Iannarino

JULY 29, 2021

Without meaning to, my friend Jeb Blount created quite a clamor on LinkedIn. He argued (and I agree) that the phone should start your sequence. The reason is simple and straightforward: if the person who answers your call agrees to a meeting, you no longer need a sequence. First, one-to-many messaging is marketing, not sales.

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Iannarino

JULY 4, 2021

The Gist: Your clients measure your performance by the value of the conversations they have with you. Your intentions can spoil the outcomes you hope for by preventing the conversation from being valuable to your contacts. The first thing you need to do is to create value for your prospective client.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 7, 2021

There is nothing more important to your results than effectiveness. Many of them are now so prevalent that sales organizations embrace them, even when their prospective clients reject them. The list here is long but worth studying, as every practice listed here will discourage your client from buying from you—now or in the future.

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Iannarino

JULY 21, 2021

The Gist: There is never a reason to trash your competition. The more mature your contact, the more you’ll alienate them by focusing on your competitor. You best approach to differentiating yourself from your competition is enriching the sales conversation. His email began by asking me (i.e.,

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Iannarino

JUNE 30, 2021

The salesperson who called me was talking very fast, and I had a difficult time making out what she was trying to say. The gist, I think, was something about having a discovery call to see how her solutions could help me book more meetings with my prospective clients. This salesperson was using the script her company provided.

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Iannarino

JULY 3, 2021

The Gist: No one likes getting a straight pitch on LinkedIn. I even take the spam calls that reach my iPhone, working very hard to persuade the person trying to steal from me to quit their job and find a more honorable profession. Do not target the companies that already buy what you sell or are highly likely to start doing so.

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Iannarino

JUNE 15, 2021

At one time, information about your products and services would have been valuable enough to earn a meeting. Later, information about your solution seemed to hold the value, as it solved the client’s problem. The idea of what makes up value in B2B sales has changed dramatically over time.

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Iannarino

JULY 7, 2021

Your prospective clients measure you by how much value you create for them in a number of areas. One way to improve your approach is to remove the crutches you have used to sell. Here is the scenario: You are meeting with your prospective client. You may not mention your product, service, or your solutions.

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Sell Cold Call Contact Clients 334

Iannarino

JULY 8, 2021

The Gist: Most discovery is too shallow to create much value for your prospective clients. Identifying a prospective client’s problem is a tried and true approach, the core of legacy solution selling. But articulating a problem is only the first step: your client isn’t going to change if they are not compelled to do so.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Click below to listen to the blog post. In that same report, Salesforce found that companies were planning to invest in sales technology and other initiatives that would help their reps spend more time on the activities that generate revenue. At Veloxy, we help our clients sell easier, faster, and smarter. Imagine this.

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Iannarino

JULY 22, 2021

The Gist: One of the primary obstacles to better results is a refusal to unlearn poor techniques. The salesperson believes that more leads are better than fewer leads, regardless of the quality of the lead. Those who have accomplished some end state we might call “better” are right to scale up their activity.

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Iannarino

JUNE 13, 2021

The legacy solution approach moved us away from transactional models, in response to what clients needed from a salesperson. Without distinguishing among them, you can easily lose complex deals where value creation dominates a client’s buying decision. Legacy Laggard Approaches. Legacy Solutions.

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Iannarino

JUNE 18, 2021

The legacy solution approach to B2B sales added a level of proof, to provide clients with the confidence necessary to adopt their solution. The modern approach requires the ability to resolve difficult concerns that prevent clients from moving forward. From Legacy to Modern Sales Approaches Parts 1-5: Part 1 | Approaches.

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Iannarino

JUNE 25, 2021

The Gist: When we focus on selling, we can lose sight of our obligation to create value for our prospective clients. You must provide your prospective clients with the ability to improve their results. Working to be your client’s competitive advantage is the surest and truest path to winning deals.

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Iannarino

JUNE 12, 2021

Embrace fearless value creation: respond to what your prospective clients need from you, in order to create and win an opportunity. Salespeople adapt because they recognize the client’s needs for insights and work to address them. I used a well-designed script codified on index cards in a binder.

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Iannarino

JUNE 22, 2021

The legacy approaches follow processes that were effective in the past, but they have been consistently losing their value for sales organizations and their clients. Needless to say, many sales leaders ended up disappointed. . The modern approach is a tremendous improvement, even though it requires more of the salesperson.

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Iannarino

JUNE 26, 2021

The Gist: In the past, salespeople had an advantage created by an information disparity: the salesperson had information unavailable to their client. We spend a lot of time helping our clients by teaching them how to produce the better decisions they need, closing the information disparity gap. What They Value.

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Veloxy

MARCH 24, 2022

But when the prospect picks up the phone and is greeted by someone who they’ve never heard from before, yet the caller knows quite a bit about them and the business, it’s still a cold call. If you’re interested in accelerating sales cycles with cold calling, you’re only one book way from experiencing exponential results!

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ClickFunnels

JULY 21, 2021

For obvious reasons, then, crafting your own elevator pitch is useful — not just for elevator rides, but for sales calls, webinars, stage presentations, and even sales pages. Obviously, an elevator pitch is effective if it achieves the salesperson’s desired result: conversion. So the most effective ones are direct and to-the-point.

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 9, 2021

The post 8 Sales Prospecting Ideas To Boost Sales & Conversions appeared first on ClickFunnels. You have to identify your dream customer, find them, get their contact information, build trust, and explain the value of your product or service. Learn How to Build a HUGE List of Your Dream Customers (Free Training)!

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

60% of customers will shake their head NO to a sale up to 4 times before they actually say YES to it. Sadly, many sales reps miss their opportunity to get the YES when 48% of them don’t do the necessary follow-up. What is a salesperson to do? It’s time you replace your dart board with a crystal ball.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Learn how easy it is to become the highest-performing field sales professional at your company. Fortune 500 and Inc 5000 companies have found continued success with new field sales strategies and technology, and a new number one key performance indicator (hint: it’s not quota). What is Field Sales and Why is it Still Important?

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Territory Inside sales Outside Sales Pharmaceutical 244

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With the information in this blog, you’ll have a better understanding of how to effectively use open ended questions to drive your sales success (especially if you’re in field sales). This is why open ended questions are great for gathering information and understanding the needs, wants, and pain points of a customer.

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criteria for success

JULY 12, 2022

Does your team share sales best practices? Here's a tip: As you read through this list with your sales team, be sure to update your Sales PlayBook! Most salespeople would agree that prospecting is one of their key responsibilities, but few will take the time to create a plan. Why should your buyer buy from you?

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In fact, 51% of executives would rather hear from sales reps via phone compared to email, LinkedIn, and in-person visits. It’s acting as your customer’s go-to trusted advisor by delivering a value-added, consultative, and personalized experience. And share it with your sales colleagues. They’ll thank you for it.

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

ClickFunnels

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to HubSpot , 61% of marketers consider generating traffic and leads to be their biggest challenge, which is probably why 53% of marketers spend at least half of their budget on lead generation. And without automation — systems and software that generate leads on autopilot — scaling lead-gen is nigh on impossible.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. Read on and learn from people already in the field. Some people won’t easily part with their hard-earned cash for your product or service.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2021

By Payal Parikh , Director of Client Engagement at Heinz Marketing. The last blog post I wrote about what Intent Data is, the different types of Intent Data signals , and why do you need intent data. I would like to dive deeper into this topic and provide some information on how to leverage intent data in your B2B marketing.

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Lead Fuze

AUGUST 7, 2021

Understand the Customer’s Buying Patterns. Salespeople sometimes find the buying patterns of buyers to be quite baffling. Why all these questions? Why not make a decision? And, just as good salespeople have a system for selling, good buyers have buying patterns. What sorts of things can we conclude from this?

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Negotiate Price Up-sell Clients 98

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or inside sales expert, we can all agree on a few things. One; sales is no longer just about high pressure, ‘won’t take no for an answer’ pitches. If you don’t keep up with the changes, it’s easy to get left behind. Good thing you found your way here! Always Be Following-Up (ABF!)

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Lead Fuze

JULY 3, 2023

Effectively following up with leads is an essential ability for sales representatives, marketers, and entrepreneurs alike; this guide will cover various tactics to assist in the process. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into various strategies that can help you properly follow up with potential clients.

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Sales Nexus

JULY 20, 2021

Have you considered using text message marketing to communicate with prospective and current clients? How can you use text message marketing in the right way to nurture your sales leads? Watch the video below to find out how to utilize CRM tools to nurture your sales leads using Text Message Marketing. It was unique.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

For example, people used to want faster horses to get from point A to point B faster, but a certain Henry started selling them cars and did pretty well. Our cybersecurity services will protect your customers’ personal data, which means protecting you from lawsuits and fines. This approach demands more from the salespeople.

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Sell Legal Niche Up-sell 52

Lead Fuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

We have prepared the roundup of the best sales blogs just for you! “ Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. Get your Feedly (or favorite RSS reader) ready. One of the top destinations on the web for all sales subject matter.

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PandaDoc

JULY 1, 2020

Prospecting is the process of searching for potential buyers (the prospects) that are good fits for your service or product and then communicating with them in a way that moves them to the next stage of a sales pipeline. The goal of prospecting is to convert leads (contacts) into prospects (potential buyers) into clients.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 18, 2023

No matter if you are a salesperson, headhunter, entrepreneur, advertiser or local business owner, the capacity to draw in and change over potential customers can decide your prosperity. It’s a big deal, and here’s why: businesses thrive on new leads.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 1, 2020

Perhaps they are both and here is why … . out to you and your company.”. Will I soon be caught up in paralysis by analysis ? This is one of the reasons why folks request recommendations (IRL and on the internet) from those who are already within their trusted circles. informed than ever before.

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