The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 5 Sales Negotiation Strategies that Work. Here are 5 sales negotiation strategies you can use: 1.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

When I first started writing about sales in 2007 my main angle was that we should “bring science to selling”. Everything seemed to be left up to the individual sales person. Some great thought leaders have written and spoken about this so much, that some actual change has occurred in real sales organizations. Great stuff!

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 9 Sales Motivation Ideas You Can Use NOW. Everyone knows if you want to be successful in sales, you have to be motivated.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Sales has come a long way in the last decade when we started playing around with the concept of “social selling” and deploying “sales 2.0” When I first started writing about sales in 2007 my main angle was that we should “bring science to selling”. Everything seemed to be left up to the individual sales person.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Back when DiscoverOrg was founded in 2007, our goal was to provide sales and marketing professionals with accurate intelligence on IT decision-makers. However, another one is that in 2007 IT spending was hotter than it’s ever been. However, another one is that in 2007 IT spending was hotter than it’s ever been.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

Sales Process isn't even the only thing that inbound marketers say is dead. Let's start with my recent Google search for "Sales Process is Dead." One article was written by a sales expert discussing the concept of following the buyer's purchasing process. But the key word here is tools. Tools don't replace selling.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

We’ve seen lists with a 40% bounce rate ( yes, really ), and many others around 15% … but few people in sales and marketing rely on lists alone. Our partners at Tellwise were able to take a peek under the hood of their tool and give us insight on email accuracy from real campaigns, which can be hard to quantify. How is this possible?

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 6, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. January is “Prospecting for Sales Month” Jan 06, 2012. It’s time to get your sales prospecting machine moving.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 5, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Book Review: The Challenger Sale. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Read on to find out how Teamwork.com increased sales efficiency by 50% when they ditched "more is better" in favor of "better is better." Teamwork.com's Sales Story Who are you and what is Teamwork.com all about? My name is Beau Brooks and I’m the Global VP of Sales at Teamwork.com, a project management tool for client work.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 12, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. What about Plaxo and dozens of other second-tier networking tools — same thing. FREE Resources.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Spontaneous “Solutions” Usually Don’t Increase Sales. FREE Resources. Networking.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 4, 2014

Sales leaders have their goals for 2014. Reaction alone is a poison that slowly kills sales leaders. This post is for Sales Leaders to plan for success in 2014 and beyond. HR and Sales Ops leaders are called on to help enact the plan – and remind Sales leaders of the plan. Finalizing the 2015 Sales Strategy.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. What about Plaxo and dozens of other second-tier networking tools — same thing. Negotiation.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 17, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. I’ve had it with the sales pundits who proclaim cold-calling has no place in today’s business world. phone sales tips.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. of your sales are happening at a discount. Copyright 2012, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Copyright 2011, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 27, 2014

This week, LinkedIn shared some statistics in its study women in sales. They searched for female vs. male names and parsed the data to see how many LinkedIn members were female and in sales vs. male and in sales by industry. A future post will contain an interview with some of the top women in sales at IBM.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Phone Sales Scripts: Good or Bad Idea? Telephone sales can be very difficult. Negotiation.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. ” Related posts: Stop Sacrificing Your Co-Workers: Sales Training Tip #411. phone sales tips.

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Score More Sales

JULY 24, 2014

I met world-renowned sales expert Jill Konrath virtually back in 2005 or so, after she had written her first best-selling sales book, Selling to Big Companies. Her book came out, I read it, and I wrote a review for my fledgling B2B sales blog. Jill created Sales Shebang(R) in 2007 online and as a conference for women in sales.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 7 Sales Hiring Mistakes You Definitely Should Avoid. Mark’s Insights on PRICING. Negotiation.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. I’ve been using these tools for years and I generate a tremendous amount of new business from them.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Recently, I posted a question about how to motivate a sales team during the holiday period.

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Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Sales has come a long way in the last decade when we started playing around with the concept of “social selling” and deploying “sales 2.0” When I first started writing about sales in 2007 my main angle was that we should “bring science to selling”. Everything seemed to be left up to the individual sales person.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 31, 2017

It’s marketing versus sales competency. When I founded DiscoverOrg in 2007, delivering quality sales and marketing data was the backbone of what we wanted to build. of each sales rep’s time. Put another way, that’s the equivalent of a three-month paid vacation every year for each member of your sales team.).

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Nutshell

JUNE 29, 2021

In 2005, it released Zoho CRM , followed by Projects and Sheets in 2006, and Zoho Meeting in 2007. Its users also enjoy the ability to create multiple sales pipelines , customize reports, and integrate with third-party software through native integrations and Zaps where the integrations fall short. And Zoho’s growth continued.

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Fill the Funnel

MAY 24, 2012

When that need arises the following tools can not only ease the creation process but save you some time, and allow you to create a presentation masterpiece. Each of the 13 tools or services listed below has the potential to help you dazzle your next audience, whether it be in a boardroom, a school room or your living room. SlideRocket.

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Before we explore that point in more detail, we need to take a step back in time to the origins of sales training to understand where we are today. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Teams perform better than individuals [ Kuhn, “Experiments on Motivation, Incentives and Rationality” 2007 ], and you and your bottom line can benefit from rewarding teams. By assembling teams that included the sales reps, sales engineers, customer service and invoicing specialists, the company beat their own aggressive goals.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. One of the biggest challenges is to then ensure the sales force believes 100% in the increase.

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Shari Levitin

AUGUST 6, 2020

With the increasing rise in video conferencing, more and more customers are canceling or simply not showing up on virtual sales calls. This wreaks havoc on your schedule and causes missed sales opportunities. Create a Value Teaser – Learn to treat every interaction as though your sale depends on it because it does.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

With all the sales experts, gurus, consultants to small business coaches, there appears to be an ever growing trend of making selling and sales far more complex than it needs to be. Yes, there are complex sales that involve multiple decision makers and have an extended to what seems like an exhausted sales cycle time.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 13, 2013

Guest blogger, Michael Nick, explains where (and how) to use ROI in your sales process. This rubbish comes from people looking for headlines or who really don’t understand the concept of client relationships and how sales tools can help identify issues and monetize value. In your current sales process, what do you do first?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Do you think top sales leaders are just good sales reps who got promoted? While a successful track record driving sales can be a qualifier, being a high-performing sales rep does not necessarily equate to being an effective sales leader. A lot has changed in the time I’ve been working with sales leaders.

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Another economic crisis is happening, so what does this mean for the sales industry? In this episode of The Sales Evangelist Podcast, host Donald Kelly speaks with Jeffrey Hayzlett about what to do during these challenging times. Discover how to increase your sales when the economy faces a crisis in this episode.

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Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

AUGUST 25, 2019

‘Sales efficiency’ and ‘sales effectiveness’ sound like vague concepts, but they can actually have a significant impact on the success of your sales strategy. And sales organizations are increasingly chasing more aggressive goals with greater pressure to over-achieve. A Few Key Stats. TimeTrade ).

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