Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 23, 2015

Today I will explore the least-read articles I have ever written. It''s very fashionable - and a best practice - to continue promoting the most-read, most-liked, most-favorited, most-shared, most-tweeted and most-commented articles; but I don''t think anyone has gathered up their worst work and said, "Look at this!"

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Product Management University

APRIL 17, 2024

If you want to create a revenue plan with sales that gives you a more realistic chance of hitting your revenue targets, give some thought to a broader market strategy where each product plays a role versus a marketing plan for each product. Sales signs up for a number and then everyone does whatever’s necessary to hit the number.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 29, 2024

Email Is Compatible with Every Part of the Sales Funnel Effective Zoho email marketing campaigns and other approaches have the advantage of middle and bottom-of-the-funnel content. Audience Reach Although seemingly more old-fashioned, email is still an excellent method for engaging with your audience. Celebrate Success!

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2013

As we make our way back to work from time spent with family, friends and credit cards, we are about to besieged by a wave of articles, blog posts, tweets, and other sources touting the (new) trends for 2013. As the economy improves, and sales improve along with them, some sales leaders will fall back into slumber riding the wave.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 17, 2022

Being respectful of everyone and taking the time to listen and share stories is the best sales technique of all. Below you will see the sub-title ‘old fashioned approach’ for marketing and advertising. The Old Fashioned Approach. How To Improve High-Ticket Phone Sales. Proper Communications Earn Larger Sales.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 14, 2013

Marketing guru Graham McGregor shares his biggest sales blunder—not staying in touch with his referral network. I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my sales career. He even sends notes and booklets the old-fashioned way—in the mail. I got referrals and repeat sales. His tips are energizing and enlightening.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Please note that the author is not employed by Crunchbase and the opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect official views or opinions of Crunchbase, Inc. An emerging trend is to crowdsource part or all your sales to independent sales contractors.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Back in 2014 as part of an article on the evolution of the salesperson, I argued that salespeople had to develop micro-marketing skills. has added marketing skills to their arsenal to communicate in a concise fashion, distilling down to only those pieces of information that add value, provide insight, and attract the attention of their buyer.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 10, 2020

But I don’t relate to being an old-fashioned luddite. Based on “core recommendations from the SHRM and AARP data ,” the Brandman University article identified three ways to cultivate a multi-generational workforce: prioritize flexibility, dispel generational stereotypes, and encourage cross-collaboration and mutual mentoring.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Don’t underestimate the power of sending your team something (the old-fashioned way) that shows them that you truly care, value their work and have their best interests and well-being at-heart, Shama Hyder, founder and CEO of Zen Media, told Inc.com. Click on any of the articles below to read more from our "NEXT" special report. .

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Sales organizations need to engage the next generation of rainmakers. Boomer that I am, I couldn’t help but wonder why she didn’t just wait until the break to actually use her phone the way it was meant to be used—to have a real conversation. ” and makes the case for why younger reps can be great at inside sales.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2021

For every dozen sales professionals, there are only one or two who advance their career to the next level, growing into a sales leader. So what is the trend among the few who grow their careers from individual sales contributor to leader ? Traits of a successful sales leader. Work ethic. Consistency.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I''ll get to it but first bear with me. Last week I was driving into Boston to lead our Fall Sales Leadership Intensive. To me, the concept that salespeople entertain their clients in that fashion sounded very 70''s. SoldLab published this article of mine on their site last week.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2017

Their role becomes to analyze customer needs, explore which options are best suited to satisfy those needs, and present two or three final candidates in the simplest fashion to make your customer's decision easier. This is where your team members can really stand out. Retain vs. blame. Quickly and easily.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 18, 2022

This is still an article about sales. But just because it’s about sales, doesn’t mean the dragons are not real. I’m talking, of course, about sales myths – giant, all-consuming ideas that seem to loom over the sales mindscape and impact our every action. What does that have to do with us sales professionals?

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Nutshell

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Attracting sales leads with your customer relationship management (CRM) system is one thing, but converting them into customers? The work doesn’t stop once you’ve reeled in a potential customer with your CRM—you must have a sound lead conversion strategy in place to convert sales leads into loyal customers. That’s another.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Read the rest of the article.). We’ve simply forgotten what we know to be true: Face-to-face cannot be replaced —not in life, and certainly not in sales. In sales, your relationships are your meal ticket. So embrace your inner caveman (or cavewoman), and start connecting with people the old-fashioned way—in person.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2014

The same is true in sales management. The very strategies you use for attracting clients are the key to increasing sales effectiveness for your team. Whether you are CEO, vice president, or a sales manager , you play a central role in your company’s business-development process and are accountable for increasing sales and revenue.

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Hiring Fashion Cold Calling Small Business 212

Smooth Sale

MARCH 12, 2024

From fintech to fashion tech, the city’s innovation clusters are buzzing with activity fueled by a spirit of entrepreneurship and a relentless drive for innovation. Sales Tips: Navigating London’s Digital Frontier Know the needs and desires of your audience, including your next new employer, in detail. Celebrate Success!

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2018

Sales Goals. Monthly sales goals. Below, find out how to set sales goals on an individual and team level. How to Set Sales Goals. Calculate your monthly sales goal. If you’re setting personal or team goals, they should align with annual sales goals. Personal Sales Goals Examples. Waterfall goals.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 21, 2024

Many of us derive some part of our identity from the things we buy and consume, be it fashion, books, video games, tools, or otherwise. Sales Tips: Empower Your Influencer Status and Business Growth Know the needs and desires of your audience, including your next new employer, in detail. Be Inspired and Inspiring! Celebrate Success!

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In exaggerated comedic fashion, the guard falls asleep, and thieves rob the store for all its worth. Sales Tips: The Science Behind Standing At Work Test for yourself whether your body prefers standing or sitting. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale! Always Be You! Turn Bananas Into Dolphins!

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While likability can be a huge plus in sales, it’s not the only reason buyers buy. Further, those with the weakest sales records were more likely to believe making friends is their greatest asset. This places the sale over the prospect’s needs and leads to distrust. Most people want to be liked. Salespeople are no different.

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Highspot

MAY 26, 2022

Sales can be a brutal business, made all the more so by the variety and complexity of sales materials and sophisticated training. Reps are expected to internalize a tremendous amount of knowledge—about the product, buyers, and the sales process itself—and any gap in knowledge can potentially turn buyers away.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 21, 2022

I was reading a LinkedIn article on “Cold Calling… ” I’m beginning to think articles or surveys about cold calling happen when you don’t have anything else to talk about. Many sales people make excuses about cold calling because it is an interruption and interruptions aren’t appreciated!

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 4, 2016

As we work through the haze of celebrating the new year, sales people we can count on two things; first our new goals or quotas; second a barrage of posts and articles telling us how 2016 will be different, or trends that will impact us this year. into outputs ( Read sales ). By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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Allego

JUNE 2, 2022

This article originally appeared in Marketing Toolbox. Sales enablement, the ongoing process of providing reps with the training, content, and tools they need to sell effectively, is often thought to be a function exclusively owned and operated by sales teams. But this isn’t true. As a result, content goes unused by salespeople.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 10, 2022

Even prior to COVID, I’ve read quite a few articles that have suggested that today’s buyers would rather chew off an arm than to have to meet with a salesperson. Even with the phone, most aspects of sales were done in-person at the front desk. Are you going to do that for a $2,000 sale? How about a $200,000 sale?

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We can still do that, in some fashion, on Twitter. I believe that would be Sales Navigator. An enterprise level CRM with Sales Navigator could be $100’s of dollars per user per month and , even then, I’m not so sure that you could actually monitor a contact’s social activity from within your CRM, if you could even afford to do so.

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Pointclear

MAY 15, 2013

This article was originally published by Bob Apollo on his blog Accelerating Revenue Growth: the Inflexion-Point Blog. For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, Blake’s philosophy of salepersonship is that, if sales people do nothing else, then they should at least Always Be Closing. A Question of Technique? A few smart questions.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Let Customers Tell Their Own Success Stories – Salesforce The popular sales technology company specializes in a particular kind of brand storytelling: They allow their customers to tell their stories for them. For more, check out our post on storytelling for sales. What makes this a great brand story?

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Lead411

AUGUST 31, 2021

Differences in Intent Data for B2B Sales. Because of the complexity and differences in each buyer’s journey, companies can try to shorten that sales cycle through Intent Data. Differences in Intent Data for B2B Sales. 3 Tips To Gain More Insight From Your Leads and Close More Sales. Traffic Intent. Content Intent.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 22, 2013

You must determine in an objective fashion the degree of fit between the customer’s needs and specifications and your capabilities. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection. ©2013 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Pointclear

MAY 19, 2015

I recently stumbled across the term Zeitgeist —which is defined as the intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time. I wrote another blog about this concept that you can find in Top Sales World’s magazine here. Do sales reps like to cold call?

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 13, 2020

Author: Larry Prince In the first part of this two-part article, we established the need for decisive leadership and the importance of listening to our people, leveraging their strengths and the key to building stronger teams. Picture an old-fashion piggy bank with the round pink belly and coin slot on top. Simple and elegant!

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Banking Top of Funnel Face-to-face Fashion 177

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 9, 2014

I was first introduced to Andy’s writing on sales when I read his first book “ Zero-Time Selling ” in late summer 2011. It has since become one of my favorite sales books and I recommend it to you heartily if you haven’t read it. AMP UP Your Sales arrived in in late October and I set it aside to read as I travel.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 13, 2019

As we inch closer and closer to the new year, how can you prepare your Sales, Marketing, and Enablement teams to provide the best buyer experience? Check out the latest news: 8 Ways to Promote Your Content to Grow Subscribers and Sales. Why is Sales Enablement Important? 3 Ways to Kick Your Micromanaging Habit for Good.

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