Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

Any Business Journal event. The Business Journal reader and event attendee demographics are staggering. Both industry specific and general business shows are excellent places to get known, get sales, and get ahead. It’s in my book The Sales Bible. I work for a large company with a large sales force.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 4, 2013

Dan Taylor wrote a great article on “”Courage”" in the Business Journal. Whether you lead your company, lead your sales team, or lead your peers, how you employ and implement your leadership skills will determine your leadership success. Qualities of a Sales Leader. ”" Good advice. Leaders choose courage.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales Leadership Roundtable – Part II. This is the second post from the sales leadership roundtable. Create a journal club. What a great group I had on the sales leadership roundtable. The post Sales Leadership Roundtable – Tips on How to Communicate appeared first on STAR Results. Find Out More.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Author: Andrea Grodnitzky The sales professional has the job of encouraging the customer to become comfortable with the idea of committing to a product or a service. Research from The Journal of Corporate Finance shows that CEO tenures have halved over the past two decades. Sales professionals need to be mindful of this tendency.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 13, 2019

Embrace daily journaling. Daily journaling helps you avoid this problem by forcing you to slow down and spend some time simply letting out your thoughts, whether they’re about work or not. There are hundreds of different journaling techniques, from the Bullet Journal to the Gratitude Journal to the one-line-a day method.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

I would hope learning new things about your customer is something that is already baked into your sales DNA. To drive this to the next level, take a journal and record each day the new ideas you learned. Sales leadership is not doing the same thing as everyone else. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

“Senior executives are beginning to realize.that sales force execution is the last remaining arrow in their quiver.” – from Making The Number. Now you’re the top sales executive in the company. We’ll give you many examples of what World Class sales organizations are doing to prepare for 2013. It lets you know what to work on.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

He has also written more than 50 case studies about companies and numerous technical notes on various business topics, including strategy development and implementation, sales and marketing, leadership, pricing, and start-up issues. Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 15, 2014

Eye contact can make or break your sales effectiveness. In fact, there are proven links between eye contact and increasing sales activity. The key to sales is making connections that count. I smile and look people in the eye —whether I’m walking on the bike path in my tennies or on the way to a business meeting.

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Journal Cold Calling Social Media Enterprise 287

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 16, 2018

Author: Jen Wagstaff More than 10 years spent working in sales training have taught me to understand and turn around salespeople who are struggling. But too many sales managers make the mistake of starting with the negative. Create a development plan – journaling. Start positive – identify their strengths.

Motivation 198

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

It left me wondering whether that sentiment rings true now that inside and outside sales reps are spending more time connecting with prospects and customers remotely versus face-to-face. million sales professionals in the country, more than 47 percent were inside salespeople. What there isn’t much of is research?—?until

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the role of a sales leader as not just bringing in the numbers but developing their salespeople into self-managing individuals. ” – Steven Rosen “Unbelievably talented sales leaders still fall into that trap of rescuing their salespeople versus developing their salespeople.”

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SBI Growth

MARCH 24, 2013

Most top sales executives travel. Multi-national organizations plus complex sales equals airline miles. This article tells the sales leader how to spend time, their most precious commodity. Last week, the Wall Street Journal ran several articles on this phenomenon. A sales rep to explain how quotas were determined.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Phillip Twyford, director of sales and marketing for Tico Mail Works, had the exact same realization, which he outlines in this week’s guest post. I was 16 years old and working in Arnotts department store as a sales assistant. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' Tonight I changed a habit.

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 5, 2022

EVENT ORGANISERS (Video below) – If you would like a speaker to address your sales team, your association or your franchise and help them build their business via StorySelling, my kind of weed strategy, then please reach out. Beautiful. ?? Different. ?? And on that note, Stay Bold, Brave and Brilliant! RE-IMAGINED.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 18, 2014

Eye contact can make or break your sales effectiveness. The Wall Street Journal article, “ Just Look Me in the Eye Already ,” explores the decreased eye contact in our tech-driven society, and explains why this puts professionals at a disadvantage: [Eye contact can be a tool for influencing others. You only need 20 seconds.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Has digital communication killed traditional sales techniques? A sales VP was frustrated with her account based sales team, as they relied almost exclusively on technology for generating sales leads. Today, many account based sales teams depend on email, texts, and social media for generating sales leads.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Regardless of how they acquire it, potential buyers step onto the sales floor (in-person or virtually) armed with information about their options; to remain effective, salespeople will need to adapt to the methods of the modern buyer. More than ever before, the new reality of sales must rely on marketing to a higher extent.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 2, 2017

Tony Cole, CEO of Anthony Cole Training and one of OMG's great partners, forwarded me an article that appeared in the October 2014 issue of the Journal of Marketing Research. Today I'm bringing you some insightful information that was not widely read when it was published back in 2014. They used vocabulary that I had to look up!

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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Have you ever tried role-playing sales? Research reveals role-playing in sales is effective Various stats support role-playing’s effectiveness. Pitch Monster reports that sellers who role-play as part of their training can improve sales performance by up to 30%. The first he recommends is the “triad sales role-play.”

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 17, 2013

Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." He was recognized in B2B Magazine & the Wall St Journal as one of the top 25 digital marketers. The ability to clearly define roles allows for better alignment with sales and shared metrics (leading & lagging).

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

meeting that can lead to a sale. saw this yesterday in your trade journal, thought it might be of interest to you." His company, IntroKnocks specializes in standard and custom business greeting cards. Memorable, humorous, personalized greetings. One–of–a kind messages that create an impression and get the desired results.a

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Trends that are here to stay.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 19, 2018

Author: John Ruhlin Decades ago, sales professionals hit upon a mantra to understand how to woo prospects: “What’s in it for me?” Such a negative viewpoint only fosters a feeling of distrust for sales experts, making it tough to close deals and garner referrals. Don’t focus on a speedy sale. Want proof of this attitude reversal?

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Referrals Journal Buyer Persona Study 219

No More Cold Calling

JULY 16, 2014

Eye contact can make or break your sales effectiveness. In fact, there are proven links between eye contact and increasing sales activity. The key to sales is making connections that count. I smile and look people in the eye —whether I’m walking on the bike path in my tennies or on the way to a business meeting.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

At a time when the level of public trust in the UK's elected politicians has never been lower, it's an opportunity to reflect on the critical role of trust in sales, which is what I chose to focus on in this article from the latest edition of the International Journal of Sales Transformation.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. . But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. Why has automation failed to gain traction despite its obvious promise?

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Retarded Sales Behavior and The Reasons We Under-Perform. Stored in Attitude , EDGE Selling , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Tool , execution. We’ve become a generation of retarded under-performing sales semi-professionals. December 2007.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Look to journalism and research reports, subreddits, Keywords Everywhere, and Ahrefs 2. Look to Similarweb (which estimates website traffic), SEC filings (annual filings can show business growth and industry trends), Crunchbase (gives info on VC investments), and Jungle Scout (shows Amazon searches and product sales data) 3.

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Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Your sustainable sales success can be directly traced back to how much people trust you. If salespeople do not invest in their own professional development, how can they confidently display expertise and trust when talking to sales leads. Sustainable sales success is possible. People buy from people they know and trust.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 9, 2022

This article, first published in the International Journal of Sales Transformation , leads to the conclusion - which I suspect will come as no surprise to regular readers - that we need to stop talking about the "value" of our so-called "solutions" and start focusing on the value of our customer's outcomes.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Actionable Advice: Journaling: Write down your thoughts and tasks to clear your mind. Our Host John is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the Worlds Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 3, 2018

Author: Tim Houlihan Dispensing with sales manager myths. What’s your sales manager mythology? In a recent conversation with a sales vice president, he noted that leadership is not about being engaged, it’s about the willingness to take risks. He was talking about his sales managers. the sales manager?—?to

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Distribution Pricing Journal includes articles from our editors, industry news as well as information and features from price optimization solution providers on our editorial board. Please Subscribe Today: [contact-form-7] The post Distribution Pricing Journal, October 2023 (Vol 1, Issue 4) first appeared on Distribution Pricing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 5, 2018

de Bono’s book is not aimed directly at sales managers and their teams, but it may as well be. Sales interactions and customers are quite predictable. That suggests nearly 85 percent of sales conversations do not move the needle forward with an existing or prospective customer. Sales is for thinkers. There’s a better way.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In a study of 89 companies, the biggest difference between the groups with superior profit and sales and the laggards was agreement with the statement, “strategic planning in our enterprise has led to an improved competitive position.” There are three C’s to setting strong strategic direction for your business: clear, cut and concise.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Each of us have our own personal playbooks on getting through the day—rise/shine, feed the cats, workout, two cups of coffee, journaling…… (at least that’s the start of my daily playbook). But the sales cycle prevents us from understanding if it works, or how we might adjust it.

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