Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Activities like prospect outreach, cultivating brand awareness, and online relationship building are all enhanced by social media — so having a solid presence on these platforms can really help your case. There are some common pitfalls sales reps tend to run into when leveraging social media as a sales resource.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2014

Here’s why your social media strategy is falling flat—and how to bring it back to life. So when and where is the best time to make a sales pitch? Save it for when your prospects genuinely like and trust you, because strangers on social media couldn’t care less. Sales is still about people buying from people.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 19, 2014

If you’re asking strangers on social media for referrals, you’re like the guy at a networking event who shoves his card in people’s face and asks for theirs in return. Selling by referral is the most personal prospecting strategy that exists. It’s driven by relationships and trust, not social media connections.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

A new research study unlocks the key to using social media for sales. Is it just another term to check off your buzzword bingo card at the next sales meeting you attend? You bet, and it’s critical to increasing B2B sales effectiveness. Message to Management]: 14 Things Top Sales Managers Do.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2014

As you know I put a fair bit of effort and passion into this blog to help sales people (and their companies) sell better. I was impressed by this company’s approach and given their product it appeared to me that they would want to reach salespeople, sales managers and marketing people. So I emailed this sales rep. “I

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 4, 2017

59% of active social media users rate LinkedIn as their number one platform of choice. So the real question then is how do you use LinkedIn to prospect and connect to potential leads? Prospecting On LinkedIn. Managing Director. MTD Sales Training. Did you know that… 1 new member joins LinkedIn every second.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A Brit writes to me on social media and wants to discuss referral selling. An Aussie reaches out to confirm his understanding of American prospecting practices. These are all true stories of social media connections that turned into international business conversations—no passport required. The Joy of Social Media.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

DON’T Cold Call on Social Media. Social media is a great tool for researching prospects and Referral Sources, and for positioning yourself as a thought leader. But it is not the place for a sales pitch. If you’re sending sales offerings to strangers on social media, you’re pretty much cold calling.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Now, with a quick Google search and a little time on our websites and social media, they can learn all about us. In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. When prospects come to us, they have problems that need to be solved —pain that needs addressing. is very good at homework.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. Now they have a wide-open platform on social media and email. The problem is with typical sales metrics. The trust the prospect has for the referral source is transferred to the salesperson. Trust should.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 15, 2014

Just because you’re not face to face with people on social media doesn’t mean etiquette goes out the door. Even when we’re online, manners matter—especially in sales, where career success is driven by relationships. Turns out, LinkedIn agrees with me and is now changing up its verbiage to reflect the true value of social media.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2013

It’s easier to go along with what everyone else is doing—to write blogs, comment on social media, write catchy email subject lines, rely on inbound marketing to fill your pipeline, and believe that 67 percent of the buying process is complete before prospects ever talk to a salesperson. DON’T Jump on the Bandwagon. Comment Here.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? When you receive referral introductions from people your prospects know and trust, they (and their gatekeepers) will happily take your call. Dump the Script We’ve all had to make calls from a script at some point in our sales career.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? How should we be using social media? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. To have a sales strategy you can execute, it must follow a structured path. How many heads do I need?

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

End the year with a bang using the only prospecting strategy that converts prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. Join me and Barb Giamanco for a Top Sales World webinar you won’t want to miss. Learn more.) Read more.)

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 10, 2025

Sales teams today need relevant data and insights to meet the buyer expectations precisely. That is where sales intelligence software comes into play. It provides the required data that sales teams need to find and target relevant customers, identify ideal prospects, personalize outreach, and close deals faster.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 2, 2014

Set manageable goals instead. The New Year’s resolution checklists are the same every year—mostly about eating healthier, losing weight, and managing our finances better. The media is flooded with articles about resolutions right now. The most critical element of your sales plan is the referral-selling goal. Comment Here.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 27, 2014

Your buyer will move on to your competition—after trashing your reputation and brand on social media. There’s an old saying in sales: Good, fast, cheap. One way to ensure you can respond quickly when prospects and clients need you is to stop taking on customers who aren’t worth your time. Be Realistic. Be Willing to Walk Away.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Enhancing lead generation is a top priority for any sales organization. But investing in more lead-sourcing technology is not the answer, nor is inbound marketing or social media. The only way to keep your pipeline full of HOT, qualified leads is to prospect through referrals. Even in Sales 2.0,

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2020

Sales groups on social media. Virtual sales groups give reps the opportunity to connect with other career-driven sales professionals from around the globe, empowering you to learn new skills from other salespeople who may not be in your immediate area. Sales Groups on LinkedIn. Sales Best Practices.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. Keep it customer-centric and accessible.

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

???????????? Discover how to integrate social media into your sales strategy. Sales VPs ask me all the time whether sellers should utilize social media. The post How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Sales Strategy first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Prospecting, seeking new opportunities and clients, is an integral part of sales. However, when it comes to prospecting, many salespeople experience fear. A driver of performance anxiety, it can lead to sales slumps, missed quota, and restricted pipelines. However, the media-driven perception can give us pause.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Experts have been quick to tell us that technology changes everything—that Sales 2.0 Social media, marketing automation, the cloud, and other technological innovations have transformed the way we work , but not how we sell. At the end of the day, sales is still about people buying from people. But it’s never about closing.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

That’s because inbound sales transforms selling to match today’s empowered buyer -- so sales reps can sell the way people buy. What is inbound sales? Inbound sales is a personalized, helpful, modern sales methodology. Here's how to understand the difference between inbound and outbound sales.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 22, 2025

Providing a secure central location to store your voluminous data, including your companys contacts and communication with customers, prospects, or anyone you with whom you engage, CRM lets you track all interaction, from likes on social media to emails, phone calls, and meetings.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 15, 2020

Here are eight paradoxes that will widen your peripheral view around how the top sales gurus think around selling, cold calling and prospecting for new business to win more sales in a volatile, uncertain marketplace. A champion mindset that wins more sales. The Eight Paradoxes of Prospecting. Another paradox!).

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 30, 2014

A prospect recently left a voicemail for me and stated his phone number so quickly that I had to listen to the message three times from two different phones. The business world is enamored with social media and texting as channels to communicate and connect. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Small Business'

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SalesFuel

MAY 6, 2024

Not all prospects will be easy to deal with, and you’ll encounter many types of difficult prospects. As HubSpot’s Jay Fuchs notes, “difficult prospects are a fact of sales life.” But even the most difficult prospects can be worked with to reach a deal. Efforts to work with these prospects require patience.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

Jeb is also a renowned author, having written eight hard-hitting books on sales development, including the best-selling, Sales EQ: How Ultra-High Performers Leverage Sales Specific Emotional Intelligence to Close the Complex Deal. She was even named to the Top 25 Most Influential in Inside Sales by AA-ISP.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 9, 2020

You know how important it is that you acquire meetings with your prospective clients. It’s vital that you have a strategy for prospecting that results in you sitting down face-to-face or ear-to-ear or video face to video face (as may be the case). Some believe that because they need to make sales, everyone is a prospect.

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criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As a sales leader, it can be a challenge to make sure your team is prospecting efficiently (or at all). That's why we put together something called the Prospecting Action Plan. This action plan puts your sales reps on the right track to ensure proper prospecting practices. Sales conversations. The Mechanics.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

In real estate, you have to understand that prospects aren't going to appear out of thin air. This is a concept known as real estate prospecting. And in the highly competitive world of real estate, prospecting can be challenging. Prospecting should be a fundamental part of your business strategy as a real estate professional.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

In an ideal world, sales reps would spend all day sending emails, taking calls, and ultimately, doing what they do best—selling. There’s a lot more to sales than meets the eye. Other selling tasks include prospecting, administrative work, data entry, market research, etc. Thursday is the best day to prospect.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 5, 2017

No salesperson should ever have to cold call to generate sales leads. It’s an ineffective prospecting strategy and a nuisance to buyers, most of whom ignore cold calls. Current clients at a prospect company are the best source of new business within their organizations. Stop Fooling Yourself—Your Prospecting Is Cold.

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