Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We provide rich training on prospecting, qualifying, discovery, questioning, objection handling, closing skills; but too often, even though the right words are coming out of our sellers mouths, nothing is happening. Leveraging the fashionable way of presenting things, the author provided a series of 37 questions to improve discovery calls.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Closing is overrated … I’ve been around long enough to know that a salesperson’s inability to secure business is rarely tied to their inability to close the sale because … the close is the natural culmination of a sale done well. Meeting customer expectations … you may have made the sale but you did not make a customer.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2025

It seems the word “Coaching” has become one of those fashionable words, permeating every discussion. We see Executive Coaching, Career Coaching, Life Coaching, Performance Coaching, Business Coaching, Health/Wellness Coaching, Agile/Team Coaching, Sales Coaching, Spiritual Coaching, Dietary Coaching, and on an on and on.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 15, 2023

If you’re a salesperson you need to deliver superior levels of service to your prospects and customers so these tips will really help you to achieve just that. If you are unable to communicate in this fashion with your customers, then you will certainly lose a ton of business and will quickly gain a negative reputation in your industry.

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Sales Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

sales professionals we have never been in control of the economy, government regulation, or our customer’s behavior. Every depressing piece of information which suggests your customers might be resistant to buy becomes another subconscious reason not to reach out to a new prospect. Read the classics. Optimism is contiguous.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 9, 2025

I have always been a strong believer in doing research prior to engaging with a client or prospect. Sales Training and Assessments : He offers tailored sales training programs and supports clients with new salesperson hiring, including interviews and pre-hire assessments. I hope that you will find this interesting!

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Sales Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That is simply outdated and ineffective prospecting. I know, I know, people tell me all the time that faxes are old fashioned and that no one uses them anymore, but that’s exactly the point. You need to prove through your actions that it’s imperative that your prospects speak with you or at least give you some feedback.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 15, 2025

Now, Im old fashioned. I havent used CRM for over 25 years because it keeps me better organized, on-track, and better able to build relationships with clients and prospects. How many sales would you need to make in order to justify Nimble and my services? Rather, because Nimble CRM does that and more, it makes me money!

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 15, 2025

As an entrepreneur, small business owner, or even executive, how can you shore up against the onslaught of uncertainty and outright panic among your prospects? Our world has shifted, and prospects are weary of so-called experts who use words like must and should. Todays insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale!

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

However, trend analytics and forecasting can also be completed by sales and marketing teams, growth experts, and product development managers. The best way to demonstrate this benefit is to share an anecdote from Ryan Murphy , the Sales Operations Manager at Upfront Operations. Sales trends. Why Is Trend Forecasting Beneficial?

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Mass email these days seems to mostly go into prospects’ spam filters (0.01% response rates etc.). Due to some people figuring this out the success rates of getting through to people via email and social media platforms seems to be dropping every year. One tactical idea is to go “retro”. Pick up a pen! Beautiful handwriting.

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Fashion Social Media Social Selling Media 279

Sales 2.0

APRIL 6, 2014

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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The Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

With regularity, most active sales trainers and I get the following question: “When is the best time to prospect?”. First, wanting to stay real and all, what they are really looking for is either a reason not to prospect or absolution from having not prospected for a while for all the wrong and usual reasons.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Mass email these days seems to mostly go into prospects’ spam filters (0.01% response rates etc.). Due to some people figuring this out the success rates of getting through to people via email and social media platforms seems to be dropping every year. One tactical idea is to go “retro”. Pick up a pen! Beautiful handwriting.

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Fashion Social Media Social Selling Media 150

Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2020

You may easily say “yes” but if I look at real sales people’s actions over the course of a couple of decades, I see that their actions say “no”. He is cartoonist and sends cartoons to his prospects but our mutual friend Dan Waldschmidt sends swords! You will have to try a bunch of approaches and repeat some of them many times.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fashion Sales Qualified Lead 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

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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2019

In every cultural ritual, say like sales, that unfolds over and over, not just for the individuals involved in it day to day, selling and buying, buying and selling, and over again; people tend to see events as they unfold, through their narrow set of filters. Share Tweet Share 2. By Tibor Shanto. The bias they bring drives what they see.

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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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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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