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Getting Excited About New Sales Opportunities

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Why do salespeople get more excited about big sales opportunities than they do about strong sales opportunities? I don't know about you but I get much more excited about an opportunity that has a strong likelihood of closing than a big one that has at best less than 50% chance.

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How to Easily Motivate and Incentivize Sales Pipeline Building

Understanding the Sales Force

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. Sales Leaders at nearly every company complain about unqualified opportunities. 10 Conditions (2012) Is Showmanship a Lost Art in Selling?

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6 Tips to Jump Start 2012 Sales Now | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 6 Tips to Jump Start 2012 Sales Now. Want to know the best way to get your 2012 sales off to a great start? Use the tail-end of 2011 and the first few days of 2012 to network like mad. Client List. Testimonials. FREE Resources. Negotiation.

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4 Ways to Improve Sales in 2012 | Sales Motivation and Sales Training

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. 4 Ways to Improve Sales in 2012. How will you improve sales in 2012? Problem is if the techniques you used in 2011 to no avail, then what makes you think using the same techniques in 2012 will yield different results? prospecting.

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30 Ways to Reach Prospects

Score More Sales

I also encourage you to post YOUR thoughts on any of these, and ultimately, what you do to reach prospects – what is your best tip? Don’t be afraid to let them know that you feel they could be a great prospective client / customer. Find triggers that affect your prospects, and tie them into your messaging.

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Analyzing Sales Opportunities in Your Pipeline

Score More Sales

You have no CRM system and use some combination of e-Mail, Excel, Outlook, and/or sticky notes to “track” your prospective sales opportunities. Finding ways to shorten your prospective customers’ buying cycle which brings revenue in sooner is a very good thing.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Best Sales Opportunity You (Probably) Haven’t Thought About

Sales Hacker

If you know what to look for, acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures can represent that unique opportunity to make the sale of a lifetime. Why Mergers and Acquisitions Offer a Great Opportunity. This is what gives you a great sales opportunity. All of this gives opportunistic salespeople a big opportunity to take advantage.