17 stats on the power of proactive prospecting

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The Power of Proactive Prospecting 17 Sales development stats

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Page 1: 17 Stats on the Power of Proactive Prospecting

The Power of Proactive Prospecting17 Sales development stats

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The average sales

development rep

makes 52 calls daily-the bridge group

The Challenge: Actually Getting in Touch

with Buyers is Harder than Ever

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The Challenge: Actually Getting in Touch

with Buyers is Harder than Ever

It takes 18 dials to connect

with a single buyer-Topo

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Call-back rates are

< 1%-Topo

The Challenge: Actually Getting in Touch

with Buyers is Harder than Ever

<< 24%of sales emails

are opened.-Topo

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Yet less than 25% of

companies who receive

a Web lead will respond

by phone

Only 27% of Web-

generated leads get

contacted at all

- insidesales.com

- insidesales.com

The Missed opportunity: RESPONDING QUICKLY TO

WEB-GENERATED LEADS

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The Missed opportunity: RESPONDING QUICKLY TO

WEB-GENERATED LEADS

- Lead response management. org

- Lead response management. org

Waiting just 10 minutes

drops the likelihood of

qualifying the lead 4x

Leads responded to within

5 minutes are 100x more

likely to be qualified

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The UNFAIR advantage: BEING 1ST TO REACH A BUYER

DRAMATICALLY INCREASES YOUR ODDS

- Inside sales . com

50% of buyers choose the vendor that responds first

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The UNFAIR advantage: BEING 1ST TO REACH A BUYER

DRAMATICALLY INCREASES YOUR ODDS

The first viable vendor toreach a decision maker & set the buying vision has an average close ratio

-Forrester

74%

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The UNFAIR advantage: BEING 1ST TO REACH A BUYER

DRAMATICALLY INCREASES YOUR ODDS

Your sales team has a

56%greater chance to attainquota if you engage buyersbefore they contact a seller-Sales Benchmark index

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THE INSIDE TRACK: INTROS & REFERRALS ARE GOLD

5x how much more likely b2b buyers are to engage when introduced- linkedin

84% of B2B decision makers start the buying process with a referral-Sales Benchmark Index

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THE INSIDE TRACK: INTROS & REFERRALS ARE GOLD

73% of executives prefer towork with sales professionals referredby someone they know- IDC

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THE INSIDE TRACK: INTROS & REFERRALS ARE GOLD

You are 4.2x more likelyto get an appointment if you have a personalconnection with a buyer-Sales Benchmark Index

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THE INSIDE TRACK: INTROS & REFERRALS ARE GOLD

30% Referral leads convert 30% better than leads generated from othermarketing channels-R&G Technologies

16% Referred customers have a 16% higher lifetime value-Journal of Marketing

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