June, 2014

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SALESPEOPLE SAVE LIVES.PERIOD.

Bernadette McClelland

'SALESPEOPLE SAVE LIVES.PERIOD. Big Statement! Big Shoes To Fill! If every salesperson realised the back story and responsibility that they had in their role, whether it was selling an idea, a product or a service, either for their own business or whether they worked for someone else, then they would see the real impact and level of influence they carried.

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Using a Top Ten List to Grow Your Sales (#guestpost)

The Pipeline

'The Pipeline Guest Post - Butch Bellah. How would you like to be able to easily (almost effortlessly) track your ten hottest prospect and keep them moving toward a sale? Well, you’re in luck! By using a Top Ten List, you can do just that. David Letterman has made a lot of money with a Top Ten list and now you can, too. First, what is a Top Ten List?

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Are You Missing the “Network” Opportunity?

SBI Growth

'I recently read a great article from Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn. The main theme was asking if you were “Network Literate” As a Marketing Leader, you may think you are a master of the domain. But are you really? Be brutally honest with yourself. Are you just reading the latest trends and handing tactics to the team to execute?

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Consultative Selling – The Hardest and Easiest Way to Make Sales

Jeffrey Gitomer

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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This may hit your Sweetspot

Sales 2.0

'If you’ve read my stuff before, you’ll know I have one basic prospecting framework I’ve been harking on about for the last 4-5 years. It’s a framework aimed at getting you access, setting up those oh-so-important initial sales meetings. My prospecting framework has 3 elements: Define your prospects and get their basic data : for example what industry are they in, how big they are and then data like decision-makers’ emails and direct dial phone numbers.

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SALESPEOPLE SAVE LIVES.PERIOD.

Bernadette McClelland

'SALESPEOPLE SAVE LIVES.PERIOD. Big Statement! Big Shoes To Fill! If every salesperson realised the back story and responsibility that they had in their role, whether it was selling an idea, a product or a service, either for their own business or whether they worked for someone else, then they would see the real impact and level of influence they carried.

SME 350
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Do You Confirm Set Appointments? – The Feedback

The Pipeline

' By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . A few weeks ago I put out a question based on a discussion I had with a sales rep about the need for and, value of confirming appointments. To be specific, appointments where the prospect had accepted the appointment both verbally on the phone, and then again accepted the electronic invite (Outlook or Google) you e-mailed.

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17 Simple Questions to Assess a New Sales Team

SBI Growth

'Every successful sales leader eventually gets a task so big he doesn’t know where to start. The biggest mountain for me was always the “new assignment.” Three times it happened because of acquisitions, and twice because of promotions. Each time, I got the same directive: decide who to keep. Decide who to remove. Immediately.

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You Don’t “Get” Respect, You “Earn” It. And You’ll Earn Sales!

Jeffrey Gitomer

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Top Sales & Marketing Influencers 2014

Steven Rosen

'Top Sales & Marketing Influencers. For the second year running, I was honoured to have made the list of The Top Sales & Marketing Influencers. . I am humbled to be in such great company. I have many friends and colleagues who have made the list and suggest that you check them out , they can help take your business to another level. Each year, Top Sales World engages a small team of professional researchers to discover who are the sales and marketing experts, who genuinely influence th

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Failure IS an Option

The Sales Heretic

'It’s an iconic moment in the movie Apollo 13: The flight team at Mission Control is trying to figure out how to get the ill-fated astronauts back to Earth and Flight Director Gene Kranz states flatly, “Failure is not an option!” It’s a stirring scene, and the line has become a staple of managers, business [.].

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Do you WANT approval or NEED approval?

Bernadette McClelland

'Do you WANT approval or NEED approval? We all love approval and we all love connection but only one is a human need that’s been demonstrated over and over again from models that come from the likes of Abraham Maslow and Tony Robbins, and even show up in the failure to thrive syndrome of babies. So clearly we all need connection in our lives. We don’t all need approval.

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Get Out Of Your Own Way!

The Pipeline

'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. Everyone in sales has heard the expression “You are your own worst enemy, or biggest obstacle.” Usually in the context is our ability to break through barriers, or reach new highs. But it is also true that we are our own biggest asset when it comes to the same opportunity. It really is just a question of how we choose to view and respond to things.

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Buyer’s Guide: 5 Tough Questions To Ask a Salesforce Managed Services Provider

This guide is for leaders who recognize the importance of Salesforce but would rather trust a team of external experts to do the heavy lifting. Choosing the right managed services provider is a significant decision that impacts your business's efficiency and success. In this 10-minute read, you'll find 5 essential questions to ask any potential provider.

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Are You in Demand? 5 Ways to Stand Out on Linkedin

SBI Growth

'Are you in demand? Do people seek you out? Do they feel it is important to be in your network? If not, you are falling off pace in this new social world we live in.

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5 Sales Tips To Cash In On

Jeffrey Gitomer

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6 High-Impact Activities That Operationalize Sales Enablement

Sales and Marketing Management

'Sales enablement is a nebulous, often undefined term in the world of sales. Since no single definition of sales enablement exists, companies and industry organizations are defining sales enablement on their own terms.

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How a Marathon Runner’s Mind-Set Can Improve Your Sales

MTD Sales Training

'I’m always interested in what makes a person successful in their area of responsibility. In order to be successful, the key has to be how they think about things. Success for many people can be. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego

Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.

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Do you WANT approval or NEED approval?

Bernadette McClelland

'Do you WANT approval or NEED approval? We all love approval and we all love connection but only one is a human need that’s been demonstrated over and over again from models that come from the likes of Abraham Maslow and Tony Robbins, and even show up in the failure to thrive syndrome of babies. So clearly we all need connection in our lives. We don’t all need approval.

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Goodwill And Selling Now – – Sales eXecution 257

The Pipeline

'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Goodwill: “a kindly feeling of approval and support: benevolent interest or concern”. I sales there is always talk of trust, easy to see why. But trust is not an instantaneous thing, nor can it be acquired by the pound, it has to be earned, demonstrated through actions, it needs to be reciprocal, and to the chagrin of some marketing folks, it is much more than an italicized bullet point in a brochure.

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Is Your Talent Hurting Your Sales Initiatives?

SBI Growth

'Every so often a Sales Ops leader needs a gut check. We typically focus on optimizing processes that will drive revenue. Automation and technology makes tracking and adopting initiatives easier. But Year over Year growth is stagnant. Nothing we do from our office is making an impact. It might be time to assess the skills of your sales team.

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Don’t Let Your Smart Phone Make You Look Stupid

No More Cold Calling

'Smart salespeople never bring their phones into meetings. Is your smart phone ruining your relationships ? If so, there’s a good chance it’s also killing your sales career. If you’re bringing too much technology to client meetings, then you need to smarten up, or you may find yourself with a lot more time to check your friends’ status updates. Here are the cold, hard facts: You might think you can listen and check email at the same time, but no one else is fooled.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

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!

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5 Ways Every Sales Manager Can Be More Successful

Sales and Marketing Management

'Issue Date: 2014-06-27. Author: Rob Eleveld, Vice President of Sales, WhitePages PRO. Teaser: Nobody said sales management was going to be easy. But there are some ways to increase your odds of being successful. Nobody said sales management was going to be easy. But there are some ways to increase your odds of being successful.

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Steal My Cold Calling Script – Responding To “I’m Not Interested”

MTD Sales Training

'Cold calling is still an effective method of business development – if done correctly! Too many sales people try to bulldozer their way to making appointments or try to wear down the prospect with. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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This is the One Thing Missing from the New Way of Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

'Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I subscribe to several newsletters written by medical doctors who practice natural medicine. They not only provide healthy nutritional advice and natural cures, but also expose the mainstream media, doctors, FDA and pharma for pulling the wool over our eyes and publishing so much misinformation. And the misinformation is killing people!

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That’s My Name Don’t Ware I Out – Sales eXecution 256

The Pipeline

'By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Over the last couple of weeks, I found myself as the prospect at two sales meetings I attended. I always find it hard to concentrate in these meetings, because of what I do, I tend be distracted from the topic at hand, and focusing more on form and format of the execution, and the meeting is unfolding.

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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What Should Your Sales Data Strategy Look Like?

SBI Growth

'When it comes to data, a Sales Ops leader typically asks 3 questions: How do we gather all the data? How to do we draw critical insights from the data? How do we share and present the data?

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Get the Gatekeeper on Your Side

No More Cold Calling

'The gatekeepers are onto your tricks. Are you tired of talking to people without any decision-making power? Wouldn’t you rather walk straight into the corner office and pitch to the person who’s actually in charge? Of course you would. So why are you still cold calling? Newsflash: 90 percent of CEOs do not respond to cold calls or emails, and neither do their gatekeepers.

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3.5 Ways to Make Twitter Part of Your Social Sales Strategy

Jeffrey Gitomer

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