The Pipeline
DECEMBER 8, 2016
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Sales people are strange when it comes to prospecting, specifically telephone prospecting. Many find all kinds of reasons (excuses) to rationalize (excuse) why they fail to make call in order to engage with prospects to fill the gap in their pipelines. Some tell me they do not want to phone people because no one ever answers the phone these days.
SBI Growth
DECEMBER 16, 2016
They’re called the rainmakers. At the same time, you often hear that salespeople are overpaid. Or too coin-operated. How does their pay compare to functional peers throughout the organization? Read on to discover who’s making the money inside your company.
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Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Issue Date: 2016-12-19. Author: Mike Kunkle, senior director of sales enablement, Brainshark, Inc. Teaser: Many companies trying to improve sales productivity are going about it the wrong way. Rep training is only part of the picture. To get the best results, it’s critical to train, sustain, transfer and coach at every level, and that's not being done.
DiscoverOrg Sales
DECEMBER 28, 2016
Welcome to the first of our DiscoverOrg Whiteboard Wednesday series! Today, let’s talk money. Right – that’s what motivates sales guys? You know what motivates me almost As much as making money? Finding out I’m wasting money! So, question of the day is: Have you ever wondered just how much money having bad data in your sales and marketing system cost you ?
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The Sales Hunter
DECEMBER 21, 2016
What are you planning to do differently next year? When I say “differently,” I mean really different. Too many times we make only minor changes, and then we wonder why we achieve only minor improvements. If we’re going to make serious changes next year, we have to step back and ask ourselves tough questions. Below […].
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The Pipeline
DECEMBER 5, 2016
A few weeks ago, I posted a piece titled “No Pain – No Game?” , playing off the old weight exercise motto. In case you didn’t bother rushing to read the piece, it suggests that if you can only sell to buyers who have a self-declared pain or need, you will be in trouble, as 70% of the market, the Status Quo, is immune to the pain argument. But there is a further reason why reliance on pain for sales success could in fact be painful (in the form of missing quota, not making enough commission
SBI Growth
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Today’s topic is how to capture attention with great marketing campaigns. Campaign budgets are limited and these campaigns need to generate revenue. We will demonstrate how to generate a return on the campaign dollar. To follow-along, download our 10th annual workbook, How to.
Understanding the Sales Force
DECEMBER 1, 2016
I've been writing about the importance of having a milestone-centric sales process for a decade and Objective Management Group's (OMG) data is showing that companies - and their salespeople - have finally begun to make some serious progress in this area. Ten years ago, only 9% of the sales population was following a formal, structured sales process.
No More Cold Calling
DECEMBER 1, 2016
What does it say about you and your team if you can’t unplug? During the upcoming winter holidays, most of the business world will shut down. It’s vacation time, family time, rejuvenation time. If you’re planning to work through the “most wonderful time of the year,” or if you haven’t taken at least most of your vacation time this year, ask yourself why.
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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.
Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Issue Date: 2016-11-01. Author: Thomas Barta And Patrick Barwise. Teaser: Twenty-first century marketing is suffering from a skills crisis. There’s also confusion about priorities. In particular, the well-justified focus on digital and data skills means that other important areas are tending to be neglected. Reviewing and adjusting the skills structure of your team can lead to breakthroughs in performance.
The Sales Heretic
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Words have power. And some words have more power than others. Some of the most powerful words you can use in your sales and marketing efforts include “free,” “proven,” and “you.” There is one word, however, that is not just extremely powerful, it’s also highly versatile—giving you multiple opportunities to leverage its power to increase [.].
The Pipeline
DECEMBER 1, 2016
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Insurance is one of those things that everyone has but nobody really wants. In some ways, we feel that we are throwing money away, until that rainy day or unforeseen event arrives, and we are all too happy to have the insurance. As much as we hate the experience, we do it because we know that it’s the best way to ensure that we don’t have a sever disruption, financial or other, that will negatively impact our lives.
SBI Growth
DECEMBER 15, 2016
Today’s topic is how to improve the efficiency of a sales team by getting new hires productive quickly. To help you capture the key points, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017 and turn to.
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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.
Understanding the Sales Force
DECEMBER 5, 2016
What is your favorite part of the holiday season? Do you have traditions that you follow every December? For the past 15 years an important part of our holiday season is going to see the Boston Ballet perform the Nutcracker. You wouldn't think that a show like the Nutcracker would correlate to selling, but it does. As a matter of fact, if you read a little further, you'll see that the Nutcracker is very much like selling to a major account!
No More Cold Calling
DECEMBER 15, 2016
As your reps rely more on sales technology, they may be forgetting how to actually sell. . I used to add long columns of numbers and never had to check my math. I knew I got it right the first time. Not anymore. I usually still get it right, but I feel the need to double check. I’ve become reliant on calculators, because between my phone and my computer, I pretty much always have one on me.
The Sales Hunter
DECEMBER 27, 2016
Do you use your personality to help you communicate more effectively? How many times have we found ourselves running from the person who has zero personality? Sales is about connecting with the other person. It’s about creating confidence, and that means allowing both parties to feel comfortable with each other. Where does your personality fit […].
The Sales Heretic
DECEMBER 27, 2016
Failure leads to success, if you learn from it. But what’s better than learning from your failures? Learning from someone else’s failures! Listen in as Jeff Shuey (Chief Evangelist at K2), Andrea Waltz (author of Go For No), Stewart Rogers (Director of Marketing Technology for VentureBeat), Finka Josie Jerkovic (Leadership Empowerment Coach), Yared Akalou (Design [.].
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.
The Pipeline
DECEMBER 19, 2016
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . While not daily, on a regular basis over the last 12 years I have been called by VP’s of Sales who were extremely disappointed in the training delivered to their team by another provider. (It is entirely possible that some of my former clients have had similar discussions about me; possible, but nah).
SBI Growth
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Today’s article is about how to build a sales operations department from scratch. The best growth executives understand that sales ops is the most strategic sales function in the company. They understand that when deployed correctly, sales ops can impact revenue.
Understanding the Sales Force
DECEMBER 14, 2016
I've talked a lot about excuse making and the powerful difference between using your index finger, which points outward, versus your thumb, which points inward. Today, Brandon Steiner wrote a great little article about taking responsibility.
Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Issue Date: 2016-12-07. Author: Sean Alpert. Teaser: The Three Vs of sales tools - voice, video and virtual reality - will only continue to strengthen the buying experience for your prospects and further enable your sales team. Here's why it's important to embrace them. The Three Vs of sales tools - voice, video and virtual reality - will only continue to strengthen the buying experience for your prospects and further enable your sales team.
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!
The Sales Hunter
DECEMBER 27, 2016
You’re ready to make this your year to break out from the pack and become a top performer. Thinking about success is simply not going to be enough. It takes a plan and one of the best things you can do is emulate what other top performers do. 1. Don’t build your plan to […].
Score More Sales
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Michael Phelps, Olympic Gold Swimming Champion, was known to say “I think goals should never be easy – they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.”. Doing big things – in your sales career or in sales leadership - requires you to find something within you that you may not know you have. You must really push yourself to success.
The Pipeline
DECEMBER 12, 2016
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . In her latest book, More Sales, Less Time: Surprisingly Simple Strategies for Today’s Crazy-Busy Sellers , continues what one describe as her journey through sales. Starting by conquering “ Big Companies ”, then in “SNAP Selling” helping sellers understand and appreciate the world of “crazy-busy buyers”.
SBI Growth
DECEMBER 23, 2016
Exceptional executive leadership teams distinguish themselves from functional peers by adopting emerging best practices. In particular, they embrace the Revenue Growth Methodology, an emerging best practice that enables organizations to outpace their industries and their competitors by achieving strategic alignment.
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.
Understanding the Sales Force
DECEMBER 16, 2016
Image Copyright: 123RF Stock Photo. I reviewed the 88 articles I wrote in 2016 (nearly 1,600 articles on the Blog) and was surprised to discover what I wrote about the most. It wasn't about sales force evaluations, sales candidate assessments or attacks on the Harvard Business Review. It wasn't about sales recruiting and selection, sales pipeline or Baseline Selling.
Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 28, 2016
Issue Date: 2016-12-28. Author: Anna Johansson. Teaser: More than half of the nation will make goals to improve their health and wellbeing in the new year. It’s the perfect time for you to make some resolutions for your business. More than half of the nation will make goals to improve their health and wellbeing in the new year. It’s the perfect time for you to make some resolutions for your business.
The Sales Hunter
DECEMBER 13, 2016
One of the toughest prospecting challenges is simply getting connected to the right person. The number of roadblocks seems to grow more each day, and yet the task remains the same — to reach the decision maker. There are 10 ways to get past the gatekeeper that I highly recommend. Plan to also join me […].
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