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Increasing Average Close Rate for Sales

Iannarino

The close rate, also called the win rate, is a common statistic for measuring sales effectiveness. The average close rate for outside sales professionals is commonly identified as 40 percent. Other statistics suggest all salespeople combined have a close rate of less than 20 percent.

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Consultative Selling: Listening Closely with Interest

Iannarino

If you want to improve your ability to practice consultative selling, you need to listen closely and with interest. If you ask a non-salesperson whether salespeople tend to be better at speaking or listening, most will answer they are more adept at speaking. They may also suggest that salespeople are not good listeners.

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Uncovering 9 Closed Lost Reasons + Winning Sales Strategies

Iannarino

There is nothing worse than having to mark an opportunity record in your CRM as "closed lost." The second-worst prompt is "closed lost reason." The field in your CRM may have a drop-down menu, so you can easily document the reason you lost the deal. It stings a little to acknowledge that another salesperson won the client's business.

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Master B2B Sales: Proven Strategies to Build an Unbeatable Edge and Close More Deals

Iannarino

In B2B sales, everyone wants an edge that can help us win more over the long term, but few work to sharpen that edge. Instead, many sales reps believe their offering will be enough to secure the client’s business. When these reps lose, they blame external factors instead of recognizing that they failed to develop the edge they need.

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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity

Often, sales reps who fail to hit the phones hard are left wondering how they missed their quota. While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal. How can you (and your sales team) benefit from this eBook?

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The 7-Step Sales Prospecting Process to Close Any Deal

Iannarino

Sales prospecting is essential, but it can be challenging. Surveyed sales professionals even ranked prospecting as more demanding than closing. So, do you need a sales prospecting process, or can you just follow your gut and see what sticks?

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Sales Narratives That Drive Results: Strategies for Leading Clients and Closing Deals

Iannarino

Mastering the right sales narrative can be the key to unlocking consistent success in your sales process. Let’s be clear, most salespeople are out there winging it, throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. But the truth is, only a well-crafted narrative will have your clients eating out of your hand.

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5 Essential Pieces of a Prospecting Solution

Forward thinking sales leaders are starting to prioritize technology initiatives. As organizations chase new revenue targets, B2B sales leaders must examine cutting edge prospecting solutions that proactively help reps identify, connect with, and close qualified buyers faster.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity. However, as a company, sales stack, and database grow, it becomes difficult to uphold structure and governance to keep a CRM up-to-date. Less organization, more confusion, and fewer deals closed.

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100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

Close more deals with these winning plays! Meet your modern sales playbook - See how high-performing sales and marketing teams increase pipeline year-over-year. For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company.

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New Ways to Reach, Influence, and Close More Deals with Intent Data

Speaker: Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist and CEO of Marketing Interactions

Intent data can help B2B marketers reach active buyers earlier, influence their journey, and close more deals. While intent data can be game-changing for gaining attention, its true superpower is driving purposeful engagement toward purchase while reducing sales cycles and costs. However, not all intent data is created equal.

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Aggregage Intent Signal Service

Shorten sales cycles and close more deals. Aggregage Intent Signal Service allows you to reach more active buyers sooner! Get leads for specific in-market buyers. View companies and titles signaling intent. Influence active buyers earlier in their journey. Download the Aggregage Intent Signal Service overview to learn more.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals.