Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 6, 2021

This may sound elemental, but I rarely hear sales reps use it when speaking with gatekeepers. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! The post Two Simple Words to Open More Doors—and Close More Sales appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. The first word is “please.”. Get Access Today.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 29, 2024

In case you have been vacationing in a cave, there has been a controversial trial taking place in Manhattan and earlier this week the Jury heard closing arguments. In a jury trial, closing arguments can take several hours or even days! The Closing Argument is a summary of facts supportive of whichever side the attorney represents.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 25, 2022

If you don't enjoy reading my baseball analogies, you can ignore this but I must warn you that today's analogy will reveal the two underlying causes for sales opportunities getting stuck in the pipeline and not reaching a close. If you don't care about that then bye-bye until the next article.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 30, 2022

At least some part of sales negotiation has shifted permanently to online. The post Refining Your Closing Process to Accommodate Online Negotiations appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Body language and other aspects of in-person conversations won't play a role, but other strategies have become more important.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Until the pandemic is over (and maybe beyond that) businesses must adopt new strategies to close sales deals. The post How to Keep Closing B2B Deals Amidst the Pandemic appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. Your marketing and sales teams need both. All of these signals show optimal conditions for a sale.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 14, 2022

Capturing the attention of the increasingly elusive B2B buyer has become harder than ever as more sales interactions happen in digital channels, buying committees continue to grow and buyers conduct more self-guided research. The answer lies in building a full-scale, comprehensive sales enablement strategy.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2024

That exact same thing happens to salespeople on their sales calls. If you have a scorecard in your head, it is probably giving you a score of close to 100. Image copyright 123RF The post How Driving Down the Highway Will Help You Close More Sales appeared first on Kurlan & Associates, Inc. What did you miss?

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 5, 2021

At Objective Management Group (OMG), one of the 21 Sales Core Competencies we measure and report on also tends to confuse salespeople, is the cause of frequent pushback, but has thirty-five years of cumulative science to support the finding and our conclusions.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I heard from Bob last week and whenever I hear from him it usually means he got himself into a jam with another sales opportunity. Regular readers are familiar with Bob, one of the worst salespeople on the planet. New readers might want to catch up on the six prior articles about Bob. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you know someone that runs a business with a sales team, or they lead the charge themselves, have them take a look at the areas below for ways they can increase their sales. Improving even one of these areas could take their sales to the next level. Sales process efficiency. Sales time sucks. Sales management.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2024

He tried to close us and when we said we were traveling he said he could ship it. The ironic thing is that these salespeople, who are trained to be aggressive, are always attempting to close prospects who aren’t closable! ” If it’s must have, then close baby close. ” “Why is that important?”

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 27, 2022

Aligning your marketing and sales teams is crucial, as companies with aligned teams are 67% more efficient at closing deals and achieve up to 38% higher win rates in sales. The post How to Align Your Email Messaging With Sales Conversations appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

With so many different initiatives competing for your prospects’ limited attention, it’s essential to close deals quickly and efficiently while the problem they want to solve is fresh in their minds. No matter how compelling your product or service, each closed deal could be preceded by a dozen or more that never result in new business.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 2, 2022

As the opportunities for closing sales through multiple channels continue to broaden, ensuring that your team is up to speed with the latest smart sales tools is critical to success. The post 5 Digital Skills to Blow Past Sales Targets appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 9, 2021

When it comes to navigation I usually opt for Waze but sometimes Siri can find a way out of traffic that Waze can't. On the other hand, try asking Siri to dial a phone number while she's navigating and you'll quickly learn that she can't multi-task.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2024

He tried to close us and when we said we were traveling he said he could ship it. The ironic thing is that these salespeople, who are trained to be aggressive, are always attempting to close prospects who aren’t closable! ” If it’s must have, then close baby close. ” “Why is that important?”

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 10, 2024

Indeed, 40% of salespeople cite it as the most challenging part of the sales process, more daunting than either closing or qualifying. However, the significance of prospecting is often overshadowed by the allure of the deal’s close, leading many sales managers to neglect to coach the top of the funnel.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Most of that group believes that a sales process is helpful. It will be worth it!

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Commanding respect from clients is crucial to building sustainable relationships and closing deals. The post How to Teach Respect in a Sales Engagement by Creating Boundaries appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. One avenue to gaining respect is by creating boundaries for both parties.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 11, 2021

Sales people like to talk; if you don’t believe me, just listen to a recording of one of your reps (or of yourself!). And that’s because when your mouth is open, your ears are closed. Why do sales reps talk so much? In sales, less talking and more questioning and more listening is the key to success. This is a problem.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2024

Then, the game changed when I leveled up my sales email writing game with curiosity-provoking subject lines, strong body text, and compelling closing statements. Read on to hear my tactics for ending a sales email.e Closing email statements are a moment of truth for your prospect to feel valued and motivated.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Take a quick look at the forecasted end-of-year close dates in your CRM system. What dates do most of your sales team’s opportunities show? Do you see a lot of December 31 st close dates? Chances are your sellers don’t understand how high performers close business and enjoy a more stress-free holiday.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Lack of quality opportunities clogs your pipeline, causes inaccurate forecasts and causes sales professionals to miss their goals. There are three areas you can focus on to improve the quality of your opportunities and their odds of a successful close.

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The Pipeline

MAY 25, 2020

Sales Scrum Podcast Episode #11 – Guest Steve Gielda. Each day I will have a special sales chef sharing their best recipe for a Healy and nutritious approach to filling your pipeline in a post-COVID world. People are now part of a bit of a captive audience but that doesn’t mean you can shortcut to a close.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Author: Thiago Sa Friere With the shift to a remote workplace, sales reps and account executives are engaging with the C-suite. Here’s how the sales team should handle calls now that the C-suite is actively involved. Get the Executive Talking. Our research has found CXOs talk 8.5% Dive Into the Demo, Not the Deck. Mind the CFO.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 12, 2020

In the sales realm I believe we may be about to see a big shift. It’s time for business owners and sales leaders to take action to make sure you can sell effectively if we enter a downtown. It’s time for business owners and sales leaders to take action to make sure you can sell effectively if we enter a downtown. Hopefully not.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 1, 2024

Running a company is very different than managing a sales team, so you need someone skilled in the specific strengths of coaching and motivating your sales team. Companies have choices and often it makes sense to hunt, interview, hire and pay for a full-time sales manager, but this is a position very difficult to fill.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2024

After some initial discovery, the capable sales rep dove into the platform to give me a look at one of the functionalities I was most interested in. Table of Contents What Is a Sales Demo Environment? You can think of a sales demo environment in the same way. But during the live demo, disaster struck.

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