst, you could be hung up on mid-sentence. If you decide to leverage LinkedIn to guide or support your prospect research efforts, there are some key steps you should follow. Or have they done this many times?

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Bernadette McClelland

MAY 22, 2022

When I was a sales rep in Corporate Australia, it was quite common to receive multi 5-figure commissions for selling certain solutions – and most often selling those deals involved a series of detailed stages: Your normal sales discovery calls. Believing that ‘selling’ means ‘ having to earn ‘ the money.

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Energy Commission Up-Sell Conference 448

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But these questions keep Steve Zambo, founder of Ally Global Logistics (AGL), up at night. Coordinating the shipping of common everyday goods across even short distances requires sophisticated inventory and fleet management systems, which makes exporting specialized cargo such as timber that much more challenging.

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The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2013

So if you are in Toronto, or driving or flying distance, mark down August 27 in your calendar, that is the day that we will be present the Proactive Prospecting Workshop. Sign up now and take advantage of the Early Bird Special, and multi attendee discounts. See full details here. “Tibor, thanks again for the training course.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 26, 2019

CRM systems don't always get a good rap in sales. Here are some of the major benefits of incorporating CRM systems into a company's sales process. CRMs allow you and your sales team to collect and aggregate data about prospects and deals. Your sales team will have one place to keep track of leads, prospects, and customers.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 13, 2021

But when you’ve done a presentation and then don’t hear back from a prospect, it can often mean the kiss of death. While it seems counter intuitive, I’d rather know up front if I’m wasting my time or if this is a real prospect. Speaking about prospects hiding behind emails, etc., What to do? That’s right. Relentlessly.

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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 24, 2020

To obtain that commitment, you must prospect. You might ask yourself, “How do I prospect more effectively?” You make prospecting easier when you have a framework and a strategy that produces results. Here is what you need to prospect effectively in B2B sales. Start Your Prospecting with a Plan.

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An effective sales management system can help your business reach or exceed its long-term goals. By using a sales management system or CRM , you can increase teamwork, cut down on mundane admin tasks, and ultimately achieve your desired sales goals. What Is a Sales Management System? Want to be a better leader? GET THE GUIDE.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

95% of our prospecting is just wasted time, so just stop it! “Dave, I’d like to tell you about our products… ” You follow those with phone calls, that’s much more time consuming, even if you have an intelligent dialing system that only connects you to the few people that pick up the phone.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 21, 2020

I have some real prospecting problems. It’s embarrassing, I write about prospecting a lot, I speak, I coach people, we run prospecting workshops. But there’s a part of prospecting, I’m embarrassed to say, that I’m really horrible at. I’m a terrible prospect. It’s embarrassing.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 22, 2018

If you’ve worked in sales for any amount of time, you know the standard sales process looks something like this: You identify a prospect and conduct research, you figure out what pain point or challenge they’re trying to solve, and then you offer your product or services as the solution. Why don’t some buyers admit they need help?

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Power of Social Selling (+ 7 Rules for Storytelling in Sales). The question is, what are the best strategies for increasing diversity in the social story selling system? The question is, what are the best strategies for increasing diversity in the social story selling system? Social selling & brand.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

The B2B selling process is slow but steady. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Prospecting. Make meeting scheduling easier for prospects. Help build email sequences for lead nurturing — the ones that don’t respond to initial prospecting. Negotiation.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 7, 2022

Unfortunately, at many companies, the revenue production system is clogged with waste — activities leading nowhere. But why would you want a system where reps are expected to fail almost 90% of the time? So while you might have a five-time pipeline up top, mechanisms should be in place to reduce it to 2.5-times Except for one.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 28, 2014

They’re expecting someone to pick up the phone and actually listen. Recently I filled out a form on a website for one of my prospects and requested a demo. I ‘m calling regarding your interest in our system. It’s not a sales secret; when you prospect through referrals, you’ll always connect. Put in a Little Effort.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2022

The online space provides a vast scope for businesses to connect with customers better and sell products and services far and wide. This calls for a robust customer relationship management (CRM) strategy as well as a purpose-built CRM system for a smooth and efficient management of customer relationship. What are CRM Systems?

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