Steven Rosen
APRIL 10, 2024
In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the high cost of making a bad hire in sales. They emphasize the importance of creating an ideal hiring profile with hard and soft skills and non-negotiables. They also stress the need for a systematic hiring process, including behavioral interviews and assessments.
Anthony Cole Training
APRIL 12, 2024
There have always been two certainties in life – death and taxes. But I have now become convinced that there is a third certainty if you are a salesperson and that is the slow and painful death of decision making.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Mr. Inside Sales
APRIL 14, 2024
Good morning everyone! I just returned from a “Day of Development” seminar in Charlotte with the Jon Gordon company. Several of his books include: “The Power of Positive Leadership,” “The Energy Bus,” etc. Check them out on Amazon if you’re interested in learning more. There was a lot of great stuff in the meeting, and one thing I wanted to share with you all is a way to combat the recurring negativity that silently creeps into our heads every so often.
Sales 2.0
APRIL 8, 2024
I was asked a great question during a recent conversation with a founder: When should you take a spearfishing approach to finding new customers and when should you use a shotgun? It depends on what you’re hunting. Large vs small How important is a particular company to you? What is the payoff for landing this account? When thinking of this payoff I recommend thinking of lifetime value (in terms of profit ideally not just revenue.
Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker
Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.
Understanding the Sales Force
APRIL 11, 2024
I walked into the house with Dinger and a baby toad hopped in with us, snuck under the closet door and disappeared. When I first spotted the toad, I thought it was a tiny piece of mulch and didn’t give it a second thought. When it disappeared into the closet, I thought about it a lot! Eventually, I found it and reintroduced it to the great outdoors.
Sales Pro Central brings together the best content for sales professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Steven Rosen
APRIL 1, 2024
Difficult conversations are as inevitable as they are necessary. These discussions, whether addressing underperformance, behavioural issues, or compensation adjustments, are crucial for maintaining a healthy sales environment and driving performance. However, a surprising number of sales managers avoid these critical conversations, a trend that undermines team potential and poses a significant threat to organizational success.
Anthony Cole Training
APRIL 5, 2024
You don’t want to look, act, or sound like every other salesperson when asking your prospect questions. There is an art and a science to being masterful at asking your prospect better questions and building a strong, credible relationship with them. Read on to learn 5 tips for asking meaningful, exploratory, and courageous questions.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 17, 2024
Grand gestures or massive mistakes will certainly impact the memorability of a first business meeting. More often than not, its success hinges on the culmination of subtler details. The post 5 Simple Gestures That Can Make an Initial Client Meeting Unforgettable appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
No More Cold Calling
APRIL 11, 2024
It’s OK to double your price for PITA clients Every buyer isn’t your client. If buyers continue to make unreasonable demands and keep changing requests and deadlines—even after you’ve given them exactly what they need—then you’re dealing with PITA clients. These PITA clients drain your energy, demotivate your team, waste your time, and expect you to do more at the same price.
Advertisement
Step inside the world of Salesforce consulting, stripped of fluff and jargon. Our guide provides a detailed exploration of five key success criteria, complete with actionable steps for immediate implementation. Elevate your Salesforce investment with insights on goal setting, system design, core object utilization, user adoption, and crafting a system tailored to your needs.
Understanding the Sales Force
APRIL 15, 2024
The Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra is known for his many “ Yogisms.” The one we are most familiar with is, “It ain’t over til it’s over.” He is also known for saying, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Based on the conversations I have been having with sales experts, CEOs and CROs over the past two weeks, the common themes are: The first quarter sucked Way more delayed closings than we’ve ever seen Budgets being slashed It’s harder
SBI Growth
APRIL 11, 2024
Buyers today face a lack of consistency: from rapidly shifting priorities to uncertain regulatory environments, every step in the purchasing journey is plagued with second-guessing and hesitation. The main issue for commercial teams? Reset buying, where just as everyone in the buyer decision team gets agreement, changes happen and reset the progress that sellers have made thus far.
Steven Rosen
APRIL 14, 2024
Hiring sales superstars is critical to building a high-performance sales team. Traditional hiring methods—résumés, interviews , and references—play critical roles but sometimes miss deeper insights into a candidate’s capabilities. This gap can be effectively bridged by integrating psychometric assessments into the hiring process, offering a more scientific approach to evaluating potential.
Smooth Sale
APRIL 3, 2024
Photo by Alexas Photos via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Business Began, But Now How Do I Scale? ? The effort was highly challenging, but you did it—you started your own business. Clients love you, so they continue to send you referrals. You hoped you would have enough clients to stay afloat a while back, but now you are hoping for only a few more at a time.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 15, 2024
In today's digital world, the cold email landscape plays a crucial role in email outreach and lead generation strategies. Here's how to make the most of the opportunities it presents. The post Prospecting Emails Work: Here’s How to Write Them appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
Force Management
APRIL 16, 2024
We recently hosted a live session on Driving a Revenue Mindset with our Managing Director and Facilitator Brian Walsh. He shared insights on what’s changing in sales, what remains critical, and what the most successful organizations are focusing on to maintain revenue momentum. Be sure to check out the full on-demand recording here.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 5, 2024
For the past month, I’ve been publishing stories on “Why I’m So Interested In Selling.” The group is fascinating–both in their stories and in their diversity. Some have had long careers in selling, some are relatively new. Some are or have been senior executives in very large companies, some are individual contributors.
SBI Growth
APRIL 8, 2024
Prospecting has evolved as automation has made creating, sending, and tracking multi-email sequences to prospects easy. Unfortunately, while sales enablement technology has dramatically increased the volume of prospecting emails you can send, it hasn't improved their effectiveness. Here is how you can increase your email prospecting odds using the HERO framework.
Advertisement
Discover today’s biggest marketing trends in the 8th edition of Salesforce’s “State of Marketing” report. Salesforce surveyed 6,000 marketing leaders worldwide to discover how marketers are: Embracing AI to operate more efficiently Removing silos and leveraging AI to enhance the customer experience Innovating to meet evolving customer needs Preparing for the retirement of third-party cookies By submitting this form, you agree to have your contact information, including email, passed on to the sp
Steven Rosen
APRIL 6, 2024
In this 2:42 video, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley delve into the vital role of preparation in mastering difficult conversations with sales representatives. They stress the importance of sales managers dedicating time to pre-call planning, ensuring productive discussions. Additionally, they emphasize fostering a supportive environment where sales representatives feel heard and valued, enhancing team cohesion and performance.
Smooth Sale
APRIL 17, 2024
Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Will You Accept Full Responsibility for Business Success? Business ownership is a delicate balance. It doesn’t matter who you are or the number of resources you have; we only have 24 hours each day, and we all need to use them differently! As such, managing a company entirely on your own is one of the most challenging tasks to embrace, and embracing it is crucial!
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 10, 2024
From identifying potential leads, to successfully sealing the deal, here's a comprehensive guide to winning tactics that make your sales cycle less complex. The post 7 Winning Strategies to Shorten Your B2B Sales Cycle appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
SalesFuel
APRIL 16, 2024
The pressure to increase revenue in organizations never lets up. As a sales manager, you may feel this pressure more than other department heads. You can increase team productivity by personalizing coaching and improving efficiency in sales team processes. How to Personalize Coaching to Increase Team Productivity A new Mindtickle report indicates that sales managers have stepped up the pace of coaching.
Speaker: Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego
Buyers are savvier, buying teams are larger, and new research shows that buyers' attention spans have dropped to just 8 seconds. This means that the old approach of blasting buyers with email-heavy, generic communications no longer works. Instead, buyers need to be surrounded with relevant communications and personalized, self-service content throughout their journey.
The Center for Sales Strategy
APRIL 15, 2024
There’s a whole lot more to recruiting the right person for your team than just matching resumes to job descriptions. It’s about cultivating experiences and creating an impression that goes beyond a mere transaction. In today’s candidate-led job market, your company's reputation matters—a lot. Many of the people who have the power to influence your reputation are those you’re recruiting.
SBI Growth
APRIL 4, 2024
Every quarter, SBI conducts surveys to learn how CEOs and other C-level executives are planning for value creation and about the go-to-market strategies and tactics that will get them there. This year, we found that while many CEOs are confident in their direction, few believe they have the right people in charge, and time to productivity is slowing.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 9, 2024
It’s trite to say we live in worlds of growing complexity. The rates of change and disruption seem to be accelerating. Global competition, new technologies, new business models, new market opportunities both create challenge and opportunity. Workloads seem to sky rocket as do demands on our time. Distractions whether device based, app based or self inflicted consume our time.
Smooth Sale
APRIL 16, 2024
Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: How To Overcome Anxiety for Better Outcomes Each day presents us with new challenges, opportunities for personal growth, and empowerment. However, the most daunting ones can trigger anxiety, especially when we feel we lack the natural talent or the necessary skills to overcome them. Negative comments from others, such as ‘It’s time to give up; you will never make it!
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
Sales and Marketing Management
APRIL 8, 2024
AI-driven project management tools can be used to enhance your operations and embrace a culture of continuous improvement. The post Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement Through AI and Communication appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
Hubspot Sales
APRIL 15, 2024
Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible. But as with any other skill, some salespeople have a better grip on prospecting than others — and we, here at the HubSpot Sales Blog, want to do our part to make sure you prospect as effectively as possible.
Fill the Funnel
APRIL 11, 2024
I’ve been around long enough to have experienced several down cycles in the sales revenue, caused both from internal mistakes and from external. I thought I might give you some things to think about before the next down cycle hits. Being an online entrepreneur means being prepared for the unexpected, including those moments when sales […] The post Adapting Your Marketing Approach Amidst Declining Sales appeared first on Fill the Funnel com.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
296 
Let's personalize your content