No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

Video conferencing is a great way to get face to face with clients. 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. Referral sellers have been relationship-building their way through the pandemic. But not referral sellers.

Sales Meeting 287

Sales Meeting Meeting Referrals Face-to-face 287

SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2013

The sales team deserved a training program as aggressive as this year’s budget. In a recent post , I urged Sales Ops leaders to take responsibility for training and development. It included activities the client’s Training and Development team had deemed necessary. Our client is rolling out a new AE Onboarding program.

Revenue 288

Revenue Hiring Face-to-face Social Media 288

SBI Growth

JULY 10, 2014

Sales leaders regularly face the daunting task of delivering revenue and margin growth. “The culture of our organization is what will hold us back. We know what changes we need to make and the right solutions for our problems. That’s the easy part. Getting the organization to adopt them is far more difficult.”

Sage 267

Sage Lead Rank Forecasting Inside Sales 267

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt – shifting and aligning priorities (SUPPORT), implementing new, more impactful channel strategies (ENABLE) and leveraging the right solutions (ENGAGE). That’s the bad news.

Engineering 207

Engineering Revenue Incentives Incentive 207

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2020

Door-to-door sales have been on the decline since the 1980s, yet even today in 2020, on the heels of a pandemic that has forced dramatic changes to the way we conduct face-to-face business, there are still lots of companies that rely on some form of offline sales. Train them. And how you can too.

Face-to-face 194

Face-to-face Social Media Channels Lead Rank 194

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2018

In today’s experience economy, more and more consumers prioritize doing over having. That includes all generations, not just millennials, as recent surveys indicate nearly 75 percent of consumers prefer to increase spending on experiences rather than physical possessions. Step One: Know What Motivates Your Customers.

B2B 221

B2B Customer Social Media Face-to-face 221

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2017

Despite the investment in these collaborative technologies, when you consider that the typical sales rep is on the road and away from any formal office environment for a large percentage of time, effective training and coaching remains an enormous challenge. The solution to this issue? Improved Coaching and Feedback.

Video 180

Video Face-to-face Distribution Hiring 180

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Hit up social channels, read their 10-Ks, and keep up with industry press to know what’s going on right now: What are prospects’ recent struggles? Author: Barbara Adey It’s not enough to prepare for a sales call with general industry knowledge. As it stands, only 20% of salespeople are prepared to offer any real value during a sales call.

Decision Maker 240

Decision Maker Face-to-face Demographics Call-back 240

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

But before we do, let’s examine where things go wrong and address perhaps the most challenging problem sales leaders face: turnover. Inadequate training or onboarding processes. But one of the most important parts of training sales professionals is teaching the same sales methodology. Today, we review. Unset career paths.

B2B 200

B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 11, 2018

(Punch it, Hurb Yo, I don’t think we should talk about this. Come on, why not? People might misunderstand what we’re tryin’ to say, you know? No, but that’s a part of life). So ,just like the lyrics from hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa, what are people misunderstanding? What are we talking about here? and CEX are EGs of acronyms!

Lead Rank 294

Lead Rank Loyalty Lead Scoring Face-to-face 294

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2022

I was a little offended by this, but I took his advice and channeled my energy into my next pitch, and guess what? Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Writing a deal (making a sale), is an exhilarating thing, and there are many ways to celebrate.

Face-to-face 156

Face-to-face Gatekeeper Energy Decision Maker 156

Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2022

If so, you should check out my channel on YouTube and binge a few quick tips you can use on your very next call to get better. And if you’re a manager, you can watch some of these videos during your next sales meeting to not only help train your team, but to start a good discussion as well. It’s free, proven, and available to you now!

Resources 156

Resources Gatekeeper Face-to-face Decision Maker 156

Steven Rosen

JUNE 12, 2017

With so many competing demands, with little or no training and development , the question becomes where can you turn to get honest and insightful feedback on overcoming your biggest challenges? Where: Sales Experts Channel. What other challenges are you facing? Overcoming Your Biggest Sales Management Challenges.

Webinar Metrics 184

Webinar Metrics Sales Management Hiring Case Study 184

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2021

Shawn Channell of Just Launch Training and Consulting says the pandemic revealed to sales managers and their reps that they need to fine tune their skills in communicating with prospects other than face-to-face.

Face-to-face 120

Face-to-face Channels Training Sales Management 120

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By utilizing the personality aspect video has to offer, trust and connection can be built quicker and more effectively with customers, prospects and channel partners. Managers and HR leaders can use video for recruiting or training initiatives, to elaborate on your company’s mission or kick off an incentive program.

Video 156

Video Face-to-face Social Media Incentives 156

SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Allego allows sales teams to onboard new reps without having to meet face to face or rely on traditional classroom training. They can pre-board new hires by giving them access to onboarding channels within Allego containing company and product information, welcome videos from the team, and examples of what good looks like.

Hiring 164

Hiring Face-to-face Video Distribution 164

Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2018

Sales reps face a number of obstacles that can keep them from their goals and it’s your job as their manager to help them overcome these challenges. Studies show that sales reps forget 84% of all sales training content after 90 days ( source ). To put it simply, sales reps are only as effective as their managers enable them to be.

Sales Qualified Lead 207

Sales Qualified Lead Penetration B2B Face-to-face 207

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

“The Gatekeeper Died: Why That’s a Good Thing” is the topic for my new, monthly, live Sales TV Show on the Sales Experts Channel. New episodes will premiere on the third Tuesday of every month at 2:00 Pacific/5:00 Eastern on The Sales Experts Channel. Actually, it’s more like Talk Radio, but on video. Always free. Always fabulous!

Gatekeeper 265

Gatekeeper Cold Calling Referrals Telemarketing 265

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 26, 2021

We inflict mass, meaningless outreaches across increasing numbers of channels and increasing volumes of suspects. But the biggest issue facing customers is decision confidence–not in vendor selection, but rather, “Are they making the right business decision.” Customers become widgets in our efficient sales strategy.

Face-to-face 147

Face-to-face B2B Buyer Vendor 147

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. Training during the last 15+ months [10:43]. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [28:12].

Training 119

Training Scale Webinar Metrics Face-to-face 119

Force Management

JANUARY 25, 2024

A sales training initiative is a big investment - one you want to ensure provides a long-term return. The key to ensuring a return on the investment is increasing the breadth and depth of your engagement, ensuring long-term adoption and extending training to all customer-facing professionals, not just the direct sales team.

Lead Gen 112

Lead Gen Face-to-face Direct Sales Team Channels 112

Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2023

This weekend, late evening, I turned on the TV, paging through the channel guide. Yet the customer doesn’t buy that way, they are moving to primarily digital buying channels, the majority preferring rep free experiences. But we don’t train them to have business conversations that are meaningful to the customer.

Face-to-face 133

Face-to-face Proposal Hiring Quota 133

Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Sales teams are facing unprecedented change and sales enablement must adapt to help organizations succeed is the main message of Forrester’s recent report, Is Your Sales Enablement Ready To Level Up? Here is a high-level overview of the report’s key topics. You can download a complete copy here: Is Your Sales Enablement Ready To Level Up?

Report 141

Report Sales Enablement Face-to-face Maximizer 141

Vengreso

JULY 29, 2024

Have you heard about how important channel sales partners are? In this article we cover different kinds of channel sales partners, why they’re good, and how to work well with them. Plus, working with channel sales partners has other benefits like growing your market. Each one has a special job in selling products.

Outsourcing Services 68

Outsourcing Services Channels Webinar Metrics Strategy 68

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

Research recently released from Gartner revealed that overwhelmed B2B buyers face a crisis of confidence as they increasingly struggle to make large-scale purchase decisions. To that end, leading suppliers train their sales reps to engage customers with a specific kind of information? It’s all about buyer enablement.

Buyer 194

Buyer Scale Face-to-face Report 194

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Invest in multi-channel customer service. Today’s customers interact with brands through a variety of channels, and they expect high-quality service on each one. In order to maintain consistent customer service and avoid errors, brands must invest in a comprehensive, multi-channel customer service strategy.

Loyalty 206

Loyalty Customer Incentives Incentive 206

Vengreso

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In this article, I delve into channel sales —a strategy that involves leveraging third-party intermediaries such as dealers and affiliates to distribute products—enabling companies to penetrate new markets without relying on a sizable in-house sales team. Discover how in our latest article by @M_3Jr!

Channels 66

Channels Outsourcing Services Strategy Lead Rank 66

Hubspot Sales

MAY 11, 2020

Working remotely can be challenging for sales teams, and for managers who are used to working with employees face-to-face, there can be some uncertainty around how to support employees in a remote setting. Establish clear communication channels. Stellar sales work is possible outside of a traditional company office.

Quota 130

Quota Face-to-face Hubspot Channels 130

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In this context, I’m referring to companies that sell their products and services directly to their customer base rather than selling through retail or other sales channels (distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators, and so on). Companies face stiff competition and customers have multiple options. Do they have grit?

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Hiring Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 222

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Every day, three times a day, I go through my inbox—both email and social channels. The web, social channels, and technology have helped make it worse. Bolding is my edit). Our inboxes are filled with people wanting to pitch their products and solutions. Are we achieving the results we should be achieving?

Ideal Customer Profile 161

Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Channels Fashion 161

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They may be challenges they may be facing, things that are happening in their markets, industries, or with their customers. We know all the best practices about prospecting, we take training, we read any of the 100’s of books or thousands of blog posts saying the same thing. We, too often, avoid it until we are forced to.

Ideal Customer Profile 166

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline 166

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. Image Source For sales professionals, ethical AI concerns compound as they handle customer data and represent their company in customer-facing roles. But how do you do that ethically?

Training 114

Training Policies Guidelines How To 114

SBI

APRIL 8, 2020

At Seismic we are not just enabling our Sales teams, we support everybody in our organization that is customer-facing: Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and our Partners/Channel. Our team is responsible for building ongoing, repeatable, and scalable Enablement services for our entire customer-facing audience. Storytelling.

Face-to-face 120

Face-to-face Hiring Vendor Education 120

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

Demand Generation Targets 120

Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”. Customer-facing professionals require training and content in the flow of their daily work. Uniting Sales Enablement and Customer-Facing Processes.

Revenue 117

Revenue Face-to-face Marketing Vendor 117

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 7, 2023

When we look at much of the training and development, much of manager priorities, is all about product expertise. At the same time, we have so much capacity to provide that expertise through different channels–through our websites, through other sources. ” The real issue is in what? Increasingly they prefer using them.

Face-to-face 133

Face-to-face Channels Education Data 133

Bigtincan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

According to Gartner, by 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur in digital channels. Join Bigtincan’s CEO and Founder, David Keane, as he addresses some of the most prevailing challenges pharma sales organizations face. Digital voice training systems for pitch-perfect presentations. What does that mean for pharma?

Pharmaceuticals 109

Pharmaceuticals Customer Face-to-face Channels 109