Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Ask your prospect how their day was, what they’re up to, even if they have a moment to chat with you (and if not, just call back at another time). Trust me, you’ll lose prospects entirely before you can even secure them. Use LinkedIn, company websites, and other resources to identify the key decision-makers within your target market.

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Cold Calling Telemarketing B2C Guidelines 104

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

In marketing, a Persona Ecosystem is the environment of interactions that a prospect lives within. The collective environment of thought leaders, influencers, communication channels and possible touch-points that surround a prospect makes up their ecosystem. Insight into the sources influencing the prospect.

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Exercises Lead Scoring Lead Rank Marketing 310

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2023

Employment of securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents is projected to grow 10% from 2021 to 2031 — faster than the average for all occupations. While the position is in high demand, this type of salesperson has to have extensive technical knowledge to sell a product or service B2B to prospective customers.

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SBI Growth

MAY 31, 2013

Here’s a great example: Rick, a sales rep with a wholesale coffee company, calls on a new prospect. The prospective company operates 25 boutique coffee shops. During the call, Rick touts that his firm prides itself on exceptional customer service. The other part: exceptional storytelling.

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Infusion Decision Maker ACT Follow-up 335

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 13, 2013

Lots of decision makers are early risers.). Call the prospect on Friday and confirm it. The biggest secret is you having enough qualified prospects in your pipeline to make that Monday sale possible. You can start making sales calls after 10am. (If If time permits you can also try a few calls before 8am. Sounds simple.

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Decision Maker Guidelines Loyalty Guarantee 226

MTD Sales Training

JULY 12, 2012

Yes, a good gatekeeper (GK) can indeed cause havoc and prevent you from getting to the decision maker (DM). In fact, for some departments and with some personnel, the set up is the reverse; they WANT to speak to ANYONE and EVERYONE who calls, like sales and customer service people. A Different Gate.

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Gatekeeper Decision Maker Account Course 271

Pointclear

MARCH 19, 2013

Click to start video at this point — “What we try to do with EDGY is look at why business is broken,” Dan says, “not why cold calling is broken or why prospecting is broken. Treating employees, customers, and prospects as fellow human beings first influences both your tactics and your outcomes. The EDGY Strategy.

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Conversion Automotive Face-to-face Decision Maker 264

Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 7, 2012

Meeting with a non-decision-maker. Trying to go over someone’s head to the “real” decision-maker. Blaming the prospect for your issues. Why are you making a “sales presentation” without understanding why the prospect may want to buy? Trying to “type” the prospect.

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Hiring Social Media Decision Maker Loyalty 225

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads. Complex Sales Are…Complex: Enterprise companies usually come with many stakeholders and therefore many decision makers that may have conflicting pain points. Customize Your Demo And Solution.

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Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Rank Enterprise 189

Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

In sales, reps work to close a high-volume of deals (from MQLS and sales prospecting). Sales account management, however, focuses on building long-term relationships with key customers for up-selling and cross-selling purposes. The key to a great sale is to identify your decision makers – learn how data can help.

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Account Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker 238

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 17, 2012

However, referrals are a limited source of new business, and referrals often result in many unqualified leads and low-level decision-makers.”. Who does the CEO know, the mail clerk, the customer service representative? Don’t mess around and say “anyone who…” You know the name and title of your decision maker.

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Scale Referrals Decision Maker InsideView 174

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Never allow yourself to only have relationships with the decision maker and the users. Related posts: Sales Development Training: "Decision Maker" Podcast. Sales Training Tip #146: Decision-Maker Calls.

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Motivation B2B Decision Maker Hiring 172

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 22, 2025

” James gets at the root of so many of the issues we see about the terrible use of LLMs in selling, marketing, customer service. Not just in our products, but in our customers, their businesses, and how they recognize the problems we solve. They can identify the flaws, the hallucinations.

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Engineering Decision Maker Tools Face-to-face 123

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Let’s start at the beginning: First of all, my question to the sales rep who sent me this email would be, “How did the gatekeeper know you were an “outside” call,” rather than a client, prospect or friend?” Could I have customer service, please?” (And And then just go through them to be put through to your prospect).

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Prospecting Gatekeeper Decision Maker Call-back 120

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. First, is it a time when the decision makers are most likely going to be available? For many decision makers, the best time to reach them is between 7:15 AM and 8:30 AM. customer service. prospecting. leadership.

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Cold Calling Motivation B2B Hiring 186

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 4, 2019

These unique characteristics then drive your entire business strategy – from branding to content creation to customer service and beyond. On the other hand, B2B companies still seem predicated on appealing to the over-generalized “prospective customer.” Do you offer personalized customer service?

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B2C B2B Marketing Lead Rank 182

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. What Is a Sales Prospecting Tool? The Benefits of Sales Prospecting Tools.

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Tools Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Intent Data 128

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

72% of business decision-makers say AI can enable humans to concentrate on meaningful work ( source ). 59% of B2B marketers expect AI to help identify prospective customers ( source ). Marketers say the top success story they are seeing with AI is getting a better understanding of the customer (31%) ( source ).

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B2B Telecommunications Forecasting Scale 247

Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Decision makers are often only interested in sellers that know exactly who they are and what they want. Yet the people who actually might be interested in buying your product or service also play a big role in your target market. 5 Steps to the Customer Profiling Process. Identify your best customers.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel 162

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It's hard to overstate the importance of B2B prospecting in the context of most B2B sales processes. But what is B2B prospecting? What is B2B prospecting? B2B Prospecting Methods. What is B2B prospecting? B2B prospecting is one of the earlier stages in most B2B sales processes.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Gatekeeper 111

Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2020

In B2B sales, getting multiple decision makers on board is a dream. Focus on how your services can help the organization and each individual department. There are six key questions you need to consider to get to the core of how your services can help your prospective clients’ businesses. and ” why now ?”

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Decision Maker Lead Rank Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 130

SBI

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Marketing teams have told us that they need their leads to become better educated and more qualified, and sales people are always searching for ways to be more productive and close more deals – and both need deeper insights into their prospects’ buying interests. Why continue the labor intensive live demo?

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Up-Sell Closing Revenue Decision Maker 130

PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

Complex sales typically involve high-value products or services, which are often highly customizable. Sometimes called enterprise sales, complex sales generally have a longer sales cycle involving multiple stakeholders and decision-makers. Build relationships: Be available to your prospect and any decision-makers.

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Sales Cycle Decision Maker Proposal Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Once you start selling into the enterprise world, you’re greeted with more complex processes, more decision-makers, and slower-churning gears. You can run into dozens of decision-makers and influencers on a buying committee, grapple with increased demo demands, and face requests from various departments.

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Enterprise Enterprise Decision Maker Churn 130

Lead411

DECEMBER 13, 2024

5 Ways Customer Service can Shape Your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) Understanding your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) is crucial to targeting the right prospects and ensuring long-term business success. How you engage with and support your customers can reveal a lot about your ICPand vice versa.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Service Customer B2G 52

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 10, 2020

Meeting scheduled — typically referred to a scheduled introductory meeting where a salesperson would qualify the prospect and determine if they were worth pursuing. Request for quote — typically indicated that the prospect was requesting pricing information to potentially make a purchase. Discovery call. Conduct a demo.

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Pipeline Lead Rank B2B Marketing Qualified Lead 134

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Gatekeepers — who are typically executive assistants, receptionists, or office managers — are the people who stand between you and the decision-maker with whom you're hoping to make a sale. Instead, a gatekeeper can (and should) be used as an opportunity to win the prospect's trust. Don't use the decision-maker's last name.

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Gatekeeper Decision Maker How To Cold Calling 133

Lead411

JANUARY 16, 2025

Lead411 combines advanced AI-powered intent data with robust contact information to help sales teams identify and prioritize prospects most likely to convert. Example Use: A SaaS company uses Lead411 to find decision-makers in specific industries and score leads based on intent signals. Example Use: A B2B tech firm uses Gong.io

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Tools Tools Intent Signal 52

Zoominfo

JANUARY 26, 2021

Enterprise prospects are what salespeople and marketers like to refer to as “the whale” of all leads. Complex Sales Are … Complex: Enterprise companies usually come with many stakeholders and therefore many decision-makers that may have conflicting pain points. So if you want to grow your leads, it’s time to grow your strategy.

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Lead Generation Enterprise Enterprise Lead Scoring 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2025

Even the most driven sales teams require the right resources to effectively target prospects, nurture relationships, and close deals. Whether identifying key decision-makers or nurturing opportunities, ZoomInfo helps teams prioritize high-impact actions that shorten deal cycles and boost conversions. The bad news? Seamless.AI

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Sales Tools Tools B2B Lead Rank 130

SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Many prospects are struggling to harness AI, adjust workplace dynamics and exploit innovative technology. While B2B vendors seek efficient ways to engage decision-makers here are some new strategies to deliver an effective vendor pitch. B2C industries make decisions critical to their growth using performance metrics.

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Vendor Hiring Decision Maker B2C 59

SBI

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Umberto: InsideView allows companies to leverage market intelligence to find, and engage with, prospects and customers. Nancy: What’s the most important thing that today’s business decision-makers should look for (or ask, or consider, or solve)? No other information company has this breadth of integration.

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InsideView Up-Sell Revenue Closing 128

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Scoring 111

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 18, 2019

Before the internet, it was nearly impossible for prospects to get information about a product without the help of a friendly salesperson. But reps didn't hold all the power -- they needed prospects too. With less reach and fewer resources, prospects were uncovered through hard work. Source: HubSpot Research.

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Prospecting Hubspot CRM Decision Maker 106

SalesFuel

MAY 6, 2024

Not long ago, they may have been reading traditional newspapers and reports to learn the details of prospects’ operations. A customer service rep in the professional services industry will see 35% of their work taken over by automation. And in those situations, the customer service agent relies on data to solve problems.

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Competition Face-to-face Hiring Decision Maker 111

MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 26, 2011

That is, you are trying to discover whom the decision maker (DM) is, get a name or title, get pass the GK, reach the DM and set an appointment. The Prospecting Call for Info Only. First, keep in mind these two critical points: The average sales person is usually trying to accomplish too many sales goals during one contact.

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BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This may involve developing custom-built marketing platforms or tools that simplify the marketing process, allowing small businesses to focus on their core operations. Agencies must also be prepared to build strong relationships with small business owners and decision-makers.

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