Connect2Sell
MARCH 25, 2020
Sales professionals, we need to talk. There’s a global pandemic. People are dying. Businesses are hurting. Every single person in the world will be affected in some way – physically, emotionally, mentally, psychologically, physiologically, relationally, financially, or otherwise.
The Center for Sales Strategy
MARCH 30, 2020
Even though using social media to sell has been widely adopted in many industries, the 2019 Media Sales Report revealed that social selling is currently more hype than reality. Only 12% of sales managers surveyed saying their salespeople are using social media effectively to set appointments with prospects. Research indicates that sales leaders still aren't convinced of social selling's value.
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Anthony Cole Training
MARCH 16, 2020
In this blog post, we pray for the health and safety of those at risk or sick during this time in human history.
Sales 2.0
MARCH 12, 2020
I’m getting that feeling right now that I am living in a movie. Big events are happening so quickly it’s hard to keep up. One of the lessons I’ve learned is a crisis is not the time to get stuck. It’s time to take action…and to do so soon. In the sales realm I believe we may be about to see a big shift. The global crisis is taking up everyone’s mindshare.
Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick
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.
Connect2Sell
MARCH 11, 2020
One of the most unfortunate stereotypes about sellers is that we are self-centered. Buyers wrongly assume that all sellers are only after their money and only care about themselves. That’s why buyers are guarded. To dispel this unfair notion, you have to work harder and prove that you are interested in your buyers’ needs. You have to demonstrate an orientation to others to prove you’re not selfish and concerned only about yourself.
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The Pipeline
MARCH 16, 2020
By Tibor Shanto. “Starve your distractions, feed your focus.” — Daniel Goleman. I had to sit back and think hard about how to jump into the stream of pundit babble about COVID 19. We must acknowledge the reality of the event, and the impact on our families, friends, colleagues, clients, employees and the business. While the world around us has indeed altered, our reaction can and should, extend from our current sales approach and process.
Anthony Cole Training
MARCH 5, 2020
In this blog post, we ask the question, "Are you looking to hire better salespeople or are you looking to hire salespeople that will simply replace your former employees?".
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 8, 2020
Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. That question kicks off the new book “Pivot to the Future” by three thought leaders from the consulting giant Accenture. The authors, Omar Abbosh, Paul Nunes and Larry Downes, refer to this untapped revenue as “trapped value.”.
SBI Growth
MARCH 30, 2020
Your field sellers are certainly not strangers to phone or web meetings, but until we’re clear of CoVid-10, that’s ALL they can do to continue selling. Does that mean your entire sales organization just shifted to an inside sales model?
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MTD Sales Training
MARCH 31, 2020
Selling is tough at the moment isn’t it? We’ve had over 82 sales training programmes postponed! Some have moved over to virtual channels like webinars and online training but a lot are just waiting it out. You might be in the same situation. If you are, I hope this tip might help you. It’s easy to panic in times like this so I wanted to send you some tips on what you should be doing now.
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 23, 2020
Author: Randy Illig In 1990, I’d just started a business that would prosper or die based on my sales success. No sales, no company. At the time, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” was making waves on the bestseller lists, so I picked it up. As popular as it was for leaders and goal-getters, I discovered the habits applied just as well to salespeople, and the book became my how-to manual for selling.
Connect2Sell
MARCH 18, 2020
These are the questions buyers ask themselves about sellers. These back-of-the-mind questions influence buyers’ decisions to meet with you and buy from you.
The Center for Sales Strategy
MARCH 23, 2020
My years of working in a blended role—as part seller and as part consultant—keeps me grounded and attached to the needs of sellers as well as customers and new business prospects. Here’s some advice that I’m using in my sales role and passing along as a consultant: during this time of turmoil one of the most important things you can do is listen and demonstrate empathy.
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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.
The Sales Heretic
MARCH 31, 2020
The world has changed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most states in the US—and many other parts of the world—are under “Shelter at Home” orders. Which means that millions of people who used to go to an office every day are now working at home. Most of them for the first time. If you’re one [.].
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 30, 2020
Author: Andres Lares The phrase “leaving money on the table” is an idiom that means not getting as much money as you could from a transaction. Whether you are a banker where up-selling and cross-selling is the difference between profit and loss (“Did you know we also offer great rates on mortgages.”), or you sell products in a competitive environment and you have to concede on price in some SKUs in order to win the rest of the business (“I can provide that rate for the carpet in the hallways if
Anthony Iannarino
MARCH 22, 2020
There is an ongoing conversation on the social channels as to whether one should continue selling through a crisis. Some suggest selling during times like this is to be tone-deaf, that it ignores the nature of our global emergency. Like most things, there is some truth to the idea that business-as-usual, ignoring the severity of the circumstances, may make one appear to be self-oriented.
KO Advantage Group
MARCH 4, 2020
About a year ago a woman came into my office. She was running a fairly successful marketing firm yet she struggled to get her clients to connect with her sales message. To her it felt "icky". She liked educating. She liked showing her clients what she would do for them. But they would respond, "okay. if you're so confident, how about we pay you when you generate us the results.".
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Steven Rosen
MARCH 2, 2020
What’s Holding You Back? It’s a new year and a new decade. It is time to reflect on where you are, where you would like to be and commit yourself to get there. Like most sales leaders, you want to achieve your sales objectives. You may want to be the top region, and you may even want to take your career to the next level. Is there something holding you back?
The Pipeline
MARCH 26, 2020
By Tibor Shanto. The tremors just keep on coming and people keep trying to adjust to the daily change. I understand the initial shock of facing a canyon of empty towers; every one has gone home. Seeming like they took all your opportunities with them. Maybe, but I doubt it. But the goal is to defeat the virus by staying in, not by not working. We live in 2020, the office is a relic, just like gas-powered cars are.
Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 3, 2020
I'm not usually late but I'm really late on this topic! Back in September The New York Times, which is often accused of publishing fake news, published an interesting article comparing personality tests to astrology. The story included specific assessments like The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator , The Hartman Personality Profile (Color Code), Plum , and DiSC.
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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.
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 1, 2020
Don’t ghost people. You’ll end up paying for it. A woman I know from my business group met me for coffee. She wanted to discuss having me speak to her team about referrals. We brainstormed the topic and discussed her investment. She made it clear that she wasn’t the final decision-maker and said she would follow up. I agreed to send her a topic outline and pricing.
SBI Growth
MARCH 26, 2020
Market-leading CEOs work closely with their leadership teams to maintain strong and transparent communication with not only their customers but also their employees. Every employee is an ambassador of the brand, and without clear guidance and communication internally, external messages.
The Sales Heretic
MARCH 3, 2020
In 1885, Joseph Fralinger—a former glassblower and fish merchant—took over a taffy stand in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He bought some books on candy-making and set about learning the business. Before long, he was offering 25 different flavors of saltwater taffy and was one of the most successful candy shops on the Boardwalk. But this [.].
Steven Rosen
MARCH 23, 2020
You have just gone through the first week of the COVID-19 crisis. Pat yourself on the back because no one else will with social distancing rules in effect. Have you: Successfully transitioned your sales team to WFH status? Held at least one online team meeting? Connected with a least one of your customers online? Done any training for your sales team?
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The Pipeline
MARCH 5, 2020
By Tibor Shanto. Discovery is a great opportunity to not only dig in with the buyer but also get to the “Real” of the sale. There is a discovery question you should always ask. More importantly, it is an opportunity to differentiate yourself based on how you sell, not your product. Asking the fast-food main-stream variety discovery questions leads to that level of nutritional value to a sales conversation for a buyer.
Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 16, 2020
Given the current circumstances - a Global Pandemic and an economy where so many industries have been shut down or compromised - selling value will be more important than ever. The result of selling value is that you are able to win the business despite not having the best price. But when we talk about selling value, what does it really mean? One sales expert who reached out to me last week was worried that when we are focusing on the Value Selling Competency, uninformed salespeople interpret th
No More Cold Calling
MARCH 31, 2020
Waiting could be your Achilles heel—plus, everything you missed from No More Cold Calling this month. When the economy slows, the pace of decision making must pick up. Ram Charan , author of 25 books and consultant to CEOs, said that many years ago, but it’s even more relevant now. We need to take action to build our business in these tenuous times.
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