Cold calling is at the top of salespeople’s hate list, that’s for sure, but it seems that following up holds second place. However, statistics show that 80% of sales require 5 follow-up phone calls after the initial contact (Source: The Marketing Donut), and yet a whopping 44% of salespeople give up after just one follow-up…
6 Tips to Crush Your Sales Goals
Thank you, but I’ll have to think about it. Every salesperson under the sun cringes upon hearing this polite, and yet vague response to their perfectly crafted pitch. It’s true that many things in the sales process are beyond your control, but some aren’t and you should focus on them. One of the things you…
Social Proof as a Method for Increasing Conversion Rates
Marketing and sales heavily rely on human psychology. Good marketers and salespeople also have to be good psychologists. Sometimes people need a little nudge when it comes to making a purchasing decision. As we’re highly social beings, the opinion of others matters to us very much. Similarly, many people tend to conform and do what…
Powerful Strategies for Combating Customer Churn
Improving churn rates and boosting customer lifetime value are substantial for the growth of your business. It’s important to calculate and track your customer churn rate as that’s how you’ll be able to understand whether your efforts have a positive or negative impact, as well as identify what you can do in order to retain…
How to Manage Your Sales Pipeline
Keeping your sales pipeline squeaky clean and properly managed is pivotal for the success of your business. You don’t want your water pipelines clogged, and the same goes for your sales pipelines. In other words, keeping stale opportunities that are in the pipeline for too long only slows down your business flow. There are several…
5 Crucial Methods for Growing Sales in 2017
The end of the year is the best time to reflect on what you’ve accomplished so far. It’s also useful to analyze the things you aren’t satisfied with, identify your mistakes and learn from them. But, it’s instrumental that you make a plan for the next year and see how you can improve your business…
9 Ways Marketing Can Boost Sales
“Good marketing makes the company look smart. Great marketing makes the customer feel smart.” Joe Chernov You’ve worked hard and created a great product. You’re absolutely sure your product is something that the market needs. Now what? It won’t sell and make profit unless you spread the word. There’s that common myth that needs busting…
How do you revive a dying campaign?
It can happen to anyone, we plan, we sketch and design a product and prepare for launch. We become so attached to our ideas that we lose objectivity and sometimes can’t see the obvious pitfalls in our campaign. As someone who is into sales and marketing, we pray that this never happens and that we…
How to get the most from your marketing data?
With the wealth of technology available to marketers’ measurement has become easier and yet more complex. Everyone talks about the importance of big data and yet many people and organizations by extension are still confused. Sure businesses collect and store data, but many people will tell you, they still don’t know how to use the…
Is there such a thing as too much communications in sales?
It seems like from the time we wake up we are either on our mobiles checking the weather, our contacts social media posts, stocks trading or what’s in the news. But what does this mean for businesses? Do we make ourselves more visible and are the platforms used really meaningful? This leads to the next…
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