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Cavemen Would Have Been Great Salespeople

No More Cold Calling

What can we learn from our ancestors about connecting with prospects and clients? We haven’t rewired ourselves just because the world has gone wireless. We’ve simply forgotten what we know to be true: Face-to-face cannot be replaced —not in life, and certainly not in sales. In sales, your relationships are your meal ticket.

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Webcams are a necessity for virtual sales professionals

The Pipeline

Now, clients can screen calls, send our emails to spam and reject our sales pitches without ever having to look us in the eyes. We may now live in a digital culture with all sorts of wireless gadgets, but nothing has replaced good, old-fashioned salesmanship. Is this actually the death of salesmen? Not really.

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10 Must-Have Inside Sales Technologies

Hubspot Sales

This improves organization-wide collaboration, alignment between Sales and Marketing (and Customer Support), communication among sales personnel, and engagement with prospects and leads. Plus, CRMs like HubSpot, often automatically provide access to a multitude of other sales tools, many of which we'll touch on below.

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Inside Sales: Listen Up!

No More Cold Calling

If only you weren’t graded on the number of dials you made or restricted from spending too much time on the phone with a prospect. What salespeople—and sales managers— need to understand is that calls are either hot or cold. Hot : You’ve been introduced by someone your prospect knows and trusts.

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No One Wants Your Cold Calls

No More Cold Calling

I’ve heard it takes at least seven to 10 touches for sales teams who cold call and cold email prospects to connect with decision-makers. And why is it so hard for these reps to actually get on their prospects’ calendars? They have better things to do, and so does your sales team. Think You’re Duping Your Prospects?

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Feedback to millennial sales reps – more is better!

Sales Training Connection

Yet one aspect of Millennials in the sales force only tangentially touched, but which will have significant implications for sales management,is the desire for more feedback. . But what about Sales? So, how might sales managers meet the coaching and feedback expectation of the Millennial generation? .

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Is Customer-Centric Selling Dead?

SBI

Customer-centric selling is based on the principle that reps must play a critical role in helping prospects discover and quantify their problems. It also puts emphasis on exactly what to ask prospects in a way that brings value to everyone’s desired agenda, and bottom line. What are reps doing when they aren’t talking with a prospect?

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