No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2014

With referral selling, the hard part is over before you ever speak to prospects. asked Jim, my prospect. After laying all this groundwork and ensuring users were happy, the sales reps would have one-on-one meetings with the CEOs of each company. How can you help me?” At first I wasn’t sure I could. No Need to Sell.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 11, 2019

Author: Warren Fowler Sales teams and marketers focus on digital communication so much that they seem to forget the power of offline promotion channels. In this article, we will discuss the benefits of direct mail and show you eights ways to write a winning sales letter. The Art of Creating a Quality Sales Letter.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2019

If you’ve worked in sales for any length of time, you know your success is dependent on the quality of your prospect lists. Think about it- you might be the most skilled salesperson at your company, but if you’re reaching out to the wrong people, your sales skills will have no impact on their desire to purchase your product.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Are your sales reps wasting time prospecting? You’re a sales leader accountable for increasing revenue, while at the same time managing your profit margins. If you’re fairly new to your company, your sales reps are a mixed bag of talent. However, a few critical sales challenges still remain. In 2015, 43.6

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

More often than not, sales and marketing live in siloes. For a company to survive these days, sales and marketing must work in concert. The best marketing leaders know how to overcome the divide and gain credibility with sales. And they involve the sales team in the process. It will only help the sales team.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 11, 2014

As we have all noticed more and more companies are putting the Twitter and Facebook icons/logos not only on their marketing materials, but on trucks, and the signs on their buildings. Unless it involves a company you want to approach in order to do business with them, basically someone you want to prospect.

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SBI Growth

JULY 6, 2013

Love it or hate it, it’s a big factor in business and sales. Reps often lament that it’s challenging to get their message through to customers and prospects. These social selling strategies will also double as new sales techniques in your arsenal. You’ll be a more effective sales rep, and will avoid becoming obsolete.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Is your sales team struggling to have conversations with the right buyers? Better prospecting is the most direct path to increase sales conversations. Wendy Weiss takes us through the four steps to improve your sales team’s ability to schedule sales calls. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Strip away the tech to increase sales effectiveness. Don’t waste your prospects’ time with demos or put them to sleep with PowerPoint slides. Follow Joanne on Google+ or Twitter @ReferralSales , or connect on LinkedIn and Facebook. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Mass email these days seems to mostly go into prospects’ spam filters (0.01% response rates etc.). Don’t just post on people’s Facebook page for their birthday. Due to some people figuring this out the success rates of getting through to people via email and social media platforms seems to be dropping every year. Pick up a pen!

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2021

Instead of manually targeting prospects, lookalike modeling automatically produces ideal prospects based on the collective traits of converting customers. A lookalike audience is a kind of ideal representation of your best prospects and ideal customers. Facebook Lookalike Audiences. What is a Lookalike Audience?

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SBI Growth

JULY 8, 2013

Social selling is a technique being adopted by many B2B sales organizations. However, company policies against social media are hampering many a sales team. I even provide a sample Social Media Policy for Sales. HR Business Partners to sales should help drive the creation of a policy. A Social Media Policy for Sales.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With social media, you can prospect at your fingertips — and sidestep the awkwardness of a traditional cold call. The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the best social media channels for prospecting. What is social prospecting? The Best Social Media Channels for Prospecting in 2022.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 19, 2016

As is the person who invites me (and probably the rest of the world) to connect, and then responds immediately with a sales pitch. Then There Are the Sales Snobs. Sales snobs, on the other hand, miss out on referral opportunities because they narrow their focus too much. These are the sales snobs. Oh sure, I thought.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 5, 2014

By the end of the call, I felt confident enough in his sales ability and product to offer him a referral to one of my contacts. Speed Up the Sale, Don’t Slow it Down. Sending too much information at the wrong time puts a wrench in your sales process. Ditch the sales pitch. ” Why would I want a deck? Comment Here.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Relationships are the key to sales effectiveness. If you’re not taking time to build relationships, then you’re making the biggest sales mistake there is. Whether a business is ultrahigh tech or low tech, personal relationships have always been what seal the deal in B2B sales. We all are. Become a valuable, trusted resource.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Sales reps run into trouble when they try to go into a call totally cold. Prospect research is a challenge that's every bit as frustrating as it is essential — so to help you out, we've put together a list of 18 of the best places to research buyers before sales conversations. Either way, that deal is probably going nowhere.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

A first-touch attribution model assigns all credit to the first touchpoint that leads a prospect to an eventual conversion. Example: A prospect sees a paid Facebook advertisement for a recent blog post about essential tools for modern sales reps. They click the ad and ultimately read the blog post.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Here’s how to actually win with referral sales strategies. More than 90 percent of salespeople convert at least half of their prospects to clients when they get referrals. I asked the same question in a different webinar, and 80 percent reported turning at least half of all prospects into clients when they get referrals.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 15, 2017

I have been in B2B sales so long that I’ve probably forgotten more deals than I remember. It was 20 years ago, when I was working as an account-based sales rep , and I lost the biggest deal of my career. We were thought leaders; we had visibility; and the client loved our solution for advanced sales training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This kind of content positions you as a thought leader in a given field or industry, does not contain a sales pitch, and should never mention your company or brand except as the source of the content. The video opens with a screenshot of Gavin’s Facebook page which disappears after 40 seconds or so. Whitepapers.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The B2B sales cycle has always been complex and multifaceted—and it’s grown even more complicated in recent years. Given the complex nature of the modern buyer’s journey, it should come as no surprise that the typical B2B sales cycle is longer than the typical B2C sales cycle. 5 Tips to Shorten the Sales Cycle with Social Media.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Between 57 and 87 percent of the buying process is complete before a buyer ever contacts a company—at least that’s the case if you believe the widely quoted but ill-advised statistics floating around sales circles. Our prospects still need us just as much as they did before. Read the rest of the article.)

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Can sales managers influence the buying process? 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. You can’t manage revenue.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 21, 2013

As a Sales & Marketing Leader, you are hungry for high quality B2B leads. Facebook & Twitter ads deliver high volume but lack the high-level targeting options. This gives marketers the ability to deliver highly targeted content to prospects beyond sidebar ads. B2B Marketers have tested many forms of social advertising.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 1, 2017

What does this have to do with account-based sales? Well, I’ve been waiting my whole life to say this: Account-based sales reps don’t need SDRs. I know what you’re thinking: What’s her beef with sales development reps (SDRs)? There’s No Role for SDRs in Account-Based Sales. OK, not my whole life … only about six months.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Don’t let your sales team rely too heavily on technology. Yes, technology lets us do many things better and faster, but for some tasks, the old-school ways still work best, especially in sales. When it comes to communicating with clients and prospects, there’s simply no gadget, gizmo, or. Connect with No More Cold Calling.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts. Listen here.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 18, 2017

If account-based sales reps want to reach C-suite prospects, the secret is calling at night or on weekends, when their gatekeepers are off duty. High-performing account-based sales professionals don’t waste time cold calling, especially not at night or on weekends. How Referrals Work for Account-Based Sales Teams.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

That’s why companies like Facebook, Google, and Dell are investing billions of dollars in upskilling their employees to sell and service customers in a “hybrid environment.”. What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. Map out your Buyer’s Journey with t-shirt moments and watch your sales soar. There’s no going back.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 25, 2017

Sales and marketing teams that buy into myths about data providers miss out on serious business value. Myth 1: Contact lists = sales intelligence. Fact: Sales intelligence is more than a list of names and numbers. Sales intelligence includes a depth of information that is both accurate and predictive. Us either.).

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

These “gatekeeper” tactics are insincere, duplicitous, unprofessional, offensive, and a waste of sales time. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? Dump the Script We’ve all had to make calls from a script at some point in our sales career. A waste of your time.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

And that could be a problem for sales teams. What This Means for Sales Teams. Whatever happens, sales leaders have a lot at stake. If the economy tanks, budgets will be cut, and prospects and clients won’t return calls. Not all sales strategies are recession-proof, but referral selling is. Phones rang off the hook.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 9, 2014

There’s no excuse for not doing your sales homework. Imagine the richer sales conversations he could have had. It’s our job as smart, strategic sales pros to deliver value—real value—and we can only do that if we’ve invested time in researching our prospects. They’ve been calling me en masse. Because Buyer 2.0

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Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2019

In the world of B2B sales, company research is a critical aspect of any successful rep’s daily duties. In fact, access to the right research tools and information can make or break your ability to identify target accounts, personalize a sales pitch, and ultimately, close deals. Let’s get into it! DiscoverOrg. Google Alerts.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Can we agree that despite many claims to the contrary, there is no single proven method for continuous success in B2B sales? That’s neither good nor bad, but an honest way to start looking at a real problem is sales today. I get it, it is core to the human experience, but is it a core requirement for every sale? You Liked That?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. In simple terms — speak to your prospects and customers immediately and witness faster conversions. Your marketing will always feel irrelevant and intrusive when it is not driven by your prospects.

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