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

JANUARY 4, 2022

The best marketing emails are not meant to be read by one decision maker at one company. Viral marketing emails are meant to be read by the whole account. While you may cringe because the word viral reminds you of the Covid world we live in, the benefits of this email strategy far outweighs the non-existent disadvantages.

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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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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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Iannarino

JULY 30, 2021

The picture Mike sent me was a desk covered with handwritten envelopes and thank-you cards, ready to send out to his clients and prospects. The same trend has made many best practices so prevalent that entire swaths of selling are now fully commoditized, making many sales conversations transactional rather than consultative.

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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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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

How do you instantly tell the difference between a good cold email template and a bad one? Look at who wrote the cold email and their average response rates. Depending on your company, cold email writing is commonly shared between sales reps and marketing. million cold emails. million cold emails.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 30, 2024

But despite the uptick in visitors, your sales and leads remain lackluster. This article explores nine proven methods to help you turn SEO traffic into sales and leads. You might know the nuances of your site and sales funnel, but your users do not. Optimize for conversions You have traffic, and it’s time to make sales.

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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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Salesforce

JANUARY 29, 2024

That famous quote from Field of Dreams refers to a baseball field for ghosts, but can it also be applied to an email list? According to our research , email remains the best way to connect with customers. Let’s break down the basics of email list building: why you should be doing it and how to get started. It sure can.

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Martech

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Crafting emails that resonate with your audience and drive conversions is more challenging than ever. Even if you go this way, mind that it’s important to keep a human touch in your marketing and sales communications while optimizing your processes. In the best-case scenario, your emails will land in Promotions or Updates.

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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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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 send emails to any email address we have.

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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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Highspot

APRIL 30, 2024

With AI at their fingertips, sales teams can seamlessly discover resources that expedite action, connect with buyers more easily, and make more efficient decisions. Here are tips to leverage AI today in your business to optimize sales productivity. more views on their items.

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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. Writing emails. Whether you’re prospecting or setting up an email workflow, it’s faster than ever.

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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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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While this approach can generate traffic, it often fails to convert them into leads and sales. Thus, you’ll be able to build trust with prospects and streamline their decision-making. Conduct user interviews or ask your sales team to record calls with clients. A person who looks it up is in the market to spend money.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 15, 2021

When was the last time you read a sales prospecting email? I’m sales’ worst nightmare, I rarely ever open and read sales emails; like many, they are sent directly to my delete box. On occasion, when a prospecting email catches my eye, it’s because the sender personalized it.

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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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Lead Fuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The challenge lies in reaching out and engaging these prospects without breaking the bank. Discover how platforms like social media and email marketing can boost your site’s traffic without spending a dime. The internet is brimming with potential customers waiting for your products or services. How do you manually generate leads?

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

I’ve organized these by category: Data, campaigns, sales and strategy. The platform enables buying-committee selection, and message development and design for outbound campaigns through email and display advertising, all ready to run through Hubspot or Salesforce. Don Peppers and Martha Rogers will be proud.

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SalesFolk

MARCH 11, 2021

Do you include bullet points or numbered lists in your sales prospecting emails ? . It’s fine for drip marketing emails, which people subscribed or opted into, to include lists. It’s also fine to have a list in a sales email, once you’ve had a conversation with that sales prospect or opportunity. . (

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Typically, they use gated content to capture the prospect’s contact information so the sales team can nurture and convert them. Without a focused, integrated demand generation strategy, lead generation delivers disinterested leads that frustrate sales reps and result in low conversion rates.

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Salesforce

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In the very near future, I imagine a world in which SMBs use generative AI through Sales Cloud to streamline the sales process and close more deals faster and with fewer resources. Although it has the potential to transform sales, it will face several hurdles before it can become mainstream. Read the blog

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Salesmate

JANUARY 26, 2021

“Strong customer relationships drive sales, sustainability, and growth.” – Tom Cates. Now, they’re not just making a purchase; customers are interacting with sales executives and following their updates on various social media platforms. You’ll be surprised to know that 80% of new leads don’t convert into sales.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2021

At some point in the conversation, someone started talking about all the inept prospecting being inflicted on her. She complained about the emails, the constant junk calls on her mobile, the inept and inappropriate LinkedIn and other social media outreaches. For the past few years, I’ve kept a special email folder.

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Hubspot

APRIL 25, 2023

Here's the burning question: Does AI have a place in sales, and how does it affect our current sales processes? We'll review use cases of AI emails, their pros and cons, and the tools you should consider when adding this tech to your arsenal. Here are three examples of how teams use AI to generate sales emails.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 1, 2021

“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable, personal touches – at scale.” We firmly believe that email, as a communication channel, can turn out highly beneficial if approached in the right way. Let’s say, for instance; you’re on the receiving end of prospecting emails.

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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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Salesforce

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Companies have so many ways to connect with customers now, but it’s still hard to beat a well-written, well-timed email. In our latest research, 93% of people surveyed said that email was their primary channel for engaging with companies. What is email marketing and why does it matter? Is email marketing easy?

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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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Salesforce

JANUARY 12, 2024

Try adding a contact form (bonus if you have small business Customer Relationship Management (CRM ) software, and if you can connect a web form to lead routing for your sales people!). With a small budget, you can do lookalike targeting (aimed at prospects who are similar to your customers) to reach new audiences and potential customers.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Happy Tuesday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! Mike is the CEO of Green Leads, LLC , a global provider of sales and marketing lead generation services. With extensive experience sales leadership roles, he also works as a fractional C-level consultant. Email us at podcast@criteriaforsuccess.com! Changes in sales technologies.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 11, 2022

With sales, it’s no different. We learn through repeated prospecting calls, through finding great deals, developing and executing winning deal strategies. We learn how to make high impact sales calls by having lots of conversations with customers–whether through social engagement, email, phone, Zoom, or F2F.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Believe It Or Not, It’s Time for Your First User Conference One thing that always works in marketing is bringing your customers and prospects together IRL. You Have to Train Sales Reps 3–10. You have to start formal sales training by rep #3. How would you structure a sales team to get you from $10s to $100 millions in revenue?

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