Tony Hughes

OCTOBER 16, 2018

2015 will see the dawn of the rise of "LinkedIn Centers" to steadily replace traditional B2B marketing activities for demand generation and phone based telemarketing for lead generation (in-house or outsourced). I recommend building a ‘skunk-works’ team and begin to experiment if you want to lead and avoid being left behind in a Social 3.0

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This helped us determine the best practices sales professionals can use to reach more people and see greater results. 7 Sales Best Practices. Using predictive analytics, we are able to identify these seven sales management best practices that can convert a prospect into a loyal customer. Respond Immediately. Probably not.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Comedians would joke about annoying telemarketers–that’s what a lot of inside sales people were called, even though they were doing no marketing, just pure selling. We field sales guys were, honestly, relieved. Field sales was changing as well, but we tend to gloss over those changes.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

If you can do this, you’ll succeed in sales. Start off by working in telemarketing , and learn how to handle rejection — hearing “no” over and over again, and turning it into a “yes.” Find a new sales manager or someone with a few years experience successfully selling. That’s something that will always serve you well.

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Jonathan Farrington

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

News: I meant to remind you about this week’s great new resources over at Top Sales Management. Latest Sales Team Development Session: “Effective Telemarketing”. For many sales people the telephone is an important resource that they use to develop their business. Continue reading …. Continue reading ….

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SBI Growth

JUNE 14, 2013

I sat across the desk from Mike, the new VP of Sales. Before his promotion Mike was the can’t-miss Sales Manager. Now he was just another VP of Sales in the crosshairs. After a quick conversation, we found he was committing 3 of the sales myths below. The majority of Sales VPs are guilty of at least one.

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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

I’ve spent 25 years in the industry, starting at the age of 19 years old when I got my first big break as a telemarketer (now called SDR) at a software organization. Within 6 months, I was promoted from a Telemarketer into a Jr. In that year, I learned from some of the greatest sales managers that I’m friends with today.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In fact, both techniques can be powerful tools for growing a company. The sales strategy you should use will depend on a number of variables, including the type of business you run, your average deal size, and how aware customers are about the solutions you offer. If your products have a long sales cycle.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As Managing Partner, she leverages her colleagues’ experience in sales process methodology, measurement and metric development, project management, and recruiting to build high performing teams for clients. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

For instance, you can personalize your sales cold-calling scripts with information such as the person’s correct title, department, tech stack, and location with access to real-time data. These simple details turn your script from annoying telemarketer call to grab-their-attention conversation. Automate Manual Processes.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2020

This was what CRM vendors Really Simple Systems set to find out in their 2020 Sales Professionals research project. This resulted in 168 people completing the survey, with over half of them having more than five years’ sales experience. Perhaps surprising was the fact that many people were still cold calling and using telemarketing.

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Sales Training Advice

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

For a quick sales training course we are going to share two similar techniques named parroting or paraphrasing. These are powerful tools in your active listening strategy. Recommended Reading The Trust Factor By Kelley Robertson Sales Strategy – Sole Source By Dan Adams What’s Your Client’s Style?

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

Telemarketing. Cold Calling Tools CIENCE Uses. How to Handle Objections In Sales Calls. Telemarketing. Cold calling and telemarketing terms are often considered interchangeable. You can set many different objectives for your cold calls, ranging from collecting sales intel to raising your company’s awareness.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 11, 2020

Cold Calling Motivation for Sales Teams: What Sales Managers Can Do to Motivate Reps. That way, you will be able to lead them further along the sales funnel faster. Another one of the cold calling techniques sales managers and salespeople should follow is this strategy: don’t give up! Persistency.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 14, 2019

The genesis of inside sales has its roots in telemarketing. Telemarketers would cold-call all day long, often rudely interrupting a prospect’s day or dinner to ask them if they wanted to buy a random product. Sales teams are often comprised of both inside and outside sales reps. Short History. Conclusion.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 28, 2021

Telemarketing Sales Rule , which states that: You mustn’t contact anyone who’s registered on the National Do Not Call Registry. If you’re utilizing your time and resources in the most efficient way possible — cold calling could be an effective sales tool in your bag. In the US, there’s FTC’s.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

For Millennials and others looking to leverage LinkedIn or Sales Navigator at the core of your strategy, I would highly recommend dropping everything and reading Neil Rackham 's books like SPIN Selling. Wouldn't it be nice to manage the KPIs that can actually be managed and leverage the sales activities that actually lead to revenue outcomes?

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The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. I know, I know, management provides you with these snazzy Web leads and purchased lists and calls it "warm calling"—whatever that means. Join The Sales Association. Supporting sales associations and sales professionals.

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