ClickFunnels

JANUARY 13, 2022

The post Creating a Soap Opera Sequence That Sells [GUIDE] appeared first on ClickFunnels. How can you use it to engage your leads, build rapport, and sell your products or services? In email marketing, a Soap Opera Sequence is a series of 5-7 emails that are used to engage readers, build rapport, and sell products. High Drama

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Sell Up-sell Education Follow-up 263

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

But since I started using Superhuman last quarter, I was able to get back to inbox zero within minutes. I dont know how I didnt start on Superhuman sooner. So if I look at a month or a quarter, you start and you say, okay, do we have enough pipeline? So I think I’m going to start with what is the same.

GTM 117

GTM Sell Customers Cold Call 117

Sales Pop!

JANUARY 25, 2025

Selling online isnt what it used to be. Below, youll learn how to identify your unique selling points, communicate them effectively, and turn them into real sales advantages. The following are practical steps you can start using today to make your product the obvious choice for your target audience. Highlight value instantly.

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Product Customers Real Estate Trust 239

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The other day someone who used to be an A+ sales leader emailed me about a position I’d introduced to him as a super hot start-up. Maybe not epic, but really a sales leader I looked up to. He’s done selling, and probably, being curious. The email to me was: “What do they do again?” And the talk.

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Sell Up-sell Sales Start-ups 116

Hubspot

MARCH 12, 2025

SNAP Selling is designed to help you cut through the noise and make buying easier for prospects. Lets take a look at the basics of SNAP and how you can start using it in your sales cycle. Table of Contents What is SNAP selling? The 3 Decisions SNAP Selling Terms to Know How to Start SNAP Selling What is SNAP selling?

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Sell Objectives and Key Results Pitch Sales 61

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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Sell Quota Sales Cold Call 246

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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Sell Objectives and Key Results SQL B2B 246

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Ellie in Galveston, Texas, faces a scenario that many young sales professionals know all too well: How do you earn respect and project confidence when youre selling to people who are older and more experienced than you? When you believe you lack standing, that energy radiates, and prospects pick up on it.

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Sell Pipeline Prospecting Trust 88

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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Quota Sell CRM Contact 246

SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

With decades of experience as both a founder and investor, David brings a unique perspective to the often-misunderstood process of selling a company. He joined SaaStr Workshop Wednesday LIVE to do a deep dive with Jason Lemkin on his 10 Point Checklist when you sell your startup.

Sell 85

Sell Negotiate Healthcare Drivers/motivators 85

Sales Gravy

MARCH 6, 2025

The Power of Personal Development In sales, it's easy to get caught up in the grindcalls to make and deals to close. The reason top performers prioritize learning new skills and pushing their boundaries is because it makes them better and helps them sell more. Seriously, if you want to grow and develop, start by reading books.

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Growth Sell Gaming Start-ups 71

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. But navigating social selling isn‘t always straightforward. That’s why we here at The HubSpot Sales Blog reached out to some experts for their takes on the mistakes you need to avoid while social selling.

Sell 75

Sell Relationship building Trust Networking 75

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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Customers Contract Networking Up-sell 183

Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 12, 2025

Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive that also backs up my desktop. WordPress – I started my website on WordPress.com and later switched to the paid version,org. I use Feedly to keep up on both my personal and professional interests and I then take the really great business articles and I share those on LinkedIn.

B2B 71

B2B Sell CRM Drivers/motivators 71

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Whether you’re a rookie learning the ropes or a vet hunting innovative tactics, our curated guide to essential sales podcasts is your ticket to leveling up your sales game. Expect actionable insights, cutting-edge strategies, and insider knowledge to keep you engaged and selling smarter—all without the fluff.

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Gaming Sell GTM Technique 233

Hubspot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Youre selling something to someone who just wouldnt budge. If I just described a familiar struggle one you might know all too well Im here to share a solution that might be the answer to your prayers: Gap selling. Truthfully, gap selling takes patience, practice, and persistence to master.

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Intrinsic Sell Objectives and Key Results Technique 79

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

ecommerce sales were up 9.6% And, not only have they started earlier than previous years, but many are comparison shopping and looking to take advantage of the best deals. Here’s the breakdown for top-selling and high-growth categories ahead of Black Friday. 1-24, up 11.4% billion, up 13.4% billion, up 16.8%

Sports 120

Sports Retail Start-ups Up-sell 120

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The news was picked up by TechCrunch , BetaKit , and many others. Raising a fund, securing capital for a startup, or even selling into the enterprise all share a common foundation: relationship-driven sales. Another way to think of this is that we were moving from selling to SMBs to selling into the Enterprise.

GTM 79

GTM Sell Pipeline Networking 79

Salesforce

AUGUST 6, 2024

Market more effectively with AI Now that Sandstone has started to tackle costs, the next move in its transformation is finding new sources of revenue. To start, it needs to segment its audience. Sell more, and faster, with AI With interested buyers lined up, now it’s up to the sales team to close deals.

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Real Estate Non-Profits Click Through Rate CRM 128

Salesforce

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Some retailers may be missing out on opportunities to rev up sales through the end of October. It can be difficult to predict which merchandise will sell well and which could flop. If your forecast is off, you could end up with lots of inventory to discount on November 1st, eating into your margins. Back to top. Back to top.

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Retail Promote Sales Follow-up 105

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

If youve ever hired a sales class or tried to ramp up new hires in an industry with complex products or strict guidelines, youll relate to Gaiuss dilemma. By the time theyre ready to sell, theyll be way behind on prospecting and might even lose that day-one enthusiasm for building relationships. And yes, theres a risk of mis-steps.

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Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 85

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

Anyone entering into selling immediately sees the obsession we have with numbers. They create revenue models, bow ties, and related models reducing selling to a math equation. Despite ramping up the numbers, increasingly we are not achieving our goals. What if we started thinking of selling as a human game?

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Gaming Up-sell Quota Pitch 122

Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Andy Matheou from RHM Staffing to dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of selling in the staffing industry. In many cases, individuals who start as contributors in sales work their way up to leadership roles by consistently showing dedication to their work.

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Cold Call Clients Trust Sales 103

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I’ve now worked with or invested in ~35 successful start-ups beyond my own companies and I’ve watched a lot of VP hire train wrecks. The other huge benefit is it forces the VP to actually sort of start working before they start. Do it in Google Slides or Powerpoint, probably ideally. A little bit.

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Start-ups Up-sell Consult Engineering 116

Search Engine Land

AUGUST 14, 2024

Digital advertising has evolved quite a bit since I started working in paid media. If you haven’t been keeping up with the role of automation and AI in lead gen advertising, this article includes advice and experiences on: Managing your ad strategy. AI tools to help you level up fast. Optimizing your landing page experience.

CRM 116

CRM Campaign Niche Negotiate 116

PandaDoc

MARCH 27, 2025

If youre looking to increase revenue without acquiring new customers, cross-selling is one of the best ways you can do that. Effective cross-selling helps customers find new products they genuinely need, so theyll leave more satisfied with your business and remain more loyal, too. What is cross-selling in sales? Lets dive in.

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Cross-sell Sell Customers Legal 52

Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Presenting: Showing the value of what you sell. How to Remove Salesforce CRM Friction Learn how to remove friction points tied to Salesforce, helping your sales team sell easier and faster. Having theappropriate qualifying criteria, like budget, authority, need and timeline ( BANT ), is a good place to start.

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Objectives and Key Results Negotiate CRM Sales 130

SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2025

I think most agree, behind closed doors, theres only one answer: start over. You cant get folks used to working from home to embrace coming to the office You cant get folks used to selling 1520 hours a week to start working 5060. You cant get sales reps used to only doing inbox to magically start cold calling for real.

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Cold Call Customers Start-ups Meeting 111

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The leader held this individual up as a high performer. But when I started looking at the performance, I realized, despite consistently meeting the goals, the number of qualified leads this person was developing was about the same as his peers. ” I started listening to the calls this SDR was making.

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Gaming Contract Pipeline CRM 121

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

How we reduce our selling cycle. And AI has amped it up to another level. We are even seeing AI Agents conducting the meetings for us, so we don’t even have to show up. It’s stunning how much time we free up! Are you selling more?” Our people should be able to sell more.

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Objection handling Technology Technology Up-sell 126

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If selling reduction in admin time/tasks represents a few percent of their overall expenses, they may have bigger fish to fry. That doesn’t mean our solutions aren’t important or that we should give up, we have to focus on the people the solution impacts the most, getting their support to invest in those solutions.

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Represent Up-sell High impact Gaming 124

Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

Start with basic results. Gone are the days where I could start a cold call with, “ My name is Samir and I co-founded Veloxy. When a B2B buyer picks up a cold call, they instantly think you got their name and number from a list. Start with basic results. Get ready to impress more buyers and get more meetings.

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Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

SaaStr

JANUARY 9, 2025

Many that are self-serve and SMB-focused can start off without a sales team … for a while. But it had and has a very large channel that sells its product into the enterprise, and a lot of internal resources that support the channel. But its just third party selling instead of first party.

Cross-sell 111

Cross-sell Outside Sales Sales Up-sell 111

Iannarino

JULY 3, 2021

Do not target the companies that already buy what you sell or are highly likely to start doing so. The primary ingredient in phone spam is the fact that what you sell has no relevance for the person receiving the call. Make sure you tell them exactly what you sell and how you 100% guarantee that they need this product.

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Cold Call Pitch Retail Clients 325

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Ellie in Galveston, Texas, faces a scenario that many young sales professionals know all too well: How do you earn respect and project confidence in selling when youre dealing with people who are older and more experienced than you? When you believe you lack standing, that energy radiates, and prospects pick up on it.

Sell 52

Sell Pipeline Up-sell Prospecting 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 31, 2024

So I caught up the other day with the CTO of a leading SaaS company with tens of thousands of customers, growing quickly. Even the best CTOs are just getting started here. The post Most SaaS Apps Are Just Getting Starting With AI. AI is all over their homepage and website and comms. The same with other leaders.

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B2B Start-ups Up-sell Sell 132

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Growing up, my parents constantly reminded me to finish things, “Eat everything on your plate…… Make sure you finish your homework… You haven’t finished putting things away… ” That bad habit has persisted for decades. There’s that Adrenalin rush that comes from starting something new.

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Start-ups Consult Up-sell Technology 118