Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. Even in our recent 2015 CCS® Index, 50% of salespeople indicated cold calling as the least effective method of prospecting. Utilizing productivity tools like LinkedIn ‘activity’, Google Alert, PRNewswire, Lead411, etc. No wonder salespeople hate it.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Many of the tools we leverage every day, the workloads we impose on ourselves and people, and how we do our tasks limit our impact and effectiveness. The most appropriate stories in introducing ourselves to prospects are very different than those we use in presenting our solutions, closing, and even after we’ve gotten the order.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2020

Here’s how to inspire your millennial and Gen Z sales reps using mission-driven prospecting gifts and employee recognition. Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift. A great mailer can spark delight and organic interest from a prospect. Engage Both Your Employees and Your Prospects Through Gifting.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Here’s how to inspire your millennial and Gen Z sales reps using mission-driven prospecting gifts and employee recognition. Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift. A great mailer can spark delight and organic interest from a prospect. Engage Both Your Employees and Your Prospects through Gifting.

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Incentive Incentives Motivation Demographics 227

The ROI Guy

APRIL 7, 2016

Alinean is excited to announce recognition, for the third year in a row, as a Top Sales Tool from Smart Selling Tools. The review highlights our unique ability to helps sales rep overcome the top selling challenge - communicating and quantifying unique value to ever more frugal prospects.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. Prospect research doesn’t generate revenue, and historically it accounts for half of all sales time.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-12-07. Teaser: The Three Vs of sales tools - voice, video and virtual reality - will only continue to strengthen the buying experience for your prospects and further enable your sales team. Author: Sean Alpert. Here's why it's important to embrace them. Here's why it's important to embrace them.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2016

Is Your Prospecting Call Relevant? Question: I’ve been starting to use Slack as a collaboration tool with many of our client projects. Making A Difference In 2013: Help 1000’s Get Access… Bits And Pieces, March 12, 2016 93.2353% Of Plan It’s All About Water! I learn a lot from you suggestions and ideas.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2023

Last week, I wrote about how the criteria you use to choose your all-time favorite songs is essentially the same as the criteria your prospects use to choose between you and a competitor. Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. Let me explain and then I’ll pivot to selling.

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The Bridge Group

APRIL 4, 2019

2016 was the year that strategic outbound and account-based approaches stepped out from behind the inbound shadow. Over the last 3+ years, the thinking, the tools, and the tactics have continued to evolve. Win the opportunities that matter. And once we’ve landed, grow the account. Account-Based Interest over time.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

Welcome to Rainmaker 2016! And now, in 2016, we’re Atlanta’s Best Place to Work. He’s set up with a basic tool set: SalesForce.com, a desktop dialer, a whiteboard, post-its. . With Salesloft, Jack was able to work in a live feed, connecting, qualifying, and converting his prospects in one pane of glass.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing. the Prospect has a pain worth addressing and a significant cost of “Do Nothing”. - You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 24, 2024

Using a sales cheat sheet has been one of the most effective ways I’ve found to get new employees up to speed, create a consistent experience for prospects, and consistently exceed sales goals. Prospecting Prospecting is the first stage of the sales process, where I look for potential customers to contact.

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Data Top of Funnel 113

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Layered on top of these activities are a myriad of sales enablement and social selling tools—all of which are intended to help salespeople with effective prospecting and, in turn, generating qualified sales leads. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? In 2016, it was 53.3 percent answered no.

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Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 306

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process. Have you checked out the prospect’s LinkedIn profile? What are your other connections to this prospect?

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

He provides you with the concepts and tools you’ll need to be effective and proficient in each of these areas. He wrote this book to address the problems encountered by sales managers and has provided practical advice, strategies, and tools they can use to take their team to the top. Published – May 2016. The Sales Boss.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

More than 86% of businesses surveyed in 2016 indicate that they plan to increase their upcoming email marketing budgets ( source )—and you should too. As you grow your email database , you increase the opportunity to reach potential prospects and customers. Do you have access to the right tools? Not sure where to start?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

At the beginning of 2016, Anthony had a heart-to-heart talk with his supervisor and was inspired during the company’s annual January Sales Kick-off. In August of 2016, DiscoverOrg’s leadership decided to split the sales in into dedicated inbound and outbound teams. “It Chili Piper is an intelligent calendar tool.

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Inbound Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Outbound Sales Team 227

The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The key to building an all-star team in 2016 is having the right people in the right positions, doing the work they were naturally wired for. As your team plans for growth in 2016, you’ll want to make sure you’re putting the right people in leadership positions. NOTE: Our sales training tools are designed to make your life easier.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 3, 2016

We can barely contain our excitement for Rainmaker 2016. We’re looking forward to welcoming you — our Rainmaker attendees — and introducing you to the best way to integrate your sales development tools: The Sales Development Cloud. Anything we can do to make your Rainmaker 2016 experience one for the books!

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SBI

JANUARY 6, 2022

Sales enablement is a process that utilizes modern sales enablement tools to provide sales teams with the resources necessary to bring more and more sales opportunities to closure. Here we go! What is sales enablement? How do properly implemented sales enablement techniques support sales teams? First of all, you need to define your goals.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 18, 2023

He started his career in tech sales, moved to management, and then founded SuccessKit in 2016. Through SuccessKit, he has created a platform that provides clients with the tools and support they need to thrive in their respective industries.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The main distinction between the two is that Outside reps travel off-site to build trust face to face with prospects, while Inside reps use technology to sell from an office or home base. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) came into mainstream use between 2010 and 2016. What is Outside Sales? The growth of VoIP.

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Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 147

BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 10, 2023

With the help of customer data and analytics tools, they can better understand their audience’s preferences and behavior, allowing for more personalized and effective marketing campaigns. Short videos, live streams, and video ads are becoming indispensable tools for conveying messages, showcasing products, and telling brand stories.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

Then, we’ll give you a tour of the top generative AI tools for sales teams with highlights and pricing. How Generative AI Can Help Teams Sell Faster Generative AI Tools for Sales Teams Generative AI in Sales Today First, let’s cover what generative AI is. 74% of sales pros use some form of AI/automation tool. Research (16%).

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Lead Rank Hubspot Microsoft Lead Scoring 109

SalesLoft

JUNE 12, 2017

Technology tools have become a ubiquitous part of modern business. When a new strategy or project is assigned to a business manager, their first reflex is often to look for a tool to help them accomplish it. However, there are certain strategies that can’t be accomplished with the simple addition of a new tool.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

A truly holistic approach to selling means conveying all three to prove value and provide emotional significance to prospects. Using HubSpot's Meetings tool as an example, here's how to break down features, advantages, and benefits. As the above example shows, what appeals to one prospect might not resonate with another.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Industry: Productivity Tools, Scheduling, Software. About Calendly: Founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona , Calendly is an automated scheduling tool that takes the work out of connecting with others so that its users can accomplish more. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Funding: Raised a $350 million Series B on Jan. Lead Investor: OpenView.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The main distinction between the two is that Outside reps travel off-site to build trust face to face with prospects, while Inside reps use technology to sell from an office or home base. The growth of VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) came into mainstream use between 2010 and 2016. What is Outside Sales? Yes it is,” says Weiss.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Since its acquisition by Microsoft in 2016, it has evolved into the go-to-platform for sales professionals. Salespeople can connect with prospects, research customers, and get notified of job changes and company updates. Nothing worse than calling a prospect from your CRM and hearing, “They do not work here any longer.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 23, 2019

Back in 2016, web admins were skeptical about web pages without the revenue-generating ad pop-ups at the beginning, but it is now clear to everyone that loading speed has a bigger impact on online revenue than all other factors combined. The AMP project has been around for only three years, but it has shaken the global online space.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Google Guarantee 196

Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2021

LinkedIn's some 722 million members make for a massive pool of data that could provide sales organizations with invaluable guidance about potential opportunities and ideal prospects. Ultimately, LinkedIn Sales Insights is a tool for data-backed customer segmentation, and its specific benefits reflect that.

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Allego

OCTOBER 3, 2024

With buyers’ needs shifting and technology transforming customer engagement, companies must invest in modern revenue enablement —and enablement professionals must invest in mastering the latest enablement tools and strategies. Because when you invest in revenue enablement—technology or people—you help your sales teams win more deals.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 31, 2019

The accusation of “fake news” has risen to the forefront of American consciousness, thanks to the 2016 U.S. This is most important when your sales team hears “news” about a target account – and that news seems to indicates that your prospect is about to make a purchase. Take advantage of the many available tools.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 28, 2016

You’ve all experienced this, you download a white paper, maybe you sign up to evaluate a new SaaS tool. ” Forget that you haven’t even gotten the white paper, or the logon link to the tool. I recently read the Bridge Group’s study, “Sales Development 2016.” “Can I set up a demo?”

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Prospecting Follow-up eBook Study 48

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 28, 2020

How do you know how much effort you should put into pursuing a specific prospect? Prospecting is a spectrum. The sales matrix is a tool you can use to make sense of different opportunities. Let’s take some time to establish what a sales matrix is and how you can use one to improve your prospecting efforts.

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Inbound Hubspot Case Study Cold Calling 107

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 19, 2018

In 2016, we started following EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) and established firm business goals. But with the tools to hold a structured conversation and the motivation to pick up the phone, I am slowly getting a handle on it. I noticed that, if I stop worrying about getting a positive outcome, I am less nervous.

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