Content Standard

JUNE 27, 2023

As a healthcare solutions provider, you’re functioning in an era in which your prospects (and existing customers) need educational support that provides clarity in the midst of chaos. In the process, you’re missing the opportunity to build deep topic authority in the specific areas of expertise you could be known for.

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InsightSquared

AUGUST 14, 2019

In fact, Gartner reported by the year 2020, AI will become a more integral part of the sales process for up to 30% of companies around the world. Here are three of the top ways AI is impacting today’s sales process: Increases Time Spent Selling. Strengthens Communication With Sales Leads.

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QuanticMind

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Like so many industries, the higher education space has been turned on its head over the past few years. While online learning is no longer the necessity it was at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the continued increase in demand for online education programs is undeniable. What’s Changed in Higher Education?

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The sales process is a race against numbers and time. . And it starts with prospecting, one of the most time-consuming phases of the entire sales cycle. . There are two ways to win the prospecting race: increase the numbers or reduce time. . Think of your LinkedIn connections not as your prospects but as your audiences.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Consumers have taken control of the sales process, and salespeople are now dealing with more educated, discerning buyers than ever before — and it’s time to adapt. Prospects don’t want to be sold to. They’ve got the research aspect covered. Emphasize A Focus On Outcomes. Ensure A Customer-Company Partnership.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They’re trained to sell to anyone who wants to buy and facilitate a quick buying process — but as inbound salespeople, we know who our products are made for, and we should only be selling to customers who are going to leverage value over time. The prospect is not in your sales territory. Their vertical market (i.e.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 22, 2018

If you’ve worked in sales for any amount of time, you know the standard sales process looks something like this: You identify a prospect and conduct research, you figure out what pain point or challenge they’re trying to solve, and then you offer your product or services as the solution. Why don’t some buyers admit they need help?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

So how can you scale communications with prospects and leads in the space between nurturing and closing a deal? They are a component of campaigns where individual readers (who could be possible prospects) are sent crafted messages after they set off a configured trigger. Craft educational content for each of those stages.

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Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2022

May 1, National College Decision Day, is one of the biggest days in higher education admissions. Higher education social media managers used Twitter’s interactivity to bring prospective students into the conversation. I gotta put ME first – Citiboii SRT. Retweets and responses. Those efforts paid off. Authentic reactions.

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Rev

AUGUST 2, 2023

When it comes to sales prospecting, there is no magic formula. But, at the end of the day, prospecting is a skill. That said, there are certain tactics and strategies that can help you become more successful at prospecting. Here’s an overview of everything we’ll cover along the way: What is sales prospecting?

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What Is Sales Prospecting? Sales prospecting tools are important in identifying potential buyers (prospects) and then building a business relationship with them. It’s the first step in the overall sales process—and a very important one. But, note the key word here: likely customers.

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Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Audit existing email nurture campaigns for performance Do you have engagement programs scheduled to kick off after a prospect attends a webinar, downloads content, or takes other actions with your brand? Of course, this is a quick summary of the process. Email nurture campaigns help you build affinity with both customers and prospects.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2024

Business process automation is, hands down, one of the best technological innovations to come along in decades. But how do make the best use of it (or get started, if you’re still stuck in manual processes)? Lead nurturing is designed to develop relationships with potential clients after B2B prospecting is done.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 29, 2019

These types of assets are fantastic for driving organic search traffic growth to the site and educating the market on key concepts and challenges. But, what about your existing customer base or those prospects that are already aware of your brand or industry and need more than educational content? Leverage Your Data!

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 18, 2021

According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center , higher education institutions (HEI) are faced with continued declining enrollment. Replace “customers” with “prospective students” (or “applicants”) and the same is still true. Simplifying the Online Application Process. What is inbound marketing (for higher ed)?

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Biznology

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Creating digital marketing success means addressing what your prospects do care about: what you can do for them. . Your prospects don’t care about you. The problem your prospect needs to solve The benefits they’ll experience working with you. The post Your Prospects Don’t Care About You appeared first on Biznology.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Pipeliner’s John Golden hosted me on #SalesChats recently and the topic was prospecting. John asked two questions: Which stage of the buying process should a salesperson engage with a prospect? I also suggest that questions to asks prospects break down into the following categories: pain, priority, process and environment.

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Hubspot

MAY 17, 2023

But maintaining that kind of trustworthiness and legitimacy over multiple sales conversations can be easier said than done — a lot of reps run into hitches, hiccups, and human errors that undermine their credibility with prospects. Asking Prospects to Repeat Themselves "I'm sorry — what did you say?" Let's dive in.

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Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2023

That means reps need to provide prospects with helpful and specific resources as opposed to stuffing irrelevant information down their throats — but you can't get there if you don't understand where your prospect is coming from. I don't always engage prospects at this stage, but if I do, I use a very light touch.

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Hubspot

APRIL 26, 2023

And even if you manage to convince a poor-fit prospect to buy, you're setting yourself up for an unhappy customer relationship and a potential hit to your reputation. To avoid the pitfalls of bad-fit prospects, look out for these seven signs you should give up on a deal. 7 Signs You Should Walk Away From a Prospect 1.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2023

Any prospect who buys from you is trusting that your solution is the best possible fit to suit their needs and that you‘re selling it because you sincerely believe that — but legitimate trust isn’t rooted exclusively in goodwill and friendliness. And how, exactly, do you build it with your prospects? Let’s dive in.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

The recruitment efforts at higher education institutions are naturally and rightfully following the trends and best practices generally acknowledged by marketing and sales specialists across a wide assortment of various fields. The lead nurturing process itself is improved by leveraging marketing automation best practices.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 28, 2023

Before you ever pick up the phone for prospecting , you have to determine whether the person you’re calling fits your ideal prospect profile. Selling a product you don’t truly believe in is a challenge — and if you don't understand your own company, your prospects will pick up on that. How senior is your prospect?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MAY 30, 2023

The same goes for sales training and education. It’s crucial to stay up to date on skills and education (via sales certifications, typically). This covers just about everything in the sales process, from prospecting to lead nurturing and closing. You don’t pick a doctor solely because they have an M.D.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 7, 2016

B2B selling is a complicated affair, but you can simplify your marketing strategies dramatically with buying process analysis. This means that you lay out your prospect’s buying process, stage by stage, and then develop a selling process that maps to it. Let’s look at how this works. But you can get more granular.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2018

What Is The B2B Selling Process? The goal of B2B selling is to reach prospects and form meaningful connections with them. Free Trial How Technology Changed The B2B Selling Process 1. However, there’s been a recent development in the CRM world that’s changing the B2B selling process: cloud-based CRM platforms.

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DealSignal

JULY 27, 2023

Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What Is Sales Prospecting? Sales prospecting tools are important in identifying potential buyers (prospects) and then building a business relationship with them. It’s the first step in the overall sales process—and a very important one.

Top of Funnel 52

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Hinge Marketing

JUNE 25, 2020

Anyone who has sold professional services knows how complex the business development process can be. And your prospect may have more than money at stake—their professional reputation may be on the line. . Conducting prospect research can help you alleviate their concerns. What Is Prospect Research and Why Is it so Important?

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The Point

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms? In a recent LinkedIn poll , almost half of the respondents (46%) indicated they’d rather force prospects to enter business emails on forms, even if it resulted in higher abandonment rates. B2B marketers seem divided on the question.

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Belkins

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Have you ever wondered what makes your prospects choose a certain vendor? You can offer top quality products and services and provide god-tier customer services across the United States, but 75% of your prospective buyers in Michigan will still choose a small-sized company in Lansing over you. Your prospects like to be in control.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It's hard to overstate the importance of B2B prospecting in the context of most B2B sales processes. It's the jumping-off point for every closable deal — and doing it effectively can be the difference between maintaining a steady stream of productive opportunities and your sales process never getting off the ground.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 29, 2018

Prospecting is difficult. In fact, one study revealed that 40% of salespeople said prospecting is the most challenging part of the sales process. Many sellers don’t have the right mindset around prospecting. Many sellers don’t have the right mindset around prospecting. There’s no denying it. Why is it so hard?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

Take this further and personalize the onboarding process and content to help bolster customer retention, which leads to the next strategy…. If you fail to do so or constantly change your brand, you’ll naturally lose trust with existing customers and stall trust-building with prospects. Educational content is helpful content.

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6sense

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I remember my first sales manager telling me, “Run the process, or it will run you.” So, I’ve done my best to always take control and run the process. I mean, we make prospects fill out a form to get our content, but prospects often don’t want our content badly enough to fill out that form. What are they researching?

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Bluetext

MAY 22, 2023

Amongst the throws of graduation caps and kick off to summer celebrations, higher education gets more attention than ever. And while prestige and name value still plays a significant role, numerous other factors have recently come into play for prospective students. It’s May and you know what that means, graduation season is upon us.

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Engagio

JANUARY 19, 2021

Most of us in B2B would have no problem listing the firmographic data about our target prospects, things like revenue range, number of employees, location, and industry. But if you’re a SaaS company like us at Demandbase, you’ll also want to consider a third type of information about your prospects: technographic data.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 5, 2015

In the spirit of educating ourselves on the significance of this festive holiday, let’s take a look at 5 practical content marketing tactics you can take to educate and inform your B2B audience ( we are still in the office until 5:00 pm, after all ): Attend In-Person Events. Leverage Surveys. Offer Testimonials.

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