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When Your Buyers are Stuck, Less is More

Alice Heiman

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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Do This First in Sales!

Connect2Sell

Has this ever happened to you?

Sales 154
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The Single Greatest Threat To Your Productivity

Anthony Iannarino

What prevents you from being productive throughout the week is not the internet or social apps. It isn’t the many distractions that vie for your time and attention, each one demanding you stop what you are doing and shift your focus in its direction. While these things may be problematic, they are not the root cause of your doing less than you intended to during the week.

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Let’s Not Confuse Pipeline Trends with Individual Opportunities

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. Data-driven models in sales can be a double-edged sword. While they do help create focus, especially across large swaths of data and opportunities, they also have limitations. Especially in how they may limit or prevent us from understanding and winning any given individual opportunity. These models are great , in context, as indicators and validation.

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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Will You Have Enough Leads in the Funnel to Make Your Number?

SBI Growth

Over the past few years, marketers are increasingly held responsible for revenue goals. If you’re like most CMOs, you can identify with at least one of these: You’re not sure how to calculate the number of leads you need to generate. You.

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Perception vs Reality: Men and Women In Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Parth Mukherjee Chorus.ai is a champion for having more women in sales positions. As a Conversation Intelligence platform, Chorus stores and analyzes millions of sales calls every year. With all of that data at our fingertips, people like to ask, "Are male or female sales reps better? What do they do differently?". Unfortunately, these types of questions are the result of some poorly crafted content available online; some of which even goes as far as to say that women do everything “wron

Hiring 227
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Your Reaction To Objections Is Hardwired

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. Our reaction to rejection is hardwired on a primal level. This means it is about managing yourself and your reactions, and less about managing the objection. You are better off learning to control your emotion, and think through the issue, and rely on your process. When in doubt, follow your training, work the process the way you practiced before things got emotional.

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Bets That Pay Big: What Market-Leading CEOs Do to Beat the Market

SBI Growth

This or That? As CEO, you’re presented with initiatives from your team all the time, and every single one is a top priority. Whether it’s signing off on a new marketing campaign or helping revamp the sales team, it’s tough to.

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5 Ways To Gain Commitment From A Client

MTD Sales Training

We often get salespeople asking “What’s the best ‘close’ I can use?” or “How can I ‘close the sale’ more often?”. Putting the emphasis on the ‘close’ can be a big mistake in the sales process. Too often, the salesperson will try to get the order and prescribe an answer before determining and diagnosing the real problems that occur in every business.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

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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How to Establish Trust Among Your Peers

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Lewis Robinson It is not a hidden fact that there are trust issues being developed each day in the business markets. These issues may stem due to various reasons, but regardless of the different types, one thing that is common to all of them is they are incredibly injurious to the health of the business environment. Several hindrances may pop up just because of the lack of trust for example, the communication may become ineffective , quid pro quo information exchange may become biased an

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Don’t Have the Energy to Leave a Toxic Boss? Why You’d Better

No More Cold Calling

A bad boss is bad for your health. We’ve all heard stories about toxic bosses, and many of us have had one. But I never realized the impact bad managers can have on our health—for example, that it could make us “60% more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke, or other life-threatening cardiac condition.” Yep, that’s what one study showed. And there are other startling ramifications.

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Eight Things Your Customers, Employees, and Loved Ones Have in Common

The Sales Heretic

Your customers are exactly like your employees. And both of them are exactly like the people in your life you love most. In one critically important way: They have the exact same emotional needs. They all want to feel valued and valuable. That means they want to feel: 1. Understood 2. Appreciated 3. Important 4. [.].

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How CEOs Can Shape an Agile Annual Plan to Make the Number

SBI Growth

Is all of your hard work, team offsite meetings, and weeks of collaboration leaving you with a rigid annual plan that looks too much the one from last year? No CEO wants to shape a plan that is too stiff to.

Meeting 168
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Buyer’s Guide: 5 Tough Questions To Ask a Salesforce Managed Services Provider

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.

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5 Reasons to Invest in B2B Conferences and Events

Zoominfo

There’s no way around it—industry conferences and networking events are expensive. As a team manager or executive, it can be difficult to justify this expense. But, live events provide a unique opportunity for your team to network, develop important skills, and ultimately improve your business. Keep reading for our top five reasons to send your employees to a B2B conference or tradeshow this year!

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What Is A Perfect Voicemail for Prospecting?

The Sales Hunter

First off, don’t over complicate it. Your objective is first to generate interest and then get them to return your call. That’s it! Don’t think that your goal is to answer every objective or to even motivate them to immediately buy. You’re not going to do that by leaving one voicemail. That kind of thinking will only suck the life out of you when you don’t see it happening.

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The Sales Presentation: Things to Keep in Mind

Mr. Inside Sales

Here is another excerpt from a really good book on sales I’ve been reading—and quoting from—this summer: “The Salesman’s Book of Wisdom” by Chriswell Freeman. “The Presentation”. “In 1914, Thomas J. Watson, was named president of the company that would come to be known as IBM. Mr. Watson was not only a founding father of the computer industry, he was also a master salesman.

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The Two Truths and a Lie of Prospecting

Anthony Cole Training

Prospecting for salespeople is often a struggle due to varying factors including their ability to stay committed to the process and overcome rejection.

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

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.

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9 Shrewd Negotiation Tips Proven to Close More Deals

Sales Hacker

Negotiating is one of the most important skills salespeople can develop, yet it’s often overlooked. Which is a real problem… Because after you’ve put effort and resources into researching and creating a solid pitch and proposal, it only makes sense to come to the table prepared to negotiate with the prospect. The key is to create a negotiation strategy in advance, which helps you talk about price and other important elements of the deal.

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Should I Have a Presentation to Share When I Am Prospecting?

The Sales Hunter

The answer to this question is a resounding, no! A few weeks ago, I received a prospecting email that contained over 15 different links. Rather than an email, it was a syllabus for a graduate course. I was floored at the email. I’ll admit that it captured my attention simply because of its stupidity. Your focus while prospecting is on uncovering a need and creating confidence.

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Nailing the Essentials of Data Migration for Small Businesses

Nimble - Sales

Data is important for more types of organizations than ever before. No longer are giant corporations the firms that depend the most on big data for decision-making. Small businesses and even nonprofits rely on their data for support in nearly every aspect of their operations. Your small business almost certainly already uses its data about […].

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30 Growth Hacking Tools Your Sales Team Will Love You For

Hubspot Sales

As a sales professional, the rate at which you’re expected to guide prospects through the sales process and drive revenue for your company is likely increasing. Many companies create ambitious targets requiring growth, scalability, and hustle. How do you achieve these goals? Through growth hacking. The term growth hacking refers to strategies aimed at creating scalable growth through improved productivity and efficiency.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

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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For Sales Leaders Only: Top Tips for a World-Class Pipeline Review

Gong.io

It’s Monday morning, and that can only mean one thing – it’s time for your pipeline review. Your team shuffles in reluctantly, yawning, coffee in hand. . Within minutes, most of them are on their laptops or phones, zoned out and waiting to update you on their deals. Everyone rattles off the same thing: a list of their deals, next steps, and forecasts for the month. .

Pipeline 101
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Monday Motivation Video: Power Questions Get Better Answers

The Sales Hunter

Leaders don’t really have all the answers, they just have all the questions. The best way to get the information you need is by asking questions. That it how you create dialogue. Start this week by asking power questions, and I promise you’ll get better answers. Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Sales Motivation Blog. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Result.

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Customer Engagement Strategies to Try in 2019-2020

Nimble - Sales

The speed of development and the profitability of a business depends on the number of clients. For these reasons, companies are spending more and more resources on attracting new customers and increasing the loyalty of existing customers, and on converting consumers from the “user” category to the “business partner” category. Some methods have already proven […].

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The Top 10 Priorities for Sales Leaders in 2020 (and How to Achieve Them) [Infographic]

Hubspot Sales

As we creep closer to the end of the year, it’s natural for sales leaders to reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and to map out their priorities for the year ahead. But what are the matters that are most important to them? The RAIN Group Center for Sales Research asked 423 sales, enablement, and company leaders to find out. What bubbled to the top was fascinating.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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Blaming External Factors for Your Results

Anthony Iannarino

If you look for reasons you can’t do something, your mind will look for evidence to confirm what you want to believe. The question you need to ask yourself is, “Why do you want to believe external forces are preventing you from achieving some outcome or goal?” The answer can be challenging to accept, even though it is true. You look for external factors to explain why you are not responsible for failing to achieve something (or worse, as a reason not to try).

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“Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. They’re Not.” according to Harvard Business Review

Allego

This article originally appeared on hbr.org. Authors: Julia Milner and Trenton Milner. Julia Milner is a professor in leadership, academic director of the Global MBA program at EDHEC Business School in France and an honorary professorial fellow with the Sydney Business School in Australia. Trenton Milner is the general manager of the International Centre for Leadership Coaching.

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How to Motivate Your Team to Achieve Their Highest Potential

Nimble - Sales

Effective team members are crucial to any company’s success. They can shape the vision of the brand, affect the degree of client contentment and, in the long run, the amount of profit the business turns over. What determines the ultimate success or failure of the company is team morale. What Causes Low Team Morale? The […]. The post How to Motivate Your Team to Achieve Their Highest Potential appeared first on Nimble Blog.