The Sales Hunter

JUNE 13, 2012

If you want greater success in prospecting — and more sales! So, one week you may focus on the health care industry and the next week you may focus on the automotive industry. I have a new on-line training program I think every salesperson who wants a fuller pipeline and more profitable sales should invest in immediately.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 12, 2019

While companies have traditionally considered CRM programs as sales tools , the CRM program and the customer experience today is one and the same. Beyond Sales and Marketing. CRM programs go above and beyond marketing and sales. A CRM program’s value goes beyond sales. That’s a mistake. Evaluate potential value.

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Lead Rank CRM Lead Scoring Automotive 258

Awarathon

APRIL 30, 2024

The automotive industry is witnessing a rapid transformation today, especially with a shift towards D2c in sales modules with EV companies. If OEMs have to sustain in such a competitive market, they will need a robust sales training structure. Innovative technologies like generative AI are reshaping traditional sales methods.

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Automotive Training Analysis Retention 52

Pointclear

MARCH 19, 2013

With his team at Waldschmidt Partners, Dan uses his EDGY Strategy to help sales teams exceed their goals. However, Henry Ford declared bankruptcy five times before redefining the automotive business and, along the way, modern manufacturing. Dan calls giving out bonuses during sales cycles “tactical stuff.” The EDGY Strategy.

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Conversion Automotive Face-to-face Decision Maker 264

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams. Create a plan.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

I was talking with the executives of an automotive company around design optimization around aerodynamics. The terms I used came from my work with aerospace companies, but the terms used for the exact same concepts were completely different in automotive design. We in sales and marketing can learn much from them.

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Automotive Face-to-face Engineering eBook 156

SalesFuel

APRIL 24, 2024

So, when she submitted a story about reaching out to a local automotive dealer, it was no surprise she was able to use AdMall to close another big sale. Harrelson sold the automotive dealer on a campaign centered around audience-targeted traditional TV, along with a Streaming/OTT package.

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Automotive Closing Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 52

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I write often about sales process. After all, one can't accurately predict outcomes of sales calls, meetings and cycles without a formal, structured sales process to follow. I present my Top Articles on Sales Process: Baseball's Huge Impact on Sales Performance.

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Tom Hopkins

MARCH 21, 2013

Related posts: Activity Breeds Productivity in Automotive Sales. Arouse Emotions in Auto Sales. Avoiding Awkward Beginnings in Car Sales. You ask questions that get them talking about their situations, their needs, their desires, their concerns. In other [.].

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Automotive Buyer Relationals Sales 42

Awarathon

AUGUST 20, 2024

In car sales, handling objections is key to closing deals and building lasting customer relationships. Awarathon addresses this gap with its AI-driven platform that revolutionizes AI sales training through realistic simulations. It helps sales reps practice handling objections and refine their skills in a virtual environment.

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Automotive Objections Strategy Case Study 52

Tom Hopkins

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What are you going to do today that will lead to more sales? Early in my sales career, I identified activities I could do during non-client times [.] If you have a list of business-building activities to complete, wonderful! If you do not, let me show you one that has worked for others for many years.

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Automotive Networking Relationals Sales 62

A Sales Guy

JUNE 11, 2013

It’s not uncommon for me to get emails requesting help from sales people or sales leaders. They are dying on the vine and are desperate to break the sales code and start selling before they give up entirely. Kindly help me to make my work more fun and how I can make a sale before I am totally exhausted. What say ye?

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Automotive Inside Sales Education Up-Sell 120

Tom Hopkins

JULY 27, 2015

If you’re not already the top sales person in your company, you may have some pre-conceived notions about what that person is like. When you hear the phrase, “Closing the Sale,” what comes to mind? I feel “Closing the Sale” is helping people make decisions that are good for them. Aggressive?

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Automotive Selling Skills Closing Relationals 40

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I’m so happy these undergraduate students, looking toward careers in sales, are tackling this issue (I wish experienced sales people were as sensitive to this, as they.). Our customers want to know the sales people they engage understand them, their jobs, their companies, and their industries. What are the risks?

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Automotive Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile Industry 133

Tom Hopkins

OCTOBER 15, 2013

It’s not what you say in auto sales, but how you say it that counts, right? In selling vehicles, you must learn to paint mental pictures in the minds of your potential […] The post Auto Sales – It’s not what you say appeared first on America's #1 Sales Trainer. Avoiding Awkward Beginnings in Car Sales.

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Automotive Selling Skills Relationals Buyer 71

Jeff Shore

MAY 16, 2018

Many times sales professionals can suffer from distraction. The e-mails, the pressure of the next sale, home life, and so much more that keeps us from being present with our current client. BuyersMind #Sales Tweet This. How can you meet the needs of your client when you’re not present? And that was my one person at the time.

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Automotive Banking Journal Referrals 103

Allego

AUGUST 7, 2020

In this episode, CEO Tim Murray describes how his search for a new challenge led him from the automotive industry in Tennessee to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Tim had an impressive career with ARC Automotive, where in his last role he was VP and CFO. billion in sales. The company is a giant company, with $2.7 Subscribe Today.

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Automotive Face-to-face Industry Google 127

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 1, 2018

are increasingly using gift cards as a reward tool for multiple groups (channel, sales, employee and customer), and that investment in gift card rewards is both significant and growing. You see it a lot in the automotive market and higher-earning incentive channels. For more information, contact TJX Incentive Sales at 800-333-1387.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For B2B sales and marketing teams, having a 360-degree view of customers and prospects is key. For example, the 2-digit NAICS Code for “Other Services” (NAICS Code 81) includes a 4-digit NAICS Code for “Automotive Repair & Maintenance” (NAICS Code 8111).

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 25, 2012

Often, when I go on sales calls with sales people, I think that we are speaking different languages. The customer is speaking their language, the sales person is speaking their—and there is no interpreter. Or sales people don’t take the time to understand and communicate in terms that are meaningful to the customer.

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Automotive Engineering Sports Maximizer 107

Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Experts, gurus and consultants speak, write, train and educate all about how companies and those in leadership positions must motivate their employees from the dock worker to the customer service representative to the sales person to any other employee. A one or two day leadership, customer service or sales training event?

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Motivation Automotive Hiring Guarantee 144

The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As the tech industry continues to expand, engaging with other sectors such as automotive, biomedical science, data science, healthcare, and entertainment, it is increasingly likely that tech will come to play a role in all of our corporate lives. When was the last time you heard someone use the words “artificial intelligence”?

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Automotive Meeting Industry Resources 103

Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Otherwise, your people will continue to stop sales and your customers will go elsewhere. It’s common knowledge: automotive salespeople don’t provide the same caliber of servi Every employee at a dealership must begin to treat every guest as a buyer.

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Tom Hopkins

JULY 8, 2013

Most sales people are tempted to tell their buyers what to believe instead of asking questions that allow the buyers to come up with their [.] The post Close Sales with Leading Questions appeared first on America's #1 Sales Trainer. The Buyer Interview in Automotive Sales.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 20, 2024

Are you struggling to train and certify your network of automotive dealerships? In addition, dealerships often experience a high turnover of sales and service staff and use various technologies to manage their salesforce. Ensuring this training is transferred to an expert buying experience can be difficult to measure and achieve.

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Automotive Training Collateral Distribution 40

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Many of you know that I spent much of my career in IBM, starting as a sales person moving into the management ranks. The ability of a tier 1 supplier in the automotive industry to keep a $107 million a year contract with a key customer. Communicating Execution Insight Selling Learning Professional Sales Results Sales Strategies'

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Software Software Automotive Revenue 122

Crunchbase

AUGUST 27, 2020

At Roadster (a SaaS company providing commerce solutions to automotive dealerships and OEMs), with car dealerships being forced to close by government orders, “digital retailing” became less of a progressive idea for a dealership and more of a must-have technology solution to serve customers. Connect with People. Perfect Your Craft.

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Automotive Retail Call-back Government 98

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Companies in the automotive, pharmaceutical, and medical industries use specific tools to help them manage their inventory. With inventory management software, you’ll cut costs, save time and have a better understanding of your sales lifecycle. Without these tools, things can get hectic and disrupt the supply chain.

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Automotive Pharmaceuticals Software Software 97

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. For savvy sales and marketing professionals, these are selling opportunities as well. For sellers, context is everything.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

Increase Sales

JANUARY 5, 2018

Some retail stores such as automotive to industries such as lodging have extensive data about their customers and understand the overall value every potential customer brings to their establishment. The satisfied customer has a total customer value of $2,000 while the loyal customer is worth $26,000.

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Loyalty Customer Automotive Retail 111

SalesFuel

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Solution: Turn to one of AdMall’s most effective sales tools Over the last three years, one of the most referenced tools used to close sales in AdMall is the AudienceSCAN advertising response field. The overall beer industry market has total sales of about $116.9 Retail craft beer sales were approximately $28.9

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Campaigns Lead Rank Lead Scoring Data 105

Tom Hopkins

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Decision-making in sales situations is not drastically unlike making decisions in life in general. So, what […] The post Decision-Making in Sales appeared first on America's #1 Sales Trainer. So, what […] The post Decision-Making in Sales appeared first on America's #1 Sales Trainer.

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Automotive Selling Skills Relationals Sales 63

Tom Hopkins

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Related posts: Activity Breeds Productivity in Automotive Sales. Want to listen to you. Those three elements are absolutely necessary in order for them to make a buying decision based on the [.]

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Automotive Relationals Sales Meeting 55

SalesFuel

AUGUST 14, 2024

Nally knew that the sales tools provided would help her when it came to creating an event promoter ad campaign. “[The They were facing challenges making a budget work efficiently to maximizing ticket sales. The live music ticket sales forecast for the U.S. Now in its 15th year, this in-depth analysis of over 17,000 U.S.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 18, 2013

In my post, “Solving Our Problems,” Tim Foster reminded me of something the folks at The TAS Group say, “The impact on the customer of a bad buying decision is usually greater than the impact of the lost sale to the sales person.” Take a look at the battery supply problems for Fisker Automotive.

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Automotive Revenue Customer Groups 109

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2019

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 9, 2012

She’s an outstanding sales professional. We talked about how sales people have a tendency to make things overly complicated. We know we have to be focused and disciplined in executing our sales process. The secret to sales success isn’t that secret–it’s just common sense.

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Automotive Top of Funnel Gatekeeper Engineering 115