Apptivo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

ABCs of sales lead management 3. Sales Lead Management Process 4. Implementing a Lead Management Strategies to increase sales 5. Wind-Up Overview No matter what you sell or the sector you’re in, you need a consistent flow of qualified leads to develop your business. Overview 2.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 2, 2020

Many decades ago, the theory about how to close deals faster was to use a trial close, followed by increasing pressure, regardless of your prospective client’s objections (which were unresolved concerns). The most popular theory now is to improve your sales velocity, the speed at which you complete “the sales conversation.”

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MTD Sales Training

JUNE 20, 2018

Your pipeline is your Holy Grail for future leads. If you don’t keep the leads coming in thick and fast, you run the risk of sales running dry over the next weeks. Here are a few tips: Divide your territory in a way that makes sense. Improve your sources of fresh information. Blogs / social media.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 20, 2020

Forces hiding in the shadows are now making moves that threaten you. Here are some sales conspiracy theories you may be believing: 1. Your competitor wins because they compete on price. You only lost because your competitors have conspired to always offer a lower price than you. This makes no sense.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Your email address will not be shared. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Shrink Your Way To Success. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. logically shrink territories. Home About The Pipeline.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 11, 2018

Are you the lone wolf at your company or are you the first one to sign up to help organize the 3-legged sack race at the company picnic? Sales is emotional and don’t say it’s not. It’s the same reason why when we close a big sale, so often another big sale follows suit. Sales is a team sport.

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Showpad

MAY 12, 2022

Yet, working together, they’ve built a high-performance sales enablement function at TOUGHBOOK Europe—the European Mobile Solutions Business Division of electronics giant Panasonic. They designed new industry research methods that include both customers and sales reps. Before 2020, Panasonic didn’t have a sales enablement team—at all.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

We’re all in unchartered territory now. Here are some practical tips and a word-for-word way to handle this current objection: First: Take your “salesman hat” off. Sales reps have a hard time with this, but now is the perfect time to practice this skill. Let your prospect or client vent. Sound familiar? This will pass.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

LinkedIn is filled with surveys about, “What is the highest priority focus for [Fill In Your Favorite Role]?” ” There are surveys asking for the one area sales managers should focus on. There are surveys for sellers covering things like prospecting, pipeline management, closing, sales process.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Immediate Help for Sales.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

At this point, your 2013 sales number is essentially decided. Your thoughts should now turn to 2014. If you fell short of your number this year, there are reasons. Chances are, there are unfortunately some weak links in your team. Chances are, there are unfortunately some weak links in your team.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. As you move from left to right across the x-axis, your enablement programs become more flexible and more situational. These programs could take months or even years to roll out across your entire organization.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2014

SPS — Sales Prevention Syndrome — is the great killer of salespeople. It may not exist in you, but it may very well exist in your friends. For your protection and the protection of those you like, you must know the symptoms. You think your sales manager is stupid. You think your company is stupid.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2016

As a newly hired sales rep, I began the way I did at every new company, spending the first several weeks typing furiously into a growing Excel spreadsheet. My manager liked the approach and asked me to present the process to the entire sales team. Because of that, I could identify the several hundred accounts within my territory.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 18, 2020

Your company may or may not have been open. You may have been forced to work from home, and many of the B2B sales clients you serve may not have been available or had any interest in speaking with you, making it difficult for you to produce the outcomes you would have ordinarily. Now your effort is more important than ever.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Has your Sales Ops planning kept up with the new realities? Today’s post provides recommendations for revising your approach for 2014. Evolve your perspective or suffer the consequences of missing the number next year. Certain elements of your planning process will always need to be addressed. Where You Can Focus.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 8, 2017

If you follow this blog you know that I do not understand or stand with those who say sales is not a numbers game. Now, unless you are one of a privileged few, there is no getting away from the fact that your quota is a number! This may explain why so many sales people fail to achieve quota. Numbers = Accountability.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 19, 2018

Realtors, you know you can’t be good at your jobs if you’re not plugged into the industry. It’s important to get the industry news, trends, and marketing advice you need quickly, so you can get back to what real estate is all about -- helping your clients. Pick five of your favorites and commit to following them each week.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

To win in sales you, and your company, need a recipe for success. The ingredients to win in sales must be pure and of high quality to create a great, high-end, finished product. Here is what we believe it takes to compete with a strong solid sales team that closes the right deals with great sales velocity.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? AI is not going to make salespeople obsolete, nor is it going to turn bad salespeople into great closers. AI is not going to make salespeople obsolete, nor is it going to turn bad salespeople into great closers.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 29, 2018

For today’s blog post, we put together a comprehensive list of the best articles about corporate events and event marketing. Keep reading for our favorite event marketing blog posts! But, live events provide a unique opportunity for your team to network, develop important skills, and ultimately improve your business.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

But this historic approach can punish your top performers – you’re simply adding a bigger expectation on top of a rep that had a great sales year. But this historic approach can punish your top performers – you’re simply adding a bigger expectation on top of a rep that had a great sales year. Make Your Approach Scalable.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Many sales leaders and smaller company CEOs are discussing sales tam planning for next year. Pull in the constituents involved and get some input, then make those hard decisions. They poll their team members, and eventually make recommendations based on what’s best for the team as a whole.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 5, 2014

In this post I want to recommend three ideas to raise your game in 2014. Each recommendation addresses the biggest obstacles every sales manager faces to making the number: Not enough ‘A’ players on the team. Every sales manager is time starved. Sales Managers should be spending 75% of their time coaching their team.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Photo by chenhengyu Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Thrive in Your Career When Moving to a New City Relocating to a new city is an exhilarating chapter in one’s professional journey, filled with opportunities and challenges. Our guest blog offers insights to consider so you may thrive in your career when moving to a new city.

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Xactly

DECEMBER 12, 2018

This the fourth blog in a series of sales planning fundamentals being written by Xactly Chief Sales Officer Marc Gemassmer. So far, in my blog series on sales planning, we’ve looked at: Part one: Adopting the right sales planning approach. Part two: Evaluating sales rep ramp time and attrition.

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

The intricacies of pharmaceutical products, stringent regulatory guidelines, and the critical role healthcare professionals play in decision-making create a complex environment for sales reps. With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated.

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Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 10, 2020

This is the first in a series of posts for sales leaders. There are a few common reasons sales organizations struggle to produce the revenue necessary to reach their goals. Without creating enough new opportunities, you make it less likely that you create incremental revenue or reach your goals. Leveraging Our Insights.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 26, 2023

A sales process is crucial to any commercial organization looking to secure revenue and grow. However, since sales activities have been notoriously hard to measure in terms of performance, many business owners have adopted various commission structures to keep their sales reps motivated. Let’s dig in.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 30, 2018

Author: Jason Jordan In a previous blog post , I recounted the story of a coach who shouted absolutely useless advice to a team of 12-year-old boys who were trying to win the last game in a soccer tournament. This is the equivalent of sales managers telling their salespeople that they “really need to make their quota.”

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Anthony Iannarino

JUNE 25, 2019

Buyers are researching online and making decisions without talking to a salesperson. This territory is terrible; no one here is buying. The lies you tell yourself can kill your sales results. When you enter a dark room, you slide your hand up the wall expecting to find the light switch. No one answers their phone.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2022

There’s a crucial factor that these velocity-oriented strategies miss: How “sticky” can you expect a deal to be, if the urgency only exists on your end? Like most sales teams I’ve been on, you’d find the Navy SEAL adage to be true: Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Related reading: Your Sales Cycle is (Probably) Too Long.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 19, 2019

There’s a lot of discussion about how important it is for sales people to “build their personal brands.” Many advocate building a massive social media presence–doing everything one can by increasing your presence in places like LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other social channels.

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SalesforLife

JULY 28, 2019

In this blog, I won’t cover why it’s so critical to sell in squads and pods – that should be self-explanatory. Honestly, it’s crazy to think that in 2019 and going into the 2020s, some companies aren’t thinking holistically as a selling unit about how to target key accounts , geographic territories, or verticals. Step 2: Deep research.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It was around Christmas time — he and I were on a Zoom call with some other writers for the HubSpot Blog, discussing our holiday plans. Dan Tyre has gotten upset with me exactly one time over the course of our three-plus-year-long working relationship. And five days away from his ham-distribution deadline, Dan said he didn't have a plan yet.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2014

In order to find the right buyers and interact with them you need to firmly understand the market niche that you are going after and who your buyers are. You need to know how to find these buyers, and then determine what your options are in connecting with them. Understanding Your Target Market . Expand Your Pipeline.

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