The Digital Sales Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Tips to Grow Your Sales Pipeline A sales pipeline is a representation of the steps a prospect goes through from initial contact to closing the deal. Here is a breakdown of the typical stages in a sales pipeline: Prospecting: Identifying potential customers or leads. Prospecting takes persistence, as it can take 5–7.5

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Costello

JANUARY 9, 2019

When we speak with marketing agencies about using our sales playbook software to sell their own services, one of the questions they always ask us is, “What questions should I ask my prospects?”. In total, we gathered sales qualification questions from 26 experts, as well as the answers they expect to hear from their prospects.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Essentially, a sales opportunity is a prospect identified as a qualified lead. This will help your sellers prioritize prospects who fit your products and services well. Assign opportunities to the appropriate sales rep Once youve identified a sales opportunity, its time to assign it to the appropriate sales rep.

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Tenbound

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This means salespeople must take the time to deeply understand each prospect’s unique situation, challenges, and goals. Regular training, coaching, and mentoring are essential for keeping salespeople sharp and adaptable. Sales leaders must also focus on continuous learning and development for their teams.

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Gong.io

JULY 22, 2020

Budget’s important too. . You can’t spell BANT without budget. All sales reps know BANT: Budget, Authority, Need, Timing. That first step — understanding the prospect’s budget and confirming that it’s in range with your price — is critical. Peanut butter and jelly. Gin and juice.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As a result, we fill our pipelines with marginal prospects–wishful thinking on our part, but people that have very low likelihood of ever needing our solutions. If we viciously focus all our prospecting efforts on our ICP, it is unnecessary to assess the customers’ interests in “buying our solutions.”

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

Sales development training: Build the skills of your team. High scoring leads are ready to buy, while low scoring leads may need some more nurturing. Lead scoring models may differ a little depending on the company and industry, but in general, points are given based on different attributes and behaviors of the prospect.

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