The Sales Hunter

MARCH 27, 2013

To dramatically increase your chances of engaging a prospect, tag team your touches between email and voice mail. When it comes to prospecting, there is no magic bullet. Check out the blog post Email Prospecting: Automate Your Info Gathering to Be Relevant and Relatable to Prospects.

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Prospecting How To Call-back Cold Calling 214

Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2018

Selling Skills. Educate prospects with new ideas and perspectives. Collaborate with prospects. Listen to prospects. Understand prospect needs. Help prospects avoid obstacles. Connect with prospects personally. Top 10 Sales Representative Skills. Collaborate with prospects.

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Selling Skills Lead Rank Inbound Case Study 145

Steven Rosen

APRIL 30, 2024

Why SaaS Leaders Need to Start Coaching Selling Skills SaaS sales leaders struggle to balance deal-focused coaching and skill development among sales teams. They Neglect to Focus on Coaching Selling Skills While deal coaching addresses immediate sales challenges, it often comes at the expense of long-term skill development.

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Selling Skills Coaching Scale Compensation 120

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 13, 2013

Getting a prospect to open your email is only the first step in email marketing. If you learn only one thing from this email series, I hope it is this — prospecting is not about you! Your role as an industry expert can be invaluable to your prospects, so you need to flaunt that expertise. It’s about them.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2013

That is the truest statement when it comes to email marketing! In a nanosecond, your prospect is going to decide whether or not they are going to open your email. How can you impact your prospect personally? Look at the difference visually between these two subject lines: Sales Prospecting Strategy.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 20, 2013

Whatever it is you’re selling, take advantage of every new channel of distribution. The old ways of selling , the old ways of marketing, the old ways of promotion, and the old ways of branding are no longer applicable – other than for a history lesson. Then ask why they would recommend you, on video.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 5, 2013

What would it mean to you or your company, in real dollars, if the prospecting emails you’ve sent turned into customers? There are three fatal mistakes most people make when email prospecting: Mistake 1: Subject Line. A rule to live by is a prospecting email should never be more than 80 to 100 words. Want to know why?

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Selling a Price Increase. 5 Secrets to Get Better Prospecting Leads. There are 5 secrets used by top-performing salespeople to get better prospecting leads. The reason these are great prospects is simple. Client List. Testimonials.

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Motivation Prospecting Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 195

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And we have the convergence of information overwhelm, increased sources of distraction, accelerating change, and skyrocketing complexity–in our customers markets, in their own organizations, with competition/partners, and within our own organization. Also, these are the easiest applications of AI/ML technologies.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2013

Salespeople tend to believe they need to spend more time with major accounts, while Marketing will always argue more time should be spent prospecting. ” Salespeople love to spend time with major accounts, because I believe they would rather do that with their time instead of sales prospecting. Who is right?

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Account Prospecting Guidelines Compensation 204

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Ensure your sales team makes time to practice these critical prospecting strategies. Building professional skills takes practice— deliberate practice. Want your sales team to build permanent, repeatable, effective referral selling skills? Here’s how B2B sales professionals can keep their referral skills sharp: 1.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 13, 2022

Like everyone, I get inundated with emails and social platform prospecting outreaches. I’m David, Sales Consultant, at [Name Withheld] Digital Marketing. It’s interesting he is representing the services of a Digital Marketing Agency. Sadly, 49% of the prospecting emails I receive are unreadable.

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Selling Skills Face-to-face Social Media Google 96

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 19, 2013

Nothing is more frustrating than when you have a hot prospect simply go dark. ” “Checking in” screams, “I WANT TO SELL YOU SOMETHING!” ” Your prospect immediately knows you want something from them and it’s something they either can’t or don’t want to give you.

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Prospecting Call-back Email Marketing Motivation 217

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Think of the organic increase in orders as inflation, and the real rate as YOUR ability to sell more or better in a given market. All sellers benefit from a rise in demand, only those who focus on selling will grow sales beyond the herd, and get more than their share of growth. Increased market share is always a good thing.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2014

Let''s see, there''s prospecting, qualifying and closing, and then there''s.wow, this is difficult! The biggest changes since our original set of 21 Core Competencies in 1994 are the inclusion of categories that compliment our dashboards as well as the inclusion of Sales Posturing and Social Selling. They are marketing themselves.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 21, 2012

What results are you looking for from your sales prospecting efforts? Sales are slow and there aren’t enough prospects, so a quick plan is developed to send out a bunch of emails make a few phone calls. The expectation is that this single effort will produce plenty of prospects. I’m all for being optimistic.

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Prospecting Call-back Motivation Sales Cycle 186

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2016

They want to optimize my website, sell me SEO services, provide me with online marketing tools, sell me the latest SaaS program, provide a guest article for my Blog, buy advertising on my Blog, sell me leads, book appointments for us with prospects, or show me the latest sales enablement tools.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Mark said, " Instead, they start a blog, create a website, open a Twitter account and begin email marketing campaigns. By the time training is over, they will rank in Google for a few dozen keywords in their market, have a few dozen followers on Twitter and have written a few dozen blog articles. A steady flow of inbound leads.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Hubspot 286

The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2013

State how they have plenty of options to buy on the “grey market” at a much better price. Blog Closing a Sale leadership Negotiation pricing Professional Selling Skills Prospecting Purchasing Department buyer negotiating negotiation price professional buyer prospect prospecting purchasing department'

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Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

With technological advancements and the growing demand for remote work solutions, virtual sales programs offer numerous benefits that can transform how companies engage with prospects and clients. This shift in consumer behavior means businesses must adapt by equipping their teams with digital selling skills.

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Webinar Metrics Selling Skills Sales Cycle Coaching 98

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2014

Here is just one example of what I received recently: “Our markets are promising. After sending out the emails, the person probably congratulated themselves for doing such a great job of prospecting and how they will be closing sales quickly as a result. ” Wow, doesn’t that make you want to buy it?

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Direct Mail Selling Skills Software Software 201

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

For some reason, he was hung up on the idea he needed cute pictures and “marketing speak” content to wow his customer. Blog Consultative Selling Customer Service Professional Selling Skills Prospecting Sales Motivation marketing presentation presentation materials sales presentation'

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The pool of prospects next year is going to grow. There will be more prospects than ever, and the good news is more of them will actually buy. The internet continues to open up new areas and this means prospects can come from more places. Prospects are going to engage you later than ever in the process.

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Motivation Loyalty Selling Skills Engineering 225

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 7, 2014

In this week’s guest post, Will Brooks—executive vice president and director of marketing for The Brooks Group—discusses his perspective on cleaning house. Some examples of these time-wasters include: Calming upset customers, prospects, or co-workers. Here’s the challenge. Correcting errors and mistakes. Providing emotional support.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. And this is what this prospecting guide is all about.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

Jeffrey Gitomer

JULY 26, 2011

New prospective customer not looking to buy yet. New prospective buyer getting ready to buy. Gitomer | July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments. Tweet Share There are 4.5 business lunch categories: 1.Building Building a relationship and trying to make connections. Existing customer who you are building a relationship with and/or who is ready to buy.

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Hiring Social Media Referrals Loyalty 260

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2014

Hesitation to call customers and especially to call prospects. Every time you meet with your boss, you say something like, “If only we had _, then I would be able to sell a lot more.” Are you quick to tell Marketing you lose too many sales because the sales materials aren’t any good?

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Cold Calling Territories Consultative Selling Motivation 226

Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 21, 2011

It never ceases to amaze me, that with all the options salespeople have, they choose to alienate, anger or cause doubt in the mind of the prospect by setting the wrong tone with their questions. And maybe the prospect feels that’s none of your business. It’s a waste of the prospect’s time. Good start.

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Hiring Social Media Loyalty Commission 335

SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2013

This Social Selling skill works with your customers and prospects. Sales Support includes groups in Product, Marketing, Care, Legal, and Research. Product and Marketing folks are stretched across multiple initiatives (well.the best ones are). Share articles and market insights you gain from the field.

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B2B Commission Incentives Incentive 293

Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 2, 2023

In fact, this is also felt in the accounting department, the marketing department, and everywhere else. As you speak with your clients and prospects this week, realize that they are all feeling the same stress as well. The point is to ask questions and LISTEN to your prospect’s needs. Qualifying prospects.

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker Licensing 223

The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Next time you bad mouth them and what they sell, I’m going to make sure I have them on the phone so they can hear you say it directly. Who in your marketing department developed them? Blog Prospecting Sales Training Sales Training Tip customer service sales call sales skills selling skills'

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Customer Call-back ACT Selling Skills 240

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Selling a Price Increase. Complain about marketing, insisting they are the reason you have not been able to close more sales. Spend all day figuring out who you should prospect. high profit selling. prospecting. prospecting.

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Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Negotiation 213

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 18, 2011

Tweet Share To establish the ultimate long-term relationship and to be memorable in the service you perform, you need to discover personal information about your prospect or customer. What do you know about what impacts your best customers and prospects? Information that provides insight. And, oh yes, lots of sales.). Seattle, WA.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 265

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

In fact, 87 percent of frontline sales reps and 82 percent of sales leaders agree that referrals are their best leads , according to an Influitive/Heinz Marketing survey. My definition of a cold call is any attempt to reach a prospect who doesn’t know you and doesn’t expect to hear from you. Prospecting is either HOT or cold … period.

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Referrals Scale How To Lead Rank 297

The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 20, 2013

First, you have to demonstrate to the prospect the system is the solution they’re looking for. Problem is they’ve told the market they discount! Blog pricing Professional Selling Skills discount discounting price' Problem is the argument doesn’t hold, because now you as the salesperson have two issues.

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Discount Selling Skills Negotiation System 197

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

No matter how difficult your market or month is, there’s always something to celebrate. We’re not selling in a vacuum. This can be an overview of new research, feedback from a recent customer briefing, review of new market trends or analyst data, or even a quick presentation or interview (live or recorded) with an actual customer.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 2, 2012

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Selling a Price Increase. Regardless of the market you sell to, take a moment and reflect on the number of people with whom you come in contact — sometimes just once, other times on a regular basis. high profit selling.

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