Sales Hacker

JUNE 23, 2021

There’s more sales content than ever before – how do you sort through the noise? Since we deal with sales content on the daily, we thought we’d save you some time. Here are the seven best sales blogs (and five bonus sales newsletters!) Here are the seven best sales blogs (and five bonus sales newsletters!)

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 7, 2023

As technology advances and becomes more accessible, businesses are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their sales processes. AI has the potential to revolutionize the way sales teams operate, giving them valuable insights and predictive analytics to drive more revenue. Are sales teams investing in AI?

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Lead411

MARCH 27, 2024

The Lost Art of Empathy in B2B sales In B2B sales, where measurements, targets, and bottom lines frequently take precedence, empathy has unfortunately become a lost skill for many people. The persistent pursuit of results can sometimes overwhelm the human aspect of sales encounters.

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Shari Levitin

APRIL 21, 2022

When I first started selling over the telephone, I couldn’t figure out why it was more difficult to build trust and rapport with my customers over the phone than in person. To build trust with customers virtually, we need to leverage online tools to augment the subtle physical and psychological cues our mind uses to build trust.

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Shari Levitin

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Virtual selling is the new norm, but initiating sales conversations in a virtual environment is not simply doing what you’re used to doing face to face in front of a webcam. To deliver skillful and efficient virtual sales conversations, sellers must embrace a new paradigm and let go of the old ways. That does not build trust!

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Power of Sales Leadership and Emotion in Sales Hello everyone, I’m John Golden, your host from SalesPOP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM. In this blog post, I’m excited to share the insights from my recent podcast episode with John Crowder, the VP of Healthcare with Integrity Solutions.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Our collaborative blog post will discuss various ways you can use Tactical Maneuvers to Expose Your Brand and how it can help your business grow. 2) Create A Blog or Website. Creating a blog or website is another great way to expose your brand to the world. You will so find tips on how to get started!

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Shari Levitin

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I hear the food is “meh,” but the message is so different people crowd the restaurant to see for themselves. Your prospects are desensitized to emails and voice messages that contain the same boring language as your competitors: To break through the noise today, try the following sales hacks to get more callbacks and meetings.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 12, 2018

Discover cold calling tips, best practices and techniques to avoid and learn ways that really work on how to make effective B2B cold calls for sales. With all the technology out there, some people like to say that cold calling and prospecting are dead. And in that sense, it’s still a cold call. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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HeavyHitter Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors.

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Vengreso

MAY 23, 2023

We will explore various strategies that can help you improve your sales process, engage prospective clients, and ultimately close more deals. We will explore various strategies that can help you improve your sales process, engage prospective clients, and ultimately close more deals.

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Allego

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This blog post originally appeared on the Training Industry website. This is especially true for sales teams dealing with evolving products, shifting markets and dynamic customer preferences. How much information do you remember from your onboarding? Probably not much. You likely gained most of your knowledge on the job.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 6, 2020

What’s the biggest mistake sales reps make with prospecting or cold calling? You know, that desperation sales people have when they finally get someone on the phone. The second biggest mistake sales reps make when prospecting is to immediately dump a pitch on someone as soon as they pick up the phone (think, commission breath).

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 11, 2013

The good news is it’s all about doing research and building relationships—and you already know how to do that. My colleague, Nancy Nardin, knows about every sales tool there is. In this month’s guest blog, she shares her thoughts on the matter: “What’s all the hubbub about ‘social selling?’ Great advice!

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As my social feeds get filled with “gurus” talking about how AI can be deployed to do virtually everything critical to sellers, I started wondering about the “Human” element of engaging our customers and people in our own organizations. Already we are seeing our inboxes get filled with more and more stuff.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2018

People have a preference for one of three primary senses in their communication: Sight, sound, or feeling. Speaking your prospect's preferred language facilitates rapport building, making you easier to trust. This is especially valuable in inside sales where non-verbal feedback is absent. Sensory Sales Words.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

MARCH 8, 2019

Want to connect better with people on the phone or in person and build rapport today? Just be people with people My best advice came over 20 years ago when I was a 22-year-old business development rep (BDR). I was calling to setup up appointments for a small sales training company. The result?

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LeadFuze

JULY 21, 2020

People don’t want to be sold, but people indeed like to buy. And people also enjoy doing business with their friends. They give you the ability to build quality relationships with your prospects before you attempt to sell them on something they may not even need. Build Rapport With Your Prospects First.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 20, 2022

Creating an effective outbound sales strategy for your team can be a tricky proposition. But just because the days of cold calling and big email blasts are mostly gone doesn’t mean that the outbound sales process is dead. Here are four great methods to boost your ROI when using outbound sales techniques. Target your email list.

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Lead411

APRIL 11, 2024

doing for the B2B sales data world? Data is king in the ever-changing world of business-to-business (B2B) sales. Then along comes AI, a game-changer that is drastically altering the landscape of business-to-business sales data. What is A.I. Enhancements: 1. This, in turn, increases efficiency and closing rates.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2018

There will be times when you connect with them on your first try. More often than not, however, you have to try very hard to stand out from the rest of the people interrupting their day.How do you break through inbox clutter and the black hole that is voicemail? Use less formal channels to build rapport.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 3, 2020

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Note: Divyang Metaliya, Business Consultant at FactoHR, India, provides today’s Blog. They have been confusing sales executives for a long time. Often, incidents like these lower the morale of sales reps and burden the budget to a large extent. Divyang is an H.R.

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Tenbound

APRIL 19, 2024

by Kathleen Robida LinkedIn is always buzzing with tips and tricks for SDRs to book more meetings and for Sales to win more deals. Last but not least, don’t forget to; “LinkedIn connect, and don’t sell!” When SDRs are first paired with Sales, each needs to understand the career experience they bring.

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Vengreso

APRIL 10, 2022

Are your sellers using a sales methodology to guide them, step-by-step, in their daily prospecting and closing sales activities? However, most sales methodologies and most sales teams do not subscribe to a sales method that covers prospecting. What is a Sales Methodology? The Challenger Sale.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 26, 2024

Secrets to Crafting Effective Cold Emails – From Analyzing 20,000 Emails In today’s digital era, cold emails have become a vital tool for businesses and professionals looking to expand their network, generate leads, and drive sales. However, composing an impactful cold email is more of an art than a science.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 26, 2023

While social media may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about prospecting, it has become an invaluable resource for many sales teams. Social prospecting can help you reach a wider audience, build stronger relationships and close more deals. What is social prospecting?

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Sell Integrity

MARCH 11, 2021

While salespeople across industries are settling in to a world of hybrid and remote sales , most are still working to adapt to the nuances and variables that can affect success in a virtual selling environment. Virtual Sales and the Distracted Customer. Just with in-person selling, having a well-thought-out pre-call plan is important.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

There’s no overestimating the importance of a good sales pitch — but where do the best pitch ideas come from? Do you always have to use sales pitch templates or is it better to do what feels best? Fortunately, there are plenty of good sales pitch examples out there to light the way. What is a sales pitch and why is it important?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As your sales process evolves, it's important to keep your skills relevant and up to date. Plus, it can increase your sales. In a case study by Rain Group , a global sales training organization, they discovered that a client who went through sales training closed 15.2% So, how can you improve your sales skills?

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One favorite story is the following: By my fourth sales job, I knew the selling process and, more importantly, was in tune with what clients preferred. One favorite story is the following: By my fourth sales job, I knew the selling process and, more importantly, was in tune with what clients preferred. Confirm no exceptions exist.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

You are greeted with a pitch from a pushy sales rep. Even if you do, the pushiness is a turnoff and you might buy the product elsewhere or through a different sales rep. Your phone rings and you decide to pick this one up instead of letting it go to voicemail. That’s why mastering an outbound call is so important.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

Prospecting to generate sales leads is one of the most important jobs of the modern sales professional. In fact, if you ask any sales leader what their teams struggle with the most (and I have), they would say it’s prospecting, especially now that virtual selling is the norm. Sales Prospecting Techniques. Why is this so?

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It may seem that cold calling in sales is dead — but the numbers say otherwise. This means cold calls are still a powerful sales channel that shouldn’t be overlooked. Here are a few examples of cold-calling scripts that can help you and your sales team deliver effective sales pitches.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 19, 2020

Writing emails using DISC will give your sales reps: Better response rates. Improved rapport with prospects. Faster movement through your sales process. DISC divides people into four types: D types : Dominant, direct, to the point. DISC divides people into four types: D types : Dominant, direct, to the point.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Good discovery skills are essential if you are to reach the top level of retail sales : being recognised as a trusted advisor by your customers. When you are in this position people will talk more openly to you and tell you what they want to buy, and even how to help them to do it! These are: • Problem solving. Explore and discover.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

And that means to keep up with today’s empowered buyer, the sales process needs to transform too. Whether your sales process relies on inbound leads or targeted outreach, whether you’re a big company or small, whether your sale is complex or simple; inbound sales is relevant. What is inbound sales?

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Sell Integrity

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Does communication style matter when it comes to sales? And those emotional factors are often rooted in how effectively a salesperson or service rep is able to understand customer communication styles and connect with the customer right out of the gate. More than you might expect.

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