SBI Growth

APRIL 29, 2024

Prospecting is a numbers game with a high rejection rate, so it is easy for reps to get discouraged. Just asking your reps to make more calls can produce a vicious cycle of poor results, discouraging reps with less prospecting and obtaining even worse results.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Mastering Objection Handling Effective objection handling is crucial in sales, requiring sales teams to navigate challenges and turn objections into opportunities. By mastering objection handling, sales reps can build trust with prospects and guide them towards making informed decisions.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Outbound sales prospecting insights that will assist any salesperson to connect and engage with target prospects in their sales activity. Our outbound sales prospecting course isn’t a mere refresh of past strategies; it’s a modern take on what it takes to win new customers. What Is Outbound Sales Prospecting?

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 19, 2021

Some major shifts have occurred in the way that you should be prospecting for sales opportunities. But has your prospecting plan changed with it?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. While every cold call or prospecting call will result in an objection, the objections are not all that different. Your question can be a key to unlocking a train of thought. Changing Focus.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Momentary panic can spell the end of a call, meeting or opportunity. I’ll explain how to always respond appropriately to Your Prospect. This is exactly what salespeople go through when a prospect pushes back, objects, displays lack of interest, or attempts to end the call. It could even spell the end of that opportunity.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From the time of the first salesperson, sales leaders have been trying to figure out how to get their teams to prospect. In a recent survey, 42% of sales and corporate leaders identified prospecting as a skills gap in their organizations. How do sales leaders create and balance the core element of a fine-tunes prospecting machine?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 23, 2019

Environmentally friendly prospecting is about understanding and leveraging your mutual settings and events. Starting right in prospecting, of course, means putting the buyer at the centre of every action. I have trained some large transport companies, have a good feel for the business, opportunities and challenges.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 6, 2024

From websites and social media to events and trade shows, these lead capture systems ensure that no opportunity to introduce a lead to your sales funnel slips through the cracks. Integrate ZoomInfo’s lead capture and form optimization tools to uncover opportunities, streamline lead management, and drive higher conversions.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

On Monday, I posted about understanding and knowing the very next thing that needs to happen if a specific opportunity is to move forward to becoming a client. What’s scary right off the top, is that there are multiple definitions of what is a “best” or a good prospect. They are the furthest down the pipe”. “I

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 10, 2024

But, do you ever ask yourself, “How can pipeline meetings be a coaching opportunity?” Let’s start with an analogy: You wouldn’t expect a rookie with no training to pick up a bat in a major league baseball game and knock it out of the park on his first try. As a sales manager, I’m sure you have pipeline meetings often.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 24, 2019

View every problem as an opportunity. You have an opportunity to demonstrate leadership. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Instead of looking at what has gone wrong, focus your thinking on the solution. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Aside from helping you make money, training may save you money too. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech. Here are five reasons you should.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 14, 2020

We often put the emphasis on what we have to offer and hope that the quality of our products will convince the prospect to see us. They only consider their increase in performance or improved productivity or higher profit opportunities (or something similar). Does your team need extra training in appointment creation?

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2022

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Qualify Opportunities Methodically? Most sales professionals do not want to waste time, so they fail to qualify opportunities methodically. However, reflecting upon the person or the company behind the opportunity can bring a new dimension to the proposal. Photo by Mary1826 Via Pixabay.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 22, 2019

People will tell you that the number one reason sellers do not like to prospect, specifically telephone prospecting, is rejection. What if every time they responded you see it as a question, an opportunity to educate? I don’t know why sellers are surprised that prospects don’t like to be interrupted, do you?

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Keith Rosen

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Asking these questions keep your costly assumptions about each prospect at bay so you are making decisions based on the facts rather than fiction. Most importantly, these questions help get in your prospect’s head to determine if they understand your value proposition, key differentiators, and the likelihood of hiring you.

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eGrabber

AUGUST 29, 2024

In the fast-paced world of training and development, the key to sustained growth lies in connecting with the right clients. As organizations increasingly recognize the importance of upskilling their teams, training providers face both challenges and opportunities.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 23, 2024

They have also introduced a number of innovative features that can be leveraged to increase your prospecting effectiveness and this includes on LinkedIn and other social networks. The Goal Discover potential opportunities on LinkedIn and then manage those in Nimble CRM. Nimble CRM is a fully featured platform at an affordable price.

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SalesProInsider

AUGUST 18, 2023

The two words you should never say or ask when a prospective client shares a concern, an objection, or an unfavorable decision. A prospective client lets you know that they’re just not sure whether they have the time available to commit to doing their part in implementing working with you. Pause again.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 17, 2021

If we don’t fully understand the reason for a prospect's statement, the purpose of their question, or dig deeper to find the real problem, we will waste time and miss opportunities.

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Allego

OCTOBER 3, 2024

How will your sales training programs change in 2025? The landscape of sales training programs is rapidly evolving as we head into 2025. What’s Driving Change in Sales Training Programs? Instead, companies are embracing continuous, agile learning models that provide sales representatives with on-demand training resources.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Over the past nearly forty years at the helm of Kurlan & Associates, I’ve struck out on some opportunities too but never gave those losses any further attention, energy or life. I looked at the data going back to when we began using Membrain nearly ten years ago, to see that my running win rate is 86% of the closable opportunities.

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SalesProInsider

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We looked forward to hiking, seeing cool geysers, and were hopeful we’d have the opportunity to see a real grizzly bear in the wild. You have a meeting with a prospective client, and you think it’s going great. Last summer I visited Yellowstone National Park with my family. How Objections Can Trigger the Fight or Flight Instinct.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 15, 2022

“We don’t have problems, we have opportunities.” But before a problem can become an opportunity, you’ll need to find or create a solution to the problem. If you’re unable to follow through on that notion, you’re not going to end up with an opportunity, but with a problem. Skills are also measured by performance.

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The Sales Heretic

MARCH 12, 2019

How would you like a prospecting opportunity that’s not only free, but includes a meal in the bargain? They’re occurring all around you, five days a week. Local service clubs (Lions, Rotary, Moose, Optimist, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, etc.) are constantly in need of speakers for their regular breakfast and lunch meetings.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

How good are you at requalify existing accounts, or prospects you haven’t spoken with in a while? And that means that just because a prospect or client was in charge of a certain function last month or 6 months ago, it doesn’t mean they are in charge of it today. And why would you even want to do this? into requalifying.

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Score More Sales

JULY 11, 2013

It can take weeks or months for some in sales to truly qualify a sales opportunity. Take a moment to list out the questions you don’t have answers for with existing clients and also with your top prospective customers. Increase Opportunities. Get those answers. Expand Your Pipeline. Close More Deals.

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Autoklose

MARCH 18, 2024

But as your company grows, the number of your team members will increase, too, and in order to keep the same standards and continue hitting your quota, you’ll have to find a way to scale your sales training efforts. Here are a couple of useful sales training ideas to help you build a killer sales team. Table of Content 1.

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Allego

JULY 20, 2022

A sales rep schedules a meeting with a prospect, but then they receive a request to attend a training session for the exact same time. Sales training is critical. The best solution: Implement a sales training program that allows for both. The best solution: Implement a sales training program that allows for both.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Are you grappling with the challenge of finding the right prospects for your business? In this insightful blog post, we will delve into the world of prospecting, account selection, and the transformative impact of data-driven strategies. To truly capitalize on the insights gained, businesses must invest in training and enablement.

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Insights into taking a sales prospecting training course with recommendations on course content, topics and learning outcomes. The essence of any sales prospecting training course is for the salesperson to learn how to engage prospects for lead generation and how to extend their influence for future sales opportunities.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Years ago, while attending the Objective Management Group International Sales Conference, Dave Kurlan, president of OMG, talked about how to effectively manage opportunities through the pipeline. He made the analogy that prospects are like fruit and vegetables in the produce section of your local grocery – they are all perishable.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 30, 2018

What strikes me as strange and rather puzzling is a piece of research I read this week that said less than 10% of salespeople actually follow up a prospect more than once after they have sent a proposal. Show the prospect that you are the right partner for their business. MTD Sales Training. What causes it? Lack of time?

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criteria for success

MAY 24, 2022

Looking for sales training ideas to implement during your next team meeting? When you read “sales training ,” you probably think of an offsite retreat. This type of sales training does have its time and place as it provides an opportunity for breakthroughs, and the shared experience helps foster a healthy team culture.

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 29, 2023

The truth about salespeople who are reluctant to prospect boils down to two things: First, they are reluctant to prospect because past attempts resulted in failure. Second, they don’t know what to say to prospects. Prospecting reluctance can be the silent killer of sales careers.

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