Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Prospecting can feel pretty similar. What is a prospecting workflow? Prospecting workflows are established so that sales reps don’t spend their whole day looking for prospects. Typical prospecting workflows involve researching and then connecting to prospects via cold calls, cold emails, and beyond.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 30, 2019

Ask salespeople what their number one issue is and you’ll probably hear, “getting good prospects.” Here’s a simple fact: you can’t close a sale until you have someone to sell to. So what does it take to successfully prospect? Have a dedicated time on your calendar to prospect. This is my rule.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Sales reps look to increase conversion rates by upping their cold call game. Along with actionable intelligence, guidelines for cold calls allow both sales managers and SDRs to tailor their sales processes. Be upfront and transparent with your prospects. Plan different ways to close in every avenue of conversation.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Sales process efficiency. Sales processes have room for improvement in nearly all companies. Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. Sales time sucks.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2017

That’s why referral selling is the only prospecting strategy that ensures qualified lead generation. And it only works if you have a referral system in place to ensure sales reps ask for referrals every day. Reduce the time it takes to close deals. Spend more time with customers and less time prospecting. It doesn’t work.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. No one follows up with promising opportunities.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Author: Brad Wilsted Note: This is part 2 in a 3-part series on the powerful role sales management plays in driving sustained revenue growth – and how companies can better leverage this critical position for improved top-line performance. What does great front-line sales management actually look like?

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In this blog, we discuss the best habits of highly successful salespeople and sales managers. Being an extraordinary sales manager is grueling and time-consuming.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. What is Prospecting?

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2021

This makes it interesting for them as they figure out how to close the deal, but what about the prospect? Don’t be surprised if prospects find it becomes dreary after the third time they’ve endured those questions. It is not rare for your curiosity to spark curiosity in the prospect. Curiously Different.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. I was curious to hear what he thinks. They took on and beat Google.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

If you get this objection—while closing or qualifying—then the worst thing you can do is try to answer or overcome it. And until you find out what’s really holding your prospect back, you’ll just go around and around in circles. And only when I understood what was really holding my prospect back did I begin to close more sales.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Can sales managers influence the buying process? You can’t manage revenue. If sales close, you win. Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process.

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

W hat if you had more time each day to spend coaching your salespeople to close business? How much would that increase your sales? So how m uch time did you spend coaching your salespeople to close business this week ? . Selling is everything from prospecting to closing the deal and retaining the business.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 25, 2018

I know, you fell into sales, and perhaps from there, sales management. How do I stay fired up when I prospect? I listen intently and try to figure out what makes each business model unique and each prospect like a snowflake. Do you itch under your skin to get the deal closed? Passion – Prospects smell fear.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

These famous words from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice equally apply to our sales pipeline. As sales managers, we know from experience that when we review the opportunities our sales reps have promised to close this month, next month and the next 90 day, that they won’t all close. Mel has a B.Sc.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

Despite good interviewing skills, many sales managers are guilty of making the following hiring mistakes: Hiring people they like. Do your sales managers have the tools and processes to systematically identify top sales performers from those who are pretenders? Assesses prospecting potential and closing style.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2014

As you know I put a fair bit of effort and passion into this blog to help sales people (and their companies) sell better. I was impressed by this company’s approach and given their product it appeared to me that they would want to reach salespeople, sales managers and marketing people. What do you think?

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . However, there are two fundamental activities that successful sales organizations have been able to continue doing despite COVID. If your sales reps are resistant, then they are not coachable. . Conclusion.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 11, 2024

Zoom became a lifeline for millions working from home and a savior of reps competing for a remote sales closing. And for sales professionals, a new, robust communication channel has been launched. However, a critical dialogue, such as a sales closing, is best handled with a personal interchange.

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SalesFuel

JUNE 27, 2024

I’ve recently learned of a B2B closing technique that combines several familiar tactics. In this article he features Matt Dixon, author of The Challenger Sale and The J.O.L.T. Both works focus on methods that will help you overcome customer indecision and lead to closing more sales. Let me lay it out for you.

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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. With that said, cultivating and projecting credibility can be extremely tricky in a sales engagement. Check out what they had to say!

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Allego

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Winning a sale is a team effort, not just from sellers and sales managers but the sales organization as a whole. Sales operations, customer success , and product marketing are all instrumental in getting prospects to the finish line. The Persistent Disconnect Between Sales and Marketing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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SalesFuel

MAY 9, 2024

They can leverage the valuable knowledge gained from these questions to develop relationships, show value and close sales. Powerful Sales Questions Build the Bigger Picture Questions play a big role throughout the entire sales process. And each question presents an opportunity to learn and engage with a prospect.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Just under a third result in a competitive loss, and nearly a quarter result in the prospect deciding to do “nothing” ( source ). Needless to say, this paints a less-than-promising picture of sales forecast accuracy.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 2, 2024

I’ve helped sales managers and business owners interview hundreds of potential sales reps over the years, and I’ve identified 3 top mistakes that virtually eliminate sales candidates on the spot! Mistake Number Two: Talking past the close. Too many sales reps like to talk.

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SalesFuel

MAY 8, 2024

Even after significant effort to set sales meetings with prospects, they sometimes fall through. Prospects may get cold feet and cancel. Tips to Set Sales Meetings That Prospects Won’t Miss One of the first suggestions from Igor at Sales.Rocks is to seek assistance from a sales mentor.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2024

” Fred’s sales manager claims that he closed all of Fred’s accounts for him so Fred actually inherited all of his accounts. And his accounts are the biggest accounts so, at best, Fred is an account manager. Account Managers are not producers and therefore, must be measured using different metrics.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Whether you’re just getting started in your sales career or you’re a seasoned veteran, this podcast is designed to help take you to the next level. You’ll discover how you can shift your mindset, win with prospects and build long-term relationships with your clients so you can thrive and advance in your career. Listen here.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Thanks to the sales tools and technology, there are more stats than ever available, and sales managers being the creative lot they are, are using them to shore up the state of opportunities in their pipelines. Stats are good, but much more malleable than facts.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 1, 2024

He looks for candidates with a proven track record of success in B2B sales, particularly those with experience in cold calling and prospecting. He understands that prospecting takes confidence, persistence, and the ability to handle rejection, making it a key indicator of a candidate’s potential success.

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. The entire organization can make better decisions by surfacing insights and analytics that you would only get if you sat in on every sales or customer success call. .

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 27, 2023

Sales management is an art that requires a delicate balance between the present and the future. This means managing your current deals while also prospecting for new ones. Whether you are a seasoned sales professional or a newbie in the game, read on to learn how to master the art of sales management.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

The problem is with typical sales metrics. If sales managers hold their people accountable for the number of phone calls they make, emails they send, and invitations and InMails on LinkedIn, that’s how they’ll prospect. They forget that technology doesn’t close deals. I’ve said before, and I’ll say it again.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Potentially poisonous, not someone you want to get real close to, it's best to know all you can about them, respect 'em, and always carry a snake bite kit with you – just in case. When you are up against competition on a sales call: Never say anything bad about them, even if the prospect does. Sales Manager Success Rules.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The integrations help revenue teams develop stronger prospect and customer relationships, make better decisions, and win more business. Steven Bryerton, ZoomInfo’s senior vice president for sales, describes some of the changes in this video. For sales teams, this combination builds pipelines at scale.

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