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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Automate web form processing and spend more time on selling
Monday, January 17, 2011
The Best Way to Quickly Build Business Lists from any Internet Source
Reaching your prospective customers is not as easy as it sounds. You need to first identify your targeted prospects and build a list of contacts / prospects with complete and accurate contact information. Only then you will be able to reach your prospective customers and convey that “all important” message about your unique product or service. Although buying or renting prospect lists is an option, it is quite expensive and experts always recommend sales and marketing professionals to build their own lists.
Generally sales and marketing professionals look for contacts from various sources. The Internet is one of the major sources of contacts that they often look for. Sources such as online directories, association websites, membership directories and MLS Listings help you to build targeted contact list / prospect list / mailing list for free. You can also capture fresh leads from these sources. But the challenge is, how to capture these leads and quickly build business lists from these sources.
Typically, search results on the Internet and online directories run across multiple pages. So, it becomes a tiresome and time-consuming task to manually copy-paste the contact information from various web pages and build a list of contacts. When you copy-paste contact information from multiple web pages, there is every chance that it might end up in typos which can prove very costly.
This is where successful sales and marketing professionals rely on technology. Technology helps a great deal in capturing contacts and building prospect lists. List building tools are available in the market that helps you to quickly and easily build contact list / prospect list / mailing list from almost any source. Industry experts say that the best way to quickly build business lists from any Internet source is to use a list building software.
List building software helps you to quickly build targeted prospect lists in a single click and helps you speed up sales lead generation. It intelligently captures the name, address, phone numbers, email IDs and other contact details and helps you automatically transfer the contact information to your database.
With list building software, you can avoid spending countless hours on the Internet, visiting hundreds of web pages and online directory results, copy-pasting contact information into your database to build your contact list or prospect list, and it helps you save a lot of time and resources. The list building tool helps you build business lists in a few minutes which would otherwise take hours if it is done manually.
List building software enables you to quickly capture multiple contacts, check for duplicates, extract email addresses and transfer the contacts to popular databases like ACT, GoldMine, Outlook, Excel, etc.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Do Not Buy Lead Lists Use ListGrabber To Quickly Build Your Fresh Marketing Lead Lists
One of the best ways to start looking for the leads is to search the Internet. The Internet has many sources of free sales and marketing leads. On line directories such as yellow pages, white pages, association websites, membership directories, Chamber of Commerce Lists, MLS listings are some of the free sources that you can use to build a list of fresh marketing leads.An advantage in building lists on your own from the Internet is the greater accuracy of the leads that you build. Information displayed on websites and online directories can be updated in real time; therefore, the contact data is always current and up-to-date. However, the biggest pain marketers face here is having to manually enter the contact lists from more than one source into their database
If you are to build lead lists from all the afore-mentioned sources, all you need to do is choosing the source (website / online directory) you think that would be the most appropriate for your business / offering and enter your search criteria to have matching listings displayed. Its also possible that your search results are spread over multiple pages. Then, you would have to copy manually and paste each piece of contact information -name, postal address, email, phone, fax, etc -into a column in an Excel Spreadsheet or a field in your database or CRM.
For Marketers, the process of collecting leads on a daily basis and entering them into an Excel Spreadsheet or a database or CRM is a time-consuming task. As a result, time which should have been productively spent contacting customers is used in performing a repetitive, manual task of copy-pasting data from a source to a destination. For example, it takes about 2 minutes to copy all the information about one contact into a destination. Assuming you need a 50 contacts to start calling, you would take 100 minutes before you can pick up the phone.
One solution to this problem is to get someone else to do the task of collecting leads. However, this approach may not be feasible on a cost-per-lead basis. Another problem with this approach is the errors caused by manual data entry.During the copy-paste process, the person has to switch constantly between two windows and pick up data one field at a time. Fields may be not be copied completely and some fields may get missed out altogether.
eGrabber's ListGrabber provides an easy and effective solution to all these problems.
About ListGrabber
ListGrabber is a one click solution to collecting leads from various sources and transferring the leads to an Excel Spreadsheet or a database or CRM of your choice. All you have to do is open the Online Directory (like Superpages, Yell, Yellow Pages or craigslist, etc.,), Web Site, or document where you get your leads from and click ListGrabber's "Grab" button. ListGrabber instantly captures the data from all the fields and transfers it. All this can be done in under a minute.
ListGrabber supports transfers to popular databases such as Excel Spreadsheet, ACT!, GoldMine and Outlook. ListGrabber also exports to Salesforce.com, BullHorn, PCRecruiter, cBizOne and others.
Typically, Online Directories like Yellow-Pages display 10-25 contact records at a time. ListGrabber comes together with eGrabber's AutoNext technology which automatically navigates to the next page and continues with capturing the next pages' contact information as well. So with One Click you can build your list of leads!
ListGrabber incorporates patented contact capture technology, that has been perfected over many years, and is tuned to work with all popular web sites,directories and listings in USA, UK, Canada and Australia. Use ListGrabber to build your list of fresh marketing leads. Download the 10-day free trial version of ListGrabber today.
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Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_919378_64.html?ktrack=kcplink
Friday, December 17, 2010
Sales Lead Data Entry Made Easy
I spend a lot of my time entering hundreds of contacts from online directories into my database. I would do better if I had this time for selling. Is there a smart way to do this?
Yes! ListGrabber helps you to pull out contact information from hundreds of online directories and automatically add them to your database.
It does in one hour what it would have otherwise taken you 60 hours to do. Now, with a single click, you can capture contacts from websites & documents and save it in your ACT!, Outlook, GoldMine or Excel.
Download your 10-day trial copy and see the magic work for you.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Pull Business Contact Lists from internet
Do you want to pull large amounts of data like business contact list , sales leads, email addresses, etc from the Internet but manual copy-and-paste operations make you feel sick? Then it's time to automate your online Lead generation process by using ListGrabber. Use ListGrabber to build prospect lists from any Internet source.
* Extract Business Contact lists from online directories (like yellow- pages directories, white pages directories) association websites, membership directories, MLS Listings, etc
* Capture name, address, email, phone and fax number of prospects from any online source
* Pull Business email addresses from the Internet to start email campaigns faster
* Directly transfer leads to Contact Managers like Excel, ACT!, GoldMine, Outlook, etc
Thursday, October 7, 2010
How to generate business to business leads from Online directories
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Speed up Sales Lead Generation with One Click List Building Software
Thursday, September 9, 2010
How do you get quality real estate leads?
Now I would strongly recommend you to have ListGrabber with you. ListGrabber will help you to find the accurate / quality leads from search engines.
You can build your fresh real estate leads from Online Directories (like yellow pages directories, super pages, white pages directories), association websites, membership directories, MLS Listings etc. and enter them into an Excel spreadsheet or any database .If you do manually it will take a lot of time to complete the process.
ListGrabber is a powerful list builder tool that allows you to build your own lead list / prospect list from various available sources of free leads on the Internet. You can use this lead generation software to capture contact lists from Online Directories (like yellow pages directories, super pages, white pages directories), association websites, membership directories, MLS Listings, etc. and enter them into an Excel spreadsheet or any database.
ListGrabber can also capture contact information found in email signatures, spreadsheets and documents convert it to email marketing lists . It then transfers these details instantly to respective contact fields in your database. Use our sales and marketing software that quickly build email address list for campaigning and to import any prospect list into your address book or contact manager (ACT!, Outlook, Excel, Gold Mine, etc.)
For More Information Visit http://www.egrabber.com/listgrabberstandard/
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Quickest way to Grab Email Lists from the Internet
Do you Sound Like a Sales Person?
Most sales persons call from a list and make so many calls everyday that they have this mindset they're calling numbers and not people. Do you face this problem? For every call, visualize the person at the other end of the and pretend like you`re looking him/her in the eye.
But remember, sounding good can only get you that much good, you will have to combine that with good preparation and technique to make the sale.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Quickest Way to Find Missing E-mail Ids for your B2B Sales Leads
LeadResearcher helps you save hours of Internet research. All you have to do is:
- 1. Input the Contact's Name and Company-name
- 2. Click on "Find Email"
Our sales specialists can quickly show how you can use LeadResearcher to find email addresses of prospective passive candidates. You can either Schedule a Demo with them or Download a 10-day trial version of LeadResearcher to try it yourself.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
How to Create Multiple Ties with your Customers ?
Ask yourself - Do my customers:
- own more than one product offered by my company?
- subscribe to company newsletters or other publications, blogs, etc?
- attend webinars, webcasts, etc. that are created for educating them?
- connect with my company on online social networks - LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.?
Answering 'yes' to more than 2 of the above would mean you have multiple ties with your customer. Remember, such a relationship can help you maintain sales or even boost it in a volatile economy.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Art of Closing Deals with a Qualified Lead
- Use different modes of communication (emails, phone calls, direct mail) to grab your lead’s attention. Ensure that your marketing plan drives engagement throughout the buying cycle.
Use a mail merge tool to personalize emails and direct mails.-
Always treat your leads as your top customers. Treat them with respect and let them know that you and your company care for their needs and interests. -
Focus on the lead’s individual needs and segment your marketing process accordingly. This will help you demonstrate how your products/services can help your leads meet the specific requirements. -
Timing is very crucial. You need to pass the leads to the sales team at the right time, neither too early nor too late. -
Please ensure that your marketing team shares the appropriate information about the lead to the sales department. -
Identify the right time to close the deal by starting the sales conversation.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
3 Key Factors in Website Optimization
If you are an e-marketer focussed on your website rankings in search engine results, here are 3 key factors you should know and work upon constantly:
1. Your inbound links: Links from quality sites/ authoritative e-sources related to yours , related articles on popular sites, blog posts, etc. will benefit you way more than reciprocal links or links from a site that is unrelated.
2. Your competitor's inbound links: As good as your inbound links might be, it must still outshine and outnumber that of your competitors.
3. Your keywords: How competitive and targeted are your keywords? Sometimes you might want to opt for less competitve variations to start with.
2 Tips to Sound Different on your Sales Call
1. Change your sales opening (Ref tip on '2 Proven Sales Call Openings that Work' in the May 25 issue of our newsletter for sales and marketing professionals).
2. Dont talk about your product: Tell the prospect the opposite of what they expect you to say. Don’t talk about your product or service. Talk about what is important to the prospect.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tests to Boost Effectiveness of Email Ads
Here are some of the tactics that have proven to have a great impact on email performance. It is important that you put to test some of these with your in-house list.
1. Test 2-3 different subject lines
2. Personalize email to appear to be from sales rep
3. Personalize email by user profile
4. Test different landing page content and layout
5. Offers/ discount
6. Timing of the email send
The first 3 tactics are extremely effective for boosting your ad open and click rates.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Govirals - Top 10 Videos March 2010
BMW S1000 RR – Dinner Table
Pedigree – Dogs
Pepsi Max – ‘Oh Africa’
Nike – The Human Chain
Adidas Originals – Street Corner
Tropicana – Arctic Sun
Sprite – Spark
Sony PlayStation – Move
Specsavers – 'The Specs Effect'
Natural Gas – Soft Heat
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Research Tips for Cold Calling Success
Do you schedule a certain day and time each week for cold calling? or Do you make cold calls only when you feel like it? Research* shows that timing plays a very important role when it comes to cold calling success.
Here a couple of facts from the research to help you improve your cold calling success:
- Thursday is the best day to contact a prospect and Friday is the worst.
- The best time of the day to cold call is 8-9am followed by 4-5pm. The worst time to call is right after lunch
So, if you are looking to add new leads to your pipeline be sure to make calls early in the day and before you leave for the day. Use the hours in between for follow-up calls.
*Excerpts from a research report by Dr. James Oldroyd from the Kellogg School of Management
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Internet has surpassed TV as the “most essential” medium
The latest Infinite Dial study by Arbitron and Edison Resaerch shows that Internet has surpassed TV as the "most essential" medium for the first time.
When the respondents were asked which they would choose if they must never watch television or never access Internet, 49% of respondents chose to eliminate television. This is higher when compared to the survey conducted in 2001 that showed only 26% of the respondents chose to eliminate television.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Social Network Usage Rises in Feb 2010

Source: marketingcharts.com
According to Nielson Company Survey,
- Usage of Social Network increased in Feb 2010 over Feb 2009
- Italians and Australians spend more time on Social Networks
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
4 Things you Should Know about your Prospect
How do you pack your sales pitch or presentation with stuff that is important to your prospective customer? This is important because the foremost thought running through your prospect's mind when you are talking is "What's in it for me?"
Here are 4 things you should know and address in your presentation:
1. What is the prospect responsible for at her organization?
2. How is her performance measured?
3. What is her status quo - existing issues, limitations, etc.?
4. What are her goals or business objectives for the quarter, year, etc.?
Remember, you can get any prospect to be interested in your product if you can show that it helps eliminate problems, solve issues and achieve her objectives.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Get Prospects to Buy your Side of the Story
There are factors that can influence (persuade sub-consciously) the prospect to accept your side of the story over your competitor's.
1. For prospects with a sense of urgency or high motivation to buy - Present your product first and how it can resolve current issues. Once this part is fully delivered and understood, take very little time to talk about what your competitor has to offer.
2. For prospects who have no urgency or are not directly affected by the purchase decision - Talk about competition first, but very little. The second and larger part of your presentation should focus on your product benefits and how it can resolve their problems.
There are psychological studies to prove that the above tactics work. Understanding these can help you influence prospects to buy into your side of the argument and close the deal.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
How to parse data from your Email using eMail-Lead Grabber
However copy/paste, typing this email information can be time consuming and labor intensive.
Now let's see how can you automate your web form processing and quickly convert your emails into database with eMail-Lead Grabber.
With e-Mail Lead Grabber you can automatically extracts the data from incoming email messages and transfers the contact details into your database.Also You can send personalized auto response email to your prospects as soon as they fill in your form.eMail-Lead Grabber also works with different formats of incoming leads such as text, HTML and XML formats.
To know more about other features and benefits, Visit http://www.egrabber.com/wrgbiz/
For a free trial, Visit http://www.egrabber.com/wrgbiz/trial.html
Friday, March 12, 2010
Microsoft Search Growth Slows - Shows comScore qSearch data

Source: www.marketingcharts.com
comScore data shows that Microsoft search growth has slowed down. Google continues to hold two-thirds of the search market.
For more info, Visit www.marketingcharts.com
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
eMail-Lead Grabber Excel - Advanced Email Parser
eMail-Lead Grabber Excel works with
Spreadsheet Software
MS Excel 2007/2003/2002/2000
CSV/Tab-delimited Text file
Email Clients
Microsoft Outlook® (2007/2003/2002/2000)
Outlook Express® (4.72 / 5.00 / 5.50 / 6.0)
Support for all other email clients are through the 'Selected Text' option.
Download and use this software free for processing one hundred emails.
For a free trial, Visit http://www.egrabber.com/emailleadgrabberexcel/trial.html
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Learn How to Find Email Addresses of Top Business Executives
Do you have a list of companies and names of their top executives?
How do you find these executive's email addresses?
Well the traditional approaches are
- You may hire/outsource companies/person to visit company websites and collect the executive's email addresses
- You may try the email directories
- You may buy the data from companies that provides executive contact database.
LeadResearcher Pro from eGrabber is an automated research tool that allows you to quickly find business email addresses of top executives.
Input a Company's Name and click on "Find E-mail ids of a company."
LeadResearcher lists the E-mail addresses of the employees in that Company.
LeadResearcher saves its users countless hours of doing manual Internet research. Additionally, by using the same search techniques as industry experts, LeadResearcher uncovers hard to find contact information that non-experts might not find.
To know more about how LeadResearcher Pro works, Visit http://www.egrabber.com/leadresearcherpro/
To try LeadReseacher Pro for free, Visit http://www.egrabber.com/leadresearcherpro/trial.html
Friday, February 26, 2010
New Metrics to Help you Personalize your Messages
A recent survey showed that non-personalized promotions received a 0.5% click through rate vs 7% on personalized campaigns. Here are some of the metrics that marketers now collect and use to personalize their messages:
- Purchase history
- Abandoned shopping carts
- Web site behavior
- Product profiling
- Demography, etc.
Ask yourself: Do I use any of the above to personalize my communications with prospects and customers?
When you refer to a recipient's purchase history or preferences in your email message, it increases your message's value. It also provides opportunities to up-sell or cross-sell other complementary products.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2 Tips to Improve 'Re-mail' Open Rates
Re-mailing involves identifying recipients who did not open your email ad the first time, altering factors that influence open rate, and sending the email again.
Here are 2 tips to improve the open rates during the re-send:
1. Change the subject line: Try something different. Craft a subject line that offers more value. Read articles on what makes a subject line enticing to readers and incorporate them.
2. Change the campaign time: Re-sends give you an opportunity to experiment with different times and days. If your business is B2C, you might find the response rates better during weekends.
Remember, re-mailing when done properly can boost your ROI considerably.
Monday, February 22, 2010
ListGrabber - Realtor Prospecting Tool
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Export Outlook Data to Excel
Export Outlook data with eMail-Lead Grabber Excel software.
eMail-Lead Grabber Excel is a powerful converter that exports data from Outlook Emails to Excel Spreadsheet.
eMail-Lead Grabber is a best tool to convert lead information from web forms/3rd party leads to Excel database.
Key Features of eMail-Lead Grabber Excel
- Export Outlook data to Excel database
eMail-Lead Grabber Excel eliminates the process of having to manually type or copy-paste the data from email to your Excel database.
- Duplicate free database
eMail-Lead Grabber has an inbuilt de-dupe functionality that checks and alerts for duplicate contacts and helps maintain duplicate free database.
- Works with all version of Excel & Outlook
eMail-Lead Grabber works with MS Excel (2007/2003/2002/2000) & Microsoft Outlook (2007/2003/2002/2000)
Also works with Outlook Express® (4.72 / 5.00 / 5.50 / 6.0)
Download and try eMail-Lead Grabber Excel for ten days and convert one hundred emails from Outlook to Excel database for free
To download, visit http://www.egrabber.com/emailleadgrabberexcel/trial.html
Convert Your Web Form Responses Into Lead Database
eMail-Lead Grabber quickly converts your emails to a lead database in ACT!, Excel Spreadsheet, GoldMine, Outlook, ACCESS and more.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
2 Tips for Successful Voicemail Messages
One of the ways to let your prospects know that you are a professional and serious about what you sell is to leave a well crafted voicemail message. A polished message can mean the difference between voicemails that are deleted or ignored and those that are returned.
Here are 2 tips for successful voicemail messages:
1. Leave a compelling reason for your prospect to call you back. State one major problem your prospect faces and that you can solve it.
2. Talk slowly and clearly. Avoid 'um..', 'ah..', etc. State the purpose of your call and your phone number clearly.
By scripting your voicemail in advance you can sound your best and give yourself the best chance to hear back from prospects.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
eGrabber to Exhibit at LeadsCon 2010 in Las Vegas, NV
San Jose, CA, February 09, 2010 - eGrabber Inc., the leader in automated Internet research tools, announced its participation at the LeadsCon 2010 to be held in Las Vegas, NV on Feb 23-24, 2010. eGrabber will showcase LeadGrabber and LeadResearcher, two new lead generation tools that make it easy to build lists from the Internet.
LeadGrabber tool is designed for companies that spend time building lists from the Internet. LeadGrabber speeds up list building by automatically detecting and extracting contact information from web-pages. LeadGrabber can quickly generate lists from scanning search results in Google, social networks, professional linking sites, company websites, resume portals, job boards and any other portals that provide search results. It enables companies to start marketing sooner than later.
LeadResearcher tool is designed for companies that spend time finding missing contact details for leads they already have in-house. LeadResearcher is an automated tool that uses 40+ proprietary Internet search techniques adopted by top Internet researchers to quickly find the missing contact information - email address, phone, LinkedIn profiles etc. It enables sales people to spend less time on research and more time on selling.
Both products utilize sophisticated Internet research techniques to help build powerful databases of leads. These tools save countless hours of Internet research. "Getting the right information at the right time can be critical to sales success. Our sophisticated Internet research tools connect you with prospects instantly, converting sales leads into business deals by accelerating the sales cycle”, said Chandra Bodapati, CEO, eGrabber. “These products continue our commitment to provide innovative ways to add value and boost performance in the lead generation business."
For information on LeadGrabber, please visit http://www.egrabber.com/leadgrabber/
For information on LeadResearcher, please visit http://www.egrabber.com/leadresearcher.html
About eGrabber, Inc.
We develop tools that automate Internet research and accelerate sales cycles.
If your company spends time researching the Internet for missing lead information such as emails, phone numbers or LinkedIn profiles, our LeadResearch tools can automate this task. If your company uses Google to build lists in niche segments, our LeadGen tools can automate this task as well.
Visit www.egrabber.com or call us at 408-516-4566
Friday, February 5, 2010
How to capture and transfer sales leads into your database?
Is there a simple way to capture and transfer sales leads into your database?
ListGrabber, a sales lead capture tool, can help you capture and transfer sales leads into your database in a single click. All you need to do is just select the contacts and click on the grab button.
Let us see how we can quickly capture and transfer sales leads.
Select the contact list and the database icon on the ListGrabber toolbar.
For example, if you click on the Excel icon,
The ListGrabber – Capture Settings dialog box is displayed. Click the Proceed button
The eGrabber - Confirmation Window is displayed. You can verify the address and other contact details in this window.
Click Transfer All to transfer the contact information to Microsoft Excel.
Note: By default, the eGrabber - Confirmation Window is displayed when you transfer the contacts directly to your database. If you do not want the confirmation window to be displayed every time you transfer the contacts, select the option Always transfer – do not display this results window and click Transfer. The next time, when you transfer the contacts, the eGrabber – Confirmation Window will not be displayed.
The contact information is instantly transferred to the Microsoft Excel sheet as shown below.To download the sales lead capture tool, Click ListGrabber Free Trial
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Tell your Prospects a Good 'Recovery Story'
Does your prospect have a negative attitude about the economic recovery? Is she not excited about it? Is this hampering your chances of a sale? Then it is time for you to drive the enthusiasm and get your prospect to buy into being part of the recovery. One of the ways to do it is by telling them a good recovery story.
Gather one or two success stories and share them with prospects you talk to. Show how they are in a similar situation and how they can succeed too (by using your products). You can also gather good news about your prospect's industry in general and share it with them.
Remember, as a sales person you need to work up a positive attitude for yourself first before you can talk to your prospects.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Easiest way to Pull B2B & B2C Email ID's from any Internet Source
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Extract Business Contact lists from online directories (like Yellow Pages, Super Pages, white pages directories)
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Capture name, address, email, phone and fax number of prospects from any online source
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Pull B2B and B2C email addresses from the Internet to start email campaigns faster
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Directly transfer leads to Contact Managers like Excel, ACT!, GoldMine, Outlook, etc
Works with ACT!, MS Excel, Outlook, GoldMine, etc
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
2 Questions that Lead to Stronger Closures
We have often discussed the importance and role that 'specific' questions play in the sales process. Here are examples of 2 questions that are crucial in leading to stronger closures for your sales presentations:
1. Whenever you talk about a product benefit, ask: "Would that work for you?" or "Can you think of instances at your work or business situations where it can benefit you?".
2. When you are nearing the close of your presentation, ask: "Have I missed out anything that might be important to you?".
Always listen carefully to how your respond and gently prompt them to add more. By using these questions, you will invariably lead your presentations to stronger closures.
Ref: The Real Secrets of the Top 20% by Mike Brooks
Monday, January 18, 2010
Focus on Growing your Mailing Lists this Year
Email content that is stale and stagnant will not get the same enthusiasm from your subscribers as ones that are fresh and evolving. The same applies to your mailing list too. By constantly adding new subscribers to your list, you can maximize returns on your email marketing programs.
If for some reason your list had little or zero growth in 2009, then it is time to kick-start you list-growth for 2010. Here are 2 things you can start doing right away:
1. Make a list of key benefits that a person will receive by subscribing to your list - industry news, research reports, white papers, webinars, special offers, etc.
2. Place the benefits and a request to opt-in at a high-traffic area on your website. You can also present this to people you meet at trade shows and events, and follow it up with an opt-in email.
Remember to send a personalized 'Thank you' message once they sign up (the quicker the better; send one within 20 minutes atleast).
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Tackle Gate-Keepers with Courtesy
The key in tackling gate-keepers is not to try and dart past them. Tell them that you wish to take directions from them. Ask for help. Be genuine in your approach, and never try fake friendliness. A simple courtesy can go a long way.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Use White Papers As A Powerful Marketing Tool
This goes to show that white papers are a powerful sales and marketing tool. In fact, their effectiveness is critical to the earliest stages of the buying cycle. White papers not only generate sales leads, but also help build credibility. While white papers can be successful as lead-generators, marketers should take care to see to it that they are designed to be educational in nature and not just a disguised sales pitch.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Why should small businesses invest in software?
Investing in software that increases your business productivity is always a better bet. Most often, it is just a one-time investment and there aren’t significant maintenance costs. If you invest in software that completely automates a particular workflow, you will find your overall business productivity increase automatically by two- or three-fold.
AddressGrabber Business is one such software used by small business owners to improve business productivity. It is a data entry automation tool that eliminates all manual data entry steps involved in typing customer contact details into accounting and shipping applications.
Online businesses typically receive orders electronically via e-mail. To create a new customer record in QuickBooks, simply select the customer contact details and click QuickBooks icon in AddressGrabber toolbar. Since the customer information is entered automatically, you eliminate billing and invoicing errors.
If you want ship to that person, select the shipping address and click FedEx icon in AddressGrabber toolbar. AddressGrabber creates a new shipment record in FedEx. Here, you eliminate shipping errors and shipping delays.
You now gain an unfair advantage by sourcing your data entry work to AddressGrabber Business. It is one of the many cost-effective solutions to increase your productivity.
To know more about AddressGrabber Business, Visit Contact Grabber for Small Businesses
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
How to Export Business Listings From Online Directories to Excel?
ListGrabber helps you to export business listings from multiple web directories and transfers them to your database in just a few seconds. ListGrabber helps you to save a lot of time and resources.
Using ListGrabber, you can export business listings from online directories, scanned lists, web pages, word documents, etc. into Microsoft Excel, ACT, GoldMine, Microsoft Outlook etc.
Now let us quickly see how to export business listings to Excel.
Step 1: Launch any online web directory(white pages directories or yellow pages directories) and search for leads.
Step 2: Select the business listing in the results page and click the Microsoft Excel icon on ListGrabber toolbar.
A ListGrabber – Capture Settings dialog box is displayed.
ListGrabber automatically detects the source and displays it in the Select Settings to use field.
Click Proceed.
An eGrabber Confirmation Window is displayed. You can verify the address and other contact details in this window.
Click Transfer All to export the business listing to Microsoft Excel.
The business listing is instantly exported to Microsoft Excel in the CSV format.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Top 10 Consumer Trends for 2010
1. Business as unusual
2. Urbany
3. Real-time Reviews
4. (F)luxury
5. Mass Mingling
6. Eco-Easy
7. Tracking & Alerting
8. Embedded Generosity
9. Profile Myning
10. Maturalism
Thursday, January 7, 2010
2 Tips to Build 'Genuine' Rapport with Prospects
If you are in an industry where competitive differentiation is thin, you should pay utmost attention to the following rule: "All things being equal, the prospect will choose the seller (or salesperson) she likes most".
So here are 2 tips to help you build genuine rapport with prospects:
1. Find common ground: Search your prospect's MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn profiles, etc. to find mutual interests - school, college, sports, teams, etc. - you can talk about.
2. Be yourself: Never try to be something you are not. Dont adopt a sales-like tone. Be natural and relax.
Remember, though rapport building requires you to create a less formal atmosphere, never cross the line of professionalism - dress, speak and act professionally.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Automate Web Data Extraction using ListGrabber
Now, the question is, how to extract those contact information to your database? Manual data entry? It is a tiresome process and it is prone for typos. Also, as a busy sales/marketing professional, you cannot afford to spend most of your time on manual data entry. This is where a web data extraction tool like ListGrabber comes handy.
With ListGrabber, you can automate data extraction process. You can extract free business listings from white pages directories, yellow pages directories etc and transfer them to Outlook, Excel, CRM applications, or any database in just a single click.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
$99 Off on ListGrabber Holiday Special Offer Extended Until Jan 10,2010
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