Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 6, 2022

As we wade deeper into recession, you will certainly agree that there are two things you must not lose: Customers/Clients. Good/Great Salespeople. I conducted a Google search for "why salespeople quit their jobs" and was surprised to find more than 6 million results for that query! The first page of results was filled with self-serving articles from companies like Gong (artificial intelligence for digital prospecting), Hubspot (marketing platform) and more urging you to leverage their platforms

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 5, 2022

I’m not a big on-line shopper ?? so when I do get something ‘parcel-like’ delivered, it’s exciting ??. But a couple of weeks ago, what initially would have excited me, ended up impressing me so much more. A beautiful box arrived, custom designed with botanical exquisiteness. . . An inside was an array of ‘value’ that told me more about the sender than anything else might have.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 7, 2022

Back in the early seventies there was a group called The Main Ingredient. At the time, they had a hit song and the lyrics went something like this… “ So you’re heart broken, you’re sitting around moping, crying and crying. You even feel like dyin’. Well, before you do something rash, dig this- everybody plays the fool!”.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

I don’t understand why it is acceptable for a process like cold calling (now often started via email) to work one in a hundred times–or in email efforts one in a thousand times. I used to work for a major semiconductor manufacturer. In the chip business “yield” from a silicon wafer is critical to profitability. Teams of people spend their life pushing to get a few more chips out of each silicon wafer.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2022

When selling enterprise software and software as a service (SaaS), a proof-of-value exercise (POV) can be an accelerator for the decision maker, especially when working with a prospect that has complex requirements. The post Proving Business Value in the Software Sales Process appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 5, 2022

Hope you had a great July Fourth! Summer is now officially started, and it’s a great time to enjoy some family time, go on vacation, recharge your batteries, and enjoy a little downtime before the big push of the 3 rd & 4 th quarters. It’s also a great time to feed your motivational well! I love to read—or reread—inspiring books that get me thinking about ways to improve my attitude and performance.

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

It‘s no secret that B2B sales (especially at the enterprise level) take a significant amount of time and effort to nurture and eventually close. While B2C unicorns like Netflix and Uber can take a product-led approach and drive sales using organic consumer hype, we B2B reps need to be a bit more strategic and methodical about the steps that lead from initial interest through to getting the dotted line signed.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2022

Before companies can make decisions about technology, they need to understand the ways that inside and outside sales have shifted. The post Leveraging Tech to Rethink Inside and Outside Sales Post-COVID appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 5, 2022

Wherever we turn, it seems we are becoming increasingly disagreeable and polarized. Whether socially, politically, or in our businesses, we struggle with disagreement. But there are a lot of problems with disagreement–or at least our ability to understand and manage disagreements, productively. If we learned how to deal with disagreement, productively, disagreement provides huge opportunities to learn, improve, grow, and achieve.

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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.

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Membrain

JULY 3, 2022

If your prospective customer is seriously evaluating a new project that involves both a significant investment and a change to their existing approach or environment, it is close-to-inevitable that they will be seeking clear answers to 4 key questions (and a clear consensus across all key members of their decision-making and approval stakeholder groups) before they will be prepared to make a commitment:

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2022

The faster you can connect with a lead the greater your chance of success. This makes routing marketing leads to your sales team a critical step for driving revenue growth. Without proper attention to your lead routing system, you’ll spend resources to generate leads that may not go anywhere. A modern routing strategy that’s built for revenue growth includes three main elements: Integrated account-based selling tools The ability to route any object (e.g. leads, accounts, or contacts) Features to

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 5, 2022

As CEO and co-founder of a startup, I find myself focused on the two principles I learned in my first job: Your company is only as good as its talent, and your customers should be at the heart of everything you do. The post Culture and Customers Above All Else appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 5, 2022

We encounter them all the time. The customer has a point of view that differs from that we wish they would have. Perhaps, they aren’t as interested in the things we want them to be interested in. Perhaps they don’t respond in the way we hope they respond. Perhaps they are asking questions we prefer they don’t. Perhaps they seem to favor something other than what we would like.

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Membrain

JULY 6, 2022

Here in Sweden, we’re just past our annual holiday of Midsommar (Midsummer), which we celebrated on June 25. This is one of our biggest holidays, and we usually celebrate with family and friends, often in the countryside.

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SalesProInsider

JULY 6, 2022

As you guide sales conversations with prospects, your job is to help them work through their decision-making process. The conversation is an information exchange that relies on THEM getting what they need, in the way they need it, so they are confident in you and the value they receive. That’s why this series Convert Consistently with Customs and Connections is so important to you.

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Gong.io

JULY 7, 2022

Sales reps don’t need the latest sales automation tool , CRM, or email template to close deals. Modern tips, tricks, and software certainly have their place, but they help you maximize an effective sales methodology — they don’t replace it. The Sandler selling system has been around since the ‘60s and is still going strong. In fact, given the tendency for technology to make sales even more of a number’s game, Sandler’s method may be even more effective now than it was when it was first created.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 5, 2022

You wouldn't try to cook a new meal without a recipe or drive to a new city without a map, and your business shouldn't try to convert leads without a sales process. A B2B sales process is a detailed outline of repeatable steps that guides your sales team. Having a sales process for your business will help focus your sales strategy and keep your sales team on track to convert potential leads into customers.

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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!

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 5, 2022

**Trigger Warning** If you get easily offended by brutally honest feedback that might seem harsh and mean, you might want to skip today's blog post. Ok, now; that we've gotten that out of the way, here's that brutally honest and possibly mean content: You should NOT invest resources into poor-performing salespeople!

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Engage Selling

JULY 8, 2022

????????? Are you building buyer confidence…in themselves? In today’s marketplace, buyers are younger and more inexperienced than ever before. This means they lack the confidence to make decisions. Thus, as … Read More. The post Building Buyer Confidence in Themselves | Sales Strategies first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Force Management

JULY 6, 2022

Hear tangible leadership takeaways from pioneers across industries and professions. In each June episode, John McMahon and John Kaplan brought out key insights on how successful leaders manage their most important asset, their people. Hear from five leaders, each with a different background and approach to leadership. In each conversation, one common sentiment rang true: you can't be a great leader without investing in and connecting with your people.

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Tenbound

JULY 6, 2022

When it comes to cold calling, you’ll find plenty of books that seem to think it takes 200 pages to properly capture the art. But just like an actual cold call, brevity is the soul of success. That isn’t to say longer calls don’t provide ample opportunity for closing, but it does mean you need a plan in place to encourage a targeted dialogue before the close.

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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.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 6, 2022

What is the best way is to start a conversation? Ask the other person a question. We learn by asking questions. Smart business people never stop asking questions. Your prospect probably forms their opinion about you based more on what you ask them, than on what you tell them. “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers” - Voltaire.

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Sell Courses Online

JULY 8, 2022

The online creator economy began with the rise of social media platforms. This led to the phenomenon of everyday people … 25 Creator Economy Statistics & Trends You Must Know in 2022 Read More ?.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 6, 2022

Not long ago, a small group of us were out on our road bikes. One biker hit something on the road, and went down. He broke his wrist trying to brace himself (in addition to scraping himself up pretty badly). We called an ambulance, the paramedics acted quickly. They examined him. They checked to see if anything else was broken, if he was bleeding. They asked him questions like, “What day of the week is it, what’s your name, where are you right now,” checking to see if he might

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SocialSellinator

JULY 8, 2022

SocialSellinator is a full-service digital marketing agency that specializes in delivering high-quality strategies and transformative solutions. We help startups and SMEs overcome evolving digital challenges through comprehensive marketing deliverables. Founded in 2018, we’ve been a reliable driver of business growth for our partners.

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criteria for success

JULY 7, 2022

Client communication is the foundation to building relationships, growing sales, and avoiding problems with your clients. Here are 3 principles for building your client communications playbook. 1. Identify what needs to be communicated to clients. The first step in client communication is simple – identify what you will share with clients. Ask yourself the following questions.

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Sell Courses Online

JULY 7, 2022

Podia is one of the most popular online course platforms on the market. It is easy to use and offers … Podia Pricing (2022) – What’s the Best Plan For You? Read More ?.

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PandaDoc

JULY 6, 2022

Picture this: you’re spending thousands of dollars prospecting leads, and they almost never convert. (Is this something you don’t have to picture, because you’ve lived it?). Sounds like a total waste of money, amirite? Many marketing and sales teams face this scenario far too often. And it’s because they’re nurturing their leads the wrong way. For example, when you go to a car dealership, or even when browsing online for a new ride, you wouldn’t go ahead and buy the first car you see, correct?

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