Top Email Marketing Mistakes By Pat Ryan & Jae-ann Rock
Like most companies today, you may be leveraging email marketing to reach out to prospects. But, are you getting the best possible results? Ask yourself these questions: Do SPAM filters often stop your emails from “getting in”? Do your campaigns result in a low % of “opens” and “click-throughs”? Are you experiencing an increased rate of unsubscribes? Do you see diminishing returns from your email campaigns? If you’re not getting optimal results from your email campaigns, there is a high likelihood you’re making at least one of the common email...
Read MoreFive Essentials to Build a Healthy Sales Pipeline by Jae-ann Rock
A lack of qualified prospects moving through your sales process TODAY can mean trouble for your business TOMORROW. Building a healthy sales pipeline is critical to attain your revenue goals 3, 6 or 9 months from now… So what steps should you take to build and sustain a HEALTHY sales pipeline all year long? Start with ENOUGH Leads We all know that sales is a numbers game. To develop a healthy sales pipeline, you must start with enough leads to crank through your marketing and sales engine. After all, only a portion will become “qualified leads,” and of those, only a fraction will be ready to...
Read MoreUsing LinkedIn and Other Social Sites to Find Decision-Makers – Part II by Aleshia Humphries & Pat Ryan
In our last article, we explored the pitfalls of using social media to locate decision-makers – the people YOU want to sell to. Using B2B social networking sites to locate decision-makers is time consuming and too limited in scope to get the real results you need. But there is a better way! We left you with the following questions in our last post: What do “best-practice” sales people do? What do optimally-effective sales people do? So… what DO great sales people do? What are some of their best practices we can follow when determining how and if to use social networking as a lead...
Read MoreFour Steps to Boost Your Sales Persistence by Jae-ann Rock
LACK OF PERSISTENCE is one of the most common causes of failure in business and in sales! The good news is, persistence is a state of mind which can be cultivated, developed and grown. One of the original personal success gurus, Napoleon Hill, believed that despite unexpected setbacks in life, the one thing that you can always control is “your mind and your attitude.” This is great news – IF you put it to use! In his book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill told a compelling tale about a man named R.U. Darby, to demonstrate the power of persistence. You see, Darby had an uncle with...
Read MoreFinding Prospects: Mailing, Emailing, or Calling – Which Works BEST? by Pat Ryan
There are many theories about the best way to find prospects. Certainly large advertising campaigns and trade shows can take up a lot of the marketing budget. But, when you need to reach specifically-targeted individuals on a large-scale basis, it really boils down to three options: Mailing them, Emailing them, or Calling them directly The context of this discussion will be from the frame of reference of a company that targets decision maker contacts in corporate training, HR, or talent management. Mentor Tech Group works exclusively with clients marketing and selling to the corporate...
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