Outbound Engine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Email marketers know that a subject line can make or break your campaign. A truly great subject line intrigues the reader with the promise of something interesting or valuable inside — without giving everything away. Consider it our holiday gift to your business! Best real estate subject lines.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

With sales email subject lines, a little creativity goes a long way. After all, sparking your prospect's curiosity is often the simplest and most effective way to get them to open your email -- and once they've done that, you can win a response by writing a relevant, timely email.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

I get so many a **e emails. You know the kind -- they start with, “ I was hoping to get you on the phone, ” or “ We’ve never met, but I’d like to tell you about what X company can do for you, ” or “ I wanted to touch base before the weekend. Always refer to your CRM. Pro tip: Don’t overload your email with links.

e-Learning 95

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Effective sales coaching can have a huge impact on your business. In this guide, we’ll help you enhance your coaching practices by focusing on high-impact sales coaching activities. Follow these five recommendations to increase the likelihood your team will respond to your assessment and act on feedback in the field.

Sales Management 79

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PandaDoc

APRIL 27, 2023

A robust approach to payment reminders helps you get paid promptly by customers. That, of course, is critical for your cash flow and your business’s health. Instead, it should be part of a coherent system — supporting your customers to complete their side of the deal. Your client might have forgotten your invoice.

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ACT

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Email marketing is invaluable for helping financial advisors cultivate long-term clients and provide them with lasting, tangible value. But how can you ensure your emails are read and don’t disappear into the dreaded spam folder or promotions tab? . What does email marketing for financial advisors look like? .

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Research shows that for every $1 you spend on email marketing, you get back $4 , with drip email campaigns playing a huge role. But to get such mouthwatering ROIs, you must understand the types of email campaigns that help move your marketing needle up. One such campaign is called a drip email campaign.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 12, 2018

How to Send a Follow-Up Email After No Response. Ask yourself if you included a close in your first attempt. Never forward or cut and paste an old email. Adjust your close. Avoid the temptation to send a breakup email. How many times has a deal been going along without a hitch until, suddenly, it’s not?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 19, 2018

You don’t have to send 100 emails just to hear from one or two of them. While I can’t give you a specific number for my cold email response rates, I can tell you I’m sending cold emails -- a lot. While I can’t give you a specific number for my cold email response rates, I can tell you I’m sending cold emails -- a lot.

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Apptivo

APRIL 6, 2022

Email marketing is one of the most popular and comparatively cost-effective methods of marketing in today’s era. Usually, the cost of advertising is calculated with,” how many ads you will buy?” or “What is the cost to advertise n number of times” or otherwise “how much does it cost to advertise during the prime time?”

Marketing 52

Marketing Advertising Communication Digitalization 52

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A good hook is imperative for holding your audience's attention, and ultimately convincing your audience that you're worth hearing out. A good sales hook can prevent your prospect from hanging up the phone, or deleting your email entirely. An in-person hook sounds different than an email hook.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 4, 2018

Cold emails…gotta hate ‘em, right? Unsolicited sales emails can be so awful that I recently compiled a Hall of Shame for the worst cold emails I’d ever seen. Terrible cold emails and just-okay ones are incredibly common; finding a handful of good ones took some serious digging. Or to anybody at the wrong company.

Innovation 81

Innovation CRM Small Business Marketing 81

Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Your company says to get the price rise across the line while your clients refuse to accept. Define the context, your communication strategy, negotiation tactics and contingency plans in the event of an escalation. Prepare your emotional strategy and seek advice from colleagues. Value is what you get."

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Here’s an interesting thought exercise: how many separate problems do you think you have to solve in order to get outbound sales to work? And what are your chances of solving each of them immediately? Your ability to solve any one of them doesn’t necessarily predict your ability to solve others.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2018

Optimizing prospecting and sales emails is something you could probably dedicate the rest of your life to. Because, if your sales team can’t stand out in the inbox, grab attention, and ignite a response from their prospects or accounts, how are they going to close a deal? And they’re just getting started.

Decision-making 101

Decision-making Communication Sales Marketing 101

Outbound Engine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Email and social media marketing keep your message in front of past clients and help generate repeat business and referral leads. So why is it that when the budget gets tight, many business owners want to skimp on something so essential to maintaining top-of-mind awareness, and instead opt for DIY marketing? That’s huge!

Marketing 58

Marketing Media B2B Small Business 58

Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Armed with those insights and learnings, you should be able to get started on — or refine — your own customer service program to start delivering consistently exceptional support. It delivers insights that improve your product, marketing, and/or service. They just need to be a little more focused with their efforts.

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Small Business Energy and Utilities Decision-making Leadership 127

Nutshell

AUGUST 2, 2019

However, 68% of businesses are struggling with lead generation, so it makes sense that purchasing lists is still a common B2B practice. How to buy a lead list. How to use a lead list. Especially if this is your boss. It is important, however, that you understand exactly what you’re getting yourself into.

Small Business 97

Small Business Marketing Communication Advertising 97

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2023

Other anecdotal evidence suggests burnout induced by long working hours could be a core reason consultants quit the jobs they once worked hard to get. Consulting is the practice of improving an organization’s performance by providing professional, research-based management advice. Identify opportunities for improving the bottom line.

Healthcare 90

Healthcare Insurance Shareholders Interpersonal Skills 90

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. Prospects are ignoring emails, and clicking the spam button.

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As a savvy sales professional, you’re constantly on the lookout for ways to optimize your pipeline and drive revenue growth. One highly effective tool for achieving this goal is SQL ( Sales Qualified Lead ), which allows you to focus your efforts on the leads that are most likely to convert into paying customers.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2019

If you were to open your own consulting business practice, where would you stand? Have you ever faced a problem, business-related or otherwise, and needed an objective perspective to help solve it? This is likely something that everyone has experienced. If you have, you’ve consulted with them. What is consulting?

Healthcare 112

Healthcare Supply Chain Software Software 112

Arpedio

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Sit back and get ready, because we had the pleasure of picking the brains of three sales experts during a LinkedIn Live session, and they covered everything you need to know about sales optimization in private equity funded companies, ranging from sales methodologies and sales enablement to technology. Back to blog.

Sales 52

Sales Prioritization B2B Account Management 52

Arpedio

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Sit back and get ready, because we had the pleasure of picking the brains of three sales experts during a LinkedIn Live session, and they covered everything you need to know about sales optimization in private equity funded companies, ranging from sales methodologies and sales enablement to technology. Back to blog.

Sales 52

Sales Prioritization Account Management CRM 52

Nutshell

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Taking the time to craft compelling, personalized sales emails for your prospects is a necessary step in driving new business. But how many of your contacts are actually seeing them? The truth is that many sales emails end up getting caught in a spam filter. Emailing too many people at once.

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Sales Communication Digitalization Marketing 89

Zendesk

MAY 5, 2021

But your ability to communicate well goes beyond listening to what your customers and team members say. You also have to recognize how they’re expressing themselves and adapt your responses accordingly. Assertive communicators may use phrases like: “I understand your point, but have you considered…”.

Communication 59

Communication Media Remote Working Meetings 59

Xant

MAY 20, 2021

And they’re harder to catch if you don’t know where or how to look. How do brands respond? But with the right kinds of automation, a reliable and compliant system, and with intelligence about your buyers’ behaviors, you can go beyond guessing at scale and start guiding your selling. They do their own research.

CRM 77

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. Your current skill-set is probably little help, if it’s not completely useless. Ability to be honest.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

The best salespeople have always been subject matter experts, put the customer first, and led with their authentic selves. But today, buyers put less trust in us than they ever have, market competition is fiercer than ever, and these traits no longer separate the best salespeople from merely good ones. Sometimes, this works.

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Sales Training Sales Onboarding Sales Management 102

Zendesk

JULY 26, 2022

The term feels vague enough that people smile and nod—and promptly change the subject. But business development representatives (BDR) are some of the most influential employees when it comes to the future of your company—and it’s time to familiarize yourself with their tasks, benefits, and value. Everyone nods politely. It’s no wonder.

Media 96

Media CRM Software Software 96

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 22, 2018

In fact, getting a response from prospects was identified as the hardest part of the sales process in the 2018 State of Inbound Sales Report. Plan your prospecting approach. Lori Richardson (LR) : Define the who, when, why, what, where, and how. Know "who" your buyer is. Plan "when" you'll reach out and "how" often.

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Value Proposition Sales Decision-making eCommerce 109

Cosawi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The second article addressed the critical role of Executive Sponsor engagement and how it can impact the success and resilience of your strategic customer partnership when done well. Could one, or all, of your strategic customers feel this way about your company and you? Most would agree.

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Account Management Skills

AUGUST 7, 2023

This episode is for you if you’re interested in how the AI landscape is changing for agencies and what you need to know from a legal perspective about your use of AI. Thank you for having me on your show. Who are your clients and what challenges are they bringing you lately relating to AI? Welcome to Episode 91.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Negotiation Account Management Marketing 52

Xant

MAY 20, 2021

And they’re harder to catch if you don’t know where or how to look. How do brands respond? But with the right kinds of automation, a reliable and compliant system, and with intelligence about your buyers’ behaviors, you can go beyond guessing at scale and start guiding your selling. They do their own research.

CRM 52

CRM Prioritization Digitalization Facilitation 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 24, 2023

Imagine a sales representative who never sleeps, never gets tired, and possesses an uncanny ability to analyze vast amounts of data in seconds. They can handle various activities such as data entry, lead enrichment, and email scheduling. Generative AI is changing the game.

Artificial Intelligence 81

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Help Scout

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Plenty of us have received at least one horrible cold outreach email from a recruiter that’s made us lol, or applied to a position only to never hear from the company. So why are so many recruiting practices so terrible? What better way to attract new, amazing talent than with your current talent? Or HR, if that’s your fancy.).

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ClearPoint Strategy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

You want your meeting to be the one that people don’t dread. Use our guide to make sure that your strategy meetings are the ones that people look forward to (and dare we say, the ones that are fun). After all, a key part of a successful strategy implementation process is getting everyone “rowing in the same direction.”

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