The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers. Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Lead Management , Marketing , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , e-book , execution. 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers [link] / via @Renbor.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This is the same reason why having a B2B sales process is so important. The Value of a B2B Sales Process. There are many reasons why having a B2B sales process is valuable for an organization. Regardless, the value of a sales process depends on your team’s use of it. Sales Management.

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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?

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Allego

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this episode, sales strategists Ken and Nick Valla, co-founders of The Valla Group, discuss how their firm helps B2B sellers maximize performance. Learn why organizations must transform their training approach in a hybrid work environment , what sales leaders should do differently, and the key skills sellers need today.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. They say you can’t shrink your way to success, but perhaps there are situations in sales where you can. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

Here is what we believe it takes to compete with a strong solid sales team that closes the right deals with great sales velocity. Complicated commission plans or unwieldy territory rules and exceptions cause a half-baked sales team. Train and coach frontline sales leaders. Close More Deals.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It has 850 million members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Recent articles: How to Avoid these Sales Process Traps, 8 Simple Steps to Design Your Sales Process for Complex B2B Sales, Is Your B2B Sales Process Dead or Alive? Strategies for great virtual sales conversations.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2013

You are strategizing with Sales Managers and reps. To make matters worse, everybody in the planning sessions (finance, product, training, HR) has never made a number. In this report we heard from over 15,000 B2B buyers. If your sales process does not reflect an informed buyer, start there. The buyers are busy.

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 18, 2012

Sales Management. The implications of these findings are evident for most managers – but are there some unique implications for front-line sales managers? And for sales managers who have many sales people reporting to them or who cover large geographies intimacy with accounts is even more difficult.

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Sales Management Coaching Study Territories 86

Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s also reported that, when a person suffers from stress, they’re unable to access previous knowledge or training and instead resort to an automatic response—typically shutting down, quitting, or losing confidence. In sales, this automatic response can be a career killer. Up to 25% of B2B database contacts contain critical errors.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 9, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan When most sales bloggers write about selling, we almost always discuss direct B2B sales. Channel sales is quite different. This is more like traditional B2B sales. Ignored in all of these articles are those clients and companies that sell through channels.

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Lessonly

MARCH 16, 2020

How does sales training software simplify your long-term training efforts? The companies with the best sales training programs understand this concept. They set their own sales training agenda. During this learning curve, the train does not slow down. Intentional training methods.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Since this publishing, many B2B sales organizations have embraced this methodology. The thesis of The Challenger Sale is sound. However, it is not a magic pill for every struggling sales organization. An isolated week of training won’t work either. A Sales Methodology is only effective if it is reinforced.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

Which brings us to their enabled and accomplice, their Manager. Recently I was speaking with a sales manager recently, when I floored by what he said about one of his under performing reps; when we got around to his prospecting (more accurately the lack of it), he said “he’s earned the right not to prospect” Please!

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

. “But we’re not IBM” Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2019

Now, look at his advice: To become a sales manager, you essentially need to become an extension of your HR team — something every employee can do to make a positive impact on the organization. Of course, I also wanted feedback from industry veterans — the folks who are training & coaching sales management teams around the globe.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Guard your time – a bit of advice given to me years ago by a wise sales manager that I’ve always worked to remember. Because of everything you do in your sales career, time is the one thing you cannot recoup. That means that you are not watched every minute – and most of us in selling are not micro-managed.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Territories 227

The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

Last week I wrote about the follies of having a shorter sales cycle , beyond the points highlighted, I think it raises another trend in sales these days. One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. Sales Leadership.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

The primary focus of the conversation is on various aspects of and best practices in B2B selling. Today’s segment is the first of two dealing with what the B2B rep can do to be better prepared to achieve consistent sales success. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 241

The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

B2B sales is not different, the good folks over at OpenView Labs , have put together a list of Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012. Needless to say this is a great resource for all in B2B sales, and needless to say the list includes your humble writer, and not so humble sales trainer, myself Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Even more so when you consider that the average manager waits much too long to take corrective action. One of the reasons for this is the difference in role expectation between HR and the frontline sales manager. What a sales manager see as desired assertiveness, an HR manager could easily see as aggressive.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

Mary Shea VP Global Innovation Evangelist, Outreach Mary Shea produces thought-provoking research on the sales technology landscape, the future of buying and selling, and the importance of having diverse, equitable and inclusive B2B sales organizations.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Compatibility is just one of 20 areas to test against when designing Sales Compensation. Here’s an example of culture going untested: A CSO of a large B2B sales force was challenged by his CEO to grow the business. It failed because the Sales people were relationship builders accustomed to slow growth in existing customers.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 7, 2013

You have a sales process in place, but the sales manager and sales people are using separate spread sheets with additional stages, because the current sales process doesn’t meet their needs. You’ve built a killer sales portal the sales team never seems to visit. Build Feedback Loops: .

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

We’ve become a generation of retarded under-performing sales semi-professionals. Instead of being thought-leaders we’ve become frenetic, selfish territory managers. Trading one Mickey Mouse sales idea for the next. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process.

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Cience

JULY 25, 2019

Think for a moment about chatbots for B2B lead generation … What do you feel? of B2B companies that don’t have chatbots. In today’s article, we’ll examine the pros and cons of chatbots for B2B lead generation. Applied in business (both B2C and B2B): 1. Do you recall The Terminator, The Matrix, or Westworld? And we do. .

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The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2011

Having gotten some of these calls myself, I can tell you that I have had crank calls that were much less irritating and better use of time than some cold calls I have gotten, or some of my sales people have made, well before we trained them. Doreet is a sales manager at regional office supplier in the mid-west.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool. Sales traiinng. Sales Training. Saturday Sales Tip. Shorter sales cycle. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 17, 2011

" [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. " [link] #sales #B2B. Sales Leadership.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

Wim @ Sales Sells. If you are selling B2C (or even B2B) one of the best things you can do is give people a good reason to subscribe to your e-mail list and then provide value with every mail you send, slowly building relationship and trust. Canadas Sales Coach. May 4th, 2011. May 4th, 2011. Jill Konrath. May 4th, 2011.

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Allego

APRIL 21, 2022

Not only that, but for B2B sales, the desire for virtual communications extends to buyers. And even after months of adjusting, you might still be struggling to adapt to this digital transformation and lead your sales team into a tech-driven new world. Coaching distributed sales teams and providing feedback.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2011

Go ahead, do it, its good for you and your sales! Status Quo has been a central theme and concept in B2B sales since it has evolved as a craft. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool. Sales traiinng. Sales Training. Saturday Sales Tip. Shorter sales cycle. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool. Sales traiinng. Sales Training. Saturday Sales Tip. Shorter sales cycle. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique. Sales Tool. Sales traiinng. Sales Training. Saturday Sales Tip. Shorter sales cycle. Territory Alignment. B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Long drive, I started thinking further as to how many B2B sales people and sales organization also make it unnecessarily difficult to buy from them. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process. Sales Strategy. Sales Success. Sales Technique.

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Xvoyant

JULY 2, 2020

I’ve often used the analogy that B2B enterprise sales professionals are the Olympic athletes of the corporate world. That said, try putting them in a front line B2B sales role focused on the complex sale at the enterprise level and see how that works out for you. Oh, sure, we throw money at the sales department.

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