Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Quickest way to Grab Email Lists from the Internet

Email lists are everywhere on the Internet – Company websites, Association and Membership directories, etc. But creating mailing lists by manually copy-pasting them one by one into an Excel spreadsheet is tedious and takes a lot a time.

ListGrabber completely automates this process by capturing the contacts from web pages, online directories((like yellow-pages, super pages, white pages directories), etc. and transferring them into an Excel sheet in a single click. Download your 10-day free-trial version of ListGrabber today, and try it yourself.

Our sales specialists can help you identify Internet sources that have contact info of prospects for your business; and show how you can use ListGrabber to pull them into your database. Click here to Schedule a Demo with one of them and see how ListGrabber can help you sell more.


Do you Sound Like a Sales Person?

Source:  eGrabber Newsletters

Ask yourself these questions before you call your next prospect: Do I sound genuine, warm, and natural on the phone? Do I sound like a real person calling someone I care for, discussing something I am passionate about?

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

Source: eGrabber

LeadResearcher from eGrabber is an automated Internet research tool that allows you to instantly find the missing email addresses 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"
LeadResearcher intelligently scours Search Engines, Company Websites, Networking sites, etc. and finds a working email address for the given contact.

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 ?

A recent research note in the Journal of Marketing highlighted the importance of having multiple ties with customers. This involves being connected to your customer in more ways than just through the one product you sold.

Ask yourself - Do my customers:
  1. own more than one product offered by my company?
  2. subscribe to company newsletters or other publications, blogs, etc?
  3. attend webinars, webcasts, etc. that are created for educating them?
  4. 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

Closing deals with a qualified lead is the ultimate goal for every marketing program. Both marketing and sales folks need to work hand in hand to keep things going well without any hiccups. However, you need to keep a few things in mind to master the art of closing deals with a qualified lead.
  1. 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. 

  2. Use a mail merge tool to personalize emails and direct mails.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Timing is very crucial. You need to pass the leads to the sales team at the right time, neither too early nor too late.

  6. Please ensure that your marketing team shares the appropriate information about the lead to the sales department.

  7. 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

Source:eGrabber

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

Source:eGrabber

Your prospects get dozens of calls from your competitors each week. Whats worse is they cannot distinguish one seller from the next because they all sound alike. To be successful with cold calling you must first learn to sound different than the other sales persons out there. Here are 2 tips to help you do that.

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.