In sales, strategy matters. And effective sales prospecting is as much about planning, strategy & prioritization as it is the actual execution and tactics. Plan your time. Schedule your prospecting efforts and stick to it. Consistency matters. Prospecting cannot be "when I get around to it." Your prospecting efforts now WILL reflect your pipeline health months from now. Decide which types of outreach make the most sense for that prospect at that given moment. Have you sent someone emails the last 3 times you've reached out? When's the last time you actually picked up the phone? Sent a hand-written note? Think through your messaging. "Just checking in" or re-forwarding previous emails is just lazily checking a box, not adding value for that customer or prospect. How much "we, our, I" messaging are you using vs. "you, your"? Provide something of real value, something thought-provoking (that they might even end up forwarding to others) with every touch point. Based on their ICP, what's important to them? Lastly, look at all your prospects and organize them into tiers. Which are most urgent and have the greatest (near and long-term) opportunity? That's likely a very small percentage of your overall prospects list. What's their level of awareness of you? Where are they in the sales cycle? What's the potential of the account (not just the "lead")? #salestips #Sales #prospecting
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‘Priming the prospecting pump’. What happens when you pump water from a well with a hand pump? Each stroke (pump) brings the water up from the well and closer to the surface. However, you can't tell how many pumps are needed to get the water to the top of the well. ⛽️ You have to keep pumping. ⛽️ You have to keep believing. As soon as you stop pumping, the water falls back to the well's floor, and you have to start over again. Prospecting is the same. Prospecting every day keeps the deals flowing. At times, it might feel like you’re pumping away and not getting any results, but just like the water in the pump, the deals might be just one or two prospecting activities away from flowing. ⛽️ You have to keep pumping. ⛽️ You have to keep believing. The best prospectors know to do some of the work every single day, so they never have to start from the very bottom. Prime your prospecting pump. 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 🏁 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 (& 𝙣𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sales Development Aust We can do your outbound for you, Train your sales team or Build your outbound function using the latest ANZ-specific outbound techniques. 👀 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬, ➡️ 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩, 👨💻 𝘿𝙈 or ask to join our 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙𝙄𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙉𝙕 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙨 for the latest insights, tactics, and perspectives on B2B sales. #sales #salesdevelopment
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