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9 B2B Sales Closing Techniques You Can Use Today

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Hubspot details this sales closing technique with a few questions: Ask your prospect: “Think of a scale of 1 – 10, where 1 is ‘I would NEVER buy from you’ and 10 is ‘I wish you sold more so I could KEEP buying from you!' “The The key to this question is to get the prospect to tell you why they want to buy.

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Mission Impossible: Making Hard Choices as a First-time CMO (Part 2)

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A 2018 HubSpot survey reports that 73% of marketers feel generally or tightly aligned (up from 22% of companies reporting close alignment in 2017!). You may need to move people around or have a conversation with key employees before your team can move forward. Align sales and marketing with SLAs. We’re moving in the right direction!

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Top 7 Sales Books for Sellers of SaaS – for Spring Break 2019

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Yes, the author has actually built a $100 million business himself – a little company called Hubspot. Whether it’s cloud-based products evolving to new needs and new markets, salespeople adapting to new sales technologies, or products so cutting-edge that you can barely describe them – don’t get comfortable. Sound familiar?).

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9 B2B Sales Closing Techniques You Can Use Today

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Hubspot details this sales closing technique with a few questions: Question 1: A scale of 1 – 10. Hubspot goes on to note that you’re looking for more than one answer; after their first reason, ask them for more. The key to this question is to get the prospect to tell you why they want to buy. Spend some time here.

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How to Avoid the Spam Trap

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To make sure you never hit a spam trap, Hubspot suggests only sending to opt-in contacts and to avoid purchasing data from a data provider. Data providers, verification tools, and email marketers can minimize the possibility of hitting a spam trap, but they cannot completely eliminate the risks. So what’s a legitimate email campaign to do?

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How to Use the Tech Stack to Displace Competitors

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For example, if they’re using freemium versions of programs like Hubspots or G-suite, rather than the enterprise version – there’s opportunity there.”. You have employees with an obvious need. That’s a great time to start prospecting into an account. While your prospects might be less sophisticated, you’re not.

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7 Quick Wins for Sales and Marketing Alignment

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Hubspot suggests this process: Calculate the Marketing Figures and Goals. Unsurprisingly, these leads don’t usually convert very well: They’re just not a priority for most teams. To ensure a coherent strategy for inbound leads, create an SLA between the two departments. Calculate the Sales Figures and Goals. Set up Marketing SLA Reporting.