The Sales Hunter

JUNE 18, 2013

While some salespeople do cut back during the summer, it also can be the customers who start canceling appointments. Here are a four ways to prevent sales call cancellations in the summer: 1. Reason is simple: Customers aren’t going to cancel on you after you’ve taken the time to confirm with them.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 10, 2012

Cancelled appointments and no-shows will cost you a ton of money. You invest a great deal of time prospecting and locating the decision maker (DM). Depending on your business, it may be impossible to eliminate canceled appointments entirely. This approach not only makes it much harder to the prospect forget the appointment.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 29, 2013

It’s summer for many of you reading this, and that means it’s a prime time when some of your customers and prospects are canceling on you. When people cancel on you, be prepared! Sales call cancelations are not a time to relax and goof off. Your time is better spent going after business.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 31, 2012

A prospect or customer cancels an appointment. Sure, but you don’t have to view cancelled sales calls as lost opportunities. ” If a customer cancels an appointment, the last thing you should assume is that you lost the sale. .” It’s happened to every salesperson at one point or another.

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SalesFuel

MAY 6, 2024

Not all prospects will be easy to deal with, and you’ll encounter many types of difficult prospects. As HubSpot’s Jay Fuchs notes, “difficult prospects are a fact of sales life.” But even the most difficult prospects can be worked with to reach a deal. Consider using these when you’re needing to nail down a busy prospect.

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Close.io

APRIL 8, 2020

First, it’s important to remember that you can’t stop every customer from canceling your service or software. How are they handling sales prospects under these circumstances? But remember this: Just because your customers haven’t reached out to you yet, doesn’t mean you’re not on their list of things to cancel.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

Here it is: Prospects aren't always easy to deal with. So to help you get a sense of the kinds of buyers you need to look out for (and what to do when you‘re dealing with them), we asked some sales leaders for their takes on the most difficult types of prospects to work with and how to engage with them effectively. You're welcome.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 4, 2012

If you have been around the world of professional selling for any length of time, then you have probably experienced the following baffling, sometimes even shocking turn of events: The sales. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 6, 2019

You have the perfect prospect. Then, two days before the next scheduled call, they send you an email letting you know that they’re cancelling. Let’s shift gears now and talk about how you engage the prospect that will not respond. First, ask yourself: are you giving the prospect a reason to respond to you?

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Allego

APRIL 21, 2020

In a recent webinar You Had to Cancel In-Person Training … Now What? In-person sessions have been canceled. With the travel ban, they had to cancel that meeting. Takeaway 1 : When in-person training is canceled, use pre-recorded, interactive video so teams can train, practice, and certify from different locations and time zones.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 25, 2011

Depending on your business, it may be impossible to eliminate canceled appointments completely. When you make an appointment over the telephone, where you are going to go see the prospect, as you are confirming, it may sound something like this: “Great. So Mr Prospect I will see you at your office on Tuesday, the 25 th at 3:00 p.m.”.

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SalesFuel

JULY 15, 2024

You may be surprised that there are times when you should walk away from a prospect. It’s important to recognize when a prospect isn’t worth pursuing. Why walk away from a prospect? There are many reasons why sellers should engage in quality qualification: They avoid wasting time on a prospect who isn’t able or willing to buy.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 28, 2019

As salespeople, we see this every day with our prospects. Call it objections, going dark, or just plain ghosting -- but really, it’s your prospect trying to avoid telling you they’re not that into your product/service. Otherwise, your prospect might drag you along for weeks or months without giving a definitive answer.

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Sales Evangelist

JUNE 21, 2018

They do their own prospecting, conversions, and account maintenance, and they have to keep track of a lot of things. When a prospect says “I want to cancel,” we find ourselves questioning our decisions and wondering where we went wrong. Sales reps in small firms often have to do much of their own work. On today’s […]

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 3, 2024

But don't worry—in this episode of "The Sales Evangelist Podcast," host Donald Kelly will share valuable tips on effectively preparing prospects and ensuring a smoother, more productive interaction. The Importance of Preparing Prospects Donald emphasizes the significance of prepping prospects before meeting with them.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

An excited prospect who believes your value proposition is a “no brainer” can instantly turn cold and ignore your calls when it’s finally time to put ink to the contract. Have you ever been ready to pull the trigger on a purchase, but felt so uneasy about the decision that you decided to cancel it last minute? Buyer anxiety.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Early Mornings Weakest for Demos While not terribly surprising, we found strong confirmation that demos are typically not how prospects want to start their days. ZoomInfo SVP of Sales Development Brian Vital says sellers should always ask for the soonest meeting possible while respecting the prospect’s time.

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Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 14, 2020

Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. Use this extended team to target those ICPs and existing customer/prospect lists to attend the event(s). Many of those leads came from these cancelled events. A company has choices.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 8, 2022

When the prospect reconsiders their needs, you’re positioned to be the first choice. Bonus: At the end of this article I’ll cover how to automatically route prospects into your nurture sequence using triggers. A check-in point for the rep to determine if they should be re-prospected or continue in the nurture sequence.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Sales people have to have prospects - that''s the truth. Sales people can find those prospects in lots of different ways: Introductions, direct mail, internet offers, net working, internal referrals from business partners, cold calling, pre-approach mail, association memberships, business networking groups. Prospecting is FUN!

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Frontline Selling

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sales prospecting in 2022 is harder than ever. It takes 3x more activity to connect with prospects than it did prior to the pandemic. FRONTLINE Solution: We don’t sell on prospecting calls. Trying to quickly explain the features of a software solution on a prospecting call is futile. That’s where FRONTLINE Selling shines.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2018

A crucial yet overlooked aspect of objection handling occurs at the very beginning of the buying process, during prospecting. Sales reps who do their own prospecting and sales development reps encounter a myriad of objections in their attempts to connect with and qualify prospects. Prospecting is hard. How could they be?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Ways To Win Prospects And Contacts At A Networking Event. ways to win prospects and contacts at a networking event: 1. Write the commitment made on the back of your card — the one that you give the prospect. Speak Your Mind Cancel reply. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Here are 11.5

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work. Here’s a list of 7 sales prospecting ideas you can use right now: 1. Give away prospects to others. You heard me — give away prospects. Voicemail as a Prospecting Strategy?

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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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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 29, 2019

Would you be surprised to learn that prospects want the same buying experience in their business lives as in their personal lives? I just cancelled a shipping order with Office Depot for a standard metal filing cabinet. I told him to cancel my purchase and refund my money. If we’re a prospect, we go dark.

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Lead411

JUNE 22, 2023

Advanced Search filters make it easy for customers to identify prospects quickly Integrates with various CRM systems Competitively priced options Established company with over 20 years of experience Cons: No B2C Data Limited Data for non-English speaking countries 2. Provides advanced lead enrichment and prospecting tools.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 21, 2021

Understanding hyper-specific terms and key performance indicators is the first step — then you should incorporate prospects’ pain points into your sales strategy. To hone in on messaging that targets prospects’ problems, identify healthcare organizations with below-average patient experience scores.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Sales people have to prospect - that''s the truth. Sales people can find their prospects in lots of different ways: Introductions, direct mail, internet offers, networking, internal referrals from business partners, cold calling, pre-approach mail, association memberships, and business networking groups. Prospecting is FUN!

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Prospecting Direct Mail Hiring Cancellation 133

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. Set a schedule to call all the prospects that went to no decision over the last 12 months.

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PandaDoc

JULY 1, 2020

Precision prospecting is the first step towards reaching new revenue heights. Prospecting is the process of searching for potential buyers (the prospects) that are good fits for your service or product and then communicating with them in a way that moves them to the next stage of a sales pipeline. Be relentless.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As a sales leader, your prospects mean everything to you. Even when your reps get a conversation started, prospects are prone to ghosting. After prospects reply to the rep’s initial email, only about half will respond again. It’s following up with prospects two, three, four (or more) times after they go quiet.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Last week I talked about prospecting, why some like it when most don’t, rejection, and managing them. Click here to cancel reply. Prospecting.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 6 Great Sales Questions to Ask Prospects. What are some great sales questions to ask prospects? I think the great questions are the ones that determine if the prospect is even a valid prospect. Client List. Testimonials. Negotiation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Our company, like others, canceled plans to participate in near-term trade shows only to learn that all 2020 events were soon to be canceled as well. This generated an uptick in prospects that downloaded our content and became leads for our BDR team to contact later. Still, virtual events were unchartered territory.

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Webinar Metrics Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Cancellation 177

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2020

We do not aggressively pursue the new prospect.”. Instead, it comes from that same principle of putting customers before prospects which Yuan has always promoted: “We always prioritize the features requested by our existing customers.”. “We do not want to grow too fast,” said Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom, in a 2017 interview with Saastr.

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