Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2020

Find the relevant publications in your industry and pitch them a story. Consider their readership, and draw upon your own experiences when pitching. It might simply be a unique angle on an old issue. If all else fails, a PR agency with the right contacts can do this for you.

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Closing Prospecting Referrals Trust 133

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2021

Update your contact information and link your personal website. John also uses this section to highlight the type of work he’s open for, as well as all of his contact information. Prospects are being pitched every single day by strangers hoping to connect with them on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Profile Tips for Jobseekers.

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Pitch Networking Up-sell Prospecting 128

Salesmate

MAY 1, 2020

Finally, you send a closing email to push your contact on to the final action you wish them to take. Email sequences, therefore, are a great way of convincing contacts. You can’t get through to any contact if they send you straight to their junk folder. Don’t get too informal with contacts who highly prize professionalism.

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Contact Angle Pitch Follow-up 103

Hubspot

APRIL 28, 2017

You're pitching your content to publications that might be interested in sharing it with different audiences. 2) Only pitch guest posts or backlinks that add value for the reader. Never, and I mean never , mass email an enormous contacts list with a pitch template. A backlink is just the cherry on top. 1) The preview.

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Pitch Angle Follow-up Start-ups 78

Hubspot

MARCH 13, 2012

So to help you excel with your own guest blogging efforts, here is a look at the mistakes guest bloggers commonly make when strategizing, pitching, and writing guest blog posts -- so you can avoid them and increase your chances of guest blogging success! Mistakes in Pitching Guest Posts. 6) Grammatical/Spelling Errors in Pitches.

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Pitch Angle Engineering Strategize 78

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

When you make contact, ask about the prospect’s remaining budget. The more you know, the more you can tailor your pitch. Don’t pitch too soon. Wait until you’ve figured out the right angle. Wait until you’ve figured out the right angle. Listen to where their thoughts are and pitch accordingly.

Prospecting 79

Prospecting Appointment Cold Call Sales 79

Hubspot

MAY 27, 2020

Next, make sure you prioritize your list and only pitch blogs that have: Domain Authority of 40 or higher (or Domain Rating if you're using Ahrefs). At this point, it's time to start thinking about how to pitch your guest post ideas. So first look for the website's guest blogging guidelines, then prepare your pitch idea.

Referrals 69

Referrals Pitch CRM Contact 69

CloserIQ

APRIL 23, 2019

Some possible sales metrics to look into could be: contact ratios, connection rates, sales growth, sales targets, sales to date, lead conversion, product performance, cannibalization, sell-through, sales per rep and average purchase value. Use your contacts. What are the right metrics to measure ? 5) Take multiple points of view.

Sales Support 88

Sales Support Negotiate A/B testing Technology 88

Hubspot

DECEMBER 21, 2011

If they are a technology reporter, you wouldn't want to pitch a sports story to them. If they are a business reporter, you shouldn't pitch a travel story to them. If you think your company is interchangeable with another company the reporter has written about, pitch the story to them. Tip #3: Listen - Use Twitter.

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Pitch Angle Sports Follow-up 70

Hubspot

DECEMBER 26, 2022

These minor talking points help you to share more of your personality and trustworthiness without the pressure of an immediate sales pitch. To avoid sending mixed signals and make sure to: Maintain a healthy amount of eye contact. Face the person you're speaking to, or angle your chair toward them if seated.

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Conversion Angle Sports Negotiate 73

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2011

You’ll have to have another angle if you want to get my attention. Contact Me FREE Download FREE. The Top 2 Sales Tips to Leverage the People in Your CRM or Contact System. Of Value Propositions and Elevator Pitches for B2B. Our Blog Is A Winner! 50 DAYS To Build Your Sales – 2nd edition. Recent Posts.

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Sales Angle Cold Call B2B 64

Hubspot

APRIL 28, 2014

Save that content for contacts further down the funnel, and rebalance your content to be education-heavy. By way of example, we often get pitched topics about how to code a mobile app. People that don''t know you don''t care about you. You''re writing too much "thought leadership.". This isn''t the stuff of 2003.

Education 78

Education Angle Pitch Gaming 78

Cience

APRIL 27, 2020

With shelter-in-place, there are now fewer Go To Market channels and smaller budgets (influencer marketing may never rebound either), so email and phone channels will be more critical to sustaining business and angling for growth through the next couple of years. Second, there’s no sales pitch. What about the typos?

Hospitality 66

Hospitality Angle Contract Appointment 66

Hubspot

APRIL 30, 2025

The prospect had bombarded me with tough questions and objections, and the whole time I thought they were poking holes in my pitch because they werent interested. Here are some common types, each of which signals prospect interest from a slightly different angle. I walked out feeling defeated, convinced Id blown it. Body language.

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Contract Objectives and Key Results Sales Prospecting 31

Hubspot

AUGUST 14, 2018

Further down the page, they use icons like a heart and a circle to illustrate their pitch angles, and graphs to showcase their results. Scrolling further, you're greeted with a simple "Contact Us" CTA. For instance, as you scroll, you'll see the results are illustrated in an infographic-design form as well as the text itself.

Campaign 101

Campaign Angle Networking Follow-up 101

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Developing a short, sweet pitch that is tailored by the publication and providing links and image assets to make it easy to cover your idea is important. Develop a newsworthy angle and press release for the first few days of your campaign. Don''t underestimate the reach and support of your own personal network.

Campaign 78

Campaign Commission Angle Follow-up 78

Beeketing

MAY 3, 2021

The eCommerce SEO strategy should have you conduct market research to identify the product-market fit, content gaps, USPs, and pitch angles so that your eCommerce website will have the maximum chance for success. The video below can be used as a starting point for identifying your pitch angle. . <Carmine

Growth 52

Growth Niche Angle Pitch 52

Hubspot

DECEMBER 31, 2015

When it came time to pitch journalists, we could reinforce the fact that "men wearing leggings" was newsworthy, as the topic had already been covered by other reputable sources. When your targeted reporter opens your pitch and scans your email you have one chance, as this is probably the 50 th pitch he/she has read that day.

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Pitch Drivers/motivators Launch Angle 53

Lead Fuze

JULY 24, 2023

This could be anything from incorrect contact details or outdated company profiles which results in wasted time and resources spent chasing ghosts instead of qualified leads. You need up-to-date contact information so you know exactly who you should be targeting with your sales funnel efforts. So what’s the solution here?

Lead generation 52

Lead generation Contact Pitch Drivers/motivators 52

Salesmate

JANUARY 13, 2021

A good negotiator uses contact management tool to keep all the data of all his prospects organized in one place. To win a prospect, you must think from their angle. Frequent call-to-actions, solid sales pitch, and closing deal on the spot is what a sales rep would do. Up your game of negotiation so even you can say that –.

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Negotiate Closing Technique Price 59

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

With 360° videos , viewers “scroll” around to see content from every angle — as if they were physically standing within the content. Place this at a 45-degree angle to the left or right of the subject. Next, place the fill light at a 45-degree angle on the other side and lift it close to or just above eye level.

Angle 101

Angle Objectives and Key Results X-functional CTR 101

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 4, 2022

Yes, it’s more expensive, but from a resource angle, we can pull in a C-suite for a Thursday and maybe the following Wednesday night, right? We bring a Keyfactor SME, of course, and our executives so it’s more peer to peer, but no presentations, no product pitches. And it can be two different geographic areas.

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Pipeline Campaign Sales Follow-up 98

Hubspot

MARCH 11, 2025

Experienced partners bring ideas and contacts you might not have access to, which can (or at least should) lead to further business growth. Joining forces with a business partner (or a few) can let you see things from a different angle. Not only did he have a lot of contacts at retail and consumer goods brands.

Legal 36

Legal Real Estate Retail Angle 36

Lead Fuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

In the first world, we are bombarded with offers, sales pitches , and ads each and every day. If you do cold outreach, you’re waking them up to your brand upon contact, and, at first, they probably won’t like being disturbed. You may actually see a different angle and another approach altogether.

Closing 52

Closing Appointment Sales Angle 52

Hubspot

OCTOBER 17, 2014

So in your next SlideShare, try opting for the "worst" angle instead of the "best" -- it could give you a boost in clicks. After you’ve collected leads, it’s easy to download a CSV and upload it into your contacts database. Include Numbers. 6) Targeted outreach to industry blogs.

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Lead generation Presentation Promote Networking 78

Highspot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Perhaps there’s a demographic you haven’t tapped into or a service angle you haven’t explored. For example, if the sales performance goal was to increase the effectiveness of sales pitches , the win rate is a great KPI to measure. The shorter your sales cycle, the lower your customer acquisition cost (CAC) will be.

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Objectives and Key Results Sales Quota Promote 59

Sales Hacker

MARCH 4, 2025

So we kind of did like a reverse, like a reverse engineering and looked and said, okay, when somebody contacted sales, what were typically the things that they did beforehands that led them to be interested?[00:16:00] They’re doing so much before they’re willing to contact sales. Is that how it Yes. Yeah, exactly.

GTM 71

GTM X-functional Start-ups Campaign 71

Hubspot

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This is because an overarching evergreen topic can lead you to brainstorm a number of smaller post ideas and story angles. As the HubSpot Blog's Audience Growth Writer, I pitch and write about various industry trends. At the HubSpot Blog, we often call our overarching evergreen topics "pillars." Promotion.

Engineering 15

Engineering Promote User Experience Niche 15

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2019

We had installment payments that we were pitching to a lot of companies. Aydin Senkut: But I kind of want to touch on that not obviously angle and I don’t know if you want to talk about how the team got together, some of the less talked about members of the team or KPIs and how you guys were so relentless on efficiency of capital.

E-commerce 59

E-commerce Start-ups Gaming Retail 59

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 19, 2021

All right, Jacco, if people want to reach out to you, they want to hire Winning By Design, they want to get more sound clips, they want to figure out why you listen to such terrible music, what is the best way to contact you? Jacco van der Kooij: The best way to find out more, and learn more about the things we talk about, is on YouTube.

Cross-sell 72

Cross-sell Up-sell Objectives and Key Results Start-ups 72

Lead Fuze

JULY 11, 2021

What is a sales pitch? A sales pitch is a message used to persuade a prospect to purchase a product or service. In most cases, a sales pitch should be short and to the point. Slideshare Presentation: Sales Pitch: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering the Message. 4 Ingredients on How to Make a Good Sales Pitch.

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Pitch Cold Call Sales Objectives and Key Results 98

Hubspot

JUNE 13, 2019

Keep reading to learn how you can properly create, pitch, and distribute a press release for optimal brand awareness. Along with crafting a press release that journalists are interested in, you’ll need to be super-specific with the people to whom you send your pitches. Get the journalists' contact details. Craft a killer pitch.

Pitch 101

Pitch Angle Contact Follow-up 101

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Two years ago, my sales pipeline was a mess leads ghosted after the first call, and I struggled to keep track of contacts with notes scattered across multiple tools. When I research accounts, I identify three types of contacts: Decision-makers the signers like the vice president of marketing or director of content. My response rate?

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Clients Sell Cross-sell Objectives and Key Results 41

Lead Fuze

JULY 13, 2021

We have a provider for that already, don’t be like many salespeople will who quickly respond by pitching their product or offering a lesser price. You can do some digging and find other people to contact, by using LinkedIn or leading generation tools like ZoomInfo, HubSpot Marketing Hubs ,DiscoverOrg , D&B Hoovers , and LeadFuze.

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Objectives and Key Results Drivers/motivators Angle Pitch 98

Lead Fuze

JUNE 2, 2021

Successful salespeople believe in the product that they’re pitching. Sharp angle close. To close a particular amount of deals in a month, you need to check your contact base and list of open deals. How well do you follow up with your contacts and deals on a casual basis also makes a difference?

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Technique Closing Cross-sell Sales 98

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Contact data became a commodity, and the more we reached out, the less we connected. The “Great Ignore” – screened calls, junk folders, blocked contacts, and a general disengagement from the very people sales teams are trying to reach. It also combines your value props to suggest how you might pitch the account. The result?

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GTM Launch Electricity Sales 73

Lead Fuze

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Plan Your Calls Carefully To start with, timing your calls right is key in reaching potential customers at a time when they are most receptive to your pitch. This part needs homework though – understanding what problems your prospects face and how your product/service solves them will give you that perfect pitch angle needed here.

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Cold Call Technique Objectives and Key Results Pitch 52