Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In sales, preparation is the steps taken to understand prospects and clients at each stage of the sales process. From prospecting through account management, it’s being informed of their personnel, their processes, their strengths, and weaknesses. It’s a hallmark of “typical” salespeople and sales stereotypes.

Social Media 71

Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Referrals 71

Close.io

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So you want to become a sales manager ? First you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right skills, experience, drive and track record at the helm in both selling and at managing others—in order to back yourself up. Want to get a ready-made set of resources to manage a sales team effectively?

Sales Management 115

Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank Forecasting 115

Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2021

LinkedIn's some 722 million members make for a massive pool of data that could provide sales organizations with invaluable guidance about potential opportunities and ideal prospects. LinkedIn Sales Insights is tailored toward Sales Operations and Sales Managers to plan sales and go-to-market strategies.

LinkedIn 132

LinkedIn Buyer Persona Microsoft Analytics 132

Anthony Iannarino

MARCH 14, 2020

Some of the advice will be supported by “data,” a survey used to prove the idea, even if it is weak, poorly constructed, and taken out of context. In part, your job as a consultative salesperson is to inform your clients and prospects. You Know More or Should. No Part of Your Advice Requires Waiting.

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Buyer eBook B2B Construction 99

Allego

JANUARY 8, 2021

In episode 17, sales management authority Frank Cespedes explores how the pandemic has impacted sales training, what sales managers need to know about the new selling environment, and the biggest trends in sales learning. B2B sales—and sales training—have been upended by the pandemic.

Lead Rank 77

Lead Rank Comparison Top of Funnel Funnel 77

A Sales Guy

APRIL 5, 2013

Your sales VP is going to miss quota. Her sales directors are going to miss quota. Their sales managers are going to miss quota. Sales people are going to miss quota. Was it because of too little prospecting? There are a million reasons sales people and sales leaders miss quota or fail.

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Quota Construction B2B Sales Leadership 112

Alice Heiman

APRIL 22, 2020

As a longtime sales leader and consultant to B2B sales leaders and CEOs at companies of various sizes, across various industries, I know teams that stay positive and adapt quickly will survive in a tough economy and come out strong on the other end. 3: Share constructive insights with your team and customers.

How To 62

How To Construction Customer Service Coaching 62

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training is the process of developing and fine-tuning the skills of sales professionals and managers by increasing their understanding of their buyers, modernizing their approach to the sales process, and equipping them with strategies, techniques, and technology that top performers use to achieve sales success.

Training 92

Training Lead Rank Hiring Course 92

Apptivo

JULY 11, 2023

Accurate sales predictions, like cracking open a cookie to uncover a secret message, reveal the road to setting attainable targets, making educated budgeting decisions, finding promising prospects, and, eventually, maximizing income. How to create a sales forecast?

Sales Forecasts 40

Sales Forecasts Forecasting Trends Top of Funnel 40

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 22, 2017

I’ve started training Alexa… “Alexa, please make a dozen prospecting calls for me… Make sure you’ve researched well, be sure to engage them, ask them to text me if they are interested in a deeper discussion… ” No, I’ve not gone off the deep end, though I wish I had. That reality is at hand.

Face-to-face 52

Face-to-face Microsoft Government Construction 52

Gong.io

AUGUST 8, 2022

It can be a tremendous relationship-building platform that lets your business focus less on old-school prospecting practices like cold calling. . And how can B2B sales reps leverage it on various social platforms? Whereas prospecting is all about targeted sales pitches, social selling takes a different approach.

Social Selling 62

Social Selling Social Media Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 62

InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market is massive—expected to reach more than $80 billion in revenues by 2025 [1]. And yet despite all the investment, it’s a tool that’s failing sales. A tool that B2B organizations constantly struggle to get maximum value out of. No surprise traffic, construction or detours.

CRM 83

CRM Data Construction Commission 83

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process. Sales won’t spend the time it takes to cull through 100 so-called leads for 3 to 4 good ones.

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Forecasting Outsourcing Services PointClear 100

Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

In the world of sales, effective communication is the cornerstone of success. Whether you’re a seasoned sales pro or just starting your journey, understanding and speaking the language of sales is essential to connect with prospects, build relationships, and close deals.

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 52

The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

New research from Gartner has revealed a startling truth– almost 90% of B2B sales reps are experiencing burnout ( source ). Although it’s no secret that sales is a high-stress job, uncertain market conditions have only amplified the pressure to perform. This poses a huge issue in sales departments.

Commission 78

Commission Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 78

InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market is massive—expected to reach more than $80 billion in revenues by 2025 [1]. And yet despite all the investment, it’s a tool that’s failing sales. A tool that B2B organizations constantly struggle to get maximum value out of. No surprise traffic, construction or detours.

CRM 62

CRM Data Construction Commission 62

Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

And, even more alarmingly, buyer needs and behaviors seem to be moving way ahead of the sales learning curve. Only 32% of B2B buyers feel sales reps are surpassing expectations (that is, going above and beyond what’s necessary to secure buyer business). Think of it as your internal sales enablement “user’s manual.”).

Sales Enablement 75

Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Scale Face-to-face 75

Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2018

Effective Sales Meetings Are 5 Steps Aways. 1) Role-play sales scenarios. The idea of acting out scenarios in front of peers and management can be, to say the least, a bit daunting. But it doesn’t have to be — it can be inviting and constructive. Bonus read: 5 Highly Underrated Ways To Improve Your Sales Meetings.

Sales Meeting 52

Sales Meeting Meeting Banking Construction 52

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every potential client is unique and no rep, manager, or sales leader can predict every outcome for every deal. By developing and implementing an effective sales coaching program , sales managers and leaders can pass on their expertise to reps in a more meaningful way. Sellers learn what to do and how to do it.

Sales Coaching 52

Sales Coaching Coaching Data Channels 52

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 1, 2010

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

Hiring 120

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics Travel 120

Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

I started B2B selling in 1977. Despite my shortcomings, in less that two years I was promoted to sales manager and until twelve years ago, all I did was manage sales reps. A prospecting epiphany. As a salesperson, I hated cold calling and I regularly chased elephants and pixie dust.

Epiphany 48

Epiphany Real Estate Construction Cold Calling 48

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 7, 2010

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

Hiring 120

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Insurance Insurance 120

Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 18, 2018

Constructing Tension. The book also presents the concept of Challengers building “constructive tension” using three elements: Teach – Offers unique perspective and maintains two-way communication. CEB’s reports 17% of all B2B salespeople possess both the influencing and thinking ability to be Challengers (more on this later).

Hiring 40

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Construction Analysis 40

Nutshell

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Nearly everybody in the industry has, at one point or another, heard someone reasoning that simply adding more people to the funnel will improve their sales numbers while preserving their conversion rate. “Of Of 10 prospects, 5 bought the product. This must mean that if we market to one million people, 500,000 will buy.”.

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Segment Marketing Demographics Advertising 90

Fill the Funnel

JUNE 2, 2011

With the ongoing advancement of sales and marketing web tools, now is an ideal time to rethink and re-tool your sales process and approach as well as construct a plan on how to leverage these new capabilities. The tools and techniques promoted under the banner of Sales 2.0

Tools 79

Tools Scale Jigsaw Top of Funnel 79

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

Think about it: You take the (upfront) time looking for high-quality leads best suited for your B2B sales efforts. Then, you run them through a sweet nurturing system full of emails and points of contact that warms up the prospects and weeds out the suspects. 2 Experience (It’s not quite sales, do they know that?).

Hiring 52

Hiring Top of Funnel Energy Ideal Customer Profile 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

Leveraging the next generation of artificial intelligence, the platform allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant, and responsible communication for each prospect every time, enabling personalization at scale previously unthinkable. Check out Outreach.io for more information.

Oracle 102

Oracle Scale SalesForce Incentives 102

PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Whether we like it or not, you have to agree: The development of improved AI and forecasting means sales is no longer an “artform” but a “science” The question is how to hire sales reps whose qualities match the trends seen in data and keep them on to continue building relationships with clients at scale.

Hiring 61

Hiring How To Scale Face-to-face 61

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

All the same guiding principles apply to social selling so it's been my personal mandate as of late, to advance social selling into something elevated that I've dubbed Advanced Strategic B2B Social Selling. Dave Brock says it the best ever: Prospecting is the New Prospecting ! It's a modern twist on an ancient classic.

Social Selling 66

Social Selling Call-back Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile 66

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Without a CRM the ability to manage large pipelines, prospects, and customers would be difficult. Keep sales management off their backs.

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CRM B2B Marketing Hiring 169

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

Charles wanted to keep their sales team focused on the sale so they needed a tool which allowed them to predict revenues and manage follow-ups in a timely manner. Prior to using a CRM, they had no way of knowing who had previously reached out to prospects. I never knew that sales was a systemic process. ” 15.

CRM 49

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 49

DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

Across the board, tech has had a profound impact on both the B2B and B2C realms. When the potential customer does reach out, Sales is faced with the task of converting a prospect who’s already inundated with other sales messages vying for their attention. The digital era is upon us—and it’s here to stay.

Ideal Customer Profile 41

Ideal Customer Profile Consumer Face-to-face Objections 41

OnePageCRM

MARCH 21, 2017

Charles wanted to keep their sales team focused on the sale so they needed a tool which allowed them to predict revenues and manage follow-ups in a timely manner. Prior to using a CRM, they had no way of knowing who had previously reached out to prospects. Do you need a CRM for sales? 5 signs you need a sales CRM.

CRM 39

CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Segment 39

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career? Heck, stand at the head of it. Doubt is a part of life.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The 6sense account engagement platform uncovers and analyzes buyer intent at scale, identifying prospects who are in the market for your solution and providing salespeople like you with the insight to create highly relevant messaging, generate more opportunities, increase deal size, and get into opportunities before your competition with 6sense.

Revenue 73

Revenue Scale Compensation Webinar Metrics 73

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Pipeline management training can increase your sales manager’s effectiveness. It can also provide the necessary structure and knowledge to help sales teams improve their account management processes. According to Gartner, 72% of chief sales officers (CSOs ) cite improving pipeline creation as their top priority.

Pipeline 85

Pipeline Training Forecasting Top of Funnel 85