Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Many SEO professionals struggle to create technical audits that lead to meaningful improvements for their clients’ websites. Ineffective audits waste time and resources, leave critical issues unaddressed and can damage client relationships. Drawing from five years of experience conducting audits for prominent U.S.

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High impact Objectives and Key Results Clients Education 106

The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The most important skill for any Sales Professional or Business Owner, is learning how to close the sales deal in a consultative way. In this article we’ll give you 8 x solid tips, so you can learn how to close the sales deal in a consultative way, time and time again. These tips for selling are centred around consultative selling.

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Iannarino

JULY 19, 2021

The idea is that small talk at the beginning of the conversation would help the salesperson connect with their prospective client , making clients more likely to buy. Starting with your company is designed to do two things: prove that your client can trust the company, and provide you (the salesperson) with some level of credibility.

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Conversion Clients Sales Presentation 334

Martech

AUGUST 27, 2024

Summarize meeting notes : Leverage AI to organize and condense notes from multiple sessions. For example, while our company is a Google Cloud Partner, we also have Microsoft Office365, GitHub, Google Workspace, AI-powered meeting recorders and HubSpot. The problem becomes more complex when we look at our clients’ stacks.

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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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Technology Technology Clients Meeting 306

Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Regularly meeting and communicating openly with your sales and marketing teams will encourage collaboration. It also keeps the solution fluid and ensures thatit meets your current business requirements. Spend time probing to find what your clients real pain points are. An informed team is flexibleand opens to new opportunities.

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Martech

MAY 16, 2024

Amid this complexity, martech consultants have become indispensable guides for enterprises. As innovation accelerates, the role of martech consultants will become even more crucial. A surprise learning for us during that period was how dismissive marketing teams were of consultants and agencies regarding marketing technology.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

Get ready to impress more buyers and get more meetings. But, if they’re still stubborn or hesitant to commit to a meeting, here are a few other tips to get the evasive, “Yes!”: This is where the value-added consultation comes in. Meeting booked! Confidently get their attention by positioning yourself. Risk eliminated.

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Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 21, 2024

By Win Salyards , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a buzzword—it’s a powerful tool that drives innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage across industries. Companies that prioritize AI ethics meet these expectations and strengthen client relationships.

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B2B Legal Government Healthcare 69

Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2021

If you sell IT services, your cold calls could and should be different than a financial services consultant. If the customer is a business, this may include new clients, new hires, new contracts, etc. If your focus is on meeting a quota or making the sale, you will likely come off as pushy and unfeeling. Qualify the Lead.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Pitch Follow-up 298

Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 9, 2025

I have always been a strong believer in doing research prior to engaging with a client or prospect. He provides customized, hands-on guidance to help clients make the most of Nimble CRM, targeting those who have struggled with the platform initially. I hope that you will find this interesting!

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Electricity CRM Relationship building Clients 71

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. The first person to suffer through my attempt to acquire a meeting hung up on me.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Consult Clients 184

Martech

AUGUST 7, 2024

They feel unsuccessful and worried they aren’t meeting leadership expectations. Can you afford one of the international consulting organizations to drive an eight-figure project for you? We recommend that clients create a panel of interested parties with various interests. Take a deep breath. Is AI a silver bullet?

B2B 120

B2B Objectives and Key Results Legal Territory 120

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Many organizations may closely meet your company’s ideal customer profile (ICP) criteria and warrant sales reps to proactively reach out to them. A lead meets a company’s qualification criteria (like BANT ) to be added to a company’s deal forecast. MQLs that your sales team has vetted and identified as worthy of direct follow-up.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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….

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Meeting Campaign Lead generation Strategize 121

Iannarino

JULY 17, 2021

Making that thing important enough to create value for your client or prospective client provides enough differentiation to improve your position. There is no reason to believe this trend will disappear over time given the promise of getting meetings without having to do the work, the sales equivalent of a get-rich-quick scheme.

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Conversion Clients Gaming Prospecting 306

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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Sales Pop!

AUGUST 2, 2021

Prior to 2020, the general theory was that only people that had computer-based jobs which required little to no personal interaction with colleagues or clients would be able to work remotely. Now more than ever, monitoring employees’ workflow has become crucial while having them work remotely.

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Clients Strategize Consult Technology 246

Martech

JANUARY 22, 2024

You have worked closely with the client, prepared all the necessary content, assets and targeting, and are confident about the potential success. However, there’s a slight issue — you forgot to consult with the revenue operations (RevOps) team. What technology the client is using to enrich their data.

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Clients Closing Objectives and Key Results SQL 108

Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Google Ads is targeting businesses within their Gmail accounts, offering them free consultations. The pop-up message reads: “Get a free 1-on-1 consultation with a Google Ads expert: You don’t have to start on your own. Why we care. Let our experts help you set your strategy, budget and keywords.” First spotted.

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Consult Clients Promote Start-ups 86

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Staying ahead and achieving business success requires more than just a superior product or service. A company experiencing a surge in clients may need to amplify brand awareness rapidly. Failure to meet the demand can result in lost opportunities.

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Objectives and Key Results Launch Campaign Growth 108

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Recordings of client sellers in calls/meetings. If you look at many of the popular selling methodologies, they are all focused on conversations–SPIN, Consultative Selling, Value Based Selling, GAP, MEDDIC, Challenger and others. I listen to a lot of sales calls. This week, it was on creating urgency with questions.

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Customers High impact Gaming B2B 95

Search Engine Land

JUNE 13, 2024

Your manager just informed you that you have a new PPC client. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you impress your boss and absolutely nail that first meeting with your new client. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you impress your boss and absolutely nail that first meeting with your new client.

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Clients Meeting Contract Start-ups 84

Sales Pop!

JUNE 19, 2024

Admittedly, no matter the research we do upfront, we know little about each prospective client and how they work. Mindful Selling No one knows what a prospective client may want unless we ask, and the asking evolves into a growing Q&A session upfront. Inquire if anyone else will be involved in the decision and if you can meet them.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Here’s what Kyle tells his clients about cold emails: “ Marketing should only offer advice on length, content, layout. Well, if you’re focused on being a helpful consultant, improving the customer experience , and personalizing your Salesforce records–you will know when they’re taking time off. million cold emails.

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Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Clients have used it to show relationships between a charity and its donor organizations, between property developers and favored contractors, and in many other ways. The roles we have listed out are signer, the decision-maker, advocate, consultant, partner, IT, and the naysayer. We’re not having physical meetings. Sales Roles.

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Pipeline CRM Contact Consult 225

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Confidence is Contagious Confidence comes from preparation knowing your client, their business, and your value. A firm handshake and steady eye contact show confidence and can put your client at ease. Use your LinkedIn profile to establish yourself as an expert in your area and youll see that payoff in your credibility with clients.

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Pitch Presentation Clients Trust 82

Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Exceeding expectations is the only acceptable outcome … Not meeting customer expectations … say buh bye. Meeting customer expectations … you may have made the sale but you did not make a customer. If they are not willing to meet with me in some fashion. They were not perceived as … being different. Or, maybe they were different.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 25, 2022

Leads that cancel meetings. In the morning, you’re likely already thinking about meetings, calls, and emails. When speaking with clients, we chose to amend this recommendation to, “Focus on 3 Tasks a Day”. One other thing to consider is applying your consultative sales approach used with customers to your prospects and leads.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 18, 2023

IPG Mediabrands advised its clients to temporarily pause campaigns using Google’s Performance Max. They reportedly found that at least one of its clients, which was running an adult-targeted campaign, had its ad feature on a “made for kids” channel. We offered to meet with them weeks ago and heard crickets.

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Clients Campaign Legal Consult 92

Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Here is an example training prompt: “This GPT helps marketers at AI training and consultancy firms. Dig deeper: Meet my research team: Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity Creating an outline for your blog post Your blog post begins to take shape in the outline phase where generative AI can be invaluable. The GPT knows a lot about AI.

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Angle Objectives and Key Results Education Strategize 123

The 5% Institute

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In this article, we’ll explore what sales professionalism is, as well as the five key factors you need to position yourself as the easy choice for your potential clients. First – there are order takers; they simply meet the client’s needs and make a quick sale. What Is Sales Professionalism? Secondly; are general salespeople.

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Objectives and Key Results Repeat business Sales Clients 145

The 5% Institute

AUGUST 9, 2021

For Consultants, read the related article below: Related article: How To Become A Sales Consultant – Your Final Guide. Having been a part of literally thousands of sales meetings and presentations , Sales Professionals generally approach their sales with this approach: They say hello, and build some basic rapport.

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Closing Objectives and Key Results Lead generation Sales 145

The 5% Institute

MAY 6, 2021

How To Sell Any Product Tip #1 – Meet With Decision Makers. Our first tip when learning how to sell any product , is that top sales performers only meet with decision makers, or their ideal prospective clients. Closing questions aren’t scripts; as they can be changed depending on the potential client you’re speaking with.

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Sell Product Objectives and Key Results Presentation 145

Sales Pop!

JUNE 28, 2021

The main functional components of CRM are: Working with the client database; Working with analytical data and reporting. The biggest advantage you get when you connect the CRM and IP is the history of relations and records of conversations with the clients. Syncing with a booking app. ustomer responses; ?omments

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Niche CRM Sales CTR 190

Martech

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Now focus groups meet up in a zoom call, not in a conference room. The upsides were apparent: no time expended on travel, no travel expenses, no need for geographic proximity, no long lead times arranging for the group to meet. The transition from physical meetings to online was made easier by Zoom’s rapid adoption during the pandemic.

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Consult Launch Clients Meeting 134

The 5% Institute

MARCH 17, 2022

In this article, we’ll share five non pushy sales techniques we encourage you to use regularly, so you can close sales more effectively, and in a consultative manner. Secondly – it allows your potential clients to feel comfortable to tell you if they don’t want to buy, which’ll prevent the ‘I need to think about’ objection later.

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