{"id":1479,"date":"2018-03-06T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kmbrian.com\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2020-11-24T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:19:17","slug":"100-sales-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kmbrian.com\/blog\/100-sales-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"100+ Sales Statistics to Drive Your Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondering why you\u2019re not creating as many leads or closing as many sales as your colleagues? Want to know the trick to writing a killer sales email<\/a>? Need to prove to the C-suite why (and how) you should be shaping up your sales strategy<\/a>? Here are 100 sales statistics that will help you do all that, and more.<\/p>\n

Lead Generation<\/h2>\n
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  1. Just 8% of salespeople<\/a> state that the leads generated for them by their marketing teams are of high quality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. The best-performing sales reps use LinkedIn 6 hours a week<\/a> for prospecting and connecting with peers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. 94% of prospects are active on social media<\/a> …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. \u2026 and yet only 5% of B2B sales teams<\/a> consider social media to be an effective lead generation tool.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Less than 50% of initial prospects turn out to be a good fit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. More than \u00be of companies are providing more than \u00bc of their sales reps\u2019 leads<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. It\u2019s 6-7 times more expensive<\/a> to acquire a new customer than to keep an existing one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. The average company loses 10-30% of its customers each year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. 55% of B2B buyers search for information on social media<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Writing Sales Emails<\/h2>\n
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                    1. Using a CTA button in place of a link increased click-throughs by 28%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                      1. Less is more – one study found<\/a> that click-through rates increased 42% when the number of CTAs in an email decreased from four to just one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                        1. 47% of emails are opened or discarded based solely on their subject line<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                          1. As of 2016, 55% of emails were opened on mobile devices<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                            1. Using words like \u201caccount,\u201d \u201ccampaign,\u201d and \u201cnext\u201d in the subject line of sales emails has been proven to increase open rates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                              1. Three of the most ineffective words to include in subject lines are \u201cinvite,\u201d \u201cjoin,\u201d and \u201cconfirm.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                1. Writing your subject line entirely in upper case significantly reduces response rates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                  1. Subject lines consisting of three or four words resulted in the highest response rate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                    1. Personalizing subject lines can increase open rates by 50%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                      1. Offering recipients a way out doubles the chance of them saying yes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                        1. Including questions in emails increases response rates by 50%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                          1. Writing at a third-grade reading level increases response rates by 36%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                            1. The ideal length of a sales email is between 50 and 125 words<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                              Sending Sales Emails<\/h2>\n
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                                              1. The best time to send an email<\/a> is between 8am-10am, and 3pm-4pm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                1. The best day to send an email is Tuesday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                  1. 8 out of 10 prospects want to talk to sales reps via email<\/a>, over any other medium.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                    1. The average person spends 4 hours a week opening, reading, and responding to emails<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                      1. B2C sales emails typically see higher open rates than B2B sales emails<\/a>. Specifically, B2B open rates average at around 30% and B2C, between 30.5% and 34.9%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                        1. 89% of marketers say that email is their primary channel for lead generation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                          1. Email marketing yields an average ROI of 4,300%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                            1. Email is nearly 40x more effective at new customer acquisition<\/a> than Facebook or Twitter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                              1. 70% of salespeople give up if they don\u2019t receive a reply to their first email<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                1. The average cold email campaign gets less than a 1% response rate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                  1. Follow-up emails often get a better response rate than the initial email. One study saw<\/a> an 18% response rate to the first email, 13% to the 4th, and 27% to the 6th. Another study saw<\/a> a 30% response rate to the first email and 14% to the 4th. Even the 10th email in the sequence got a 7% response rate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                    1. Open rates vary depending on industry, but the average open rate for emails across all<\/strong> industries is 37%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                      Picking Up the Phone<\/h2>\n
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                                                                      1. 92% of all customer interactions<\/a> take place over the phone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                        1. 75% of prospects in the C-suite<\/a> are happy to take sales calls (compared to 64% of directors and 59% of managers).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                          1. You\u2019re 46% more likely to successfully connect with a director<\/a> when dialing a direct dial number …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                            1. \u2026 and you\u2019re 147% more likely to successfully connect<\/a> when calling a VP\u2019s direct line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                              1. 80% of phone calls go straight to voicemail, and 90% of first-time voicemails are ignored<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                1. Despite this, the average sales rep spends 25 hours a month just leaving voicemail messages<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                  1. The ideal length of a voicemail message is between 8 and 14 seconds<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                    1. It takes an average of 18 calls to connect with a buyer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                      1. Just 2% of cold calls result in an appointment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                        1. 85% of prospects are dissatisfied<\/a> with their experiences of talking to sales reps on the phone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                          1. Sales calls lasting between 6-10 minutes convert at a higher rate<\/a> (29%) than calls over 10 minutes (22%).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                            Referrals<\/h2>\n
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                                                                                            1. Peer recommendations affect more than 90% of buying decisions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                              1. Although 91% of customers state they would willingly give a referral, just 11% of sales reps ask for them<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                1. Sales reps who actively seek out referrals typically earn 4 to 5 times as much as those who don\u2019t<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                  1. 80% of calls<\/a> with a referred prospect result in a meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                    1. The average lifetime value of a referred customer<\/a> is 16% higher than that of a non-referred customer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                      1. Prospects referred by a friend are 4 times more likely to make a purchase<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                        Lead Nurturing<\/h2>\n
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                                                                                                        1. Companies that excel at lead nurturing have 9% more sales reps making quota<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                          1. 78% of decision-makers<\/a> report having arranged an appointment or attending an event as a result of a cold email or call.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                            1. Lead nurturing emails have an average CTR of 8%<\/a> compared to general emails, which have a CTR of 3%.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                              1. Nurtured leads tend to result in an additional 20% more sales opportunities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                1. Businesses that use marketing automation to help nurture prospects see a 451% increase in qualified leads<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                  1. Nurtured leads spend 47% more than non-nurtured leads<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                    1. High-growth organizations report an average of 16 touch points per prospect<\/a> within a 2-4 week span.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                      1. 63% of prospects who request information today<\/a> will not buy for at least 3 months. 20% of them will take more than 12 months to buy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                        1. The average cost of a call to a potential customer is just $33.11. The average cost of going out and visiting them is $276.48<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                          1. 58% of buyers<\/a> state that sales meetings<\/a> aren\u2019t valuable, and that there should be a greater focus on the value you can deliver them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                            1. 69% of buyers state<\/a> that providing primary research data that\u2019s relevant to their business is the best way for reps to add value.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                              1. According to buyers, the three most important elements<\/a> of a positive sales experience are a sales representative who 1) listens to their needs, 2) isn\u2019t pushy, and 3) provides relevant information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                1. 58% of buyers want to discuss pricing<\/a> in the first sales call, but only 23% of reps want to discuss it with them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                  1. 54% of buyers<\/a> want a product demo on the first call.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                    1. 82% of B2B buyers think sales reps are unprepared<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                      1. Only 19% of buyers<\/a> want to connect with sales reps during the awareness stage of the sales cycle<\/a>; 60% of them want to wait until they reach consideration stage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                        1. 95% of customers choose to buy from providers that offer relevant content at every stage of the buying process<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                          1. The best-performing sales reps use collaborative words<\/a> like \u201cwe\u201d or \u201cus\u201d instead of words like \u201cI\u201d or \u201cme.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                            1. Following a presentation<\/a>, 63% of prospects remember stories, but just 5% remember statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                              1. 9 out of 10 B2B buyers say online content has a moderate to major effect on their purchasing decisions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                1. 68% of B2B customers<\/a> are lost because of indifference or perceived apathy, not because of mistakes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                                  Closing the Sale<\/h2>\n
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                                                                                                                                                  1. Between 30-50% of sales go to the vendor that responds first<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                    1. 38% of salespeople<\/a> say getting a response from prospects is becoming increasingly more difficult.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                      1. 35% of sales reps<\/a> say the same about closing a sale.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                        1. 92% of salespeople give up after four \u201cno\u2019s,\u201d but 80% of prospects say \u201cno\u201d four times before they say \u201cyes.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                          1. Jason Zook, founder of the now-dissolved IWearYourShirt, generated about 75% of successful deals from follow-up emails<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                            1. 73% of sales reps that leverage social selling exceed their quota 23% more often<\/a> than their counterparts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                              1. Just 8% of sales reps are making 80% of the sales<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                1. 36% of sales reps say<\/a> closing the sale is the most challenging part of their job.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                  1. Using the word \u201cdiscount\u201d decreases the odds of successfully closing a sale by 17%<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                    1. 55% of sales reps<\/a> say budget is the most common reason a promising deal falls through.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                                                                                                                                      \u2026 And the Rest<\/h2>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                      1. 61% of sales reps<\/a> believe selling is harder than it was 10 years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                        1. The average company spends $10-$15K hiring a sales rep, but just $2K a year training them<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                          1. The best-performing sales organizations are twice as likely to provide ongoing training<\/a> than low-performing ones.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                            1. It takes at least 10 months<\/a> for a new sales rep to reach their full potential.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                              1. Without ongoing learning, 84% of sales training is forgotten within 90 days<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                1. 18% of sales reps don\u2019t know what a CRM is<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                  1. 40% of sales reps<\/a> still use tools like Outlook or Excel to store customer and lead data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                    1. 32% of sales reps<\/a> are spending an hour or more on data entry every day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                      1. 45% of sales teams state excessive administration tasks hinder their productivity<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Data decays at about 2% a month<\/a>. This means that 20% of your data will be unusable within a year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                          1. 25% of the data in a typical sales database is inaccurate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                            1. The average company loses 12% of its revenue<\/a> as a result of inaccurate data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                              1. High-performing companies are twice as likely as underperforming companies to describe their sales processes as automated<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                1. While 50% of sales reps state they avoid being pushy when approaching buyers, 84% of buyers felt this wasn\u2019t the case<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. 40% of sales reps say<\/a> that prospecting is the most challenging part of their job.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Firms with between 100-500 employees will have, on average, just 7 members of staff involved in buying decisions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Just 13% of prospects<\/a> believe a sales rep can understand their needs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Sales reps that use a third channel of communication in addition to phone and email have 28% higher MQL-to-SQL rates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Prospects open only 24%<\/a> of sales emails.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Email marketing has a 4,400% return on investment.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. A campaign with even 1 follow-up converts 22% more prospects.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Inaccurate contact data wastes 27.3% of sales reps\u2019 time each year.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Wondering why you\u2019re not creating as many leads or closing as many sales as your colleagues? Want to know the trick to writing a killer sales email? Need to prove to the C-suite why (and how) you should be shaping up your sales strategy? 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