The Pipeline

APRIL 23, 2019

Environmentally friendly prospecting is about understanding and leveraging your mutual settings and events. Starting right in prospecting, of course, means putting the buyer at the centre of every action. Living it is exactly what prospects are doing when our call interrupts. Let’s Start Right. Find Yours.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2019

The common goal in sales is winning your prospect’s prospect. Again, this makes the people your prospect is trying to win, your responsibility as well. So while we are thinking about how we can sell our product to this prospect, they are asking about how this will help them sell to their customers. Who’s Paying For This?

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Prospecting Trade Show Objections Buyer 284

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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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 264

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How important are prospecting insights to your sales strategy? It could be that their sales reps know how to prospect effectively. Most likely, though, they use prospecting insights to reach their sales goals. What are prospecting insights? What are prospecting insights? World events disrupt business operations.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If so, then reach out to Mike Brooks today to see if your event date is still available! Mike offers customized keynotes and breakout sessions on subjects like: Prospecting – Both B2B & B2C Qualifying Prospects Overcoming objections and Stalls Presentation Skills Closing Skills Motivation and Attitude Adjustment And much more!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Author: Sean Gordon The rollercoaster of the past year has forced companies to drastically alter their operations, all with their employees, customers and prospects in mind. Personalized Video Will Replace Event Prospecting. But the evaporation of events doesn’t mean the evaporation of the need for human interaction.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I’ll explain how to always respond appropriately to Your Prospect. This is exactly what salespeople go through when a prospect pushes back, objects, displays lack of interest, or attempts to end the call. You are in your head instead of focused on what your prospect is saying. Your mind is wandering.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 12, 2020

Big events are happening so quickly it’s hard to keep up. This includes your prospects. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore. Your prospecting numbers may drop too. Your potential prospects have other things on their mind right now.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Follow-up Proposal 378

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Every time we onboard a new client, we have a kickoff event where we lay the foundation of the sales process we teach at Anthony Cole Training Group.Inevitably, at some point during that kickoff event we talk about dealing with the competition, specifically how to differentiate yourself from the competition you will face.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo. Since the start of Covid-19, in-person events, conferences, and tradeshows have come to a halt. Lessons learned from virtual events.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 9, 2020

That means enhancing and reinforcing their sales skills, budgeting for them to attend conferences and business events, brainstorming before prospect and client meetings, conducting joint calls, and ensuring clarity around accountability. The job of a sales manager is to provide reps with the tools to succeed.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 17, 2021

Choice Prospecting. As always there is a difference in prospecting and selling. A prospecting call or email is a binary event, you either get the appointment, or you don’t. In my experience, usually, the best choice, is no choice; provide the best option to shorten and win more sales.

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Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer 352

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2021

A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020. Last year, however, many stopped using events for prospecting, instead adopting old-fashioned methods like (gasp!) Prospecting in the event-less landscape.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect. You might think you’ve been able to avoid sounding like a telemarketer, but that is exactly what you’re doing, and your prospect knows it. To gain access, sales professionals must abide by the new rules of prospecting.”. STOP Cold Calling.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects. I want to share with you what this common prospecting error is and how to immediately fix it. I told the rep the problem was that he wasn’t making any connection in the beginning and wasn’t allowing his prospect to engage with him at all.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 156

Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2023

What if you could see opportunities arise with your prospects before they go public? Many go-to-market professionals already use intent data to spot prospects that are interested in their products or services. Armed with our intent signals, you can reach out to prospects right when they need you — and before your competitors.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We will be updating the calendar during the holidays, but check in to see Upcoming Events. Tony shares a range of things, including his sales superpower is he conducts LIVE sales calls on stage to his audiences’ dream prospects and most importantly, he gets results. Sales Scrum Episode #26 Guest – Tony Morris.

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Call-back Webinar Metrics Sales Industry 360

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

They recognized that asking clients for referrals was the way to gain access to prime prospects. Or are you taking a new, fresh, and measurable approach to prospecting? The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. They were smart. How do I know this? How about you?

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Referrals Cold Calling Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 371

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Then there’s outbound lead generation: identifying trigger events, determining relevant content to send in an email, creating messaging, preparing short videos, and networking on social media. What does that say about your team’s prospecting prowess? This does, however, explain why prospecting is so challenging for most sales teams.

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Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 306

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

But very few understand how to incorporate technology into their prospecting strategy. So, they rely on outdated tactics that fail to engage the 21st-century buyer—tactics like cold calling, sending cold emails, and stalking prospects on social media. Now, you don’t have to call cold prospects to bug them.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 269

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

To be actionable, your content must make tactical use of calls to action, offers, promotions, demos, and free trials that move prospects along the buyer’s journey. Get Comfortable With Virtual Events. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to shift their tradeshow and events strategy. Get Your Lead Magnets Out There.

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Paid Content Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

From websites and social media to events and trade shows, these lead capture systems ensure that no opportunity to introduce a lead to your sales funnel slips through the cracks. FlashInfo’s parallel dialing feature allows for simultaneous outreach to up to 10 individual prospects, significantly boosting outbound calling efficiency.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 23, 2020

Sales technology might help you identify prospects, but it won’t solve your sales execution challenges. Invite me to speak at your next sales meeting or event. In one organization, a salesperson told me he purchased technology on his own, because he had used it at his previous company and couldn’t live without it.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

You’ll find Kristie’s questions in Chapter One: “You’ve Got to Meet Yourself Before You Meet the Prospect.” Olympic athletes come from all over the world to compete in a myriad of events, but they all have one thing in common: They got there because they have continually invested in building their skills and practiced.

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Referrals Meeting Scale Prospecting 156

Zoominfo

APRIL 23, 2021

Triggering event: A small company secures a round of funding (check). Action: After compiling all necessary criteria, reps gather the VPs of sales and marketing (plus any other key titles) and place them into a sales flow or sequence, thus tailoring the ensuing conversation to the prospect’s growth plan. #2: 1: The funding play.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing Scale 242

Zoominfo

MAY 21, 2020

They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. Great sales emails typically reflect a deep understanding of who the prospect is and what they care about. So forget your product features and brush off the benefits, because you’re going to connect with your prospect on a (virtually) human level.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Every once in a while, the conversation with a prospect is going to die down and never pick back up — but you don't have to take those fizzle-outs lying down. There are some strategies you can leverage to give yourself a fighting chance at re-engaging a prospect who seems like a lost cause. Let's see what they had to say!

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It takes roughly eight touches for sales reps to reach cold prospects. The #1 challenge salespeople face is reaching decision-makers quickly, but getting prospects to call you back is deceptively simple with a referral program. Yes, your most predictable and measurable prospecting tool is your very own sales team, asking for referrals.

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Referrals Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 373

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It’s a science — understanding the market + humanization + appeal = (hopefully) more fitting prospects. Prospects typically get countless cold calls reaching for sale — so you still have to stand out from the (auditory) crowd. Organize Prospect Info by Building a Database from Scratch.

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B2B Trade Show Intent Data Buyer Intent 237

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. For every action a prospect takes, they create a trail of intent data across the internet. Consider this.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It can take a dozen touches to reach a prospect this way, and are they even prospects? Qualified means the prospect is vetted, has budget and a timeline, and needs our solution, and the decision-makers are on board. That’s how you get fewer, qualified leads and maximize the prospecting time of your reps.

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

I didn’t want to be one of those prospects who dissed a seller without at least giving them the time of day and opportunity for them to shift my thinking. Cold calling is a tough gig at the best of times, especially D2D and in minus seven degrees.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The events of 2020 changed the customer buying journey, so we must change our prospecting tactics. percent of salespeople said that 50 percent or fewer of their initial prospects were a good fit. Gaining seller access was hard enough before COVID. Suddenly it became almost impossible. Unless … Breaking News.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 20, 2021

Prospecting is a different art than selling, some recognize that by splitting functions , others just ignore the reality. One area where it is truly black and white, is who speaks and listens in each event. So how much time should a prospect speak versus the salesperson? Not long to hear the chorus of 80% prospect/20% seller.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Not the ads for those events or products. Prospects don’t care about your facts. Prospects don’t care about you … or me, for that matter. He was frustrated that reps weren’t calling high enough, it took way too long to reach a prospect, and they weren’t making quota to boot. Newsflash: Nobody wants to hear that.

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