Leads became an endangered species in 2020. Business owners and salespeople looked everywhere and came up empty-handed and were scared. Their desperation grew as opportunities shrank. So they turned to activities that promised near-instantaneous results, like Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and pay-per-click (PPC) ads. Excitement and relief washed over them as leads started to trickle in again from Google Ads. In the rush of this quick hit of results, some decided it was time to ditch other tim...| KLA Group
Now that Microsoft has acquired LinkedIn, more users will be turning to LinkedIn to find experts for whatever it is that they need. To position yourself in front of the users looking for businesses like yours, you need to boost your signal on LinkedIn. With the right approach, you can be the expert they come to first.| KLA Group
The hot topic in sales recently is that cold calling is DEAD. The lead generation landscape has changed. Publish good campaign content and people will flock to you. Engage on social media to begin prospecting conversations. Don’t bother with calling. Nobody picks up their phone anyway.| KLA Group
Business owners of more and more SMB companies that we talk with are frustrated because they can’t put a finger on the return on investment (ROI) from their lead generation campaigns. They’ve invested time, money and staff, but can’t articulate the value they’ve received.| KLA Group
Perhaps a business owner’s biggest frustration is seeing all those opportunities sitting in the pipeline, but nothing is closing. Proposals were presented. Prospects declared, “I’ll let you know.” But they haven’t, and now you don’t know what to do next.| KLA Group
I frequently recommend using lead generation, and then in the next breath mention sales prospecting, when we’re defining new business development strategies and building client campaigns. But, I’ve realized that business owners – and even salespeople and marketers – don’t recognize the subtle differences between them.| KLA Group
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of COVID – the age of people who think cold calls don’t work, and it presented us with a tale of 2 clients. Both provide IT services. With everyone increasingly reliant on laptops, smartphones, and being connected 24/7, the pandemic should have created plenty of opportunities.| KLA Group
It’s that time of year again when we all turn to goal setting. We set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely), often lofty goals. We ponder the fastest way to achieve sales goals. Then get stuck without the critical business metrics for our revenue generating system to measure if we’re on the right path to achieve them.| KLA Group
Sales as sport – the comparisons abound. Sales TEAMS look to WIN business. Top salespeople are often recognized with TROPHIES. The list goes on. However, there is one connection to sports that often gets overlooked – COACHING. More specifically, coaching sales reps how to better convert inbound leads into sales-qualified opportunities. Sales coaching is critical for getting the highest results out of your salespeople.| KLA Group
When your reps are losing sales, use these questions and strategies to identify what to do to improve your sales process, restore your win rate, grow revenue.| KLA Group
You received a marketing qualified lead! You’re ecstatic and shoot them an email requesting a time to meet. Days go by, you hear nothing, your enthusiasm fades. Maybe they aren’t interested after all. Wrong! A percentage of your leads are ready to have a conversation right now. Others find your content or website useful but aren’t ready to talk yet. You won’t know this unless you call, and keep pursuing.| KLA Group
Your sales prospects don’t know how to be good prospects. They don’t ignore you out of spite. They don’t avoid sharing their proposal decisions to annoy you. They do those things because they don’t know how to be good prospects.| KLA Group
Business owners, sales leaders, and even salespeople know they need a sales plan that clearly outlines how they’ll achieve their annual goals. It is the best way to maintain a core element of their revenue generation system: selling consistently. | KLA Group
