SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

I’ve heard a lot of talk about “ Content Marketing.” It gets great reviews from C-Level executives, marketers and even sales managers. But how does Content Marketing help the Sales Rep? Today’s post outlines the benefits of Content Marketing from the Sales Rep’s perspective. What exactly is content marketing?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Liz shares the importance of building trust before making offers to prospective customers. She shares a great story about the nursery in Austin that used to have infamous pink flamingos.

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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? Often when business people know you know the market, they are more apt to talk. Don’t be afraid to let them know that you feel they could be a great prospective client / customer.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. 5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. To respond to your email, the prospect has to read it first. Sign up for our Email Newsletter.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Prospecting. Your email address will not be shared.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Issue Date: 2012-09-27. A few simple "who" and "why" questions provide a great way to narrow the field of prospects. A few simple "who" and "why" questions provide a great way to narrow the field of prospects. Author: Mike Weinberg. read more

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 10, 2012

You’ve been chasing a sales prospect you think will turn into a great customer, but for one reason or another, the trail has gone cold. The prospect hasn’t provided you with any indication such as proprietary information or sense of time to lead you to believe they may buy from you. Ask for the order. If they buy, fine.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2013

That is the truest statement when it comes to email marketing! In a nanosecond, your prospect is going to decide whether or not they are going to open your email. How can you impact your prospect personally? Look at the difference visually between these two subject lines: Sales Prospecting Strategy.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 10, 2012

Why did the last five prospects say no? Gitomer | January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment. Tweet Share Most of the time when a prospect says “no” salespeople accept it and leave. Most of the time when a prospect tells you why they say no, they’re not telling the truth. Ocha Nix says: January 14, 2012 at 1:06 am.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

As a long time Twitter user and fan, I have directly seen how more than 100 companies – mostly B2B find prospects and even close business through their Twitter account. Brands mastered this first, and now even some reluctant CEOs and marketers in small mid-market companies are getting on the bandwagon.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. There are steps to follow that can make prospecting easy and effective. December 2011. November 2011.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. The message from blogs, webinars, tradeshows is clear: The buyer has changed and so must your prospecting strategies. Prospecting. Sign up for our Email Newsletter.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads. Jan 04, 2012. There are 5 secrets used by top-performing salespeople to get better prospecting leads. The reason these are great prospects is simple. Client List. Testimonials. Negotiation.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. How “Social Media” Can Be Part of Your Prospecting Strategy. Feb 09, 2012. I’ve often said that the problem with a “social media strategy” is that it really should be called a “business marketing strategy.”

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Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2012

As a member of the Executive Advisory Group, he delivers CMO and Sales Advisory Services that provide senior technology marketing and sales executives with insights into how to improve productivity and efficiency in their organizations. 2012: Transformational Change, the New Buyer & Big Data.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 14, 2012

Maybe the question should be, “Do you even have a sales prospecting process?” Sure, scrambling and hustling is one way to work, but don’t you think you would be a lot more effective if you had a sales prospecting process that worked? At that moment, a light goes off and a weak attempt is made to find prospects.

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APRIL 27, 2012

In an inbound marketing world, is there still need to call people? Of all the ways we have seen people actually talking to prospects, it most often is in a combination of the following: 1) Simple web research. 3 )Have data and knowledge of your prospect’s world. 3 )Have data and knowledge of your prospect’s world.

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APRIL 27, 2012

In an inbound marketing world, is there still need to call people? Of all the ways we have seen people actually talking to prospects, it most often is in a combination of the following: 1) Simple web research. 3 )Have data and knowledge of your prospect’s world. 3 )Have data and knowledge of your prospect’s world.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 6, 2012

How is your sales prospecting plan working for you? Unfortunately, this exemplifies the expectations of too many sales prospecting plans. Below are a series of questions you can ask yourself regarding your sales prospecting plan to help you gauge how effective it is and what areas you may want to change.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 14, 2012

Prospecting for sales is hard enough, but it’s made even harder when the strategy being used is either based on hope — or worse yet something like spraying and praying. I talk a lot about the need to have a very clear sales prospecting process. Far more prospecting systems fail due to user than due to the system.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Communication , Compete , Marketing , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. Your email address will not be shared. December 2011.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. 23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. Unfortunately there are also many sales and marketing reasons.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 15, 2012

If you’re in Sales, you’ve learned to hate Marketing. If you’re in Marketing, you’ve learned to hate Sales. If you’re in Sales, when was the last time you spent an extended period of time working with your Marketing counterparts? Marketing can’t do what Sales does best and vice versa.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

by Lori Richardson on February 22, 2012. Ardath Albee of Marketing Interactions has written a four-part series called, Capitalize on the Content Marketing Continuum where she talks about the BEF and the very fluid content marketing continuum. Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Consulting. Refine and refine again.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 21, 2012

What results are you looking for from your sales prospecting efforts? Sales are slow and there aren’t enough prospects, so a quick plan is developed to send out a bunch of emails make a few phone calls. The expectation is that this single effort will produce plenty of prospects. I’m all for being optimistic.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. March 2nd, 2012. Much easier to show value to a customer than to a prospect. March 2nd, 2012. As a sales person you should be able to take what you know from existing clients, and apply them to new prospects.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 2, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mar 02, 2012. Regardless of the market you sell to, take a moment and reflect on the number of people with whom you come in contact — sometimes just once, other times on a regular basis. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 16, 2012

How many times have you complained to Marketing about the poor quality of leads they give you? Go ahead and complain some more — tell them and everyone else in your company about how much more effective you would be if only Marketing would get their act together. Quit waiting on Marketing. Quit blaming Marketing.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. Prospecting. December 2011.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 14, 2012

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in many marketing and sales departments is the importance of certain metrics. However, in 2011 and 2012 the percent of our efforts focused on inbound dropped to 22% and 11% respectively.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 10, 2011

The prospect seemed to be in agreement, even excited at times. There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! Return to top of page Copyright © 2012 All Rights Reserved. It’s not about RESPONSE. It’s about PREVENTION. Gitomer | August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , EDGE Sales Process , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. Your email address will not be shared. Sign up for our Email Newsletter.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 7, 2013

A lot was written in 2012 regarding the change in buyer behavior. As a sales rep, you can’t rely solely on Marketing to develop your presence. He’ll reveal tips and tricks used by LinkedIn to prospect and grow business. Your prospects and customers are doing the same. Let’s assume you have a meeting with a big prospect.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Stored in Business Acumen , Buying Process , Guest Post , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , execution. LinkedIn is a two way street, now your prospects know your background. December 2011. November 2011.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

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. The more you attend, the more you get known, grow, and succeed in your market. This is a great place to learn more about your customers AND get introduced to your prospects.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. Prospecting. When Sales Met Marketing.

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