Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2020

While making sales is, of course, the cornerstone of our profession, making purchases during this time is far from a priority – or even a possibility – for many of our prospects. Acting with thoughtfulness and a relaxed expectation of when the sale needs to be closed will mitigate the risk of you turning prospects off to your business.

Loyalty 296

Loyalty Cancellation Churn Face-to-face 296

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

When Brand Ambassadors first gained popularity in the early 2010’s, the approach was simple: Companies would identify their most loyal customers, ask them to showcase their loyalty in a genuine way, and then reward them with perks like free gear. Have brand ambassadors hurt customer loyalty?

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Hiring Loyalty Discount Social Media 246

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Social prospecting, technology proficiency and content production are just a few. This requires the ability to perform social prospecting extremely well. Unless the sales team has strong social prospecting capabilities, you won’t see the close rates you need. The loyalty of most channel partners is dwindling.

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Referrals Incentives 312

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Brooke is NPS certified and has a passion for collaboration and creativity and skilled in Campaign Strategy and Design, Marketing Management, Sales, SEO and Loyalty Rewards. Listen to other episodes here.

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Scale Social Media Loyalty Campaigns 308

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

ZoomInfo has identified four areas — or quadrants — that together create a framework for a successful go-to-market approach: Build loyalty. Build Loyalty. With stakes that high, it is perhaps ironic that the early steps of building customer loyalty start with the figurative eyes and ears of a company. Offer expansion.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

While building loyalty with existing customers continues to rank as a top priority for companies, 2020 was also a big year for acquiring new ones — as well as expanding into new markets — primarily because of the pandemic. We do not aggressively pursue the new prospect.”. Maintaining Brand Loyalty During the Pandemic.

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Loyalty Customer Analysis Trends 214

Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

This article will tackle the benefits and advantages of motivating your sales team to meet and connect with their sales prospects and customers. This deeper level of connection strengthens the business relationship and increases the likelihood of long-term customer loyalty.

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Face-to-face Video Decision Maker Loyalty 296

The Pipeline

JULY 11, 2014

The webinar will cover how to take advantage of current realities and present specific ways sellers can successfully approach and engage prospects, and create selling opportunities where others may not see any, and in the process build credibility, expert status, and loyalty with existing and new buyers.

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Webinar Metrics Objections Loyalty Segment 292

Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 11, 2018

Ensuring a great UX makes sure our brand and reputation stays strong, and ends up generating a stack of loyalty and advocacy. Not dissimilar to Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs, we can take our customer from the most basic of emotional needs of simply being satisfied through UX and CX, to the height of advocacy and loyalty.

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Lead Rank Loyalty Lead Scoring Face-to-face 294

Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

He also explores the practical applications of AI in sales, including prospecting, customer retention, and pre-call planning. AI for Pre-Call Planning and Prospecting AI offers significant advantages in pre-call planning and prospecting. He also emphasized the time-saving aspect of AI in prospecting.

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Company Sales Leadership Retention Loyalty 296

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 10, 2019

Author: Tim Riesterer Have you ever had a service problem with a customer and worried about the damage it could do to your relationship and long-term revenue prospects? And, worse, maybe they will spread the word throughout their network and negatively influence other prospect or customer decisions. Maybe they won’t renew.

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Loyalty Remedy Journal Study 234

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Build Customer Loyalty in the First 30 Days In the wake of election season, one principle stands out: the power of a loyal base. Before you can rally these advocates, however, you need to establish a foundation of customer loyalty. These are three ways that you can build customer loyalty in the first 30 days – let’s get into it.

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Loyalty Customer Face-to-face Scale 94

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Or are you sticking with your current prospecting strategy—“personalized” marketing and social media blasts? Why Customer Loyalty Isn’t Always About More Choices. I was trying to contact a prospect and couldn’t find the company phone number on their website. Read “ Why Customer Loyalty Isn’t Always About More Choices.”).

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Referrals Cold Calling Loyalty Fashion 197

MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 13, 2019

What makes them keep buying from you and building long-term loyalty? The answers to these questions will help you determine on what you need to focus when working with a potential buyer or attempting to increase the loyalty of an existing one. What is it that makes buyers really want to do business with you? Happy selling!

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Buyer Loyalty Follow-up Trends 192

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2019

When your prospects land on your website, they want to find what they’re looking for without having to click back and forth endlessly. It’s a good idea to place relevant links to your blog posts within your content and provide your prospects with an opportunity to learn more about the topic they’re interested in.

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Customer Churn Loyalty Small Business 240

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

So, she brought to the job a deep sense of accountability and a maddening level of loyalty towards her customers. ” That bulldog-like tenacity and loyalty make women in sales trusted resources for their customers. This doesn’t just make us great at winning over prospects. Like most of us, Amy is very busy.

Cold Calling 266

Cold Calling Loyalty Account Intent 266

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Engagement is driven by price (81%), quality (80%)and convenience (55%), loyalty is about likability (86%) and trust (83%). The Sales Rep’s Guide to Beating a Prospect’s Defense [Infographic]. More than three-quarters of marketers say engagement occurs in the middle or end stage of the marketing funnel.

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Top of Funnel Customer Buyer Persona Hiring 212

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. Finding the best prospects goes beyond surface-level details like company name and phone number. What is Sales Intelligence? How Can I Optimize Intelligence in the Sales Cycle?

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Top of Funnel 207

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Direct Mail: Send personalized mail to capture the attention of prospects. The goal is to make prospects aware of your existence and offerings. Bond Once you have attracted a prospect, the next step is to bond with them. Consistent Follow-Up: Regularly check in with prospects to maintain the relationship.

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Video Strategy Top of Funnel Direct Mail 116

Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2023

Learn how to skyrocket win rates, customer loyalty/growth, while simultaneously reducing sales cycles by as much as 30%. The post Driving Our Customers/Prospects Away! Then look at the next thing and do that. If you need help, talk to us about business focused selling. appeared first on Partners in EXCELLENCE.

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Customer Prospecting Revelation Trade Show 114

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Interesting tidbit: The probability of selling to a new prospect is 5–20%. Just ask the likes of Airbnb, Spotify, Peloton, Slack, Zoom, and more — who have maintained (and even grew) brand loyalty through meaningful product expansion strategies while working today’s mostly remote work environment to their advantage.

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Loyalty Airlines Hotels Hubspot 162

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

Marketers structure their entire strategy around moving prospects through the funnel, towards the ultimate goal of winning a new customer. These are as follows: Top of the funnel: Prospects enter the sales funnel but are still in the “pre-awareness” and “awareness” stages of their buying journey. Why is the sales funnel outdated?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 228

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 4, 2018

Thus, additional bits and pieces of information about prospects and clients can be input there, making it a true ABM model. These steps are likely to foster loyalty through excellent customer service, as well as long-term working relationships between a given customer contact and a vendor employee, due to employee longevity.

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Customer Service Retention Hiring Account 286

Engage Selling

MARCH 29, 2022

Discover four prospecting habits for success! The post 4 Prospecting Habits for Success first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader. When salespeople are stuck or in a slump, many of them tend to…wait. That’s right, far too many sellers just wait for things to … Read More.

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Prospecting Sales Talent Loyalty Sales 109

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2021

Author: Mary Beth Addison During 2020, we all dealt with unprecedented change, both as customers making buying decisions and as B2B and B2C sales and marketing professionals working to engage prospects and customers in new ways. Throughout the buyer’s journey, the prospect should always feel completely aligned with the sales team.

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Customer B2C Guidelines ACT 199

Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

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. A surprising stat: Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring new customers than Facebook or Twitter. Source: Campaign Monitor.

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Email Marketing Benefit Webinar Metrics Marketing 264

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Engage with your prospects. It’s a powerful tool for building individual relationships and trust with your prospects. Including an interpersonal element in your lead generation can help you better gauge your prospects’ interest and keep you on their minds. Try a customer loyalty program.

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Examples Social Media Scale Loyalty 139

MTD Sales Training

APRIL 2, 2019

CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management, and it’s essential that when you are selling your promises of a better future to your prospects, you are able to keep manageable records for those sales. What is a CRM system and what are the benefits of having one? 1) It helps you manage the overall customer experience.

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Benefit CRM System Loyalty 185

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

They were also able to use analytical and predictive tools to determine which clients or prospects were most at risk and better develop mitigation plans. Finally, organizations leveraged customer insights to rapidly create new offerings, product packages and pricing that were more appealing to their clients and prospects.

SAP 207

SAP Compensation Face-to-face Analytics 207

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Prospects need you to acknowledge their new realities; don’t glaze over the facts. Your prospects’ buying patterns and priorities have changed, so previously compelling offers may seem irrelevant and insensitive. Here are three strategies for remaining relevant and attracting prospects: 1. Reset your sales approach.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead Leads 177

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Here are the red flags to watch out for: Mediocre first experience – During the pre-sales process, software companies bring out an army of experts across sales, support and engineering to wow the prospect and seal the deal. Measure and refine. Some of those include Walk Me , Pendo , ZenDesk , and Gainsight.

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B2B Customer Vendor Enterprise 207

MTD Sales Training

MARCH 5, 2019

Every touchpoint is an opportunity to build loyalty and your customer service skills can enhance each of those interactions, many of which you have little or no control over, like customer comments to others on your Facebook or twitter page. It means you make a decision to be excellent whenever you are in contact with a customer or prospect.

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Customer Service Customer Hotels Cold Calling 225

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Personalization happens when a marketer or salesperson can take a piece of content and make it more useful for a specific prospect or customer.” – @ducttape Find more #personalization quotes on the blog: [link] pic.twitter.com/U3ENGnZyMu — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) October 10, 2018. Benefits Of Personalization In Marketing.

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B2B Marketing Segment Scale 246

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Those changing expectations are today’s major hurdle for SMBs in terms of building customer engagement and long-term loyalty. If an SMB is resource-constrained in terms of workers, it has to get smarter about how it uses technology to not only find or engage prospects, but also win customers and keep them for the long term.

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PeopleSoft Social Media Customer SalesForce 254

Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Somehow writing inspires the prospect or customer to elaborate a point or stress it's importance. A story about an ungrateful employee who left and spoke poorly of the company, is insight that the person has a "loyalty" hot button. Reconfirm it and listen for emphasis of response from the prospect. Write everything down.

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Loyalty Objections Prospecting Conversion 193

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

When done right, the method can drum up quick interest in your business, foster customer loyalty, and pay off in spades. Certain schools of B2B sales advise against offering prospects discounts — as it can train both customers and salespeople to devalue their products or services. Loyalty Discount Strategy.

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Discount Examples Strategy Loyalty 126

Zoominfo

MARCH 28, 2018

For this reason, you must be transparent, both in your brand messaging and your interactions with prospects and customers—even when it’s difficult. Don’t hide information from your employees, and they, in turn, won’t hide information from your customers or prospects. Don’t just reach out when you have a new product or service.

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Face-to-face B2B Loyalty Consumer 178