The Pipeline
MARCH 19, 2019
By Tibor Shanto. With regularity, most active sales trainers and I get the following question: “When is the best time to prospect?”. First, wanting to stay real and all, what they are really looking for is either a reason not to prospect or absolution from having not prospected for a while for all the wrong and usual reasons. Either one leads to the same corner of no prospecting and any cross street in sales.
Mr. Inside Sales
MARCH 18, 2019
If you’re getting screened out by gatekeepers , then chances are you’re probably causing that screening. Before we get into the things you may be doing to cause them to begin interrogating you, let’s quickly define some terms. First, not all gatekeepers are the same. About 30% of the gatekeepers you get are closer to being assistants, or office managers, or influencers.
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Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 25, 2019
Author: Brad Soper, Andree Radloff and Mark-Daniel Rentschler What will sales divisions look like in the future? With increased competition, the rapidly expanding role of technology in the sales process, and factors such as digitalization impacting every step of the process, we expect things will be significantly different from the way they are today.
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 14, 2019
Here’s why women are good for the bottom line. When I published “ The Glass Ceiling Hasn’t Shattered Just Yet ” in February 2015, the post sparked more than 80 comments. Many said the same bias exists for immigrants, even those who are extremely qualified and speak English fluently. Several men responded that they wanted to see a different world for their daughters.
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Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.
SBI Growth
MARCH 21, 2019
A product leader at a recent client of mine expressed a frustration that most product leaders can relate to. His organization had recently invested heavily in developing a new product that targeted a growing segment of the company’s customer base.
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The Pipeline
MARCH 21, 2019
By Tibor Shanto. I hate objections, and I bet you don’t wake up looking to be rejected first thing in the morning, and then have to work the rest of the day. However, like working out, those of us willing to get up at 5:00 AM to get ahead of the day, we work through the routine adding sets, increasing pounds, and more. As with most things in prospecting and sales is the same, to develop a routine you can and willingly implement.
Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 4, 2019
Over the past few months I've been coaching 30 sales leaders from 3 companies and while most are trying their hardest to do everything I recommend, apply everything they learn, and coach as instructed, there are enough that don't follow through and fail to move the needle for their teams. A few don't want to be coached. A few don't think they need to be coached.
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 20, 2019
Author: Conner Burt The current labor market remains among the tightest in modern history. As such, many companies today are beginning to look with renewed interest at their most readily accessible talent pool when filling open roles: their own employees. Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within.
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 29, 2019
Women in sales have a natural advantage. When you think about salespeople, you probably picture men. History and Hollywood have made sure of that. Yet, many saleswomen outperform their male colleagues, and many men have admitted that to me when the other guys were out of earshot. Women in sales understand that relationships are built on trust, and we have the savvy and patience to foster strong personal and business relationships.
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Jeffrey Gitomer
MARCH 5, 2019
The most coveted prize in selling besides a sale is a referral. How do you approach this person? Everyone tells you to get referrals, no one tells you what to do next. How do you maximize the selling power of this referral? Here are 8.5 rules to ensure your success: Approach with care, be prepared, don't move too quickly. Timing is everything. Don't appear to be too anxious to get the sale (money).
DiscoverOrg Sales
MARCH 28, 2019
It’s a Friday night, February, 2019, and I’m in the back of an Uber with my wife on the way to dinner in Boston. I turn to her and say, “I think I should start doing more press and write about my story.”. “Yeah, of course you should,” she says, “but don’t you hate that stuff?”. It’s true. Managing my “personal brand” has never been something I’ve cared much for.
Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 27, 2019
When you hear a phrase like the hard sell , do you instantly think of car salespeople? Insurance? Replacement windows? No offense intended to those of you in one of those three industries! While someone's reference to a hard sell may differ, the perception of the hard sell is fairly universal. After prospects state an objection, say they're not interested, or tell the salesperson, "No," prospects tend to raise their resistance.
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Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 11, 2019
Author: Tessa Burg In a perfect world, your sales team and your marketing team work side by side to find and close customers. In the real world, however, less than half of companies believe their sales and marketing teams are in any sort of alignment at all. Traditionally, each department has experienced success in the past working in a siloed fashion.
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 22, 2019
Grandmothers have always worked … but not always outside the home. It was 2007. At a luncheon hosted by a major magazine, a panel of four women discussed their careers and what inspired them. The oldest was 53 years old, a business owner with two children at home. The youngest was 20 years old, working in a family business. The other two were in their 40s and worked for large corporations.
SBI Growth
MARCH 19, 2019
As organizations transform their Deal Desk to a best in class Revenue Desk, challenges arise. Making this transition calls for new members from various functions, which results in more opinions and at times, competing priorities. When done well, this leads.
The Pipeline
MARCH 28, 2019
By Tibor Shanto. Some of you may know and already listen to Beers with Max, with Max Traylor. Max regularly invites thought leaders to share a beer and their insights on success, on his pod/video cast, Beers With Max. I recently had the pleasure to enjoy a beer and a great conversation about, what else, sales and selling. Take a look, see what you agree with, and tell me why I am out to lunch.
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The Sales Hunter
MARCH 29, 2019
Do not assume anything! This is easy to say, but sometimes tough to do in the moment. It can seem painless to make an assumption from reading someone’s email, but the real question is what is your assumption, and is it correct? That is where the problem lies. Anyone working with wood has been told this valuable phrase: measure twice, cut once.
Jeffrey Gitomer
MARCH 19, 2019
The average professional sports team wins more than 75% of the games they play on their home court. That's a pretty high winning percentage. If you knew you could win 75% of the prospects you pitched, you'd do it, wouldn't you? YOU CAN! Sales games are no different than sports games. You win more sales when you sell them at home. How many of your prospects, who you want to become customers, get an invitation to play the championship game (the sale) at your ball park?
Connect2Sell
MARCH 13, 2019
The opposite of memorable is forgettable. Unremarkable. Average. You are none of those things. So why act like it? Why act like every other seller out there, blending in to a sea of sameness? The work of selling is a lot more fun when you do the things that make you a standout. When you take risks, encourage your buyers, collaborate to co-create something unique, and personalize your approach.
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 8, 2019
In honor of International Women’s Day, how can your sales team attract more female rainmakers? It was 1936. My mom graduated with a degree in finance from Syracuse University, but she couldn’t get a job at a bank. They didn’t hire women, not even as tellers. That was 16 years after the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted suffrage for women.
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SBI Growth
MARCH 18, 2019
If you follow our Sales Benchmark Index blog, you have read our take on enhancing your Deal Desk to a Revenue Desk in the recent post “What Do You Do When Your Deal Desk Is Failing – Set up a.
The Pipeline
MARCH 7, 2019
By Tibor Shanto. I think it was in Skip Miller’s book that I read that a manager should know how his year will end by the Q1. Not taking anything away from that great insight and practice in terms of creating and driving strategy for your teams, one key factor has changed, which may you be the judge, change time horizons for front line reps, and by extension, their managers, and all the calculations this impacts.
Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 10, 2019
They aren't personal, they aren't written well, their messages are identical, you want to delete them and I know you get these emails too. I had already decided to save some of these worthless emails for an upcoming article when Keenan posted this rant on LinkedIn. After you read his rant and related comments, please return to my article for a short tutorial on what's wrong with these emails and how to make them stickier.
Jeffrey Gitomer
MARCH 5, 2019
"Don't start your presentation until the customer agrees to buy," says Ray Leone. WOW. That's power if you can pull it off. "The sale is made before the presentation begins if you ask the right questions to qualify and interest the buyer to a point of commitment," he says. Ray Leone uses strategies that gets the customer to commit to buy before the actual presentation starts.
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Zoominfo
MARCH 13, 2019
Why do some marketers seem to generate significantly better results than others? It may seem like successful marketers are simply more skilled and motivated— but often, this is not the case. In reality, routines and habits are what separates best-in-class marketers from the rest of the pack. The most productive marketers rely on good habits and systems instead of falling back on motivation, willpower, and ineffective productivity hacks.
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 31, 2019
Does age really matter in sales? “Explain it so your grandmother would understand.”. That’s exactly what the CMO of a tech company said about how to explain your mission statement. I was listening to his podcast at 7:00 on a Monday morning, and I was ready to kick butt. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard the grandmother reference. I’ve heard it for mothers, as well, but never for fathers or grandfathers.
SBI Growth
MARCH 4, 2019
Focusing on value provided, you can implement a winning price increase, contrary to what may have been occurring historically. Re-anchoring is the key to a winning pricing strategy – a focus area we will take on as part of developing.
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