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How Your First Meeting Repels Your Prospective Client

Iannarino

The Gist: The way to a second meeting is a valuable first meeting. The reason clients disengage is because the conversation isn’t one they find valuable. A lot of legacy practices prevent second meetings. How to Avoid a Second Meeting. Recently, I agreed to a video meeting with a sales organization.

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A Short Success Plan for B2B Sales and Enterprise-Level Clients

Iannarino

In an era dominated by digital screens, the profound advantage of investing time with your contacts cannot be overstated. Understand Client Needs : Beyond the surface, clients seek solutions, not just products. Schedule Regular Client Visits : Recently, one of my sales team members proposed visiting a prospect at their office.

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The Second Meeting: Syncing Value and Needs

Iannarino

There are several things making it more challenging to acquire a first meeting , like the overwhelming volume of emails, voicemails, and other messages your contacts receive. The upside of having data on your strategic clients is that you speed up your ability to contact them for a meeting.

Meeting 252
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How to Organize a Prospect List for Booking First Meetings

Iannarino

You always have open loops you need to close, like sending a new contact the case study they requested. Or perhaps you owe another client an edited contract for a new offering they are interested in buying. It's important to be organized in sales.

Meeting 279
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Do I Really Need To Be In These Meetings?

Heinz Marketing

As a marketing consultancy firm, we’ve worked with clients all over the spectrum, providing support to implement effective change and bring awareness to unknown issues. If you’re wondering how your teams are experiencing misalignment, here’s an example of a situation we supported a client through. Once upon a time…. And she was right.

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From Insight to Foresight: Crafting Strategic Outcomes

Iannarino

One of the most effective sales strategies is information disparity, knowing what your prospective client doesn’t know. If your contact already knows everything you tell them, it is difficult to create value for them in the sales conversation. This is one reason why buyers refuse a second meeting with a salesperson.

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First You Create Value

Iannarino

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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