Jonathan Farrington

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

My Epiphany of Almost “Damascus Highway” Proportions. Whilst I cannot claim to have experienced an epiphany of “Damascus Highway” proportions, it did cause me to make fundamental changes to the way I conducted business. Published by Jonathan Farrington at 2:12 am under General. One response so far.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Or, the biz card or professional profile on LinkedIn is full of marketing and sales spiel and lingo which appears light-hearted and almost self-deprecating, with pseudo-titles created for what they do. Then again, how many of us see the word “sales person” and arrive at a snap judgment about that individual?

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Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

But here is the epiphany I had in working with these focus groups and capturing their issues and insights: Customer Relationship Management has been hijacked by software technology. Instead they talk about ‘customer experience’ initiatives and CRM is merely one piece of the puzzle (marketing automation, portals, mobility, social, etc.).

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SugarCRM

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Along the way, we have seen the term “CRM” change and grow to include many concepts like sales force automation, customer service automation, marketing automation, and many, many other related software categories. Thirty years ago, CRM software meant tracking contacts and sales deals on your laptop with Act, Goldmine, or Siebel.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 20, 2019

It’s difficult to stay inspired, relevant, and creative in B2B marketing. Even if your company sells to a very niche market, there’s a wide variety of worthwhile blog topics that will engage your target audience. Share an epiphany you’ve had in your personal or professional life. Discuss your marketing strategy.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 14, 2017

Sales stupidity is not a competitive, professional option. In fact, sales stupidity never was a viable professional or organizational option. For starters, sales stupidity is not confined to the sales profession. For starters, sales stupidity is not confined to the sales profession. Here’s why.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 28, 2014

Sales Tip: Understand the Value of Your Offering to Your Prospect. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. They had an epiphany! As a result, they modified their approach to their market. Need some help to increase sales?

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 25, 2019

Sales Expert interview covers: Traps we fall into and create. Epiphany breakthroughs get you to a new level of thinking. John is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the World’s Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling.

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Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Besides, these statements are created by organizational committee (or the marketing department). Often, value propositions get lost within departmentally-specific silos and marketing and sales campaigns. And that epiphany becomes the key to innovating themselves out of their current, status quo resting state.

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Openview

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Scaling a sales organization is both exciting and a little terrifying. Having been in sales for thirty-eight years, I know there’s a lot on the line, and a lot of things that can go wrong if you don’t know what you’re doing. Additionally, curating your sales content is critical. It’s not rocket science but it’s work.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 25, 2018

DiscoverOrg’s content strategist, Charity Heller, sat down with Schuck to ask about how he has handled DiscoverOrg’s evolution in the marketing and sales intelligence industry, from a scrappy startup to the industry heavyweight. If it fed the sales team for a day, or a week, or a month – great. Stuff like that.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 22, 2018

First, when many of us experience this professional epiphany, it takes our breath away. Her speaking programs combine her training as a STEM design thinker, Six Sigma Green Belt and Voice of the Customer practitioner with her background in new product development, startups, market research and sales.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 24, 2015

Sales Tips: Making Sense of Vague Advice. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. After graduating from college, IBM spent a year teaching me about computers for the SMB market, business fundamentals and selling skills. It was a mountain to climb.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 24, 2022

Our second episode of Ready, Set, Sell , recently aired featuring Alice Heiman, Founder & Chief Sales Energizer of Sales Strategies for CEOs with Alice Heiman. Re-framing sales for modern customers. What makes a world-class sales organization. How sales leaders can level up their teams (Hint: coaching is key).

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2017

A common mantra for many sales strategies is to "Engage earlier and higher". So does this strategy have real merit, and if so, how do you best enable your sales reps to be successful? First, does it really make a difference if sales reps engage earlier? Execs don’t want a sales rep that shows-up and throws-up.

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Chili Piper

AUGUST 27, 2018

I was looking for some serendipitous, universe-conspiring epiphany that made all the other schools look dwarf in their karate “skillness” in comparison to the one he chose. There were times as a sales rep where I could have immediately made the buyer’s life better but didn’t. Slow lead response times.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

Despite my shortcomings, in less that two years I was promoted to sales manager and until twelve years ago, all I did was manage sales reps. A prospecting epiphany. The business that I went back into was one that I loved but, I had not been in that market, even as a sales manager, for three or four years.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Chili Piper

AUGUST 27, 2018

I was looking for some serendipitous, universe-conspiring epiphany that made all the other schools look dwarf in their karate “skillness” in comparison to the one he chose. There were times as a sales rep where I could have immediately made the buyer’s life better but didn’t. Slow lead response times. Subscribe here.

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Velocify

MAY 31, 2012

After this epiphany moment, I begin to more actively listen and found that there is so much chatter in the world around us from mainstream media, social media, and casual interactions with co-workers, friends and family. Through this experience I learned that people don’t often know what they need, they just know what they want.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I’ve a terrific marketing assistant (Ashley) who helps with a lot of our marketing and client management stuff. The Four Steps To The Epiphany by Steve Blank. Lean Sales And Marketing — Making Workflow Visible The Discovery A Virtual Sales MBA Part 2. I outsource as much as I can.

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Keith Rosen

JULY 8, 2017

This includes inferior products, services, resources, sales processes, CRM’s, closing techniques, technology, presentation tools, your sales cycle even a mediocre sales team. Okay, maybe not the epiphany you’re looking for yet, right? Nothing new and mind-blowing?

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 19, 2018

We were targeting large enterprises and the sales people that worked for me understood that sales success is largely derived from having the right relationships with people, and they also talked about strategy; but when I quizzed any of them about what 'strategy' actually meant in the real world, each was like a deer in the headlights.

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Jonathan Farrington

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Whilst I cannot claim to have experienced an epiphany of “Damascus Highway” proportions, it did cause me to make fundamental changes to the way I conducted business. The very best sales professionals will not pursue the opportunity, after proper objective analysis, if the answer to any of those questions is “No”.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 28, 2022

Today, with uncertain markets and unforeseen challenges, sellers must be better storytellers. Here are ways to master your own sales storytelling: Know Your Audience. As all sales approaches are not for all clients, some stories are NSFW—not suitable for work. Before beginning any story, know your audience. Famous last words.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

Even so, my sales book collection is mounting, thanks to the privilege of hosting Vengreso’s Modern Selling Podcast. Because I interview some of the world’s top influencers and authors, I knew I had to come up with a resource list of the best sales books for 2023. In fact, I find books a little overwhelming at times.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 2, 2018

The Best Sales Movies of All Time. Kurt Russell plays a hotshot used car hustler who dreams of running for state senate in Robert Zemeckis’s outrageous sales satire. Playing the manager in charge of doling out prospective sales leads, Kevin Spacey’s cold-blooded smarm has rarely been more effective. Used Cars (1980).

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Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 20, 2019

However, then they have a professional epiphany. Otherwise, pre-sale promises and specifications continue to be lost in post-sale transition. Her programs are forged from her background as a STEM professional in clinical research, new product development, market research and sales. Find out more right here.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 4, 2018

If you’ve worked inside a sales organization for even a short time, you have probably experienced ethical dissonance. “If That’s how things work in sales. Don’t put all the blame on aggressive, amoral sales reps. The Volkswagen Group generated sales revenue of €202.5 The DM didn’t care because his boss didn’t care.

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