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Cold Calling Playbook Tips: 10 Proven Tactics for Sales Leaders and Reps

Sales Hacker

Example opener: Hey [Prospect], I just finished reading your latest report on [specific topic]. When faced with objections, agree with the prospect first to lower their defenses. Example objection handling: Prospect: “Were already working with [Competitor].” Perfect your opener. Avoid generic openers.

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The ROI of Losing: How to Rethink Loss in Sales

Salesforce

When you move on from a prospect who doesnt make a buying decision, it can feel like a loss or it can give you incredibly valuable information about your buyers, as you can draw correlations among opportunities that close without a decision. Your team can also gain insights from no decision at all.

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What’s an Ideal Customer Profile? A Way to Find Your Best Prospects

Salesforce

Of all the sales prospects in the market for your product or service, an ICP outlines the ones most likely to become paying customers. It informs everything from prospecting to qualification to pitching. Use AI tools: Sales AI features can automate prospective account research. Learn more What is an ideal customer profile (ICP)?

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How to Identify High-Value Prospects and Accelerate Your Results

The Sales Hunter

Do you want to know what it takes to identify the prospects who will dramatically impact your bottom line? I will be presenting on this topic in the Washington, DC, area on February 27, for the Institute for Excellence in Sales & Business Development (IES&BD). Accelerating the Prospecting Process: Isolating […].

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An Essential Guide to Using the MEDDIC Sales Framework

Salesforce

Attracting qualified prospects — companies that are a good fit for your product or services — is more important in B2B (business-to-business) sales than earning a large number of leads. This provides insight into a prospect’s needs so you can zero in on qualified buyers who are a good fit for your product or service.

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6 Tips for Using Sales Acceleration to Close Deals Faster

Salesforce

Sales training and enablement Sales representatives without the proper training and support can often struggle with effectively moving customers and prospects through the sales process. For example, a multichannel approach employs tactics such as email, phone calls, and social media to reach out to each prospect on their preferred channel.

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Sales Managers - Are You Thinking Presidentially?

Anthony Cole Training

Not the Obama, Bush, Lincoln, Washington kind of presidential. More importantly, however, I read this list and thought, “Wow, this has to get into the hands of our clients, prospects and networks. More like the presidential thinking of Larry Ellison, Alan Mulally, and Beth Mooney.

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