The Pipeline

JULY 7, 2020

An approved proposal, $10 more. There is an immediate opportunity to get a reward for the right demo or proposal. Each of those events was clearly defined, no ambiguity as to what each event looked like, and what it did not look like. Hard to confuse, no room for excuses. The three events were: Initial qualifying appointment.

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Incentives Incentive Commission Sales Qualified Lead 430

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When your sales agents don’t have to spend hours creating proposals or prospecting, they can do more in less time. Automating sales and marketing activities lets you focus your human resources elsewhere. The post 5 Ways Sales Automation Will Help Your B2B Company Thrive appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales Automation B2B Company Proposal 347

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The problem of missing decisionmakers most often shows up when companies submit a proposal and never hear anything back. Following a systematic process to identify decisionmakers, understand their interests, and have them “coauthor” proposals, can significantly boost closing ratios. Sales time sucks.

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Territories Compensation Scale Decision Maker 396

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

I’ve got to put together proposals and update the CRM and make sure my current clients are taken care of and respond to emails from my bosses and other political stuff in my company”. It would be great to be seen as a subject matter expert by my buyers but I don’t have time to do that. Hey, but what if you had a team helping you?

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Account Scale Social Media Small Business 385

The Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

Number of Proposals you have to present to get on Close? The number of prospects who begin Discovery with you, take a real Proposal? Why not, you diarise discovery calls, proposal calls, closing calls, what’s wrong with diarising your most important calls. The required number of Closes per month or quarter?

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Prospecting Proposal Cold Calling Quota 306

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This is particularly critical when it comes to the proposal process, which can require sales and IT teams to complete extensive security questionnaires and demands that every piece of content used in pitches is current, approved, and compliant. The Risks Posed by the Proposal Process. The Burden of Security Questionnaires.

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Proposal Ideal Customer Profile Vendor Face-to-face 251

MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

However, when you presented your proposal it seems as though everything became silent, time began to slow down and tension filled the air as you anxiously waited for the prospect’s decision. This question is simple and helps the prospect understand that what you have just proposed is, at worst, reasonable. 3 – “More in the future…OK?”.

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Closing Proposal Negotiation Benefit 300

Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One of the areas of complex sales that I have seen soak up tons of time from entrepreneurs and senior salespeople over my years is writing proposals. And sad to say, not all these beautiful proposal documents ended up closing big deals. Now that we all have this new “intern” that can help with the proposal writing work.

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Proposal Social Media Media Decision Maker 221

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 30, 2020

Are their proposals value based? By probing and actively listening you learn what the other side wants to achieve, what they fear, and what they most value, prior to making your proposal. . Good negotiators move slowly and are always exchanging value during the back and forth phase of the proposal exchange. .

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Negotiation Margin Proposal Maximizer 279

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It’s where they are encouraged to talk about capabilities, value, solutions, deliverables, make presentations and/or demos, propose, quote, and recommend. If we put it in the context of Baseline Selling, running from 3rd Base to Home is a happy place for most salespeople. But there’s a problem.

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Decision Maker Proposal Sales Process Video 334

The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. What hypothesis I am proposing is this: Ambition is key – investing energy in low balling targets will hurt you in the long run. Yes, you did read that correctly. Hear me out. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now.

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Top of Funnel Quota Proposal Lead Rank 352

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 7, 2021

In the new world of digital selling, it is critical that your request for proposal clearly articulates how your product meets the needs of your customer. The post Customer Expectations Have Risen. Do Your RFPs Rise to the Challenge? appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Customer Proposal Meeting Marketing 270

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 17, 2019

The first contractor got a proposal to us within a few days, the second contractor got a proposal to us later the same day and the third contractor gave us a price on the spot. On the responsive scale, the third contractor was the best. They may also consider: Trustworthiness.

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Scale Proposal Referrals Objections 243

Sales 2.0

MAY 6, 2020

Proposals : Do your sales people and support team spend hours developing proposals that don’t close? Do you manage the development of proposals as a joint process with your prospect, leading to a high close rate? Relationship development : Do you have a systematic process for growing relationships with potential customers?

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Hiring Proposal Sales Qualified Lead System 269

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2024

So you ended the call and went to work on your proposal, an hours-long proposition in futility. Most salespeople thank the prospect for sharing and then start on their proposals, thinking about what they must do to differentiate. I mean, they are so in love with you. Last week, I had a conversation like that. He said two.

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Closing Proposal Discount Decision Maker 227

Bernadette McClelland

MAY 22, 2022

Proposal iterations and. When I was a sales rep in Corporate Australia, it was quite common to receive multi 5-figure commissions for selling certain solutions – and most often selling those deals involved a series of detailed stages: Your normal sales discovery calls. Demonstrations. Workflow blue-printing. RFPs were even harder work.

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Energy Commission Up-Sell Conference 448

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Our definition of “winning” eliminates “think it overs,” which is often where many great proposals die. We define either one of those as a winning sales pitch because there is a clear decision and a clear next step, or none at all.

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Proposal Positioning Sales Prospecting 242

Sales 2.0

MARCH 12, 2020

Don’t be surprised if more of your proposals go to “Neverland”. Do not be surprised if deals in your pipeline don’t close. Don’t be surprised if prospects associated with these deals don’t respond to your team’s emails or phone calls anymore. Things may be about to get weird. Your prospecting numbers may drop too.

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Top of Funnel Pipeline Follow-up Proposal 378

The Pipeline

AUGUST 4, 2020

“Beating Your Number With Numbers” Execution counts well after the proposal is in. There is no point in starting a journey of a thousand miles if you don’t intend on finishing. Join me and Jon Kronemeyer , Chief Growth Officer at JKrony. We are exploring.

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Proposal Objections Quota Closing 427

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Responding to proposal requests is a slow process that adds time to the sales cycle. For many, the first step to answering an RFP is digging through old proposals to try and match the questions with questions that have been previously answered. Author: Beau Wysong RFPs are a pain. There’s really no way around it.

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Benefit Proposal Software Software 217

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The average conversion rate of Proposals to Close. Number of prospects in Discovery that move to Proposal. I am assuming that they know their quota, as it is provided by someone else. They need to know: Average deal size (or annual value of an account). Number of initial meetings that move forward to Discovery.

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Closing Quota Proposal Face-to-face 292

The Pipeline

JANUARY 26, 2021

The less proposals you need to generate, or people going through Discovery, the more time you have to focus on improvement initiatives. As we have explored in a different context, the answer is not always more prospects. You can focus on improving other variables of the sale. Churn Is Not All Bad.

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Churn Quota Margin Exercises 310

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 31, 2024

Here are the first twenty time-wasting tail-chasing things that came to mind and they all reflect some degree of lack of commitment, lack of discipline, lack of consistency and excuse making: Getting Ready to make calls but not actually making calls Making cold calls but not improving with each one Not following a world-class, best-practices sales (..)

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Cold Calling Call-back Follow-up Proposal 316

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 16, 2023

Worse, the thing that occurs post presentation is almost always a proposal. But what will you propose?

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Sales Process Decision Maker Proposal Follow-up 227

No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Are salespeople asking the right questions to identify prospects’ problems and propose thoughtful solutions? If your team has trouble closing, go back to the beginning—qualifying prospects—and examine your entire sales process for missing links and ineffective tactics. Ask yourself: How are sales reps sourcing leads?

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Closing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I understand that there a lot of demands on a sales person’s time, the importance of focusing on current customers; I understand the importance of finishing that proposal, doing a demo, and all the things we signed up for as sales professionals. Is the very opposite of what it should be. No Distraction.

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Banking Sales Qualified Lead Quota Proposal 268

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Ask the Right Questions Before You Make Your Proposal. That means you need to listen and understand what makes them one of a kind before you make your proposal, even if your offer won’t change that much based on what they tell you. . Of course, clients will have questions for you, and you must be prepared to give them good answers.

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Customer Closing Proposal Decision Maker 239

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 18, 2019

That’s why our ideal B2B sales processes draw on our Three P’s – prepare, probe and propose. Think of it as an opportunity to uncover interests, issues, and insights that will fuel how you propose options to move the deal forward, rather than jumping directly to assumption-based solutions. What’s basic value proposition can you offer?

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Negotiation B2B Proposal Ideal Customer Profile 214

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 9, 2024

” While some of those quotes or proposals convert to sales, many more do not. The salesperson receives the call or email where the existing customer asks for the price on something. The order taker/quoter says, “I’ll get a quote right over to you!”

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Proposal Call-back Account Conversion 207

The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 18, 2024

We're tackling a crucial aspect of sales that's as important as your morning coffee: sealing more deals. To close more opportunities, it's critical that we limit or completely remove as many objections during the presentation as possible. One way to do that is to remove the surprises.

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Proposal Closing Strategy Objections 102

Sales 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2014

But I also write the things I need to write for clients, whether that is proposals or the actual writing that I do around the work we are doing together. I use the first hour to write. I almost always write my daily post at www.thesalesblog.com first thing in the morning. I put sales and marketing first every day.

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Call-back Proposal Course Benefit 375

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Failure Point #4: Final Sticking Points – Proposal, Product and Pricing. You have already established enough value for your offering that your prospects are asking for a proposal to assess the finer details. Industry experts agree that winning as many proposals as you can is vital to the growth of your business.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Funnel Sales Qualified Lead 191

Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 19, 2019

The deal – What will you propose and when will you propose it? The interpersonal agenda – Who will the prospect meet and when will they meet them? The food – What will you serve that the prospect will remember you by? The close – When is the best time to seal the deal, and how will you seal it? There are 10.5

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Sports Scale Proposal Call-back 250

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Develop and propose your response. You could also propose an escalating renewal rate or an incentive structure for mutually agreed upon goals. If you understand their needs, you can respond better. Don’t make assumptions; ask questions to clarify (e.g., is up-front cost the most important thing to you?).

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Negotiation Exercises Discount Proposal 270