Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I’m a big fan boy of David Meerman Scott dating back to his (in my opinion) classic book The New Rules of Marketing and PR. I read that book in 2008 and it rocked my world. Now he’s got a new book focused on sales , The New Rules of Sales and Service. 1. Sales people need to make a choice.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I read the majority of the reports, studies, white papers, and books related to sales development because others in the field might stumble onto a trend, an insight or a statistic of which I was not aware. That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey. The next finding explains the previous finding.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. That question kicks off the new book “Pivot to the Future” by three thought leaders from the consulting giant Accenture.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

For those of us on the sales side you will know 3-4 weeks can go by in the blink of an eye. 3-4 weeks go by while you’re still learning your product and your market never mind filling your sales pipeline. For tips on ramping up your sales knowledge as fast as you can grab Jill Konrath’s new book, Agile Selling.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 6, 2023

I read at least one book a month and this past year so many important books on selling were published. As Anthony Iannarino points out, it’s time to unlearn much of the sales methodology that worked 10 years ago. Love Your Team, A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World by Helen Fanucci.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 17, 2021

These books can help sales managers and reps build their skills without having to schedule another meeting on their calendar. The post Eight Sales Books to Kick Off a Year of Growth in 2022 appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Although factors like your product line, buyer personas, and brand awareness are important, sales managers are also critical to the success of any business as they have the potential to unlock huge returns that impact the business's bottom line. Onboarding and training new hires is another sales management responsibilities.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 15, 2011

Filed Under: Attitude , Sales , Success Tagged With: attitude training , book on attitude , building trust , business social media , corporate sales training , customer service , customer service training , gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales blog , selling skills. Sales Management. Sales Videos.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 16, 2013

Tweet REALITY QUESTION FOR SALES MANAGERS: Why would you, as a leader, take an improving salesperson who is having the best year of their career, and tell him or her they’re “not making enough calls”? Measuring activity” gives you a false read on the reality of sales. The post The Biggest Thing Sales Leaders Overlook: SALES!

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Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Sales Management. Sales Videos. Reviving Work Ethic is a book that is direly needed by both employers and employees alike. Eric has both work ethic and ethics and this book conveys a message of timely urgency. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! Jeffrey Gitomer’s Books. The Sales Bible.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, we frequently see Sales VPs still stuck in the sales manager mindset. An ill-prepared sales manager damages his region. A Sales VP focused on the wrong things can ruin the entire company. They cross collaborate with manager peers, their reps, and the VP.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

It’s been two years since The Challenger Sale was published. The book''s premise is simple: the most successful reps are not relationship builders, but “Challengers”. Since this publishing, many B2B sales organizations have embraced this methodology. Sales VPs think my guys have become comfortable with “How ya doin?”

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Inbound marketing will not fill your pipeline. Inbound marketing might seem like the magic formula for easy sales, but it’s not. Marketing can only take us so far. It’s our job to make the sale. That’s where the inbound marketing folks are taking it and it’s not a good thing.

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Steven Rosen

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

I would get my sales team to begin building plans for a strong start in the upcoming year at this time of year. Far too many companies will spend the first quarter answering questions to senior management as to why sales aren’t coming in rather than focusing on executing their business plans.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 27, 2020

‘Tis the season of packed yoga classes, downloadable budget templates, and book recommendations. If you’re looking to level up your sales career in 2020 but don’t know where to start, we suggest checking out one, two, or all three of the must-read books listed below to get you equal parts inspired and fired-up to crush your quotas this year.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 12, 2017

Tony Alessandra explains why the best sales managers learn on the job. This is particularly true for sales managers. For this month’s guest post, I asked Dr. Tony Alessandra to clear up the definition of formal knowledge versus street smarts, and explain which is better for sales managers. Below is his take.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Experts have been quick to tell us that technology changes everything—that Sales 2.0 Social media, marketing automation, the cloud, and other technological innovations have transformed the way we work , but not how we sell. At the end of the day, sales is still about people buying from people. No More Cold Calling Audio Book.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Many marketing purists focus on the mechanics of segmentation work. Take the following steps with any segmentation work: Educate Sales Management along the way – Show them how the segmentation was done in layman’s terms. What’s available in the market? Keep Score – What gets measured, gets managed. Tell everyone.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 24, 2013

You might set metrics around revenue generated from referrals, the number of new customers, the number of referral meetings set each week or month, the number of qualified opportunities that come from referrals (with revenue attached), or even new markets that you expand into because of referral opportunities. Comment Here.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There are hundreds of great applications that help us work more efficiently—including CRM, marketing automation, social-selling tools, and more. For more on how to strike the right balance between sales technology and relationships, get your copy of my new book, Pick Up the Damn Phone!: How do you use technology for sales?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

There has been no shortage of new sales related books during COVID, the usual mixed bag, with scale. But one stands out, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement , by Mike Kunkle. Not only because of the author, Mr. Kunkle and the subject, sales enablement, but because way Mike approaches the subject. A Managed Process.

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Bernadette McClelland

OCTOBER 3, 2019

For Salespeople, that behaviour is Responsibility , and to complete the equation, for the Sales Manager it is Accountability. In other words, 94% of elite salespeople don’t make any excuses or blame, compared to those 20% who, perhaps, shouldn’t be in sales. . Book your Conference or Sales Kick Off Meeting today!

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 11, 2017

Many companies have highly sophisticated rigorous marketing processes, resulting in strong brand plans and marketing strategies. Even with brilliant marketing strategies and a solid management team, many companies miss their sales objectives.

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Sales managers, sales executives, sales and marketing executives, this message is for you. Do you spend hours, days and months building your marketing plans , getting approval and doing what you need to do to get your plans and budgets secured for the next year? Wishing you all the best of success.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

As I reflected on my career in sales and sales management, I realized my best business had come from referrals. I did my “feet on the street” research and interviewed sales leaders and salespeople. There are no big marketing costs. Soon, people began asking if I had a book. Was this company asking?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The account-based approach is an increasingly common undertaking by marketing and sales departments. But the biggest account-based killer is still at large: Lack of sustained focus from Sales. At ABM Orkestra , we have helped dozens of companies solidify their account-based marketing strategy. 1 outside sales speaker.

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The Pipeline

JULY 27, 2012

Further, he told me that he has made the mistake in the past of hiring reps from the competition in the hope that they would bring their “book” with them, and found that they realized about the same rate of success, about 20% of the reps base followed, while 80% stayed where they were. This is very much in line with what I see in the market.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2013

It’s easier to go along with what everyone else is doing—to write blogs, comment on social media, write catchy email subject lines, rely on inbound marketing to fill your pipeline, and believe that 67 percent of the buying process is complete before prospects ever talk to a salesperson. How do you use technology in your sales process?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2020

Organizations need to understand that while there may be a dip in bookings attainment, there are other metrics that the company can rally around. Sales predictability is the key to an organization’s success. Given the economic uncertainty in the market today, forecasting through this change is an incredible challenge.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2025

The framework gap selling was coined by Keenan (yes just Keenan; before you question me, he only goes by his last name) in 2018 in his best-selling book titled yep, you guessed it Gap Selling. Then, sales reps can ask probing questions to uncover any potential value, he explained. Know your prospects intrinsic motivation.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

He has also written more than 50 case studies about companies and numerous technical notes on various business topics, including strategy development and implementation, sales and marketing, leadership, pricing, and start-up issues. Frank shares insights about his new book, Cespedes, Frank V.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 23, 2013

Download the Sales VP Relationship Assessment to get the questions created from their answers. Or download it if you want to know what to do to manage them. In fact, it’s stated in the book Success for Dummies. “Be The impact of not managing them can be impactful. Tap into sales consultant’s for information.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Affiliate marketing? Door-to-door sales? Most models for building a sales engine haven’t changed much, yet those traditional channel networks are costlier to develop. The online platform lists personal trainers in a few dozen American cities, and invites people to choose and easily book their sessions with a fitness trainer. “At

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Instead of sharing broad industry statistics or general product benefits, sales reps should deliver insights tailored specifically to each prospect's unique business challenges. Begin by conducting thorough research into the prospect's industry, market position, and recent news or developments. Demonstrate deep industry knowledge.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2019

So, as a sales manager, you need to guide your top salespeople in choosing new skills to learn and next-step goals to accomplish. As the sales manager, it’s your job to keep your top salespeople motivated. That’s the best way to lead your sales team to greatness! the list goes on. What’s the worst that can happen?

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 7, 2015

After all, networking is one of the most important marketing best practices for a sales professional. If your sales strategy doesn’t include at least one business networking event per week, you’re missing out on your greatest opportunity to expand your referral networks. For the First Time Sales Manager.

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