Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 1, 2018

I don’t know why tie downs aren’t used more by sales reps selling over the phone. I was listening to an experienced rep the other day just pitch and ad-lib to a good prospect, and at the end of the call, she had no idea about the prospect’s level of interest, nor did she qualify the prospect. Tie downs (and trial closes) serve several important functions, including: Getting confirmation that the point you just made was understood and accepted by your prospect.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Frequently I am asked the following question: “How do I keep my salespeople motivated to sell?”.

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Connect2Sell

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The discovery phase of the sales process is important but often overlooked or cut short. When asked, sellers usually say they don’t conduct thorough discovery because it takes too long. They’re concerned that their buyers won’t give them enough time and/or don’t feel they have enough time themselves. In this post we'll cover how to assess customer needs in a way that still uses your time (and the buyer's) wisely.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Referrals aren’t favors. Salespeople often downplay the importance of referral networks or just don’t know how to ask for a referral. Don’t get distracted; don’t get embarrassed. Relationships and referrals are what business is all about! When I interviewed Wes, senior vice president of sales for a well-known marketing automation company, I expected to hear all about the advantages of using his technology.

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Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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Steven Rosen

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The Not So Secret Way to Crush Your Numbers. Earlier this year I published an article titled 5 Ways to Create a Successful Sales Coaching Program. The results from Sales Mastery sales executive survey showed that 1/3 of executives surveyed, said that “ sub-optimal sales manager coaching” is one of their top 3 barriers to achieving their objectives in 2018.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 7, 2018

High-potential employees comprise the next generation of leaders within your company. As you look toward succession planning or assigning resources to key strategic initiatives, the pool of high-potential employees is where most companies look to for resources who can solve.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 4, 2018

By Tibor Shanto. I have talked a lot on this blog about the need for sales people to get past or over their product. Yes, your product is important, but in the end, and I am sorry if I am minimizing it for some, just a deliverable nothing more! It may do great things, open many doors, expose abundant opportunities, but there is no denying, that it is something that is delivered after the terms are agreed to.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Very often, we see top quality salespeople made up to be sales manager and expected to deliver immediate success, as if they already have the necessary skills to succeed in that role. Think about it; just because they have been successful in one position doesn’t automatically ensure success in another. Many salespeople are excellent at organising themselves, can sell very proficiently and have achieved excellent results.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 3, 2018

There’s no way around it – prospect and customer data is one of the most valuable assets a B2B organization has access to. Think about it: without accurate information, how can you market, sell, or provide customer service to your target audience? Unfortunately, low-quality data is a real problem for many companies—simply because B2B data decays so rapidly.

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Joining us on SBI’s Fast Frame of the Week is Curt Redden, the Global Director of Talent Development for UPS Capital. If you’d prefer to listen to the podcast version, click here.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Author: Patrick Foster Instagram has become one of the most popular social networks in the world?—?it now has 1 billion users ! While it may be known for its popularity among celebrity influencers, it also is an important channel for brands that use it to advertise their products. So it’s huge news that Instagram recently announced a new service: IGTV (Instagram TV).

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 5, 2018

When someone says “That’s good value!” what do they mean? Well, there are a number of ways of interpreting value and it can mean different things to different people. For some of your customers, it could mean the actual price they are considering paying. For others, it could enhance their overall satisfaction and experience with the products or services.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Here are 3 tips, 1 quote, and 1 resource to end your week. Hiring tip #1: If you are looking to hire more women on your sales team, hold an event at your offices quarterly (or twice a year) and get the Women Sales Pros guide on how to do it to widen your recruitment pipeline.

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Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 3, 2018

We all know the famous saying, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” This can be applied to the way many organizations have trained their Buyers to buy, particularly in Q4. Discounts become the primary weapon of sales reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Author: Rick Garlick and Bob Nelson Several years ago, a company came up with a creative way to recognize its top performing employees. Through a nomination process, a select group of high achievers would be given a couple of days off from their normal jobs, flown to a nice venue, and asked to participate in a series of “think tank” exercises with senior management on how the company could operate more effectively.

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Bernadette McClelland

DECEMBER 7, 2018

#IWD2017 #BeBoldForChange. It was a privilege to be asked to share my thoughts on women in sales roles in this years International Women’s Day edition of Top Sales World Magazine , gracing the pages with some wonderful colleagues such as Tiffani Bova and Jill Konrath. It’s also a time to reflect on what the day actually stands for – outside our default celebration of the suffragettes or those who have voiced their views, run their races and remained on buses.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I have spent an entire career in sales since my early 20’s being called a guy. Filling out forms that said “Salesman Number”. Being invited to sales incentive and award events at cigar bars.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Customer Success continues to be one of the hottest topics on the mind of the sales leaders and CEO’s we work with. Few will argue against the benefits of Customer Success – driving profitable growth, product adoption and customer reference-ability.

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The Sales Heretic

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Payless—the discount shoe retailer—recently pulled off a brilliant stunt: they sold fake designer shoes at a fake designer store. And the ruse carries lessons for anyone in sales and marketing. Payless took over a former Armani store in a mall in Santa Monica, California, and named it “Palessi.” (I love that.) Then they stocked the [.].

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Since Reddit’s creation in 2005, the platform has earned its title as the “frontpage of the Internet.” Reddit, a popular social networking site and forum, has over 300 million users, 140,000 active communities, and boasts over 14 million monthly pageviews ( source ). Considering this expansive reach, it only makes sense for marketers to wonder how they can use Reddit to their advantage.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2018

It's easy to sell to prospects who are already interested in your product. They've done some preliminary research and decided you're a potential solution. Now all you need to do is answer some questions, get in front of the right people, and make sure they opt for you over the competition. But the best salespeople are distinguished from the average ones when it comes to uninterested prospects.

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Speaker: Alex Moore, Co-Founder of Stratagon Marketing & Technology

Ever wondered why sales and marketing teams often struggle to collaborate effectively? Diverging goals, poor communication, and conflicting strategies frequently create silos, leading to a disconnect where marketing efforts fail to translate into substantial sales conversions. Enter Account-Based Marketing (ABM). ABM aligns marketing and sales efforts toward specific target accounts, fostering personalized interactions with high-value prospects.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Scott Asher most recently led Customer Operations for RentPath, a leading digital marketplace connecting millions of consumers with apartments, condos, and houses for rent through their massive network and websites. Scott spent 6 years in the emerging role of VP of Customer.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview John Steinert , CMO of TechTarget. NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP 3 WAYS YOUR SOLUTION CHANGES THE GAME FOR A SALES ORGANIZATION? John: TechTarget’s data and insight products for sales called Priority Engine and Qualified Sales Opportunities are built on proprietary knowledge of enterprise purchase intentions and th

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Today, our customers are bombarded with sales, marketing, and advertising pitches from companies all hoping to win their business. They’re overwhelmed, or, in most cases, they simply tune us out. So, we try to reach as many potential customers as we can, but we spin our wheels and end up stuck in the same place, week after week, month after month, or year after year.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A candid interview with Jill Konrath and Synchronoss’ Director of Legal Operations, Dana Huppert. Legal Operations might work behind the scenes of the General Counsel … but ops wears the pants on tech purchase decisions. And we’ve got an insider’s look at how capture their attention and win them over. If you sell services or technologies to the legal department, you’ll want to catch this: We’re partnering with author and sales speaker Jill Konrath to interview the Director of Legal Operati

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Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Has your company got a new product in development? Is it working its through your organization, from R&D, to Product, getting feedback from Marketing and Sales and gaining fans and momentum as it travels? Perhaps it’s been described, prototyped, or.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 5, 2018

61 million LinkedIn users are senior level influencers and 40 million are in decision-making positions. There are 87 million millennials on LinkedIn with 11 million in decision-making positions. LinkedIn has almost 600,000 users in more than 200 countries ( OmniCore ). With those kinds of statistics, it baffles me why more company leaders don’t take it seriously.

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Zendesk Sell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The customer experience today is more relational and less transactional than ever before. This is a great thing for customers, and it’s a great thing for businesses that want to build long-term relationships with those customers. But this shift towards relationships and away from mere transactions has also revealed one of the fundamental problems in how we think about sales and customer service.

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