Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In Q4, we released enhancements to Copilot, our GTM Intelligence platform, that further empower enterprise GTM teams to engage prospects and customers with greater precision, speed, and intelligence. We believe these innovations will continue to revolutionize how teams identify opportunities, engage prospects, and close deals.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

, I’m going to give you two rules for developing an effective elevator pitch and then some examples that you can plug your product or service into. Remember, this is an “elevator pitch” designed to inform and grab interest in a prospect during the time you’re in an elevator together (or during that crucial 20 seconds you’ve got on the phone).

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Sales 2.0

MAY 6, 2020

Do you have training for new hires documented and readily available? Is your training available in different formats, for example video? Training : How about training for long-time employees? Do you provide skills training on a regular basis? Do you provide product training? Do you track time?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 14, 2022

An example is how most sales reps open their calls. Given the example above, this translates to: “Hi, Dave Anderson, please.”. There are many other examples of this (too many for this limited blog post), and if you would like a book full of them, then check this out. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 25, 2019

There are many occasions where we have presented a solution and it’s not created any connection with the prospect. How, then, can we build a great presentation and really connect with the prospect? The story that you tell is the prospect’s story, with the prospect as the hero who must overcome an obstacle in order to achieve a goal.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 25, 2024

Who do you think knows why your prospect buys? If you have followed me for a while, you may know that my opinion on whether to ask a prospect, “How are you,” has changed over the years. You can’t tell if your prospect is annoyed, resistant, bothered, or if they are willing to have a conversation with you. I’m well also.”

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 30, 2021

I was training a group of new reps last week, listening to one of their calls, and we found that the rep was ad-libbing right from the beginning of the call. This ad-libbing approach led to all the common problems we’ve chronicled before: He didn’t qualify the prospect for timeline, budget, decision making steps or even buying motives.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2020

If you’re prospecting, and you should prospect daily, number two or three on a to-do list, you’re inviting more activity. Let’s use three months as an example. You can spend this on planning, calls, meetings, e-mails, come to my training, post social videos, whatever consumes selling time. Success Budget.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Examples could include: I need to get further quotes. Here are some examples: Customer: ‘I need to get further quotes.’ You’re now in control of the conversation and the prospect feels obliged to answer you with further details. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. You’re too expensive.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 21, 2019

There’s no better example of this development than the relationship between content marketing and sales enablement. . Sales enablement refers to the process of providing a sales team with the information and content they need to nurture prospects and close deals more efficiently. Those are just a few examples. Case studies.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Aside from helping you make money, training may save you money too. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech. Here are five reasons you should.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Typically, a coach (often a rep’s manager) will issue an activity: for example, “Show me your 30-second elevator pitch.” Sales coaching like this has many documented benefits – from reinforcing training, to culling and promoting best practices, to even positively impacting the bottom line. Validate training and certify reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you have a solution that fits their needs, you can offer it to them in the exact context and phrasing of your prospect, ultimately leading to bigger and better sales. A focus on closing sales can also cause salespeople to spend too much time chasing down leads that will never close, instead of moving on to new prospects.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2024

Would your news feed sound more like example one or example two below? Example One: Dave had a tough few days on the sales trail. He used email to reach out to three prospects but didn’t get a response, he messaged three others on LinkedIn, but had the same result, and he didn’t pick up the phone even once!

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SalesProInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Two words that no prospective client is going to say. Depersonalized” sales conversation and explanations of what you do, and how you do it, stop the prospect from connecting with you and the solution. The Benefits of Personalizing Your Language in Sales Conversations Technically the example above is not a bad statement.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 10, 2021

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. Get meetings with prime prospects in one call. Convert prospects to clients more than 50 percent of the time. The methodology is the same today, but of course the examples and nuances have changed. We ask for an introduction to our ideal prospect.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

Once AI is implemented, she says, “The question then becomes, ‘do sales organizations that use technologies like this shift their time to higher value activities, like training, researching prospects and strategy, so that when they do get face-to-face time to sell, they show up prepared and better trained?’”

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 9, 2019

Of course, the world doesn’t work that way, and there will be prospects and customers who will reject your advances and avoid you at all costs. Calling a dozen times doesn’t change the underlying dynamic that is causing your prospect not to see you. 4) DON’T judge the prospect because of their unwillingness to see you.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

They are always looking at how they can find out more about their competitors or their prospects. Most of your learning will take place on the job and outside of a training classroom, so look for chances to build your knowledge and keep an eye out for improving your learning every day. MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling!

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2018

This requires going beyond one-size-fits-all training and development programs that are measured by simple pass/fail certifications or completion rates. Many sales leaders hire long-tenured reps with the misguided assumption that they don’t have to invest in training. The Missing Metric.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

The right questions create deficit in the comfort level of the prospect. Become the emotional twin of the prospect. Determine the prospect's personality style. Uncovering the prospect's dominant buying motive (the emotional reason the prospect wants your product) and; Finding what the prospect's primary objection will be.

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The Sales Heretic

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Two stories that were recently shared by participants at a couple of my training seminars illustrate how to capitalize on this principle. The first example was related [.]. And giving things away can be an extremely powerful sales tactic.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 3, 2020

Not only that, but after you’ve given your response, have you ever found that your prospect just comes up with another objection? Example: Your prospect says that it costs too much. Your prospect then says that they have to talk to their boss…. Here’s how: Prospect says, “It costs too much.”. You get the idea.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And you can search for any topic that is giving you trouble: For example, need help cold calling? The best (and most affordable) on-demand inside sales training program? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Click here. Want to know what a tie-down is and how to use them more effectively? Click here. Click here.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects.

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Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

Having a variety of cold calling scripts on handmakes sales training easier for new hires as well. And when their phone training wheels are taken off, reps can tailor their scripts to personalize their message using their unique voice. So whatever you pitch to your prospect needs to work for their purchase-savvy staff.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This is meant for educational and training purposes because of the clear examples and useful insights that can easily be understood by analyzing what they do. It must be an active strategy where the size is based on the amount of time, money, and resources that can be invested for marketing to prospects.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

It provides insight into where your leads are coming from and what channels are providing you with the most sales-ready prospects. For example, do they value peer recommendations? Ultimately, knowing where your prospect places the most importance, will help you understand your buyer’s mindset and tailor your sales pitch to their needs.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The sales professional tells their prospect that after all of their discussion, even though they had initially appeared to be a great fit, the salesperson might have misread, and seem to be speaking two different languages. “If If you’ve done your job well, the prospect knows they are a good fit. I thought it would be lower.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Author: Michael Nørregaard When prospects are evaluating your company, they’re looking to ultimately maximize their return on investment. They want minimal downtime, support they can rely on and access to as much training as possible, so they can be in turn, as successful as possible with their deployment. This is crucial.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This means identifying what is most important to the prospect. If you gave in to a request from the prospect without gaining anything in return, you can be seen as a soft touch and someone from whom it is easy to get a reduced price. If the prospect asks for money off, see if you can get an increased order for it. Happy Selling!

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

Nearly every business function can benefit from the insights surfaced during front line conversations with prospects and customers. Coaching and Training Superpowers. Using Chorus, you can instantly zoom into the key moments on a call and see when the prospect expressed excitement or disappointment or when they asked for the contract.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

” The best example is when you ask someone how they’re doing and they respond with, “Living the Dream.” When my team is training salespeople, we are challenging them to leave their comfort zone and do what they have been unable or unwilling to do in the past. Fake bacon. There are fake salespeople too.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Ready to start a conversation with any sales prospect in your database or CRM? Introducing, the “foot in the door” cold email prospecting method! The techniques we discuss in today’s post will help you email any prospect, whether it’s a CEO, marketing VP, industry influencer, or your favorite podcast host.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Have you ever had that feeling when you’re talking to a prospect that the person isn’t who they say they are? Here’s an example of how it works: Gatekeeper: “ABC Ltd, how can I help you?”. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. By that, of course I don’t mean they are an imposter! Happy Selling!

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Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2023

I think there are good examples of less technical industries, and individual companies really leaning in and transforming their results because they used technology well.” Then I think we’re going to start to see it in all areas of the sales process, for example in negotiations and contract revisions. So that’s one part.

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