August, 2011

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10.5 Attitude Buster Remedies | Sales Training | Leadership.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. 10.5 Attitude Buster Remedies. Gitomer | August 15, 2011 | 1 Comment. Tweet Share Once you discover what your attitude is, or isn’t, you’ll have a starting point and an understanding of how to move forward. Here is a list of attitude busters, with actions (remedies) you can take to overcome them: 1.

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The Pipeline ? Mobile Apps for the Mobile Sales Force

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You’re the Missing Link in Your Sales Success

No More Cold Calling

Make a direct connection with your referral network. It makes all the difference. When salespeople receive a referral, their close rate exceeds 50 percent (clients tell me typically 70 percent or higher). Leads from other, less-direct sources have a 1 to 3 percent close rate. “Personal” Pushes Sales to Success. The definition of a referral is a personal introduction.

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10 Sure-Fire Ways to Build Sales for Entrepreneurs ? Score More.

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Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Build Sales for Entrepreneurs. by Lori Richardson on August 11, 2011. Some entrepreneurs and small business owners (and their salespeople) are talking about the stock market. Others are strategizing on and successfully growing revenues.

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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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Metrics to Drive Lead Generation Performance

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Jim Lenskold is President of Lenskold Group and author of Marketing ROI, The Path to Campaign, Customer and Corporate Profitability (McGraw Hill, 2003). Jim has published articles and presented internationally on the topics of marketing ROI, marketing strategies and business growth strategies. Most B2B lead generation marketers are reporting performance metrics to senior executives but the portion also reporting financial contribution metrics are more likely to be outgrowing their competitors.

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To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills. Gitomer | August 23, 2011 | 3 Comments. Tweet Share Everyone talks about “how to sell” Not me. I stress “why they buy,” or “how to get people to buy.” It’s a much more powerful success model.

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The Pipeline ? Mine the Gap!

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When’s the Right Time to Ask for a Referral?

No More Cold Calling

Hint: It’s never too soon, it’s always too late. When should I ask for referrals? A common question from salespeople, but more of a concern that reflects the discomfort many of us feel when we ask for referrals. We don’t want to appear pushy, or salesy, or arrogant, so we push asking for referrals further and further out in our sales process. Many think we should wait until we sign a deal, others think when the client implements, and yet others feel they can’t ask until they client sees an ROI o

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Start to Grow Sales ? Just Start ? See Revenues Climb ? Score.

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Start to Grow Sales – Just Start – See Revenues Climb. by Lori Richardson on August 24, 2011. NY Times Best Selling Author Seth Godin spoke a couple months ago on moving forward and taking action. So many entrepreneurs and small business owners – even salespeople – all do planning, planning, and more planning – then they may or may not finally execute.

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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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Lead Management: Let’s Formalize this Relationship

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Today's guest blogger, Tony Jaros, is Senior Vice President of Research at SiriusDecisions. As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years.

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3 Steps to Handle the “I’m Just Looking,” Objection

MTD Sales Training

“May I help you Sir?”. “No…I’m just looking…”. “Arrrrrrgh!”. Those words, “I’m just looking,” often strike terror in the heart of many sales people, anger and frustration in some and a sense of helplessness in others. This one extremely common phrase causes some retail sales people to simply throw up their hands, walk away from the prospect and wait until the customer announces that they are no longer just looking and have decided to buy something.

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"What Should I Say When The Customer Calls And He's Mad As Hell.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. “What Should I Say When The Customer Calls And He’s Mad As Hell?” Gitomer | August 31, 2011 | 4 Comments. Tweet Share Anything except, “I’m sorry!” You can say, “I apologize,” but that’s not what the customer is looking for.

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The Pipeline ? When the customer can't be consoled, console the.

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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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Smart Calling? Get Real

No More Cold Calling

Social media provides terrific research, but it doesn’t warm your calls. Cold is still cold. More and more, sales professionals use social media as an indispensable sales and prospecting tool. It provides valuable insight into prospects and decision makers. The social media impact prompts some sales pros to wonder if cold calling is dead, and whether it’s being replaced by so-called “smart” calling.

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How Many Salespeople Can Fit In San Francisco? ? Score More.

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. How Many Salespeople Can Fit in San Francisco? by Peter on August 31, 2011. Score More Sales is at Dreamforce in San Francisco today and tomorrow learning about ways that Salesforce – the industry leader in Cloud based computing – is helping small business and non-profits.

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4 Things to Consider Before You Buy Marketing Automation

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Jay Hidalgo is the President of The Annuitas Group, a firm that specializes in helping B2B companies develop a process-based approach to lead management. To learn more about The Annuitas Group and their proprietary methodology, the Lead Management Framework™ , go to [link]. Well, we’re in the dog days of August. For many, the planning for 2012 starts next month, right after Labor Day.

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Embrace Abundance Mentality Over Scarcity Thinking – Friday’s Editorial

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Steve Jobs’ resignation seems to generating a lot of scarcity thinking instead of abundance mentality. People seem to be either wringing their hands in angst or looking for that next deep black hole for Apple. I have read a plethora of stories and many of them looked to the scarcity of him leaving the office. Unfortunately, very few looked to the abundance of the future.

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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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It's not "What's your brand?" It's "Where's your brand?"

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. It’s not “What’s your brand?” It’s “Where’s your brand?” Gitomer | August 24, 2011 | 2 Comments. Tweet Share Everyone has heard the word “branding,” but no one really understands what it means in terms of its everyday power — not even the people who write books on it.

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The Pipeline ? Compelling Opening Statements ? Sales eXchange.

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You Never Know…

No More Cold Calling

When customers are ready to talk to you. Selling is tough. We receive a referral introduction, respond to a request from our website, meet a sales prospect at a trade show, or answer a phone call from an interested and qualified prospect. We qualify, ensure our solution is a match, perhaps conduct a demo, get the right people involved, and then they go dark.

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Social Selling and Brand Building Dogs and Winners from a Cross.

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Social Selling and Brand Building Dogs and Winners From a Cross-Country Drive. by Lori Richardson on August 5, 2011. How could selling, customer service, cold calling, brand-building, and sales strategies have anything to do with our recent drive across the U.S.?

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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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Dealing with the New Customer Acquisition Challenge

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Jim Dickie is the Managing Partner with CSO Insights ; a research firm that specializes in benchmarking how companies are leveraging people, process, and technology to optimize the way they market to, sell to, and service customers. CSO Insights recently completed our 7 th annual Lead Management Optimization study , gathering data on over 65 metrics from over 600 companies.

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The Rush of Fools to Increase Sales

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An old proverb goes: Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. With only 2% of all sales being closed or earned during that first meeting, have you ever consider you may be a fool rushing in, tripping over yourself just to increase sales? In LinkedIn, Michael Pedone asked this question from his blog: What is the objective of a first time sales call?

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It's not about RESPONSE. It's about PREVENTION. | | Sales Training.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. It’s not about RESPONSE. It’s about PREVENTION. Gitomer | August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment. Tweet Share You go through your ENTIRE one-hour, amazing sales presentation. You nailed it. The prospect seemed to be in agreement, even excited at times. He or she has all the logical and emotional reasons to buy, but at the end of your pitch says, “Sounds great.

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The Pipeline ? Talking Long-Term ? Acting Short-Term ? Sales.

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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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Tony Bennett's Secret to Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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Handling the No Name Policy When Cold Calling: Part III – When You Have No Info

MTD Sales Training

If you have missed Parts I and II of this series, it is a good idea to check them out now—it’s good stuff! Continuing though, when calling that company when you have no name and the gatekeeper (GK) refuses to give you a name or connect you without one. Here are a few ways to handle the situation. Two Important Points. First, keep in mind these two critical points: The average sales person is usually trying to accomplish too many sales goals during one contact.

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Generating Qualified Leads is Number One Issue for New Members of the SLMA

Pointclear

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. From a recent survey of new members to the Sales Lead Management Association, we found that generating qualified leads is the biggest issue facing the new members. More than just new inquiries, or managing inquiries or working with sales management on follow-up or even proving ROI, qualified leads are king.