Pointclear
OCTOBER 24, 2017
In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). It seemed like, suddenly, a lot of things were dying: cold calling was dead; telephone prospecting was dead; outbound marketing was dead … many said that even marketing was dead. Maybe I was just sensitive. I mean, I grew up at a time when Paul McCartney was supposedly dead (he, thankfully, lives on).
SBI Growth
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Sales Leaders miss or make the number one sales call at a time. Yet they typically don’t pay enough attention to each call. They look at each rep’s performance to quota. They review the pipeline. These are difficult to control. Sales leaders can.
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Steven Rosen
OCTOBER 31, 2017
How would you like to crush your sales numbers in 2018? In this Executive Briefing, executing with excellence , I am going to share three steps to doing so. Sales managers, sales executives, sales and marketing executives, this message is for you. Do you spend hours, days and months building your marketing plans , getting approval and doing what you need to do to get your plans and budgets secured for the next year?
The Pipeline
OCTOBER 5, 2017
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. Lately I have had a chance to sit in on a number of “opportunity reviews”, and it is interesting how the format and tools have changed, the plot and the theme have not changed much beyond the costumes, props, and players. Real or Fantasy. What was striking is that for the most part, these “events”, fall in to one of two groups, they are either objective, fact based exercise, leading to a realistic view of their opportunities, with the conviction o
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No More Cold Calling
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Does your sales team struggle to get referrals? Here’s why. When I read a checklist of account based sales development strategies that omitted referral selling, I asked the creator why. After a long pause, her response was, “I don’t know.” That sent me over the top. It also made me curious: Why is it that posts about lead generation for account based sales never mention referrals , but tout emails, phone calls, videos, custom content, direct mail, social media, ads, webinars, events, testimonial
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MTD Sales Training
OCTOBER 23, 2017
I have seen and heard tons of techniques and tricks on how to ask for referrals from your customers. But I have to tell you that most of those so-called golden nuggets are actually outdated, old-school pitch-mentality approaches to working with updated, modern and sophisticated consumers. I am going to make this short and sweet, because asking for referrals from your clients should be a natural and comfortable act and not some slick technique.
SBI Growth
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Joining us for today’s show is Matt Slonaker, the Executive Vice President Business Development and Marketing for Chronos Solutions. Matt is an executive leader with extensive experience in turnarounds and knows how to generate revenue growth with the unique blend.
Steven Rosen
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Hey Steven coming at you right again with my next Executive Briefing. Last time I spoke to you about coaching and the quantity of coaching. How many days should a manager spend in the field? I found this old presentation that I did when I was the vice president of sales at Alcon and we did some learning and many of you may have seen this on video, it’s by Stephen Covey, I like Stephen Covey and it is called The Big Rocks Presentation.
The Pipeline
OCTOBER 26, 2017
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. There is a lot of discussion around the role of technology in sales, advances in AI (you decide what the A stands for), and its impact on the role of and future of sales people. There is no doubt that technology will continue to change the process of revenue generation, maintenance and growth, but that’s nothing new.
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No More Cold Calling
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Account based selling is an art, not a science. Attracting key accounts is the #1 challenge for account based selling teams. (No big shocker there, right?) Their charter is to land and expand within their named accounts while fending off substantial competitors and navigating an increasingly complex buyer landscape—while simultaneously coordinating an internal team to devise a strategy and assign a myriad of tasks.
Sales and Marketing Management
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Author: Tony Agresta Most salespeople could teach a course in rejection. They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. “It’s not a high priority for us”. “I already have a solution”. “How’s this really going to help me?”. The best prepared salespeople have a comeback ready to go.
MTD Sales Training
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Want some tips on cold calling? Here’s the cold calling cheat sheet! I must receive about 20+ emails each month that ask me for specific help and guidance on cold calling so here are some top tips: Sound Like A Human Being. Try not to sound like a robotic cold caller. That’s what 95% of the cold callers sound like. You need to sound as though you are just calling up a colleague for a chat rather than a “have I got a deal for you” salesperson!
Understanding the Sales Force
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Image Copyright iStock Photos. The easy answer to the title question is that they have been trained to do that since they first arrived at sales kindergarten. Whether talking points, bullet points, inarguable facts, competitive differences, ROI, value proposition, brand promise or cost of ownership, these words and phrases have been reinforced since day 1.
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The Sales Hunter
OCTOBER 17, 2017
How are you looking to finish your year? There’s time left, but we need to be careful for fear of making a fatal mistake that dooms the year. A few years ago I was working with a CEO and his 8-person sales team to help them close the year on target. The CEO was blunt […].
The Pipeline
OCTOBER 16, 2017
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. Despite the state of discourse in general these days, in a one on one settings, like a sales meeting for instance, most people are helpful by nature. As a sales professional, we need to walk the line of leveraging that to help us make a sale, while not taking advantage of it. I know some days it is hard to convince you that people are helpful, especially when someone just hung up on you, or you’ve run out of ideas how to get a response from someon
No More Cold Calling
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Pointing fingers doesn’t change anything. Why? Why? Why don’t account based selling teams ask for referrals? Why is asking for referrals ad hoc and not a discipline? It makes no sense at all, because every sales leader and account based sales rep knows that referrals are their hottest leads and best business. Are you wondering? I was. So, I asked around on LinkedIn and got lots of answers, many of which I shared in a recent blog post.
Sales and Marketing Management
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Author: Jay Mitchell There are endless blogs you can read on how to be a better salesperson. Do a quick Google search on the topic and you will find list upon list of tricks, hacks and sales “secrets” to closing deals and making millions. Sure, there is merit to some of these short cuts and quick tips; heck, we have a blog of our own sharing techniques that work for us.
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.
MTD Sales Training
OCTOBER 16, 2017
No matter what you sell, a consultative selling approach is essential if you want to land the business. Click on this link if you’re looking for a consultative selling course. If you’re looking for tips then please read on! For me, it’s all about unearthing the needs, the wants and desires of your prospects and then positioning your product or solution in a way that makes it the only choice.
Understanding the Sales Force
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Image Copyright iStock Photos. I always enjoy reading articles that expose things I don't know about topics I enjoy, like 7 Unsung Built-in Gems in Mac OS X. I had the opportunity to provide that kind of training to a dozen or so sales leaders on some of the less obvious findings and relationships in Objective Management Group's (OMG) Sales Candidate Assessments and how to use them.
Score More Sales
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Your sales reps – be they inside sellers, field sales, or otherwise are critically important to the success of your planned revenue growth for a very simple reason: A significant portion of the buying journey is done without sales involved and that won’t change.
The Pipeline
OCTOBER 23, 2017
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. Michael Jordan was quoted that the only thing that changes is our focus on the fundamentals , a great lesson for those who tend to be distracted by shinny objects promising “easier” way of achieving or exceeding quota, or, to avoid doing things we don’t like. One of the core fundamentals for successful selling is how we view and utilize time, right down to the minute.
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!
No More Cold Calling
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Here’s how to stop losing deals. Sales leaders complain that their account based sales teams don’t get enough qualified leads, their pipelines are fluff, gatekeepers block their access to the C-suite, and the sales process is way too long. Leadership can’t count on accurate forecasts when pipelines are unqualified. Big problem. Most account based sales reps would give their right arm for a chance to bypass all the middlemen and talk directly to their buyers—not just once in a while, but routinel
Sales and Marketing Management
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Author: Staff "It will sell itself.". We hear that sort of hype often, especially from newer entrepreneurs and innovators looking to build a startup and acquire venture capital. Unfortunately, almost nothing sells itself , no matter how great that product or service may be. From the very beginning – before the product is even developed – startups as well as mature organizations rolling out new product lines need to ask the question, “How will we sell this?
MTD Sales Training
OCTOBER 19, 2017
A sales manager on one of our leadership programmes was asked what he considered to be his biggest priority at work. We thought he would have said ‘hitting targets’ like everyone else had said on the programme. This sales manager said something rather intriguing. He said that his biggest priority had to be keeping his team motivated and inspired. That was because, if he managed to achieve a highly-motivated team, it was much easier to achieve his targets.
The Sales Heretic
OCTOBER 4, 2017
There’s a lot of wisdom, insight, encouragement, and humor out there. Here’s another sampling of my favorite quips and quotes. “If you are not building value, you are losing sales.”—Laurie Brown “When starting out, don’t worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite [.].
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.
The Sales Hunter
OCTOBER 13, 2017
How confident are you in the outcomes you can help your customers achieve? After finishing speaking to an audience recently, I was approached by a salesperson who was seen by his company as a high achiever. This person had won numerous awards and was viewed as a rock star by his peers. Within a minute […].
The Pipeline
OCTOBER 9, 2017
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. It is easy to see why people in sales, at all levels, are infatuated by speed, or as the hipsters say, velocity. You have a specific target, with a defined time line, or more accurately, an end point, which drives many to approach sales like they were the winners of a local grocery store contest. You know where they crown a winner, who runs through the store, filling their cart with as much as they can in 60 seconds, and when they time is up, they
DiscoverOrg Sales
OCTOBER 31, 2017
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”. – The Usual Suspects (1995). The scariest villains are the ones we don’t see. Maybe there’s something passing across the corner of our eye. Maybe we hear something, but only barely…in the background. Maybe it wasn’t anything at all. We are, however, typically shown the horrific results of their handiwork…but there’s always another explanation than the one we want to believe.
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