No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Yet, too many sales leaders fall into the trap of believing the latest digital sales tools or automation platforms will solve their sales prospecting problems. Digital sales tools should support human connections, not act as a substitute. Leveraging technology to enhance relationship-based selling, not replace it.

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Referrals Face-to-face Sales Leadership Quota 310

Steven Rosen

MARCH 10, 2024

In the highly competitive SaaS world, prospecting is often seen as the most challenging task—a test dreaded by many and mastered by few. However, the significance of prospecting is often overshadowed by the allure of the deal’s close, leading many sales managers to neglect to coach the top of the funnel.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It allows salespeople to approach prospects at the perfect time, with messaging that resonates with their current needs,” ZoomInfo Enterprise Account Manager Will Frattini says. Predictive Insights: Let AI Identify High-Value Prospects AI’s predictive capabilities are perhaps its most exciting feature for sales teams.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The challenge with prospecting is that it takes place between two human beings, and as with anything human, subjectivity instantly and permanently plagues it. A typical problem many had faced when they sought stats to validate their preconceptions, rather than acting on what the stats highlight. By Tibor Shanto.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 31, 2025

You won’t want to hear this, you won’t want to acknowledge this, you won’t want to act on this, and you won’t want to do the hard work associated with this. Or, if those conditions do not apply, prospecting continues into perpetuity. Like I said, it’s hard and if everyone could do it, they would.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 22, 2020

One blur is the line between who is a buyer and who is a prospect. Assuming buyers and prospects are the same and the words interchangeable perhaps explains the output numbers year after year. You need to accept that prospects are not buyers, which is a good thing for us. Prospects are entirely different than buyers.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 31, 2025

Tools are getting better at reminding salespeople what they need to do, and when they need to do it, but its still up to us to act. It can seem like completing an activity such as prospecting is not critical in the frenzy of our busy day, but each action skipped at this stage can mean a reduction in closed deals in the months to come.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Not the right question, reaching someone is a single point on a continuous prospecting journey. Many of those distractions impact our prospecting, making the challenge of a full pipeline even more critical. Which is why Sunday is crucial to your prospecting success. Hard to do when the world is unfolding around you.

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Prospecting Call-back Quota Objections 241

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? They are a component of campaigns where individual readers (who could be possible prospects) are sent crafted messages after they set off a configured trigger. What are the Benefits of Email Automation? Technical Steps.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sales is, in large part, the art of developing trust in a tight window — making credibility one of the most valuable assets you can have when engaging with prospects. To help you out on that front, we connected with some sales leaders for the strategies they leverage to establish themselves as credible, consultative resources for prospects.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As technology continues to accelerate the pace of advances, other elements of prospecting are not keeping up. One clear example is the role of the telephone in prospecting success. They need to adopt a new view of the role of the telephone in the age of asynchronous prospecting. The Telephone and Asynchronous Prospecting.

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Prospecting Call-back Face-to-face Lead Rank 241

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Reaching the right prospects at the right moment is often the difference between closing a deal and coming in second. Copilot’s insights are fueled by first-party customer and prospect data, ZoomInfo’s unparalleled business data, and the industry’s most extensive collection of buying signals.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You certainly wouldnt lead with a sales pitch before you even knew if the person would be a decent prospect. To stop acting like sales stalkers and start acting like salespeople (people being the operative word). Potential prospects will tune you out, and potential advocates (i.e., referral sources) will ignore you.

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Referrals Social Selling Networking LinkedIn 177

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Much like the ponies, timing in prospecting is a mug’s game. I remember watching a group of investors who seemed comfortable discussing their view of prospecting success. Couple that with the obsession on quarterly results leads to the short-sightedness of many sales organizations’ approaches to prospecting and pipeline management.

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Prospecting Influencer Buyer Education 212

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And the best place to start is prospecting. In The video you’ll find five prospecting actions to take now, 5 simple steps you can take now. A reflex you rely on to observe, think and act and create habits. The post Five Prospecting Actions To Take Now appeared first on TiborShanto.com. Five Way To Win. The Time Is Now.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

When triggered, rather than fight it, again, they rationalize it as they act on it. Hey, if you’re enjoying these videos, and are curious as to how it all comes together, why not check out the Proactive Prospecting Virtual Program. Salespeople all know the old saying “people buy on emotion, and then rationalize it.”

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Specifically, how we use positive data in prospecting and Discovery, in this case the latter. Most use data/stats as an object to be thrown, with the hope the prospect becomes sufficiently impressed to move forward. Data is great, but it is best when used to open structure discussion where the prospect learns in the process.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Author: Carmen Simon People act on what they remember, not what they forget. So, if you want to persuade your buyers to act in your favor, you need your content to stick in their minds?—?you Thankfully, there’s a framework backed by brain science for getting people to act on the 10% you want them to remember.

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Intent ACT Influencer Call-back 296

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2024

This not only maximizes ROI, but also minimizes wasted time and resources on low-potential prospects. These products and platforms are designed to help you identify, engage, and convert your most valuable prospects, ultimately driving growth and success for your organization.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Balancing Act. Just as a deadpan delivery will not engage or excite a buyer, competing with Bill Burr in front of prospects, will cost you sales. If they don’t connect with you on that level, even the best product will not entice them to act. As with anything moderation and timing is key. Sugar Coating.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2020

What we call something will determine how we look at it, act, and react as a result. According to WiKiDiff: “As nouns the difference between disruption and interruption is that disruption is an interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something while interruption is the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.”

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Cold Calling Buyer Persona Decision Maker ACT 344

The Pipeline

MARCH 9, 2021

Part of your answer may come down to your role, but for the most part it will come down to how well you prospect in Q1 and year-round. This is a great time to take inventory and focus on some fundamentals as a means of accelerating or igniting your prospecting and quota efforts. They will only act if they believe they can succeed.

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How To Face-to-face Maximizer ACT 293

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Buyers Demand Relevance and Timing Prospecting thats irrelevant or poorly timed can harm deals more than help them. The Buyers Journey is Built for Sellers, Not Buyers The buyers journey was designed to help sellers guide prospects through a sales process, but it doesnt reflect how empowered buyers operate today.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2021

Closing business and prospecting to ensure you avoid the January lull with a pipeline that propel you to success. The best way to approach is to take your cues from your prospects, buyers and clients. So, as you talk to your prospects and clients, don’t forget referrals. One More Thing To Think About.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2024

As a B2B salesperson for companies like IBM and Open Text, scheduling in-person meetings or phone calls was often challenging, regardless of my prospect or client’s industry or business size. Aggressive, generic offers were just as fruitless, especially when the prospect hadn’t already confirmed their interest in what I was offering. (In

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The Pipeline

JULY 13, 2021

The challenge for most is acting counter to the mainstream, few want to be the anomaly, even when positive. The Catch 22 of sales; you can’t be the successful 20% and still act and behave the 80% of also-rans. But if you’re willing, there are things you can do to take summer holidays without taking your pipeline with you.

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The Pipeline

MAY 6, 2020

Before we dig in, some of you will know Jeff, he is a consultant, author of The Five Forgotten Fundamentals of Prospecting, co-host of The Why and The Buy Podcast. Straight forward, just don’t rush it, one way to do that is think and act forward. It’s called When It Goes Sideways , a book with swagger.

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Construction Energy Up-Sell ACT 377

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We’ve all been there – you call your prospect back at the appointed time for your presentation and they tell you any of the following: This isn’t a good time, OR. Rather than set another time to get back with them—thus letting the prospect off the hook—try the following: Response #1: “Sure, I can take as long or little as you need.

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Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Scale Call-back 320

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2020

While making sales is, of course, the cornerstone of our profession, making purchases during this time is far from a priority – or even a possibility – for many of our prospects. Acting with thoughtfulness and a relaxed expectation of when the sale needs to be closed will mitigate the risk of you turning prospects off to your business.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. In fact, I recommend you share the definition with your prospects as a means of creating a clear path forward. If you and your prospects can shift time in your favor, you’ll both have an advantage over your competitors.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Objections 352

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Brynne shares essential information on avoiding common mistakes like the dreaded "pitch slap," the importance of personalization over automation, and how to truly engage with prospects on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is Like a Networking Event When thinking about LinkedIn, it’s important to compare it to how you act at a networking event.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Breaking Up with Prospects: One challenge for sellers is recognizing when to disengage from prospects who show little progress. Find strategies for professionally and respectfully "breaking up" with prospects to avoid wasting time on deals that are unlikely to close.

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Pipeline Face-to-face Compensation Sales Qualified Lead 98

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Spending a bit of time and focus to have the prospect regale you with how they purchased in the past will often open a bright window to how you have to approach and structure the deal. I think it is the change part that causes people to believe they act one way when they advise people to do things differently. Seeing Not Digging.

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Sales Qualified Lead ACT Hiring Lead Rank 279

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Salespeople are preoccupied with closing; makes sense, that seems to be where the pay-off is for everyone, at times even the prospect. Number of prospects in Discovery that move to Proposal. Mostly because the scarcity mindset takes over, and we act on emotion rather than a plan. By Tibor Shanto. Who Is In Control?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, many sales reps may find themselves unsure of how to best lead a meeting with prospects over video. Consider holding a Q&A session to get to know prospects better and for them to know you and the company better. It’s a unique way to thank prospects for their time and showcase your organization’s values.

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