The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2021

But most sales professionals don’t approach question in a strategic fashion, meaning going beyond the obvious. But done right, there are dimensions to questions that can help in prospecting and lead to a more meaningful Discovery. Your Swiss Sales Knife. Bad as with any weapon it comes down to how and why.

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Fashion Campaigns Outbound Quota 329

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As you finalise your 2014 sales plans, it is good idea to review and commit to some of the basics. Some of these may not be fashionable, on the other hand nothing is more fashionable in sales than exceeding quota. Volume of Sales. Size of Sale – Refers to the specific size of the order, specifically in two forms.

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Scale Fashion Margin Sales Cycle 296

MTD Sales Training

JUNE 28, 2012

There are a million tips all over the world on what to do to help you close the sale. In addition, in some places, like here at MTD Sales Training, you will find some very sophisticated and powerful closing processes that will help you be more successful. Never Force the Prospect to Make a Logical Decision. Emotion vs. Logic.

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Closing Fashion Proposal Education 280

Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Prospecting during these uncertain times has been a popular topic. This is because prospecting in person—whether at a networking event, an association meeting, or through old-fashioned door-knocking—is just not happening anymore. Thus, how do we prospect effectively during these difficult … Read More »

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Prospecting Fashion Strategy Networking 155

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Before we dive in, let’s take a quick look at the most-prospected-to industries. For sellers, context is everything.

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Company Prospecting Oracle Transportation 156

MTD Sales Training

JUNE 12, 2012

A great sales meeting can uplift the sales team, create sales momentum and stimulate teamwork and unity. While creating a good sales meeting is not easy, it is quite simple. Integrate the following three key ingredients, and you will have better success in your sales meetings! #1: Sean McPheat MTD Sales Training.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Fashion Education 274

MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 23, 2012

Whenever the idea of a planned presentation comes up, usually the first thing sales people think about is a “canned script.” In a canned script, I am referring to the old-fashioned, smile-and-dial era, word-for-word, rehearsed, “ Pitch.” Such was a primary tool of sales people, in particular telemarketers, years ago.

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Telemarketing Fashion Exact Education 271

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2021

The pandemic changed the day-to-day processes of the B2B sales organization practically overnight when the world went 100% digital. A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020.

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Survey Top of Funnel Scale Fashion 246

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

In sales, the easy street is paved with landmines. Buying lists won’t boost your sales, but referrals will. Picture a world where we can buy lists of qualified leads and convert each one into a new sale. Companies that sell lists of sales leads promise instant access to decision-makers in your target markets.

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Referrals Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 222

Sales 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2024

We may be entering a “new, new era” of selling—an era that takes us back to good old-fashioned relationship selling. Up to this point many of the tools available to sales teams have encouraged volume-based sales techniques, like mass emailing and cold calling. We will use fewer cold approach techniques.

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Lead Rank Fashion Cold Calling Call-back 195

The Pipeline

JUNE 14, 2013

People always want to present themselves as being unique or different, even as they are lined up overnight for the latest iGadget , all adorned in the latest gadget-ware from Fashion Star. So I am rarely surprised when sales people tell they or their products are different. Sales Process Sales Skills'

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Sales Qualified Lead Fashion Top of Funnel Lead Rank 288

Sales 2.0

MAY 12, 2017

The first number is the number of emails I get as a marketing manager each quarter from sales people. The second number is the number of phone calls I get from sales people each quarter. The last number is the number of letters and notes I receive from sales people each quarter. Yes, this is still the Sales 2.0

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Prospecting Fashion Banking Commission 150

The Pipeline

MARCH 20, 2017

Sales like many other crafts, vocations, or professions, continues to evolve, or should. Some developments come along and become the rave for a while, only to fade after a time when they are proven ineffective, this is the first F, as in Fashionable. And there is no shortage of talk in sales).

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Fashion Cold Calling Call-back Follow-up 189

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

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Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

I was trying to contact a prospect and couldn’t find the company phone number on their website. Maybe it’s old-fashioned, but the phone works. When companies make it difficult for their prospects to buy, they lose business without knowing it. Stop confusing your buyers. I was so frustrated.

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Loyalty Customer Cold Calling Fashion 249

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Some things in sales can be called by various names without much consequence, the underlying subject being very much the same, prospect – potential buyer, information gathering – discovery, and many others; it comes down to words not actions or outcomes.

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Pipeline Opportunity Top of Funnel Funnel 244

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 11, 2019

Author: Tessa Burg In a perfect world, your sales team and your marketing team work side by side to find and close customers. In the real world, however, less than half of companies believe their sales and marketing teams are in any sort of alignment at all. This, in turn, will help smooth the sales process.

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CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Data 289

SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

You will learn if you possess the relevant skills of an “A” player sales leader. Dave was promoted to be Acme’s VP of Sales for the Americas. He did it as a District Sales Manager. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. In the first 6 months he: Did monthly pipeline reviews with every sales manager.

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Promotion Fashion Trends B2B 310

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This was a tip I learned from one of the most favorite of my 21 sales managers over my selling career – a former IBM top sales rep and leader who would say this so regularly that it was ingrained in my 20-something brain and has been there ever since. Prospects and buyers are so busy. Do that, and your sales will GROW.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Persona 222

Pointclear

MARCH 4, 2014

Ironically, we often see a huge pile of entries in the “lead” part of the sales funnel in some of our client’s CRM records. What good are unqualified leads to your sales staff? If your company shows this kind of pattern in its sales funnel, you’d be better off focusing on finding fewer, better prospects. Time kills sales.

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Inbound Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Qualification 250

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 16, 2018

The best prospecting strategies require a human touch. Far too many sales reps do. Perhaps if what you’re doing isn’t working, new sales techniques are in order? McKinsey summarizes this challenge in “ The secret to making it in the digital sales world: The human touch.” What Sales PEOPLE Bring to the Table.

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Fashion Buying Cycle Cold Calling Social Media 219

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 26, 2019

I was surprised to hear him talk about the fact that his company was now embracing specialist sales roles. The CMO said this “breakthrough” strategy was the foundation of the company’s sales and marketing plans. The days of the sales generalist are over. The time spent with sales is decreasing.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Customer Lead Rank 229

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Prior to learning about healthy eating, I believed a bagel was a healthy alternative to a donut. Demos and presentations are the sales equivalent of sugar (we like them and they make us feel good.) Sales has changed dramatically. Most salespeople haven't seen the light either.

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Fashion Consultative Selling Face-to-face Forecasting 251

Pointclear

MAY 15, 2013

As CEO of UK-based Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners , Bob works with the leadership teams of technology-based B2B-focused companies, enabling them to make the critical connections between their marketing messages, their sales conversations, their true differentiators, and their customer''s priorities. Seuss'' The Cat in the Hat”.

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Top of Funnel Opportunity Closing Film 248

The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2020

As sales professionals, we need to be cognizant of this while approaching prospects. With many prospects lacking visibility in 2021, forecasting will be more of a black art than ever. Distraction is something you will need to deal with on every prospecting call. Good Enough. Catching Up. Go To The Club.

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Face-to-face Penetration Fashion Forecasting 258

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

What can we learn from our ancestors about connecting with prospects and clients? We’ve simply forgotten what we know to be true: Face-to-face cannot be replaced —not in life, and certainly not in sales. In sales, your relationships are your meal ticket. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business'

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Wireless Face-to-face Fashion Cold Calling 274

Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Prospecting, seeking new opportunities and clients, is an integral part of sales. However, when it comes to prospecting, many salespeople experience fear. A driver of performance anxiety, it can lead to sales slumps, missed quota, and restricted pipelines. Always think of prospecting from the prospect’s point of view.

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Prospecting Cold Calling Call-back Lead Rank 118

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Smarter Prospecting in Less Time For experienced sales professionals, using ZoomInfo for the first time often feels like discovering a secret; after spending years going door-to-door, suddenly having a world of information at your fingertips can be an invigorating experience. Meeting people face-to-face was a valuable experience.

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Prospecting Hiring Face-to-face Intent Data 130

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2017

Author: John Bennett, Sales & Business Development Leader with Peak 10 Sales success is about much more than converting prospects to customers. Helping customers and prospects manage the shifting needs of their organizations in a world of rapid technological change is difficult. A lot of variables impact the sales cycle.

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Call-back Film Fashion ACT 276

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. Disrupt, disruptive innovation, disruptive technology: These seem to be the fashionable phrases from 2013, and I say we leave them there. How about you?

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Fashion Cold Calling Pivotal Quota 207

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In most sales jobs, prospecting is the key to success. But prospecting is not easy ( per Vengreso 73% of sales people say it’s the hardest part of selling). It’s really great for our long term success as sales people, in fact in most sales roles essential, but it’s also easy to procrastinate about doing it.

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Social Media Energy Fashion Exercises 170

Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2020

At ZoomInfo, we care about the sales numbers, but we know to get there we must: Always. When you rush to close a sale, you don’t have the time to harness key insights about your prospects — leaving you high and dry during your sales calls. These tidbits can be the difference between an average sale and a humongous deal.

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Cold Calling How To Exact Campaigns 207

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I''ll get to it but first bear with me. Last week I was driving into Boston to lead our Fall Sales Leadership Intensive. To me, the concept that salespeople entertain their clients in that fashion sounded very 70''s. I have the comment in quotes but I might have a word or two wrong.

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Trade Show Fashion Sports Sales Leadership 230

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Can we agree that despite many claims to the contrary, there is no single proven method for continuous success in B2B sales? That’s neither good nor bad, but an honest way to start looking at a real problem is sales today. I get it, it is core to the human experience, but is it a core requirement for every sale? You Liked That?

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Hiring Fashion Facebook Pivotal 286

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I recently witnessed an “influencer” from a leading social platform, stand on stage, in front of thousands of sales professionals and leaders, and with a straight face, in fact with great conviction, exclaimed how “a change of job status, is an ‘insight’!” Insight, seriously? What does “all the time” mean? of the time.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 258

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 11, 2017

As most of you know I am a regular proponent of making cold calling part of your prospecting mix. Beyond the logic of expanding your tool kit to include all things that lead to engagement, how you engage with your prospects will very much inform and shape the conversation you have with prospects. www.TiborShanto.com.

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Cold Calling Fashion Inbound Buyer 174

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

For sales, 2020 brought on restrictions and social distancing, leading to less face-to-face interactions and remote sales. Not only did sellers make almost all their sales online, they also had to be cognizant of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their customers’ financial standings.

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Face-to-face Proposal Fashion ROI 177