Understanding the Sales Force

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The Difference Between CyberThieves, Hackers and Most Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Imagine my surprise when the first video described hacking operations as businesses with outbound prospecting operations whose goal is to convert their emails, texts and calls into paying customers. While I can't stop thinking about that video and the analogy they used, there are two strong thoughts pulling at me.

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Inc Magazine Gets it Wrong on Sales Prospecting

Understanding the Sales Force

In his article he shares a systematic approach for prospecting " loosely based upon a conversation with Thomas Ray Crowel." In the fifth step of the prospecting call he says that if the prospect sounds interested you should skip the script and jump right to the close. Isn''t this a prospecting call?

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How to Achieve Greater Sales & Sales Leadership Success

Understanding the Sales Force

Salespeople need to be better at prospecting instead of hiding behind emails and LinkedIn messages or waiting for BDRs to schedule less than stellar meetings for them. 5 Ways to Build (and Lose) Credibility in Your Sales Emails Why is it Important to Align Your GTM Team? They need to be better at the discovery call and qualifying.

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200 Best Articles on Sales and Sales Leadership by Category

Understanding the Sales Force

Consultative Approach to Selling Call Reluctance is Just as Popular as Ever! Consultative Approach to Selling Call Reluctance is Just as Popular as Ever! Does Being a Strong Qualifier Correlate to Having a Strong Pipeline? 4 Reasons Why Salespeople Suck at Consultative Selling.

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The Connection Between Gas Prices and Sales Lead Follow Up

Understanding the Sales Force

Even if they were in hiding, everyone must have heard by now that a typical B2B sale requires a customer-centric consultative approach. The first graphic shows the likelihood of a response from a prospect based on how quickly the salesperson follows up. Why do salespeople still rifle down lists to make cold calls?

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