Steven Rosen

APRIL 1, 2024

Difficult conversations are as inevitable as they are necessary. These discussions, whether addressing underperformance, behavioural issues, or compensation adjustments, are crucial for maintaining a healthy sales environment and driving performance. Additionally, a lack of training or preparation plays a crucial role.

Conversion 227

Conversion Construction Survey Compensation 227

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In thinking about growth imperatives for 2024, leading chief revenue officers (CROs) have been looking into ways to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for sales productivity, empowering sales teams to accelerate deal cycles, and assessing sales talent to enable personalized coaching.

Conversion 194

Conversion Sales Talent Coaching Revenue 194

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Which brings me to sales cycles. Do you know what actually determines the length of your sales cycle? A lot of sales leaders and their salespeople believe that sales cycles are determined by their industry, or are specific to the industries they sell to. Short Foliage Cycle. Understand this.

Sales Cycle 358

Sales Cycle Decision Maker Government Up-Sell 358

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 16, 2024

Shifting to a customer-centric sales approach is not just a technique, it's a mindset transformation that leads to richer, more meaningful conversations where the customers’ needs are at the forefront. The post Seven Tips for Making Conversations Customer-Centric appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

Conversion 156

Conversion Customer Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 156

Steven Rosen

APRIL 6, 2024

In this 2:42 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley delve into the vital role of preparation in mastering difficult conversations with sales representatives. They stress the importance of sales managers dedicating time to pre-call planning, ensuring productive discussions.

Conversion 156

Conversion Influencer Coaching Call-back 156

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 5, 2023

By understanding the differences between sales and presales and how they work in unison, businesses can better engage with customers in more meaningful ways that can move the needle in conversion. The post The Difference Between Sales and Presales appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

Sales 371

Sales Conversion Marketing Customer 371

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.

Territories 396

Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 24, 2022

As B2B customers keep raising their expectations for custom-tailored interactions with brands and vendors, it’s time for sales teams to develop experiential customer acquisition programs that increase engagement and conversion.

Strategy 388

Strategy Vendor B2B Conversion 388

No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

This broken link is to blame for sales teams’ biggest closing mistakes. “My This is the frustrated lament I hear regularly from sales leaders. But not closing sales is never the real problem. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during earlier stages of the sales process. It’s just a symptom.

Closing 409

Closing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 13, 2020

Author: Andres Lares, Shapiro Negotiations Institute There is a small truism about connecting with people that anyone in sales can tell you, and they learned it early in their careers. In sales and negotiations, the uncertainty and fear spread by COVID-19 has created unanticipated obstacles and challenges. Nor should it be the default.

Face-to-face 393

Face-to-face How To Negotiation Lead Rank 393

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Team Photo of the American League Champion 1967 Boston Red Sox I frequently write about taking a consultative approach, where listening and asking questions are the keys for successful sales presentations. The post Two Keys for Successful Sales Presentations appeared first on Kurlan & Associates, Inc. Where is the value in that?

Sales 358

Sales Follow-up Groups Prospecting 358

Steven Rosen

MARCH 12, 2024

Hosts Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the importance of face-to-face conversations in sales and how sales leaders can encourage their teams to embrace in-person interactions. Key Takeaways: Setting expectations is crucial for encouraging salespeople to embrace face-to-face conversations.

Face-to-face 296

Face-to-face Video Decision Maker Loyalty 296

Zoominfo

JUNE 8, 2021

We are at the dawn of a new era in B2B sales and marketing. The sales and marketing technology landscape has grown from just a few hundred applications to thousands—each one promising to streamline go-to-market operations, accelerate pipeline and generate revenue at scale. Insight-Driven Engagement for Sales AND Marketing.

Ideal Customer Profile 58

Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Scale Marketing 58

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

Revenue 370

Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 1, 2021

It is critical that you let silence do some of the heavy lifting during your prospecting conversations. Most salespeople are afraid of silence because they perceive it to be awkward or a sign that the prospect has mentally checked out. But that's simply not the case!

Conversion 309

Conversion Prospecting Sales Sales Qualified Lead 309

Steven Rosen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOLD Sales Leaders will perform best in a rapidly changing environment. It is not the most competent or the smartest sales leader that will survive, but rather the sales leader that is BOLD and can adapt to change will thrive. I don’t care if you are the head of sales or a front-line sales manager. Behavioral.

Sales Leadership 295

Sales Leadership Face-to-face Follow-up Coaching 295

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2021

AI-enabled conversational recording increases ROI of CRM systems while eliminating tedious and time-consuming data entry requirements. The post Simplify Sales Reps’ Lives With Voice AI appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

ROI 316

ROI Consumer CRM System 316

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The same thing happens in sales. When half of salespeople hit quota it equates to strong sales performance across the team. When Sales Managers have any conversations with their salespeople it is considered coaching. A pipeline that is 75% full is a full pipeline. Your company calls it success. I call it lying.

Government 348

Government Forecasting Pipeline Report 348

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why. It start with how sellers think about time; which is why in sales, time is value not money. But the reality of sales is that each day, quarter, and year you have more to juggle and no more time to do it in. By Tibor Shanto. Customer Value Management.

Lead Rank 352

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Objections 352

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 25, 2021

Who paved the way for women in sales? Yet, even with gender biases and cultural norms working against them, there were women trailblazers in every century, including women sales leaders. Blazing a Trail for Women in Sales. Most notable among early women sales leaders is Lucinda W. Picture yourself in 1900.

Hiring 379

Hiring eBook Cold Calling Scale 379

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?

Prospecting 370

Prospecting Outsourcing Services Cold Calling Hiring 370

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Unprecedented Conversion Rate : Because he only focused on qualified prospects, he converted 50 to 70 percent of his prospects—unheard of numbers in his industry. ” And we do—but what we love even more is having meaningful business conversations with clients who are eager to talk. Renewed Enthusiasm : The spark was back.

Sales Qualified Lead 313

Sales Qualified Lead Prospecting Cold Calling Referrals 313

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. Let the conversation flow and seek out moments of engagement to get the CXO speaking freely. Mind the CFO.

Buyer 334

Buyer Strategy Buyer Persona ROI 334

Force Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Tim is our resident expert on sales negotiation and has years of experience planning and leading sales kickoffs. He joined us to share his do's and don'ts when it comes to planning a sales kickoff that drives measurable results on company strategic goals and revenue objectives.

Conversion 138

Conversion Webinar Metrics Negotiation Objections 138

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And in the age of AI-assisted sales, what was once a long process of research, targeting, and crafting outreach has now become remarkably fast. But today’s top AI sales assistants don’t just help sales teams work faster — with the right data, AI helps sellers make smarter decisions. What is AI Sales Assistant Software?

Software 211

Software Software Tools Hubspot 211

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2024

I’d even go so far to say that offering too many choices to your customers is the quickest way to squash conversion rates and slow deal velocity down to a crawl. Helping Customers Overcome Choice Fatigue With the previous concepts in mind, let’s turn them toward your customers to help boost conversions and close sales.

Examples 111

Examples Conversion Customer Licensing 111

The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. Setting sales goals where even a 70% level of achievement would be great. How would you know if your sales teams are Psychologically safe or not? Hear me out.

Top of Funnel 352

Top of Funnel Quota Proposal Lead Rank 352

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It’s also raising big questions about the future of the sales profession — including lingering worries that many sales jobs could soon be replaced by machines. According to several top sales experts, it’s not quite that simple. This is what takes your sales process to the next level,” Frattini says.

Scale 235

Scale Sales Qualified Lead Intent Data CRM 235

MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 28, 2020

Whether it’s the price you are charging or their needs to get different quotes, or many other reasons, it can be quite deflating when the competition is brought up in the sales meeting. Y ou need to show your value and differentials in how you approach the sales offering. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog. Happy Selling!

Competition 375

Competition Sales Meeting Meeting How To 375

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 13, 2022

I understand that predictive analysis tools can be accurate at forecasting business trends and sales performance. Astrologers, business analysts, and sales “experts” all tend to focus on hopeful outcomes that aren’t always grounded in reality. Hopeful outcomes sound like this: Sales and marketing will learn to play nice.

Trends 356

Trends Margin Cold Calling Inbound 356