The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

They not only give away their time; they pay the prospect for the privilege of doing so. Buyers know they will be offered price incentives to bring a deal in sooner, like “end of the quarter.” You know what I mean, spending all that valuable time with prospects that you know will never buy. Well you can.

Wireless 264

Wireless Discount Face-to-face Scale 264

Crunchbase

APRIL 6, 2023

The combination of historically high turnover and burnout rates with the present day economic uncertainty is a major red flag for leaders. Incentives serve as a form of acknowledgement of an employee’s hard work and can make reps feel a sense of belonging.

Incentives 98

Incentives Incentive Hiring Top of Funnel 98

Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2018

Most of the time, when a prospect says, “I can’t afford it,” they’re not usually talking about price at all. You can talk until you’re blue in the face, but until your prospect sees your product in action, they won’t truly understand its value. A demo shouldn’t be a one-way presentation; it should be a conversation.

Objections 239

Objections Case Study Face-to-face Study 239

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

No doubt there may be other incentives or ways to prime the pump, be that money or title; but for the most part, those have short-lived impacts, with minor if any lasting change. The focus of the discussion, and how you present things, directly impact how it is received, and how it is processed and interpreted by each, buyer or rep.

Coaching 247

Coaching Lead Rank Incentives Incentive 247

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Or, if you want to use incentive travel/excursions to motivate people to higher levels of performance, you raise the bar required for people to qualify for the “President’s Club” trip. I have inquired about incentives and changes in overall production of a sales team.

Sales Management 210

Sales Management SME Incentives Incentive 210

Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Still, they don’t always nail down the details when it comes to the things that might entice a prospective salesperson — like a well-rounded sales compensation plan , for example. Creating a strong sales incentives program will help you attract and retain A-list sales talent, so it is worth putting in the legwork to create a strong plan. .

Incentives 106

Incentives Incentive Compensation Salary 106

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

Author: Liz Pulice In recent years, many companies have implemented remote work arrangements, driven by financial incentives, recruitment/retention initiatives and other factors. These conditions can present challenges for sales organizations, where in-person meetings and events are typically part of “business as usual.”

Sales Enablement 227

Sales Enablement Scale Policies Distribution 227

Nutshell

AUGUST 27, 2018

There are hundreds of different sales tactics that you can use to find prospects, qualify leads, and make a sale. Prospecting. What is prospecting? What is prospecting? Prospecting is the process of finding and reaching out to potential customers for your business. Scour Yelp for potential prospects.

Sales Qualified Lead 126

Sales Qualified Lead Closing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 126

Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

That statistic alone offers an incentive for brands to take a closer look at their email marketing strategy and to maximize return. You can engage prospects throughout the customer life cycle. At this stage, email is used to welcome new prospects at the beginning of the purchase journey who have filled out a form on your website.

Email Marketing 264

Email Marketing Benefit Webinar Metrics Marketing 264

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Use of digital gift cards in the incentive division of Blackhawk Network, a leading gift card provider, is up 200% in 2020, according to Blackhawk’s Vice President of Marketing Theresa McEndree. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training. We’re pretty well-known for getting the people the pizza they want.”.

Incentives 227

Incentives Incentive Face-to-face Survey 227

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 19, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine More than 40 percent of salespeople claim that lead prospecting is often more difficult than qualifying and closing the actual deal. It’s easy for prospecting to get pushed to the back burner, especially when dedicated time isn’t set aside for the task.

Sales Qualified Lead 221

Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 221

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

She’d been there … as a customer of incentive compensation and a lover of performance management. Before any meeting or presentation, she conducts extensive research and structures her train of thought so she can speak with confidence. This doesn’t just make us great at winning over prospects.

Cold Calling 266

Cold Calling Loyalty Account Intent 266

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 27, 2018

Even if some prospects do read the email, few bother to respond. However, a well-crafted prospecting email is a powerful weapon in any salesperson's arsenal. I used seven principles to take a prospecting email from bad to great, and raised my response rate from 1% to 14% in the process. Email 2: The After.

Prospecting 112

Prospecting Scale Ideal Customer Profile Collateral 112

LeadFuze

AUGUST 19, 2021

How to Do a Good Sales Presentation. Let’s face it, we all need to know how to do a good sales presentation. Even if we’ve been “in the game” for a long time, selling the same products — our presentations can get stale after a while. That’s the crux of how sales presentations work , right?

Case Study 98

Case Study How To Study Comparison 98

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That's why uncapped commission can be a powerful incentive for sales reps to exceed expectations. If a sales rep's commission is capped at $50,000 for $500,000 worth of sales in a quarter, what incentive do they have to try to go beyond that? In many cases, they want to be able to present definitive budgets and save money.

Commission 135

Commission Incentives Incentive Compensation 135

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

Here it is: Prospects aren't always easy to deal with. So to help you get a sense of the kinds of buyers you need to look out for (and what to do when you‘re dealing with them), we asked some sales leaders for their takes on the most difficult types of prospects to work with and how to engage with them effectively. You're welcome.

Prospecting 111

Prospecting Cancellation How To Revelation 111

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Providing incentives for loyalty can also strengthen relationships while decreasing incentives to switch to a competitor. If you don’t have a strong batch of case studies in a polished, presentable form, now is the time to put that together. 4 tips for more engaging remote sales presentations.

Margin 194

Margin Discount Airlines Incentives 194

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Let the answers to those questions guide how you describe your product to prospective customers. Once that is done, identify ways you can present those qualities to speak to how the customer will directly benefit. Thoroughly qualify your prospects. Are you sure you’re selling to the right prospects to begin with?

Territories 138

Territories Incentives Incentive Sales Qualified Lead 138

eGrabber

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Align Incentives with Strategies That Boost Sales Motivating your sales team with the right incentives can drive better sales performance. When incentives align with your business goals, they encourage the right sales behaviors and boost overall sales success. Balanced Rewards: Recognize both individual and team achievements.

Closing 52

Closing Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Incentives 52

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

That’s why the salesmen and saleswomen who cultivate relationships and leverage them for introductions to prime prospects get meetings faster, fill their pipelines with hot sales leads, and convert prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. It’s similar to the conversations most sales reps have with prospects.

Referrals 120

Referrals Incentives Incentive Cold Calling 120

Nutshell

MARCH 17, 2023

Welcome email templates Welcome emails are an effective means of connecting with consumers transitioning from prospect to interested customer. Encourage them to share: Consider adding an incentive for customers who share your brand promise with others. Introduce the incentive: Offer an overview of the program and its purpose.

Customer 154

Customer Discount Incentives Incentive 154

HeavyHitter Sales

MARCH 22, 2012

As the customer, you are going to meet with multiple vendors, watch their presentations, and read their marketing collateral. Therefore, it is much more comfortable for the prospect to say something they think you want to hear than the actual truth.  In most cases, the turning point occurs when the salesperson isn’t present.

Analysis 146

Analysis Acxiom Face-to-face Revelation 146

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Their marketing material usually says something like, "Salespeople must be able to Prospect, Question, Manage Objections and Close. How quickly they develop relationships with their prospects. Whether they have the incentive to improve their sales competencies. So here's the problem. They must have Product Knowledge. Confidence.

Hiring 169

Hiring Case Study Study Face-to-face 169

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Ensuring that prospects travel through the cycle to the point where they not only make purchases but become advocates for the brand has now become even more important. Step 1: Prospecting. Getting prospects interested in your company is the first step in the sales cycle. Step 3: Qualifying prospects.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Cycle Sales Qualified Lead How To 111

SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Sales is all about pursuit: pursuit of the right prospects, pursuit of the right message, pursuit of the right applications. KnowledgeTree surfaces the best presentations, datasheets, and other collateral for every sales situation. Discover the exact content for each prospects’ needs without leaving Salesforce or their mobile device.

Vendor 139

Vendor Twitter InsideView InsideSales 139

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 19, 2018

I’m a big believer in preparation, so whenever I can, I create a deal plan with my prospect. The deal plan should cover whatever your prospect suggests but will generally encompass the remainder of the sales cycle, how to sell the product internally, and the implementation of the product. Why You Should Create a Deal Plan.

Closing 145

Closing Tools Sales Cycle Churn 145

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

B2B companies are making significant investments in solutions that ensure they have access to data across their prospect base. These investments include technologies and platforms that ensure prospects are tracked in a B2B world. What are the incentives for B2B companies to invest in AI (other than their competitors may be doing so)?

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Forecasting 218

SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

A close examination of the agenda indeed reveals that the two day event will be packed with presentations and discussions about many elements of the big-data/social-selling eco-system. Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder & CEO, Selling Power, will again present the opening keynote. Chris Jones, Chief Sales Officer, PROS.

Conference 131

Conference Social Selling Data Marketing 131

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

I would add another disconnect that prevents sales training from achieving a positive return on investment is a lack of alignment between the organization’s strategies, structure, processes/operations, incentives and people. Presentation. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Lead Management. Next Steps.

Pipeline 230

Pipeline Training Twitter Hiring 230

Anthony Cole Training

MAY 3, 2010

Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sales Presentation (7). Sales Presentations (17). sales prospecting (34). Selling requires that you are motivated by incentives rather than effort. Motivational (8). Motivational Speaker (6). Negotiating (2). recruiting (6).

Hiring 120

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Motivation Webinar Metrics 120

Hubspot Sales

JULY 20, 2020

Single-level direct sales are direct sales performed primarily through one-on-one meetings between salespeople and prospects. The companies supporting these kinds of sales generally offer commission for each individual sale and might have other incentives available for meeting specific goals or quotas. Why is that problem important?

How To 138

How To Commission Distribution Up-Sell 138

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Reps can take on too much, too fast and burn out — suddenly, not only do you find yourself drowning in work, but one of your top performers is reconsidering long-term prospects at your company, or at the very least, they’ve lost confidence. When They Ask About Expectations and Incentives. I’ve seen this happen, first-hand.

Lead Rank 169

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 169

Partners in Excellence

JULY 14, 2022

Prospecting seems to be the driving issue right now. I’ve seen numerous discussions around, “our people aren’t doing the prospecting needed to fill their pipelines, but if we compensate them on their prospecting efforts, we can incent them to do the work… ” Huughh????

Incentives 102

Incentives Incentive Commission Compensation 102

PandaDoc

MAY 2, 2025

Sometimes, all it takes is rethinking how you present, package, and position what youre already selling. Use pricing tables to clearly display discount structures PandaDocs pricing tables make it easy to present tiered or volume-based pricing directly inside your quotes.

Revenue 52

Revenue Strategy Lead Rank Scale 52

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Incentivize upselling Incentives can be a powerful way to encourage upselling. Offering incentives can help make it easier for customers to upgrade and even offer a good feeling when they do. Just use incentives strategically and make sure they deliver a sense of value rather than cheapening your offerings.

How To 128

How To Top of Funnel Incentives Incentive 128

Janek Performance Group

JULY 11, 2024

This starts with a deep dive into the prospect. What does your prospect do differently? If you smile during your call, the prospect will hear it. Empathy is the ability to put yourself in the prospect’s position. It’s showing the prospect you’ve been in comparable positions and what you’ve learned from the experience.

Consultative Selling 116

Consultative Selling Follow-up Film Buyer 116

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 19, 2010

Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sales Presentation (7). Sales Presentations (17). sales prospecting (34). As Dave Dittman from Dittman Incentive Marketing says: What motivates and inspires someone is as unique as the individual. Motivational (8).

Hiring 133

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Motivation eBook 133