SalesGrape

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Understanding the Importance of Humanizing B2B Marketing In today’s digital age, where automation and technology dominate marketing strategies, it is crucial for businesses to remember the importance of human connection. However, telemarketing has evolved significantly over time as new technologies have emerged.

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Televerde

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Ah, cold calling. While it’s not exactly America’s favorite pastime (63% of salespeople say cold calling is what they dislike most about their jobs ), it’s been an integral part of sales and marketing since man uttered the first elevator pitch. Then, she put me on hold again, this time with some music.

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The Mx Group

JANUARY 31, 2018

We recently hosted a webinar with two B2B telemarketing pros: Kerry Cunningham, senior research director with SiriusDecisions, and Kelly Olson, our in-house strategic telemarketing expert. What are some other areas, beyond the examples you gave in the webinar, where you would encourage B2B companies to implement telemarketing?

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Managing a B2B business is not an easy task. It requires extensive planning, execution, and analysis of various aspects, such as sales, marketing, customer support, finance, and more. B2B appointment setting is the process of scheduling meetings between sales representatives and potential clients or prospects.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2022

As privacy compliance regulations become more stringent, an increasing number of organizations are being penalized for activities that were once seen as standard practice for sales and marketing. In the UK, for example, a home improvement business was recently fined £200,000 for making over 500,000 unsolicited cold calls.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Studies by leading marketing research firms like MarketingSherpa show that 92% of B2B buyers are open to cold calls if the sales person is relevant. However, to ensure success, cold-calling needs to be part of a holistic lead generation strategy. Step 3: Throw away the scripts : Telemarketers use scripts.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Before an effective connection can be made by the sales team with a prospect, there needs to be someone who should be able to establish an appointment for both the sales rep and the customer in order to help the sales call to take place. B2B Appointment Setter. Outsourcing B2B Appointment Setting.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists.

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Biznology

AUGUST 8, 2019

I was teaching B2B digital marketing to master’s degree students at San Andres University in Buenos Aires again this summer. So, I decided to look into what’s going on in B2B marketing in Argentina. Ruth: How do B2B marketers in Argentina approach new customer prospecting these days? Frias , who filled me in. Please explain.

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The Mx Group

JUNE 4, 2018

With all the advantages technology provides these days in terms of marketing automation, efficiency, speed and data availability, there’s still no guarantee that, as a senior marketer, you’re bringing in enough B2B leads each quarter to meet your goals. An older-school technology — telemarketing. Just ask the parent of any millennial!)

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Valasys

JUNE 25, 2019

With the fierce increase competition in the B2B dominion, synchronization between the B2B marketing strategy & sales endeavors is an important pre-requisite to optimize the sales’ conversions. A quote by the former chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata states, “ All of us have don’t have equal talent.

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Tomorrow People

OCTOBER 26, 2017

No regrets - according to our research, 60% of B2B websites get less than 3000 visitors each month and very low levels of inbound leads, often because they haven’t been designed strategically. RIP TELEMARKETING. In January 2012 we strangled telemarketing with its own phone cable. RIP WEBSITE DESIGN.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2015

Author: Chris Gillespie When is the last time that you were cold called? As a salesperson myself, I always think that I am steeled for someone calling me out of the blue and asking me for something. ” Cold Caller: “I’m trying to reach John. ” Cold Caller: “I’m trying to reach John.

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Thanks Peter.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

You are right, demand generation tops the sales funnel. Source: Mailmunch on Beginners guide to sales funnel. A few examples of traditional demand generation (if viewed in the light of outbound strategy) would be cold calling (telemarketing), email marketing, print advertorials, trade shows etc.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Making a sales call ain’t an easy task. Nevertheless, cold calling has always been an indispensable element of prospecting. With 2020 right around the corner, the most obvious question in the minds of the B2B marketers remains what is the perfect time of the day to make a sales call in 2020?

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The Point

JANUARY 9, 2015

Conversely, the more the reader is forced to decide or ponder the reason or topic for that click or call, the greater the likelihood of hesitation. I was reminded of this principle earlier today when a colleague forwarded an email received from a inside sales representative at a technology company looking to partner with our agency.

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Valasys

MAY 8, 2019

The underlying forces driving B2B sales processes these days are majorly digitized, predictive & studded with predictive analytical techniques to attract a wide range of customers. The B2B arena today is dominated by influencers. The Function of the B2B Appointment Setting Service. Opting for B2B Appointment Setting.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Scheduling sales appointments.

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DiscoverOrg

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Here at DiscoverOrg, supporting outbound sales and marketing lead generation through accurate data and comprehensive sales intelligence is core to our business. Last summer, we conducted a survey of B2B marketing professionals to glean exactly that – the value that those individuals are seeing from their outbound efforts.

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Only B2B

APRIL 13, 2022

Are you a cold caller that sets appointments? Then you understand the importance of sales involvement in the comprehensive sales call process. According to The Sales Development Technology Report, connecting with a customer today takes an average of 18 dials. Consider The Time Zone. Do Your Homework.

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OutboundView

JUNE 30, 2019

It’s 2019, and there’s a sleuth of B2B sales prospecting tools out there, each more promising than the next. But before you write that check, take some time to think about your business and how the sales team fits in the bigger picture. B2B Prospecting Tools Pyramid. Bad data is at the root of many sales team’s failures.

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Excelsior Research

MAY 24, 2021

What is B2B lead generation, and how to get started? B2B is a technique implemented by every organization to help them procure leads. It helps a company make sales and revenue; important aspects to growth, expansion, and success of your business. B2B lead generation falls into the traditional umbrella of marketing.

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Excelsior Research

MAY 24, 2021

What is B2B lead generation, and how to get started? B2B is a technique implemented by every organization to help them procure leads. It helps a company make sales and revenue; important aspects to growth, expansion, and success of your business. B2B lead generation falls into the traditional umbrella of marketing.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. They go into a black hole (sometimes called CRM). Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales?

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Rev

MARCH 23, 2018

Outbound sales got a bad rep. Of course, nobody wants to be cold called about a product they want nothing to do with at 7:00 PM, when they’re off the clock and trying to enjoy time with their family. And it should go without saying that nobody wants to make those calls. But that’s not actually the way outbound sales work.

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2009

If part of your lead generation or lead nurturing strategy involves outbound sales calls, then you already know one of the key metrics critical to sales productivity is connection rate – i.e. the percentage of dials that result in live conversations. Typical B2B connection rates range from 15 to 30 percent, which means that [.].

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Only B2B

JUNE 2, 2022

If you’ve been in marketing or sales for more than a decade, you’ve probably heard the phrase “cold calling is dead.” Despite this, many of the most successful companies are still cold calling in 2022, and they aren’t going away anytime soon. Is cold calling still a viable option?

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markempa

OCTOBER 22, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

This past week Joe Galvin of SiriusDecisions released a study titled " The Rapid Rise of Inside Sales." It shows that Inside Sales teams are overcoming the stigma of a support team and becoming more of a front-line, quota-bearing piece of critical sales strategies. The impact on demand gen?

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ViewPoint

JUNE 16, 2015

Read what Mike Weinberg, author of New Sales Simplified , says about this pervasive thought: Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These so-called experts proclaim that cold-calling is ineffective and pursuing prospects that aren’t coming to you is a waste of time. I beg to differ.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 15, 2012

Jim is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association. SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management. But many are going for cold, hard, qualified leads.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The following guest post is another important topic for sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize.

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SalesIntel

JULY 30, 2021

Top eBook of the Month: B2B Sales Playbook. I have been working in the B2B data industry in one form or another for the last twenty years, and let me tell you this – it’s never been so competitive. As businesses adopt modern sales and marketing strategies, they need these elegant solutions to make them work.

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Unbound B2B

JANUARY 10, 2023

Thus, B2B companies are often faced with the dilemma of having to build in-house lead generation teams or outsource the function. Due to the demands and complexities involved, most B2B companies choose to outsource their lead generation functions. Moreover, 40% of agents say prospecting is the most challenging part of their job.

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