Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 6, 2020

How good (or bad) does your sales team sound when prospecting over the phone? On Friday, (Jan 3 rd ), I received a sales call that went like this: Me: “Good morning, Mike Brooks here, how can I help you?”. I won’t go on (although this sales rep was willing to…). Have you recorded and listened to their calls lately? What gives?

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Want to make more sales? Then learn and use better sales techniques. And today, I have an easy way for you and your team to do that: Get access to the Best Inside Sales Training available anywhere and save 20% for the first time ever! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! C lick to see pri cing).

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

Mike Drapeau is famous for looking into the dusty corners of sales productivity. Sales leaders hire Mike to fix revenue shortfalls before they happen. For example, Sales VPs at HP, Phillips 66, and Dow Jones have relied on Mike’s advice to make their quotas. He wrote the book on sales benchmarking before most had heard the term.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 25, 2020

If you are not in the acquisition business, then you must develop your talent in order to increase sales in 2020 and beyond. One of the keys to doing that is to understand how to drive sales improvement.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The following is our list of the five best conferences to attend in 2020: 1. You could also venture to over San Francisco, which is just a short train ride away. Our company attends anywhere from eight to 10 conferences a year, so we have a decent idea of where to direct your attention. Microsoft Advertising Partner Summit.

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2020

Sales Scrum Podcast Episode #10 – Guest David Priemer. My guest this week on the Sales Scrum podcast is David Priemer. He is a widely recognized thought leader in sales and sales leadership. As a trained researcher and founder of Cerebral Selling. magazines, and more.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Now that December is here (by golly, half over…), it’s time for me to solidify my goals for 2020. more in 2020, then you will have reached your goal, won’t you? If you haven’t done this yet, then do it before January 1, 2020. I encourage you to use this month to put these secrets into your goal planning for 2020.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JUNE 7, 2021

2020 was one for the history books. However, sales professionals are forever optimists, always looking ahead, and ready to take on the next challenge. Training and Development. Appointments and Sales Process. Sales Enablement. Culture and Industry. Impact of COVID-19.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Ask any salesperson if they’ve had a tough 2020, and you’ll get a resounding “ Yes.”. From the sales floor to the makeshift home office set up, salespeople of all kinds in all industries have faced a myriad of challenges and roadblocks this year. Mintis Hankerson is a Senior Sales Manager at HubSpot.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 25, 2021

Who paved the way for women in sales? Yet, even with gender biases and cultural norms working against them, there were women trailblazers in every century, including women sales leaders. Blazing a Trail for Women in Sales. Most notable among early women sales leaders is Lucinda W. Picture yourself in 1900.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 23, 2020

Successful sales execution requires more than sales technology. Companies today purchase the latest and greatest sales technology, provide minimal training, and then wonder why it’s not adopted across the board. Because it doesn’t actually help with sales execution. Joanne, the challenge is always in the execution.”

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 9, 2020

Are there certain characteristics that make someone (or a salesperson) assertive? We believe so.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 3, 2020

In this blog post, we compare an IH 1210 pickup truck to driving revenue growth within your sales organization. Like an engine that needs three things to run, your sales organization also needs three things to run.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Sales leaders, be honest — you're curious about what your peers are up to. If you don’t have the time or resources to commission your own data, you’re in luck because we’ve compiled a list of important data points sales leaders need to know. Sales Leadership Stats. Sales Performance. is invaluable. Remote Selling.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Customers have more power and more information than ever?—?they

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The most successful salespeople are always challenging and adapting their personal sales process to be more effective. However, they don’t challenge the notion of the importance of making prospecting their "A" priority every week.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2021

But how are sales managers doing at adapting to coaching their sales force over video? We know how sales managers were doing before the pandemic. What do you think would be different if I filtered the data to show only the last six months of 2020, the time during which sales managers should have already made changes?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 24, 2020

The State of Ecommerce in 2020. Large-scale unemployment means many people are cutting back on their spending and as such, some industries have seen a sharp downturn in sales. And this trend is set to continue, with ecommerce penetration rates set to rise from 15% in 2020 to 25% in 2025. The competition has never been fiercer.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 14, 2020

No one imagined that we would exclusively have online events, online trainings, online meetings, online calls, and so on. Lessons learned in 2020 boil down to three words — Accept, Adapt, Accelerate. We’ve accelerated the sales process (and more) in order to improve.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 28, 2020

Especially in sales, you need to know everything best and worst of the industry, from news to new sales techniques. That’s why we have handpicked 19 best sales influencers from the business community. Some of them are serial entrepreneurs, some of them are investors, and some of them are sales leaders of successful businesses.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 2, 2020

What’s the difference between sales enablement and Sales Engagement? It’s the question that will help companies stand out as we put 2020 behind us. As sales leaders figure out how to do more with less, 9 out of 10 sales orgs consider a Sales Engagement Platform (SEP) critical to their team’s success.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In the spring of 2020, I sprained my ankle and it never improved. it's the same with sales teams. You never know when you will need to relieve stiffness and/or pain. Actually you do know. If you drove more than two hours today or slept in a hotel bed last night I'm certain you'll need to crack your back and neck.

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Sandler Training

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

For sales professionals, 2020 may be remembered as the Year of Holding on to Clients. The post Survey: For Salespeople, 2020 Was The Year of Holding On appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Overall, salespeople must ask better questions to help increase sales, build better relationships, and help uncover their prospect's compelling reasons to buy. In this blog, we discuss why prospects object when it comes down to buying time, and why we can't always blame the prospects in these situations.

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A Sales Guy

APRIL 28, 2020

Due to the Coronavirus and the shelter in place, we made a quick pivot at A Sales Guy. We created a virtual Gap Selling training course for salespeople. With a price point of $99.00, it was designed to make it easy and affordable for salespeople to access the same training we provide to large sales organizations around the world.

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Sell Integrity

MAY 12, 2020

With leaner sales organizations, your sales enablement strategy has to step up and be a valuable contributor to the organization. In many organizations, revenue has “fallen off a cliff,” as one sales leader put it, and companies are looking at where they can make cuts and recapture lost momentum.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At the recent ATD TechKnowledge 2020 , I heard from speakers, participants, and partners at the forefront of the industry. L&D professionals’ tasks were narrowly defined: onboarding new employees or conducting formal training or certification. New technology has emerged to capture, share, and manage training content.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. I wrote that in 2013, back when virtual sales meetings weren’t the only option. The Problem with Virtual Sales Meetings. B2B sales reps have asked me that question repeatedly over the past year.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You want to be more confident and make more sales, and I will help you do that & save money! Save 70% from right now through December 31 st , 2020 on my Bestselling CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.”. That’s 70% off my regular sale price, and Free Shipping (for an actual CD, domestic only)!

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Sales Hacker Success Summit will be here before you know it! WHAT : Five exciting days of advanced sales training and tips from some of the biggest names in Sales. Sales Hacker Success Summit: Level Up for 2020. So, start clearing your schedule, and get ready for the best week of your sales career!

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 8, 2021

When I made my predictions for 2020 I'm pretty sure I didn't predict a pandemic. In the US, sales teams are coming off three robust years of sales growth and while revenue was up during that time, the percentage of salespeople hitting quotas was not. What does 2021 have in store for those of us in the sales world?

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Maybe you’ve just landed your first sales job (In this economy? or maybe you’ve been in sales for years and are looking for a little inspiration. Either way, this list of top sales leaders can help you find the people who might just change the way you do your job. . Head of partnerships at Sales Hacker. Godard Abel.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

Entering this 2025, to embrace a virtual sales program, like our own FlyMSG Sales Pro Plan , could be pivotal for achieving unprecedented business success. The Rise of Virtual Sales Programs As we enter 2025, the landscape of sales training programs is undergoing a revolutionary transformation.

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