September, 2011

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The Pipeline ? Your Stress Matters

The Pipeline

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The Skills You Need To Be a True Leader | Sales Training.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. The Skills You Need To Be a True Leader. Gitomer | September 20, 2011 | 1 Comment. Tweet Share If you’re a boss, manager, or leader of some kind, listen up. This lesson will help you clarify the real-world skills you need to be a true leader. I’m talking about the leadership qualities needed to succeed: the action items, principles, and skills to employ so leadership works.

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Stop Your Salespeople from Walking Out the Door

No More Cold Calling

Great salespeople need more than a desk, a phone, and a computer. Give them real tools and training and start realizing your sales numbers! It used to be that we hired salespeople , indoctrinated them with product knowledge, and showed them how to fill out timesheets, medical forms, and benefit forms. Then we gave them a smattering of our business culture and the way we sell.

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3 Top Sales Tips for Keeping Sales Focus ? Score More Sales

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Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. 3 Top Sales Tips for Keeping Sales Focus. by Lori Richardson on September 19, 2011. Grow Sales. Focus in growing sales and revenues is challenging for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, let alone actual sales professionals. It takes amazing, ongoing focus on the activities that lead to new revenues in order to grow business and ultimately thrive as a company.

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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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The Power of the Human Voice in Lead Qualification & Lead Nurturing

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In a recent conversation on marketing approaches, friend and colleague Elizabeth Fairleigh, thE Connection , shared an interesting comment: “I was thinking about outbound telephone calls and why they are relevant today. It’s because there’s something about a human being’s voice that is powerful and personal—a welcomed experience in today’s hyper-digital market.

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The Pipeline ? Cold Calling: The Warrior Delusion

The Pipeline

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What are the biggest mistakes salespeople make? | Sales Training.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. What are the biggest mistakes salespeople make? Gitomer | September 7, 2011 | 2 Comments. Tweet Share 1. Getting into sales for the money. If you don’t love what you do, you will never achieve the goals that you’ve set for yourself, let alone the arbitrary ones your company sets for you (also known as quotas).

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Not the “R” Word Again…

No More Cold Calling

The economy is fickle, but No More Cold Calling’s 9 “killer” steps will boost your sales in any economy. I promise. What a roller coaster—this up and down economy—2001, 2002, then the Recession of 2008-09. Now we hear that recovery will be slow, and we might even experience a double dip. How do we sell in this volatile economy? As a salesperson, my head is spinning.

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Why You Didn't Sell Anything This Week ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Why You Didn’t Sell Anything This Week. by Lori Richardson on September 22, 2011. Sales Questions? It may seem harsh, but here is the list of what people who did not sell much (or anything) this week were saying to themselves, their co-workers, and possibly their bosses to justify lack of revenues.

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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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Five Ways B2B Marketers Can Get the Most from Facebook

Pointclear

T oday we're pleased to have Paul Gillin as our guest blogger. Paul is a speaker, writer and B2B social media strategist. His latest book is Social Marketing to the Business Customer , co-authored with Eric Schwartzman. A lot of B2B marketers have chosen not to get on board the Facebook train for fear that Facebook's freewheeling culture clashes with their serious business.

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10 Do's for Sales Management 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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The Pipeline ? 23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure

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Is Your Quota Set Too High? Sales Training | Leadership Training.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. Is Your Quota Set Too High? Gitomer | September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment. Tweet Share Most salespeople think that their quota is set too high, that their sales plan has been set at an unrealistic level. Big mistake. Find out what you need to spend time figuring out: What are your thoughts on the subject?

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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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Free Is Expensive

No More Cold Calling

There’s a glitch in the familiar “freebie” thinking: If a customer doesn’t see value, there is no way they can assign a price to it. Read Mark Hunter’s brilliant article: Free is Expensive in Top Sales World Magazine (easily download the current issue with free registration—see the Top Sales Magazine box in the left-hand column of the homepage, and subscribe!).

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Huge Sales Event Proves Sales Grow Through the Cloud ? Score.

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Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Huge Sales Event Proves Sales Grow Through the Cloud. by Lori Richardson on September 7, 2011. Wow! Selling on steroids, sellers everywhere, no sales tool left behind – it was all so much to do and see! A nonstop array of activities made for the most robust Dreamforce event yet.

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The “Keystone” of B2B Corporations isn’t CRM or Marketing Automation

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. The Keystone is the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry vault or arch, which is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing an arch to bear weight. [1] A masonry arch or vault cannot be self-supporting until the keystone is placed.

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Heavy Hitter Sales Blog: Are Top Salespeople Born or Made?

HeavyHitter Sales

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Recent Posts. A Salespersons Most Important Competitive Weapon. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. Why Year End Deals Dont Close: THE CESSPOOL! IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Are Top Salespeople Born or Made?

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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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The Pipeline ? 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI ? Sales.

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How Do You Succeed? It Depends On Who You Expose Yourself To.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. How Do You Succeed? It Depends On Who You Expose Yourself To! Gitomer | September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment. Tweet Share Many of my role models are alive, but I haven’t met them. They’re not necessarily role models for who they are, but instead for what they do, and how they have done it.

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Attention, Salespeople: Your Clients Don’t Care

No More Cold Calling

Top salespeople deliver true business ROI. Do you? It’s the harsh truth, yes. Savvy salespeople know that clients only care about what we do for them—how we impact their business. Then why, when I ask sales teams why anyone should work with them, they begin every sentence with “we.” Client development and care depends upon more than pat, standard assumptions (and, please, stop cold calling ).

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Sales Tool of the Week: eBook on Cold Calling Scripts & Testimonial.

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Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Sales Tool of the Week: eBook on Cold Calling Scripts & Testimonial Tool + Congrats, Sales Stars! by Lori Richardson on September 26, 2011. Sales e-book on Creating Scripts. I’m pretty much a skeptic when I hear about tools, books, and resources to help anyone who is doing cold calling or who are calling a list of prospective customers.

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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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Meaningful Engagement Yields Revenue from Online Lead Generation

Pointclear

Rachel Spasser is Vice President of Marketing at Ariba ; the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Rachel is a global marketing and business development executive with experience growing venture-backed, PE-backed and public companies in the Internet and technology sector. Online lead generation has become a bit like the California Gold Rush.

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Emotions Count in Your Marketing Message or Sales Pitch

Increase Sales

Do emotions count in your marketing message or sales pitch? You betcha they do according to a recent report by Motista. Even though this marketing research report was geared for retailers, the data is good information for any salesperson who wants to increase sales. Credit www.sxc.hu. One of the key findings was purchasers who felt an emotional connection to the retailers are four times more likely to return to those retailers when their next need happens.

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The Pipeline ? ?But we're not IBM?

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I Tweet, Therefore I Am! ~ It's a Turn It Into Money Webinar | | Sales.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Home. Store. Online Training. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Contact. I Tweet, Therefore I Am! ~ It’s a Turn It Into Money Webinar. Gitomer | September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment. Tweet Share Andy Horner, Chief Architect of Ace of Sales, and I are offering a webinar September 28th at 11 am and then again at 3 pm. I am challenging you to sign up for that webinar right now and find out all you need to know about Twitter.

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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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The No More Cold Calling? Webinar Series

No More Cold Calling

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You And The Prospect Are On The Same Side

MTD Sales Training

It is imperative in today’s marketplace and dealing with the modern-day buyer , to understand the true nature of your job as a professional sales person. Your job is to help; to be of assistance, to serve. However, too many sales people still see the selling situation as a competition between buyer and seller. It is the outdated “Pitch” mentality.

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What I learned at Dreamforce 2011

Pointclear

Jason Kort is one of the forces behind Marketing Automation Times , a blog dedicated to providing the latest news and information on the world of marketing automation. He is an experienced online marketing professional with a history of developing personalized, relevant, and timely communications to help businesses close more sales. Jason shared with us his key takeaways from Dreamforce 2011.

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