Posts Tagged ‘Prospecting’
Everything You Need to Know About Using Direct Mail in Sales
The research is in and it’s powerful. XANT Labs recently finished a first of its kind study on direct mailers. A direct mailer is a physical item (note, gifts, etc) mailed to a prospect or customer to initiate a conversation or build a relationship. Direct mailers are simply another form of communication. Most people know…
Read MoreThe Evolution of B2B Selling w/Victor Antonio @Sellinger Group
The buyer has changed. It doesn’t matter what stat you believe, the fact is customers are more educated and are further down the buying journey before they talk with a sales rep. This isn’t a problem, it’s an opportunity. Sales is still about segmenting the market, how you target you ideal buyers, and how do…
Read MoreHow Working Out Collegiate Basketball Players Taught Me To Develop Top Sales Talent w/Jake Larsen @Weave
Sports and sales go together like peanut butter and jelly, they are meant for each other. Many sales leaders have found their best people have participated in formal sports. So what is it? What is it that make sports and sales so similar and what can we learn sports that applies to sales? In this…
Read MoreThe Secret to Data and List Services w/Jake Shaffren @DiscoverOrg
In the old days we’d just buy a list, call top to bottom and call it good. That doesn’t work anymore and you know it. Jake Shaffren is the Director of Sales Development at DiscoverOrg, and he’s a master about thinking through how reps can find, identify, and quality their leads and target contacts. It’s…
Read MoreAssess Your Cadence: Which Fortune 100 Company has the Best Sales Cadence?
So who really has the best sales cadence? If you’re on the Fortune 100 you’re not just good, you’re great, right? If you weren’t aware, the Fortune rankings look at public and private companies and compare their revenues in their respective fiscal years. The list includes the who’s who of companies like Walmart, Apple,…
Read MoreHow to Close BIG Deals w/Jason Krieger @C2FO
We all want big deals right? Big deal have better margins, they stick around longer, and they become better partners. With all the good there is some bad. Big deals are hard to win and they often take a lot longer than smaller deals. There is no secret to win big deals but there are…
Read MoreThe Power of Video Outreach in Sales w/Sati Hillyer @OneMob
Video, video, video. It’s the talk of the town and if you’re not using it, you probably should. KPCB says by 2017, online video will account for 74% of all online traffic. That’s a lot. No matter how you try and explain it, video is here to stay. The question is, how do you best utilize…
Read MoreSales Development Top Trends w/David Dulany @Tenbound
Sales Development is here to stay but it’s always changing. David Dulany is the founder and CEO of Tenbound, a company focused on bringing together the sales development community. David discusses trends and problems facing the sales development space and what managers and leaders need to know to stay ahead of the curve. In This…
Read MoreThe Importance of Stories in Sales w/James O’Gara @StoryDimensions
Many sales people find themselves on an island. They run their business with little support and little interference from the corporate office. This can be a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that sales reps are empowered to do what they need for their territories but the bad thing is, they…
Read MoreHow Sales Reps Should Start Using Texts in Their Sales Process w/Mike Vandenbos @Zipwhip
Texting is here to stay. Busy decision makers are using texting to respond to people in and out of the work place and sales reps are starting to see the benefits of getting mobile numbers. How will this continue to play out? In this episode, Mike Vandenbos, Entrepreneur in Residence at Zipwhip, talks about the…
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