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Build Sales with These LinkedIn Resources

Score More Sales

In fact, this month marks my 9th year as a LinkedIn member – October, 2003. If you are a seller wanting to grow your sales, visit the blog over the next few weeks as we have extra LinkedIn conversations, interviews, and links to research which will help you grow as a seller. Business opportunities happen all the time.

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Best time to ask for a referral? Listen for warm words from your buyer

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Referrals aren’t a function of a specific mile marker in the sales process. Sales and marketing professors at Western Carolina University and Georgia State University surveyed 406 customers of a B2B service to see under what conditions they were most open to giving referrals. Journal of Business Research, 56 (2003) 257–263.

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LinkedIn Celebrates 10 Years with Big Enhancements

Score More Sales

They say time flies when you are having fun – especially in sales. We included it because I’m crazy about LinkedIn as a sales tool, and because LinkedIn and I go way back – nine years, in fact. I opened my LinkedIn account on October 3, 2003. Have you looked into LinkedIn Sales Navigator?

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Episode #095: The Problem of Friction in Sales with Nir Eyal

Jeff Shore

What is amazing, is that any sales professional can do these same things. buyersmind #sales Tweet This. 23:16] Meeting basic human needs is what sales is all about. [3:22] 23:16] Meeting basic human needs is what sales is all about. We’re not creating these needs, that would be sadistic. Price: $22.45. (62

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Maximize Your "B Player" Sales Talent in 2013

SBI Growth

Welcome to the final SBI blog post of the year! By now, HR and Sales leaders have solidified their common 2013 goals. For more details on how to grade talent, refer to Topgrading for Sales.) A future blog post will focus on ways to maximize their potential.). Assess the sales force to find out who they are.

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To Show Connections on LinkedIn or Not – 2 Ways to Grow Business

Score More Sales

I was an early adopter of LinkedIn (October, 2003) – connecting with people I knew in real life, and it is still the strategy I use today. In using LinkedIn since 2003, I have *NEVER* done that – most likely because I am in sales and can pick up the phone and call anyone I want to connect with.

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Why it pays to get all tangled up with your customers

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

This blog entry is adapted from the Rapid Learning module “Building Customer Loyalty: The entanglement strategy.” The blog post and Rapid Learning video module are based on the following scholarly articles: Mittal, B., & Lassar, W. But the more you use them, the harder it becomes for buyers to do without you.