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 Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The number one issue people have in sales is sales prospecting — trying to find new customers. With that said let me break down into two easy steps everything I’ve ever taught others or done myself with regard to sales prospecting. Step 2: Engage the prospect. Don’t use it as your only prospecting tool.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It has been the case that many sales tools have been unapproachable for smaller and SMB sales teams due to the financial investment as well as the time and expertise to get some tools in place. The Good News – Tools Can be Easy to Try Out and Implement. Field Reps Needing Mobile Tools – Salespod.

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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. Sales Tool. December 2011.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 26, 2012

Here’s my list of what I say are the 6 secrets you need to master if you’re going to become a sales prospecting expert: 1. The most important trait I believe you have to have to be a success in sales prospecting is confidence in yourself and your process. Confidence. Follow-through. Sorry, no way. Benefit statements.

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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. Doing this alone can give you enough good reasons to contact prospects and existing customers to add value. 2. Become an Influencer in Your Industry Niche.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

A big win for your sales team would be to find more prospective customers and start listening to what they are saying. They just set a first meeting with this prospect company who earlier would not interact with them. Try free tools to help monitor activity of your buyer – companies and individuals.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Liz shares the importance of building trust before making offers to prospective customers. This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet.

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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 14, 2012

Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” If you’re a company with good cash flow, offering a customer extended terms may only cost you a couple percentage points for a short period of time. To the buyer, the extended terms could very well be worth much — much more if they’re working on tight cash flow.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Putting the Social Into CRM Predictions for 2012. Exciting enhancements are on the horizon are new tools to work with CRM and Social CRM to bring knowledge TO the user, rather than the user doing all the thinking and pre-work. Let’s look at an old definition, the challenges with CRM, and some predictions for 2012. Consulting.

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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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APRIL 27, 2012

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. The phone is just one tool in your toolbox. 4) Use of the telephone.

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APRIL 27, 2012

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. The phone is just one tool in your toolbox. 4) Use of the telephone.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

People Skills Grow B2B Sales While Tools Make It Easier. by Lori Richardson on February 16, 2012. Years ago when I started in B2B sales, there was one way to keep track of customers and prospective customers – writing on lined, yellow note pads and putting these precious notes into manila file folders. Consulting. Work on this!

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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 been using these tools for years and I generate a tremendous amount of new business from them. prospecting. Client List. Testimonials.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 6, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. January is “Prospecting for Sales Month” Jan 06, 2012. I bet you didn’t know January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.” This is the sole reason why I say January is “Prospecting for Sales Month.”

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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. Sales Tool. December 2011.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 12, 2012

” If you’re going to prospect via email, don’t go putting out an email that says “just checking in.” One thing that is imperative in all email prospecting campaigns is to have the prospect receiving information they will find of value. Don’t make it your only tool.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 28, 2012

Prospecting. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Discussing benefits rather than features. If you or someone you know is challenged in any one or more of the three things listed above, I can guarantee it comes back to their own level of confidence. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 19, 2012

I’ve been looking closely at 6 secrets for prospecting success , and we’ve already covered confidence and follow-through. If you feel you don’t have the telephone skills you should have to be successful in sales prospecting, don’t feel bad. Same thing in prospecting. You’re not alone.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Creates cheat sheets and sales tools because the ones from Marketing are useless. Download a time study tool at this event. Figure out how much time you spend creating your own Content Marketing tools. Technical product fact sheets and manuals your prospects don’t care about. MarketingSherpa, 2012).

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 3, 2012

There are more sales prospecting methods than I suspect there are salespeople. I recently shared with you in this blog what I saw as the big 9 sales prospecting tools. Let’s drill down on the list of 9 tools and talk specifically about #5: Focus, focus, focus. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 18, 2012

The lesson here is not that salespeople should use LinkedIn inmails to replace phone calls, but they shouldn't be ignoring the power of that social media tool either. The lesson here is that sending well-written inmails to carefully targeted prospects might help salespeople stand out and have a better chance of getting a response.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

by Lori Richardson on February 22, 2012. As a mid-market company, you likely do not have as many formalities such as written sales processes and a clear set of tools to help you build revenues. Work closely with marketing so that you are getting good educational content to where your prospective customers are before they contact you.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 4, 2012

The number one item I get phone calls is sales prospecting. I’ve been blogging for the past several months extensively on the subject of sales prospecting. . The best sales prospecting systems are those that are simple. This is why far too many sales prospecting systems are broken. The response was overwhelming!

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JANUARY 31, 2012

by Lori Richardson on January 31, 2012. You’ve listened online and are following your prospective customer – the one you are about to close a big deal with- socially via every means possible. Through a very strategic conversation with your prospect, both they and you are in agreement, and things get moving forward.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 29, 2012

Yes, you can prospect using voicemail. View the message you’re leaving as a tool to build awareness about how you’re different than 95% of all other salespeople. Here is the best way to sales prospect with voice mail: To make the voicemail message fly, it needs to be short. Make it less than 12 seconds.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Gaining B2B prospects via LinkedIn referrals is the best way to succeed in 2014. Don’t waste time on cold calls with a 1-3% appointment success rate (AAISP, 2012). These are business contacts with an “in” to someone you’ve deemed a qualified prospect. Additionally, you’ll have more insight into your prospect. Hands down.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

This post describes the Social Seller's strategy to grow their prospect list through LinkedIn. I provide the Account Networking Tool to build a referral database around your customer. They’re missing the real value of the platform: it’s a sales tool. LinkedIn provides tools that facilitate social gifting. Find the link.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Sales Tool of the Week: eBook on Cold Calling Scripts & Testimonial Tool + Congrats, Sales Stars! I’m pretty much a skeptic when I hear about tools, books, and resources to help anyone who is doing cold calling or who are calling a list of prospective customers. Sales Tools. Sales e-book on Creating Scripts.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 18, 2012

Everyone wants to believe they’re only going after high-value prospects, but the truth is far too many times the strategy being used is one that attracts low-value prospects. . If anything in your sales prospecting strategy is price-oriented, then guess what? Price should not even be a tool you use in prospecting.

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APRIL 30, 2013

The “S” stands for social, and indicates that a CRM system has the capability to interact with and bring in social media content right into customer and prospect records. Many CRM tools are set up in a complicated way so a rep spends too much time learning them and then using them. A tool is nothing but a tool without a process.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In sales we work hard to create mutual next steps with prospective customers and ultimately to help buying opportunities for these prospects – these buyers. But time and again, we get bombarded with interruptions, alerts, tools, and technology. Three Tech Traps to Avoid: Tool Overwhelm. With many tools comes overwhelm.

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APRIL 4, 2013

We are, as a business community, being BOMBARDED with sales tools. Once we have the tools, we still need to craft interesting and compelling content in the form of sales messages to our prospective customers and existing clients. What is our end goal? What is our end goal? What are we trying to accomplish?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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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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