The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2012

During the past two weeks I posted a couple of posts that if put in to practice, could help sales people overcome one of the most common challenges faced by sales professionals. The two posts were 8 By 8 and 5 After 5 , and Your Most Important Sales Appointment , both emphasizing the need for a disciplined approach to prospecting.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 4, 2019

If your focus is to take advantage of people and somehow deprive them of money or live up to people’s bad perceptions of sales, then you will struggle. Just as a farmer plants in the spring and harvests months later, you as the salesperson will also need time to grow a lead and harvest a customer. Sales Motivation Blog.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 7, 2013

Are sales reps being squeezed out of the equation? Gleaning was a practice where farmers left some of their crops in the field post-harvest. Leave gleaning to the farmers (agrarian type - not the sales type). As a sales rep, you can’t rely solely on Marketing to develop your presence. With that change came concern.

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SBI Growth

MAY 10, 2013

The Cry for More Content from the Sales Field. CMO’s are constantly reminded by the sales field’s cry for new content. Prospective customers research solutions and wait until late in the buying process to engage sales reps. Sales leaders are pushing their teams to engage earlier in the process.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 25, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan You get more bang for your buck on Fridays! And over at Top Sales World , my article on the premature announcement that SPIN Selling is dead is one of the top 10 articles for last week. You still need the harvest to eat. Head over there for a great read! But it stops there folks.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

On Monday, in the first post of this series , we defined “cold calling”, and looked at overlooked real opportunities for sales and revenues one misses when not including cold calling in their biz dev routine. Some can sustain their career from harvesting their base, even as their companies are starving for new customers. Tibor Shanto.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 5, 2017

If you have one or more global accounts—large companies with a global footprint—it’s important to approach them globally – but this is a tall order for a busy sales department, especially among newer companies where any account-based approach has a learning curve. What is global account-based sales development? View a video?

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SBI

APRIL 25, 2011

The lead farm—it may not sound very sexy at first hearing, but its function and resources are critical success factors in overcoming challenges that prevent B2B sales and marketing groups from operating at peak efficiency and delivering full revenue potential. A resource and functionality gap between marketing and sales.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 19, 2018

Author: George Kriza, CEO, MTCPerformance For most large resellers or distributors, sales incentive programs for internal sales teams get little attention from top financial executives inside their organizations. That surcharge is a shared burden by the vendor and the sales employee. Typically, the total spread is 25 percent.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2018

He used the Sales Force. Why did the marketer fail at honey harvesting? Marketer: Can’t we just use AI to manage our sales funnel for us? We hope these jokes help lighten your mood, relieve some stress, and maybe even spark some creative marketing ideas. Let’s get into it! 35+ Marketing Jokes to Brighten Your Day.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Top sales performers have this sales leadership talent of persistence to probably the 10th if not higher power. These individuals understand how to build mutually beneficial relationships, listen for their clients’ value perception and then continue to harvest sales referrals and new sales leads long after that first earned sale.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 28, 2018

My dad took the compliment and said that he picked it up at Great Harvest. A few years ago, I sat down to a delicious meal prepared by my parents (well, mostly prepared by my mom, but when dad is on the grill, he gets some credit too). I remarked on how fresh the bread tasted. Suddenly, he had a far-off look in his eyes. They were the best.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Tuesday we enter the “final half” of the sales year, the unofficial intermission that is summer comes to a figurative end, and harvest season is upon us. Now if you did a good job of ploughing, seeding and nurturing (even fertilizing), in the spring, you are truly in a position to harvest.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 15, 2012

some Mesopotamian farmers made the astonishing discovery that bread wasn’t the only thing they could make from harvested grain. Need more convincing about this sales tip of “everything is a story? One afternoon back in 10,000 B.C., Credit www.sxc.hu.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 19, 2014

A glorious, gleaming, Harvest moon. Yet in life, sometimes the easiest way to be inspired is to just open your mind and observe what is happening around you. For me, nature is still probably one of the greatest sources of inspiration. A beautiful sunset. Sunlight gleaming through the stained glass windows on a Sunday morning.

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The Pipeline

JULY 30, 2019

Done well we can plant seeds during this stage that we can more efficiently harvest when they are in Active mode. But that value has to be situational, based on the client’s situation, not your quota, and indeed not product related. Even Less Receptive.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 28, 2020

What you plant now, you will harvest later.". -Og > 5 Sales Trends COVID-19 Has Accelerated: And Why they're Here to Stay– Sales Hacker. When COVID-19 first hit the United States in March, many sales organizations thought the adjustments they had to make would be temporary. - MOTIVATION -. Always do your best.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 20, 2018

Most sales and marketing teams are looking for ways to generate more leads. It's likely a daily discussion for most of us, but have you ever considered that your sales reps need fewer leads—or more accurately, fewer raw, unfiltered, unqualified leads. The overall result is often wasted marketing dollars and wasted sales time.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 20, 2024

The old stereotypes and some that were prevalent when I started selling include that backslapping sales person, with the latest jokes, who focused on becoming a “buddy.” Unless we are alone on an island harvesting coconuts for our meals, we get things done through and with other people.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This has become a lost craft in the day of sales disintegration, i.e., SaaS sales. While this may not be noticed in offerings with one or two functions, it impacts more layered sales that tailored or specifically integrated or implemented. That kind of sale involves more, more of everything, including effort.

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Score More Sales

MAY 25, 2010

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Sure – or what is more likely you’ll get a partial capacity harvest. Lori Richardson. --> Score More Sales can help your organization increase revenues and profits through a custom blend of tactical consulting , focused training , and interactive speaking engagements.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. They say you can’t shrink your way to success, but perhaps there are situations in sales where you can. Sales Success , Territory Alignment.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Just like listening to a conversation in a language you don’t know, without context, information is simply various data points – which means the silos of Big Data you’ve purchased or harvested, waiting to be leveraged by some brave salesperson or marketer, are just silos full of noise. This is a two-way analogy. to sell the solution).

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Zoominfo

MARCH 13, 2019

There are tons of time-tracking apps, including Toggl , Harvest , and RescueTime , designed to help you monitor how you spend your time at work. To learn more about ZoomInfo, contact our sales team today! Leverage these tools to assess your energy levels and prioritize your peak performance hours.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

You plant before you harvest. Labor is a love affair for growing forward, becoming the best you can be. Ralph Ransom is quoted as saying: “Before the reward there must be labor. You sow in tears before you reap joy.”

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2018

Inspirational Sales Quotes: "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. What you plant now, you will harvest later." -Og What you plant now, you will harvest later." - Og Mandino. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas Edison. Always do your best. Og Mandino. Jim Cathcart.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Where harvesting is not just work. Bernadette McClelland is CEO of 3 Red Folders – a modern day saleswoman and keynote speaker on business growth, personal leadership and sales performance. Book your Conference or Sales Kick Off Meeting today! Farewelling a local ever after. I love a sunburnt country. The post On The Road!

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The 60 Second Sales Coach! And if he leaves, there will be no one else who can take care of our farm, our animals, and harvest our crops.”. Download Keith’s New book, FREE! Would you say you’re a lucky or unlucky person? Do you know someone who, whatever they touch, turns to gold? So, do you have good luck or bad luck?

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Allego

JUNE 29, 2021

2020 was a transformational year for sales organizations. The challenges caused by COVID-19 launched a boom in virtual selling and an estimated 90% of B2B sales are now virtual. > > Watch Now: How to Use Rep-Centric Sales Enablement to Future-Proof Your Revenue Engine. This data reveals the impact of the pandemic.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This planning will pay dividends long into the future, as the process can be used not only to harvest the wisdom of retirees but of any top performer at the company. This impact crosses corporate functions, but is especially concerning for sales teams. Replicating “A” Players. Capturing and Sharing Institutional Knowledge.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If you’re like most marketers, you’ve got a full production calendar of sales content, solution briefs, case studies, videos, blog posts, product guides, and more to support sellers and help them be productive. Your first priority is to deliver the best sales content that will move deals through the pipeline. Harvest In-Field Intel.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2013

I’m gonna deviate from Success Saturdays this week, to follow up on my post Sales Can’t Save You. If you’ve ever wondered if poop, crap, s**t, or by it’s less offensive term, human waste could deliver a message to sales people wonder no more. Build a great product AND a great sales team.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 23, 2023

Sales is the transfer of conviction and inspiration: The person who is most certain during the interaction will win. Which means your sales conversation will either inspire in them the certainty to say yes — or it will reinforce their uncertainty, and they will say no. On a sales call, attitude and conviction are your two superpowers.

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criteria for success

APRIL 28, 2020

Looking to motivate your sales team? Now more than ever, sales people need support and encouragement. We've collected some of our favorite quotes on perseverance and success to help you keep your sales team inspired and motivated. 18 Inspirational Quotes to Motivate Your Sales Team. Check it out below. Let's jump in.

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Pointclear

MAY 2, 2011

Today we're honored to have guest blogger Nancy Nardin share her thoughts on delivering the 'right' leads to sales. Nancy is Founder and CEO of Smart Selling Tools , a leading online marketplace that helps connect Sales professionals with the right Sales Software vendors. And it’s not a question of Sales dropping the ball.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 13, 2024

Working in an industry with a high burnout rate, it’s important to monitor and care for your well-being in sales. Nataly Kogan explained this phenomenom for the Harvest Business Review. You Can Impact Your Well-Being In Sales It’s not always possible to control what is going on in your job.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 17, 2012

Are marketing resources or sales reps the right resources to do lead qualification and lead nurturing in the B2B complex sale? Ideally, what emerges at the other end—ready for professional handling by a lead-hungry sales force—is a steady supply of qualified leads, each with a defined process and timeframe for buying.

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