Mr. Inside Sales
JULY 30, 2021
Note to my readers: Because of my heavy client load, I am reducing my blog articles to bi-weekly starting today. Your next blog will arrive on Tuesday, August 17 th. Ever feel stalled during a close? Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to get them to open up about how they’re feeling and what you might need to concentrate on?
Anthony Cole Training
JULY 8, 2021
On average, salespeople possess only 15% of the attributes required to sell consultatively.
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No More Cold Calling
JULY 29, 2021
This broken link is to blame for sales teams’ biggest closing mistakes. “My salespeople can’t close.” This is the frustrated lament I hear regularly from sales leaders. But not closing sales is never the real problem. It’s just a symptom. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during earlier stages of the sales process. Unless you address the broken links in your prospecting system, your sales reps will continue to struggle with closing the deal.
The Pipeline
JULY 27, 2021
By Tibor Shanto. A week or so back, I posted about the “ summer lull ,” suggesting it could be more myth than fact. Some enterprising salespeople asked what they should do during this period? Well, it is a great time to do all those things you tell me you want to do but never have time for. Every time I suggest salespeople practice the basics, they tell me they have not time, well now is the time, summer.
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Zoominfo
JULY 13, 2021
We’ve had some big moments at ZoomInfo over the years. In just the last 12 months, we launched ZoomInfo Engage to automate sales outreach. We acquired Clickagy and launched Streaming and Custom Intent. We acquired Everstring , a leader in Data-as-a-Service for the enterprise. We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity.
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Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 9, 2021
Vertical target marketing is having a moment (again), but the amount of success companies have from targeting specific verticals will depend on the resources they are willing to invest. The post Getting Back to Basics With Verticalization appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
Score More Sales
JULY 7, 2021
That’s right – you are probably going about phone prospecting wrong, and blaming your low success on an “ancient” and “out of date” prospecting strategy of cold calling. You may have just written it off – “no more cold calling” OR you may just accept that your reps are not productive during this block of occasional time but you ask them to do it anyway.
No More Cold Calling
JULY 13, 2021
A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker. There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. Part Two: Everything that happens after that. Referrals help you ace Part One and set you up for success in Part Two. That’s an over-simplification, I know, but it’s the easiest way for people to understand the power of a referral introduction.
The Pipeline
JULY 20, 2021
By Tibor Shanto. One of the reasons I like sales is you don’t need an MBA to succeed. It helps, no doubt, but a lot of MBAs fail at sales. Mostly because it is about what you do, not about what you think or believe. Which is why it is a surprise that many who avoided academic endeavours in the past, want to do so much research. Ask most sellers their view on research, most will respond without a thought, “it is an absolute must.
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Mr. Inside Sales
JULY 6, 2021
Rookie mistake: You’ve got several products or services you can offer a prospect, and you start by offering the first, or main one, then hear an opening for another one so pivot to that one, and describe another—and then another. Result? Stalled sale. “Let me think about these and get back with you.”. Sound familiar? Luckily, there is a best practice around this and it is: Stick with your main product or service, close that deal first, then circle back around and pitch the ancillary product/serv
Understanding the Sales Force
JULY 7, 2021
My wife and I recently watched the new funny but sad movie, Here and Now , written and directed by Billy Crystal, who stars as comedy writer Charlie Burnz. In one scene, Charlie recalled a happier time when his family used to have what they called "upside down day." On upside down day they started the day by eating dessert, had dinner for lunch, and finally ate breakfast for dinner.
Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 19, 2021
Narrowing target marketing efforts to a small number of prospects can produce outsized results. The post When to Use 1:1 or 1:Few Account-Based Marketing appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
Anthony Cole Training
JULY 29, 2021
The best cold calling strategies involve doing the work necessary to warm your cold calls up. In this blog, we discuss the top 5 cold calling sales tips that you can implement into your sales process today.
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
Zoominfo
JULY 12, 2021
Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Yet while 82 percent of buyers accept meetings with sellers who proactively reach out, 58 percent of them say these meetings are not valuable, according to Rain Group. What’s missing from these and other interactions?
The Pipeline
JULY 13, 2021
By Tibor Shanto. Summer, traditionally a time to kick back, relax and enjoy the brightest and warmest time of year. Business seems to move at a calmer pace as people enjoy school and work vacations. And while there is no doubt that the pace may be different, there are ways to take advantage of the “ summer lull.” But while elements of the change in pace are true, it requires a change in our action, not a lack of action.
Mr. Inside Sales
JULY 20, 2021
Summer kind of slow? Top pros are using this time to sharpen their sales skills so they can make a killing in the fourth quarter. They’re using the summer to learn better ways of responding to the objections that hurt them in the first part of the year. Why not invest a little money and time so YOU can finish the year strong, too? For a proven way to make more money, with less rejection, and a way to become more confident and make more sales, take advantage of our Summer Sale!
Understanding the Sales Force
JULY 21, 2021
We were watching an episode of the hilarious comedy series The Goldbergs and one of the themes of episode 4 in season 3 was about authenticity. In this episode, Barry and Erica, the two oldest children, accused each other of being posers. The bottom 50% of all salespeople are posers too. In an article last week we discussed how data can help you hire the ideal salespeople.
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Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 14, 2021
Slower buying processes resulting from the pandemic may be a win-win. The post How the Sales Cycle Has Evolved – Maybe for the Better appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
SBI Growth
JULY 4, 2021
Organizations have had to drastically reimagine their revenue model since last year to accommodate the new era of digital. However, some companies anticipated this shift much earlier in advance and were able to adapt and scale quicker than their competitors.
Zoominfo
JULY 30, 2021
Data decays over time—phone numbers change, companies shift locations, or people move jobs. Data changes, and stale data is expensive. It is estimated that, on average, organizations lose $15 million each year due to bad data. What’s even worse, teams spend close to 50% of their time cleaning and prepping data—time that could be better spent creating value by solving real business problems.
The Pipeline
JULY 7, 2021
By Tibor Shanto. Want to split a room of salespeople, just ask if “sales is a numbers game or not?” The debate has raged on for years with few converts. Ultimately, neither can convince the other that they were wrong, but neither can say they were right. Full disclosure, I came from the sales is a numbers game camp. While it is safe to say I have evolved, I have not abandoned my “sales is a numbers game” friends.
Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker
Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.
Anthony Cole Training
JULY 15, 2021
In our business, one of the greatest sales challenges that most companies face is how to properly implement a data-driven sales approach. Some companies chase a bunch of data without any regard for the story that the data tells. Others struggle when they launch sales coaching without any data at all.
Mr. Inside Sales
JULY 12, 2021
How would you like to have just one question that will almost always positively identify a buyer? Believe it or not, there is such a question, and it’s an easy question, but very few sales reps have ever thought to ask it. Or, if they do know what that question is, they are afraid to ask it. Why? Because it also identifies who is not a buyer—and they don’t want to hear no….
Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 13, 2021
Lori Richardson, founder and CEO of Score More Sales, talks about changes that B2B sales has undergone in the last year and a half and what that means for fielding a strong sales team. The post The State of Selling With Lori Richardson appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
John Barrows
JULY 22, 2021
Our guest this week is Debra Roberts, a conversation expert and creator of the Relationship Protocol, helps savvy business people navigate important conversations. This week with John she talks about how to approach conflict, triggers and why people react certain ways, as well tactical things to open up communication & build trust in a short period of time.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
Zoominfo
JULY 28, 2021
It’s well-known at this point that salespeople are busy. Research has even shown that they spend just over a third of their time actually selling. Many of the administrative and other non-revenue generating activities such as scheduling meeting follow-ups, taking meeting notes, and entering post-meeting information into their CRMs takes up a significant amount of time ?
The Pipeline
JULY 6, 2021
By Tibor Shanto. Sales like life is cyclical in many ways, some cycles help others may present headwinds. But one thing cycles have in common is their repeating nature and their predictability. No will be surprised by the back-to-school TV ads in a week or two, then Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. This regularity leads to people developing habits in response, action – reaction.
Anthony Cole Training
JULY 1, 2021
As we approach the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, our own Walt Gerano shares his thoughts regarding the obstacles holding us back from experiencing the sales success we desire.
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