Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The last few years it seems that each time it snows, even a little, they cancel school. Winter drivers are better equipped to deal with snow than at any time in history so cancelling school every time it snows doesn't make any sense. Like cancelling school when it snows, it doesn't make any sense. Why is it there?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 10, 2023

We are now seeing these events in sales organizations: Missed forecasts. Order cancellations. We have already seen these factors occur across the board: Low QoQ GDP. High interest rates. Massive layoffs. Stock Market down. Cost-cutting. Closing delays. Failure to hit quotas. We know what doesn't work in a recession.

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Lead411

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The Hidden Struggle of Cancelling a B2B Data Contract: Why Some Companies Make It Hard to Leave Photo by Cytonn Photography on Unsplash When investing in a B2B data contract, businesses expect high-quality leads, seamless integrations, and reliable support. Opaque Cancellation Processes: Customers of Apollo.io and Seamless.AI

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The Sales Heretic

APRIL 14, 2020

Sports, proms, conferences, festivals, trade shows, concerts, seminars, and more have been cancelled. These are difficult times. The death toll from COVID-19 keeps climbing. Unemployment is skyrocketing. And uncertainty is everywhere. What can you do at a time like this? Let me explain. We’re actually dealing with two pandemics at the moment.

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John Barrows

MARCH 15, 2021

Our guest this week is David Cancel, CEO and Founder of Drift. David has spent a lifetime as an avid learner and found a way to understand not just sales, but human decision making and why things work. The post Podcast 189: David Cancel On Conversational Marketing And Sales appeared first on JB Sales.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 27, 2020

With the arrival of the COVID-19 crisis and trade shows and conferences being cancelled left and right, many B2B businesses are now left scrambling to figure out how to survive without their best weapon.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

You can find a ton of sales training material and suggestions on what to SAY during a sales interaction, especially at the close. Although, this question may seem harmless and often necessary, it is usually harmful to the sale. You always want to use a good mixture of emotion and logic in a sales interaction.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 25, 2020

The full impact of CoVid-19 is not yet known, but in some markets and regions, it may already be clear that customers are deferring or even canceling planned purchases. Perhaps yours is one of them. If so, is it realistic.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Author: Chris Orlob What’s the ultimate, late-stage barrier when you’re trying to push a deal through the sales cycle? Have you ever been ready to pull the trigger on a purchase, but felt so uneasy about the decision that you decided to cancel it last minute? These include: Easy cancellations. Buyer anxiety. Think About It….

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

We all know the old rule-of-thumb in selling which is to try not to reveal or discuss the price of what you are selling, until after you have completed your sales presentation. Of course, there are some products and services where price is common knowledge and not integral to the sales process, as in many retail selling scenarios.

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Close.io

APRIL 8, 2020

First, it’s important to remember that you can’t stop every customer from canceling your service or software. Many sales reps are too anxious to be communicating effectively with customers during this time. How are they handling sales prospects under these circumstances? Either way, they can downgrade instead of canceling.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 22, 2013

This is a high level article for the top sales leader in the company. Your title may be CSO, CRO, SVP of Sales, or Sales VP. Lately it seems like there’s been a rash of top sales leader terminations. It’s called Promoted to VP of Sales: The Year One Toolkit. This e-book was originally written for new Sales VPs.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2021

Sales are Down. I always hated having to explain why sales are down. Sales executives and managers have no shortage of challenges. I faced challenges when sales were off. One year in February we were already behind budget in sales. Tip #12: Proactively Manage your Boss When Sales are Down.

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SBI Growth

JULY 27, 2013

There are likely dozens of sales initiatives you can focus on to prepare for next year. Here’s a way to help you save time when picking sales projects. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. Using the Sales Improvement Readiness Tool.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 30, 2017

The number of sales appointments that get cancelled goes up and the number of excuses people make goes up. A sales slump. It happens every summer. The result? Summer is not the time to make excuses about things not happening. I like to view it as the time to make things happen, because other salespeople […].

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 21, 2025

The rapid adoption of GPT-based AI tools isnt simply a technological evolution in sales; its a fundamental restructuring of how teams work. And theyre moving the needle: According to McKinsey , sales orgs that use AI see revenue uplifts of up to 15% and sales ROI uplifts of up to 20%. Its about building GPT-native sales teams.

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Focused Sales Leadership framework consists of 3 pillars: Leadership, Culture and Focus. Sales leaders must build winning teams and develop a performance culture to achieve outstanding results. Yet, many sales leaders are working 50-60 hours a week and still not getting the desired results. Calculate the change.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. The quick wins will build credibility with sales and the CEO. Execute the wins by canceling bloated, non-impact tactics. This action of canceling a non-performing program sets the right tone for the team.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Best Demo Days & Times: Here’s What the Numbers Say If you sell software, you know how persuasive product demos can be as a sales tool. We analyzed some 130,000 sales meetings to identify the specific times and days when salespeople complete the most product demos. So, what are the best days of the week for sales demos?

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. It can be a critical step in filling your sales pipeline with great opportunities. Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created. Do you know how you help?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 29, 2019

I just cancelled a shipping order with Office Depot for a standard metal filing cabinet. I told him to cancel my purchase and refund my money. Why Customer Experience Should Be Top of Mind for Sales Leaders. In her Sales 3.0 Read “ Why Customer Experience Should Be Top of Mind for Sales Leaders.”).

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 18, 2017

It’s summer, and as most sales leaders like yourself know, it is a prime time when clients and prospects cancel appointments. Want to know how to increase the likelihood of them KEEPING the appointment?

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Having achieved the goal of setting a sales meeting with a customer or prospect, what would be the best way to ensure, as much as possible, its success? Have a goal that will be achievable dependent on the type of meeting and how far down the sales road you are with them. 2) Ensure all the logistics are taken care of. Happy Selling!

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

It is an issue of mammoth proportion, and one I grappled with when I sold products and services that could be easily cancelled (SaaS software, for example) or that were in a competitive industry. For me as someone who reads nearly every new book on professional, B2B selling I felt Anthony under-promoted the huge issue of KEEPING clients.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 24, 2014

In the sales business, we hold the key to tons of information from customers. Sales companies also often store all kinds of other information – credit or debit card numbers, social security numbers, and so much more. The Pipeline Guest Post - Megan Totka.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 25, 2024

While one of the sales lessons from this trip comes from baseball, the actual travel generated the other two sales lessons. They couldn’t cancel somebody else’s room to accommodate us, but they did waive the cancellation fee and give us a full refund for the weekend.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2020

The sales teams positioned to succeed during this time will be those who help rather than haggle customers – understanding, too, that “success” will look somewhat different these days. Here are best practices for securing sales while remaining sensitive to customer circumstances amidst crisis. Focus On Customer Relationships.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Among those who decided to cancel their travel programs, 78% indicated they were providing alternative awards such as branded merchandise, individual travel options, points and cash equivalents. In addition, prepaid and gift cards are up 26%, representing the largest shift in use reported.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Author: LIZ PULICE The COVID-19 pandemic has caused sales organizations to adapt overnight to a new world of social distancing and digital-only collaboration. This type of experiment would never happen during normal times because of the risk of derailing the sales organization. Do we still need expensive internal sales meetings (e.g.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 2, 2013

A friend who is a rep with a technology company, cancelled a meeting we had set for this afternoon, and you know it, his voice mail this morning at 8:00 simply said, “Man, I need to change our meeting, last day of the quarter, you know how it is.”. Sales Mistakes Sales Process Sales Technique Tibor Shanto'

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I''ve heard this stated so many ways and so many times. Is the goal to make friends or generate sales? Not following the sales process? Dave, you need to know that our business is all about relationships!". Strong relationship but you don''t have the business. Fear of rejection?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

These conditions can present challenges for sales organizations, where in-person meetings and events are typically part of “business as usual.” With internal meetings (training bootcamps, sales kick-offs, role play sessions, etc.), such as sales onboarding and training sessions, and even sales meetings?

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Sales 2.0

JULY 7, 2014

He’s writing some excellent stuff about modern sales and marketing over there. As timing would have it, Louis just updated me that he has a new (free 83-page) ebook out of interviews with sales and marketing leaders. Louis asked about the usefulness of Sales 2.0 You get these from Sales 2.0 Closing Prospecting Sales 2.0

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 3, 2014

With it comes a new sales number and a new opportunity for success. As a sales representative you are faced with many time commitments. How will you balance your sales efforts with creating the Ideal Life for yourself? Top sales reps spend over 45 hours per week focusing on their patch. 2014 is upon us! Make adjustments.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Speak Your Mind Cancel reply. Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! The Sales Bible. Little Red Book of Sales Answers. Categories. Select Category. Customer Loyalty. Generating Referrals. Jeffrey Webinar. Leadership. Networking. Presenting.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 28, 2020

Related Coronavirus Posts: Working-from-Home Tips for Sales & Marketing Small Businesses Unprepared to Work from Home How Business Search Behavior has Shifted During the Coronavirus Companies That Care: Supporting Employees During the Coronavirus 5 Ways to Generate Leads after Coronavirus Canceled Your Event.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 25, 2018

Best noise-canceling Bluetooth headset. If you travel extensively or conduct on-site sales in tough conditions, this might be the perfect set for you. And, it comes equipped with aggressive noise cancellation for clear sound quality, even with heavy background noise. Jabra Steel. Weight: 10 grams. Battery life: 6 hours.

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