The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 6, 2011

If you don’t schedule it and hold yourself accountable, you won’t do it. Believe in yourself and what you’re doing to help your customers. Related posts: The Myth of Finding More Time to Prospect: Sales Training Tip #412. Sales Training Tip #375: RFPS are Rarely Final. customer service.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Teamwork : “These are my accounts and contacts!”. Let Marketing help expand within existing accounts by nurturing contacts for the Rep (via inbound marketing and lead management.). Let Marketing help expand within existing accounts by nurturing contacts for the Rep (via inbound marketing and lead management.).

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The apps help businesses customize their Salesforce environment, addressing needs across sales, marketing, customer service, and finance functions. Training and Support: Invest in training for end-users and ensure ongoing support for seamless adoption.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2013

Salespeople tend to believe they need to spend more time with major accounts, while Marketing will always argue more time should be spent prospecting. Salespeople tend to also be afraid of being the person who loses a major account, and thus they do all they can to make sure it doesn’t happen on their watch.

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Sandler Training

JULY 14, 2021

Here are five powerful behaviors you can build into your account plan to support better, more profitable, and more loyal business relationships. The post From “Customer Service” to Customer Success: Five Powerful Behaviors that Build Loyalty appeared first on Sandler Training.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Customer service does not touch prospects at all. A company’s information about existing customers is vast. Sales, marketing, and customer service talk to customers every day. Knowing which accounts to focus on is important. Determining if the sales force is calling on these accounts is essential.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 12, 2012

Of course, there are ways to get past these “guardians of the gold,” and you can find many of those techniques here at MTD Sales Training. In fact, for some departments and with some personnel, the set up is the reverse; they WANT to speak to ANYONE and EVERYONE who calls, like sales and customer service people. Of course not.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 30, 2022

They were struggling with getting their people to develop and execute their account plans. They had invested a lot in training, content, and other programs to support the account based selling focus. Sometimes, I think we make Account Planning and Account Based Selling more complicated than it needs to be.

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Account Territories Penetration Referrals 128

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

From refining your teams techniques to reinforcing best practices, coaching tools are essential to how modern teams train, grow, and win. Customization : Can it adapt to your unique sales processes and workflows? Vendor Support : Is onboarding, training, and customer service included?

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 22, 2013

Teaching clerks how to close sales when a customer comes in to buy using your coupon or voucher. Office supplies and teaching customer service to receptionists and accounting. Anything in favor of your customer that helps them increase productivity, communication, operations, morale, and especially profit.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 18, 2019

At some point, most company leaders have looked at their list of best clients and thought, "It would be really bad if we lost any of these accounts." These customers represent a disproportionate percentage of your revenue, refer new prospects to your company, give you credibility in their space -- or all of the above. The benefits.

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Hiring Account Analytics Sales Qualified Lead 143

MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I had to share it with you and I have a couple of questions for you after you read this short story and example of customer service at its finest! Excellent Service = More Sales. I thank John for relaying that experience and I can tell you that poor service can ruin a great meal. MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling!

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Having an enterprise-wide Customer Master File (CMF) is the ideal first step. CMF’s provide a unified view across the organization of your customers. Sales, Finance, Marketing and Customer Service need this alignment. All your data is rolled-up to a common definition of the customer.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 16, 2013

It takes courage to connect, but once you discover “why” you lost them, you can create strategies to recover the account – often more than 50% of the time. The post Jeffrey Answers a Question on Cold Calling | Real World Sales Wisdom appeared first on Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 9, 2019

“National Customer Service Week.” It sounds like a made-up holiday that megacorps use to keep their frontline customer service representatives happy. In reality, National Customer Service Week has been recognized by U.S. Separately, we train our team on the most common use cases and third-party integrations.

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Customer Service Customer Hiring How To 95

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2023

Account managers are the liaison between a company and its clients. Whether you’re a candidate or a hiring manager, you’ll need to brush up on account manager interview questions before making any big decisions. You can practice formulating answers that highlight your skills as an account manager. Let’s get started!

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Hiring Account Retention Report 114

MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 12, 2012

How much time do your sales people spend filling out paperwork and other mundane administrative-type tasks, trouble shooting, or solving very basic customer service issues? After closing the sale, the sales person must handle the needed time-consuming paperwork, set up the account in the delivery system and more. Happy Selling!

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Closing Cold Calling Proposal Up-Sell 284

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Inform them that their calls may be recorded and explain the purpose of recording, such as for quality assurance or training purposes. Compliance Training Telemarketers’ calls should be monitored to ensure compliance with TCPA regulations. Consider the TSR a telemarketer’s bible and the TCPA a customer’s safeguard.

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Cold Calling Telemarketing B2C Guidelines 104

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

However, basic product knowledge training isn’t enough. So, how can you train your sales reps on the product they’re selling and ensure they’ll remember the information when they’re making a sale? Below, you’ll learn how to train your salespeople to sell your product better and faster. Solve for the customer.

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Hiring Training Case Study Hubspot 144

Sell Integrity

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Most companies like to say they provide great customer service and deliver it with integrity, but what does that really mean? Have you created a customer service strategy that defines those expectations? . If you don’t spell out which behaviors are acceptable and which are not, you can’t hold people accountable for them.

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Customer Service Company Strategy Customer 76

BrainShark

MARCH 29, 2022

The right customer service training software can help you onboard agents faster, track their learning progress, and ensure they always have access to relevant information for resolving client issues quickly. There’s usually no short, practical training for solving specific client problems on the spot. Articulate.

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Customer Service Ideal Customer Profile Software Software 62

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2020

For example, you might hear about a company using Instagram to market their products, LinkedIn to share industry expertise and insights, or Facebook Messenger to respond to customer service queries. Social Media Training for Sales Reps. Why is it so important to train your sales reps in social selling?

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The Pipeline

JULY 28, 2016

The sales department grows to become independent from the customer service, marketing, and other areas of the business. As companies grow, they can learn from these early stage companies by cross-training their sales team in other areas, or at least promoting engagement with other areas that impact sales. About Chase Hughes.

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Awarathon

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Sales training in Philippines is a crucial investment for businesses looking to build high-performing sales teams. With an increasingly competitive market, companies must ensure their sales professionals are equipped with the right skills to drive revenue and customer engagement.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Training Programs to Empower Employees and Business Growth In today’s dynamic business environment, investing in employee training isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

However, the true power of CPQ lies in proper training. A well-trained sales team can navigate the system effortlessly, configure products accurately, and apply pricing rules without errors. Without the right training, inefficiencies and mistakes can slow down the sales cycle, leading to lost opportunities.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 21, 2011

Online Training. You are an account rep. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Here Are The Dumbest Questions Salespeople Ask — And Why They’re Dumb. Gitomer | April 21, 2011 | 8 Comments. Tweet Share Sales Truth: Salespeople become known by the questions they ask. Kristine Collier says: April 25, 2011 at 2:08 pm.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 14, 2021

But before we can get to that, you must get your team to change their focus from acquisition through cold outreach to getting introduced to decision-makers by key influencers at your existing accounts. That won’t happen unless you cultivate loyal customers. The Endless Customer Acquisition Cycle. What’s next?

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Retention Account Customer Referrals 144

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Half of my own training, coaching and consulting clients are inside sales forces! Next I reviewed around 250 of the newest Objective Management Group (OMG) accounts for sales candidate assessments and discovered that 42% of the open positions are for inside sales roles. Today, that has increased by 150%.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Improve Accountability. Provide Targeted, Results Orientated Sales Training. Identify Neutralizing, Paralyzing Weaknesses. Make Tough Personnel Decisions. Raise Expectations. Eliminate Excuse Making. Improve Your Sales Coaching. Hire Stronger Salespeople. Optimize the Sales Process and Pipeline.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Exact Customer Service 215

Alice Heiman

AUGUST 1, 2018

Do you ever wonder if your key accounts are growing as much as they could be? . My clients are often shocked to discover how much money they are leaving on the table in their key accounts. . Key Account: An account that you can’t afford to lose. An account that is highly profitable. Register here.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Even worse, some of these ineffective salespeople lead their sales teams in revenue because they inherited the biggest and best accounts, well-established large territories, have years in their industry and/or territory and are viewed as an expert. Their customers continue to buy from them because they are happy. This can work.

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Outsourcing Services Territories Proposal Sales Methodology 201

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Conscientious sales pros worry about AI bias , transparency, brand reputation, customer experience, and human relations. Thoughtful execution ensures AI can be trained correctly.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 6, 2014

The good news was that with time (30 months), higher expectations, along with some training and much better coaching, his goals were achievable. I am the entire sales department, service department and customer service department for our company." [ Note - he is a bit over impressed with himself ]. "My Was OMG wrong?

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Hiring Call-back Groups Sales Management 205

Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Know why you’re training your team before you start. Create a personal, customized learning path. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [28:12].

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Training Scale Webinar Metrics Face-to-face 119

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Data supports this dichotomy: While 81% of customers want companies to offer personalized experiences, 64% don’t want companies to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve customer service. Learn more to train teams and join the advocacy program. Inclusion Allies Coalition : “Everyone is welcome here.”

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