Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 11, 2012

Working a Trade Show is a Job. I have been speaking at a variety of industry trade shows delivering keynote programs, educational breakout sessions and general networking opportunities. They have invested time and money to fly here and yet I see this at the 20 or so trade shows I attend each year.

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Trade Show Hotels Transportation Education 74

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Yes, we had a CRM system, and yes, we knew the closing ratios. We projected how many qualified leads we needed and there was an inside telesales department of eight people that fueled the system with qualified leads, including a time frame to buy. The fall is prime trade show season. It took me a moment to respond.

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Marketing Trade Show Direct Mail Top of Funnel 149

Pointclear

OCTOBER 16, 2012

“I wish that salespeople would use the CRM system instead of spreadsheets for a sales forecast.”. That they would completely fill out the trade show lead forms.”. That salespeople enter in all of the proper prospect/customer notes within the CRM system.”. That they treat Marketing as a co-equal.”.

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Trade Show Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Qualified Lead CRM 217

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. In addition to systematic data management, make sure that your reps use your CRM system and keep their account data and contact information current and complete. What do they have in common? Employ Technology Wisely.

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Data B2B Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 240

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 3, 2017

Trying to teach reps how to close without addressing the broken links in your lead generation system will not yield sustainable B2B sales leads. Ask these questions to determine the real problem: What was the lead generation system? What was their system for following up? Or did they just give a sales pitch ?

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Account Closing Sales Qualified Lead Referrals 220

Accent Technologies

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Prioritizing Leads After a trade show, a rep has a list of 100 new contacts. Instead of reps diving into a sea of reminders and post-its, the system lines up their tasks, ensuring they focus on the hottest leads. Now, the rep knows exactly where to start their follow-up, ensuring higher conversion rates.

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Enterprise Enterprise Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 97

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

ZoomInfo has several integrations, proprietary technologies, and methods of collection that profile over 8 million technology pairings in the categories of enterprise applications, hardware/OS/systems environment, virtualization, security, and networking. Sales must get on the phone, attend events, and find outbound leads.

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Intent Data 130

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. You need a proper scoring system in place before your sales team takes them up. Participate in Trade Shows and Industry Events Build strategic partnerships with other businesses in the logistics ecosystem to expand your reach.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

SBI

JULY 26, 2018

Capture leads at trade shows and events with integrated badge and business card scanning and send them instantly to CRM and marketing automation. Trade show ROI improvement by lead to sales time and close rate. Modus Capture is a must-have for trade shows regardless of company size.

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Trade Show Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics ROI 95

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2019

Companies are bolting sales engagement software to automated marketing platforms, which are connected to CRM systems. Trade shows aren’t dying, direct mail gets through when social media fails, and an honest conversation over a cup of coffee is still the best closing tool around.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Trade Show Direct Mail 120

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

However, I have developed a genuine deep interest in studying and understanding SALES in a systemic way. After graduation, I felt having learned to be a critical thinker with good knowledge on Systems Thinking and Computer Science. There was, though, also an inner voice reminding me that inventing and building such systems is fun.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Customer 105

Score More Sales

JUNE 3, 2014

S systems (dialing technology). Use systems thinking to grow your territory and your team. “Everything is a system and you must realize how the system works.” For example, when at a trade show: Grab their business card. Use the CLOSERS model to grow leads every day. C campaign (strategy).

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Inside Sales Lead Rank InsideSales Lead Scoring 234

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

The comfortable confines of the corporate office are off limits; customer calls are virtual-only; and plans for sales kickoffs, trade shows and other in-person events have shifted to a virtual model (or been cancelled altogether). Did we have the systems and processes in place to truly enable a remote sales force?

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Face-to-face Conference Trade Show Video 228

Apptivo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Automating lead nurturing can boost efficiency and keep leads and current customers connected with businesses by reducing the need to duplicate or manually enter data into multiple marketing systems. Attending conferences, trade shows, and symposia either as attendees or as participants generates a lot of qualified and unqualified leads.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 97

Gong.io

OCTOBER 6, 2021

He’s even made appearances at trade shows. This was something they’d never enjoyed with traditional CRM systems. . Gong needed a much larger visual system of beautiful, interrelated graphic elements, sophisticated design, ownable imagery, that would combine with the new messaging. But the solution was obvious. Wait… what?

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Energy Enterprise Enterprise Top of Funnel 153

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

However, if another prospect were to request a product demo, the same system could auto-qualify awarding the prospect 100 points. Trade Shows: Investing sponsorship of industry events or even producing an event using internal resources. The Lead Generation Process. Lead Scoring.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Janek Performance Group

JULY 19, 2023

Make content easy to access and share: Marketing departments should make content easy to access and share by using a content management system (CMS) or similar sales enablement platform. On the other hand, they may de-prioritize activities with a lower likelihood of generating leads, such as trade show attendance or sponsorships.

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Quota Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Collateral 62

Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2024

Companies should actively participate in industry events, trade shows, and conferences to network with potential partners and clients. Heavy-haul trucking companies can leverage technology solutions such as GPS tracking systems to monitor. To enhance efficiency in heavy-haul trucking connections.

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Transportation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Trade Show 52

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2023

Sales Engineer Educational Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Average Job Salary: $103,710 Job Responsibilities Prepare and deliver technical presentations explaining products or services to existing and prospective customers Talk with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements Collaborate (..)

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Decision Maker Pharmaceuticals Salary Travel 94

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 1, 2024

We catch the attention of people at trade shows, conferences, in social channels, and often, one on one. All sorts of payment systems have existed for decades, but companies like Stripe helped us re-imagine them. Typically, it’s someone with deep expertise–not necessarily on solutions, but of problems and issues.

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Trade Show Conference Segment Groups 77

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Trade shows and local community events can be a grind. Scuba Divers have a buddy system for a reason. Social Selling is no longer nice to have, it is critical to your success. By utilizing your online connections, offline opportunities emerge. Utilize event floor time for networking. Then find them. Hold yourself accountable.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Referrals Trade Show 324

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In Part 3, we explored trade show prospecting for lead generation. The tech stack includes such basics as email platform and the operating system, as well as your database, apps, and programming languages. In Part 2, we discussed creating an Ideal Customer Profile. This is part 4.

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Competition Ideal Customer Profile Intent Data Intent 145

Apptivo

AUGUST 24, 2023

Solution with Mobile CRM: Real-Time Access: Sales representatives gain the capability to access customer profiles , communication history, and lead information directly from their mobile devices as the company implements a Mobile CRM app that syncs with their central CRM system.

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Enterprise Enterprise Benefit CRM 52

SBI

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Alice Heiman of Trade Show Make-Over says, “TradeShows can be a dependable source of qualified leads but for most companies they are not. Then, Marketing has to upload them into the marketing automation system or CRM before outreach can be made. Leads integration with your marketing automation system and CRM.

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ROI Sales Tools Tools Trade Show 74

SBI

OCTOBER 6, 2019

6 Steps to Double Lead Generation at Your Next Tradeshow It’s no small investment to exhibit at trade shows: Booth cost, logistics, and swag are. What Data Points Actually Lead to Higher Conversion Rates and More Sales So what data truly predicts future purchases? In a sea of predictive noise, MORE INFO. Prospect Intelligence.

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Video Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics 92

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

However, if another prospect were to request a product demo, the same system could auto-qualify awarding the prospect 100 points. Trade Shows : Investing sponsorship of industry events or even producing an event using internal resources.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 23, 2019

The average marketing department spends a LOT of money on trade shows and events – to the tune of 32% ?f Even so, trade-show events are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation.

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Trade Show Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 227

Pointclear

JUNE 30, 2015

Listen to presentations at trade shows. CRM and marketing automation systems. Marketing management must travel with salespeople and listen to a few dozen sales presentations. What are the qualifying questions? Inside sales? Listen in on the phone calls. Listen and take notes. Ask the reps. Listen and take notes. Do the numbers.

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Sales Qualified Lead Telemarketing Trade Show Hiring 100

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Typically, a coach (often a rep’s manager) will issue an activity: for example, “Show me your 30-second elevator pitch.” Reps record a video of themselves completing the activity and submit it through their system for feedback.

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Coaching Video Hiring Trade Show 241

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Data entry apps: These mobile apps allow employees to quickly enter information into databases from their phones or tablets during meetings or significant events such as conferences or trade shows. Imagine having a system that automatically updates the information on customers who have been entered into the system.

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Sales Cycle Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Scale 52

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 18, 2013

In the past, we were schooled to throw as much stuff as possible into the sales funnel—including so-called leads from mailings, trade shows, advertising, networking, and newsletters. But it’s just a prospecting system, not successful lead generation. They’re inquiries, possibly names, or people just interested in free stuff.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Funnel 209

Smooth Sale

JUNE 8, 2022

Why do lucrative companies continue with poor customer care instead of improving the system and possibly hiring more employees? 2) Have A System In Place. It is essential to have a system or process to deal with customer queries and complaints. Ensure the safety and reliability of technological systems. 3) Be Proactive:

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Customer Service Customer Hiring System 78

Hubspot Sales

MAY 15, 2020

Businesses have had to evolve quickly with trade shows, events, and in-person sales meetings being canceled for the foreseeable future, likely throwing a wrench in many 2020 sales and marketing strategies. To keep up, online retailers are implementing integrated eCommerce CRM (customer relationship management) systems.

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Trends Retail Consumer Social Media 145

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Will demos, for example, look more like an online trade show exhibit where buyers engage virtual sales presentations, video demonstrations and precise content based on a “choose your journey” approach? Another consideration is adapting your training and enablement based on KPIs in your systems.

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B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2023

Is it trade shows (so old school but effective)? Where they are supported by a strong culture and value system, and the leaders “walk the talk.” We read about how email is failing, phone calls, social, and virtually every other engagement platform. We have continuing debates about “Is cold calling dead?”

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Customer Prospecting Revelation Trade Show 76

Crunchbase

MARCH 12, 2020

Attend conferences and trade shows where your target market buyers congregate in order to get facetime. This is where your customers come in again –work with them to sponsor your organization for events and shows they attend to discover where other like-minded people or potential clients are congregating.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead Scale Trade Show 82

LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The Role of CRM Systems in Lead Storage In successful lead management systems, data storage takes on pivotal importance. CRM systems are your best bet for tracking and storing leads, while regular data cleanup keeps you on top of your game. Utilize your CRM to track customer interactions and tailor personalized strategies.

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Maximizer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 52