Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

In addition to being a great Nicolas Cage movie, those four words also demonstrate what your prospect will be if you don’t have the right first impression formula for cold calling. Bookmark Now: Cold Calling - Everything a Sales Person Needs to Know. We help sales teams turn unproductive churning into generative earning.”

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Iannarino

JUNE 23, 2021

The Gist: Some salespeople try to acquire a meeting by mentioning their prospective client’s direct competiton. This approach is problematic because it implies that you’ll share confidential information that will somehow benefit your prospective client, making you untrustworthy. You Never Have to Kiss and Tell.

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Appointment Clients Sales Trust 295

Iannarino

JUNE 30, 2021

The Gist: Prospecting isn’t easy, but it’s even harder with a poor strategy. Our only tool in sales is a conversation, making language a primary variable to success. An aversion to prospecting is often caused by horrible approaches to asking for a meeting. The Aversion to Prospecting.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Gist: We have reached peak email prospecting, the point when its effectiveness begins an inevitable decline. It’s time to reimagine email’s role in prospecting. Surely, they think, low-level demons are behind the constant stream of sales emails , each one describing the wonders of Imp Inc. Making Email Valuable.

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Iannarino

JULY 4, 2021

The first thing you need to do is to create value for your prospective client. Many salespeople, though, launch the sales conversation with a firm intention to secure a signed contract and an agreement to install their “solution.” No more pushy sales tactics. But they’re not the only threat out there. Too Little Value.

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Iannarino

JULY 16, 2021

The Gist: We are increasingly choosing prospecting approaches that harm our professional relationships. We cannot continue to choose prospecting methods that destroy any possibility of a future relationship. Sadly, this is an indication of what sales organizations allow or condone. You need to make sales.

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Prospecting Cold Call Pitch Negotiate 312

Iannarino

AUGUST 7, 2021

The Gist: Some current sales practices actually prevent deals. There are certain strategies, tactics, and practices that prevent sales instead of producing them. Many of them are now so prevalent that sales organizations embrace them, even when their prospective clients reject them. Email Prospecting.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Depending on your company, cold email writing is commonly shared between sales reps and marketing. Fortunately for you and me, I’ve invited a cold email expert to complement this blog post who has sent over 2.5 Sales should own the core strategy and message, and they should never settle for a response rate below 25%.”

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Iannarino

JULY 9, 2021

While some sales organizations still use legacy approaches, none of them are based on high-pressure sales. Once they finished their assignment, I asked the students to raise their hand if one of their parents worked in sales. There is little chance that these potential salespeople have ever seen a high-pressure sale.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Field Sales Engagement is the process of engaging prospects, leads, and customers in face-to-face meetings. It’s a fundamental process in field sales because customers are looking for face-to-face consultations and conversations with their vendors. Don’t forget to read the Ultimate Guide to Field Sales Success .

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Iannarino

JUNE 24, 2021

“Do whatever it takes” sounds like a good way to succeed in sales , until you recognize that there are no constraints or guardrails. The profession of sales has a way of revealing your strengths, your weaknesses, and your vulnerabilities—those weaknesses that actively hinder your success. Improve Your Approach.

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Iannarino

JULY 24, 2021

There are (still) only two things we do in sales: we create opportunities and we pursue them. Build your sales workday around the outcomes you need to create, working in the order that enables the next outcome. There is an order of importance in sales, prioritizing certain tasks over others. In Order of Unimportance.

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Iannarino

JULY 3, 2021

Instead, believe that anyone with a phone and a heartbeat is a prospect. You are always better off identifying yourself, sharing the reason for your call , explaining the value you are offering in trade for your prospect’s time, and then asking them for a meeting. Step Three.

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Iannarino

JULY 14, 2021

The Gist: A new sales conversation is replacing the traditional sales call. Clients increasingly find traditional sales approaches to be inadequate—and it’s causing them to avoid salespeople. There is a new sales conversation , and it shares little with legacy sales techniques of 10, 25, or even 50 years ago.

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Iannarino

JULY 21, 2021

You best approach to differentiating yourself from your competition is enriching the sales conversation. The other day, a salesperson asked for my feedback on a prospecting email he’d written. the prospective client) what my existing partner was doing for me, and whether or not I was happy with their program and their support.

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Veloxy

APRIL 25, 2022

As we’ve shared in past blog posts on cold calling , saying that something is ‘dead’ is becoming a catchy headline and a trend. The truth of the matter is that when a sales tactic is considered ‘dead’, it’s usually something that ‘once worked’ that has died, ie. Sales productivity. Let’s clear the air. Don’t do that.

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Hubspot

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible.

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Martech

OCTOBER 19, 2023

HubSpot’s September releases include a leads view in the prospecting workspace, AI additions, reporting improvements and more. This leads view allows sales reps and managers to use one place in HubSpot to review new leads, enroll them in a sequence and see the previous and next action. See the key features in this video.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

You can curate content paths and experiences that align with the unique needs and interests of each account, increasing engagement and driving conversions within your most valuable prospects. Sales Enablement In B2B, it’s crucial to provide sales teams with the right tools to close deals effectively.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

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. Blog vs. Podcast: Which Is the Best Choice for Your Business? A look at the differences between blogs and podcasts to help you decide what your business might benefit most from.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many salespeople waste too much time on prospects with little to no chance of converting. Meanwhile, the good prospects they should’ve focused on have already gone cold. This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. Read on to learn more.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. We see some people that seem to make prospecting look easy.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

A highly curated group of 200 GTM leaders, 85% director level and above across Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships. Data from Crossbeam shows that ELG is the third-most cost-effective strategy behind customer referrals and inbound sales. Stuck trying to engage a prospect? A chance to tour (and maybe even race on?)

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Building a sales funnel that aligns with your business goals is essential. Each funnel stage defines your steps to turn prospective buyers into customers, even if they’ve never heard of your business before. What is a sales funnel? Each step represents an action the sales org must take to convert a prospect to a customer.

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Martech

JUNE 23, 2023

HubSpot’s May releases include a prospecting workspace, playlists for coaching, an AI content assistant for social media, content approvals and many releases related to goals. Previously, many teams had to leave HubSpot and use a point solution to manage the high volumes of daily prospecting activities efficiently. Get MarTech!

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Membrain

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

If You Don't Take Action, You Won't Get Results In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount and David Newman, author of Do It! Determine where to publish, speak, network, post, and participate in blogs, portals, forums, and communities to reach this audience. Marketing and Do It! Stay put or go out and do something.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 15, 2024

Any savvy marketer knows you build trust with your prospects by being helpful and sharing. Example Initial goal: Write a blog post about our eco-friendly kitchen products. This engagement will likely lead to higher sales and customer loyalty. Fourth analysis: I want higher sales and customer loyalty. Ask, “So what?”

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SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 5 Top Tips to Drive Down Churn in The Early Days 5 Interesting Learnings from Atlassian at $3.2 SaaStr 680: The Most Important SaaS Metrics of 2023 with monday.com Co-Founders and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin  2.

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Martech

JULY 21, 2023

Content Assistant streamlines content creation for marketing and sales teams. It suggests blog titles, generates post outlines, writes content for various platforms and consolidates content marketing workflows into one place. Whether you’re prospecting or setting up an email workflow, it’s faster than ever. Generate blog ideas.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

One key strategy that can significantly impact B2B success in such times is sales enablement. In this blog, we will delve into the importance of sales enablement during challenging periods, exploring its benefits and providing actionable insights to help businesses thrive.

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B2B Objectives and Key Results Drivers/motivators Strategize 108

Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Businesses use content marketing strategies to generate brand awareness, educate prospects and customers and establish credibility. guides, articles, blog posts, graphics, videos, social posts, etc.) It’s often used as a top-of-the-funnel tactic to attract prospects and turn them into leads or customers.

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Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Are you grappling with the challenge of finding the right prospects for your business? In this insightful blog post, we will delve into the world of prospecting, account selection, and the transformative impact of data-driven strategies. This leads us to the third and final step: social selling and spear selling training.

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Prospecting Sell Pipeline Strategize 69

Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s no different in sales — only instead of game rules, you use a sales cycle to make sure you’re following the right steps at the right time. Let’s take a look at the stages of a sales cycle, and how you can use it to secure regular deal wins. What you’ll learn: What is a sales cycle?

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Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Sales Technique 110

Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

It’s easy to get wrapped up in shiny new prospecting methods or techniques. But, let’s not forget about the basics in sales! The sales landscape has (obviously) changed over the past few months. Even our blog has dedicated significant entries … Read More »

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Every day, I spend at least 15-20 minutes cleaning my inbox, mobile, and InMail from prospecting messages. Mind you, these are not spam, but legitimate prospecting messages from people trying to catch my attention. Prospecting has always been a challenge, but these days, it is even more challenging. How Do You Want To Be Sold?

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