Pointclear

MARCH 26, 2015

In the 2015 Virtual Sales Kickoff earlier this year, I had the pleasure of hearing for the first time, Mike Weinberg—sales coach, consultant, and author of the book New Sales. The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development. Don’t be like every other sales call your prospect receives. Simplified.: Simplified.:

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Handbook Prospecting Sales Coaching Twitter 100

Pointclear

APRIL 1, 2015

Saturn will backpedal to Scorpio again from June 14 until September 17 in 2015, but after that he''ll be in Sagittarius until December 19, 2017. Here’s how I, Danmac the Magnificent, read the stars for your sign in 2015: Taurus (April 21 - May 21): You are working close to full-time trying to beat your quota in the first half of the year.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Sales Qualified Lead 100

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 7, 2015

The research is in and it shows some significant changes are in store for Marketing in 2015 – trends you need to be aware of to succeed: Trend 1: More Leads = Same Revenue? Trend 2: Marketing Overload According to research by SiriusDecisions, your prospects now receive 32% more marketing campaigns than just 2 years ago.

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Trends Marketing Campaigns Lead Rank 74

Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Setup Your 2015 for Success. It''s the fourth quarter and if you''re like most salespeople, you''re examining your pipeline trying to determine which opportunities have a chance of closing this quarter; what needs to be done and when in order for them to close; and, which ones will have to be carried over into 2015.

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Hoovers Jigsaw Webinar Metrics InsideView 94

SBI

DECEMBER 29, 2014

2015 looks to be the most exciting year yet for sales and marketing solutions and for those who seek to improve their revenue. 20 Sales & Marketing Vendors to Follow on Twitter @Dreamforce ’14. Read more… Top Marketing Tools. You’ll find them and more in our new Top Marketing Tools of 2014 guide.

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InsideView Tools Decision Maker Twitter 127

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

This is especially true when it comes to sales and marketing. In an ideal world, sales and marketing processes would be built with the other team in mind. Here are some numbers that just might convince you of the value of Sales and Marketing alignment: Sales and Marketing Alignment Stats to Know. LinkedIn, 2020 ).

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InsideView Lead Scoring Lead Rank Account Based Marketing 131

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-05-29. Teaser: Reducing the rate of unsubscribes can pay substantial long-term benefits by converting more prospects into customers and encouraging repeat buying. Here are several best practices companies should be using to reduce unsubscribes and improve their email marketing. Author: Fayez Mohamood.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Take Control of Your 2015. The Happy Camper - Through a combination of proper planning and consistency of execution, the year is already “done” from a revenue attainment perspective, and now it’s time to relax and charge the batteries so you can rocket out of the gate in 2015.

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How To Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 90

Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. But, how can marketers comply with the varying preferences of their individual buyer? Enter: Multichannel marketing. And the best part?

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Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 189

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-06-22. Teaser: Salespeople have a necessarily low tolerance for anything that interrupts their rhythm or ability to speak to prospects and close deals. In marketing, there is a need to focus on six, nine and 12 months out, to build sustainable process and strategy. Author: Andrew Davies. read more

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Closing Marketing Strategy Prospecting 120

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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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Scoring 111

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 30, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-05-01. Author: Victoria Godfrey, chief marketing officer, Avention. Teaser: An increasing number of B2B prospects are building walls around themselves to filter out irrelevant and spammy messages. read more

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Outbound Data Marketing B2B 120

Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

At Sales Hacker last week, we listened and spoke with successful entrepreneurs that are finding ways to improve all parts of their sales pipeline by: providing salespeople with tools to become their own personal marketers. testing inbound marketing strategies that can be implemented by non-techies. Prospecting Social selling'

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GoldMine Strategy Conference Inbound 150

Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

2015 Sales Predictions. We believe in 2015 the focal points will be on velocity and execution; increasing the speed of the sales cycle and number of orders received. Prospective clients have done their homework as to their issues and potential solutions via the internet or other relationship.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, stiffer competition, and even more headwinds to meeting your ambitious revenue growth goals. Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing.

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Decision Maker ROI Forecasting Lead Rank 80

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Here are four prospecting tips, backed by data. With those odds, it’s going to take a lot to make an impact on a prospect. The data says: The best times to email prospects are 8 am and 5 pm, according to Get Response. As a content marketer, I’m a little biased here. If so, it’s your lucky day. 1) Timing is everything.

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Data Prospecting Top of Funnel Lead Rank 95

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. But, how can marketers comply with the varying preferences of their individual buyer? Enter: Multichannel marketing. And the best part?

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Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 100

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. Marketing/Sales Integration. Marketing Automation/Tools. Demand Generation/Lead Gen/Content Marketing/Nurturing. Sales Process/Methodology.

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Fashion Face-to-face Social Media Analytics 91

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2017

Email marketing is one of the most effective and efficient forms of marketing. Though not commonly used in logistics, email marketing has the potential to increase engagement and brand awareness amongst shippers, and can help your organization grow. That’s just an unfortunate truth of email marketing.

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Email Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 100

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It starts with inbound leads: responding to leads from marketing, answering website inquiries, and following up with podcast and webinar attendees. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? This does, however, explain why prospecting is so challenging for most sales teams. In 2015, 43.6 This time, 85.53

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Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 306

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

And what could Chipotle, its partners, and prospective partners have done to get in front of the attack in the first place? 2/9/2015: Just four months later, a hacker gained access to the company’s Twitter page and wreaked havoc. 4/22/2015). (10/26/2015) Empower Your Sales Team Get Intel on Your Top Prospect Accounts.

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Ideal Customer Profile Banking Consumer Vendor 186

Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 16, 2015

In most B2B markets the buying process has changed dramatically. As Bain points out: “Many buyers will have researched a supplier, queried some of its customers and screened the supplier out of consideration before the supplier’s rep has an opportunity to contact the prospective buyer. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC. Selection.

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Hiring Sales Management Ideal Customer Profile Segment 50

Marc Wayshak

JUNE 22, 2021

Pay attention to the new psychology of selling in today’s market, and you’ll become much more effective every single time you’re in front of a prospect. Take a look to learn all about the psychology of selling in today’s market: 1. What you learned in 2015 is now old-school. We need to update our approach.

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Marketing Face-to-face Discount Up-Sell 75

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

What this means is that sales, marketing, and service processes need to be based on the needs, wants, and expectations of customers. “Changing the perspective within your organization is key … it’s not about aligning sales and marketing to each other, but aligning and integrating them both with the customer’s journey.”

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Are your sales reps wasting time prospecting? If you’ve beaten the odds and have held your role for more than 18 months, you’ve already gotten your team lined up, your prospecting strategy in place, and your goals set. In 2015, 43.6 Arrive pre-sold: Prospects know the business reason for meeting. This year, it was 53.3

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Referrals Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 279

Sales 2.0

JULY 25, 2016

Nice post today on the Pipeliner CRM blog from that smart man Dan McDade of Pointclear about how you should not buy into the proposition that waiting for your prospects is the right sales strategy. The idea that sales people are helpless to go outbound and speak to prospects is very dangerous to your business.

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PointClear Inbound Outbound Study 150

Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Torrance Heart is CEO of Teak and Twine , a corporate gifting company that works with sales, marketing, and HR teams to use strategic gifting to accomplish goals. In addition, we discuss our favorite sales and entrepreneur-based podcasts and some hot business topics like EOS and account-based marketing. 38:08] Account-based marketing.

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Account Based Marketing Journal Microsoft Retail 90

Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 10, 2015

Sales Mastery 2015. If a company is going to among the winners in today’s disruptive market, they will not only need a sales team that is better at doing what they are doing, but one capable of doing something different. First, focus on how customers are buying in today’s market. ©2015 Sales Momentum, LLC. Confidence.

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Hiring Face-to-face Survey Sales Coaching 50

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 29, 2023

Isn’t it time you considered a prospecting approach that delivers double-digit results and eliminates your competition? In the summer of 2015, I got an urgent call from Barry, a colleague who was working with Dr. Stephen Timme and Finlistics on their sales strategy. One marketing platform or sales enablement app? What a waste!

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Referrals Channels Cold Calling Scale 177

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As a sales professional what you need is practical and executable inputs that will help you close the year strong, and set yourself up for a profitable 2015. This is NOT another Marketing-Still-Sucks-Here’s-What-You-Need-To-Do-Better rant. Soothsayers, because many spend more time advising than selling.

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Top of Funnel Closing Guarantee Funnel 306

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Before B2B customers and prospects contact you, they will do their research, seeking out content they can download and watch at their convenience. Share links to your company’s latest case study with your prospects.

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Sales Goal Meeting Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile 312

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First came Mobilegeddon in 2015, heralding the end of (desktop) days. As of a year ago, 57% of surveyed marketing and sales reps were not aware of GDPR or how it would impact them, and only 29% of organizations label their approach to data protection and organization as “mature.”. Here’s how to best prospect in a post-GDPR world. .

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Prospecting Policies Social Media Vendor 85

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Here are our recommendations on how you can connect and engage more decision makers to achieve sales success in 2015 and beyond: 1. This is a simple and critical first step in identifying the team that will be involved in your prospect''s (or current customer''s) final decision.

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Decision Maker LinkedIn Quota Tools 84

Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Should Salespeople Prospect Anymore? Last week during a client’s sales meeting we got into a discussion regarding pipeline values, needless to say the number of prospects and dollar values were insufficient to achieve the overall corporate revenue objectives. First, it depends. What is your sales process? Care to share?

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Prospecting Lead Scoring Lead Rank Real Estate 92

Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2022

First, you can directly send invites to prospects who are connections. For example, if you sell marketing automation solutions, you could join a Marketing Live Event and interact with others at the event. Of course, you don’t have to limit the use of the notification bell to prospects and influencers.

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Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Tools Distribution 62

Alice Heiman

JULY 2, 2024

In 2015, Sujan Patel faced a common frustration: sales teams failing to follow up with prospects. Here’s what you’ll discover: How Sujan transitioned from marketing to sales and founded Mailshake. Advice for CEOs on staying focused and differentiating in a crowded market. His solution?

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Scale Hiring Pivotal Face-to-face 71

Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Lead Rank Account 100