The Sales Hunter

APRIL 23, 2019

Not many people dream of having a career in sales. Let’s be real here: sales was probably not your first choice. For many of you, although afraid to admit, sales wasn’t even your second, third or fourth choice. You see, sales was not my first or second choice. Sales is what I fell into.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

Focus on the direct benefits to your specific type of customer. Elevator pitch example #2: “ _, we make inside sales teams as much as 33% more productive by providing them with a best practice approach that helps them cold call more effectively and close more qualified prospects. Where are you currently advertising online now?”.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2022

Sales and marketing automation tools obviously suit sales and marketing teams, respectively — but that doesn't mean that the utility of those kinds of resources is siloed by department. The value of sales and marketing automation rests on your resources' ability to provide mutually beneficial intel between departments.

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SocialSellinator

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Boost sales with expert retail online advertising strategies. Discover benefits, key components, and innovative trends today!

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One of the areas of complex sales that I have seen soak up tons of time from entrepreneurs and senior salespeople over my years is writing proposals. As a [Your Position] at [Your Company’s Name and what it does], I’m often tasked with drafting sales proposals to potential clients. This goes for proposals too.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. Whether you’re managing inside or field sales, gut instinct needs to take a back seat to data-driven insights. Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 18, 2019

The benefits that you offer and the outcomes that you deliver are what matter most. There’s a reason why companies such as Coca-Cola spend so much on advertising- because they know they need to. Prospecting is the start of sales: when we prospect well, we will close well. Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

These predictions from B2B sales and marketing experts may impact decisions you make as 2019 comes to a close and 2020 looms. Programmatic advertising. Programmatic advertising essentially automates the bidding process using analytics data, as opposed to using traditional ad buying methods to purchase ad spots.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2021

Unclear sales goals are costly. These are metrics that prioritize and improve sales performance and yield valuable specifics like percent of team meeting quota, average on-target earnings, and sales cycle length. KPIs should match the specific needs of your sales team. The Sales KPIs You Need to Know.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

These “gatekeeper” tactics are insincere, duplicitous, unprofessional, offensive, and a waste of sales time. Dump the Script We’ve all had to make calls from a script at some point in our sales career. Consider the opposite sales approach. But until you qualify them, names are not sales leads. A waste of your time.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 26, 2018

Author: Sunny Paris If I had a dollar for every time I heard CEOs and sales managers complain about their CRM not being up to date, or that salespeople aren’t using it properly, I could probably retire. In practice, when it comes to sales teams, CRM is largely a reporting tool. So, what should you do before implementing a CRM system?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in a number of digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. Example: A prospect sees a paid Facebook advertisement for a recent blog post about essential tools for modern sales reps.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 19, 2022

5 benefits of using location mapping in retail. Today we will go through 5 key benefits of using location mapping in retail. Here are 5 benefits of using location mapping in retail: 1. Despite paying hefty rents for a busy retail location, many stores do not get many sales. Let’s find out more. Site selection.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

ABM traditionally relies heavily on targeted advertising, but can also include email, social, events, and any other relevant channel that can influence a key account’s buying behavior. We’ve pulled together this list of top ABM advertising software platforms to help bring some clarity to your search.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. What are the Benefits of Email Automation? Technical Steps.

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Apptivo

JULY 19, 2022

This calls for a specialized software that collects customer data and helps you customize and optimize your marketing initiatives in line with the interests of customers, to improve reach, sales conversion and profitability. Benefits of CRM marketing. and leading them to sales funnel. Digital Advertising. Lead collection.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The conversation delved into the evolution of sales strategies in response to changing buyer behavior, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence. This blog post will break down the key insights and actionable advice shared by Wes, focusing on his five proven steps to making every sale.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 27, 2021

A salesperson, also called a sales representative, is someone whose entire job is to sell products or services. Overall, the most significant similarity between influencers and salespeople is that they both inspire sales, just in different ways. What Brand Influencers & Sales Reps Have In Common. Salespeople vs. Influencers.

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Zoominfo

JULY 16, 2018

Seasoned B2B marketers know a well-executed webinar is a goldmine for sales leads. Just consider these webinar lead generation statistics: 73% of B2B marketers and sales leaders say a webinar is the best way to generate high-quality leads ( source ). Yet, sales-ready leads don’t just pour in the second you decide to hold a webinar.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

Maybe an advertisement or commercial influenced your decision. In today’s article, we explain word-of-mouth marketing, its unique benefits, and we offer several specific tips to get people talking about your products. ZoomInfo is the leading data intelligence platform for sales and go-to-market organizations. Keep reading!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 17, 2020

Author: Kristen Powers You have seen the mantra in the news, via advertisements and throughout social media: “We are all in this together.". Whether we readily admit it or not, there has always been an underlying current of us versus them between the sales and marketing teams. Sales and marketing need to become one. One leader.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2018

While it may be known for its popularity among celebrity influencers, it also is an important channel for brands that use it to advertise their products. IGTV’s most obvious benefit is that it allows you to upload longer videos. Why not investigate the people who are benefiting from your products and let them tell their own stories?

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Smooth Sale

MAY 17, 2022

Some marketing methods, such as social media marketing, advertisements, and SEO, are likely to be part of most modern strategies. Being respectful of everyone and taking the time to listen and share stories is the best sales technique of all. Below you will see the sub-title ‘old fashioned approach’ for marketing and advertising.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 11, 2018

Considering the vast amount of marketers who are (rightfully) making content marketing a priority, it’s surprising to find that more businesses, particularly small businesses and startups, aren’t taking advantage of the guest posting benefits. But that’s not the only benefit of guest blogging. Strengthen Your Backlink Profile.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 5, 2019

This summary of the benefits and drawbacks of remote working may help you decide whether it’s an ideal option for you and your company. The Benefits of Working Remotely. As an employer, providing this kind of benefit can help you hire the young, talented workers that otherwise might not apply for the position.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Here is another excerpt from a really good book on sales I’ve been reading—and quoting from—this summer: “The Salesman’s Book of Wisdom” by Chriswell Freeman. And he had this practical advice about sales presentations. But once you learn to ‘sell with sincerity,’ you’ll forget about your own nervousness and close more sales.

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Smooth Sale

JULY 13, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Realize the Benefits All Small Businesses Can Expect From Promotional Products? Additionally, there are many benefits all small businesses can expect from promotional products. There are so many ways and benefits behind simply putting your logo on a product!

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

For B2B software marketers, however, the top sources of new business are organic search, SEM/PPC advertising, and word of mouth referrals ( source ). The average cost of a B2B sales lead varies by industry. Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ).

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

Register for Back in The Black Sales TV—first episode on January 19. The Gatekeeper Died: Why That’s a Good Thing” is the topic for my new, monthly, live Sales TV Show on the Sales Experts Channel. Why am I doing a monthly Sales TV Show? We’ve all had to make calls from a script at some point in our sales career.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Rather, it identifies the specific factors that will impact the way a product is received, such as target audience, marketing plan, and sales strategy. . Basic marketing and sales strategies no longer make the cut when it comes to modern go-to-market motions. When I say it’s a plan, it’s not just a broad outline. What’s Broke?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2018

Modern customers demand authentic, valuable content over more traditional marketing content that resembles a sales pitch. Let’s review the primary benefits of UGC: 1. 92% of consumers trust word of mouth more than any type of advertising. UGC drives more sales than traditional content. Conversion rates increase by 4.6%

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SalesFuel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

CTV and OTT ads are doing so well that marketers are once again increasing their ad spending, says Advertiser Perceptions. The Benefits of CTV/OTT Of course, marketers aren’t just randomly deciding to allocate more budget to CTV/OTT ads. Is that the right move for your client? Here’s what you need to know. They’ve earned it.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Canvassing can also happen in sales. You probably wouldn’t think of it this way, but when Girl Scouts knock on your door and ask you to buy their cookies, they’re using canvassing as a sales strategy. Although Girl Scouts is a niche example, canvassing is a common practice in sales. Benefits of Sales Canvassing.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

Consider the following: About 58% of marketers who have used social media for more than 3 years report it has helped them improve sales ( source ). The right candidate will use their social strategy to drive leads—organic and paid—through content distribution, brand recognition, and paid advertising programs.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

One of the most common failure points that often leads to derailed sales and marketing efforts is whether an organization is targeting the right customers. There are simple, yet critical questions that every lead acquisition program needs to have answered up front before prospecting commences: Who stands to benefit from your solution?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We’ve done the research to compare the top-rated website visitor identification software vendors — but first, here’s an overview of the definitions, features, and benefits of website visitor ID software platforms. Unlike basic analytics, this software bridges the gap between raw traffic data and actionable sales intelligence.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Innovaxis Marketing, e-commerce for our B2B clients has risen from 5% to 15% or more of total sales. If a distributor sells below the manufacturer’s list price and is providing sufficient additional value to customers, they should not lose sales to a manufacturer. If they do, they have to look at their own service.

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