SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Marketing leaders can gain a competitive advantage by executing a high value exercise Develop a Persona Ecosystem. For marketing leaders tasked with acquiring new customers this is the most valuable exercise you will perform all year. Sales leaders if you want more leads in 2013, forward this blog post to your peer in marketing.).

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2019

For sales, that common purpose something other than an “enemy.” The common goal in sales is winning your prospect’s prospect. Again, this makes the people your prospect is trying to win, your responsibility as well. Our prospects’ buyer’s objectives and requirements are the common and crucial factor.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 5, 2018

Here are a few sales training exercises to liven up your sales training. The goal of sales training is to give salespeople a set of skills and tools that radically improves their sales performance. In fact, up to 85% of sales training fails to deliver a positive ROI. Sales Training Exercises: 1.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 1, 2019

Prospecting does not have to be painful nor does it have to be as hard as you think. Sales and prospecting is not a slimy or ugly activity like some people describe it. I count prospecting and sales as an honor. When you prospect with integrity, you’ll gain customers who have integrity.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Heres how the sales role play usually goes: The manager gathers the team and tells them that they will be doing some role-playing to prepare for an upcoming presentation. One of the exercises in this book covers what most people think they already know how to do. The second exercise was too artificial to learn from. The Ringer.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2017

Proactive Prospecting Summer – Part 6. In this segment of Proactive Prospecting Summer, we look at the importance of the unspoken in prospecting calls. Telephone prospecting, after all, is an exercise in communication. The post Prospecting Dynamics appeared first on Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2019

Many of these people make their living playing sports… but sales isn’t so different. So why isn’t practice an important part of our sales careers? Why aren’t we spending hours honing our conversational tactics, perfecting our pitches and learning to guide buyers through the sales journey? That place is role play. Role Reversal.

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The Pipeline

JULY 6, 2017

Many in sales look at summer as a time where they can slow down a bit, reflecting what they believe to be the pace of things around them. Every Thursday in July and August, the posts in the Pipeline will focus on a specific element in Proactive Prospecting. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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The Pipeline

JULY 21, 2014

You know sales is a lot like politics, some are isolationists, others realize we live in a big world with plenty of room for all to thrive, and not always at the expense of others, I guess these would be the inclusionary camp. Grab your Proactive Prospecting Call-Flow Chart. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 27, 2017

I’ve been working on growing sales for over 30 years. First with Nautilus Exercise Equipment, then in the insurance business and for the last 23 years with Anthony Cole Training Group. It’s been at least 25 years since I heard David Sandler, on a cassette tape, say; “there’s no such thing as bad prospects, just bad salespeople.”

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 7, 2024

If you would like to instantly improve your selling skills—and so your open and close rate—you can do so by taking just a few minutes to complete the following exercise (don’t worry, it’s easy and fun!). Closing the sale: Closed ended: “Do you have any questions?” ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A Simple Exercise to Understand Your Customers' Values Solving customer needs are core to any business. Let’s talk about that in this episode. David Priemer had the opportunity to work with Salesforce and saw how sales machines were built operationally and culturally. It will help them elevate their sales game.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 14, 2024

Hiring sales superstars is critical to building a high-performance sales team. These tools are designed to assess and predict, providing a scientific basis for forecasting a sales candidate’s success. They help identify cultural fit, manage different sales approaches, and offer developmental feedback.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2024

But even though having a productive LinkedIn presence is one of the bigger “no-brainers” in sales, a lot of reps struggle to leverage the platform to its full potential. Here's a look at the “clear strategy” I use to ensure I get the most out of my LinkedIn prospecting efforts. Engage your prospects by leaving active comments.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 21, 2021

If you’re like most of the sales managers we talk to, you’re looking for a repeatable, effective sales prospecting process. Or maybe you have no idea what’s going on with your team’s prospecting – it’s a black hole that randomly produces opportunities. Plan Your Prospecting Activity. Track Your Prospecting.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 30, 2021

Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to get them to open up about how they’re feeling and what you might need to concentrate on? If you’re a manager, this is a great exercise for a sales meeting. You could do two: one for prospecting and one for the close.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

No doubt you’ve changed the way you shop, exercise, eat, travel, watch movies, and more. What Your Prospects Aren't Telling You. Here are three strategies you can leverage right now to enhance your customer experience and make prospects feel like doing business with you. I’ll bet you have, too. Create T-Shirt Moments.

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 17, 2020

The question as to which prospecting method is the most effective can be answered in two ways. The first answer is that cold calling is the fastest and most direct method to acquire a meeting in B2B sales, even though many salespeople wrongly believe that email alone is a better choice. Inbound or Outbound?

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 9, 2014

I think this email has several ingredients you could use in your email prospecting. Nigel, I’m a young entrepreneur looking for your input as you are a sales 2.0 Imagine that you have 5 brilliant data-scientists that can build software to automatically research your prospects and their company before any sales meeting.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2018

One of the most enlightening and personal sales operations exercises that any rep can do is to build their own sales velocity equation. In fact, even before sellers join a company, it can be extremely helpful to ask your prospective employer about the current sales velocity of their organization.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Sales buzzwords are as abundant as bees in summer, and they’re so overused that they’ve lost all their sting. Sales buzzwords are meaningless at best, and annoying at worst. In sales, it’s nonspecific and ineffective. It’s also more than a little insulting to your prospects. Sales is about making connections that count.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Prospecting is a unique skill set, this is why hunters are always in greater demand and earn more than people who can sell but can’t prospect. One quality is knowing when and what to bring to bear to move the sale forward, what resources you really need and which are superfluous or a distraction.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Coming to the final article in our series on sales ethics, let’s now cover its most practical aspect: sales ethics characteristics. The Critical Role of Character in a New Era of Sales explores this subject in depth. This proverb particularly applies to sales, saying, “Make the most of every opportunity.”

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 17, 2014

Let''s start today by looking at a couple findings from the Objective Management Group Sales Force Evaluation: Will Prospect. Prospects Consistently. The difference between the two findings is this: Will Prospect - this is a sales person that will prospect as long as they are managed to do so. 6 to 7 (6.5)

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

If virtual sales training was ever needed, this was the time. The importance of eye contact in sales (even virtual sales) can’t be overstated. Without it, your prospects figure you’re not interested, and they tune out. Early on in the pandemic, there was a learning curve as we all adjusted to virtual sales meetings.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

Looking for a prospecting email template you can easily personalize and that works for almost any situation? That’s key, because as you and I both know, if you’re sending a prospecting email to just one prospect, you might be able to write an email so personal that the recipient may mistake you for a childhood friend.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 26, 2021

The familiar expression “measure twice, cut once”, has validity in B2B sales as well. Not just know, but plan for and manage like any other element of sales success. As we have explored in a different context, the answer is not always more prospects. You can focus on improving other variables of the sale.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. But in the modern sales landscape, more and more salespeople have started reforming their behavior. Identify In this stage, salespeople do research to start the sales process with prospects who seem like good fits.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

That’s why HG Insights created The Next Generation of Sales AI report — to calm the FOMO and help you bring AI to your GTM teams. It includes a breakdown of the Sales AI landscape, adoption of GenAI and Sales software across buyer groups. Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. You’re not alone.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 17, 2022

Jeffrey Gitomer tells a great story about how he once bet a client his entire training fee on whether there were more than eight objections their sales team got on a regular basis. 7: #8: Turns out, this company’s “complicated sale” had just six objections they got 90% of the time. Make it easy on yourself and do this exercise today.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Some people have told me it’s hard to get themselves to believe in such a big number, and they just tune out of the whole exercise as a result. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! The post How’s That Sales Number Going? appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. The ability to do so is truly in your hands.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Why Relationships Matter in Sales: Think about your current customers, past customers and even solid prospects. Now, go back and look at your list of customers and prospects again. If you’re serious about relationships and their value in sales and business, repeat this exercise with everyone that you work with in your company.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. Good sales pipeline management can protect the health of your bottom line.

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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Handling rejection in sales is just as important as prospecting and pitching. A unique approach for handling rejection in sales To get away from the “no means no” mentality, sellers need to adjust how they approach rejection. This cuts down on chasing a prospect who will never pan out.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Sales people have to prospect! At least that was the case in 1983 when I was selling Nautilus exercise equipment, and it still is today even as president of Anthony Cole Training Group. I know this is not a great revelation, and you are probably wondering why I would even add this to the list of truths about sales people.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 17, 2019

I know how unfashionable it is to say this, but I hate prospecting. According to many pundits/sales experts, it is the secret to sales success. We are supposed to love and revel in prospecting. I get it, if our pipelines are empty, we have to find new opportunities and we do this through prospecting.

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 15, 2024

But here’s a sales skills tip: When feeling bored, stop and find an alternate use of your mind. The Best Sales Skills Tips Include a Workaround for Boredom Like many physical, yet subtle indicators, boredom sends us a warning. Significantly, this exercise was designed to find the ‘task-carry-over-effects’ of boredom.

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