The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2021

As a person obsessed with prospecting, I am always on the look out for things that will give me and you a competitive advantage. No surprise, I discovered that our Friend Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling® and who is the founder of the Salesology Prospecting Method , is up to some interesting things. SALESOLOGY.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

We need to put the statistic into a broader context… If they have a clear sense of what they want to buy—for example if it is a simple or relatively inexpensive transactional purchase or the re-ordering of the same or similar solutions, then it’s hardly surprising that the prospect may conduct most of the buying process online.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 8, 2014

Please call me back on 123-123-5555 and I would love to set up a demo of our software.” So a plea to all companies helping push the social selling and Sales 2.0 movement forward: please have your sales people “walk the talk” This has happened to me several times before. Prospecting Sales 2.0

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Unlike bottom performers, superstar reps get bombarded with questions during sales demos. Once buyers understand the value they sprint through the sales cycle. These are the 5 “acts” that winning sales demo scripts follow PLUS 5 examples to follow as you build out your script. Better win rates.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. Before they make contact with us, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Small Business'

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Now the role might be aligned more to sales opportunities rather than specific accounts. . For instance, more than a decade ago, Cisco Systems installed an on-demand portal that has a wiki knowledge base, virtual product demos and an expert locator. The salient question now becomes, what cannot be sold virtually?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2021

As a sales manager, ensuring that your team's communication with prospects is tight and effective is in your best interest. That process — making sure your team's communications aren't erratic — is most commonly referred to as implementing consistent sales messaging. Then, he demos the product himself.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Yes, they also have the technical expertise, but their people skills are what enable them to prospect well, develop relationships, and close business. CEOs and sales leaders across industries tell me that their people routinely email and send text messages to clients, and then complain that they can’t reach their contacts.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It’s our job as smart, strategic sales pros to deliver value—real value—and we can only do that if we’ve invested time in researching our prospects. In fact, 86 percent of business buyers engage in research independent of the sales cycle. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 14, 2014

If a modern-day sales process is milestone-centric (key outcomes that must be achieved during a sales cycle), then a modern-day sales methodology must support those milestones. As sales processes go, the steps could be as simple as the following: Appointment. Let''s discuss a few possibilities. Qualification.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Because a person visited a tradeshow booth, she’s a prospect. Assuming is dangerous because it makes us lazy about increasing sales pipelines. Someone who’s downloaded a whitepaper is not a qualified lead, nor is someone who’s viewed a demo or visited your tradeshow booth. Because we did good work, our clients will refer us.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Scalable Sales Manager: The Key to Unlocking Your Sales Teams’ True Potential. The role of Sales Manager has always been one of the hardest jobs in sales. To say that sales managers have their work cut out for them would be a massive understatement. by Howard Brown, CEO of ringDNA.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 15, 2020

Here are eight paradoxes that will widen your peripheral view around how the top sales gurus think around selling, cold calling and prospecting for new business to win more sales in a volatile, uncertain marketplace. A champion mindset that wins more sales. The Eight Paradoxes of Prospecting. Another paradox!).

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. The symptoms are almost always the same: Sales teams waste time delivering demos to unqualified leads. What Is a Sales Pipeline? A sales pipeline is a visual representation of your current deals and opportunities.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2020

You have to manage heightened expectations, battle against a multitude of competitors and make sure you have time to meet the needs of everyone in your pipeline. Regardless if you are a grizzled sales veteran with decades of experience or brand new to the profession, here are some simple steps to delight your prospects.

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criteria for success

JULY 15, 2021

As sales managers, we’ve all been told we need to coach our teams. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. At CFS, we believe that to be an elite sales manager, you need to learn how to coach people where they are. State of Emergency.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Allego

JANUARY 16, 2025

From setting clear goals to inspiring sellers to deliver peak performance, knowing how to manage a sales team can make or break a sales manager’s success. And the best managers dont just leadthey motivate. Managing remote or hybrid teams adds another layer of complexity. But the effort is worth it.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 27, 2024

He used email to reach out to three prospects but didn’t get a response, he messaged three others on LinkedIn, but had the same result, and he didn’t pick up the phone even once! Example One: Dave asks a question, the prospects don’t answer it, and oh, it’s a turnover! Example Two: Dave is on a roll!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 30, 2022

Feeling a little overwhelmed by all the new sales tracking technology that seems to come out every month (almost every week)? How well does your sales team respond to the objection given at the end of the demo: “Can you send me those slides and let me share this with a colleague?”. And now with A.I., They won’t.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

That’s because inbound sales transforms selling to match today’s empowered buyer -- so sales reps can sell the way people buy. What is inbound sales? Inbound sales is a personalized, helpful, modern sales methodology. Here's how to understand the difference between inbound and outbound sales.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 10, 2020

Welcome to the 2020 sales process where every single customer or sales initiated action is examined, scrutinized and obsessed over by sales people, sales managers, sales operation people and senior management. The ideal outcome of an introductory meeting was a product demo.

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 26, 2024

Have you heard of a sales demo environment? If not, you’ve got an untapped opportunity to increase sales from demos. As HubSpot’s Michael Welch explains, a sales demo environment is a designated space where sellers can demo for prospects. Your tech is exactly how you need it to be. “A

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Every opportunity will move through your sales pipeline at a different rate depending on their level of interest, urgency, how much research they’ve already done, and so forth. Reps use their pipelines to keep track of where prospects are in the sales process and the appropriate actions they should take.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. You communicate, collaborate, and connect with prospects via desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. You also need to add new skills of engagement, technical aptitude, active listening, follow up, and time management to your toolbox of selling techniques.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 20, 2019

If you’re like most companies, then you’ve probably got enough technology in place to measure just about everything: talk time, conversion rates, number of demos being given, lead flow and lead placement in the funnel—top end, middle, and end stage of leads. And now with A.I., Upcoming Schedule.

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Vengreso

MARCH 26, 2025

Integrate it with: Gmail Facebook LinkedIn Drift Twitter Slack Teamwork HubSpot Outlook Web SalesForce Sales Navigator and Google Docs …to give your team the tools they need to build a loyal community and command prospects’ attention. They impart information on: The best sales strategies for each platform and audience.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 15, 2020

"Velocity reports tell us what our reps conversion rates are at every stage of the sales funnel. How many discovery calls are turning into demos? How many demos are turning into proposals? Two examples of enablement content Crayon leadership has provided to their sales team include: Call Recordings. says Pope. "We

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2019

Business development is a process that helps your company establish and maintain relationships with prospects, learn about your buyer’s personas, increase brand awareness, and seek new opportunities to promote growth. In contrast, sales teams sell your product or service to customers and work to convert leads into customers.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2023

No matter how much — or how little — experience you have in tech sales, it's possible to climb the career ladder in this field. You can start in SaaS sales as an SDR and with enough experience, you'll be able to work in roles like account executive, sales manager, and even vice president of sales.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A sales process is like a figure skating routine. Simplifying Your Sales Process. A sales process generally abides by some sort of step by step format — typically covering aspects of a sale like prospecting, connecting, qualifying, researching, handling objections, closing, and ongoing communication.

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A dried-up sales pipeline is an unpleasant sight that most sales reps dread. Several sales managers and reps are aware of the buzzword “sales pipeline”. However, most of them do not pay attention to it and manage it effectively. It is a systematic way of navigating stages within a sales process.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Sales coaching is one of the many key responsibilities of a sales leader and is one of the most effective ways to increase sales performance across your team. In fact, 65% of high-impact sales organizations (75% or more of reps achieving quota) report that sales managers spend 20% or more time coaching.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Popular to contrary belief, sales teams can not only survive in the age of buyer empowerment, but use buying behavior to their advantage — so long as processes and prospecting tools that help engage the right buyer, at the right time, with the right message. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Before we jump right into sales call script examples, lets take a step back to explore what a sales call script is. What sales call scripts are A sales call script is a written guide or outline that helps sellers structure their conversations with prospective customers. Hi [prospect name!].

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Salesmate

JUNE 5, 2020

Your typical sales pipeline serves one common purpose; help sales rep navigate the leads via various stages and turn them into paying customers. Apart from this, salespeople can easily visualize the stage of prospects inside their sales process. Then comes the sales funnel. What are the sales pipeline stages?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

If you’re a sales manager, you’ve maybe been in the sales forecasting hot seat — of presenting numbers that look different from your prediction. What Is Sales Forecasting? Sales forecasting is how sales managers, directors, and VPs estimate upcoming revenue. the date a rep secures a demo).

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