Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 20, 2020

You're probably going to hate this article! I'm going to show you that much of what is transpiring with the Pandemic could be having a greater impact than you realize relative to the future state of your business and you might not like what I have to say.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

B2B marketing and media relations in 2022 will continue to focus on rich storytelling, but it will include new voices, prioritize emerging mediums and approach thought leadership in new ways. The post What B2B Marketers Can Expect in 2022 appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 3, 2025

Sales Model – a blueprint of daily activities and outcomes required for sales success.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I didn’t relate to a lot of the stereotypes about my generation, especially since it spanned 20 years, and I was born at the very beginning of it! So, it’s completely logical that many of them prefer communicating digitally rather than talking in person, even if older generations can’t relate and worry about the future of human communication.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 14, 2023

As a Nor'Easter barreled across Central Massachusetts today, a few interesting storm-related happenings were analogous to some sales-related occurrences. This article will explore two weather-related analogies:

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Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Not for any reason related to interest in their religious views, but out of respect for what they were doing. He was clearly very nervous, yet no context or relevance had been positioned relating to those passages. Almost immediately, the shorter one began to quote passages, verbatim, from the Bible without stopping for breath.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 14, 2025

Instead of seeking industry experience, a degree, and related characteristics, sales leaders must vet for the ability to succeed at selling to your specific target company, the specific audience by title, at your price point, and against your competition.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2024

Transforming your sales approach from a transactional to a relational process mirrors the gardener's journey from planting to harvesting and requires similarly patient nurturing. Here are six steps sales professionals can take to create a flourishing customer base.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

VP’s of Sales and Marketing and Business Unit Heads can relate to this. Can you relate? The formula for business success combines great strategy and effective strategy execution. They are the people in commercial organizations responsible for both strategy development and sales execution. Have the right team in place.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 26, 2025

The downstream effects of these errors quickly become hard to contain: Territory Planning Turmoil: If your CRM fails to show that two companies are related, you might assign them to different reps, causing overlapping outreach and internal turf wars. No more accidental overlap clear ownership prevents redundant work and territory disputes.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 16, 2025

Somehow that secret is related to what they sell. All the parts of managing customers through their buying cycles, growing our business with those customers, how we acquire new customers are inter-related. We started discussing much of what we see about the “secrets to sales success.”

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Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2025

Authenticity: It has to relate to the brand essence without causing the audience to not relate to it. Customer-Centric Approach: Explain how the product or service will improve the customer’s life to make it relatable. Conciseness: The video should be less than 60 seconds long to prevent the viewer from losing interest.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2023

Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. Last week, I wrote about how the criteria you use to choose your all-time favorite songs is essentially the same as the criteria your prospects use to choose between you and a competitor.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Five steps that give you a consistent and scientific method to assess sales candidates and hire applicants who have crucial work-related qualities like your company’s superstar sales reps. The post A Scientific 5-Step Method to Hire Superstar Sales Reps appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 24, 2025

However, its wise to realize their issues, which often relate to jealousy. Intriguing Ideas for Greater Brand Recognition Share snippets related to your ideas in your online posts to see if more people notice. Inquire of employees if they have concerns about any safety-related factors. Never underestimate your novel ideas.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I read the majority of the reports, studies, white papers, and books related to sales development because others in the field might stumble onto a trend, an insight or a statistic of which I was not aware. That’s why I downloaded Xactly’s 2025 Sales Compensation Survey.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Oftentimes, sales negotiation tactics seem to be related to price – giving or getting the best rate or fees for a product or service. As a verb, negotiate means to move through in a satisfactory manner. In the world of selling, both of those definitions are relevant and important. We call them the 3 Immutable Truths:

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

For example, offering more favorable contract renewal terms will do little to persuade an unhappy customer whose primary objection is product-related. Strategies for reducing churn risk will vary widely depending on the reason for the customer’s dissatisfaction.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

One proven way is to use analogies from different yet relatable practices. Not product related, but objective, outcome and impact based. We need to communicate things related to that. By Tibor Shanto. Helping people adopt new skills and habits can take many forms. In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Go on the offence, that label and actions related to it, seems to confuse people. The idea is to ask a series of questions relating to outcomes that would, A) be appealing to them; B) only we can deliver. Remember, you prepared for this meeting, (let’s say), they have not. And that comes through your questions.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The fastest and easiest way to gain insight into a salesperson’s Sales DNA is to evaluate them with Objective Management Group’s salesperson evaluation. [ Sample ] Relative to hunting, your salespeople will either be: Salespeople can be trained and coached up to improve their hunting skills but weak Sales DNA will prevent hunting and there (..)

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This can include examples in the training curricula that relate to an organizations specific business or industry and incorporate their unique language. Though customized training comes at a price, cost must be seen in relation to value, what customers receive. Of course, a buyers most common objection is price.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If they can relate to the outcome, and the question is easy to answer, you can move to a conversation. Script for outcomes, remember you interrupted them, so you need to stay ahead of the objection. You have 25 seconds to paint the right outcome, then 6 seconds to ask an impact question.

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Sales 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It is certainly not a given that any of the accounts the salesperson was allegedly calling are ready to do business. Given this, I started looking for other possibilities to close short term deals. One of these seems to be healthcare accounts in certain relatively well-covered territories where current salespeople still have relationships.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2024

Don‘t make it something basic, make sure it relates to the buyer’s persona. The best way to get this information is through your enablement team or simply by Googling the common challenges that this ICP faces. Most of the information is out there so it will be relatively easy to find. I would identify at least 10 of them to start.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It wasn't expensive and it didn't look great but it drove so well in the snow and ice that he rescued me when the car wouldn't make it up that long hill. The parts of the jeep were more important than the whole. That brings us to OMG's (Objective Management Group) Sales Candidate Assessment.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 27, 2024

Examples of these workflows could include data related to historical sales, the customer buying journey, your configure-price-quote system, and your online store. If your company is deciding on which features have the most impact on value, your product team can use AI to determine how features align with your product tiers.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These comments should clearly relate to the content, showing that you took the time to read and understand it. These comments should clearly relate to the content, showing that you took the time to read and understand it. Sending a message that dives right into selling feels impersonal and can be easily ignored.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 25, 2025

Customers want to know there are real people behind the logo people they can relate to and believe in. Keep it natural and unscripted for a more relatable tone. Make it relatable. To be more precise, 65% of consumers say their purchasing decisions are influenced by what company leaders say, believe in, and do.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mains recommends looking at related sectors or categories related to the companys core business. These could continue in the same industry or related challenges that the current customers face. Growing Steadily Once a business has gained a foothold in a particular market, it is time to move further.

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