ClickFunnels

JULY 24, 2025

Because when you set your business funnel up the right way, a single one can branch into several ways to make money. Re-Engage Past Buyers With Automated Follow-Ups 7. You’re not just selling a product. This makes your offer feel more like a logical next step than a sales pitch. Yep—just one.

E-commerce

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 15, 2025

When I was growing up there was a well-traveled road with eight gas stations next to each other, and there were non-stop price wars with prices ranging from 17.9 Wouldnt it be easier for everyone if the prices were rounded up to the next full cent? Then he took a think-it-over and arranged to follow up by e-tablet.

Engineering

Search Engine Land

AUGUST 14, 2024

If you haven’t been keeping up with the role of automation and AI in lead gen advertising, this article includes advice and experiences on: Managing your ad strategy. AI tools to help you level up fast. As you implement or level up your comfort with AI, remember that ad accounts are not always your biggest lever for improvement.

CRM

Highspot

MAY 15, 2025

The best pitch decks follow a story arc that connects the problem to your solution with clear proof and a strong CTA. You’ve practiced your pitch, you know the customer’s pain points, and the value you can offer. Many sales teams build a sales pitch deck once and never touch it again. The pitch is the act.

Pitch

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Our conversation ranged from the impact of AI to the growing importance of a consultative selling mindset in modern selling. Below, youll discover practical insights you can leverage to sharpen your competitive edgeregardless of what industry or region you sell intoand take advantage of these emerging trends.

Consult

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I have no idea what episode we are currently on, but it’s getting up there. For the past 15 years, he has really excelled as a marketing leader, following a decade as a product leader. They’re signing the renewals, the cross-sell, up-sell. And thank you all for rocking with us every week.

GTM

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2025

The CEO of a marketing platform sent me what was actually a pretty strong pitch. The timing of the pitch and value prop was perfect. And here’s the kicker: the more sophisticated your AI sounds, the higher the trust tax when it screws up. Good positioning, clear value prop, strong social proof. ” Dude.

Pitch

Hubspot

APRIL 9, 2025

Some, like scheduling follow-up emails or creating a repeatable framework for researching prospects, streamline your day without harming the quality of your work. During an enterprise software pitch, a prospect threw out an unexpected question one that shifted the conversation in the wrong direction. Be equally ready.

Real Estate

Hubspot

OCTOBER 15, 2024

"This makes your conversation feel more personal and genuine, and the prospect can tell you‘re not just throwing out a pitch. When a prospect brings up a concern, you won‘t be caught off guard — you’ll already have the answers ready. Wouldn‘t you be hesitant to follow their advice? Define problems, and ask insightful questions.

Prospecting

Sales Gravy

MAY 29, 2025

AI is everywhere: in social selling, content creation, automation, to say the least. What if your follow-up email was already drafted after a call, incorporating specific points from the conversation? It'll suggest the optimal time to follow up based on the prospect's communication preferences.

Objection handling

Hubspot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Youre selling something to someone who just wouldnt budge. No matter how you angle your pitch, how well you attempt to align your solution with their needs, or how many glowing testimonials you share, theyre just not buying it. Truthfully, gap selling takes patience, practice, and persistence to master.

Intrinsic

Hubspot

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This shift in focus, from selling features to solving a specific pain point, increased our engagement and conversion rates dramatically.” Leading With the Hard Sell Right Away Sandra Stoughton , Director of Marketing Operations at TruBridge , says, "A common mistake is leading with a hard sell right away.

Cold Call

Hubspot

JUNE 16, 2025

Pitching clients, negotiating partnerships, growing a network. You show you can identify hidden revenue opportunities and automate follow-ups that close deals faster. Prepare to deliver a compelling mock sales pitch or role-play. By doing this, they turned a cold pitch into a consultative conversation,” Wickett says.

Objectives and Key Results

Hubspot

AUGUST 7, 2024

Each sales demo environment should be built up around the basics: Who is the target audience, and what story are you selling to the market? When I’m setting up a new environment, I always start by establishing why the stakes are high for the prospect in question. Coworkers all tied up? Step 3: Prepare the environment.

Closing

SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2025

Be ready to sell yourself. In interviews, you’ll need to demonstrate that you can sell the company’s product better than anyone else. Practice pitching their product as if you’re already on the team. The best VP of Sales candidates have a few top-performing reps who would follow them to a new company.

Referrals

Salesforce

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While the steps are laid out here to follow the acronym, the order itself is inconsequential. Your sales pitch for each of these prospects should highlight different features and case studies to cater to their priorities. Be prepared to navigate discussions and sales pitches with multiple parties to close the deal.

E-commerce

Highspot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When sales managers don’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized coaching sessions for each rep on their team, it may be time to use AI sales coaching – your always-on coaching assistant. This ensures that reps have access to the most effective and up-to-date sales strategies and techniques.

Objectives and Key Results

Hubspot

JULY 22, 2024

I've sent business emails for everything from driving referrals to flexing my expertise for prospects to delivering cold pitches — along with a host of other purposes. They're typically sent following initial conversations, meetings, or proposals (shocking, I know.) Types of Business Emails 1.

Clients

Highspot

AUGUST 10, 2025

Key takeaways Sell sheets help go-to-market teams deliver relevant, consistent messaging to potential customers, making it easier to tell a unified product story in deal discussions and accelerate leads’ decision-making. You likely have go-to pitches, customizable scripts and templates, and a wealth of sales collateral to choose from.

Closing

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 26, 2025

That means: CSMs receiving alerts from product usage or NPS spikes Marketing launching dynamic nurtures triggered by signal thresholds Sales following up with tailored plays linked to behavior or milestones Example Workflow 4. From Signals to Sequences: Activation Across Teams Capturing signals is just step one.

GTM

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. But navigating social selling isn‘t always straightforward. That’s why we here at The HubSpot Sales Blog reached out to some experts for their takes on the mistakes you need to avoid while social selling.

Sell

Hubspot

JULY 23, 2025

It shows up in morale, in consistency, and in confidence. When I’m onboarding a new rep or training a founder who’s doing their own outreach, the first thing I look for is this: Do they have a customer journey they can follow, or are they winging it? Funnels help you sell the way people buy. In Awareness, I don’t pitch.

SQL

RingDNA

APRIL 11, 2025

offers powerful Salesforce dashboards right out of the box that makes tracking many of the following metrics turnkey. If you’re looking to gain insight into the core health of your outbound sales team, the following metrics are a fantastic place to start. But whether you decide to use Revenue.io By the way, Revenue.io

Quota

Hubspot

JULY 18, 2025

For example, when I worked with a project management SaaS client, we mapped a typical buyer journey like this: A marketing director realizes their team is missing deadlines (Awareness), compares tools like Asana and Monday.com (Consideration), and then signs up for a free trial with my client’s software (Decision).

Referrals

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Product training is a structured learning process that helps team members understand, communicate, and sell a product. According to Gartner, 77% of B2B buyers say their most recent purchase felt “very complex or difficult,” highlighting the importance of thorough product knowledge for anyone selling or supporting a solution.

Product

RingDNA

JUNE 15, 2025

Author Robert Louis Stevenson once stated that “everyone lives by selling something.” ” No matter the products or services you’re selling, sell them better and you’re likely to live better. When formulating an ideal sales strategy, what you are selling matters less than to whom you are selling.

B2C

ClickFunnels

JULY 29, 2025

The post How to Pre-Sell Your Course Idea with a Webinar Funnel appeared first on ClickFunnels. But what if you could sell it before you even build it—and do it with confidence? Pre-selling your course with a webinar funnel isn’t just about making early revenue. Pre-selling flips the script. Registration Page 2.

Sell

Hubspot

JULY 22, 2024

I know, I know, you'd rather just pick up the phone and call. Here‘s one thing I never fail to do: Look up how to pronounce the prospect’s name. You should also follow their pronouns if they are listed in their LinkedIn bio. Is it ok if I send you a follow-up email to review at your convenience? Introduce yourself.

Cold Call

Hubspot

JULY 30, 2024

Then, the game changed when I leveled up my sales email writing game with curiosity-provoking subject lines, strong body text, and compelling closing statements. Personalized offers that aligned with my company’s unique selling proposition (USP) tended to be the best way to wrap up my emails and generate positive campaign outcomes.

Closing

Sales Gravy

JULY 24, 2025

You're mid-pitch, and you watch your prospect's eyes glaze over—their mind somewhere else entirely. You follow up relentlessly, only to get ignored. You sound like a pitch, not a person. You stop pushing your solution on people who don’t care and start showing up in a way that makes the right people take notice.

Prospecting

ClickFunnels

AUGUST 5, 2025

You follow up with emails to build the relationship and make more offers. When you later offer coaching or courses, it feels like the logical next step rather than a sales pitch. How to Craft a Book That Sells Your Expertise Writing a book for a funnel is different from writing to get published.

Up-sell

Highspot

JULY 29, 2025

Key Takeaways Leveraging go-to-market (GTM) task automation can ensure more on-time follow-ups with personalized content delivery to high-value prospects in your sales pipeline. No more missed leads or forgotten follow-ups that often lead to lost deals. If not, buyers will give their business to more engaging competitors.”

Go To Market

Salesforce

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Like other sales approaches, the goal of door-to-door sales is to establish a relationship with a customer, upsell , cross-sell, and close more deals. Back to top ) Understanding the door-to-door sales process The D2D sales process follows a typical sales cycle , except that nearly all the steps happen in person.

Objectives and Key Results

Highspot

JANUARY 23, 2025

In other words, hard skills guide what sales reps sell, and soft skills determine how they sell to prospects. All of these consultative selling factors contribute to stronger client relationships. Strategic thinking helps sales reps tailor pitches that address complex buyer needs.

Objectives and Key Results

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The fact that the tool made me think about my offer's key selling points when I tested it was a big win. By following this no-code approach, you can explore and visualize data, making it easy to spot opportunities for optimization — even if you lack technical expertise. Even as an AI skeptic, I was impressed. The result?

Lead generation

Highspot

JUNE 24, 2025

Skills practiced: Asking open-ended discovery call questions Following up quickly and with intent Identifying pain points from subtle cues Sample dialogue: Rep: “Can you walk me through your current workflow?” Our solution streamlines approvals, saving clients up to 10 hours a week. ” Rep: “Got it.

Objectives and Key Results

Hubspot

APRIL 30, 2025

The prospect had bombarded me with tough questions and objections, and the whole time I thought they were poking holes in my pitch because they werent interested. According to data from Lantern , effective use of buying signals can create 10-20% more sales opportunities and reduce a companys customer acquisition cost (CAC) by up to 30%.

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