Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Often times, services and products are roughly the same, and prospects will buy from the people they like, know or trust. Recognizing this, I often use the following script to not only build value in my product or service, but also to build value in the most important part of my product—myself. Want a better way? But there isn’t.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Businesses found in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (which I’ll share more about later on) can face fines of up to $51,744 per incident. But these days, there’s been quite a bit of discourse circulating regarding whether or not cold calling is even a legal method anymore. In this post, I’m going to finally set the record straight.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 16, 2013

Visit existing customers. Ask your informal network of connections to recommend customers. Network face-to-face at the highest level possible. CEOs want to create great reputations, keep customers loyal, keep employees loyal, have no problems, maintain safety, and make a profit. Here are 12.5 They’re “brainers!”

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Sales run through the phone, website or customer portal focused on the smallest opportunities and the long tail of lower-value accounts. One major telecommunications provider in Scandinavia, for example, has migrated B2B sales to virtual channels, using marketing automation to create leads and installing an online self-service portal.

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Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This is a great thing for customers, and it’s a great thing for businesses that want to build long-term relationships with those customers. But this shift towards relationships and away from mere transactions has also revealed one of the fundamental problems in how we think about sales and customer service.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Salesforce AppExchange is a marketplace that makes it easy for busy IT and go-to-market professionals to find and leverage cloud computing and software solutions that work with Salesforce s industry-leading CRM tools and services. Training and Support: Invest in training for end-users and ensure ongoing support for seamless adoption.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

From refining your teams techniques to reinforcing best practices, coaching tools are essential to how modern teams train, grow, and win. Why Businesses Need Sales Coaching Software Today, customer expectations are higher than ever, and market conditions can change in the blink of an eye. Sales teams need every advantage they can get.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 2, 2011

Online Training. You can respect someone face-to-face, in a professional or business environment (that’s referred to as formal respect). Filed Under: Attitude , Leadership , My Books Tagged With: gitomer , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , leadership , professional sales training , sales leadership , selling skills.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 3, 2011

If you do have to negotiate over the telephone, use pauses and your tone of voice in the same manner as you would in a face-to-face negotiation. Client Login. Mark Hunter. Client List. Testimonials. Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PRICING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. FREE Resources.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 24, 2013

Customers expect everything and they expect it when they need it – not just when you can offer it. Customers expect everything and they expect it when they need it – not just when you can offer it. moments for customers. empowerment for employees who face customer concerns and complaints. Establish WOW!

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Typically dispersed across territories far and wide, and always on the go, face-to-face communication is often overridden by email, voicemail and text. Make time for face-to-face communication. The cost of making time for face-to-face communication is outweighed by the benefits of this high-touch vehicle.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 15, 2020

When customers step through the door, they expect a certain level of customer service. Your customer will expect an experience that is free-flowing and completely hassle free and can set you apart from your competitors if you do it right. They expect you to know your customer.

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 28, 2019

We have to turn ourselves around from being someone who sells stuff to someone who is more interested in the overall experience we expose our customers to. We have to turn ourselves around from being someone who sells stuff to someone who is more interested in the overall experience we expose our customers to.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Marketing has any number of them, SDRs, BDRs, AEs, AMs, Rev-ops/enablement, Customer service, all of us have our playbooks. For example, in selling, our playbooks help us focusing on executing our company strategies with our customers. Today, the Chiefs and Eagles will be using theirs, each in hope of winning the Super Bowl.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 23, 2024

When customers feel neglected or disrespected, it can lead to negative reviews and a tarnished image. Consider the story of a small business that ignored customer complaints and lost loyal clients. Poor customer service can create a ripple effect, harming your brand’s reputation and decreasing sales.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 16, 2014

With no formal sales training and very little real-world experience, today’s salespeople aren’t equipped to succeed. My expectation was that all salespeople were pushy, arrogant , in-your-face, loud, obnoxious, and total extroverts. Most of the people in the 74% bracket can improve if they get training. I didn’t.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

From these conversations, our ongoing research, and studying the marketplace, we’ve seen the emergence of training trends that we implemented in 2021 and expect will grow in 2022. Here are the top sales training trends to watch in the coming year: Delivery Methods. In addition, training materials needed to adjust.

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The Pipeline

JULY 28, 2016

The sales department grows to become independent from the customer service, marketing, and other areas of the business. As companies grow, they can learn from these early stage companies by cross-training their sales team in other areas, or at least promoting engagement with other areas that impact sales.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

Online Training. Tweet Share To maximize your networking effectiveness, you must follow one simple rule: Rule A1A — go where your customers and prospect go, or are likely to be. This is the best place to learn about your product, your competition AND your customers at the same time. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Trade shows.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 8, 2017

Author: Tony Medrano Discovering how to efficiently locate, convert, up-sell and retain top customers are critical success metrics for any growing company. The best customers make four times as many purchases (Source). Reduced Cost of Customer Care. Companies may very well witness even greater results in the process.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Efficiency and Proximity to Sales : Agility : Internal teams can respond more swiftly to market changes and customer needs, as they are directly connected to the sales and customer service departments. He argues that having an internal marketing team offers numerous benefits over traditional reliance on external agencies.

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Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 11, 2018

UX is something that ‘encompasses all aspects of the end-user’s interaction with the company, its services, and its products’. CX, or Customer Experience. Customer Experience begins with a great User Experience, for sure. (Punch it, Hurb Yo, I don’t think we should talk about this. Come on, why not? Where it started.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2014

Some of them are from companies within the Inside Sales community which, in an attempt to sell their services, are also publishing misinformation. Customers Already Have the Information They Need So what must salespeople do? It''s being of value to the customer. And the misinformation is killing people! Anyone can do that.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 24, 2019

This will move you forward with your customers and make them see you in a different light. Will you choose to lead in the next problem that you face? You have an opportunity to demonstrate leadership. Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Speed, accuracy, and the ability to meet customer demands efficiently are the pillars of success for the sales team. CPQ streamlines these processes, ensuring error-free, customized proposals that enhance efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, and accelerate revenue growth. What is CPQ Software?

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Allego

DECEMBER 18, 2024

From the rise of AI-powered sales tools to a renewed focus on personalized training, holistic revenue enablement, and sales coaching, the future promises to bring both challenges and opportunities. Valued at $5.23 billion in 2024, it is projected to grow at an impressive CAGR of 16.3% from 2025 to 2030, according to Grand View Research.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Small discrepancies between the outward and inward faces of the company can spiral into a corporate crisis. In the sales world, brand alignment requires a smooth, consistent set of interactions among your internal team, as well as between your company and your customers. How to Check Your Alignment. We live in a head-down world.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Why does a customer remain loyal to a particular brand? But it’s more pertinent than ever before in today’s crowded digital landscape, where businesses struggle to build customer loyalty in an ever-expanding field of competitors. Today’s customers have an abundance of good options, so why should they stick with your brand over another?

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SMEI

JANUARY 16, 2024

A GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a type of artificial intelligence model designed for understanding and generating human-like text. GPT models, like ChatGPT, are trained on a wide range of internet text. What is a GPT and how can it enhance my sales and marketing productivity?

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 19, 2020

Customer service teams are supposed to solve problems, not create new ones. In other words, it’s not often that service reps make a positive emotional connection with their customers. Instead, they frequently engage in behaviors like these that damage customer relationships: Using scripted or canned responses.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2024

I think that we’ve all faced the music: AI is (whether we want it to or not) changing the way that we do business. AI makes customers happier. By personalizing experiences, providing instant support, and anticipating specific needs, AI significantly enhances customer satisfaction and, ultimately, secures customer loyalty.

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Sell Integrity

MARCH 20, 2020

Especially with our social isolation, seeing everyone’s faces and hearing everyone’s voices and ideas brought a sense of relief and optimism. We use the “Gallery View” to see everyone’s face (kind of like the Brady Bunch). Benefits of Virtual Training. So, you’re suddenly working from home. Join the club! So, we went virtual.

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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. Create a personal, customized learning path. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [28:12].

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Sales Hacker Training

JULY 24, 2020

That’s why ongoing product knowledge training needs to be a priority in every sales team. So, today, I’m going to walk you through five key areas you need to focus on for successful product knowledge training so your reps can start winning more deals. The Pitfalls of Poor (or no) Product Knowledge Training.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 28, 2014

So why are you not able to use it to predict more helpful business trends, share common memes throughout your organization or really add more value to your customers? Buyers similar to your customers who the sales team should be talking with. Buyers similar to your customers who the sales team should be talking with.

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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. Use trusted software.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. Listen here.

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