No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Emails, articles, news flashes, blasts, webinars, podcasts…they make my blood boil. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? When you receive referral introductions from people your prospects know and trust, they (and their gatekeepers) will happily take your call.

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital advertising, staying ahead of the curve is not just an advantage; it’s a necessity. In this article, we’ll explore the best examples of using hyper-personalization in the digital advertising realm. Sales Talk: The Impact of Hyper-personalization on Digital Advertising 1.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

In 2013, leveraging social selling & prospecting has become mission critical. This article will give you the best practices to guide your team’s messaging. Trying to call or email a prospect is ineffective. Your business development teams are using LinkedIn and you’ve equipped them with the best social selling tools.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

This article provides the insight and access to tools to make a successful transition. I spent a good part of my career in marketing including leading account teams for an advertising agency as well as directing corporate marketing. Equip them with tools to succeed. The Struggle to Add Content Marketing as a Capability.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

There are way too many budgets that include bloated dollars for things like trade shows, promotion, sponsorships and advertising. Your marketing budget has to reflect the new buying behavior of your customers and prospects. If done correctly, the LDR is the first human contact a prospect has with your company.

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Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2014

Half of all B2B emails are now opened on a mobile device, up from 46% last quarter (according to Yesmail in an article published in FierceCMO). LinkedIn announced it is expanding its mobile advertising opportunities for B2B marketers. More information and links in the blog.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Enough buyers will be happy to tell you about the articles and reviews they read, and you’ll start to generate a very useful picture of how people conduct their research. Marketing teams know plenty about the customer; the sales team has more direct interaction with customers and prospects than any other department in your organization.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 16, 2013

Use the “keyword” search feature to uncover prospects you never knew existed. Write an article. What better way to gain respect, cosmic debt, word-of-mouth advertising, and reputation? Send a once a week, value-based message to existing and prospective customers. Build relationships and earn referrals. Be original.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. And marketers need to understand pain points so that they can effectively advertise and create content around their solution in a way that will appeal to and entice potential customers.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company. These are real prospects interested in your content. This includes SEO, digital advertising clicks, email responses, social clicks, etc. As a rule of thumb, your marketing team should produce at least 50% of your incoming inquiries from Active interest prospects.

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 16, 2025

PR Can Effectively Influence B2B Sales Kelly Fletcher penned an article for Entrepreneur.com that touted five ways PR can influence B2B sales. A strategically placed favorable article can reflect authority and trust in you and your company. The article defines public relations with core objectives specific to B2B efforts.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

So, I’m committing to spending time on-camera answering your questions and sharing powerful tips and methods to revolutionize your prospecting. Emails, articles, news flashes, blasts, webinars, podcasts…they make my blood boil. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Customer pain points are abundant, and it is up to marketers and salespeople to both identify and address them when reaching out to prospects. And marketers need to understand pain points so that they can effectively advertise and create content around their solution in a way that will appeal to and entice potential customers.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2020

Credibility helps you stand out and build trust with prospects who are complete strangers to you. That’s what I’m going to share with you in this article. Keep reading to learn how to overcome a credibility gap, plus five things you can do to create credibility with your ideal prospects — even if they’re perfect strangers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 31, 2018

Moreover, the vast majority of prospects will visit a local business after they have acquired the information they need through mobile search. Make sure that your website looks well and performs flawlessly regardless of the devices that prospects are using. Optimize Your Website for Mobile. Create Mobile-Friendly Content.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 20, 2021

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Please note that the author is not employed by Crunchbase and the opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect official views or opinions of Crunchbase Inc. What to include in an effective cold prospecting plan. 50 million)?

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SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company. These are real prospects interested in your content. This includes SEO, digital advertising clicks, email responses, social clicks, etc. As a rule of thumb, your marketing team should produce at least 50% of your incoming inquiries from Active interest prospects.

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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

I spent years touting the sight, sound, motion, and emotion of television advertising in a local, traditional media environment. Specifically, I was selling to advertisers the viewers of programs adjacent to these television commercials. Plus, videos on Facebook will get shared seven times more than links to articles.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

There will always be prospects who need B2B products or services. For B2B software marketers, however, the top sources of new business are organic search, SEM/PPC advertising, and word of mouth referrals ( source ). 22% of B2B businesses reach out to prospects with lead nurturing on a weekly basis ( source ).

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Working at a digital marketing agency, you might hear this often from your small business prospects… “I’m doing everything in my power to extend my online reach but still not garnering enough response from our digital ads.” You know what makes your prospect tick online. Advertising 2. Google Reviews 3. Social Media 4.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. Learn how these factors impact your prospecting, and what you can do to yield better outcomes in sales. #1: Stale data and lack of differentiation could be two major culprits.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inbound salespeople focus on their prospect's pain points, act as a trusted consultant, and adapt their sales process to the buyer journey. Lead with a helpful, customized prospecting message. Craft customized questions to uncover the prospect's pain. Buyers don’t want to be prospected, demoed, or closed.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 12, 2025

It helps prospects visualize the potential results. Examine the details of what prospective clients share to help you earn their business. Vunela Provides a unique opportunity to view Videos and read articles by World Leaders. After all, there is little point in attracting people from another country.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It can be used to suggest helpful articles, interesting products, and keep your audience engaged longer than if they were searching for content themselves. If your form is too long, your prospects will lose interest. As a marketer, the more information you have about your customers and prospects, the more successful you will be.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 13, 2025

Conclusion: How to Enhance Your Professional Image As A Contractor The sales motto is, Address your prospects needs, wants, and desires for a greater likelihood of making the sale. Vunela Provides a unique opportunity to view Videos and read articles by World Leaders.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2020

Many companies wrongly think they have to either build an inbound prospecting strategy or an outbound one. Prospecting is something every sales organization needs to master. And yet, while many sales teams celebrate closing deals , very few spend time defining, experimenting, and executing on a quality prospecting strategy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

So, whether you’re new to the world of content marketing or simply in need of a refresher, this article is for you. When a company’s marketing is inconsistent, their prospects and customers quickly become confused. Therefore, a well-organized marketing content calendar is necessary to prevent prospect and customer confusion.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2016

They want to optimize my website, sell me SEO services, provide me with online marketing tools, sell me the latest SaaS program, provide a guest article for my Blog, buy advertising on my Blog, sell me leads, book appointments for us with prospects, or show me the latest sales enablement tools.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In her article, she explains that sellers can specifically use blogs to: build your brand drive organic traffic establish authority and trust Blogging outperforms email marketing, social media, and paid advertising when it comes to cost and ROI, she adds. Establish authority and trust And this matters to buyers.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These sales alerts also give you a relatively low-effort way to keep tabs on your main competitors and ideal prospects. Stefanova explains that, unlike cold outreach, personal letters are 100% tailored to one prospect and cannot be used to reach another. When it comes to structuring your ECL, paragraph one is all about the prospect.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It’s the perfect place to meet prospects in similar life stages who are awestruck by the home you’ve helped their friends buy. Invest in paid advertising. Websites like Zillow offer advertising options for realtors -- a smart move since 44% of buyers look for houses online before reaching out to a realtor. Build Partnerships.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 8, 2019

The prospect trusts them, and that trust is transferred to you. Have amazing intuition and trust it (They’re not afraid to walk away if a prospect is not a fit or if they identify a PITA client.). Note: Parts of this article originally appeared in Top Sales magazine.). The same is true when someone refers you. They trust you.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2020

I hate to break it to you, but prospects in your target accounts have the same reaction to your sales messages. In this article, we’ll explore how this reaction impacts your bottom-line results, and then I’ll dive into an alternative that you may not have considered — direct mail prospecting and gifting. And you’re not alone.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn about the top sales KPIs for B2B sales reps and the leaders who coach them, and gain a greater understanding of the KPIs that promise to make an impact on your team. Number of emails sent helps companies understand the number of prospects discovered per number of emails sent.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Regularly posting high-quality blog articles that address your target customers’ pain points is an amazing way to attract and retain customers. Your content’s topic, product tie-ins, and format should be geared towards meeting prospective customers’ needs where they are in the purchase process.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2018

If we had more money, we’d purchase $30,000+ in advertisements or sponsorships. Here's how we did it: Step 1: Find prospects who are mentioned in the news. I simply add websites to my "feed," so when a website we're monitoring publishes a new article we have alerts saved in one place. But we had limited time AND money.

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Act!

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In this article, well show you the power of data-driven sales strategies and how they can give your small business a competitive edge. Data-driven sales strategies let you focus your resources on prospects with the highest chance of converting. Imagine if your sales team could do the same. Beyond tracking interactions, Act!

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