Salesforce

JUNE 12, 2024

People can smell a sales pitch from a mile away. Meeting prospects where they are It is important to note that “engaging” is not the same as “pitching.” ” Pitching a prospect means you find your prospect and you start selling your product in your first communication with them.

Sell 111

Sell E-commerce Territory Pitch 111

Search Engine Land

MARCH 6, 2023

SEOs beware: Link builders are back with bogus Domain Authority pitches 2019: In dozens of emails and countless social media posts, SEOs expressed concerns over DA score changes and the impact on their Google rankings.

CTR 78

CTR Territory E-commerce Networking 78

Salesforce

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It informs everything from prospecting to qualification to pitching. The importance of defining your ICP An ICP is important because it helps you target the companies most likely to buy your product or service. The key to creating a successful ICP is specificity. You won’t find success trying to target everybody.

Prospecting 52

Prospecting Customers Territory E-commerce 52

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Because of those biases, explains University of Utah Professor Bryan Bonner, we focus on “ proxies of expertise ” rather than expertise itself. There are other strategies, too, such as one put forth by Utah’s Bonner: Anonymize ideation. You’ll judge them only on the strength of the idea, not the person pitching it. Experience.

UX 188

UX Appointment Strategize Education 188

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Elevator pitch assessment 2. Objection handling assessment 3. Sales Stack 101 Level 2 15/mo 1. Featured win in weekly team review call 2. 25% A & B account bookings 3. Sit in on 50 demos 1. Win back assessment 3. Tradeshow 101 Level 3 18/mo 1. Assigned AE 2. VIP account booking 3. Sit in on 75 demos 1. MEDDPICC assessment 2.

Tradeshows 52

Tradeshows Drivers/motivators Territory Negotiate 52

ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2019

A few months ago, I took my family to Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. Not until they pitched it to law enforcement and other groups did they find a profitable niche. We saw some pretty cool fossilized dinosaur bones as well as ancient petroglyphs and pictographs. There was, however, one stop that disappointed us.

Follow-up 116

Follow-up Campaign Non-Profits Consult 116

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Words that obscure your value Overusing technical terms or buzzwords can make your pitch feel impersonal and overwhelming. ” Signals insecurity “I’d like to explore how we can help your team.” ” Positions the rep as a partner, not a nuisance 2. ” Outcome-oriented, not feature-focused 3.

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Pipeline Cross-sell SQL 52

Salesforce

MARCH 11, 2024

When it’s time for you to pitch, your solution should be so targeted to their specific needs and pain points that they feel like your product or service was tailor-made for them. Back to top ) How account-based selling works ABS is more collaborative than lead generation.

Sell 59

Sell Cross-sell Territory CRM 59

SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2019

It was in Utah, it wasn’t moving. Had that meeting, did not have a deck, honestly, no sophisticated pitch. A lot of people talk about, oh, I’m fundraising right now, I’ve got to get the right pitch, and I’ve got to build my list of folks. Be willing to travel.

Hospitality 69

Hospitality Territory Contract Networking 69

Salesforce

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Sales presentations differ from sales pitches , which are usually shorter and focus on a specific aspect of your prospect’s needs. It’s aimed at showcasing how that product can meet a prospect’s needs. It can also serve as an opportunity to upsell or cross-sell.

Presentation 52

Presentation Closing Territory E-commerce 52

Salesforce

MARCH 7, 2024

Address concerns without relying on generic scripts or pitches and give them personalized recommendations. Show your humanity: Get to know the people you’re working with. Listen closely and ask questions when they outline their business challenges. Customers can tell when you’re being genuine and when you’re not.

Contract 59

Contract Negotiate Objectives and Key Results Legal 59

Salesforce

MARCH 5, 2024

As they answer these questions, you’re gathering intel to guide your pitch. Champion: “Is there someone internally who will work with us on our sales pitch and vouch for us during the consideration phase?” Challenges: “What challenges are you facing that you’re hoping to solve?”

Territory 52

Territory SQL Contact E-commerce 52

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This information helps you pinpoint specific areas where a service or product is falling short so you can tailor your pitch and recommend a better solution. Apart from learning what’s going wrong, you want to understand how this impacts business more broadly.

Customers 52

Customers Territory E-commerce Pharmaceutical 52

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

And one thing we also do at our sales kickoffs oftentimes we ask vendors to come in and pitch, just to get salespeople to see how boring most demos are. And I had a huge pitch prepared. It’s free you don’t have to talk to us, you don’t have to pitch us. Ryan Westwood it’s simplest.

Up-sell 91

Up-sell Hospitality Start-ups Pitch 91

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Give us the pitch. We made a commitment at the beginning of this year in the local news here in Utah, that we’d hire 500 people by the end of the year. We like to start with your baseball card, which gives you an opportunity to tell us a little bit more about both your role and the company Bamboo HR.

Objectives and Key Results 106

Objectives and Key Results Trust Start-ups Growth 106

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

And then last resort is somebody out of a big company like Salesforce, Oracle, again for all the reasons that had been stated before, but those are people that, generally speaking, you’re not going to be comfortable walking to a scenario without any brand, without customers, without potentially even a pitch and a message. LA, I guess.

Sales 90

Sales Promote X-functional Up-sell 90

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Podium started in 2014 in Lehi, Utah, which 10 years ago was nothing but farmland. And it was from an analyst there, and this analyst said, “Hey guys, I’m going to be in Utah in two weeks visiting another company. We’re going to have to probably raise money only in Utah. So let’s start out with a story.

Networking 46

Networking Start-ups Engineering Meeting 46

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene. Bob Moore: And I was t nerdy engineer in college, so getting the opportunity to have to pitch, it’s really a sales job at the end of the day.

X-functional 64

X-functional Start-ups Drivers/motivators Go To Market 64

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Because territory managers regularly engage in face-to-face and virtual sales with customers and prospects, you must be willing to travel and comfortable with pitching and presenting. This means having at least a few years (three to five) of experience in supervisory roles. Back to top ) Get the latest articles in your inbox.

Territory 59

Territory Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell E-commerce 59

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Tools like Agentforce provide personalized sales role-plays that help reps refine their pitching, objection handling, and negotiation skills. They’re wary of big promises and sales pitches, often delaying decisions as they evaluate options across multiple channels. A 2024 Pew Research Cente r study found that 58% of U.S.

Territory 59

Territory Negotiate E-commerce Objectives and Key Results 59

Salesforce

JANUARY 30, 2025

All the best, [EMAIL SIGNATURE] Not sure who to contact Nothing’s worse than sending a pitch to the wrong person. INCLUDE ONE-SENTENCE PITCH.] Over here at [SELLER COMPANY], we have a new platform that’ll help [DEPARTMENT] at [PROSPECT COMPANY] with [BRIEF PITCH OF BENEFITS]. Subject: [FIRST NAME], can you help?

A/B testing 52

A/B testing Territory Prospecting Referrals 52