MTD Sales Training

APRIL 6, 2012

The prospect stops by your booth. Then a few days, a week or more later, you call the prospect back, only to find that the situation is the equivalent of a cold call. You make a connection and engage in a productive conversation, discussing possible interests and developing some rapport. If you have ever returned [.]

Trade Show 272

Trade Show Cold Calling Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 272

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 1, 2015

. Trade Shows Don’t Work. I have heard that phrase and similar comments from people about why they don’t include trade shows in their marketing programs, when in reality the reason many organizations do not gain a payback from their trade show investment is “they” don’t work the trade show.

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Trade Show Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Capture 40

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 22, 2015

Trade Shows Can Work-new idea ! NOTE: Several weeks ago I wrote a blog on “ Why Trade Shows Don’t Work” , shortly after a good friend, Todd Schnick, wrote me a note to discuss how he makes trade shows work! But if your trade show strategy is built on walk-up traffic, you are better off saving your money.

Trade Show 40

Trade Show Decision Maker Travel Media 40

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 26, 2022

Finding your marketing niche is the first step to developing a valid prospective clientele. Trade Shows. A business trade show is one of the best ways to market your company. Participating at a business trade show via a stall will help to generate extra engagement with prospective clients.

Trade Show 147

Trade Show Hiring Social Media Marketing 147

Alice Heiman

JULY 10, 2019

Where Are Your Prospects? . We need to meet our prospects and customers where they are. That might be at a trade show or event, at their office, on the phone, via email or on social media. We want our sales reps to be in the path of our prospects, so they can see us when they need us. So, what do we do?

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Prospecting Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Trade Show 114

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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Training Lead Rank Hiring Course 92

Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

By providing content and ongoing interactions between companies and their prospects, the platform could be used to build communities. He has hired and trained a team of 20 Digital Collaborator Champions to guide customers through the setup and management process. We actually started the virtual trade show before the pandemic. [6:33]

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Top of Funnel Company Lead Rank Trade Show 131

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2014

When your sales people reach out to a prospective buyer who is an executive in a company, one of the first things they do is go look at your website to better understand if they want to give up their valuable time to meet or talk. Your Virtual Trade Show. Many in-person trade shows have declining attendance with costs rising.

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Company Trade Show Engineering Ideal Customer Profile 215

Smooth Sale

JUNE 8, 2023

For ongoing visits, you must reach out to your prospective audience first. Steps to Increase Visibility: Hire someone to greet people upon entering the trade show floor. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program. The results may surprise you, making the entire effort worth further consideration.

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Trade Show Hiring Customer Licensing 78

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Train your reps to understand a lead’s challenge and offer solutions accordingly. As it brings prospects already interested in your product, the chances of conversions are much higher than outbound leads. Opt for logistics pipeline software with features to find and target the right prospects in seconds.

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

From last March forward, virtually every trade show was canceled, from behemoths like Dreamforce to local association meetings. In some cases, they moved their multi-day live trade show online, complete with virtual expo halls and networking apps. In total, we sponsored five virtual trade shows and six webinars.

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Trade Show Segment Pivotal Conference 136

Closer's Coffee

MAY 20, 2019

Telephone Prospecting. The Five Steps of Telephone Prospecting. Social Prospecting. Best Sales Prospecting Tools. The Reality of Telephone prospecting. When prospecting over the phone, you will encounter much rejection, and that is because you will contact more prospects than any other prospecting channel.

Selling Skills 77

Selling Skills Prospecting Social Media Trade Show 77

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example. Make smart buying decisions, strive for a solid integration, involve end users in the process and provide adequate training. And you want the appropriate rep interacting and building rapport with the prospect.

Data 240

Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

Vengreso

JULY 17, 2020

For example, in the last few years, a salesperson relied on trade shows for prospecting and lead generation. In 2020, there are no trade shows but virtual events are very successful for B2B companies. Gartner data from 2018 already showed that B2B buyers only spent 17% of their time with vendors.

Chemicals 115

Chemicals Trade Show Engineering Social Selling 115

PandaDoc

JUNE 21, 2021

Like it or not, your business needs a lead generation strategy and a sales prospecting process. You’ll also know why you need a strong sales prospecting process and exactly how that will benefit your business. It’s not so much knowing about sales prospecting vs lead generation, as knowing how and when to prioritize one or the other.

Lead Generation 98

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

Score More Sales

APRIL 2, 2014

It takes time and investment, just as exhibiting at trade shows does. Online visibility for you in your industry is the new trade show. The best part is that this online trade show promoting you as a thought leader runs 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

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Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Twitter Webinar Metrics 232

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

So, I’m committing to spending time on-camera answering your questions and sharing powerful tips and methods to revolutionize your prospecting. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? Always free. Always fabulous! All episodes are recorded, so you won’t miss out. Think again.

Gatekeeper 265

Gatekeeper Referrals Cold Calling Telemarketing 265

Smooth Sale

MARCH 13, 2024

Use it to hand-deliver products, samples, or personalized thank-you notes to clients and prospects. It shows that you’re willing to go the extra mile—literally. Just be sure you’re not accidentally creeping anyone out by showing up unannounced. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program.

Company 102

Company Hiring How To Social Media 102

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 3, 2017

Sales symptoms are prospecting traps. It’s prospecting that’s hard. Did the leads come from your website, SDRs , your marketing team, a webinar you conducted, trade shows, or referrals from trusted colleagues? How did the account execs determine if prospects were actually interested? Closing is never the problem.

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Account Closing Sales Qualified Lead Referrals 220

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Sales coaching like this has many documented benefits – from reinforcing training, to culling and promoting best practices, to even positively impacting the bottom line. The assignments can reinforce in-progress training or be given to reps cold, to get a baseline for their aptitudes. Validate training and certify reps.

Coaching 241

Coaching Video Hiring Trade Show 241

Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2013

In past posts I’ve talked about how your social footprint is your 365 day per year, 24×7 online trade show where your buyers and potential referral partners can learn about you on their own schedule. There are three major reasons you need to have regular time blocked off in your calendar for being social online.

Inside Sales 230

Inside Sales Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Telecommunications 230

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. There are four forever changes transforming sales training and enablement from here on out: Marketing is the sales development team. Sales training and enablement must become buyer enablement regardless of the channel and preferred buyer experience.

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B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Allego allows sales teams to onboard new reps without having to meet face to face or rely on traditional classroom training. Q: What steps can Sales Enablement solutions users take to best facilitate their prospects’ decision-making given that interactions are likely remote?

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Hiring Face-to-face Video Distribution 164

Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

Prospects do not want to be sold to. At this point, many sales organizations believe it is time to implement a virtual sales training program led by an instructor. However, that comes after you’ve properly planned for the training to ensure new techniques are implemented in order to achieve modern sales success.

Ideal Customer Profile 122

Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Travel Social Media 122

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2021

They train reps across their territory. They're generally expected to take some degree of ownership over their entire region — that means assuming responsibility for their reps' preparedness and performance, so naturally, many territory managers have a hand in training the reps in their respective areas.

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Territories Compensation Trade Show Salary 110

Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

Inside sales teams leverage technology to connect and engage with prospects. Some methods inside sales reps use to engage with prospects include: Phone calls Video conferencing Email Social media Other online channels Conversely, outside sales reps rely on face-to-face conversations. Today, that number has grown to 67%.

Inside Sales 52

Inside Sales Face-to-face Hiring Outside Sales 52

Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 16, 2013

Use the “keyword” search feature to uncover prospects you never knew existed. Speak at trade shows. Send a once a week, value-based message to existing and prospective customers. Build relationships and earn referrals. Visit existing customers. Offer ideas and help. Use LinkedIn to make new connections. Be original.

Cold Calling 233

Cold Calling Face-to-face Trade Show Referrals 233

Score More Sales

MARCH 18, 2014

We have always had to communicate with potential buyers, ask for referrals, work trade shows, and advertise / market for new business. Unless you can show me an immediate benefit, why should I change? Unless you can show me an immediate benefit, why should I change? The big change now is the tools and technology.

Trade Show 250

Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 250

Score More Sales

JUNE 3, 2014

Ken spent the day talking with customers, partners, and prospective customers about the ins and outs of remote, professional selling – also known as “inside sales” Here are some of my favorite takeaways in no particular order – just things that make you think a bit as you grow your sales career.

Inside Sales 234

Inside Sales Lead Rank InsideSales Lead Scoring 234

SalesHandy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Outbound Sales Statistics Cold Email Cold Call Follow-up Inbound Sales Statistics Organic Lead Statistics Lead Nurturing Statistics Sales Prospecting Sales Cycle Sales Closure Referral Sales Statistics Social Sales Statistics Sales Training Statistics. This shows the cold call is still an effective mode of selling. About 89.9%

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Cold Calling Lead Nurturing Outbound Inbound 131

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The biggest reasons that you should be on LinkedIn now if you are in sales or in a company that sells products or services are: Your LinkedIn profile acts like an “on-line” trade show booth – 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. join groups in the industries your customers and prospective buyers belong to.

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LinkedIn Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 226

Carew International

APRIL 29, 2021

These issues include prospecting, selling price increases, and building relationships in today’s socially distanced selling world. We believe we are still a long way from freely walking into a prospect’s office or taking our customers to an appreciation event at a ballpark or resort.

Hiring 95

Hiring Social Media Trade Show Cancellation 95

Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

Online Training. Tweet Share To maximize your networking effectiveness, you must follow one simple rule: Rule A1A — go where your customers and prospect go, or are likely to be. This is a great place to learn more about your customers AND get introduced to your prospects. Trade shows. Invite a prospect to dine.

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Networking Hiring Trade Show Social Media 325

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and trade shows. Even with the growing number of digital routes, outbound phone calling, or teleprospecting, remains a powerful method to engage personally with your prospects. In fairness, our industry has created the image.

Lead Gen 113

Lead Gen Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 113

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2018

At ValueSelling, we recently conducted a survey on B2B sales reps' top prospecting challenges and found that 50% of sales reps surveyed feared making cold calls. If their prospect answers, the rep is afraid they won't know what to say. In this post, I'll discuss my tips for overcoming phone anxiety to get better results prospecting.

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Survey Trade Show Call-back Webinar Metrics 133

Alice Heiman

JULY 17, 2019

It’s any time spent prospecting, qualifying, educating or closing. It qualifies as selling time if you are learning about the needs of a prospect to determine if there is a good fit for what they need and what you sell. It’s the kind of work that moves the sale forward or helps you decide that this is not a prospect. .

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Trade Show Social Media Up-Sell Closing 82

Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. A developed quality lead sets the stage for relationship selling, lead nurturing and prospect development.

Lead Generation 225

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 225