Prospect: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Prospect

  • a person or organization considered likely to buy a product or service

Wiktionary Definition for: Prospect

  • The potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable.
  • # intransitive To search, as for gold.

Additional Resources

Prospect Lists
The most fundamental selling tool a salesperson and business can develop is a prospect list. A prospect list is simply a record of people who are potential clients. Your existing clients remain on this list as they will potentially use your business again. A prospect list is only as good...
Tags: Client, Productivity
White papers 2006-11-23
Prospect Capital Announces an 83% Unrealized IRR and 29% Realized-to-Date Cash-on-Cash IRR Monetization of Deep Down, Inc.
Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect") announced today that Deep Down, Inc. ("Deep Down") has repaid Prospect's $12 million loan.
Research articles 2008-06-10
Prospect Energy Corporation Announces Release of Segregated Funds
Prospect Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect") announced today that Citibank Texas, N.A. ("Citibank") has released the $9.6 million of cash that Citibank had previously required be segregated in Prospect's custody account to secure a limited indemnity for the benefit of Citibank with respect to any claims that might be...
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Research articles 2005-12-05
Prospect Energy Corporation Announces Repayment of $5,000,000 Loan to Natural Gas Systems, Inc.
Prospect Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that it has received full repayment of its $5,000,000 senior secured loan to Natural Gas Systems, Inc. (“NGS”). Prospect has also received a prepayment premium of $375,000. Prospect originally extended $3,000,000 to NGS on February 3, 2005, and subsequently funded an additional...
Tags: natural gas
Research articles 2006-06-01
Presenting "The Face Of The Doctor"- Part I
It is essential to keep the interest of prospect in mind while making a sale. The organization planning to present the product or service should take care of little nuances involved in making a sale. The nuances include gaining the confidence of the prospect, creating a good rapport with the...
Tags: Prospect, Sale, Nuance
White papers 2003-01-01
Unicorp Provides Update on Its South Creole Prospect
HOUSTON -- Unicorp, Inc. (OTCBB:UCPI) announced today that operations to complete its South Creole Prospect located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana have been initiated and expects that the well will be perforated within the next several days. The electric logs indicated approximately 35 feet of pay and the expectations are for...
Tags: South
Research articles 2007-03-26
Prospect Energy Corporation Announces Repayment of Investment in Cypress Consulting Services, Inc.
Prospect Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect") announced today that it expects repayment of, and a gain on, Prospect's $4.3 million debt investment in Cypress Consulting Services, Inc. ("Cypress"), a seismic surveying company based in Houston, Texas. Cypress has executed an asset purchase agreement to sell its assets to a larger...
Tags: Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Research articles 2007-02-12
Prospect Capital Provides Growth Financing to Wind River
Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect") announced today that Prospect has provided growth financing of approximately $15.0 million to the Wind River Resources Corporation and Wind River II Corporation (collectively, "Wind River"), a privately held oil and gas production business based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Research articles 2007-08-01
Approaching The Prospect
The main objective of this study is to discover the purpose of the approach in a sales situation, to explore the importance of first impressions and ways to control them as a means of improving sales performance, to understand how surface language affects the ability to establish rapport with a...
Tags: Prospect, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
Presentations 2003-01-01
What Makes a Qualified Prospect, Qualified?
Article suggests to use an account sales profile to ask the right questions and create a qualified prospect profile. If the sales force has not defined the characteristics of a most profitable prospect, it is time to do so. Consistency of definitions and the use of a well-defined sales system...
Tags: Article, Prospect, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Are You Truly Ready to Sell?
Selling is all about preparation. However, you can know your customer's business and your own business up, down and sideways, but if you don't know the points of leverage -- the places where you can influence the customer to buy -- you're not really ready sell. ...
Tags: Geoffrey James, Career, Sales, Professional Development, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Prospect
Blog posts 2008-04-08
Qualify Prospects Using Direct Mail Marketing
When a prospect responds to a lead generation sales letter, how does the prospect know if the prospect is a qualified lead or not? By qualifying them before they respond. At his direct mail lead generation firm, the definition of a qualified lead is someone who meets four criteria: Authority,...
Tags: Prospect, EzineArticles.com, Direct Mail, Sales Strategy, Sales
White papers 2005-06-28
Presenting "The Face Of The Doctor" - Part III
Every sales process involves two key elements viz. the seller of the product and the prospective buyer. It is important for a salesperson to keep prospect’s interest in mind. The process calls for asking the prospect about needs and requirement with regard to the products and services. It is important...
Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. Announces Operations Commence on the Enchant Property in Alberta that MSEV has 50% Interest In
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. ("MSEV") (OTCBB:MSEV) is extremely pleased to announce that the operator has notified MSEV that operations have now commenced on the Enchant Prospect in Alberta, Canada. MSEV holds a substantial 50% working interest in this prospect. The initial oil production rates for this...
Research articles 2004-12-27
Client/Prospect Contact Log
Related to the Sales Call Log form, this template summarizes the calls and contacts made to a particular prospect.
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Tools & templates 2004-08-27
Electromagnetic Survey Defines Reservoir, Prevents Drilling Poor Prospect
A new electromagnetic EM survey technique developed by Montason Exploration, Inc., has been used to define areal extent of a Niobrara prospect in eastern Colorado's Denver-Julesberg basin. This article describes how this survey, prevented a poor drilling prospect, which was thought to have about three sq mi of structural closure,...
Tags: Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2003-05-01
Direct Mail Marketing Generates Sales Leads: Here's How
Unlike an advertisement in a trade publication, which can be read by anyone, a person's sales letter arrives at the prospect's place of business as a piece of personal communication from the person's mind to the prospect's. Also, unlike any other medium, direct mail can be personalized (Dear Mr. Smith)...
Tags: Prospect, EzineArticles.com, Direct Mail, Direct Mail Marketing, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2005-06-28
Unicorp Announces It Has Identified a New Prospect Located in West Abbeville With Potential Reserves of 10-15 BCF or $50,000,000 - $75,000,000 in Gross Revenue
Unicorp, Inc. (OTCBB: UCPI) announced today that it has identified a new prospect located in West Abbeville, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana that has potential reserves of 10-15 BCF. Unicorp utilized its previously purchased 3-D seismic data to map and identify this prospect. Unicorp will immediately begin operations in order to...
Research articles 2006-08-09
Frontier Energy Corp. Completes Acquisition of Oil and Gas Leases in Black Forest Prospect Area
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Frontier Energy Corp. ("Frontier") (Other OTC-FRGY) today announced that Frontier and its partners have completed the long process of acquiring approximately 30,000 acres of Federal, State and privately owned oil and gas leases in the Black Forest Prospect area. We believe that this prospect may...
Tags: acquisition
Research articles 2007-05-15
Do's And Don'ts Of Email Marketing
Nothing is more frustrating than trying to overcome a prospect's aversion to email marketing. Typically, the aversion was created by someone walking into the prospect's office and proffering email marketing as the silver bullet, a cure-all, and a magic wand. When email marketing failed to meet these lofty expectations, the...
Tags: Marketing, Online Communications, Marketing Research, E-mail, Email Marketing
White papers 2008-01-01
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