DiscoverOrg Sales
JULY 10, 2018
If you’re dealing with an objection, congratulations! You are working with a decision-maker who has some skin in the game, and they’re taking your proposal seriously. That’s exactly where you want to be. A study from Gong.io shows that the more negative sentiment you get during calls, especially in later stages, means the prospect is wrestling internally – hoping you can make them feel good.
Mr. Inside Sales
JULY 20, 2018
Five Hidden Secrets behind the Price Objection. By Mike Brooks, [link]. Learn the top secrets of closing the sale with proven training, techniques, rebuttals, responses and tips of effectively handling and overcoming the most common price objections. Of all the objections sales reps get, the price objection is still number one on the list. And it makes sense, doesn’t it?
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Understanding the Sales Force
JULY 2, 2018
It's summer so they're digging up streets, repaving roads, and repairing bridges. That leads to epic traffic jams, long commutes and tremendous amounts of frustration. And you're late! I've been doing my best impression of the digging, without the paving and repairing. Ten of my last fourteen articles have been based on Objective Management Group's (OMG) data from the evaluations of 1.8 million sales professionals and like the road work, we're gonna dig some more today!
SBI Growth
JULY 5, 2018
You have oceans of customer data, but how do you turn it into actionable insights that you use to drive your strategy? While long-term, you need to create a data infrastructure where this can be linked, maintained, and reported on. But.
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Pipeliner
JULY 2, 2018
Building a sales organization that is able to respond to “the unexpected” is one of the most challenging roles for leaders to play in today’s environment. Market dynamics are significantly different than in the past where there were greater continuity and relatively less unpredictability. Today it is commonplace to see multiple new technologies shot into markets simultaneously; each ripping market flow with massive disruption.
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Sales Hacker
JULY 2, 2018
Below are six examples of sales discovery questions you should ask your prospects for an accelerated sales process. In sales, it’s normal to spend hours rehearsing for an upcoming demo and fine-tuning the deck. But when it comes to the discovery call , many of us assume we can wing it. It’s strange because the discovery call is how we uncover critical information early in the sales cycle.
Xactly
JULY 9, 2018
Having worked in consulting for a number of years, the question I get asked most frequently is “how is our pay compared to our direct competitors and to the market?” This is a legitimate question for almost every company because everyone is seeking to recruit the best sales people as well as retain and engage the current sales force. It is also an important question because one of the highest costs a company incurs is its sales compensation expense.
Pipeliner
JULY 8, 2018
The Digital Era of Sales Management. “If you’re a leader in today’s world, whether you’re a government leader or a business leader, you have to focus on the fact that this is the biggest technology transition ever. This digital era of sales management will dwarf what’s occurred in the information era and the value of the Internet today. As leaders, if you don’t transform and use this technology differently—if you don’t reinvent yourself, change your organization structure; if you don’t talk abou
Jeffrey Gitomer
JULY 2, 2018
How important is a sales letter/email?
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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
JULY 20, 2018
Don’t assume your team knows how to ask for referrals. Tim told me his team was “doing referrals.” He figured they knew how to get referrals because he told them to do it. I asked how that approach was working for him. Dead silence. And therein lies the problem. A big problem. It’s the misguided belief that “telling” translates to “doing.”. The web is replete with articles and webcasts that tell people to just go ask for referrals, like it’s common sense or something.
The Sales Heretic
JULY 9, 2018
The road to success isn’t straight, level, or smooth. There are bumps and potholes. Hills and curves. Dead-ends and detours. And as a result, we all get frustrated from time to time. What separates top salespeople—and high achievers in general—from everyone else, is that they don’t let frustration derail them. They find ways to deal [.].
MTD Sales Training
JULY 25, 2018
One feature of modern, relationship selling is that we need to understand about peoples’ preferred buying behaviour if we are to sell to more of them. It is a fact that people buy differently. Some people prefer to buy quickly, others slowly. Some people need a lot of information and detail, for others a sheet of A4 with bullet points is all the information they need.
Zoominfo
JULY 11, 2018
When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers– Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. For this reason, we’ve compiled more than 90 statistics about the current state of B2B content marketing.
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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
JULY 23, 2018
Professional athletes have one trait in common - they are all very athletic and their skills are among the top several hundred in the world in their particular sport. For example, in Major League Baseball, there are 30 teams with 25 players each, making those ball players the top 750 in the world. Dig a little deeper and in each sport there is an even smaller subset of players who are all-stars.
Jeffrey Gitomer
JULY 30, 2018
It's amazing how much you can learn by just keeping quiet. People think you're smarter if you're quiet. When you keep quiet, people will often ask if everything's OK.
No More Cold Calling
JULY 12, 2018
Even in the age of artificial intelligence, common sense still matters. Technology addiction is running rampant. We spend more time looking at screens than talking to the people who matter. This digital dependence is impairing our ability to make decisions, because we no longer trust our common sense. The more we rely on technology advances like artificial intelligence and predictable algorithms to make decisions, the more unpredictable we become.
The Sales Heretic
JULY 24, 2018
2018 not only marks twenty years of me being a sales trainer and keynote speaker, it also marks twenty years of my membership in the National Speakers Association. So it was fitting that last week I attended my 20th NSA convention, known as Influence 2018. More than 1200 of the world’s top professional speakers and [.].
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!
SBI Growth
JULY 7, 2018
I need quick growth. My current reps are good, but coverage is unsaturated. . Shouldn’t I just add another headcount? Isn’t that the quickest route to revenue? Add another rep, drop them into a territory? My on boarding process takes a.
Zoominfo
JULY 17, 2018
B2B marketers have embraced many new strategies to cut through the influx of content in our increasingly digital landscape. Yet, many tried-and-true marketing strategies continue to generate results. Among such strategies, webinars come out on top. Webinars are live or prerecorded online events, used to teach attendees about a specific topic or service.
Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 30, 2018
Author: Jennifer Tomlinson and Alon Leibovich The word “dark” has nefarious connotations, but when it comes to the internet and social media, dark really just means private or anonymous. Dark web and dark social are fairly common, easy-to-understand terms, but what about dark marketing? Have you heard of it? What does it mean? And what impact can it have on your business?
Jeffrey Gitomer
JULY 11, 2018
Cold calling is one of the most difficult parts of selling. To be successful at the science of cold calling you must first define the elements, functions and formulas that comprise the call. Then, like all other sciences, experiment (practice) until you have a method that works.
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 Pipeline
JULY 10, 2018
By Tibor Shanto. I was talking with a rep from an IT reseller last week, who was facing what she felt was an insurmountable challenge. She was facing a renewal for a product with one of her clients where the product being resold had gone up in price by some 300%. I’m not talking about Martin Shkreli type increases; to be fair to the manufacturer the product was solid, clients loved, but being innovators, they just hadn’t got around to reviewing the pricing since its release years ago.
DiscoverOrg Sales
JULY 3, 2018
If you’re singing the Blues after Q2 , it’s time to change your tune. Even if you hit your sales goal, the new quarter is still a great time to take stock of wins and losses … AND start building your pipeline for a quota-crushing Q3. It starts today. Just like exercise and eating your vegetables, building sales pipeline means doing the hard things now in order to reap a future reward.
SBI Growth
JULY 9, 2018
As a leader of Sales Operations or Sales Enablement, how many times have you heard your sales teams say: “You all have no clue what we go through in the field!” This is a common theme in any company that sells a.
Zoominfo
JULY 2, 2018
We get it, recruiting can be tough—especially in today’s competitive hiring market. The reality is, as a recruiter, you’re competing with thousands of other recruiters for the same batch of high-quality candidates. In any given day, a recruiter must focus on building strong relationships with both job seekers and hiring managers and put in the effort to stay organized, keep track of scheduling information, minute candidate details, and hiring preferences.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 26, 2018
Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? If they’re technology-averse, they might see a threat to their jobs. If they are big fans of technology, they might see a silver bullet that instantly boosts their results. Both of these visions are as extreme as they are wrong. AI is not going to make salespeople obsolete, nor is it going to turn bad salespeople into great closers.
Sales 2.0
JULY 28, 2018
OK I need to come out of the closet. In the last two posts I did a bunch of math. I wanted to boil down cold calling vs. social selling data so we could do a somewhat fair comparison. Here’s the punchline. Cold calling: 11 hours to get an appointment. Social selling: 3 hours to get an appointment. So obviously my axe to grind is that I think social selling is the way to go when prospecting as it’s almost 4 (3.66) times more efficient/faster.
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