Posts Tagged ‘Lead Generation’
How to Write a Sales Script That Won’t Annoy Your Customers
Sales scripts get a pretty bad rap because they are so closely related to cold calling, and cold calling is annoying. But these scripts can actually be pretty useful, as long as they’re written and used the right way.
Read More 3 Time-Saving Hacks to Help You Close More Sales
I think we can all agree that a salesperson’s time is their most valuable asset. I’ve been in sales longer than I can remember, so I know very well from experience just how much a salesperson’s effectfiveness can suffer by limiting their productivity and misusing their time.
Read More 5 Ways to Perfect Lead Scoring with HubSpot
Have you ever wondered how to separate the sales ready leads from the ones that aren’t quite there yet? The answer lies in the missing link to your current marketing strategy: lead scoring.
Read More Moneyball Inbound Marketing
Data-driven decision making has grown exponentially in recent years and gut instinct has become less of a driving factor in all industries from professional baseball to retail shopping to yes, marketing.
Read More Speech Writing Tips: “I Agreed to Speak, Now What?”
Becoming a free public speaker for lead generation is an awesome way to find business! It will really pay off! Below are some speech-writing tips but the best tip I can give you is don’t write a speech. Make a plan for the open and the close, then wing it!
Read More 9 Tips for Effective eBooks
Creating ebooks that offer value can help position your business as a thought-leader in your industry. It’s a great way to go in-depth with topics that may be too wide to cover in your blogs and shine a spotlight on your area of expertise.
Read More Marketers Need a Number Too!
Many companies leave the numbers up to the sales team. Hot leads, warm leads, cold leads, lead conversion rates, quotas, etc. But what about the marketing team?
Read More Social Media Lead Generation
Think of social media as an engagement platform that allows you to interact not only with potential customers but existing ones as well. People go online for a variety of reasons when it comes to retail shopping.
Read More 7 Replacements for Networking That Position You as a Thought Leader
I have been in a sales/business development position since I graduated from college. I was trained by my mentors to join multiple business networking groups and build mutually beneficial relationships that would generate referrals. But this old school method didn’t always equate to success.
Read More Direct Mail is the Hot New Media
Who would have thought it? People have been predicting the death of direct mail for over a decade. And yet, here we stand in 2013 and have to admit—direct mail is the hot new media.
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