Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Take Control of Your 2015. By Frank Visgatis, President & Chief Operating Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. If marketing could consistently generate high quality, well-qualified leads from prospects who are ready to buy, why do we need salespeople? Don’t count on it.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. A recognized consulting, she has designed and delivered coaching, and training solutions for world class companies such as companies, including Cisco, Autodesk, Citrix Systems, Adobe, and others.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. While there’s some variance, I tend to see the following: Sales Training. I remember participating in a “Prospecting Scavenger Hunt” in 1985.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. What is the impact of that on the use of freed resources, training, managing, and more? Shouldn’t the freed-up time, resources, training, and more – resulted in increases in output? Smaller Treadmills.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 26, 2015

2) Training Effectiveness: In the US, companies will spend more than $5B on sales training last year (SPI). Unfortunately, according to the psychologist and a pioneer in the study of memory and learning, Ebbinghouse, 87% of this training will be forgotten within weeks according to.

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2014

One of the best first steps you can put into place (aside from hiring an expert to help you put a full plan in place to get your sales and marketing ready for 2015) is to focus on listening. Listen for Prospective Buyers. Listen for prospective buyers who are asking about which products / brands are best in your industry niche.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2014

So in addition to having multiple records for the same companies (both prospects and clients), there is another big area of bad data – as follows: Contact person is no longer with the company. Tag (categorize) the record appropriately as a pre-prospect, prospect, qualified, proposed, or client. How do you cleanse the data?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2025

Equip your team with the right tools (and training!). Example opener: Hey [Prospect], I just finished reading your latest report on [specific topic]. When faced with objections, agree with the prospect first to lower their defenses. Example objection handling: Prospect: “Were already working with [Competitor].”

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of inside sales reps doubled. Customer relationship management (CRM) systems remain the most critical, enabling sales teams to collaborate, managers to stay on top of business, and customer-facing people in other departments to share one prospect or customer record.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

In the fall of 2015, the young sales rep was burned out, disheartened, failing to meet his quota, and on the verge of losing his job. Heavy training to ensure the technology was fully adopted. “My Over the next few months, Johnson helped implement and train the newly formed inbound sales team to focus on rapid response.

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Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This young entrepreneur leveraged Fanatical Prospecting to quickly ramp up his successful and fast-growing photography business that he started this year. Then between 2013 and 2015, I moved into more of a pure sales role where I was cold calling. Our training was basically watching a guy do it for two days.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First came Mobilegeddon in 2015, heralding the end of (desktop) days. Do you collect and use the data of individuals in order to prospect? The customer experience – from prospect to lead to customer to advocate – is set to become the key differentiator in the very near future. Here’s how to best prospect in a post-GDPR world.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 16, 2015

As Bain points out: “Many buyers will have researched a supplier, queried some of its customers and screened the supplier out of consideration before the supplier’s rep has an opportunity to contact the prospective buyer. So what are some things a company can do right now to do a better job getting ready for 2015? Selection.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

2015 Sales Predictions. We believe in 2015 the focal points will be on velocity and execution; increasing the speed of the sales cycle and number of orders received. Prospective clients have done their homework as to their issues and potential solutions via the internet or other relationship.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 10, 2015

Sales Mastery 2015. If one believes the “horse with a different color” message, then the question for those of us concerned about the field of sales training becomes: What are we going to do about that? If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.

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Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Improving remote engagement experiences with prospects and customers. Prior to Alinean, Tom founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training. Data’s essential role in letting RevOps know what’s working (and not) and how to adapt for continual improvement. Our Panelists.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The main distinction between the two is that Outside reps travel off-site to build trust face to face with prospects, while Inside reps use technology to sell from an office or home base. By 2015, businesses had begun transitioning to VoIP calls or already had IP telephony in their office. What is Outside Sales? Yes it is,” says Weiss.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Before they make contact, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. Some take this to mean that our prospects and clients don’t really need us anymore—that the automation of selling has made B2B sales reps irrelevant. In 2015, 43.6

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 30, 2015

Ask the right questions to eliminate prospects that aren’t going anywhere. One of the biggest time wasters I see salespeople do is working with prospects that just aren’t going to do anything. By asking lots of questions to determine if you really have a prospect. Make a list of the “Gotta Do’s”… and then do them.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 28, 2015

2015 was a big year for The Brooks Group, and we’re going to brag a little. Our achievements this year included: Bronze Stevie Award for Sales Training Practice of the Year. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Training Industry. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Selling Power Magazine. Top 7 Articles of 2015 .

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 19, 2015

I wrote a quick post last week from the Rainmaker 2015 Sales Development Summit – but didn’t give it the detail it deserved, so here is part 2. In addition to Prospector which has been improved greatly over time, they have a new tool called Cadence which helps SDRs to know how and when to attempt to connect with their prospects.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Amp Up Your Sales, published by AMACOM, written by Andy Paul is a book you should consider for your 2015 sales training program. Prospecting. Andy add’s an entire section designed around Amp Up Prospecting. A critical success factor for 2015. I kept nodding my head and saying; Yes, Yes, Yes as I turned the pages.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Gartner predicts modest go forward growth into 2015 and beyond, between 3-4% annually through 2018, a far cry from the double-digit growth in the tech-booming 90s. These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged. Why Change Now? – Why Your Solutions?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

In sports, much of the science focuses on the athlete: genetics, biomechanics (movement techniques, training regimen), nutrition, and psychology (for mental toughness, behavioral modifications, and positive visualizations). Make it something the prospect can be infected by. Set the agenda and stay in control.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 9, 2022

Do you believe in the mantra, “Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill?” But with the right attitude, employees can be trained to develop the sales skills they need to be successful. Picking up the telephone and calling prospects is not physically demanding. Of course, skill is still important.

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Vengreso

MAY 28, 2020

What are the ongoing costs to support these tools and what training is required to maximize them? That includes tracking prospecting, networking, email outreach, calls, meetings, pipeline growth, deal velocity, and, of course, closed-won and closed-lost outcomes. Why did you choose certain tools over others? The result? LinkedIn ®.

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ROI Sales Tools Tools How To 112

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The main distinction between the two is that Outside reps travel off-site to build trust face to face with prospects, while Inside reps use technology to sell from an office or home base. By 2015, businesses had begun transitioning to VoIP calls or already had IP telephony in their office. What is Outside Sales? Yes it is,” says Weiss.

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Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Cold Calling 130

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2020

SDRs need to prioritize meaningful connections with prospects. If you want to crush your first 100 days, you have to be able to take any hiccups in stride, quickly pick yourself up when you hit the ground, train yourself to consistently regain composure, and always be prepared to move onto the next call.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

2015: The Sales Stack Conference. In 2015 we ramped up. And in the Fall of 2015, we ran our first 1000 person Sales Stack conference. Brian Walton, Kyle Porter, Andrea Austin, and Armando Mann at Sales Stack 2015 delivering the SDR playbook for high performing sales teams. We kept pushing and knocking on doors.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 10, 2014

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. I was working with a client a few years ago and saw the CEO and CFO in a meeting to discuss pricing on a transaction for a large prospect. Save your seat now for the FIRST public workshop of 2015 in Boston, Feb 3-6!

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 1, 2014

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. For example, picture this: You engage with a prospect that simply says, “Prepare a proposal with pricing and have it to me by Monday. Save your seat now for the FIRST public workshop of 2015 in Boston, Feb 3-6!

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 31, 2014

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. 4 Qualifiers for Handling Researchers Inbound inquiries from prospects that have done extensive research more closely resemble bottom-up vs. top-down selling approaches. Sales Tips: Know the Difference Between Buyers - and Researchers.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

High–Profit Prospecting. High-Profit Prospecting b y Mark Hunter, published by AMA (American Management Association) has laid out solutions to one of the top sales problems facing every sales organization. Time Management for Prospecting. It is a sales training session all by itself! book review-.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

Gartner has revised worldwide IT spending down for 2015, predicting a 1.3% These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged, with little reason for optimistic spending growth predictions. YoY decline from 2014. increase compared to 2014.

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Forecasting ROI Proposal Decision Maker 72

Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

First, here’s the question we’ve been asking our experts: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. direct mail, personalized tele-prospecting outreach).”.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Prospecting and Deal Management Will Be Top Sales Tools Sales teams use a variety of tools, the Outreach survey found. The different types include prospecting, deal management, data storage and reporting, forecasting, data augmentation, sales enablement , and compensation and performance. 4 Sales Technology Trends for 2023 1.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Companies continue to provide extensive product training to sellers. Reducing the emphasis on product training would allow more time to arm sellers with a better understanding of business issues for verticals they call on.

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