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APRIL 29, 2013

One big contributing factor to your sales success is in your follow-up. There are three points to consider when thinking about following up with prospects, buyers, and with leads: A. Most sellers do not follow-up enough. Many leads slip through the cracks because of a lack of methods and processes.

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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. Increase Opportunities.

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JUNE 3, 2013

A common issue among newer remote (inside) sales pros is that we tend to latch on to one person within a company to call on. This is one of the TOP issues I see when meeting with an inside sales team or with individual sellers. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 116 – Call Deep appeared first on Score More Sales.

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JULY 8, 2013

Those who follow the blog may have seen mention that I have worked with and for 21 sales managers during my corporate selling career – at a number of technology, distribution, and financial services companies as an inside sales rep or outside rep. I have also managed sales teams.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

I was at a conference last week for inside sales professionals and more than a few people recommended Three Sentences – the idea of sending just three sentences (or less) in all your email correspondence. . Have you noticed that when one strong personality has a crutch word that others around them pick it up?

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JANUARY 13, 2014

It is challenging and stressful to get a new sales position – even if you already work for the company in another position, or if you already have been in sales elsewhere and consider yourself a pretty good seller. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 148 – Be a Sponge appeared first on Score More Sales.

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MAY 27, 2013

It doesn’t happen without the up front effort of building out your social profile in all the right places. Not During Prime Selling Time. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Gain Insight. Increase Opportunities.

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JULY 1, 2013

It seems like most of the time, we’re so wrapped up in our own company and how great we are, we forget that others outside of our company have no interest in hearing much from us until there is context and until we are adding value. Look up any word you don’t know and create a list for yourself. Choose wisely.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Last week, the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) met for their annual Leadership Conference, which was held this year in Chicago. Remote Professional Selling – Can We Start Using that Phrase?

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

In sales it is all about execution – the art of making things happen. Instead of rewriting your pitch or re-organizing your list of who to contact, pick up the phone and reach out to have conversations. Pick up the phone. I know inside sales professionals who go a day or two not connecting to anyone by phone.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

” Note that I’m not just repeating everything they say – that is parroting – and it can sound patronizing – so mix it up. Look through some of the sales opportunities you are working on. Also check out: Powerful Questions Help Qualify Sales Opportunities. Inside Sales Power Tip – Listen.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

From a calendar view, it can destroy days of your selling time. It creeps in when a sales rep goes to look up one thing online, sees something else, goes there, sees something else, and eventually you don’t get done what you originally set out to do. The wedding is much more interesting than selling right now.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

If you are in an open environment, jot down (or record with their permission) what the most successful peers you work with say on the phones that opens up dialogue and even creates sales opportunities. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 143 – Sales Message Makeover appeared first on Score More Sales.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

The three other customers in the aviation space using the tools your company sells and why they won’t ever give them up. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

It is a tricky thing in sales careers when it comes to confidence. Even for those successful and accomplished individuals, when you have a new job selling products or services new to you, confidence seems to often come off as shaky. The idea of teaming a rep up to help support another rep can be the next best thing.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

One way you can be more successful in remote selling – that is, selling when you are not in front of your prospective buyer in person, is to have more impact with your messaging. If you have gone on with several sentences about you and your company as you start out a message, change that up. Do or Do not. There is no try.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

For example, if I sell cloud computing services worldwide, or throughout North America, chances are it is not a good use of my time to go to a local business networking event. It could be an annual event that comes to my city, or I may go once a year to a big event where all of my buyers’ industry counterparts meet up.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Do you know how important understanding the word NO is in the profession of selling? A NO is wonderful in how it can free you up to focus on other possible yes buyers who are ready and interested in talking with you. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 144 – Know NO appeared first on Score More Sales. Close More Deals.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

It seems that no matter what data services your company subscribes to, it is still difficult to find those leads you know could become more probable prospective customers. Last week at Inbound 2013 I had the pleasure to meet up with Kyle Porter, CEO and Founder of SalesLoft. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

In the position I mentioned earlier I ended up calling investor relations people who are much easier to reach. Plus you can back it up with facts. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Increase Opportunities.

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JUNE 24, 2013

If you are really good, they won’t want to refer you to their competition, but everyone in business has peers in other companies, former work colleagues, and people they meet up with at professional events. . Example: You sell business intelligence to executives in SMB and mid-sized companies. Increase Opportunities.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Soak it up for a minute – then MOVE FORWARD. You can take longer to get up to speed and be the biggest success in the office. At some point you do have to take a few steps back, grab a deep breath, and go back into building your sales pipeline and your business. You can fail and then succeed. It just doesn’t happen.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

doesn’t follow-up more than a couple of times (actually he’s glad, because they won’t waste his time). He regularly receives 200-300 emails in a day and cannot be bothered with most sales “pitches” Like other C-level executives I speak with, he says that sales people can seem lazy and are not persistent.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Some of the newest people to become inside sales reps are those who have left the field for now – perhaps forever. Many outside sales positions with fat travel accounts and face-to-face client meetings are slowly being switched over to inside positions. Thousands of outside rep jobs have even been eliminated.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

For this conversation, a toleration is an annoyance – something you put up with, and it adds to your stress, often making you less productive. If so, consider putting a sign on your chair that says, “DO NOT DISTURB – I’M SELLING” – I got this idea courtesy of Connect and Sell.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Like a track star or even a runner who runs for enjoyment, you can up your distances or improve your times. In working with new sales reps I suggest that much of their learning and development happen during “non-selling” hours. Is there a way you can add a fun goal or two to your selling day?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

How else would you follow-up other than the way you do now (or don’t)? Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 141 – Get a Second Opinion appeared first on Score More Sales.

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JULY 15, 2013

It is always exciting to hear about new sales tools to help shorten the sales cycle, qualify better, grow social connections, and sell more. Instead of the same old email follow-up, choose more probable prospective customers during the course of your week and send a quick note, thanking them for a good conversation.

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APRIL 8, 2013

Recently I wrote about how being more creative in sales opens up bigger opportunities for you and your company. My friend and a very successful best-selling author, Michael Port, has written a series of books to help small businesses grow. It’s a great primer on selling, no matter if you work for a corporation or yourself.

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MARCH 25, 2013

The idea that you must be a visionary to succeed in an inside sales position may seem daunting to some and a challenge to others. Any short-sighted thinker would miss that and work to sell all they could sell, regardless of the fit. We’ve run into amazing sales professionals who had a weak direct manager.

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APRIL 22, 2013

Just as it works for musicians, deliberate practice will work for you in selling, too. Just like babies get up and fall down, get up and fall down, they learn ways to steady themselves enough to be upright. Do you have a problem solving model to improve your sales skills? Note-taking. Work Smarter.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Follow up with them, and you’ll nurture relationships that turn into sales. Opportunity tracking – As important as tracking who you’re talking with, you need to know what sales opportunities you are working on and at what stage each of them is at.

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JULY 11, 2013

He was my sales colleague. We both were account managers selling millions of dollars worth of technology to a major aircraft company. Between us, we sold more than $30M a year of items selling for $20 or $100 or $5000 each. If you would like more on this, visit our recent Inside Sales Power Tip on Listening.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Warm every call up. The same people urging lots of data and insight often have not sat in a busy office with dozens of sales reps making calls. While the problem with cold calling is that you don’t know “anything” about who you are calling – there are steps you can take to warm up most any interaction.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

The 2013 predictions about selling this year are out! B2B content kings Openview Labs first came out with a list of Top Sales Influencers for 2012, which was an honor to be listed on. At the end of last year, they asked us all what we thought would be the trends for sellers and sales leaders in 2013.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

If you are selling remotely – by phone, email and even video chat – you need to demonstrate to your potential buyer that your solution will fit their needs and that you have helped others solve their business issues as well. Other posts here on trust: Inside Sales Power Tip – Build Trust. Expand Your Pipeline.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

It’s a short, simple lesson that needs to be shared because it seems that often sellers are so busy with minutia that they forget what grows business and builds their company – net new business and new sales revenues. Now go sell something. Inside Sales Power Tip 130 – Know Your Buyer. .

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