ClickFunnels

JUNE 24, 2021

The post Lead Generation Vs Prospecting – The Differences Explained appeared first on ClickFunnels. The terms “lead generation” and “sales prospecting” are often used interchangeably. What is sales prospecting? What is the difference between lead generation and sales prospecting? What Is Sales Prospecting?

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Iannarino

AUGUST 3, 2021

But if you’re not careful you can repel your prospective client, courtesy of the legacy approach to sales that creates no real value. The less valuable your conversation is with your prospective client, the more certain they are to abandon you as a potential partner. How to Avoid a Second Meeting.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 6, 2021

What would it take to get through to prospects so busy that landing their accounts sounds like an urban myth ? By the time a rep is reaching out to a prospect, you’re most likely the 10 th generic sales robot to try your luck. Needless to say, you’ll find the prospects agenda full. Breaking Through to Busy Buyers.

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Iannarino

JULY 13, 2021

The Gist: We are increasingly choosing prospecting approaches that harm our professional relationships. We cannot continue to choose prospecting methods that destroy any possibility of a future relationship. Few professionals would sell something to someone who wouldn’t benefit from what they sell. Brute Force Approaches.

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Iannarino

MARCH 6, 2025

We recognize that transactional selling is dead in B2B sales. We recognize that our prospective clients are trying to make a rare, strategic, decision they need to get right on their first attempt. We believe that more activity is not capable of increasing sales results.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

More than a dozen years ago, when I was coaching Little League, I had two kids on my 9-year old team that never made contact with the ball. If they swung with their eyes open, and made any contact at all with the ball – even a foul tip – I would purchase them a video game of their choosing. I devised an incentive.

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 17, 2021

The post The Best Sales Prospecting Tools To Use For Your Business appeared first on ClickFunnels. Sales prospecting can be a great way to get a new business off the ground. Today we are going to take a look at the best sales prospecting tools that can help you to: Find prospects. Reach out to prospects.

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 9, 2021

The post 8 Sales Prospecting Ideas To Boost Sales & Conversions appeared first on ClickFunnels. Before you can make a sale, you have to prospect. You have to identify your dream customer, find them, get their contact information, build trust, and explain the value of your product or service. First thing’s first.

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Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Similarly, in pursuing a prospect, sales teams work diligently to show responsiveness, attention to detail and follow-up in every transaction, hoping to enhance their reputation. In serving major accounts, most selling organizations are built to react to new opportunities and to fix problems. Account retention is not a noun.

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ClickFunnels

JUNE 24, 2021

The post Creating A Sales Prospecting Process That Works appeared first on ClickFunnels. That’s exactly what we are going to discuss today: What is sales prospecting? How to create a sales prospecting process that works? How can you go beyond sales prospecting to grow your business explosively? What Is Sales Prospecting?

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Account based selling is a B2B concept that has gained a lot of interest in recent times, but implementing it can feel rather daunting. Studies show that at least 94% of B2B teams have adopted account based selling in a bid to deliver improved buying experiences that lead to increased conversions and loyalty. It doesn’t have to.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Why is social selling becoming the necessary engagement strategy for generating leads, closing deals faster, and improving customer satisfaction? Overcoming Customer Challenges with Social Selling. Why Social Selling? 10 Best Practices for Social Selling in Field Sales. Find your audience. Don’t spread yourself too thin.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Back in 2018, Salesforce discovered that sales reps were only spending 34% of their time selling (707 hours a year). Salesforce just found that salespeople are only spending 28% of their time selling. That’s a stunning 125 hours of less selling time than in 2018 ! You’ll add another 300+ selling hours to each rep’s year.

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Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 25, 2021

And of course, the way we sell. And more importantly, what our most important prospects and clients can count on. From a selling standpoint, in this awkward time, we must focus on what we can actually control. Truthfully, our ability to do so now is nothing short of a selling survival skill. They’ve all changed.

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Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By the way, the average selling company uses about 10 tools (and still wants more). Sales setup is a set of tools and technologies that your salespeople use to generate leads (potential customers), store contact information , generate offers, get signups, and communicate effectively with both the rest of your team and your customers.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 20, 2023

Much has been said and written about the human side of selling. And how exactly should you apply it to everyday selling activities? How to Cultivate the Human Side of Selling Spending most of your day nurturing the human experience you share with prospects, leads, and customers is easier said than done.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 1, 2019

Without leads, salespeople will have a hard time selling. Without marketing, salespeople will have a difficult time sharing their product and features with prospective clients. Sales and marketing go hand-in-hand.

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Sales Pop!

MARCH 30, 2025

We all know about team selling, dont we? But in engaging your selling team as effectively as possible, never neglect to focus on one of enterprise sellings top challenges team buying! In the SMB world, you often have the advantage of direct interaction with the prospect organizations owner or president. Really hurt you.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

This is the foundation of your sales management, outlining the progression from prospect to customer. It traditionally has steps that include prospecting, engagement, qualification , presentation, objections and closing. This way, you willbe able to rock your conversion rates by softly moving your prospects through all stages.

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ClickFunnels

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The post How To Sell Anything – A Practical Guide To Better Sales appeared first on ClickFunnels. Jordan Belfort and his blockbuster movie, The Wolf of Wallstreet, popularized the idea of being able to sell anything to anyone, a la “sell me this pen.”. Who is the target market that you’re selling to? Impossible, right?

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. Activities like prospect outreach, cultivating brand awareness, and online relationship building are all enhanced by social media — so having a solid presence on these platforms can really help your case.

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Iannarino

JULY 4, 2021

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. In early conversations, your intentions must focus on creating value for your contacts. But they’re not the only threat out there.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Was just reading yet another post with “market data” declaring prospecting the most difficult aspect of sales. Thousands of blog posts about both the difficulty and importance of prospecting have been published in the past 5-7 years. Or possibly our problems are that too many sales people just don’t want to prospect?

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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. The effort begins with a simple yet powerful question, ‘Why?’

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Iannarino

AUGUST 1, 2021

It’s unlikely that a more recent lead is automatically better than an older lead, or even than a target that is already locked into a contract with your competitor —even if the new contact devoted two minutes to filling out a form on your website. But in more cases than not, you’ll still need to sell. Occasionally, this is true.

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Iannarino

JULY 5, 2021

Time each conversation based on its ability to create value for decision-makers and your other contacts. They’re not necessarily bad topics to cover, but they are out of sequence—they don’t give your contacts what they need at the beginning of their journey. Increasingly, how you sell is the primary variable to your success.

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Veloxy

JUNE 24, 2021

You need to exude a calm, confident demeanor when trying to reach out to prospects. If you’re looking to really drive a point home, why not try walking a few steps to your prospect? Simply nodding, maintaining eye contact and smiling will help create a receptive and positive atmosphere. . Eye Contact. Arms and Torso.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 25, 2020

We get so much about prospecting wrong. We contact other prospects, only to pitch our products and services, ending with, “Are you interested, can I invite you to a demo.” We inundate prospects with email after email, call after call, LinkedIn messages, texts, everything.

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Iannarino

MARCH 2, 2023

—The Earl of Chesterfield For as long as anyone can remember, salespeople have been trained to identify their prospective clients’ problems and their implications. This strategy is still effective, as recognizing the prospective buyer's pain points allows for a good and effective sales conversation.

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In a time when there are too many sales organizations chasing too few prospective clients , differentiation is difficult. Because most industries have a glut of competitors, your contacts believe what you sell is a commodity. One way you can differentiate your products and services is by using a positioning statement.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 6, 2021

Unfortunately, closing calls depend on who you’re selling to and could take you tens of hours. Round one of almost all sales pits you against a prospect in the ring by way of discovery call. Once a lead surrenders their contact info to your website, they’re officially entered into your sales funnel as prospects.

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Iannarino

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

How the sales force sells determines the sales team's success. Choosing a methodology that isn't right for your prospective clients will mean losing deals you might have won had you provided your contacts with a better sales experience. Every sales organization needs to determine how they interact with decision-makers.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 23, 2024

They have also introduced a number of innovative features that can be leveraged to increase your prospecting effectiveness and this includes on LinkedIn and other social networks. The contact record is the heart of any CRM. This also means that each message will be attached to the appropriate contact record. Here’s how!

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

One of the most popular sales resolutions for 2022 will be a commitment to reduce non-selling activity. Did you know that most salespeople spend over 60% of their time not selling. For example, this could be entering in the contact information of a new prospect at one moment, and manually prioritizing outreach at another.

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Iannarino

JULY 3, 2021

Do not target the companies that already buy what you sell or are highly likely to start doing so. Instead, believe that anyone with a phone and a heartbeat is a prospect. The primary ingredient in phone spam is the fact that what you sell has no relevance for the person receiving the call. Step Three.

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Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

Product or service confidence means that the salesperson honestly believes that what they are selling can make life better somehow…even if just in a small way. Our blog post on what to do when a prospect hangs up on you might help you learn how to deal with rejection like a pro. 48% of sales people never follow up with a prospect.

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Iannarino

JUNE 29, 2021

But there’s good (and mounting) evidence that a single strategy will consistently help you win deals: creating greater value for your prospective clients than your competitors. The prospective customer was buying the product or service, so the competition was between each competitor’s product lines.

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