Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 3, 2020

You might be afraid that you’ll say something wrong and scare away a big prospect. This exercise provides valuable insight into what kind of customer you’re looking for. With the findings from that exercise in mind, use the following tactics to get in touch with your first customers. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Demographics Exercises 141

Allego

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By leveraging technology and refining their digital strategies, they reach more prospects, engage with them more effectively, and stay ahead of the competition. Developing digital selling skills, processes, and incentives. Clear processes and incentives are crucial for aligning with digital sales goals.

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Strategy Face-to-face Buyer Lead Rank 62

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2019

Career ladders help retain staff by providing an incentive to keep moving forward -- if they see a clear reward (i.e., Try this exercise with anyone interested in advancement (whether management or not): 1. Using an exercise like this to build a sales ladder for individual team members can be hugely beneficial.

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Hiring Salary Lead Scoring Lead Rank 139

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

Identify 100 potential prospects and assign tiger team to each. On a smaller team, this exercise helps people avoid replicating each other’s work -- and shifting blame around if targets aren’t met. Do you have a budget for sales contests and incentives? Run three-day referral techniques workshop. Hold two executive-level events.

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Buyer Persona Referrals Commission How To 145

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 5, 2018

If you do, you’ll work with more qualified prospects and enjoy a much shorter sales cycle. You will also virtually eliminate objections of the ilk that the prospect doesn’t trust you. Offer Incentives. Offer incentives. Referral Role Play Exercises. Prospect: " Sure.". So, how do you ask for referrals?

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Referrals Ideal Customer Profile How To Cold Calling 111

Allego

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When a prospective customer has a question or concern about a security system, the answer can’t be, “I’ll get back to you on that.” ” The sales team has to give the prospect confidence that they understand today’s sophisticated SaaS platforms. It Must Be Tailored for the Specialty.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 21, 2021

Not only are there are many external factors that affect motivation, every person requires different incentives and motivational tactics. Your team’s results are influenced by -- may even depend on -- consistent sleep, exercise, and a healthy diet. If they point to “exercise,” he’ll say, “Go for a walk.”. My reps love it.

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Motivation Strategy How To Hiring 137

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Selling is about providing value to your prospects without expecting anything in return. But you’ve got to really want to help your prospects. When one of our salespeople is struggling, I’ll typically ask, “ How’s your sleep pattern? ” “ Are you eating good food? ” “ Are you exercising? ” Practice Good Self-Talk.

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Call-back Incentive Incentives Motivation 111

Sales Hacker

MAY 3, 2021

That said, it’s never a bad idea to exercise a bit of empathy, and put yourself in the shoes of your target customer. Further, it doesn’t have to be mudslinging: a fair comparison of features between your solution and those of a competitor will go a long way with prospective buyers. Prospects see right through that.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Customer Vendor 109

Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2025

So always an interesting exercise. really be thinking about, the pain that your market has, your, prospects your customers. Harmony Anderson: Yeah, so we talk, I mean, we’re constantly doing customer calls, calls with customers, calls with prospects. And, uh, and that was both with customers and prospects.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Marketing 98

PandaDoc

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Meaning that because you aren’t relying on inbound leads, you have the entire universe of prospects to call on. For most prospects, you will want to start out with a 15-minute phone screen. Do they have any long-term incentives that would keep them at their current job? Here’s my favorite ‘what if’ exercise.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 30, 2018

You can also get insights into how your sales team is using (or not using) content, if they’re nurturing leads, how quickly they’re following up with customer requests, what their daily behaviors are, and which channels they use most to communicate with prospects. Include sales incentives and recognition as part of an ongoing sales program.

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Training Top of Funnel Scale Sales Enablement 98

Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2020

A finely-tuned CRM tracks and utilizes all of the tiny pieces of data generated by prospects all the way from the tippity-top of the funnel until the moment they sign that sweet, sweet contract. If a prospect isn’t clicking anything, they might not be a solid lead. Incentives can be extremely lucrative when implemented correctly.

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Top of Funnel CRM Webinar Metrics Marketing 155

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Here are three great anecdotes that kind of always spring to mind and get sort of prospects and customers excited. Um, you know, it’s setting up the incentives to incentivize the right, right behavior. This is the core brand value prop. These are the main problems that we’re solving as a company that we believe in.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile How To Call-back 99

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because so many inbound leads in the former circumstance have pre-existing relationships with the company founder(s), it’s common to see those relationships doing most of the heavy lifting when it comes to moving the prospect through the sales funnel. that have historically been a good indicator of a prospect’s potential value.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2021

Social media has created new channels for sales reps to conduct research on prospective customers, connect with leads, and build relationships. According to LinkedIn data , salespeople who use social media in their sales prospecting are 51% more likely to achieve their quota and they outsell non-social sellers by 78%. DID YOU KNOW?

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 31, 2019

It allows the marketers and customer service reps to hear prospects’ questions and concerns. Schedule a meeting with managers, and outline the mutual benefits (touch on benefits listed above) and how the exercise aligns with overall company goals. Get your salespeople on board. Present the plan to your sales team. Product demos.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Exercises Lead Rank 68

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

The process of finding partners is almost identical to finding prospects: First, you need to define what an “ideal partner” looks like. Although training a partner requires more time and resources, it also gives them an additional incentive to work with you. This exercise will give you a framework for evaluating specific partners.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Rule 2: Run a filtering exercise. Make your SDR outreach about education not prospecting. Focus on being a “servant leader” for the customer/prospect. Value proposition: Focus on adding value to the conversations you have with your prospects or audience group. Level up your prospecting and sales process.

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Enterprise Enterprise Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 89

Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 28, 2014

When I am asked to diagnose why an individual – or even an entire sales team - are not performing at optimum levels, I usually ask just four very straightforward questions: Are they visiting/talking to enough clients/prospects? Are they talking to the right people within those client/prospect organizations?

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The Spiff Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

But, at the enterprise level, it may take hundreds of people and systems to move a single prospect through the customer lifecycle. The most successful organizations think about the customer life cycle as something that starts when a customer is still just a prospect. This helps your team to work smarter, not harder.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 24, 2024

All prospects and customers are unique, as are their individual needs and market dynamics. Excessive control and guidance undermine autonomous decision making and exercising judgment. In addition, sales reps may spend more time appeasing managers than engaging with prospects and customers. Selling is a dynamic profession.

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B2B How To Exercises Coaching 62

Janek Performance Group

MAY 24, 2023

Here, we’ll examine two key activities, calling/emailing new prospects and proposals sent. Of course, top sellers vary the days and times of their prospecting calls. Perhaps, they have overcome initial objections and interested prospects enough to warrant a proposal. Here, organizations have the benefit of hard numbers.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead Leads 62

Chorus.ai

JANUARY 17, 2020

Particularly in SaaS, where the most purchase-ready prospects are also the most informed, even a small knowledge/skill deficit can provoke a slump. Consider the rep’s personality profile and how this relates to their current incentives. Read more, socialize, exercise, and relax outside the work environment. It’s a lot to ask!

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Top of Funnel How To Cold Calling Funnel 68

LeadFuze

JULY 5, 2023

We’ll also explore how Sales Performance Incentive Funds (SPIFs) play a role in motivating teams. This not only improves performance but also attracts talented individuals within your sales force, enhancing business prospects significantly. Go the extra mile and offer incentives for those who go above and beyond.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

Faster onboarding: After building more efficient and effective processes, you’ll have a fine-tuned prospecting, qualifying, and lead nurturing system that makes it easy for new recruits to get up to speed. Sales teams have adapted to this, spending far more time interacting with prospects and customers via online channels.

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How To Sales Qualified Lead CRM Face-to-face 71

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

Organizations across all industries are exercising greater caution given the macroeconomic uncertainty. It’s a complex number to calculate because it’s a hypothetical exercise, and the money never flowed. The logic is, “If the salesperson is not passionate about their product, why should the prospect be?”

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Referrals Exercises Discount Study 62

Jonathan Farrington

MARCH 14, 2012

When I am asked to diagnose why an individual – or even an entire sales team - are not performing at optimum levels, I usually ask just four very straightforward questions: • Are they visiting/talking to enough clients/prospects? Are they talking to the right people within those client/prospect organizations?

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Penetration Incentive Incentives Guarantee 38

BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Both of these types of responses give little guidance to the sales rep — in fact it probably just makes them more frustrated with the exercise. Make it rewarding Incentives are a good way to encourage adoption, drive behavior change and reward participants. The rules and rewards can be as varied as any other sales incentive.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Scale Hiring 62

The Brooks Group

MARCH 4, 2014

If your coaching program participants can’t tie coaching they're getting from their managers to their on-the-job selling reality, then sales coaching basically becomes an intellectual exercise. The rep is graded on how he or she used various aspects of the selling process with the prospect.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 18, 2023

At the same time, it’s a clear signal to other prospects looking to conduct business with you: 49% of clients use online reviews as a basis for decision-making, while 60% also deem them trustworthy. That being said, asking clients for a review can easily become an awkward prospect to pursue. Need more info about PandaDoc forms?

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Policies Incentive Incentives Travel 52

The Bridge Group

MARCH 9, 2018

Next, they moved to mapping out prospect personas. When prospecting the mid-market, it’s much easier to swap out contacts as needs dictate. This accounts for roughly 40% of their incentive compensation. This is over and above their target incentive number. Questions included: what departments are key to our sale?

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Top of Funnel Account Demand Generation Targets Sales Qualified Lead 46

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Just like you target specific prospects who are the best fit for your product, you should identify the type of reps who have the ideal skills, experience, and background for your company — and pursue them aggressively. Curious: Interested in learning more about prospects; willing to ask probing questions. Build a hiring profile.

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Hiring Salary Scale Referrals 89

ExecVision

JUNE 14, 2018

During this exercise, it’s also a good time to establish or re-establish a baseline for conversations at your org. How many interchanges (back and forth between the rep and the prospect) should a rep average? These types of incentive programs will motivate your reps who don’t always find themselves at the top of the board.

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Coaching Incentive Incentives Hiring 40

InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 7, 2019

They can refer to this to identify which prospects they are most likely to convert and encourage them to make repeat purchases. To avoid wasting opportunities, your sales reps must provide value and personalized experiences for each prospect and customer. Make sure that the incentives you provide will push them towards motivation.

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Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Analysis 63

Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It’s allowing prospects and customers more access to information than ever before. And once the prospect does engage, someone has to guide them through the last stages of the buying process (all within the context of that initial information). This is flipping the traditional selling relationship.

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Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring Lead Rank 53

Vengreso

JULY 30, 2024

The Individual program is an on-demand course focused on utilizing sales productivity tools like FlyMSG , and leveraging LinkedIn for prospecting and sales, transforming digital connections into face-to-face interactions. Applying motivational techniques and incentives for galvanizing their sales force.

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