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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

This past week, Hurricane Lee roared into Nova Scotia, becoming the first such storm to do so since 2003, although at the time it made landfall, Lee had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. I think you even told me in one of my original trainings,’It sounds like you are not talking to the person who makes the decisions.'”

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Sales Pipeline Dried Up? The #1 Way to Land Top Prospects Now

No More Cold Calling

They cut advertising, travel, training, marketing, and discretionary expense line items. It’s not 2002 and 2003, or 2008 and 2009. The companies that are readiest to act on solid information are primed to shoot ahead of the business cycle.”. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up?

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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

No More Cold Calling

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. By 2002-2003, people were continually asking if I had a book. Why I made referral selling my life’s work. The year was 1996. The economy was booming, and my colleagues encouraged me to go out on my own. I had no name for my company, but I knew my focus. Why would I want that?

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How Many Days Should a Sales Manager Spend in the Field Sales Coaching?

Steven Rosen

There is a Corporate Executive Board study from 2003, it is an old study, but it had 2400 reps and found that sales reps who received up to a day or more of coaching significantly out-performed those who received little or no coaching. I aim for 60 percent of their time.

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The Best Sales Training Ideas: Techniques to Ensure Success

Mindtickle

We’ve entered a new era of sales training. Today’s training is fueled by sales enablement technologies, and it’s bolstered by innovative coaching methods. What is Sales Training? Sales training is the ongoing process of teaching sales teams how to create profitable, deal-closing interactions with buyers. Over 40% of U.S.

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LinkedIn Celebrates 10 Years with Big Enhancements

Score More Sales

I opened my LinkedIn account on October 3, 2003. I’m an early adopter because I had moved 3000 miles and didn’t want to lose connections with the great friends I made at CCBN (my last corporate employer) so I reached out to hundreds of my former co-workers in 2003 to connect via LinkedIn. It is professional.

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MindTickle and Halifax Consulting: Driving the Future Sales Readiness In Europe Through a Unified Enablement Approach

Mindtickle

The world was already moving away from classroom training toward a more ‘blended’ approach — a mix of face-to-face instruction with technology-mediated activities — becoming the preferred model for sales training among today’s organizations. According to Training Magazine’s 2018 Training Industry Report , 69.3%