SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

The sales field is suffering. Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. When will Sales catch up with Marketing? Sales field alignment with the modern day buyer requires more than lip service. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. Customers are suffering.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 10, 2018

When we ask salespeople how they prepare for making sales calls, most say they might check the company’s website and possibly check the contact’s Linked-In profile, but that’s about it, really. Google The Person You Are Visiting. Google Yourself. What does your Google persona say about you? MTD Sales Training.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. This is flawed.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Increasingly, companies are missing the number because they lack a formal sales strategy. Many are not making the number because a sales strategy is absent. You may be wondering how prepared your sales team is heading into next year. As you plan for next year, a defined sales strategy is a must have. Signs of Trouble.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2018

The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. The rapid pace of change, high levels of uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in business is forcing both executives and managers to look beyond training for their ongoing development needs. Why Executive Sales Coaching . What is Executive Sales Coaching?

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 23, 2024

All salespeople and their managers want to understand the psychology of selling and in fact, is it a highly searched phrase on google. Giving credit where credit is due, The Psychology of Selling is a well-regarded book by legendary sales professional Brian Tracy that should certainly be on every salesperson’s list of must-reads.

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Allego

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In this episode, ResMed’s Senior Learning Strategist Emily Mason discusses the beauty of being a disruptor, the value of “throwing weird things out in the marketplace,” and how to make sales training hyper-personalized. Listen and Subscribe Now: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn. From This Episode.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 12, 2022

it's the same with sales teams. I receive calls and emails that begin with things like "My salespeople are complacent" or "My salespeople need some training on closing" or "My salespeople aren't bringing in enough new business" or "My salespeople need help with negotiating" or "Our team has a lot of stalled opportunities."

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

You’re conducting an online sales presentation to a prospective new customer…. WebEx, Google Hangout, Fuze etc…. Having observed this on so many occasions, if the answer to any of the above questions is in doubt by the customer, the chances are you won’t get the sale. Improve your online sales presentation skills….

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2021

In-person training is hard enough, but now that we’re doing everything virtually, we have to deal with team members working on their second screen or giggling while messaging their team members through slack. Luckily, your sales training doesn’t have to put your team to sleep. ” and all you hear is crickets?

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 15, 2017

I have been in B2B sales so long that I’ve probably forgotten more deals than I remember. It was 20 years ago, when I was working as an account-based sales rep , and I lost the biggest deal of my career. We were thought leaders; we had visibility; and the client loved our solution for advanced sales training.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. It can be a critical step in filling your sales pipeline with great opportunities. Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created. Do you know how you help?

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Anyone who has followed this Blog over the past 15 years knows that other than sales, the only thing I write about nearly as much is baseball. A Google search from within the Blog yields 605 results, and a search on my son playing baseball over the past twelve years yields 208 results. How does that tie into sales?

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 23, 2017

Women have everything it takes to succeed in sales. Ask any B2B sales leader about their lead generation challenges, and you’ll get specific answers about why their teams can’t get access to buyers, how sales processes have gotten too long, or why they’re losing to the competition. Why the Gender Gap in Tech Sales?

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Salespeople love a great sales pitch. I was at one of my clients’ offices this week, Granite LLC , coaching sales team members and meeting with sales leaders – and heard about the massive undertaking that will be happening on Monday. You can mail one to me at the Score More Sales office. 1931 Woodbury Ave.,

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Don’t let your sales team rely too heavily on technology. During the training simulations, our heroes instruct the new guys how to land a space shuttle manually, which the young astronauts think is ridiculous, insisting that with such a great, modern machine, all they need to know is how to make an instrument landing.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Sales organizations need to engage the next generation of rainmakers. ” and makes the case for why younger reps can be great at inside sales. So what does this mean for sales organizations and sales managers ? Articulate that to your millennial sales team and watch them soar. Read the rest of the article.)

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Less frequently do we hear about social media being used by sales reps as a way to identify, connect with, educate, nurture, speak to, and convert prospects — this process is known as social selling. Social Media Training for Sales Reps. Why is it so important to train your sales reps in social selling?

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 23, 2019

With that kind of exposure, sales consultants are missing out big time if they aren’t using the medium effectively. If you have a LinkedIn account, Google yourself now. Put your name and company into Google and see where your LinkedIn account is placed. Remember, google searches are identical to LinkedIn’s search engine.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2018

Author: Bob Junke Recently, I had the honor of being asked by the Sales Enablement Society (SES) to offer my definition of sales enablement as an alternative to the one the SES Definition Working Group came up with. Defining sales enablement is important. Google “sales enablement definition” and you will get plenty of results.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Doing that may well help you get to the next stage in the sale if the person does have influence with the final decision-maker. Check out their LinkedIn credentials, or google them to find other facets of their industry experience. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Women in sales have everything they need to succeed. It’s sneakier than gender discrimination or racial prejudice of old, but just as damaging for careers, relationship-building opportunities, and account based sales teams. The first is Sue, a successful field sales manager in a tech company. Comments were prolific.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 7, 2020

The economy seems to grow in line with the average sales, or is it the other way? Reminds one of the old joke about a salesman introducing technology to a VP of sales. There is no doubting the demonstratable benefits that technology has delivered to sales. That is exactly what many are experiencing with sales.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Google Marketing Live. Google Marketing Live provides an overview of all the new tools, ad formats, reporting features, and any changes coming to Google in the new year. This year’s conference is set for June 1-3 in San Francisco, which is about an hour from Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like prospect research, sales outreach, and professional development. Today, we do the same for sales reps. 2. Sales Hacker.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 1, 2023

This is the third in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Regie helps sales, marketing, and success teams write engaging content faster using AI. Do you agree with that?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

But, what is new is the abundance of video resources now available within Google search results. While this is partially a result of Google’s ownership of YouTube, it’s also due to the sheer amount of video content being published these days. Featured Video: How to Rank on Google for Thousands of Keywords (With One Page).

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Thankfully, B2B sales expert Jill Konrath has solved this problem in her book SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today’s Frazzled Customers. It can be a lot to handle if you’re not equipped with the right sales tactics.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After hours of training, product reviews, company culture rah rahs, and riffling through bags of swag, many employees feel they have officially started their jobs. In addition to monetary cost, more software means more systems to learn, integrate, and train people. New employee onboarding…what joy. Where’s the limit? There is no limit.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

One of the most difficult responsibilities for a B2B marketer is sales enablement. What makes it difficult is the lack of adoption and rejection by sales. The sales field is often critical of any marketing effort. Even when you do everything sales asks for it’s never enough, never right, or simply forgotten.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. New traffic pattern data enabled model training to reduce time-to-destination.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 10, 2018

Google yourself and your company now. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. The post The Best Way To Generate New Leads appeared first on MTD Sales Training. Notice there are two components to that statement: To be found , and to be valuable. First, to be found.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2018

We looked at the sales process. The sales team was jumping on these opportunities, firing back an answer to the prospect’s question – often within minutes – and then following up with a phone call. Understandably, the sales team was frustrated. Time is your most precious asset in sales. Sales is like cooking.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2019

If you’ve worked in sales for any length of time, you know your success is dependent on the quality of your prospect lists. Think about it- you might be the most skilled salesperson at your company, but if you’re reaching out to the wrong people, your sales skills will have no impact on their desire to purchase your product.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. To the prospect who says, “I already have imagery from Google Earth,” we like to tell stories about customers that used older, outdated imagery in the past. When these things align, it can be a great way to clinch a sale. Getting them trained and on-script takes time.

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Allego

APRIL 16, 2021

In episode 23, sales strategist Colleen Francis shares how the pandemic has changed the B2B buyer experience and why teams must adapt and transform their sales strategies to sell more effectively, more profitably, and more productively in all environments. Listen and Subscribe Now: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It does until you take a closer look at their marketing and sales strategy. This is meant for educational and training purposes because of the clear examples and useful insights that can easily be understood by analyzing what they do. Disclaimer: I do not encourage or condone the selling of drugs or anything associated with it.

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