Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

How can you leverage existing accounts to get referrals? . How much can you increase revenue inside existing territories with existing products? . How much can you increase revenue inside existing territories with new products? . How much can you increase revenue in new territories with existing products? .

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Sales referrals are one of the most powerful ways to generate high-quality sales leads. Getting a customer referral helps salespeople over the first hurdle of the sale—establishing trust. Here are 5 simple sales referral tactics that your salespeople can start putting into action immediately. Give a Sales Referral First.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Give them real tools and training and start realizing your sales numbers! Next, we gave them a phone, a list, and a desk and expected them to figure out how to build their territory fast enough and well enough so that they could make the kind of money we promised them. Right Tools, Right Results.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 3, 2013

And she even mentions my favorite topics—relationships and referrals. Salespeople are always looking for ways to get in front of opportunities before their competitor can and using tools like LinkedIn , Twitter , and InsideView gives them the leverage that they need to make that happen. Here’s Barb’s take on social selling.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

I suspect the main reason is that cold callers do not see social as a threat, is because we do see it as a great addition to an existing set of tools and techniques we use to drive business. Oh yes, referrals. There is no denying that a warm referral is like first prize, and an indirect referral, second prize.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 24, 2024

Today we have electronic tools. A good salesperson not only needs to build new relationships, they need to maintain and strengthen relationships with existing clients who are their best sources for repeat business and referrals. By territory. It was brilliant in its simplicity. I actually still have my box. Reminders and tasks.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I usually start my Proactive Prospecting workshops by asking “Who here can make quota strictly from their base and referrals from that base?” I don’t often hear back, mostly because a balanced, well thought-out action plan has to include cold calls, referrals, LinkedIn, and every available and effective tool.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Although buyer personas are typically considered marketing territory, they’re also critical to the prospecting process. What are the best tools for sales prospecting? While an array of tools are available to aid prospecting efforts, popular reviews site G2.com 36% of companies have created shorter sales cycles using personas.

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Increase Sales

JULY 2, 2013

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful marketing tools that small business owners, entrepreneurs and sales professionals have at the touch of their finger tips. territory. The essential difference between these two sales referral messages is the first one is more pushing based while the second one is more pulling.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

If you have territories, assign a sub-goal to each. Here are a few examples: Objective: Increase referral rates by 30% this quarter. Here are a few examples: Objective: Increase referral rates by 30% this quarter. Run three-day referral techniques workshop. Hold sales contest for referral sales. Sales tools.

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SalesforLife

JUNE 27, 2019

In fact, because they have a defined timeline and a distinct call to action, events are one of the ways that create the greatest triggers (referrals, insights, and competitive intelligence). If you read our blog, you know that account executives are responsible for building TAM maps for their particular geographic territory.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Acting as an essential tool for businesses of all sizes and in all industries, a robust sales plan helps to identify sales goals, target markets, and sales tactics to achieve those goals. You may also have decided to embark upon referral marketing to incentivize your existing customers to refer new customers to your business.

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Apptivo

JUNE 21, 2021

Visualize this – You are running a business for the past three years, and you are looking to add modern, innovative tools. If your own R&D team works on planning and developing the right tools, it is a normal business process. As discussed in the previous section, a good customer experience can make them bring in referrals.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 14, 2012

I wish I'd had this tool: The Virtual Candidate Nurturing Tool. Through extensive research (over 1500 discussions with your ‘A’ players last year alone), we found most of these ‘A’ players were hired through a referral and ‘dated’ the company for over 6 months before they were hired. ‘A’ Create a Virtual Bench Nurturing Tool.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

They’re not business referrals. Now that’s a qualified business referral. The best leads are those you receive through a referral. When you receive a qualified referral, you are pre-sold. Get more referrals and get these results. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Everyone likes free stuff. Jeff Ogden.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 27, 2018

You head out to a territory (market) where you can mine (generate) something valuable, then sift (qualify) good finds from the bad. 2) Referrals. So expedite the prospecting process by proactively “warming up” cold calls and cold emails through in-depth research, social networking, and referrals. 5) Did they give a referral?

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Do each of your salespeople have an up to date plan for their territory? ?Do Do your sellers uncover referrals and ask for references? ?Can Do salespeople have the tools they need to do their job? ?Does As an example, focusing on referrals can generate immediate returns motivating you to move to the next area.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2020

It listed information for all the prospects in my California territory including the company name, revenue figures, address, telephone number and — of course — the decision maker’s name and title. By neglecting to reinforce value, organizations miss opportunities to justify the client's decision, and lose out on referrals and upsell business.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 18, 2019

When you have a customer-focused company, you’ll not only adapt more quickly to changes in the marketplace, you’ll also gain customer loyalty, improve retention rates, and increase referrals – making it a win-win for both you and your clients. The Sales Team Analysis Report is a powerful tool for accomplishing just that.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The obvious biggest difference is that today we have the internet and smart tools. Networking groups have fed me consistently throughout the years and they have yielded several million dollars in sales as a direct result of referrals and that is the magic word. Would you rather make cold calls or follow-up on a referral?

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Closer's Coffee

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Sales representatives might work to find new sales leads, through business directories, client referrals, etc. With outside sales roles, there is plenty of interaction face to face with customers, hours spent out in the field working the territory to achieve the same end as an inside sales rep. What is missing? Tell your story.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Most of us work to build trust with our clientele to earn continuing business and referrals. The caution is moving into unfamiliar territory can raise the question of right or wrong. Use ‘what if’ questions as a negotiation tool. Ethics in business has always been an issue and becomes more complicated over time.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sales and marketing lead generation tools follow this suit. But the smaller a company is, the more their internal people need to do and the less tools they will have to help them. A solid inbound web strategy also includes nurturing, but if you don’t have marketing tools then outbound sales will have to manually nurture as well.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 3, 2021

This isn’t as important if you’ve got a small team that covers one lead type in one territory. However, if you operate in different territories, locations, or industries, it’s good to assign lead and prospecting responsibilities as soon as possible. These are people who are obstructing your rep’s path toward the decision-makers.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2012

To at least nine people, they could be a great source for referrals in and beyond their current companies. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Even if you don’t get immediate positive responses, you are at least starting a relationship early. As well, given that you will end up talking. Replicate your Marquee Client.

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Allbound

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Luckily, there are many software tools that can help connect partners and give them the resources they need to be successful, wherever they are. Expanding your partner program into uncharted channel territory is, at times, scary, exhilarating, and refreshing all at once. Teamwork Truly Makes the Dream Work. Think you’re ready too?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 25, 2017

There are so many other tools that have greater impact in shorter periods of time. Even the training, tools, systems, processes, programs we provide are important levers to fixing sales performance. Customer service plays a key role if we want to keep and grow those customers or get positive referrals.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In and of itself, cold calling, like referrals or other prospecting methods is not the end all and be all. In fact studies have shown that next to referrals, it is the most effective, time and cost efficient way to engage with potential buyers, especially those who have not declared themselves as being in the market. Sales Tool.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

They help us be more productive, more efficient, more effective, more informed, manage our time better…… People will talk endlessly about the sales stack (all the tools we are providing sales people to “help” them), or the marketing stack. Research tools, company, market, industry, individual reasearch and preparation.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

Also on Friday May 13, I share the bill with a stellar group covering some hot topics: 12:00 Noon EDT – Paul McCord: Build a Solid Business on Referrals by Knowing Who Your Client Knows. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Friday May 13th 4:30 – 5:00 EASTERN. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sell Better.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2011

Here is the line up for Day 5: Friday May 13, I share the bill with a stellar group covering some hot topics: 12:00 Noon EDT – Paul McCord: Build a Solid Business on Referrals by Knowing Who Your Client Knows. Sales Tool. Territory Alignment. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales traiinng. Sales Training.

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Pipeliner

JULY 29, 2018

Many people will try to include accounts or territories into the pipeline, but for it to be effective, it has to be a collection of opportunities with a concrete beginning and end, and steps along the way. Understand that it is a coaching tool, and use it as such. Stop keeping score and focusing only on the numbers.

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Pipeliner

MAY 2, 2018

You definitely should be experimenting with all of this for your vertical / territory. The invasive social networks come in handy when you get a high-level referral and that contact in common, truly knows the person well. Messaging them on Facebook Messenger is even riskier. Text messaging them is even riskier.

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SugarCRM

JUNE 25, 2021

Blogs, online videos, and website content are just a few of the digital marketing tools in use today. CRM software is an essential tool for anyone involved in sales or marketing. HD-CX can help with the following aspects of sales and marketing: Territory development. CRM software can help. Improved Consistency. Choosing a CRM.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

By the end of a successful persona build, you should have a very clear picture of your ideal customer(s): their ages, lifestyle attributes, territories, and pain points. Step 4: Give your team the tools they need to succeed. The development and launch of a new strategy is a good opportunity to assess the foundations of your tool stack.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

Let’s begin by stating clearly that cold calling is alive, doing well as part of an overarching client acquisition process that includes other elements such as referrals and inbound marketing; in fact the only time it does not work is when you don’t do it, which is why it doesn’t work for many who choose not to do it.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

Of course, I’d love for all of you to be getting referrals and leads from people you know and by word of mouth, but prospecting is a legitimate way to generate leads and new business opportunities. I have a question: What are the tools you use for organizing prospecting activities? Sales Tool. Territory Alignment.

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