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The 13 Best Networking Apps Every Sales Professional Needs

Hubspot

That way, when you’re in the buffet line at a food service event in South Carolina, you can ask your prospect about how that new liquor legislation will affect their business. This helps them to know prospects, pitch their high ACV products, and address all objections. Selling consulting services to new restaurateurs?

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Pro Tips for Executing Email Personalization at Scale, A Sales Tips Video

SalesLoft

The 80% meat of the email is where you pitch what’s in it for them. For example, if I see anybody who went to South Carolina, I’m definitely putting “Go Gamecocks” at the bottom of that email. Have they written a blog post recently? Did the company just get funded?

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7 Lessons Helping Start Pardot, SalesLoft and Calendly (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I went to 27 different venture capitalists and I pitched Pardot. On Sand Hill Road, I pitched one of the venture firms that’s the most famous in the world, so think of the most famous venture firm in the world, and I went and pitched one of their top partners there. At Calendly, the COO lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

” In this episode of the SaaStr podcast, Aileen and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin take a deep dive on how Aileen finds deals, her tips for a winning pitch, and the state of VC in 2020. Do you think pitching over Zoom helps outsiders more? Or is it maybe not help as much as you think pitching? Aileen Lee: I am hopeful.

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I think whether it’s doing portfolio triage or learning to take pitches over Zoom or whatever people are doing, it’s hard as human beings. Do you think pitching over Zoom helps outsiders more? Or is it maybe not help as much as you think pitching? The rate of change, right? Aileen Lee: I am hopeful.

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Episode 35: Why Education and Training Are Key to Growing Manufacturing in the US

Spiro Technologies

I was at an AA battery factory in a very nondescript, windowless building in South Carolina 20 years ago. We should pitch it to someone in Hollywood. Wind turbine companies have their production facilities, and it’s really amazing stuff when you see it. Or even a battery factory. It’s really not like that at all.

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An Essential Guide to Using the MEDDIC Sales Framework

Salesforce

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. Understanding their decision criteria enables you to tailor your pitch to what matters most to them.