Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This data-driven guide dissects the science behind powerful B2B calls to action along with insider tips and winning examples. While I can’t guarantee you overnight success, I promise you’ll walk away inspired and armed with powerful tactics to take your B2B outreach to the next level. Shows value without feeling like a sales pitch.

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Martech

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The B2B sales cycle is lengthy and complex. Regular follow-ups, reminders and negotiations offer little to no satisfaction for both parties. Identify your ideal customers precisely Developing a solid ideal customer profile (ICP) is your starting point for B2B marketing success. Sales isn’t easy. Click here to take the survey 3.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether you sell furniture or enterprise software, you face the same challenge: finding the right words to say. Sending cold emails, leading prospects through sales calls, and following up all take time and articulation. Sales teams everywhere are starting to use AI to streamline these processes and craft better pitches.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 26, 2018

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. The Dismal State of B2B Email Creative. Unfortunately, poorly designed B2B emails aren’t hard to find these days. Leverage Sales Data to Sell Better. Here’s why.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell. Consider using an automation SaaS and hiring external assistants who can enrich your prospecting list and add up the missing data.

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 7, 2021

At The 5% Institute is to teach, empower, and serve Sales Professionals and Business Owners around the world – which is why we created a premium B2B sales course. The 5% Sales Blueprint ; our B2B sales course, is a 100% online delivered sales training program, completely designed with the end user in mind. Our Mission.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 15, 2021

Have you ever wanted to actually follow through with a cold pitch you got on LinkedIn? I ran an experiment about people on LinkedIn pitching on their first couple of messages. During that experiment, 70% of the people who pitched had done so on the first message. Was I pitched? Anyone can solicit, but not anyone can sell.

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Adaptive Business Services

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve built up your book of business, your marketing is a fine-tuned lead generating machine, but are your pitches closing as many deals as they should be? In this guide we’ll explore simple yet effective “hacks” to increase your pitch acceptance rate, close more deals and grow your book of business. #1

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Iannarino

JULY 16, 2021

He conceded that he only wanted to pitch me. My radar is fairly fine-tuned, so I can normally detect the “connect and pitch” variety of LinkedIn spammers. Few professionals would sell something to someone who wouldn’t benefit from what they sell. Sadly, many have given up hope. No one owes you a meeting.

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Hubspot

JUNE 5, 2018

Your sales pitch can make or break the deal, so it’s a good idea to have that nailed down before meeting with your customer. I’ve been in sales for 15 years and have heard some really great pitches and some really bad ones. I’ve been in sales for 15 years and have heard some really great pitches and some really bad ones.

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Hubspot

APRIL 6, 2023

If you’re a B2B company, ecommerce is a necessity for your business. As a McKinsey & Company study found, 65% of B2B companies sold exclusively online in 2022. B2B ecommerce strategies also differ greatly from B2C (business-to-consumer) ecommerce. In this post, we highlight the top 10 for 2023: 1.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 7, 2024

Marketers sell! At least Carlos Hidalgo sells. Sometimes, “we” have mis-conceived notions about selling, thinking that only those in some sort of formal sales role sells. But selling goes far beyond the titles. And some of the very best have never had a selling title. Preface : Surprise!!

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Late in 2020, executive leadership at Accenture recognized that their business-to-business (B2B) sales transformation offering was not going to serve clients the way they needed it to. When you think B2B sales, you probably imagine folks getting on an airplane every day, knocking on doors, trying to get someone to listen to their pitch.

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Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Today’s buyers are constantly bombarded by sales pitches and presentations. In this article, you†re going to learn how to make a sales pitch with an easy 6-step framework that will get results every time. Step 1 To Make A Pitch: Know Your Customer. Step 2 To Make A Pitch: Tie up the Problem for Your Solution.

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Outreach

MAY 14, 2019

What is B2B Sales? Business-to-business (B2B) describes a commercial relationship between business entities. Building on that definition, B2B sales is the process by which B2B companies engage decision makers at other companies to sell products or services. How Are B2B and B2C Sales Different? Sales Process.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

When a B2B buyer picks up a cold call, they instantly think you got their name and number from a list. I’ve worked with dozens of regional sales managers at telecom companies T-Mobile and Comcast, multiplying revenue by eliminating non-selling activities that bog down field sales reps. Demonstrate that you know their business.

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Outreach

APRIL 15, 2021

On Thursday, May 13th, I’m hosting our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Breakfast, where I’ll share executive-level findings from research I led for the Journal of Selling's special edition on women in B2B sales— It's Time To Move Beyond Lean-In: Breaking Institutional Barriers to Empower Female Sales Leaders.

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Openview

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

You may have all the answers to commonly asked questions and have no problem pitching your product, but your value proposition only goes so far. With 30 percent of the workforce now made up of millennials, it’s important to understand how sales are changing from both a professional and consumer’s standpoint.

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B2B Pitch Gaming Clients 101

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In a lineup of all Enterprise B2B SaaS companies with similar features, investors can only choose one or two per year. A Founder’s Story Nine years ago, Akriti was the founder of a B2B company that sold accounting software to small to medium-sized businesses in India. So what drives that decision? Only three came back.

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 17, 2021

This makes it the best place to look for sales prospects, especially if you are in the B2B space. Once you have your list of sales prospects, you should conduct extensive research on them in order to make your sales pitch as persuasive as possible. LinkedIn Sales Navigator. LinkedIn is the #1 professional social network in the world.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s interesting to see continued predictions of the death of selling. Some focus on PLG types of approaches, where the product sells itself–at least until one wants to scale that to the enterprise level. I actually never see anything about this other than within the selling community. Hmmm, what am I missing?

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Iannarino

JUNE 15, 2021

The idea of what makes up value in B2B sales has changed dramatically over time. Later sales pitches added “advantages.” Typically, the salesperson’s knowledge would be limited to their products and services, expertise that is still necessary but no longer sufficient for modern B2B sales.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 20, 2023

Much has been said and written about the human side of selling. And how exactly should you apply it to everyday selling activities? How to Cultivate the Human Side of Selling Spending most of your day nurturing the human experience you share with prospects, leads, and customers is easier said than done.

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Outreach

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What is B2B Sales? Business-to-business (B2B) describes a relationship, situation, or marketplace between one business entity and another. A B2B company is one whose target customers are other businesses. Common examples of B2B relationships include: Organizations that provide professional services (e.g.

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ClickFunnels

JANUARY 30, 2022

The post The Top 5 Strategies To Sell Without Selling appeared first on ClickFunnels. So how can you convey the value of what you offer without the potential customers getting their guards up? This is where the “selling without selling” comes in. This is where the “selling without selling” comes in.

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Sales Pop!

JUNE 28, 2021

It’s a prospect that’s leaning your way after having heard your ‘un-sales’ pitch over a rather lengthy engagement period. They’re on cruise control with you in the driver’s seat (at least until you do something stupid that destroys all the currency you’ve built up with them). What’s a ‘leaner’? They believe you and they trust you.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Just be sure you print and bookmark this blog post so you can take it with you wherever you go, wherever you sell. In its simplest form, cold calling is the act of calling someone whom you’ve never had contact with before, with the ultimate intention of selling them your product or service. They’ll thank you for it.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Real Estate Up-sell 211

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In this guide, we’ll look at what remote selling is and why it’s replacing traditional sales models. Remote sales or virtual selling is the process of prospecting, engaging, and closing deals from a remote location. Why remote selling is the future of sales . 70 to 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote interactions.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sales execs can screw up so many things and still close a lot if they just get 1 thing right If they just are a true subject matter expert in the product they sell Yet so many aren't — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? I just needed to pitch his entire team. Make sure any sales execs you hire … can sell you your pen.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The 34% turnover rate in B2B SaaS sales speaks for itself. In this article, I’ve tried to organize the wisdom, experiences, and sales pitching tactics from some of our top sales minds into a handy listicle that you can comb over in less than 5 minutes. Pitch Tactic #1 – Be brutally honest from the get-go. REALLY listen.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

I’ll talk you through figuring out if you’re ready to hire salespeople, and make my pitch for why a founder-led sales strategy makes sense for early B2B startups. What happens if you hire a sales team too early in the life of your B2B startup? How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team? Virtually zero.

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The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Tips For Outbound Sales Calls #2 – Don’t Pitch Right Away. The second on our list of tips for outbound sales calls, is that we teach our Students not to pitch up front. Related article: B2B Sales Strategy – A Step By Step Guide. B2B cold calling tip three – is making that actual call.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 23, 2022

welcome to “How I Work It – Social Selling”. There is a lot of confusion, particularly with B2B, regarding how to implement social selling. Tom takes the mystery out of social selling by consistently demonstrating key elements including … Authenticity. Today we are joined by Tom Pick of Webbiquity.

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Sell Objectives and Key Results Networking Pitch 101

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, this isn’t the stage for your reps to go all-in and try to pitch your product. That’s why your reps need to spend time qualifying potential buyers before making their pitch. Pitch your solution. Once your reps have found a qualified potential buyer, it’s time to pitch them. Qualify buyers.

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Highspot

APRIL 4, 2019

In the age of chatbots, voice response systems, and AI-assisted customer support, customers have become hungry for human interaction — buyers around the world would pay up to 16% more for a better customer experience. When we see a different account’s pitching rate plateau, we can make a recommendation to implement Pitch Experiences.”

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 18, 2023

The risk of B2B sales is a career risk, not a financial risk. B2B salespeople are necessary because buyers risk their careers when making buying decisions. If they didn't care about their self-image, they would just hang up. As a seller, it's essential to establish trust with your audience, especially in B2B sales.

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