• 28 septembre

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    What is the cost of your lead in B2B prospecting ?

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, study

    We live in a cold cold world. The majority of B2B companies still work with old-fashioned sales organizations: Inside sales reps teams try to qualify leads on their own, and …

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  • 23 juillet

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    The 13 pain points that make sales reps lose their time

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, features, Features @fr, study

    The number one pain point of sales reps is time. Time lost in virtually everything but selling… After listening to hundreds of account managers, inside sales or business developers, there …

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  • 21 juin

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    The best salespeople don't just build relationships. They challenge !

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, features, Features @fr, study

    I just came through a fantastic study conducted by Corporate Executive Board. They interviewed 6’000 sales reps to find out the most effective sales profiles. The study concludes that there …

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  • 26 avril

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    Identify the closest lead

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, Features @fr, study

    Consider two leads qualified in the same way… Which one gets priority? The one that is closest to you in your network. Why? Because close targets are most likely to …

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  • 23 avril

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    Build your network to generate leads

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, study

    Building trust can take weeks if you start from scratch. The real power of LinkedIn relies on the relationships and the connection paths you use to reach decision makers. Did …

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  • 19 avril

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    Expert eBook: 11 great marketing and sales tactics on LinkedIn

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, study

    LinkedIn is a fantastic play field for B2B marketing ans sales referrals. Challenge 11 easy tactics recognized by marketing and sales experts to achieve a great ROI from LinkedIn : * Find …

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  • 04 avril

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    Reasons for calling with sales trigger events

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice

    I recently discussed my DRESS code, the five steps of social selling= Detect, Reach, Engage, Strengthen, Snowball. While the formula looks good as a step-by-step methodology, there are two pragmatic …

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  • 02 avril

    My 5 social selling tactics

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice

    My 5 social selling tactics There is no one left around to defend the cause of cold calling. The switch to social selling techniques delight both decision makers (who feel …

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  • 08 mars

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    CRM adoption and CRM data decay

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice, study

    Is Social magic to fix CRM adoption and CRM data decay? I caught a conversation last week in a tradeshow alley: « At the end of the day, my CRM app …

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  • 30 janvier

    Convert 80% of your calls into meetings

    Posted by Nicolas in best practice

    Convert 80% of your calls in meetings 80% is the real call-to-meeting conversion rate you achieve when you have a referral from a friend or a satisfied customer. IKO is …

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