Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Every now and then I like to go check my own view of the world by talking to smart people who are out there actually selling. and Social Selling. Jorge: It’s interesting because I never considered it Social Selling when I started to use social media tools to sell. They are clueless as to how generate leads today.

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Hiring Jigsaw Social Media Cold Calling 384

No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

Referrals help you ace Part One and set you up for success in Part Two. New research from Dave Kurlan and The Objective Management Group (OMG) backs up my claims. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership. Referral selling is either the priority, or it’s not. Priority” is a singular word.

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Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Our revenue accelerator and our lead gen can boost those results for them or come in and support them.”

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Hiring Data Prospecting Lead Rank 214

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The present endless models on selling activities, outlining monthly and quarterly goals for demand/lead gen, outreach, meetings, top of pipeline, pipeline, renewal/retention, comp models and so forth. The talk about the number of resources that need to be in place in each function, based on the analysis of the past year.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Top of Funnel Analytics 127

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 15, 2014

Disclosure: Hubspot is a client of both Kurlan and OMG ; This blog is hosted on Hubspot''s terrific blogging and lead-gen platform and I was one of their very first customers back in 2006.]. Do you think anyone will show up to hear me? Your Product or Service is Not an Easy-to-Sell, Affordable Subscription.

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Inbound Hiring Hubspot Lead Gen 265

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 30, 2025

For close to two decades, we’ve been driven by a scaling philosophy, stated differently, a volume, velocity approach to selling. So we had to ramp up the volume velocity. And we could step up to that through the same tried and true methods: hire more people, leverage more tools and technology. What should we change?

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Scale Outsourcing Services Hiring Revelation 133

SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

She was developing Buyer Process Maps and Social Selling tools for the sales field. Social Selling Guidance. A modern prospecting methodology that fills the lead generation funnel with opportunities. Frees sales from day-to-day dependence on marketing for leads. Learn more about the event and sign-up here.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Gen 303

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 25, 2012

Then these marketing people said that salespeople are terrible at lead gen. They also told me that they don’t want their salespeople generating their own leads (translation: too expensive). Let them follow up on the leads that marketing provides. Salespeople know sales (this includes lead gen).

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Hiring Leads 203

SBI

JULY 16, 2014

Full disclosure, Nancy Nardin, CEO of Smart Selling Tools is also a Co-Founder of Hushly. Geoff: Hushly is a software tool that helps B2B marketers to amplify content reach by up to 5,000% and increase close rates by up to 1,000%. Executive Interviews Anonymous visitors B2B Lead gen B2B Marketing Content Marketing Hushly MQL'

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Lead Rank Up-Sell Marketing Qualified Lead Revenue 139

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

They spend tons of money to hire closers — salespeople who are fired up and ready to close business — but they aren’t generating enough leads to keep them busy. How can your organization build a lead generation strategy that gives your team of closers a consistent flow of qualified leads? Create Your Lead Gen Strategy.

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Lead Gen Paid Content Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 100

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan As wonderful as all the hype is about inbound, lead gen, and the new way to sell to these leads, one important fact is being ignored. If you sell something that''s an awful lot of money - period - you''re screwed with AIDA.

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Inbound Lead Gen Motivation Up-Sell 253

Pointclear

JULY 19, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Asked about what has or hasn’t happened in marketing and sales this year that’s surprising, Brian talks about the way many companies haven’t fully embraced optimizing their effective selling time by looking at marketing, lead generation and aligning sales and marketing.

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

SBI Growth

MARCH 1, 2013

It struck me that you included Lead Gen as a key responsibility. In no Sales Ops role I’ve been in have we played a part in generating or managing leads…While I feel that LG is best housed in Marketing I would be interested to hear where you have seen this.” We have an Average Selling Price (ASP) of $50,000.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Data Leads 311

The Pipeline

MAY 3, 2013

He works for smaller company, they use various technologies to help them with lead gen and nurturing. As per the teams SOP, he only sends e-mail, chock full of links, and scheduled a follow up call to review. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. ” Thus taking wary the obvious and common dodge.

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Handbook Face-to-face Lead Gen Call-back 303

The Pipeline

MARCH 13, 2013

Sales people are constantly working at communicating value to their buyers, especially in the early stages of the cycle, lead gen to prospecting and engaging the buyer to where they could complete an effective Discovery process. Ah, look at that time is up! Just stop this juvenile practice, and sell.

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Lead Gen Decision Maker Lead Rank Lead Scoring 310

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Today, more than 70% of companies are doing some form of ABM or account-based selling. Making the Business Case to Eliminate Lead Gen Forms. Instead, they’re forced to fill out lead capture forms and wait for follow-ups. A Conversational Approach to Account-Based Selling. I know, I know.

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Lead Gen Account Based Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 94

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

What makes you think I want to even hear from you once a week–unless I signed up to a weekly newsletter? There were some other reactions, perhaps not surprising, about the outbound calls to follow up the eBook downloads. So I get “nurtured” on a daily basis. ” There are other indicators. No related posts.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead 113

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That might include using analytics tools to determine visitors’ time-on-page or managing email sign-ups in your CRM. Prospects’ intent signals help you determine who’s researching your solution (or the competition’s)—before they fill out your lead-gen form or interact with your sales development rep(SDR). But they don’t use it.

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Lead Rank Intent Data Closing Buyer Intent 309

SalesProInsider

JULY 10, 2019

Why aren’t your sales up to snuff? Is the problem your lead generation (not having enough leads) or lead conversion (not converting those leads to paid clients)? In marketing and lead generation, or in stronger lead conversion? In marketing and lead generation, or in stronger lead conversion?

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Lead Gen Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Conversion 94

SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

Can you analyze your 2012 Lead Generation using top down and bottom up approaches? Here are a few key things to keep in mind with lead generation: Do you have a clear definition of what a “lead” is? What about a “qualified lead?” Joint tactics and strategy will be required to make the 2013 lead gen target.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Gen 267

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

Pointclear

JANUARY 9, 2014

Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. Give up after 1 – 2 calls. More leads are better than fewer leads. Dirty data doesn’t help and is costly to clean up. Leads suck. If a great conversion rate is 30% of leads to sales qualified leads than 7 out of 10 failed to pass through.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 257

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

It’s obvious that existing lead generation methods aren’t generating qualified leads. And how can a B2B referral program drive up those numbers? I’ve figured out the lead gen problem. With a referral program, your lead generation problem is solved. What sales leader would find these stats acceptable?

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Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 276

Zoominfo

APRIL 21, 2021

So you want to start selling to the healthcare industry. You can’t just hope for healthcare leads to appear in your pipeline by using a traditional (read: outdated) spray and pray lead generation strategy. This is just one example of what makes up an ICP. Healthcare Lead Gen, COVID-19 & Beyond.

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Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 246

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

When a lead isn’t ready to engage or go deeper with sales then it needs to be re-nurtured. Cross-sell and Up-sell to existing customers is essential to making the number. Sales reps assume lead generation is for net new prospects only. Marketing bridges the gap by selling when the rep isn’t present.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2013

The first one looks like it is a flashing neon sign of “let me sell you something.” Here is a real subject line I received: ”Lead Gen To Support Your 2012 Goals.” With a quick web search, we found that this prospect has a pending event coming up. Sales prospecting strategy.

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Prospecting Strategy Lead Gen Email Marketing 226

The Pipeline

JANUARY 7, 2020

At first glance, good times are continuing for selling organizations; revenues are up and it looks like everybody is hiring. To willing and enterprising sales professionals, there is no shortage of tools to help sell. You’re A Prospect – I’ll Sell You. By Tibor Shanto. Looking for patterns, even the best of us would miss.

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Face-to-face Lead Gen Hiring Google 257

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2020

But it’s also important to consider several issues that prevent converting leads into buyers. Before we dive in, let’s back up and cover the basics. What is Inbound Lead Generation? Inbound lead generation is a part of inbound marketing. Unfit Leads. Where that lead should go. The Application.

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Lead Rank Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Inbound 246

Crunchbase

JULY 31, 2019

How do you build a B2B lead gen strategy? How Sales Teams Should Build Their B2B Lead Generation Strategy. How Sales Teams Should Build Their B2B Lead Generation Strategy. This is how sales teams should build their B2B lead generation strategy. And this is beyond investing in lead generation companies.

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Lead Gen Lead Generation Lead Rank B2B 64

Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2020

Plans for RTM and Distribution: You can’t sell a product if it doesn’t get to your customers. Zoom relies on ZoomInfo’s actionable data and insights to power their go-to-market strategy and enable their sales reps to be more efficient and effective in their selling. And how does it differ from your competitors?

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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Strategy Marketing 246

The Digital Sales Institute

JUNE 30, 2022

Lead gen media software is now an important tool in digital selling, Lead generation tools don’t only gather and generate leads. Scoring, qualifying, and nurturing leads helps turn prospects into customers. Do you find it challenging for your company to get new leads? Keep on reading.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 52

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 29, 2019

That might mean writing a proposal, researching prospects, following up with potential clients, attending networking events, or asking for referrals. The point is to focus on lead gen. There’s no excuse today for neglecting lead gen. You won’t pitch, you’ll share best practices, and you’ll follow up.

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Referrals Closing Lead Gen Social Media 166

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

When a lead isn’t ready to engage or go deeper with sales then it needs to be re-nurtured. Cross-sell and Up-sell to existing customers is essential to making the number. Sales reps assume lead generation is for net new prospects only. Marketing bridges the gap by selling when the rep isn’t present.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 20, 2012

1) it's flexibility with folders; (2) the simple ability to use and manage my 3 email accounts for OMG, Kurlan & Associates, and Baseline Selling without signing in or out, and (3) the Rules Wizard for managing incoming mail and customizing automated replies and actions. Email - I still use Outlook for email due to several factors. (1)

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LandSlide Lead Gen Google Hubspot 209

Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Think about it—how much more selling could you do if you weren’t wasting so much time? If you’re ready to prospect more effectively and spend more time selling, keep reading. Nurture Relationships.

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B2B Buyer Persona Top of Funnel Prospecting 212

The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. The water backs up and nothing moves through. Leads are Qualified. A name is not a lead. 3 Lead Gen Myths That Clog Your #Sales Funnel [link] by @ReferralSales @revenuedoctor @jillkonrath @renbor #B2B. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Home About The Pipeline.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Pipeline 257